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| US10038062B2 |
Circuit configuration and manufacturing processes for vertical transient voltage suppressor (TVS) and EMI filter
A vertical TVS (VTVS) circuit includes a semiconductor substrate for supporting the VTVS device thereon having a heavily doped layer extending to the bottom of substrate. Deep trenches are provided for isolation between multi-channel VTVS. Trench gates are also provided for increasing the capacitance of VTVS with integrated EMI filter. |
| US10038054B2 |
Variable gate width for gate all-around transistors
Nanowire-based gate all-around transistor devices having one or more active nanowires and one or more inactive nanowires are described herein. Methods to fabricate such devices are also described. One or more embodiments of the present invention are directed at approaches for varying the gate width of a transistor structure comprising a nanowire stack having a distinct number of nanowires. The approaches include rendering a certain number of nanowires inactive (i.e. so that current does not flow through the nanowire), by severing the channel region, burying the source and drain regions, or both. Overall, the gate width of nanowire-based structures having a plurality of nanowires may be varied by rendering a certain number of nanowires inactive, while maintaining other nanowires as active. |
| US10038048B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus and a method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the apparatus including a plurality of pixels on a substrate, wherein a first pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a scanning line extending in a first direction; a plurality of wires extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; at least one insulating layer between the scanning line and the plurality of wires; a thin film transistor electrically connected to the scanning line and the plurality of wires; and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, wherein at least one of the plurality of wires includes a first line and a second line spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and a connection line electrically connecting the first line and the second line, the at least one insulating layer being between the connection line and the first and second lines. |
| US10038047B2 |
Light emitting diode packaging structure and packaging method
The present application discloses a light emitting diode packaging structure comprising a base substrate; a metal lead on the base substrate; a cover plate; and a seal frame sealing the cover plate and the base substrate together and forming an enclosure surrounding a display area of the base substrate. The metal lead extends from the display area outwardly and passes through below the seal frame to outside of the enclosure. The metal lead has a curved configuration in plan view of the base substrate within a region where the metal lead overlaps with the seal frame. |
| US10038046B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display
An organic light emitting diode display is disclosed that includes at least a shield layer on a substrate; a semiconductor layer on the shield layer; a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer; a connection electrode disposed on the same layer as the gate electrode, the connection electrode electrically connected to the shield layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the gate electrode, at least one of the drain and source electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor layer and the connection electrode; an insulating layer on the drain electrode and the source electrode; and a first electrode on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the source electrode. |
| US10038043B2 |
Method for manufacturing AMOLED backplane and structure thereof
The present invention provides method for manufacturing an AMOLED backplane and a structure thereof. The method uses a drain terminal of a drive TFT to serve as an anode of AMOLED the anode, so that compared to the prior art, the steps of forming a planarization layer and an anode layer are eliminated and also, the same half-tone masking operation is used to form a pixel definition layer and photo spacers, whereby the method for manufacturing the AMOLED backplane according to the present invention requires only six masking operations and saves three masking operations compared to the prior art, thereby effectively simplifying the manufacturing process, improving manufacturing efficiency, and saving cost. The present invention provides a structure of an AMOLED backplane, which has a simple structure, is easy to manufacture, and has a low cost. |
| US10038038B2 |
Display device
A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area. The display device also includes a plurality of display elements disposed in the display area. The display device also includes an insulating layer disposed in the display area and the peripheral area, wherein the insulating layer has a non-continuous area disposed in the peripheral area of the substrate. |
| US10038033B2 |
Image sensor
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel sensing circuit corresponding to at least a first pixel region and a second pixel region adjacent to each other, a pixel electrode disposed on the pixel sensing circuit, and a opto electrical conversion layer including a photo sensing layer and a carrier transport layer disposed on the pixel sensing circuit and the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the pixel sensing circuit and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are coplanar and have different polarities. The first electrode or the second electrode located in the first pixel region is adjacent to the first electrode or the second electrode having the same polarity located in the second pixel region. |
| US10038028B2 |
Image sensor including depletion inducing layer
An image sensor may include a pixel array where a plurality of unit pixels are arranged in a two dimensional matrix, wherein each of the unit pixels includes: a substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; one or more depletion inducing layers formed in the photoelectric conversion element; an inter-layer dielectric layer formed over the substrate; and one or more floating electrodes formed in the inter-layer dielectric layer to overlap each of the depletion inducing layers. |
| US10038026B2 |
Bond pad structure for bonding improvement
Some embodiments relate to a three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC). The 3DIC includes a first substrate including a photodetector which is configured to receive light in a first direction from a light source. An interconnect structure is disposed over the first substrate, and includes a plurality of metal layers and insulating layers that are over stacked over one another in alternating fashion. One of the plurality of metal layers is closest to the light source and another of the plurality of metal layers is furthest from the light source. A bond pad recess extends into the interconnect structure from an opening in a surface of the 3DIC which is nearest the light source and terminates at a bond pad. The bond pad is spaced apart from the surface of the 3DIC and is in direct contact with the one of the plurality of metal layers that is furthest from the light source. |
| US10038021B2 |
Packaged image sensor having improved dicing properties
The present technology relates to techniques of preventing intrusion of moisture into a chip.Various illustrative embodiments include image sensors that include: a substrate; a plurality of layers stacked on the substrate; the plurality of layers including a photodiode layer having a plurality of photodiodes formed on a surface of the photodiode layer; the plurality of layers including at least one layer having a groove formed such that a portion of the at least one layer is excavated; and a transparent resin layer formed above the photodiode layer and formed in the groove. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image sensor. |
| US10038017B2 |
Light absorption apparatus
A light absorption apparatus includes a substrate, a light absorption layer above the substrate on a first selected area, a silicon layer above the light absorption layer, a spacer surrounding at least part of the sidewall of the light absorption layer, an isolation layer surrounding at least part of the spacer, wherein the light absorption apparatus can achieve high bandwidth and low dark current. |
| US10038013B2 |
Flexible display device with side crack protection structure and manufacturing method for the same
There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display. |
| US10038012B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof, delamination method, and transferring method
A substrate and a delamination film are separated by a physical means, or a mechanical means in a state where a metal film formed over a substrate, and a delamination layer comprising an oxide film including the metal and a film comprising silicon, which is formed over the metal film, are provided. Specifically, a TFT obtained by forming an oxide layer including the metal over a metal film; crystallizing the oxide layer by heat treatment; and performing delamination in a layer of the oxide layer or at both of the interface of the oxide layer is formed. |
| US10038008B1 |
Integrated structures and NAND memory arrays
Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. The conductive levels include primary regions of a first vertical thickness, and terminal projections of a second vertical thickness which is greater than the first vertical thickness. Charge-blocking material is adjacent the terminal projections. Charge-storage material is adjacent the charge-blocking material. Gate-dielectric material is adjacent the charge-storage material. Channel material is adjacent the gate-dielectric material. Some embodiments include NAND memory arrays. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated structures. |
| US10038002B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabrication
Some embodiments include a semiconductor device having a stack structure including a source comprising polysilicon, an etch stop of oxide on the source, a select gate source on the etch stop, a charge storage structure over the select gate source, and a select gate drain over the charge storage structure. The semiconductor device may further include an opening extending vertically into the stack structure to a level adjacent to the source. A channel comprising polysilicon may be formed on a side surface and a bottom surface of the opening. The channel may contact the source at a lower portion of the opening, and may be laterally separated from the charge storage structure by a tunnel oxide. A width of the channel adjacent to the select gate source is greater than a width of the channel adjacent to the select gate drain. |
| US10037996B2 |
Semiconductor device includes a substrate having conductive contact structures thereon
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a bit line structure on the substrate, a first contact structure on a sidewall of the bit line structure, a second contact structure on the bit line structure and spaced apart from the first contact structure across the bit line structure, and an insulation pattern between the bit line structure and the first contact structure. The second contact structure covers at least a portion of a top surface of the bit line structure. The insulation pattern comprises a protrusion that protrudes from a sidewall of the insulation pattern that immediately adjacent to the bit line structure. The protrusion protrudes in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate. |
| US10037988B1 |
High voltage PNP using isolation for ESD and method for producing the same
A method of forming a HV lateral PNP BJT with a pulled back isolation structure and a polysilicon gate covering a part of the NW+HVNDDD base region and a part of the collector extension (HVPDDD) and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a DVNWELL in a portion of a p-sub; forming a HVPDDD in a portion of the DVNWELL; forming a LVPW in a portion of the HVPDDD; forming a first and a second NW laterally separated in a portion of the DVNWELL, the first and second NW being laterally separated from the HVPDDD; forming a N+ base, a P+ emitter, and a P+ collector in an upper portion of the first and second NW and LVPW, respectively; forming a STI structure between the P+ emitter and P+ collector in a portion of the DVNWELL, HVPDDD, and LVPW, respectively; and forming a SAB layer over the STI structure. |
| US10037979B2 |
Surface-mountable multi-chip component
A surface-mountable multi-chip component includes a carrier having a first connection element, a second connection element and third connection element that are electrically insulated from one another. A first semiconductor chip is arranged on the first connection element and electrically connected to the first and second connection elements. The first connection element forms a first electrode and the second connection element forms a second electrode for the first semiconductor chip. A second semiconductor chip is arranged on the second connection element and electrically connected to the second and third connection elements. The third connection element forms a first electrode and the second connection element forms a second electrode for the second semiconductor chip. The second connection element forms a common cathode or anode for the first and second semiconductor chips during operation. |
| US10037972B2 |
Electronic module comprising fluid cooling channel and method of manufacturing the same
Various embodiments provide an electronic module comprising a interposer comprising a fluid channel formed in an electrically isolating material and an electrically conductive structured layer; at least one electronic chip attached to the electrically conductive layer and in thermal contact to the fluid channel; and a molded encapsulation formed at least partially around the at least one electronic chip, wherein the electrically conductive structured layer is directly formed on the electrically isolating material. |
| US10037968B2 |
Alignment systems and wafer bonding systems and methods
Alignment systems, and wafer bonding alignment systems and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, an alignment system for a wafer bonding system includes means for monitoring an alignment of a first wafer and a second wafer, and means for adjusting a position of the second wafer. The alignment system includes means for feeding back a relative position of the first wafer and the second wafer to the means for adjusting the position of the second wafer before and during a bonding process for the first wafer and the second wafer. |
| US10037966B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor
The joint reliability in flip chip bonding of a semiconductor device is enhanced. Prior to flip chip bonding, flux 9 is applied to the solder bumps 5a for flip chip bonding over a substrate and reflow/cleaning is carried out and then flip chip bonding is carried out. This makes is possible to thin the oxide film over the surfaces of the solder bumps 5a and make the oxide film uniform. As a result, it is possible to suppress the production of local solder protrusions to reduce the production of solder bridges during flip chip bonding and enhance the joint reliability in the flip chip bonding of the semiconductor device. |
| US10037961B2 |
Integrated fan-out package and method of fabricating the same
An integrated fan-out package including an integrated circuit, an insulating encapsulation, a plurality of conductive through vias, and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of conductive terminals. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates sidewalls of the integrated circuit. The conductive through vias penetrate in the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure is disposed on the integrated circuit, the conductive through vias and the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive terminals and the conductive through vias. A plurality of first contact surfaces of the conductive terminals and a plurality of second contact surfaces of the conductive through vias are in contact with the redistribution circuit structure, and a roughness of the first contact surfaces and the second contact surfaces ranges from 100 angstroms to 500 angstroms. Methods of fabricating the integrated fan-out package are also provided. |
| US10037960B2 |
Connection structure and connecting method of circuit member
There is provided a connection structure of a circuit member including: a first circuit member having a first main surface provided with a first electrode; a second circuit member having a second main surface provided with a second electrode; and a joining portion which is interposed between the first main surface and the second main surface, in which the joining portion has a solder portion which electrically connects the first electrode and the second electrode to each other, in which the solder portion contains a bismuth-indium alloy, and in which an amount of bismuth contained in the bismuth-indium alloy exceeds 20% by mass and is equal to or less than 80% by mass. |
| US10037954B2 |
Chip with I/O pads on peripheries and method making the same
A chip with I/O pads on the peripheries and a method making the chip is disclosed. The chip includes: a substrate; a first metal layer, formed above the substrate; an inter-metal dielectric layer, formed above the first metal layer, having concave portions formed along the peripheries of the chip so that a portion of the first metal layer is exposed to form an input-output (I/O) pad in each of the concave portions which are spaced apart from each other; and a passivation layer, formed above the second metal layer without covering the concave portions so that specific circuits are formed by the first metal layer and the second metal layer, respectively. By changing the I/O pad from the top of the chip to the peripheries, the extra thickness of the packaged chip caused by wire bonding in the prior arts can be reduced. |
| US10037948B2 |
Invisible compartment shielding
A method for shielding a compartment in a module of an electronic device includes molding the module using a mold material that activates when a laser is applied. The method also includes cutting a trench on the mold of the module around a certain portion of the module using the laser. The method further includes plating the trench using a certain metal. The method also includes filling the trench with a filler material. The method further includes encapsulating the module, the mold, the trench, and the filler material. |
| US10037946B2 |
Package structure having embedded bonding film and manufacturing method thereof
A package structure having an embedded bonding film including a redistribution substrate, a bonding film and a core is provided. The redistribution substrate has a top side and a bottom side opposite to the top side. The bonding film disposed at the top side and embedded in the redistribution substrate includes at least one bonding area and a metal circuit is disposed within the bonding area. The bonding area includes an outer top metal pad electrically coupled to an outer end of the metal circuit and an inner top metal pad on a top surface of the bonding film within the bonding area and electrically coupled to an inner end of the metal circuit. The core disposed at the bottom side of the redistribution substrate and electrically coupled to the redistribution substrate. A Young's modulus of the core is greater than a Young's modulus of the redistribution substrate. |
| US10037943B2 |
Metal gate transistor and fabrication method thereof
A method for fabricating a metal gate transistor includes forming a dummy gate structure surrounded by a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate and a source/drain region in the semiconductor substrate on each side of the dummy gate structure. The top surface of the dummy gate structure is leveled with the top surface of the first dielectric layer. The method then includes forming an etch stop sidewall in the first dielectric layer on each side of the dummy gate structure, forming a first trench by removing the dummy gate structure, and forming a metal gate structure to partially fill the first trench. The top portion of the first trench becomes a second trench. Further, the method also includes forming an etch stop layer by filling the second trench, and then forming a contact plug in the first dielectric layer to electrically connect to each source/drain region. |
| US10037929B2 |
Thermally enhanced semiconductor package having field effect transistors with back-gate feature
The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package having field effect transistors (FETs) with a back-gate feature. The thermally enhanced semiconductor package includes a non-silicon thermal conductive component, a silicon layer with a thickness between 100 Å and 10 μm over the thermal conductive component, a buried oxide (BOX) layer over the silicon layer, an epitaxial layer over the BOX layer and having a source, a drain, and a channel between the source and the drain, a gate dielectric aligned over the channel, and a front-gate structure over the gate dielectric. Herein, a back-gate structure is formed in the silicon layer and has a back-gate region aligned below the channel. A FET is formed by the front-gate structure, the source, the drain, the channel, and the back-gate structure. |
| US10037921B2 |
Structure and formation method of fin-like field effect transistor
A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a fin structure over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a gate stack covering a portion of the fin structure and an epitaxially grown source/drain structure over the fin structure and adjacent to the gate stack. The semiconductor device further includes a semiconductor protection layer over the epitaxially grown source/drain structure. The semiconductor protection layer has an atomic concentration of carbon greater than that of the epitaxially grown source/drain structure. |
| US10037919B1 |
Integrated single-gated vertical field effect transistor (VFET) and independent double-gated VFET
A structure and method of making a semiconductor device includes a single-gated vertical field effect transistor (VFET), that has a first fin on a first bottom source/drain region, a gate of a first work force metal (WFM) surrounding the first fin, and a single gate contact connected to the first WFM. Also included is a double-gated VFET, that has a second fin on a second bottom source/drain region, a first gate of the first WFM disposed on a first side of the second fin, a second wider gate of a second WFM disposed on a second side of the second fin, a first gate contact contacting the first narrow gate, and a second gate contact contacting the second wider gate of the second WFM on the second side. |
| US10037916B2 |
Semiconductor fins for finFET devices and sidewall image transfer (SIT) processes for manufacturing the same
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming at least one precursor semiconductor fin from the semiconductor substrate, etching through at least a portion of the at least one precursor semiconductor fin to form at least one patterned precursor semiconductor fin having a gap therein. The at least one patterned precursor semiconductor fin includes a first vertical surface and a second vertical surface with the gap therebetween. In addition, the method further includes forming a semiconductor material in the gap of the at least one patterned precursor semiconductor fin, in which the first vertical surface and the second vertical surface laterally surround the semiconductor material, and transforming the at least one patterned precursor semiconductor fin into at least one semiconductor fin including the semiconductor material therein. |
| US10037915B1 |
Fabricating method of a semiconductor structure with an epitaxial layer
A fabricating method of a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate divided into a dense region and an isolated region, wherein a first gate structure is disposed within the dense region, and a second gate structure is disposed within the isolated region. Then, a first material layer is formed to cover the first gate structure, the second gate structure and the substrate. Later, a second material layer is formed to cover the first material layer. After that, the second material layer within the dense region is entirely removed. Subsequently, a third material layer is formed to cover the isolated region and the dense region. Next, the substrate is etched to forma first recess at two sides of the first gate structure, and a second recess at two sides of the second gate structure. Finally, an epitaxial layer is formed to fill the first recess and the second recess. |
| US10037911B2 |
Device layer transfer with a preserved handle wafer section
Assemblies including a device layer of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate and a replacement substrate replacing a handle wafer of the SOI substrate, and methods for transferring the device layer of the SOI substrate from the handle wafer to the replacement substrate. A device structure is formed in a first section of the handle wafer, and a second section of the handle wafer adjoining the first section of the handle wafer is removed to expose a surface of the buried dielectric layer of the silicon-on-insulator substrate. A permanent substrate is attached to the surface of the buried dielectric layer. When the permanent substrate is attached to the surface of the buried dielectric layer, the section of the handle wafer is received inside a cavity defined in the permanent substrate. |
| US10037908B2 |
Overhead traveling vehicle system and transfer control method for overhead traveling vehicle system
An overhead traveling vehicle includes a hoist and a first sensor that monitors obstacles below, and a local carriage includes a hoist and travels along the track. A buffer is suspended from the track by vertical supports that extend vertically downward, and no members of the buffer are provided directly over load ports. A second sensor, which monitors an obstacle in a vicinity of the load ports and in a passageway-side area on a side opposite to a processing device, is provided on the track and transmits an obstacle detection signal to the overhead traveling vehicle and the local carriage. Upon receiving the obstacle detection signal from the second sensor, the overhead traveling vehicle and the local carriage stop the hoists, and the overhead traveling vehicle does not monitor obstacles in the passageway-side area using the first sensor. |
| US10037903B2 |
Bonding device, bonding method and pressure applying unit
Provided is a bonding device for bonding a substrate and an electronic part of an assembled body which is formed by mounting the electronic part on the substrate with a metal particle paste sandwiched therebetween. The bonding device is configured to bond the substrate and the electronic part to each other by heating a pressure applying unit having a first transfer member and a second transfer member which transfer pressure and heat to the assembled body n a state where the assembled body is sandwiched between the first transfer member and the second transfer member while applying pressure to the pressure applying unit. The bonding device further includes a heating mechanism part having a first heating part and a second heating part arranged at positions opposite to each other, a positioning mechanism part, and a pressure applying mechanism part. |
| US10037899B2 |
Semiconductor device with high thermal conductivity substrate and process for making the same
The present disclosure relates to a process of forming a high thermal conductivity substrate for an Aluminum/Gallium/Indium (III)-Nitride semiconductor device. According to an exemplary process, a semiconductor precursor including a substrate structure and a buffer structure is provided. The buffer structure is formed over the substrate structure and has a first buffer surface and a second buffer surface. Herein, the second buffer surface is adjacent to the substrate structure and the first buffer surface is opposite the second buffer surface. Next, a high thermal conductivity substrate with a thermal conductivity greater than 400 W/mK is formed over the first buffer surface. A heat sink carrier is then provided over the high thermal conductivity substrate. The substrate structure is then substantially removed to provide a thermally enhanced precursor for the III-Nitride semiconductor device. |
| US10037898B2 |
Water soluble flux with modified viscosity
A one-step water soluble (WS) flux process may reduce residue staining and increase yields for bond grid array (BGA) packages. In one example, the WS flux may use increased amounts of bonding polymer (BP) and reduced amounts of amine to increase viscosity. The increased viscosity may eliminate using a second no-clean flux and enable a single WS flux to both clean the associated substrate and provide stable solder ball support during reflow. |
| US10037897B2 |
Inter-fan-out wafer level packaging with coaxial TIV for 3D IC low-noise packaging
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor element, an insulating layer, and a second semiconductor element. The first semiconductor element includes at least one conductive layer and at least one via layer. The insulating layer is positioned above the first semiconductor device and includes at least one through insulator via (TIV) extending from a first side of the insulating layer to a second side of the insulating layer. The at least one TIV has a conductive core including a copper-containing material. The second semiconductor element is positioned above the insulating layer and includes at least one conductive layer and at least one via layer. The at least one TIV couples the at least one via layer of the first semiconductor element to the at least one via layer of the second semiconductor element. |
| US10037892B2 |
Multi-chip structure and method of forming same
A device includes a redistribution layer over a molding compound layer, a first chip over the fan-out structure, wherein the first chip comprise a plurality of first through vias connected to the redistribution layer and a second chip over the first chip, the second chip being connected to the first chip through a plurality of bumps, wherein the first chip and the second chip are in the molding compound layer, and wherein a center line of the first chip is not vertically aligned with a center line of the second chip. |
| US10037890B2 |
Method for selectively etching with reduced aspect ratio dependence
A method for selectively etching an etch layer with respect to a mask is provided. An etch process is provided comprising a plurality of etch cycles, wherein each etch cycle comprises providing a deposition phase and an etch phase. The deposition phase comprises providing a flow of a deposition phase gas, comprising a fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon containing gas and an oxygen containing gas with a fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon to oxygen ratio, providing a RF power, which forms the deposition phase gas into a plasma, and stopping the deposition phase. The etch phase, comprises providing a flow of an etch phase gas, comprising a fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon containing gas and an oxygen containing gas with a fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon to oxygen ratio that is lower than the fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon to oxygen ratio of the deposition phase gas, providing a RF power, and stopping the etch phase. |
| US10037887B2 |
Method for implanting ions into a semiconductor substrate and an implantation system
A method for implanting ions into a semiconductor substrate includes performing a test implantation of ions into a semiconductor substrate. The ions of the test implantation are implanted with a first implantation angle range over the semiconductor substrate. Further, the method includes determining an implantation angle offset based on the semiconductor substrate after the test implantation and adjusting a tilt angle of the semiconductor substrate with respect to an implantation direction based on the determined implantation angle offset. Additionally, the method includes performing at least one target implantation of ions into the semiconductor substrate after the adjustment of the tilt angle. The ions of the at least one target implantation are implanted with a second implantation angle range over the semiconductor substrate. Further, the first implantation angle range is larger than the second implantation angle range. |
| US10037883B2 |
Enhanced productivity for an etch system through polymer management
Embodiments described herein generally relate to an apparatus and methods for reducing the deposition of polymers in a semiconductor processing chamber. A heater jacket and heat sources are provided and may be configured to maintain a uniform temperature profile of the processing chamber. A method of maintaining a uniform temperature profile of a dielectric ceiling of the processing chamber is also provided. |
| US10037882B2 |
Method for cleaning wafer
A method for cleaning a wafer that has a pattern of recessed and projected portions formed on a surface thereof and contains at least one element selected from titanium, tungsten, aluminum, copper, tin, tantalum, and ruthenium on a surface of a recessed portion of the pattern. The method at least includes a pre-treating step of holding a cleaning liquid at least in the recessed portion of the pattern; a protective film forming step of holding a protective film forming chemical liquid, which is a chemical liquid containing a water-repellant protective film forming agent, at least in the recessed portion of the pattern after the pre-treating step; and a drying step of removing the liquids from the pattern by drying. The cleaning liquid is acidic if the protective film forming chemical liquid is basic, or is basic if the protective film forming chemical liquid is acidic. |
| US10037881B2 |
Wafer cleaning apparatus and wafer cleaning method using the same
The object of the present invention is to provide a wafer cleaning apparatus that reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen, without using hydrogen peroxide, to be able to reduce the deformation, etc. of a wafer and to reduce silicon consumption and a wafer cleaning method using the same. The present invention provides a wafer cleaning apparatus comprising: a first thin film contactor that receives drug solution for removing an oxide film or ultra pure water to separate and discharge gas dissolved in the drug solution for removing the oxide film or the ultra pure water; a second thin film contactor that receives the drug solution for removing the oxide film or the ultra pure water discharged from the first thin film contactor; a vacuum pump that discharges gas separated in the first and second thin film contactors to the outside; and a process vessel that stores the drug solution for removing the oxide film or the ultra pure water discharged from the second thin film contactor, and a wafer cleaning method using the same. |
| US10037880B2 |
Electrostatic ion trap mass spectrometer utilizing autoresonant ion excitation and methods of using the same
Methods of operation of electrostatic ion trap mass spectrometers in which ions are autoresonantly driven at selected higher integer (>2) multiples of ion oscillation frequencies are provided. Excitation at multiples higher than the fundamental or double the fundamental ion oscillation frequency significantly improves both signal intensity and mass resolution. Each method allows excitation exclusively at one selected frequency that is an integer multiple of an ion's natural oscillation frequency, and thereby virtually eliminates ion excitation at unwanted harmonic frequencies. The resultant mass spectra are therefore clean, and do not display spectral features associated with rf excitation at unintended multiple harmonic frequencies. This has been demonstrated explicitly for 4× and 6× modes, and it is fully implementable at any odd or even multiples of ion oscillation frequencies. With implementation of a new method, mass spectrometers can be operated at faster mass scan rates, giving faster response times, without degradation of signal to noise or resolution over the existing technology instruments. Equivalently, with implementation of a new method, mass spectrometers can be operated with superior signal to noise ratios without degradation of response times or resolution. |
| US10037876B2 |
Mass spectrometer and method for controlling injection of electron beam thereof
The present invention relates to an electron bean injection control of a mass spectrometer. A mass spectrometer of the present invention includes: a reference waveform generator configured to generate a reference waveform signal having one type of a square wave and a sine wave, a waveform generator configured to generate a sync signal synchronized with the reference waveform signal; an RF module configured to generate an RF voltage signal from the reference waveform signal and apply the RF voltage signal to an RF electrode in the ion trap, an electron beam generator configured to control an operation of an ultraviolet (UV) diode for generating an electron beam injected into the ion trap according to an input control signal, and a control circuit configured to generate the control signal by using the square wave signal. |
| US10037873B2 |
Automatic determination of demultiplexing matrix for ion mobility spectrometry and mass spectrometry
Multiplexed ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), mass spectrometry (MS) such as time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS), or hybrid IM-MS is carried out on a sample, and the resulting measurement data are deconvoluted. A pulse sequence controlling ion pulsing is utilized in conjunction with the multiplexing. The pulse sequence may be modified based on the raw measurement data acquired. A demultiplexing matrix based on the modified pulse sequence is utilized to improve deconvolution. |
| US10037870B2 |
Method for preparing hydrogen plasma annealing treatment, method for performing hydrogen plasma annealing treatment, and apparatus therefor
A method of performing a surface treatment includes passivating a surface of an insulating part in a reaction chamber, and then performing a hydrogen plasma annealing treatment on a substrate in the reaction chamber. The passivation of the surface of the insulating part includes supplying a nitrogen-based gas into the reaction chamber and exciting the nitrogen-based gas in the reaction chamber using a plasma generator. |
| US10037864B2 |
High voltage shielding and cooling in a charged particle beam generator
The invention relates to a charged particle beam generator. The generator may comprise a high voltage shielding arrangement (201) for shielding components outside the shielding arrangement from high voltages within the shielding arrangement, and a vacuum pump (220) located outside the shielding arrangement for regulating a pressure of a space within the shielding arrangement. The generator may comprise a collimator system with a cooling arrangement (405a/407a-407b/405b) comprising cooling channels inside electrodes of the collimator system. |
| US10037858B2 |
Electric switch assembly
A rotary switch assembly, including a rotary contact and a stationary contact, and a rotary actuator for rotating the rotary contact such as to connect with and disconnect from the stationary contact. The rotary actuator includes a shield for shielding the rotary contact from a side that faces the stationary contact when the rotary contact and the stationary contacted are being disconnected from each other. |
| US10037855B2 |
Ultracapacitor with a novel doped carbon
Doped activated microwave expanded graphite oxide materials and doped monolayer graphene materials, and methods of making these materials. The materials exhibit increased capacitance relative to undoped activated microwave expanded graphite oxide and monolayer graphene. The materials are suitable for use in, for example, ultracapacitors. |
| US10037851B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body including an inner layer portion including ceramic dielectric layers and internal electrodes, and outer layer portions including ceramic dielectric layers. External electrodes connected to the internal electrodes are provided on both ends of the laminated body. The main constituent of the inner layer portion is a perovskite-type compound represented by ABO3. The outer layer portions include first outer layers and second outer layers respectively containing oxides that differ from each other in main constituents, and boundary reaction layers are provided between the first outer layers and the second outer layers. First ceramic dielectric layers outside the boundary reaction layers differ in color from second ceramic dielectric layers inside the boundary reaction layers. |
| US10037850B2 |
Multilayer film capacitor
A multilayer film capacitor having a composite stack disposed between two electrodes where the composite stack includes at least one thermoplastic conductive layer and at least one thermoplastic insulating layer. The total thickness of the conductive layers is at least 3 times the total thickness of the insulating layers. The conductive layers may include a thermoplastic polymer blended with conductive particles at a concentration higher than a percolation threshold. |
| US10037847B2 |
Apparatus and method for wirelessly receiving power
A wireless power receiver includes a receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive power through a resonance between a source resonator and a target resonator. The wireless power receiver further includes a control unit configured to connect the target resonator to at least one capacitor to control a range of a voltage output from the target resonator. |
| US10037845B2 |
Variable inductor and method for manufacturing the same
A variable inductor of which variable inductance characteristics can be adjusted is provided. The inductor includes: a magnetic core having a preset shape; and a coil part surrounding a portion of the magnetic core and generating a magnetic flux depending on a current flow, wherein the magnetic core includes a first magnetic region formed of a first magnetic material and a second magnetic region formed of a second magnetic material different from the first magnetic material. |
| US10037844B2 |
Common mode filter
A common mode filter includes a core, and first and second wires wound around the core. Each of the first and second wires includes at least i−1th turn, ith turn, and i+1th turn. The ith turn of the first wire intersects with the ith turn of the second wire without intersecting each of the i−1th and i+1th turns of the second wire. |
| US10037843B2 |
Electrical device, in particular a coil or a transformer
The invention relates to an electrical device comprising a stack of electrical elements, wherein: a central axis is defined in the stack; each element comprises an electrically insulating carrier; the carrier carries an electrically conductive loop-shaped track; both end zones of the track are located in the edge zone of the carrier; the loop-shaped tracks each form a turn and are arranged around the central axis in the stack; the end zones are connected to each other in electrically conductive manner such that the turns form one winding in at least groupwise manner; the carriers are congruent and each have a form such that they can be rotated from a starting position through an angle a around the central axis to a rotated position in which they take up the same space as in the starting position; adjacent elements with tracks which together form a winding are disposed rotated through an angle a relative to each other, and the mutually registered end zones are mutually connected by an electrical conductor extending transversely of the elements; the free end zones of the tracks of the outermost elements of the stack of elements form the externally accessible terminals of the or each winding; the elements are connected non-releasably to each other, and the stack has a peripheral surface with a form which is prismatic at least in its central zone, i.e. has the same cross-sectional form at any axial position. |
| US10037837B2 |
Resistor and method for manufacturing resistor
In this resistor, a heat sink (Al member) (23) and the other surface (11b) of a ceramic substrate (11) are joined together using an Al—Si-based brazing filler material. The Al—Si-based brazing filler material has a melting point in a range of approximately 600° C. to 700° C. When the heat sink (23) and the ceramic substrate (11) are joined together using the Al—Si-based brazing filler material, it is possible to prevent the derogation of the heat resistance and thermal deterioration during joining at the same time. |
| US10037833B2 |
Insulated wire, coil, and electrical or electronic equipment, and method of producing the insulated wire
An insulated wire, having at least one layer as an insulation layer, on an outer periphery of a conductor, wherein at least one layer as the insulation layer is composed of a mixed resin of a crystalline resin (A) and a resin (B) having a glass transition temperature higher, by 30° C. or more, than a glass transition temperature of the crystalline resin (A), in which the glass transition temperature is measured by a thermomechanical analysis, and a mixing mass ratio of the mixed resin (a mass of the crystalline resin (A):a mass of the resin (B)) is 90:10 to 51:49; a coil; an electric or electronic equipment; and a method of producing the insulated wire. |
| US10037832B2 |
Separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes by electronic type using block copolymers
The separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), by electronic type using centrifugation of compositions of SWNTs and surface active block copolymers in density gradient media. |
| US10037829B2 |
Multi-leaf collimator with leaf sliding means using rolling elements
The leaves of a multi-leaf collimator can be driven more easily and hence more quickly if they are supported on a ball-race instead of in a sliding groove. A recirculating path is preferred, in which the rolling elements of the ball-race support the leaf over part of their path and then return to a start of the path. In addition, the rolling elements could be driven by a drive screw in order to drive the leaf. |
| US10037827B2 |
Method and device for repairing damage to a container wall located under water
The invention relates to a method and a device for repairing damage to a container wall located under water. A repair device has a carrier having means for fastening the carrier to the container wall, a repair die that has at least one injection opening and at least one outlet opening and can be pressed against the container wall in a remotely controlled manner in order to cover the damage to the container wall and to seal off a chamber formed by the repair die and the container wall, a reservoir for an adhesive, a remotely controllable injection device is arranged on the carrier, which remotely controllable injection device is provided in order to inject adhesive from the reservoir into the injection opening of the repair die so that the chamber formed by the repair die and the container wall is filled by means of the adhesive. |
| US10037824B2 |
Nuclear reactor having efficient and highly stable carbon-based thermal transfer fluid
A pressurized water nuclear reactor (PWNR) includes a core having a containment shield surrounding a reactor vessel having fuel assemblies that contain fuel rods filled with fuel pellets, and control rods, and a steam generator thermally coupled to the reactor vessel. A flow loop includes the steam generator, a turbine, and a condenser, and a pump for circulating a water-based heat transfer fluid in the loop. The heat transfer fluid includes a plurality of nanoparticles having at least one carbon allotrope or related carbon material dispersed therein, such as diamond nanoparticles. |
| US10037822B2 |
Method for the in situ passivation of the steel surfaces of a nuclear reactor
The invention relates to the field of nuclear technology, and specifically to a method for the in situ passivation of steel surfaces. The method consists in installing, in a position intended for a regular core, a core simulator in the form of a model of the core, which models the shape thereof, the relative position of the core components, and also the mass characteristics thereof; next, the reactor is filled with a heavy liquid metal heat transfer medium, the heat transfer medium is heated to a temperature which provides for the conditions of passivation, and in situ passivation is carried out in two stages, the first of which includes an isothermal passivation mode in conformity with the conditions determined for this stage, and the second mode includes non-isothermal passivation, which is carried out under different conditions, after which the core simulator is removed and the regular core is installed in the place thereof. The method provides for the corrosion-resistance of steel elements in a heavy liquid metal heat transfer medium environment and permits a decrease in the maximum rate of oxygen consumption during the initial period of operation of a nuclear actor. |
| US10037818B2 |
Switched interface stacked-die memory architecture
Systems and methods disclosed herein include those that may receive a memory request including a requested memory address and may send the memory request directly to an address decoder associated with a stacked-die memory vault without knowing whether a repair address is required. If a subsequent analysis of the memory request shows that a repair address is required, an in-process decode of the requested memory address can be halted and decoding of the repair address initiated. |
| US10037815B2 |
Analog-to-digital converters
An embodiment includes an analog-to-digital converter device. A device may include a first track and hold amplifier configured to receive an analog input signal. The device may also include a plurality of paths coupled to an output of the first track and hold amplifier. Each path of the plurality of paths includes a second track and hold amplifier coupled to the first track and hold amplifier, and a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter coupled to an output of the second track and hold amplifier. The successive-approximation analog-to-digital converter may include heterojunction bipolar transistors, a comparator, R-2R DAC, and a SiGe BiCMOS quasi-CML SAR register and sequencer. |
| US10037811B1 |
Integrated circuits compensating for timing skew difference between signals
An integrated circuit including semiconductor devices may be provided. The semiconductor device may be configured to compare phases of strobe signals which are generated according to internal delay times of the semiconductor devices and configured to control points of time that an internal command is inputted to the internal circuits of the semiconductor devices according to a comparison result of the phases of the strobe signals. |
| US10037808B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for driving semiconductor device
A semiconductor device with a reduced area and capable of higher integration and larger storage capacity is provided. A multi-valued memory cell including a reading transistor which includes a back gate electrode and a writing transistor is used. Data is written by turning on the writing transistor so that a potential according to the data is supplied to a node where one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the writing transistor and a gate electrode of the reading transistor are electrically connected to each other, and then turning off the writing transistor and holding a predetermined potential in the node. Data is read by supplying a reading control potential to a control signal line connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the reading transistor, and then detecting potential change of a reading signal line. |
| US10037804B1 |
Adjusting target values of resistive memory devices
Examples disclosed herein relate to programming a first conductance of a first resistive memory device based on a first target value. The first conductance of the first resistive memory device is measured to determine a deviation of the first resistive memory device from the first target value. A second target value of a second resistive memory device is adjusted based on the deviation, and a second conductance of the second resistive memory device is programmed based on the adjusted second target value. |
| US10037803B2 |
Apparatus and method for programming a multi-level phase change memory (PCM) cell based on an actual resistance value and a reference resistance value
An apparatus for programming at least one multi-level Phase Change Memory (PCM) cell having a first terminal and a second terminal. A programmable control device controls the PCM cell to have a respective cell state by applying at least one current pulse to the PCM cell, the control device controlling the at least one current pulse by applying a respective first pulse to the first terminal and a respective second pulse applied to the second terminal of the PCM cell. The respective cell state is defined by a respective resistance level. The control device receives a reference resistance value defining a target resistance level for the cell, and further receives an actual resistance value of said PCM cell such that the applying the respective first pulse and said respective second pulse is based on said actual resistance value of the PCM cell and said received reference resistance value. |
| US10037802B2 |
Phase change memory with an incrementally ramped write-reference voltage and an incrementally ramped read-reference voltage
Structures and methods for a multi-bit phase change memory are disclosed herein. A method includes establishing a write-reference voltage that incrementally ramps over a write period. The increments of the write-reference voltage correspond to discrete resistance states of a storage cell of the multi-bit phase change memory. |
| US10037801B2 |
2T-1R architecture for resistive RAM
A memory device includes a plurality of resistive memory cells and a plurality of word lines. Each resistive memory cell includes a resistive memory element, a first switching element electrically coupled in series with the resistive memory element, and a second switching element electrically coupled in series with the first switching element. The first switching element and the second switching element in each resistive memory cell is coupled to different ones of the word lines. |
| US10037797B2 |
Programming memories with stepped programming pulses including inhibiting a memory cell for a portion of a programming pulse and enabling that memory cell for another portion of that programming pulse
Methods of operating a memory device include applying a programming pulse to a plurality of memory cells selected for programming having an initial portion having a first voltage level and a subsequent portion having a second voltage level less than the first voltage level, inhibiting a particular memory cell of the plurality of memory cells from programming during the initial portion of the programming pulse while a different memory cell of the plurality of memory cells is enabled for programming, and inhibiting the different memory cell from programming during the subsequent portion of the programming pulse while the particular memory cell is enabled for programming. |
| US10037794B1 |
SRAM read multiplexer including replica transistors
A first transistor has a first conduction terminal coupled to a second bit line, a second conduction terminal coupled to a bit line node, and a control terminal biased by a second control signal. A second transistor has a first conduction terminal coupled to a second complementary bit line, a second conduction terminal coupled to a complementary bit line node, and a control terminal biased by the second control signal. A first replica transistor has a first conduction terminal coupled to the second bit line, a second conduction terminal coupled to the complementary bit line node, and a control terminal biased such that the first replica transistor is off. A second replica transistor has a first conduction terminal coupled to the second complementary bit line, a second conduction terminal coupled to the bit line node, and a control terminal biased such that the second replica transistor is off. |
| US10037791B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for setting a signal in variable resistance memory
An example of a method reads a spin torque transfer (STT) memory cell, and writes the STT memory cell using information obtained during the reading of the STT memory cell to set a pulse to write the STT memory cell. An example of an apparatus includes a STT memory cell and read/write circuitry coupled to the STT memory cell to determine a read current (IREAD) through the STT memory cell and to set a pulse to write the STT memory cell using IREAD. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10037786B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for converting a mask to an index
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to converting a mask to an index. An example apparatus comprises an array of memory cells and periphery logic configured to: generate an indicator mask by resetting, in response to a first control signal, a second digit of a mask different from a first digit of the mask that is set; and convert, in response to a second control signal, a digit position in the indicator mask of the first digit that is set to an identifier value as an index. |
| US10037783B2 |
Wrapped data storage device for reducing vibration
A data storage device (DSD) is assembled with a flexible sheet of barrier material covering at least a portion of the top cover and/or bottom base of the DSD enclosure, whereby a layer of air is between the sheet of barrier material and the cover and/or base. Polyvinlyidene chloride (PVDC) may be used as the barrier material. A wrap-around structure may be used for the barrier material, enveloping the DSD so that an open end can be positioned open to a primary direction of airflow, such that a respective layer of air is created between the barrier material and each of the cover and/or base. An adhesive may be positioned around the outer edge of the cover and/or base, to adhere the sheet of barrier material to the respective cover and/or base while allowing the air layer to fill the space therebetween. |
| US10037774B1 |
Sliders having features in the mid gap
Sliders that include a slider body having an outer side edge, an inner side edge, a trailing edge and a leading edge, and a base; a trailing edge set of features positioned towards the trailing edge of the slider body, the trailing edge set of features having air bearing surfaces, the air bearing surfaces being above the base of the slider body; a leading edge set of features positioned towards the leading edge of the slider body; a gap positioned between the trailing edge set of features and the leading edge set of features, the gap having a gap surface, the gap surface substantially coplanar with the base of the slider body; and a first gap feature and a second gap feature distributed evenly within the gap from the inner side edge to the outer side edge, the first and second gap features each having upper surfaces, the upper surfaces of the first and second gap features being above the base of the slider body but below the air bearing surface of the trailing edge features. |
| US10037771B2 |
Near field transducer (NFT) including peg and disc of different materials
Devices having air bearing surfaces (ABS), the devices include a near field transducer (NFT) that includes a disc configured to convert photons incident thereon into plasmons; and a peg configured to couple plasmons coupled from the disc into an adjacent magnetic storage medium, wherein the disc includes a disc material and the peg includes a peg material, wherein the disc material is different from the peg material and wherein the disc material has a first real part of the permittivity and a peg material has a second real part of the permittivity and the second real part of the permittivity is not greater than the first real part of the permittivity. |
| US10037767B1 |
Integrated system and a method of identifying and learning emotions in conversation utterances
Systems and methods for identifying and learning emotions in conversation utterances are described. The system receives at least one of textual utterance data, audio utterance data and visual utterance data. A set of facial expressions are fetched from the visual utterance data. The system annotates the set of facial expressions with corresponding set of emotions using predictive modeling. Upon annotating, labelled data is generated by tagging the textual utterance data and the audio utterance data with the set of emotions. The labelled data along with non-labelled data is fed into self-learning model of the system. The non-labelled data is new textual utterance data. The self-learning model learns, from the labelled data, about the set of emotions. Further, the self-learning model also determines a new set of emotions corresponding to the new textual utterance data by using recurrent neural network. The self-learning model generates new labelled data and update itself accordingly. |
| US10037764B2 |
Method for decoding a higher order ambisonics (HOA) representation of a sound or soundfield
When compressing an HOA data frame representation, a gain control (15, 151) is applied for each channel signal before it is perceptually encoded (16). The gain values are transferred in a differential manner as side information. However, for starting decoding of such streamed compressed HOA data frame representation absolute gain values are required, which should be coded with a minimum number of bits. For determining such lowest integer number (βe) of bits the HOA data frame representation (C(k)) is rendered in spatial domain to virtual loudspeaker signals lying on a unit sphere, followed by normalisation of the HOA data frame representation (C(k)). Then the lowest integer number of bits is set to βe=┌ log2(┌log2(√{square root over (KMAX)}·O)┐+1)┐. |
| US10037762B2 |
Method and device for decoding an audio soundfield representation
Soundfield signals such as e.g. Ambisonics carry a representation of a desired sound field. The Ambisonics format is based on spherical harmonic decomposition of the soundfield, and Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) uses spherical harmonics of at least 2nd order. However, commonly used loudspeaker setups are irregular and lead to problems in decoder design. A method for improved decoding an audio soundfield representation for audio playback comprises calculating a panning function (W) using a geometrical method based on the positions of a plurality of loudspeakers and a plurality of source directions, calculating a mode matrix (Ξ) from the loudspeaker positions, calculating a pseudo-inverse mode matrix (Ξ+) and decoding the audio soundfield representation. The decoding is based on a decode matrix (D) that is obtained from the panning function (W) and the pseudo-inverse mode matrix (Ξ+). |
| US10037761B1 |
Audio decoder state update for packet loss concealment
Techniques are provided for updating state data of an audio decoder for packet loss concealment (PLC). A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes decoding encoded bits in a sequence of audio packets. A decoder history buffer stores the encoded bits and decimated state data associated with the decoding of those bits. The decimation factor of the state data is based on a down-sampling rate of the decoder. The method further includes performing PLC for an invalid audio packet using concealment samples from a PLC history buffer. The state of the audio decoder is updated from the decoder history buffer, based on timing associated with the concealment samples. The method further includes re-decoding the stored encoded bits associated with the updated state data, to further update the state of the audio decoder for subsequent decoding of a valid audio packet following the invalid audio packet. |
| US10037760B2 |
Segment-based speaker verification using dynamically generated phrases
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for verifying an identity of a user. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of receiving a request for a verification phrase for verifying an identity of a user. Additional actions include, in response to receiving the request for the verification phrase for verifying the identity of the user, identifying subwords to be included in the verification phrase and in response to identifying the subwords to be included in the verification phrase, obtaining a candidate phrase that includes at least some of the identified subwords as the verification phrase. Further actions include providing the verification phrase as a response to the request for the verification phrase for verifying the identity of the user. |
| US10037759B2 |
Voice processing device, voice processing method, and non-transitory recording medium that stores program
A voice processing device includes: an acquirer which acquires feature quantities of vowel sections included in voice data; a classifier which classifies, among the acquired feature quantities, feature quantities corresponding to a plurality of same vowels into a plurality of clusters for respective vowels with unsupervised classification; and a determiner which determines a combination of clusters corresponding to the same speaker from clusters classified for the plurality of vowels. |
| US10037757B2 |
Voice recognition apparatus and method of recognizing voice
A voice recognition apparatus according to the embodiment includes a first user input unit for receiving a first user command; a second user input unit for receiving a second user command; and a control unit for executing a specific function according to a combination of the first and second user commands input through the first and second user input units. |
| US10037753B2 |
Multi-sensor signal optimization for speech communication
Systems, methods, and apparatus for facilitating multi-sensor signal optimization for speech communication are presented herein. A sensor component including acoustic sensors can be configured to detect sound and generate, based on the sound, first sound information associated with a first sensor of the acoustic sensors and second sound information associated with a second sensor of the acoustic sensors. Further, an audio processing component can be configured to generate filtered sound information based on the first sound information, the second sound information, and a spatial filter associated with the acoustic sensors; determine noise levels for the first sound information, the second sound information, and the filtered sound information; and generate output sound information based on a selection of one of the noise levels or a weighted combination of the noise levels. |
| US10037751B2 |
Single coil hum-cancelling pickup for musical instruments
An improved hum-cancelling pickup (humbucker) comprises a single integrated coil. The device includes a bobbin having a top plate and a bottom plate interconnected by a plurality of magnetic pole pieces and a fine enameled wire wound around the magnetic pole pieces a plurality of turns so as to form a coil; the coil having dual inner and outer wrappings each wound around the magnetic pole pieces in a direction reverse of the other wrapping. The inner and outer wrappings of the coil are coupled to a single magnetic field that can be positioned at a single location along the strings of a musical instrument, allowing for improved fidelity of string signals while cancelling signals induced in the coil by ambient magnetic fields. |
| US10037750B2 |
Systems and methods for analyzing components of audio tracks
A method is described comprising receiving a stem signal and an audio mix signal, wherein the audio mix signal comprises information of the stem signal. The method includes applying a first transform to the stem signal to provide a first stem spectrum, applying a second transform to the stem signal to provide a second stem spectrum, generating a plurality of mix signals using the audio mix signal, applying a first transform to each mix signal of the plurality of mix signals to provide a corresponding first mix signal spectrum, applying a second transform to each mix signal of the plurality of mix signals to provide a corresponding second mix signal spectrum, and using information of the first stem spectrum, the second stem spectrum, a first mix signal spectrum, or a second mix signal spectrum to detect the information of the stem signal in the audio mix signal. |
| US10037743B2 |
Inferring battery status of an electronic device in a wireless power delivery environment
Techniques are described herein for inferring a status of a primary battery for an electronic device in a wireless power delivery environment. In some embodiments, the status of the primary battery can be inferred, without any feedback regarding a status of the primary battery, based on a wireless charging profile of the primary battery and power usage characteristics that are monitored. In some embodiments, the wireless power transmission system utilizes the information inferred about a particular wireless device's primary battery to control or allocate how much wireless power is allocated to a particular wireless power receiver client embedded and/or otherwise associated with the wireless device. |
| US10037742B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying health data and medium
The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying health data collected by a wearable device. The method may include acts performed by the wearable device: collecting health data of a user; establishing a wireless connection with a home media playing device; and sending the health data to the home media playing device through the wireless connection for display. The wearable device includes: a data collection module, a connection establishing module and a data sending module. By collecting health data of a user, establishing a wireless connection with a home media playing device, sending the health data to the home media playing device through the wireless connection, and displaying the health data by the home media playing device, the user operation is simplified, and the utilization efficiency is improved. |
| US10037740B2 |
GOA circuit and liquid crystal display device
A GOA circuit and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The GOA circuit includes a plurality of gate driving modules for inputting scanning signals to scanning lines. Each of the gate driving modules includes a GOA unit and an output control unit. The output control unit includes a first control shunt, a second control shunt, a third control shunt, and a fourth control shunt. |
| US10037739B2 |
Gate driving circuit, display device and gate pulse modulation method
A gate driving and modulating circuit, for reduced flicker on a display, includes a first discharge circuit and a plurality of interconnected gate drivers. The plurality of gate drivers is electrically coupled to ground through the first discharge circuit. Each of the plurality of gate drivers includes a second discharge circuit. The gate driving circuit performs a chamfering of a gate signal by being simultaneously discharged through the first discharge circuit and the second discharge circuit. |
| US10037738B2 |
Display gate driver circuits with dual pulldown transistors
A display is provided that includes an array of display pixels and gate driver circuitry for providing data and gate line signals to the display pixels. Gate driver circuitry may include gate driver circuits that generate the gate line signals. A gate driver circuit may include at least a buffer transistor, a bootstrapping capacitor coupled to the buffer transistor, a pulldown transistor coupled in series with the buffer transistor, and an isolation transistor coupled to the gate of the pulldown transistor. The buffer transistor may directly receive a first clock signal, whereas the isolation transistor may directly receive a second clock signal that is complementary to the first clock signal. The pulldown transistor is substantially larger than the buffer transistor. The buffer transistor is substantially larger than the isolation transistor. Configured as such, clock loading is minimized while the pulldown transistor is sized to provide the desired fall time performance. |
| US10037736B2 |
Liquid crystal devices (LCDs) and the organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs ) compensation circuits thereof
The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal device and the compensation circuit for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) thereof. The compensation circuit of the OLED includes a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a third switch unit, and a fourth switch unit. When the first switch unit and the second switch unit are turned off and the third switch unit and the fourth switch unit are turned on, the compensation circuit drives the OLED to emit light to compensate the OLED. With such configuration, the current passing through the OLED is prevented from being drifted caused by the threshold voltage of the TFT. |
| US10037735B2 |
Active matrix display with dual driving modes
An active matrix electro-optic display (100) includes capacitor electrodes (110, 112) associated with the pixel electrodes (106, 108) so that the pixel electrode and its associated capacitor electrode form a capacitor. The display (100) also includes switching means (120) having one position in which each capacitor electrode (110, 112) is electrically connected to the light-transmissive front electrode (102) of the display (100) and a second position in which each capacitor electrode (110, 112) is electrically connected to a voltage source having a voltage independent of the voltage on the light-transmissive electrode. |
| US10037732B2 |
AMOLED pixel driving circuit and pixel driving method
The present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving method. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit utilizes a 5T1C structure driving circuit, comprising a first thin film transistor (T1), a second thin film transistor (T2), a third thin film transistor (T3), a fourth thin film transistor (T4), a fifth thin film transistor (T5), a capacitor (C1) and an organic light emitting diode (D1), and the nth scan signal (Scan(n)), the n-1th scan signal (Scan(n-1)) and the light emitting control signal (Em(n)) are combined with one another, and correspond to an OLED activation voltage extracting stage, a program stage and a light emitting stage one after another. Ultimately, the current IOLED flowing through the organic light emitting diode (D1) satisfies: IOLED ∝(VData−Vref+VSS+VOLED−VDD−Vth1)2. The IOLED which increases along with the VOLED can qualitatively compensate the brightness decay of the organic light emitting diode. |
| US10037731B2 |
Driver, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic device
A driver includes a power supply circuit including a voltage boosting circuit that generates a boosted voltage by performing a voltage boosting operation, and a driving circuit that receives a power supply from the power supply circuit, and samples a driving voltage to drive a display panel. The voltage boosting circuit has a voltage boosting unit having a voltage boosting transistor, and a voltage boosting control circuit that outputs a voltage boosting clock signal to the voltage boosting unit. The voltage boosting control circuit stops the voltage boosting clock signal in a first period that includes a timing of an end of a sampling period of the driving circuit. |
| US10037721B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus 10 and a support arrangement 16 and flexible display member 14. A support arrangement 16 includes an elongate support member 44 with an upper transverse member 54 at its upper end, and urge resiliently upwardly therefrom. A lower transverse member 48 is provided the lower end of the elongate support member 44. The upward resilient urging of the upper transverse members 54 applies tension to a display member extending between the lower and upper transverse members 48, 54. |
| US10037717B2 |
Printable magnetic label tape, magnetic label, and method of making
A printable magnetic label tape including a magnetic first layer and a printable second layer. The printable magnetic label tape includes spaced apart transverse oriented lines of weakness along the length of the label tape. A printable magnetic label, and methods of making. |
| US10037710B2 |
Prevention and intervention assistance system
Systems and methods for online assisted pre-intervention or “prevention” are described. A prevention system may provide the ability to initiate a prevention campaign in order to create a customized support forum for persons who may be afflicted by a harmful addiction. The prevention system can receive a request to initiate a campaign for a recipient from a host and facilitate the invitation of other participants to the campaign. Knowledge-based questionnaires may be dynamically generated for the host and participants, and a profile built for the recipient based on received responses. Customized messages may be generated by the prevention system using expert knowledge-based rules, and delivered to the recipient. The messages may be unique to the recipient based on the recipient's circumstances and relationship to the host and participants. Support services provided by the prevention system encourage the recipient to agree to accept help and provide action plan recommendations. |
| US10037703B2 |
Method for coupling flight plan and flight path using ADS-B information
The present invention relates to a method for coupling a flight plan and a flight path using ADS-B information, and more specifically to a method for coupling a flight plan and a flight path, wherein a flight data processing unit of an air traffic control system or an arrival management system separately and directly receives ADS-B information such that the received ADS-B information can be used for coupling a flight plan and a flight path of an aircraft. |
| US10037701B2 |
Watercraft navigation safety system
Apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium for navigation safety and collision prevention are described herein. The apparatus may cause the collection of marine electronic data from marine data sources. Marine data sources may include a radar system, a sonar system, a position system, a tracking system, and/or a chart system. The apparatus may further determine, based upon the marine electronic data, the presence of a hazard in the projected path of the watercraft. The apparatus may determine if the hazard is within a threshold distance and, in response, may cause the watercraft to stop before reaching the hazard. In some instances, the apparatus may transmit a warning alert to the watercraft operator, and after a predetermined period of time without response by the operator, the apparatus may cause the watercraft to stop to prevent collision with the hazard. |
| US10037699B1 |
Systems and methods for motivating a driver according to behaviors of nearby vehicles
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to inducing awareness in a driver about a surrounding environment of a primary vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to detecting that a nearby vehicle is present within a defined range of the primary vehicle, generating a behavior characterization of the nearby vehicle according to at least sensor data from one or more sensors of the primary vehicle. The method includes indicating to the driver of the primary vehicle the behavior characterization of the nearby vehicle to inform the driver of how surrounding vehicles including the nearby vehicle are operating and to induce the driver to be engaged with the surrounding environment of the primary vehicle. |
| US10037697B2 |
Driving assistance system and vehicle-mounted device
The present disclosure provides a driving assistance system and a vehicle-mounted device. Each vehicle-mounted device broadcasts own vehicle information, and transmits wide area vehicle information to a center. The wide area vehicle information includes the vehicle information and VIN of the own vehicle. The center receives the wide area vehicle information, and stores the vehicle information and the VIN in a correlated manner in a center end database. The vehicle-mounted device transmits an appearance information request signal to the center. The appearance information request signal includes generation time and location information of a different vehicle. The center specifies, based on the generation time and the location information included in the appearance information request signal, the VIN of the vehicle requested by the vehicle-mounted device, and acquires the appearance information related to the specified VIN by searching the appearance information database, and then transmits the appearance information to the vehicle-mounted device. |
| US10037694B2 |
Method and system for autonomous vehicles to pass through road intersection safely
A method and a system for at least two autonomous vehicles to safely pass through a road intersection are provided. The method includes providing an information receiving circle in each of the maps circling the road intersection, providing a broadcasting circle circled by the information receiving circle concentrically, circling a road intersection, traveling all autonomous vehicles toward the road intersection and into the information receiving circle, traveling one of the autonomous vehicles into the broadcasting circle for broadcasting traffic information, receiving traffic information of the autonomous vehicle traveling in the broadcasting circle by the other autonomous vehicle, and determining which autonomous vehicle passes through the road intersection first according to the traffic information broadcasted by the autonomous vehicle. When the other autonomous vehicle makes a determination to let the autonomous vehicle pass first, the other autonomous vehicle stops before the intersection until the autonomous vehicle has passed through the road intersection. |
| US10037692B2 |
Traffic sign recognition system
A traffic sign recognition system includes a display for displaying caution information regarding a traffic sign ahead of a vehicle, and a processor configured to execute a viewing direction detecting module for detecting a viewing direction of a driver, a traffic sign detecting module for detecting the traffic sign, and a road surface condition detecting module for detecting a slippery road surface condition. The processor controls the display to display the caution information regarding the detected traffic sign when the detected viewing direction of the driver is different from a direction of the detected traffic sign, and controlling the display to refrain from displaying the caution information when the detected viewing direction of the driver matches the direction of the detected traffic sign. When the slippery road surface condition is detected, the processor controls the display to display the caution information regardless of the viewing direction of the driver. |
| US10037690B2 |
Method and system for access control
An entrance control system for a car park, in which entry is regulated by a barrier, comprises an image processing device for determining a character string on a vehicle number plate and a reader for reading a credential. The credential is assigned to a user of the vehicle and has a feature identifying the user. A control unit of the entrance control system is coupled for communication purposes to the image processing device and the reader coupled. The control unit determines whether the feature identifying the user is present in a user database, and associates the determined character string with the feature identifying the user when the feature identifying the user is present in the user database, in order thus to register the number plate of the vehicle as belonging to the user. |
| US10037684B1 |
Waterproof nursecall pullcord station
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a waterproof pullcord station for management of patient care. The pullcord station includes a cord, and a face plate assembly coupled to a wall plate assembly. The face plate assembly includes a cord retainer coupled to the cord, and an actuator post coupled to the cord retainer. The wall plate assembly includes a wall plate comprising a frontside and a backside, wherein the frontside comprises a single material and the backside comprises an opening, the wall plate serving as a housing for an electronic circuit. The wall plate assembly further includes the electronic circuit wirelessly coupled to the actuator post and configured to determine whether the cord has been pulled by monitoring the wireless coupling between the actuator post and the electronic circuit. The wall plate assembly further includes a back cap configured to interface with the opening of the backside. |
| US10037682B1 |
Systems and methods for remotely activating an emergency protocol
A system, method, and device are provided for activating an emergency protocol when a weak point on a user device is compromised as a result of an applied stress. The system comprises the user device and its relationship with a network element. When the weak point on the user device undergoes stress and breaks, a distress signal is sent to the network element. The network element then proceeds to activate the emergency protocol which may include placing a call to an emergency response team. |
| US10037681B2 |
Emergency notification within an alarm community
The present invention relates to a process of detecting if a handheld device (10) has been exposed to acceleration above a predetermined threshold by receiving a signal from an accelerometer (13) comprised in the handheld device and comparing the signal from the accelerometer with the predetermined threshold, and if the handheld device have been exposed to acceleration above the predetermined threshold sending, an alarm signal, via a wireless communication unit (16) comprised in the handheld device, to an alarm server, indicating that the handheld device has been subjected for an accident, the process being implemented as a program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, the program being executed on the handheld device having processing capabilities. |
| US10037678B2 |
System and method for providing a personalized washroom experience to patrons
A washroom system and related operations method are provided wherein patrons receive a personalized message or other personalized washroom experience. A washroom facility is configured with a receiver that receives a respective ID signal unique to particular patrons that enter the facility. The unique ID signal is transmitted by a device carried by the patrons. A processor system is in communication with the receiver for receipt of the unique ID signals. The processor system includes a memory with a file associated with each of the unique ID signals, the files containing information on the respective patron associated with the unique ID signal that is retrieved by the processor and used to generate and transmit the personalized message to a broadcast device in the washroom facility. |
| US10037677B2 |
Speech therapeutic devices and methods
Disclosed herein are speech therapeutic devices and methods. In one aspect, the speech therapeutic device includes audio input circuitry, signal processing circuitry, and stimulus circuitry. In certain embodiments, the audio input circuitry is configured to provide an input signal that is indicative of speech provided by a user and the signal processing circuitry is configured to utilize a reconfigurable rule that includes a condition, receive the input signal, process the input signal using the reconfigurable rule, and provide an alert signal responsive to attainment of the condition. The stimulus circuitry is configured to receive the alert signal and provide a stimulus to the user. The signal processing circuitry is additionally configured to (i) receive the reconfigurable rule from a communication network, and/or (ii) generate a record indicative of the alert signal, store the record in a memory, and send the record to a communication network. |
| US10037676B1 |
Remote cognitive impairment screening and location verification system and method
A system and method for monitoring and screening individuals subject to voluntary or mandatory personal conduct restrictions, such as prohibitions on alcohol and drug use, as well as geographic travel limitations using remote wireless communications and smartphone technology. A computer software program, including a Client Module and a downloadable Subject Module is preferably provided as part of the system to facilitate the execution of the method. Biometric verification of the Subject's identity is achieved via wireless communication from the subject to the Client. A comparison of a first facial photograph obtained from the subject in a known, non- impaired condition with a current facial photograph obtained from the subject and wirelessly transmitted to the client provides a basis for determining a probability of cognitive impairment. GPS data obtained from the Subject's smartphone enables compliance with travel requirements. |
| US10037670B2 |
Electric safety belt
Systems and methods of a safety belt to be worn by individuals in the course of physical activities such as walking, running, biking, etc. Safety belts of the inventive subject matter include one or more sensors that are used to develop a kinematic status of the individual wearing the safety belt. Kinematic status information can be broadcast out wirelessly, and it can be used to determine whether to generate an alert. Some embodiments of the safety belt can detect the presence of a hazard in the vicinity of an individual wearing the safety belt. |
| US10037669B2 |
Fall detection and reporting technology
Fall detection and reporting technology, in which output from at least one sensor configured to sense, in a room of a building, activity associated with a patient falling is monitored and a determination is made to capture one or more images of the room based on the monitoring. An image of the room is captured with a camera positioned to include the patient within a field of view of the camera and the captured image of the room is analyzed to detect a state of the patient at a time of capturing the image. A potential fall event for the patient is determined based on the detected state of the patient and a message indicating the potential fall event for the patient is sent based on the determination of the potential fall event for the patient. Techniques are also described for fall detection and reporting using an on-body sensing device. |
| US10037667B2 |
Wristband and application to allow one person to monitor another
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a wearable device includes a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors are configured to detect information concerning a wearer or a surrounding of the wearer of the wearable device. At least some of the detected information is automatically communicated from the wearable device to a remote application based on either a request from a user of the remote application or a trigger initiated on the wearable device when the detected information from the one or more sensors indicate an event has occurred. In certain configurations, the event may be an uttered request for help or a detect increase in heart rate above an expected signature. In certain configurations, some of the information is transmitted to a security or law enforcement agency. In certain configurations, some of the information transmitted is prior recorded information that would otherwise be deleted had the request or trigger not occurred. |
| US10037666B2 |
Smart wake
Methods and systems for security and/or automation systems are described. In some embodiments, the methods may include identifying an area of a premises associated with an occupant, identifying a wake up time associated with the occupant, identifying a location associated with the occupant, and initiating one or more automated actions based at least in part on the wake up time and the area. |
| US10037665B2 |
Chamber-less smoke sensor
A method for detecting smoke via a chamber-less smoke sensor includes applying one or more filters to eliminate a flooding of ambient light upon the smoke sensor and emitting, by a source, light. At least one detector detects at least a portion of the emitted light and a processor processes the detected light to signal an alarm condition when one or more threshold levels are reached. A chamber-less smoke sensor includes a light source configured to emit light and at least one detector configured to detect at least a portion of the emitted light. An electronic filter and/or a processor is configured to apply one or more filters to eliminate a flooding of ambient light upon the smoke sensor and process the detected light to signal an alarm condition when a threshold level is reached. |
| US10037664B2 |
Hazard alarm control unit and method for commissioning and configuring thereof
The invention relates to a hazard alarm control unit having a housing (1), having a first electronic assembly (2) which is releasably fastened in the housing (1) and comprises a central processing unit (3) which is configured to execute stored programming instructions including at least one configuration module, and also a detector signal acquisition unit (4) and a controlling unit (5). The hazard alarm control unit also has a second electronic assembly (6) which is formed on an outside (10) as an operating and display front panel without a display and has switching elements (7) and luminous indicators (8) and is formed on an inside (9) as an commissioning and configuration unit (11) which comprises configuration parameter selector (12, 13, 14, 15) and a first optical display (20), the second electronic assembly (6) being connected to the first electronic assembly in a signal-conducting manner and being set up such that the set configuration parameters of the configuration parameter selector (12, 13, 14, 15) are accepted by the first electronic assembly for holding and processing in the at least one configuration module. The invention also relates to a method for commissioning and configuring a hazard alarm control unit. |
| US10037660B2 |
Flexible haptic actuator
A flexible haptic actuator and corresponding method. The flexible haptic actuator comprises a core formed with a flexible material. The core defines a volume and is bendable. An electrical conductor is coiled around the core and is bendable. A casing surrounds the electrical conductor and at least a part of the core. The casing includes a plurality of flexible sections and a plurality of stiff sections. The casing is bendable. A haptic mass is suspended in the volume, the haptic mass being at least partially formed with a magnetic material. The haptic mass is movable in the volume in response to the electrical conductor generating a magnetic field. |
| US10037658B2 |
Billiard combined proposition wagering system
A billiard combined proposition wagering system is disclosed, including an interactive controller constructed to: provide an interactive application display; communicate initialization data; communicate skill outcome data; receive wagering telemetry data; update a wagering user interface; a chance-based controller constructed to: receive incoming credit data; receive chance outcome request data; determine a chance outcome for a chance-based proposition; communicate chance outcome data; receive combined outcome data; update one or more credit meters; and communicate updated credit meter data; the process controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the chance-based controller, and constructed to: receive initialization data; communicate chance outcome request data; receive chance outcome data; determine object values by assigning each outcome to one or more objects associated with the interactive application; receive skill outcome data; update object values; determine billiard combined outcome; communicate combined outcome data; receive updated credit meter data; generate and communicate the wagering telemetry data. |
| US10037657B2 |
Bonus with proximity of occurrence related to base game outcomes or payback percentage
Each play of a base game increases the likelihood of winning a bonus award. A display provides a graphical indication of the change in likelihood of winning the bonus award. In one aspect, the bonus award comprises the opportunity to play a secondary game. In another aspect, winning the bonus award may be based on payback percentage or outcomes of the base game. In yet another aspect, the timing of the next bonus award can be configured, or otherwise based on one or more conditions. |
| US10037656B2 |
Techniques of performing cloud-based hosting of shared gaming activities
According to some aspects, a method of operating a casino game is provided comprising obtaining indications of communication latency from the server to at least a first gaming device and a second gaming device, receiving first user input data from the first gaming device, the first user input data being indicative of a wager, determining an outcome for the first instance of the casino game based at least in part on the wager, and, based at least in part on the indications of communication latency from the server to the first and second gaming devices, sending first image data to the first gaming device through wired communication channels, the first image data including one or more visual indications of the outcome, and sending second image data to the second gaming device through at least one wireless communication channel. |
| US10037652B2 |
Slot machine with charging port for mobile phones
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a gaming device and an electronic device interface. The gaming device includes a housing having an least one outer surface. The electronic device interface is removeably-secured to the at least one outer surface of the housing. The electronic device interface includes connection hardware directly connected to the external power source. |
| US10037650B2 |
Gaming system and a method of gaming
A gaming system comprising a first base game implementer for implementing a first base game. A selector selects a plurality of first symbols for the first base game. The first symbols are selected from a set of first game symbols for display in a plurality of first display positions. An outcome of the first base game is dependent on the selected first base game symbols. The system implements a second base game and selects a plurality of second symbols from a set of second game symbols for display in a plurality of second display positions. An outcome of the second base game is dependent on the selected second base game symbols. A trigger determiner determines whether a combination of displayed first game symbols and displayed second game symbols satisfies a trigger condition. A game event is implemented in response to the occurrence of a trigger condition. |
| US10037646B2 |
Managing medications at the bedside
Systems and methods for dispensing medications to hospitalized individuals through a first apparatus containing optional medications that is configured to be replenished by optional medication from a central storage location. Some embodiments provide that the first apparatus is associated with an individual patient. The first apparatus is preferably secured at a location near the individual patient, such as, for example, within the individual patient's room. By creating multiple dispensing apparatuses, a caregiver who administers required medications no longer has to retrieve optional medications from a central storage location. |
| US10037642B2 |
Devices and accessories for use in wireless guest engagement systems
A guest engagement system and associated methods provide seamless engagement with guests of facilities through the use of wireless sensing technologies. The system makes use of individual guest devices which are carried by guests and used to automatically identify and authenticate the guests throughout the facility. Services can thereby be seamlessly provided to the guests throughout the facility. The services include automatic unlocking of doors, including hotel or state room doors, based on the guests' immediate proximity to their assigned room's door. The services also include automated payment services provided at checkout or vending terminals, and automated log-on to interactive displays and portals, among others, based on secure wireless authentication of the guest devices. |
| US10037635B2 |
Vehicle mode detection systems
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and devices for vehicle mode detection based on acceleration data and location data during a trip detected by mobile devices in a vehicle. According to some examples, location data will be compared to known routeway data to detect a vehicle mode. In other examples acceleration data will be used to calculate the consistency of vehicular velocity during a trip to detect a vehicle mode. In some additional aspects, multiple analyses will be performed on the same data sets to check for false positives with vehicle mode detection. |
| US10037631B2 |
Smart dongle for use with telematics devices
A smart dongle device may comprise a connector configured to plug into and be removable from an ECU/diagnostic connector of a vehicle, a transceiver configured to communicatively connect with a remote device, and a processor and a memory having a program communicatively connected to the processor. The processor may be configured to read vehicle information including at least one ECU output from the ECU connector, store the vehicle information, process the vehicle information, and send the vehicle information to the remote device. The processor may further be configured to determine energy levels stored by a vehicle before and after a trip and generate a remaining range and a total energy capacity based in part on the energy levels, wherein the total energy capacity of the vehicle is not directly available through the ECU/diagnostic connector. |
| US10037629B2 |
System and method for simulating user interaction with virtual objects in an interactive space
Systems and methods for simulating user interaction with virtual objects in an augmented reality environment are provided. Three-dimensional point cloud information from a three-dimensional volumetric imaging sensor may be obtained. An object position of a virtual object may be determined. Individual potential force vectors for potential forces exerted on the virtual object may be determined. An individual potential force vector may be defined by one or more of a magnitude, a direction, and/or other information. An aggregate scalar magnitude of the individual potential force vectors may be determined. An aggregate potential force vector may be determined by aggregating the magnitudes and directions of the individual potential force vectors. It may be determined whether the potential forces exerted on the virtual object are conflicting. |
| US10037628B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and program
There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data. |
| US10037627B2 |
Augmented visualization system for hidden structures
An augmented visualization system includes a camera operable to capture a base image of a field of view. A spatial sensor is configured to sense a position of the camera and to generate positional information corresponding to the position. A controller is in communication with the camera, the spatial sensor, and a data source having stored geospatial data. The controller is configured to determine when the geospatial data corresponds to a location in the field of view of the camera based on the positional information. The controller is also configured to generate a geospatial image in response to the controller determining that the location corresponding to the geospatial data is in the field of view. A display is in communication with the controller and is operable to display a composite image in which the geospatial image is overlaid with the base image. |
| US10037619B2 |
Method and system for generating motion sequence of animation, and computer-readable recording medium
One aspect of the present invention provides a method for generating a motion sequence of an animation, the method comprising the steps of: generating a line of movement indicating a path along which a character moves, with reference to a first user manipulation inputted with respect to a reference plane; specifying the line of movement, a section included in the line of movement and a point on the line of movement with reference to a second user manipulation inputted with respect to the reference plane; and generating a motion sequence which enables the character to carry out assigned motions by assigning a motion to the line of movement, the section or the point with reference to a third user manipulation inputted with respect to the reference plane when the character is located at the line of movement, the section or the point to which the motion is assigned. |
| US10037616B2 |
Apparatus and method for reconstructing image using microwave
Provided is an apparatus for reconstructing an image using a microwave. The apparatus includes: a microwave measurement unit configured to obtain a microwave measurement value for a microwave measurement object; and an image reconstruction unit configured to perform an image reconstruction by using the microwave measurement value and shape boundary information of the object. |
| US10037614B2 |
Minimizing variations in camera height to estimate distance to objects
Approaches provide for minimizing variations in the height of a camera of a computing device when estimating the distance to objects represented in image data captured by the camera. For example, a front-facing camera of a computing device can be used to capture a live camera view of a user. An application can analyze the image data to locate features of the user's face for purposes of aligning the user with the computing device. As the position and/orientation of the device changes with respect to the user, the image data can be analyzed to detect whether a location of a representation of a feature of the user aligns with the alignment element. Once the feature is aligned with the alignment element, a rear-facing camera (or other camera) can capture second image data of an object. The second image data can be analyzed to determine a geometric relationship between the rear-facing camera and the object, and the geometric relationship can be used to determine a distance to the object with respect to the computing device. |
| US10037613B1 |
Systems and methods to track vehicles proximate perceived by an autonomous vehicle
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for tracking vehicles or other objects that are perceived by an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle filter can employ a motion model that models the location of the tracked vehicle using a vehicle bounding shape and an observation model that generates an observation bounding shape from sensor observations. A dominant vertex or side from each respective bounding shape can be identified and used to update or otherwise correct one or more predicted shape locations associated with the vehicle bounding shape based on a shape location associated with the observation bounding shape. |
| US10037612B2 |
Three dimensional data acquisition with orthogonal composite pattern for structured light illuminated vision
Technologies are generally described for phase measuring profilometry (PMP) using structured light patterns based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). In some examples, a composite structured light pattern generated using OFDM may be used to illuminate a surface of interest. The surface may reflect a phase-distorted version of the structured light pattern, and the phase-distorted structured light pattern may be processed to recover image and/or height information about the surface. In some embodiments, fast Fourier transform schemes may be used to generate the composite structured light pattern and process the phase-distorted structured light pattern. |
| US10037607B2 |
Topology determination for non-overlapping camera network
Image-matching tracks the movements of the objects from initial camera scenes to ending camera scenes in non-overlapping cameras. Paths are defined through scenes for pairings of initial and ending cameras by different respective scene entry and exit points. For each of said camera pairings a combination path having a highest total number of tracked movements relative to all other combinations of one path through the initial and ending camera scene is chosen, and the scene exit point of the selected path through the initial camera and the scene entry point of the selected path into the ending camera define a path connection of the initial camera scene to the ending camera scene. |
| US10037606B2 |
Video analysis apparatus, monitoring system, and video analysis method
A video analysis apparatus includes: an identification unit that identifies whether each divided group includes a difference frame with a data size of a predetermined threshold value or more, the group being configured from video data which is encoded video data received from an imaging device captured a monitored base and is divided in units of groups each including a plurality of frames in a chronological order; a decoding unit that performs a decoding process on the plurality of frames of the group identified by the identification unit to include the difference frame with the data size of the predetermined threshold value or more; and a detection unit that performs image analysis on the decoded each frame to detect a moving object. |
| US10037605B2 |
Video object tagging using synthetic images and segmentation hierarchies
There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to obtain a first frame of a video content including an object and a first region based on a segmentation hierarchy of the first frame, insert a synthetic object into the first frame, merge an object segmentation hierarchy of the synthetic object with the segmentation hierarchy of the first frame to create a merged segmentation hierarchy, select a second region based on the merged segmentation hierarchy, provide the first frame including the first region and the second region to a crowd user for creating a corrected frame, receive the corrected frame from the crowd user including a first corrected region including the object and a second corrected region including the synthetic object, determine a quality based on the synthetic object and the second corrected region, and accept the first corrected region based on the quality. |
| US10037603B2 |
Method and system for whole body bone removal and vascular visualization in medical image data
A method and apparatus for whole body bone removal and vasculature visualization in medical image data, such as computed tomography angiography (CTA) scans, is disclosed. Bone structures are segmented in the a 3D medical image, resulting in a bone mask of the 3D medical image. Vessel structures are segmented in the 3D medical image, resulting in a vessel mask of the 3D medical image. The bone mask and the vessel mask are refined by fusing information from the bone mask and the vessel mask. Bone voxels are removed from the 3D medical image using the refined bone mask, in order to generate a visualization of the vessel structures in the 3D medical image. |
| US10037597B2 |
Image inpainting system and method for using the same
An image inpainting method includes the following steps: segmenting image, acquiring a plurality of images, and having the plurality of images segment into noise-contained pixel images and non-noise-contained pixel images, and confirming the positions of every noise pixel of the noise pixel image; and performing inpainting in light of the noise-contained pixel images, finding out the offset map and geometric relationship of the pixel corresponding relationship without being subjected to the affection of noise and having the pixel corresponding relationship with minimum parallax, making use of the offset map or the geometric relationship to extract corresponding pixel that is not subjected to the affection of noise, performing inpainting and substituting the noise pixel in the plurality of images to generate at least a synthetic image without containing noise. |
| US10037596B2 |
In-vehicle optical image stabilization (OIS)
Embodiments generally relate to systems and methods for in-vehicle optical image stabilization. In one embodiment, the system includes a first motion sensor rigidly attached to a video capture device mounted in a vehicle; a second motion sensor rigidly attached to an object in the vehicle, the object being within the field of view of the video capture device; and a controller. The controller is operatively connected to the first motion sensor, to the second motion sensor, and to a movable optical element in the video capture device. In one aspect, the first sensor provides a first output signal to the controller, the second sensor provides a second output signal to the controller; and the controller provides a compensation signal to the movable element determined by the first and second output signals. |
| US10037586B2 |
Negotiation platform in an online environment
A method and a system for providing a negotiation platform in the event that a listing fails by becoming inactive without the offering being sold are provided. For example, a negotiation eligibility detector may detect a failed listing of an offering. The listing may be associated with a first user and a first offer. A potential buyer detector may identify at least one potential buyer based on a user action associated with the failed listing. A negotiation manager may be in communication with the negotiation eligibility detector and the potential buyer detector. In response to the detecting of the failed listing and the identifying of the potential buyers, the negotiation manager may transmit a request to the at least one potential buyer for a second offer associated with the failed listing. |
| US10037576B2 |
Visualization of changes through the use of graphical geometric shapes
Methods and systems are disclosed for determining changes or revisions to a set of data and providing a user with a computerized graphical depiction of these changes through the use of multiple geometric shapes, the positioning of which shapes relative to one another and the size of which shapes relative to one another depict the changes to the user. |
| US10037574B2 |
Systems and methods to display chart bars with variable scaling and/or aggregation
Example methods, apparatus, and computer readable storage media are described and disclosed. An example method includes receiving market data related to a tradeable object offered at an exchange, aggregating a first data subset of the market data for a first period, and aggregating a second data subset of the market data for a second period. The second period represents a period of time different from the first period. The example method includes defining a first bar based on the first data subset and a first bar-width, and defining a second bar based on the second data subset and a second bar-width. The second bar-width is related to the first bar-width based on a width-scaling factor. The example method includes displaying the first bar and the second bar in the window, wherein the first bar and the second bar are separated by a bar-spacing. |
| US10037569B2 |
Systems and methods to implement an exchange messaging policy
Systems for and methods of evaluating messaging, comprising, receiving, via at least one server device, one or more messages, and said at least one server device processing at least one of the one or more messages by grading content included in said at least one message, applying a weighting factor to said at least one message according to said grading, thereby determining a weighted message count for said at least one message, aggregating the weighted message count for said at least one message, and initiating an action if the aggregated weighted message count meets or exceeds a predetermined count threshold. |
| US10037568B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing orders in financial markets
An integrated order management engine is disclosed that reduces the latency associated with managing multiple orders to buy or sell a plurality of financial instruments. Also disclosed is an integrated trading platform that provides low latency communications between various platform components. Such an integrated trading platform may include a trading strategy offload engine. |
| US10037566B2 |
System and method for transaction account owner acquisition
The systems, methods, and computer readable mediums described herein provide a secure method for a transaction account issuer to issue a digital pass to an existing transaction account holder (e.g., an existing user) that may be shared and/or provided to a prospective transaction account holder (e.g., a new user). The digital pass may be sharable from an existing user's user device to a new user's user device. The systems, methods, and computer readable mediums described herein may also employ an adaptive web design solution to increase application completion rates by capturing minimal viable information from a prospective member. |
| US10037565B2 |
System and method for prioritization of rendering policies in virtual environments
A system and method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code, includes receiving one or more bids for at least one of an enhanced rendering quality and an enhanced rendering order of an object in a virtual universe (VU) and performing a bid resolution for the received one or more bids. Additionally, the method includes rendering one or more objects in the VU with the at least one of the enhanced rendering quality and the enhanced rendering order based on the bid resolution. |
| US10037564B2 |
Methods and systems to facilitate a purchase of an item on a network-based marketplace
Systems and methods to facilitate a purchase of an item on a network-based marketplace are described. A method receives a request via an application program interface that is presented by a network-based marketplace platform in a peer-to-peer architecture and utilized to receive the request from a network-based social platform. The request includes an identifier that identifies an item that is being offered for sale on the network-based marketplace platform. The method generates a virtual gift based on the item and interface information including the virtual gift. The method further communicates the interface information via the application program interface to the network-based social platform in the peer-to-peer architecture. The interface information includes the visually perceptible interface element that is configured to enable, upon selection, a purchase of the item on which the virtual gift is based by utilizing the application program interface to access the network-based marketplace platform. |
| US10037563B2 |
Simplified orders using words or phrases
A user communicates, such as through text, a phrase or word to quickly place and pay for an order. The phrase corresponds to details of the order and one phrase can contain orders with multiple merchants. Once the phrase is communicated, a service provider or merchant determines the order from the phrase and processes the order, which may include transmitting order details to the merchant(s) and processing the payment(s) to the merchant(s) on behalf of the user. |
| US10037560B1 |
Systems and methods of processing information and transactions involving experiences including database processing and related GUI features
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing transactions and associated data related to digital items, such as digital subscriptions. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method for processing information and transactions involving digital subscriptions. Moreover, illustrative methods may include processing digital subscription data from a first database, performing processing of information for display of at least some of the digital subscription data, and/or processing a checkout of the digital subscription. |
| US10037548B2 |
Application recommendations based on application and lifestyle fingerprinting
Disclosed are various embodiments that employ application fingerprinting and lifestyle fingerprinting, where each application fingerprint is associated with a corresponding application and is generated based at least in part on a static analysis and a dynamic analysis of the corresponding application. In one embodiment, an identification of an application is received, and a group of users are determined that have a preference for the application based at least in part on lifestyle fingerprint data and application fingerprint data. Correspondingly, a particular user is identified with a lifestyle fingerprint that is similar to lifestyle fingerprints of the group of users, whereby the particular application is transmitted to the particular user. |
| US10037546B1 |
Honeypot web page metrics
An ad server logs web traffic regarding web page traffic by users. The web traffic is analyzed to determine web activity indicating that a user is being paid to fake legitimate web traffic. These users are referred to as abusive users. The web traffic is also analyzed to determine web activity indicating that a web page is artificially boosting its own traffic in order to earn undeserved advertising revenue. These web pages are referred to as honeypot web pages. Scores are determined for both users and web pages, where the scores indicate the likelihood that the associated user or web page is an abusive user or a honeypot web page, respectively. The ad server uses these scores to determine an amount to bid on future impressions to those users and web pages. |
| US10037544B2 |
Technologies for collecting advertising statistics in a privacy sensitive manner
Generally, this disclosure provides technologies for collecting ad statistics in a privacy sensitive manner. In some embodiments the technology includes a system which includes a plurality of client devices, each hosting a context information management (CIMM) module in a secure processing environment. Each CIMM may be operable to select ads for display and calculate statistics for each of the selected ads. The CIMMs may generate a vector representative of those statistics, and may encrypt that vector using additive homomorphic encryption. The encrypted vector may be associated with a statistics collection counter, which may be incremented each time an encrypted vector is calculated. Each CIMM may compare the incremented counter value to a threshold, and may distribute the encrypted vector to another CIMM for further statistical tabulation if the incremented value is less than the threshold. In this way, the technologies described may ensure that a minimum statistical sample size is collected prior to the transmission of ad statistics to an ad network or advertiser, potentially maintaining or protecting user privacy. |
| US10037543B2 |
Estimating conversion rate in display advertising from past performance data
Embodiments of the invention present an approach to conversion rate estimation which relies on using past performance observations along user, publisher, and advertiser data hierarchies. More specifically, embodiments of the invention model the conversion event at different select hierarchical levels with separate binomial distributions and estimate the distribution parameters individually. It is shown how to combine these individual estimators using logistic regression to identify conversion events accurately. Embodiments of the invention can also handle many practical issues, such as data imbalance, missing data, and output probability calibration, which render this estimation problem more difficult for a real-world implementation of the approach. |
| US10037541B1 |
Method and system for monitoring and detecting fraud in targeted benefits
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for identifying potential fraud with targeted benefits comprising: receiving, using a programmed computer processor, participant data associated with a participant of a targeted benefit program wherein the participant data comprises geographical data associated with the participant and a participating merchant; applying, using a programmed computer processor, data linking to the participant data where a plurality of filters are applied to the participant data to identify potential fraud; and providing an output, via an interface, comprising a recommended response to the identified potential fraud. |
| US10037538B2 |
Selection and presentation of news stories identifying external content to social networking system users
Social networking system users generate news stories including a link to news content external to the social networking system. The news stories may be filtered based on filter criteria allowing a viewing user to more easily identify news stories of interest. For example, the news stories may be filtered to identify news stories associated with a user connected to the viewing user, to identify news stories associated with a news source, to identify news stories associated with a key word, or based on previous interactions by the viewing user. The identified news stories may be ranked based on popularity of the identified news stories among other users, chronological data, and the viewing user's own interest and activity associated with a news source or news story. |
| US10037537B2 |
Personal history in track and trace system
Apparatuses and methods associated with personal history in a track and trace system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes acquiring first information corresponding to a physical object; identifying first authentication data based on the first information; storing the first authentication data in a database system; subsequent to storing the first authentication data, acquiring second information corresponding to a target physical object and identifying second authentication data based on the second information; identifying third information corresponding to the target physical object; querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the second authentication data; in the case that a matching record is returned responsive to the querying, updating the matching record with an indication that the second authentication data was matched to it and updating history data of said matching record based on said third information. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed. |
| US10037536B2 |
Method and apparatus for autonomous services composition
A cloud services composition system allows customers to interactively create service constructs from network function virtualization resources. The network function virtualization primitives are modeled using a standard modeling language. An expert system suggests network function virtualization resources for use in the service construct, based on an expert system learning algorithm. The customer uses a graphical user interface to interconnect the resources and create the service construct. The process may involve collaboration with the network provider. The resulting construct is validated for use in a communications network. |
| US10037535B2 |
Loyalty program parameter collaboration
Collaborative constituents collaborate to develop a loyalty program within a transaction processing system. Transmissions addressed to the collaborative constituents are formed and received from the collaborative constituents containing suggested parameters for the loyalty program. At least one remaining parameter for the loyalty program that a set of remaining collaborative constituents have agreed upon is determined. Another transmission addressed to each of the collaborative constituents in the set of remaining collaborative constituents is formed, the another transmission including the remaining parameters for the loyalty program. |
| US10037534B2 |
Method and system for authorizing card account transactions by geographic region
A method and system for authorizing card account transactions by geographic region by providing data for a user interface displaying geographic regions and merchant locations each corresponding to the location of a merchant where a transaction using a card account may be initiated, receiving a user interface selection representing a request to authorize or restrict card account transactions, receiving authorization requests for desired transactions, and authorizing or restricting the transactions in accordance with the request. |
| US10037533B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting relations between unknown merchants and merchants with a known connection to fraud
An example merchant fraud system may include an automated system for collecting contextual relationship information, plus a routine for analyzing additional data related to sanctions. The system may also include an automated analysis summary routine for creating condensed information subsets or graphlets containing information about sanction entities, some of which can be entities themselves, organized in a data retrieval system, such that an automated relationship examination system can check data from transactions and automatically identify and flag potentially suspect relationship aspects. The system may issue a fraud warning and may review a flagged transaction cluster, accepting transactions when transaction cluster items do not contain links to a known bad entity. Based on a hit with a suspect entity, the breadth of the examined co-related items may be expanded, and if that expansion results in one or more suspect connections, a transaction is rejected and sent for further review. |
| US10037530B2 |
Payment recipient verification
Methods and systems are provided for sending payments electronically, wherein the user's certainty that the payments are being sent to the correct recipient are substantially enhanced. The user can request information from the recipient to verify the email address or phone number of the recipient. A communication can be sent to the recipient and the communication can request that the recipient send information that verifies the identity of the recipient to the user. For example, the communication can request that the recipient send a picture of the recipient, an audio voice file of the recipient, or a handwriting sample to the user. |
| US10037526B2 |
System for payment via electronic wallet
A method includes receiving a request to process, against an electronic wallet, a portion of a transaction, an electronic wallet optionally comprising a sub-wallet, the transaction processed against the wallet and/or sub-wallet. The method further includes identifying one or more electronic value tokens in the e-wallet and/or sub-wallet that, when used together, will cover the portion of the transaction. The method further includes applying the electronic value tokens to the portion of the transaction. |
| US10037524B2 |
Dynamic primary account number (PAN) and unique key per card
Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for handling information related to a financial transaction including utilizing dynamic cryptograms. According to one embodiment, a method of processing a financial transaction related to a financial account can comprise detecting initiation of the transaction with a device used as a presentation instrument in the transaction. A Dynamic Transaction Cryptogram (DTC) and a dynamic PAN can be generated at the device. The DTC can be used to authenticate the transaction and the dynamic PAN can comprise an encrypted form of a real PAN of the financial account that is valid for a single transaction. The DTC and the dynamic PAN can be provided by the device for use in the transaction. |
| US10037523B2 |
Over the air update of payment transaction data stored in secure memory
A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables the updating, correction or synchronization of transaction data maintained by an Issuer with that stored on the device. This is accomplished by using a wireless (cellular) network as a data communication channel for data provided by an Issuer to the mobile device, and is particularly advantageous in circumstances in which the contactless element is not presently capable of communication with a device reader or point of sale terminal that uses a near field communications mechanism. Data transferred between the mobile device and Issuer may be encrypted and decrypted to provide additional security and protect the data from being accessed by other users or applications. If encryption keys are used for the encryption and decryption processes, they may be distributed by a key distribution server or other suitable entity to a mobile gateway which participates in the data encryption and decryption operations. |
| US10037521B1 |
Background communication failover for mobile payments
A mobile point-of-sale terminal includes a payment card reader having a card interface configured to read data from a payment card and transmit the payment card data, along with other transaction information, via a non-internet communication channel to a payment processing system to process the point-of-sale transaction. The mobile point-of-sale terminal may be configured to run a register application configured to receive transaction information, including payment card information from the payment card reader, determine whether an internet connection is available, and, if an internet connection is not available, transmit the transaction information to the payment processing system using a non-internet communication channel. |
| US10037520B2 |
Drive through order system and vehicle detection
A drive through order system having a vehicle detection system that includes at least two sensors, each affixed to an immovable object, a CPU coupled to a computer readable medium containing instructions to process information from the sensors using fuzzy logic and to output an indicator signal reflecting the presence of a vehicle within a volume sensed by the sensors. In some embodiments, a learn mode supports alteration of fuzzy logic processing parameters. In various embodiments, the system is upgradable and sensor types can be changed and/or new sensors added. In some embodiments, fuzzy logic processing information is modified in dependence upon temporal information. |
| US10037519B2 |
Systems and methods facilitating mobile retail environments
An automated system for facilitating sales in dynamically-changing mobile retail environments includes a vendor/supplier connector module, a carrier connector module, a provisioning module, and a point-of-sale (POS) customization module. The vendor/supplier connector module facilitates automated exchange of product data with a plurality of different vendors or suppliers of products or services. The carrier connector module facilitates automated exchange of transportation data with a plurality of different carriers, with the transportation data corresponding to specific mobile retail environments. The provisioning module automatically determines, based on the product data and on the transportation data, products or services corresponding to a specific mobile retail environment. The POS customization module automatically generates re-configuration data for each of a plurality of POS interfaces. The re-configuration data limits each of the plurality of POS interfaces to facilitating sales of only the subset of the set of products or services that corresponds to a specific mobile retail environment. |
| US10037517B1 |
Risk management in online and offline transactions
Techniques and arrangements for managing risk of fraudulent transactions made by a point-of-sale (POS) device operating in an online and an offline mode. In some instances, a payment service may maintain a merchant profile with a list of merchant specific criteria. The payment service may encrypt and send the merchant specific criteria to the POS device associated with the merchant. The encrypted data may include a list of payment instruments used in previous successful transactions, customer transaction histories, and other customer information. The POS device may determine, upon receiving a payment instrument identifier in a transaction, whether the payment instrument has been used in a previous successful transaction. If the POS device determines the payment instrument has been used, it may process the transaction. If not, the POS device may warn the merchant that the transaction is a high-risk transaction. |
| US10037516B2 |
Secure transactions using a point of sale device
Systems and methods are provided for secure transactions according to one or more embodiments. According to an embodiment, a method for providing secure transactions comprises initiating a transaction via a point of sale device having a one time password generator. The method also comprises generating at least one password by the point of sale device. The method further comprises associating the at least one password with account information. The method further comprises transmitting the password associated with the account information to a remote location. If the transmitted password matches predetermined associated information at the remote location, the method further comprises confirming the transaction. |
| US10037515B1 |
Systems and methods for driver authentication through embedded sensing
Systems and methods for driver authentication through embedded sensing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for driver authentication through embedded sensing may include a vehicle that may include a plurality of sensors, each sensor sensing at least one of a characteristic of a vehicle occupant and a movement of the vehicle occupant; at least one computer processor executing a computer application, the computer application receiving and processing data from the plurality of sensors; and a communication interface. The system may further include a back-end server in communication with the vehicle communication interface and a plurality of locations in communication with the back-end server. In one embodiment, the characteristic may be a biometric characteristic of the vehicle occupant. |
| US10037514B2 |
Ubiquitous in-cloud microsite generator for high speed data customer intake and activation
Novel tools and techniques for implementing a ubiquitous in-cloud microsite solution includes transmitting one or more site parameters from a network device to an in-cloud microsite generator, the network device communicatively coupled to a user device, wherein the network device is configured to allow the user device to communicate over a communications network, generating a microsite based on one or more site parameters from the network device, displaying the microsite generated by the ubiquitous in-cloud microsite generator to the user device, authenticating the user device via the microsite, wherein the microsite performs handshakes between the network device and an at least one second device to authenticate the user device, and allowing the user device to access the communications network once authenticated. |
| US10037513B2 |
Mobile deposit system for digital image and transaction management
A central system for receiving captured transaction data from a plurality of remote capture devices over a network, the remote capture devices including a mobile device type and a fixed location device type, the system comprising: a receipt module to receive the captured transaction data; a processing module to process the received captured transaction data; and a storage module to store the processed transaction data such that characteristic data of the mobile device type is associated with the stored transaction data for said processed transaction data originating from a remote capture device of the mobile device type. |
| US10037512B2 |
Calendar event completion
Methods and systems that provide for enhanced and simplified calendar event creation in a calendar application are disclosed. First, the method begins with a user inputting into a device a description of a new calendar event. Second, the method uses the description to extract a title field that is then used to scan for a list of similar calendar events from a database of historical calendar events. Third, the method presents the list of similar calendar events to the user. Fourth, the user selects one of the similar calendar events to help pre-fill some or all of the fields of the new calendar event. |
| US10037511B2 |
Dynamically altering selection of already-utilized resources
An approach to control workflow so that a relatively high priority work item can sometimes be automatically controlled by software to interrupt work being performed, by one or more resource unit(s), on a relatively lower priority work item. The analysis for deciding whether or not an interruption occurs depends upon interruptibility scalars (that is, interruptibility quotients and/or factors) and interruptibility threshold(s). |
| US10037509B1 |
Efficient monitoring of inventory items
Described is a system and method for efficiently tracking inventory using RFID tags (e.g., RFID tags). For example, an RFID tag reader may perform an inventory mode to receive RFID tag identifiers from RFID tags located within a range of an antenna element of the RFID tag reader. Those RFID tag identifiers may be included on an inventory table associated with the antenna element. In a second mode, the RFID tag reader may perform a targeted read. During a targeted read mode, the RFID tag reader, utilizing the antenna element, may issue a request for a selected RFID tag identified in the inventory table to reply to the request. |
| US10037505B2 |
System and method for processing and dynamically segregating business assets
Systems and methods for protecting business assets are provided. More specifically, provided herein is a system for protecting business assets, comprising a Series LLC computer system in electronic communication with one or more third party computer systems over a network to electronically receive asset information and liability information therefrom, an asset database in electronic communication with the Series LLC computer system, the asset database populated with the asset information received from the one or more third party computer systems, a liability database in electronic communication with the Series LLC computer system, the liability database populated with the liability information received from the one or more third party computer systems, a Series LLC management engine executed by the Series LLC computer system to automatically create Series LLC data by processing the asset information and the liability information to dynamically segregate business assets and liabilities, and a user interface engine of the Series LLC computer system to generate a user interface to present Series LLC data to a user. |
| US10037502B2 |
Maintenance schedule optimization method for electric power system including large-scale wind power
The present invention discloses a maintenance schedule optimization method for an electric power system including large-scale wind power to build objective function to make it get optimal results, then constrain the objective function, constraint conditions include: constrain according to maintenance natural environment; constrain according to maintenance time of wind power plant; constrain according to maintenance site of wind power plant; constrain according to system reliability at wind power plant; constrain according to maintenance continuity of generator unit. Under the above constraint conditions, the electric power system is modeled with heuristic algorithm according to the above objective function. Through modeling the electric power system including large-scale wind power, optimize maintenance time of wind turbines in electric power system through modeling under a certain constraint conditions to maintain the wind power equipment properly while ensuring maximum efficiency of wind power generation at the same time. |
| US10037500B2 |
System and method for automatic shrinkage forecasting
A system and method for forecasting shrinkage of employees is provided. According to one embodiment, scheduled shrinkage values are identified from a work schedule and stored in a data file. A command is received by a processor to predict shrinkage of employees for a future forecast period. Selection of the data file is received, and in response, the processor is configured to automatically populate shrinkage fields for the forecast period with the scheduled shrinkage values retrieved from the data file. According to one embodiment, the scheduled shrinkage values are set as the shrinkage values that are forecast for the forecast period. A work schedule of employees is the generated for the forecast period taking into account the forecast shrinkage values. According to one embodiment, the processor may also engage of automatic shrinkage forecasting based on analysis of historic shrinkage data. |
| US10037495B2 |
Clustering coefficient-based adaptive clustering method and system
A clustering coefficient-based adaptive clustering method, according to the categories of extracted data point pairs and the magnitude of association relations between data points extracted each time, determining to which category the data points belong, and the number of the categories, and establishing association relations between the data points and association relations between the categories; pre-segmenting each category and calculating the intra-category similarities of two sub-categories and inter-category similarities of the two sub-categories, judging whether the two pre-segmented sub-categories satisfy a segmentation condition, if so, then accepting the pre-segmentation; if not, then canceling the pre-segmentation; calculating the intra-category similarities and inter-category similarities of two categories having an association relation, judging whether the two categories satisfy a merging condition, if so, then merging the two categories to generate a new category; if not, then abandoning the merging. |
| US10037490B2 |
Performing average pooling in hardware
Methods and systems for receiving a request to implement a neural network comprising an average pooling layer on a hardware circuit, and in response, generating instructions that when executed by the hardware circuit, cause the hardware circuit to, during processing of a network input by the neural network, generate a layer output tensor that is equivalent to an output of the average pooling neural network layer by performing a convolution of an input tensor to the average pooling neural network layer and a kernel with a size equal to a window of the average pooling neural network layer and composed of elements that are each an identity matrix to generate a first tensor, and performing operations to cause each element of the first tensor to be divided by a number of elements in the window of the average pooling neural network layer to generate an initial output tensor. |
| US10037488B1 |
Mobile device with improved charging capability and casement structure
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method offering an improved approach to charging mobile devices, such as an illustrative specialized compact bar code scanner, without need for cumbersome wires or charging cradles, through an innovative casement having an integrally contained, or recessed (flush-mounted) swing-out USB connector which avoids severing or disconnection of wires between the swing-out USB connector and the mobile device over the course of repeated use. The present invention also relates to an improved casement structure for mobile devices and payment processing module encased therein. |
| US10037484B2 |
System and method for tracking agricultural product units
A system for tracking a harvested agricultural product unit includes a magazine configured to be disposed on an agricultural implement and to facilitate insertion of one or more stakes into the harvested agricultural product unit. The magazine is also configured to store the one or more stakes having a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag is configured to identify the harvested agricultural product unit and to associate the harvested agricultural product unit with harvesting data. Further, the system includes an insertion device configured to insert one of the stakes from the magazine into the harvested agricultural product unit. |
| US10037483B2 |
Printing apparatus that prints target data in response to matching of password information
In a printing apparatus, printing requests for first and second target data are received via a network interface from a terminal device. First target data, first password information, and first identification information are stored in association with one another in a memory, and second target data, second password information, and first identification information are stored in association with one another in the memory. When it is determined that the specific password information received via the inputting device matches the first password information, the printing device is controlled to print a first image represented by the first target data, the second target data whose associating identification information is the first identification information associated with the first target data is extracted from the memory, and the printing device is controlled to print a second image represented by the second target data. |
| US10037481B2 |
System and method for an otitis media database constructing and an image analyzing
The invention provides a system and a method for an otitis media database constructing. The steps of method comprise: First, receiving a plurality of tympanic membrane images, wherein the tympanic membrane images are ear infection in different types. Second, choosing one of the tympanic membrane images, then classifying into a plurality of anatomic regions based on a plurality of tissue types. Coding each of anatomic regions with a numerical number to describe its morbid condition, and obtaining an eigenvalue through collecting the numerical number of each anatomic region. Furthermore, repeatedly choosing other one of tympanic membrane images until each tympanic membrane image obtaining the eigenvalue. And obtaining a matrix through collecting the eigenvalue of each tympanic membrane image, then generating an otitis media database. |
| US10037480B2 |
Method for improving classification results of a classifier
A method for improving classification results of a classifier including receiving classification results for a plurality of elements that have been classified by a classifier as one of a plurality of classes, constructing a graph having a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to one of the elements, and a plurality of labels, each label corresponding to one of the classes, adding edges between nodes corresponding to related elements, adding edges between each node and each label, and using a graph cut algorithm to cut edges to a node and partition the graph into classes, the graph cut algorithm using as input the classification results for the element corresponding to that node and related elements. |
| US10037478B1 |
Computer architecture for emulating master-slave controllers for a correlithm object processing system
A device that includes a master boss and a slave boss. The slave boss is configured to iteratively send execute and output commands to a first plurality of nodes implemented by a node engine identified in a first boss table in response to receiving an execute command from the master boss. The master boss is configured to iteratively send execute and output commands to the slave boss and a second plurality of nodes implemented by the node engine identified in a second boss table. Each node is configured to receive a first correlithm object, fetch a second correlithm object based on the first correlithm object in response to receiving an execute command, and output the second correlithm object in response to receiving an output command. |
| US10037476B2 |
Method and device for use when reassembling a fragmented JPEG image
The present invention concerns the recovery of fragmented files. In particular, the present invention concerns finding fragmentation points and continuation points of a fragmented JPEG image for purposes of reassembling the JPEG image. The continuation points are found by using a JPEG thumbnail image corresponding to the JPEG image to be reassembled. |
| US10037469B2 |
Image location through large object detection
Camera pose optimization, which includes determining the position and orientation of a camera in three-dimensional space at different times, is improved by detecting a higher-confidence reference object in the photographs captured by the camera and using the object to increase consistency and accuracy of pose data. Higher-confidence reference objects include objects that are stationary, fixed, easily recognized, and relatively large. In one embodiment, street level photographs of a geographic area are collected by a vehicle with a camera. The captured images are geo-coded using GPS data, which may be inaccurate. The vehicle drives in a loop and captures the same reference object multiple times from the substantially same position. The trajectory of the vehicle is then closed by aligning the points of multiple images where the trajectory crosses itself. This creates an additional constraint on the pose data, which in turn improves the data's consistency and accuracy. |
| US10037465B2 |
Systems and methods for generating augmented reality environments
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for generating augmented reality environments. An augmented reality environment may be generated using physical tags placed throughout a real-world environment, for example, on real-world objects and/or surfaces. Identifying features of the tags may be detected. The presence of one or more particular tags may be determined by virtue of the detected identifying features. A computing platform may present or show views of the real-world and may overlay images of virtual object at locations that correspond to the tags present in the real-world environment. |
| US10037462B2 |
Image monitoring system and image monitoring program
An image monitoring system includes a recorder that records an image captured by a camera via a network. The system is controlled to display the present image captured by the camera or a past image recorded on the recorder. A moving object is detected from the image captured by the camera, the detector including a resolution converter for generating an image with a resolution lower than the resolution of the image captured by the camera. A moving object is detected from the image generated by the resolution converter and positional information on the detected moving object is output. The positional information of the detected moving object is merged with the image captured by the camera on the basis of the positional information. |
| US10037460B2 |
System and method for credential authentication
Some implementations provide a machine-assisted method for screening a person, the method including: receiving, at a scanning device, an identification document presented by the person, the identification document showing a machine-readable code that encodes personally identifiable information of the person, a biometric of the person, and printed information; scanning the machine-readable code on the identification document to extract personally identifiable information of the person; comparing the extracted personally identifiable information against records stored at a database; determining that the extracted personal identifiable information matches a record stored at the database; receiving data encoding the biometric of the person on the identification document for comparison with the person presenting the identification document; receiving a determination that the biometric from the identification document identifies the person presenting the identification document; and determining whether the identification document is digitally watermarked to identify payload data. |
| US10037456B2 |
Automated methods and systems for identifying and assigning attributes to human-face-containing subimages of input images
The present document is directed to methods and systems that identify and characterize subimages in images that each includes an image of a human face. In certain implementations, values for attributes, such as age, ethnicity, and gender, are assigned to face-containing subimages by the currently disclosed methods and systems. In these implementations, multiple feature-extractors output feature vectors that are distributed among attribute classifiers which consist of individual classifiers and, more often, multiple individual classifiers within aggregate classifiers. Attribute classifiers return indications of attribute values along with a probability value. Attribute classifiers are ordered with respect to reliability and applied in reliability order to generate attribute-assignment paths through a logical attribute-assignment tree, with uncertain attribute assignments generating multiple lower-level pathways. |
| US10037455B2 |
Face detection device, imaging apparatus, and face detection method
A face detection device for detecting the face of a person in an input image includes the a face detection circuit, a signal processing circuit, and a controller. The face detection circuit includes a hardware circuit that is configured to detect a face in an input image. The signal processing circuit is configured to perform signal processing based on an input image signal in accordance with a rewritable program including a face detection program for detecting a face in an input image. The controller is configured to allow the face detection circuit and the signal processing circuit to perform face detection on an image of a frame or on respective images of adjacent frames among consecutive frames, and to control face detection by the signal processing circuit on the basis of a face detection result obtained by the face detection circuit. |
| US10037452B2 |
Fingerprint sensor array and display device having the same
Provided are a fingerprint sensor and a display device including the same. A fingerprint sensor array includes: a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a first direction, each of the plurality of first electrodes including at least one of: a first transparent electrode including a transparent conductive material and a first metal electrode including a low-resistance metal material; a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the plurality of second electrodes including at least one of: a second transparent electrode including the transparent conductive material and a second metal electrode including the low-resistance metal material; and an insulating layer between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes to insulate the first electrodes from the second electrodes. |
| US10037451B2 |
Methods, computer program products, and systems for providing automated video tracking via radio frequency identification
Methods, computer program products and systems for providing video tracking. The method includes receiving a first signal from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. A location of the RFID tag is determined in response to the first signal. An image that includes the location of the RFID tag is recorded. The location of the RFID tag is marked on the image, resulting in a marked image. |
| US10037446B2 |
Electrical interface module
The object of the invention is an electrical interface module. The electrical interface module has a memory device for storing data and an integrated NFC interface that provides data to an external reading device, wherein the electrical interface module contains a carrier on which the memory device and the integrated NFC interface are arranged. |
| US10037444B1 |
Weak RFID tag signal recovery from collisions
RFID readers may be configured to recover multiple, collided RFID tag signals. An RFID reader may receive a collided reply waveform including at least first and second tag responses. The reader may determine that the collided reply waveform contains multiple tag responses and recover the first and second tag responses from the collided reply waveform. The reader may first recover the first tag response, reconstruct the first tag response, and subtract the reconstructed first tag response from the collided reply waveform to form a modified tag response. The reader may then recover the second tag response from the modified tag response. |
| US10037443B2 |
Industrial simulation using redirected I/O module configurations
A simulation environment is provided for running a process simulation used to validate an industrial control program. The simulation environment exposes the I/O module configurations defined in the control program and retrieves module configuration information therefrom. This I/O module configuration information is combined with generic, module-specific I/O module profiles to create a pool of available controller I/O points, which can be selectively associated with I/O points in the simulation to create an I/O point mapping. During control program validation, simulated I/O data is exchanged between the process simulation and the I/O module instances in the controller in accordance with the I/O point mapping. A variation of these techniques for use with cloud-based emulations is also described. |
| US10037440B1 |
Generating a unique encryption key
Utilizing a non-repeating identifier to encrypt data, including: receiving a request to write data to a storage device; selecting a segment-offset pair where the data will be stored, where the selected segment-offset pair is unique to every other segment-offset pair utilized during the lifetime of the storage device; and encrypting the data in dependence upon an identifier of the segment-offset pair. |
| US10037437B1 |
Identifying cohorts with anomalous confidential data submissions using matrix factorization and completion techniques
In an example, for each value of a plurality of values of a first attribute of members of a social networking service who have submitted confidential data, an allowed range for normalized confidential data values submitted by members having the value for the first attribute, across all values of a second attribute, is calculated, and then shifted based on an inferred median confidential data value relative to a median of confidential data values. Then, anomalous confidential data values can be detected using this information. |
| US10037436B2 |
Device using secure storage and retrieval of data
An appliance is capable of storing and processing data related to details surrounding its ownership, behavior, and history within itself in a secure and unalterable way. The appliance may experience multiple transfers in ownership during its lifetime. Certain data stored in the appliance may be encrypted such that only qualifying parties (e.g., owners) may be able to access the data. Some data may remain private to an individual owner while other data may be made available to subsequent owners by passing a shared secret that can be utilized to decrypt the other data. Data may be stored in the appliance in chronological order and may be signed by appropriate parties such that it is not possible to alter the data without detection. |
| US10037433B2 |
Secure text retrieval
Methods and systems described herein may perform a word-level encryption and a sentence-level encryption of one or more documents. The word-level encryption and the sentence-level encryption may be performed with an encryption key generated by a client device. A document indexer is stored in the one or more storage networks. The document indexer includes encrypted word frequencies and encrypted word position identifiers based on the encrypted words of the one or more encrypted documents. The client device receives search terms and encrypts the search terms with the encryption key. The one or more encrypted documents are identified in the one or more storage networks based on searching with the encrypted search terms and at least one of the encrypted word frequencies and/or the encrypted word position identifiers. |
| US10037427B1 |
Boot blocking of virtual storage appliance
A method of controlling startup of a virtual storage appliance includes obtaining resource information about virtual resources (e.g., hardware resources) available in a virtual-computing environment of the host computer, and comparing the resource information with resource profiles describing sets of virtual resources compatible with resource needs of the virtual storage appliance. A comparison result is used to selectively enable or disable remaining startup of the virtual storage appliance, the remaining startup being enabled when the resource information matches one of the resource profiles, and being disabled when resource information does not match any of the resource profiles. A user may be notified using a reporting mechanism, and the virtual machine may be placed into a service mode that includes facilities for examining configuration and other information to determine the cause of a mismatch. |
| US10037425B2 |
Detecting suspicious file prospecting activity from patterns of user activity
Suspicious file prospecting activity is detected based on patterns of file system access. A user's file system access is monitored over a specific time period. A sequence of the file accesses (e.g., represented as path names) made by the user during the time period is recorded. Distances between the recorded file accesses are determined, for example as edit distances. A distance sequence is recorded, comprising a record of the determined distances. The distance sequence is reduced to one or more baseline statistics describing the pattern of the user's access of the file system during the given period of time. At least one subsequent anomaly in the user's access of the file system is detected, by comparing at least one subsequently calculated statistic representing at least one subsequent pattern of the user's file system access to the at least one baseline statistic. |
| US10037424B1 |
Isolated virtual environments for untrusted applications
A pool of virtual environments, such as virtual machine instances and containers, can be maintained by an intermediary service, where the virtual environments can execute a specified application or service. When a request is received from a client for a connection to a resource, the intermediary service can allocate one of the virtual environments for the client and enable the client and virtual environment to communicate as if the virtual environment is executing on dedicated hardware. The virtual environment can be virtually isolated on a host machine, whereby session data for the client is stored locally in memory and then deleted at the end of the session when the virtual environment is destroyed, in order to prevent the data from being accessible between sessions and preventing multiple clients or customers from sharing the same environment over time. |
| US10037423B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling permission requests for applications on a computing device
Examples described may relate to methods and systems for controlling permission requests for applications running on a computing device to access resources provided by the computing device. A computing device may maintain in memory for a given application responses to permission requests. The computing device may receive responses to a first permission request that includes two selectable options to either allow or deny access to a particular resource. The computing device may determine whether a number of the responses to the first request that indicate to deny access exceeds a predefined threshold. If the number exceeds the threshold, the computing device may provide, at a run-time of the application subsequent to presentation of the first request, and based on the application attempting to access the resource, a modified permission request that includes, in addition to the two selectable options, a selectable option to prevent requesting permission to access the resource. |
| US10037421B2 |
Device, system, and method of three-dimensional spatial user authentication
Devices, systems, and methods of user authentication. A system includes a spatial challenge unit to distinguish between a human user and a non-human user. The spatial challenge unit requires the user to perform one or more spatial operations that modify the spatial properties of an electronic device operated by the user. Correct performance of the required spatial operations, indicates that the user is human. The system also includes a spatial password unit, which tracks a manner in which a human user handles the electronic device while the user enters a password; and then utilizes this user-specific manner for user authentication, by checking whether a manner in which the user enters his password matches a reference manner of password entry or a historical manner of password entry. The system also utilizes sequence of spatial operations or spatial gestures, as a pure spatial password or purely-spatial user-authentication factor. |
| US10037418B2 |
Pre-boot authentication credential sharing system
A pre-boot authentication (PBA) credential sharing system includes a secure subsystem including an off-host processing system and a secure storage. A credential management application is coupled to the off-host processing system. A data protection engine is coupled to the off-host processing system and a PBA database. The data protection engine receives a notification from the off-host processor of the enrollment of an authentication credential in the secure storage by the credential management application, and provides PBA object information for association with the authentication credential to create a PBA object that is stored in the secure storage. Subsequently, while in a pre-boot environment, the data protection engine requests the PBA object from the secure storage, retrieves storage authentication information from the PBA database using the PBA object, and performs a pre-boot authentication process using the storage authentication information. |
| US10037416B2 |
Method and apparatus for licensing web assets
A computer implemented method and apparatus for licensing web assets. The method comprises loading a web asset for use by one or more software applications when an entitlement to use the web asset exists for a first user of the web asset, wherein the entitlement defines a purchased license to the web asset, and wherein the web asset is use agnostic. |
| US10037407B2 |
Structured finding objects for integration of third party applications in the image interpretation workflow
A radiology workstation (16) includes a display device (25) and at least one user input device (20, 22, 24). A server computer (10) is programmed to operate with the radiology workstation to perform the radiology reading task (14) including a radiology reading support method comprising: receiving user input identifying a radiological finding; retrieving a structured finding object (SFO) template for the radiological finding; displaying an SFO annotation graphical user interface (GUI) dialog (40) having annotation data entry fields for annotating the retrieved SFO template; building an SFO (60) representing the radiological finding by annotating the SFO template via the SFO GUI dialog; and generating natural language text describing the radiological finding from the SFO. Application program interface (API) action rules (54) may be applied to determine whether the SFO being built satisfies any API action rule, and if so a corresponding application program is invoked. |
| US10037406B2 |
Systems and methods for converting and delivering medical images to mobile devices and remote communications systems
Example described herein are directed to systems and methods for converting and delivering medical images by request. In an example, the system includes a server coupled with a data storage system and a communication interface. The server can receive a conversion request to convert a medical image into a destination format associated with a destination device. The conversion request can include metadata associated with the requested medical image and the destination format. The system can determine whether the requested medical image can be located based at least on the metadata in the conversion request and if the requested medical image is located, load image data associated with the requested medical image from the data storage system in a binary format, convert the binary image data into the destination format, and return the converted medical image as a response to the conversion request via the communication interface. |
| US10037405B2 |
Medical image generation apparatus, medical image storage apparatus, medical image display apparatus, and medical image display system
A medical image generation apparatus including: a 4D image data generation unit generating 4D image data composed of a plurality of 3D image data blocks each having information indicating a number in chronological order of the 3D image data blocks using image information acquired by taking images of an object; and an image generation unit generating movie data composed of a plurality of 2D image data blocks generated from the plurality of 3D image data blocks constituting the four-dimensional image data and generating relevant information associating each of the two-dimensional image data blocks constituting the movie data with one of the 3D image data blocks which is the source of the 2D image data block. |
| US10037401B2 |
Methods of designing a layout of a semiconductor device including field effect transistor and methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same
A method of designing a semiconductor device includes preparing a standard cell layout including a layout out a preliminary pin pattern in at least one interconnection layout, performing a routing step to connect the preliminary pin pattern to a high-level interconnection layout, and generating a pin pattern in the interconnection layout, based on hitting information obtained at the completion of the routing step. The pin pattern is smaller than the preliminary pin pattern. |
| US10037395B2 |
Systems and methods for improving battery performance
A computer-implemented method for modeling the amount of current discharged by a battery is provided. The method is implemented by a computing device communicatively coupled with a memory, and includes generating, by the computing device, a model of at least one battery cell comprising a positive electrode region, a negative electrode region, and a separator region. The method also includes transforming the positive electrode region, the negative electrode region, and the separator region of the battery into a single region in the model. In addition, the method includes generating, by the computing device, a plurality of trial functions associated with the single region, and determining, by the computing device, the amount of current discharged from the battery cell based on the trial functions. |
| US10037394B1 |
Hierarchical timing analysis for multi-instance blocks
Electronic design automation systems, methods, and media are presented for hierarchical timing analysis with multi-instance blocks. Some embodiments involve generation of a combined timing context for all instances of a multi-instance block. Such embodiments may merge timing context information with multi-mode multi-context (MMMC) views for different instances of a multi-instance block. Other embodiments involve efficient merging of instance timing contexts during block level static timing analysis. Various different embodiments involve separate or hybrid merged timing analysis based on a user selection. |
| US10037393B1 |
Consumer performance index scoring for websites and web-based applications
A computer-implemented method creating a benchmark for consumer satisfaction of website or web application performance includes aggregating real user measurement (RUM) data captured from devices of users during sessions on a website or web application, the RUM data including a landing page load time of each user and whether a bounce occurred. The probability that each tenant will bounce is then modeled. Next, an ordered discrete set of lethal dose (LD) values is calculated and the tenants are then filtered for erroneousness. An ordered set of mean LD values is calculated, and that set is reduced to exactly 10m ordered mean LD values. The 10mn ordered mean LD values are mapped to a corresponding number of ordered CPI scores ranging from 0 to 100, wherein the mapping results in the benchmark. |
| US10037389B2 |
Dynamic window adjustments in a streaming environment
A first stream operator can receive a first tuple including a first set of attributes to be stored in a first window and a second tuple including a second set of attributes to be stored in a second window. The first window and the second window can each have an eviction policy. In response to triggering the eviction policy for the first window and the second window, the first tuple stored in the first window can be compared with the second tuple stored in the second window. Based upon the comparing, it can be determined that the first tuple and the second tuple go outside of a join threshold. In response to determining that the first tuple and the second tuple go outside of a join threshold, the eviction policy of the first window can be altered. |
| US10037386B1 |
Data replication optimization for online social network cloud computing
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing data storage allocation and replication of user data in computing systems. For example, a method includes determining a ranking of each data center in the computing system for a given user of the computing system, and selecting a first data center to store a primary copy of user data, and a second data center to store a replica copy of the user data, based at least in part on the determined rankings of the data centers for the given user. The data centers are ranked using a ranking function which includes an access ratio that is determined as ratio of (i) a number of times that each of a total number of users in the given data center have accessed shared data of the given user to (ii) a number of data uploads that the given user has made to the computing system. |
| US10037385B2 |
Method and system for mobile publication
Methods and system for mobile publication are described. A captured image may be accessed. A bar code may be decoded from the captured image. An item associated with the bar code may be identified. An item listing of the item may be generated in accordance with the identifying of the item. The item listing may be utilized for posting with a listing manager. One or more item listings for the item may be identified. At least one item listing of the one or more item listings may be provided for presentation in accordance with the searching of the plurality of item listings. |
| US10037377B2 |
Automated self-service user support based on ontology analysis
A system for implementing a method that provides information to a user in response to a received user query. A natural language analysis generates substrings relevant to the user query. An ontology analysis outputs: terms of an ontology matching the relevant generated substrings; and relationships between the terms. A query analysis analyzes the user query regarding the outputted terms and relationships, including ascertaining whether the user query is more suitable for service than for an information search. If it is so ascertained, then service actions for the user to perform are identified to the user. If it is not so ascertained, then: the user query is refined based on the outputted terms and relationships; a search query is generated based on the refined user query, a search is initiated based on the search query, and results of the search are provided to the user. |
| US10037375B2 |
Transmitting card objects based on categorized and scraped data
A server configured to receive data corresponding with a web page and/or a native application, the data comprising a uniform resource locator (URL); compare the URL included in the data with URL patterns stored in a category data store; determine a data category of the data based on the comparison; determine a data scraper based on the data category, the data scraper comprising a scraper configuration that enables the data scraper to extract information from the web page and/or the native application; scrape the web page and/or the native application by extracting information from the web page and/or the native application using the data scraper; store the extracted information in one or more data stores; used the stored information to provide search results and/or card objects. |
| US10037372B2 |
Automated data replication
An input from a current user selects, for display, a profile for another user. The current user's profile, and the selected profile are compared to identify a difference. A replication tag, corresponding to the difference, is displayed in the display for the selected profile. The information giving rise to the identified difference is replicated from the selected profile to the current user's profile, based on user actuation of the replication tag. |
| US10037367B2 |
Modeling actions, consequences and goal achievement from social media and other digital traces
Systems, methods, and computer storage media are provided for analyzing a large amount of social media data from a large population of social media users and constructing correlational data models between one or more events that occur within each user's timeline. Social media posts directed to personal experiences of a large number of social media users are extracted. Event timelines are generated for each of the social media users, based on their personal experiences. The event timelines are analyzed with a particular event of interest to measure correlations between events occurring within the timelines and the particular event of interest. Using the measured correlations, a correlational data model is thereby constructed. The correlational data model may be used for application to decision-making calculations by one or more systems in an active or passive manner. |
| US10037365B2 |
Computer-implemented patent searching method in connection to matching degree
A patent searching method in connection to a matching degree, wherein the patent searching method is applied in a patent searching system to search a patent specification having a plurality of patent sections including abstract, description, and claims, in a patent database, the patent searching method comprising: a keyword designating step of receiving a designated keyword including at least one component keyword so as to determine a searching condition, and a search determining step of determining a matching degree of the patent specification in connection to the designated keyword, wherein there are a plurality of derived patent specifications, and the matching degree of each derived patent specification in connection to the designated keyword is assigned a searching weighted result value obtained by adding up at least one searching weighted value which is assigned to all component keywords belonging to the designated keyword. |
| US10037361B2 |
Frequent item-set mining based on item absence
A dataset of a plurality of transactions is received, the plurality of transactions including at least a first item and a second item. An absence-based association rule correlating an absence of the first item with an inclusion of the second item within the plurality of transactions is calculated. |
| US10037352B1 |
Methods for editing hierarchical data
Methods for Editing Hierarchical Data are provided. Data subsets of hierarchical data are copied. Workstreams are generated and sent to users. An edit to a first workstream from a first user and an edit to a second workstream from a second user are received. The hierarchical data in the general database is edited according to the edits made by the first user and the second user. A full organization view of persons and positions in the organization that includes the edits made by the first user and the second user is displayed. |
| US10037346B1 |
Time reservations for ensuring consistent reads in a distributed database without logging
The subject matter described herein provides techniques to ensure that queries of a distributed database observe a consistent read of the database without locking or logging. In this regard, next-write timestamps uniquely identify a set of write transactions whose updates can be observed by reads. By publishing the next-write timestamps from within an extendable time lease and tracking a “safe timestamp,” the database queries can be executed without logging read operations or blocking future write transactions, and clients issuing the queries at the “safe timestamp” observe a consistent view of the database as it exists on or before that timestamp. Aspects of this disclosure also provide for extensions, done cheaply and without the need for logging, to the range of timestamps at which read transactions can be executed. |
| US10037344B2 |
Image storage and retrieval based on eye movements
Various embodiments are generally directed to creating and using an index based on eye movements of the human eye to store and retrieve images in an image database. An apparatus comprises a processor circuit and a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and storing instructions operative on the processor circuit to receive a first eye movement data associated with a first image provided by the apparatus from an image database stored in the storage; determine a first identity of a first object at a first focus region in the first image indicated by the first eye movement data; search the image database for an image depicting the first object; and provide a second image depicting the first object from the image database. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein. |
| US10037337B1 |
Global deduplication
Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for deduplicating chunks of data across multiple clusters. A process executing in a storage system identifies one or more chunks in an incoming stream of data. For each chunk, a first fingerprint corresponding to the chunk is generated. The process determines whether the first fingerprint matches a second fingerprint listed in a corresponding entry in a deduplication map. Each entry of the deduplication map corresponds to a chunk stored in a location in one of the storage clusters. Upon determining that the first fingerprint matches the second fingerprint, the process writes, to a local persistent storage, a pointer referencing the location in that storage cluster. |
| US10037333B2 |
Systems and methods for determining content similarity
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can obtain at least one content item for which a hash value is to be generated. A set of n-grams can be generated based at least in part on the at least one content item. A first vector can be generated based at least in part on the set of n-grams, wherein the vector maintains respective counts of n-grams in the set of n-grams. A quantized vector can be determined based at least in part on the first vector and one or more parameters. The hash value for the at least one content item can be generated based at least in part on the quantized vector. |
| US10037329B2 |
System and method for automatically capturing and recording lineage data for big data records
A system may read source data corresponding to a source variable and apply a transformation to the source variable to generate an output variable. The transformation may include logic, and the output variable may be configured for ingestion into a big data storage format. The system may record lineage data of the output variable that comprises the transformation and/or the source variable. The system may also receive a request to generate a requested output variable. The requested output variable may be generated from a second transformation that is the same as the first transformation. The system may thus match the first transformation to the second transformation using the lineage data. In response to matching the first transformation to the second transformation, the system may deny the request. The original output variable may be returned in response to the matching the first transformation to the second transformation. |
| US10037328B2 |
Non-privileged access to data independent of filesystem implementation
An application programming interface (API) module provides access to data, independent of filesystem implementation in a non-privileged user mode. A discovery volume having a filesystem recognizable by an operating system has cover files which prevent damage to data stored in an unrecognizable primary volume. The discovery volume also includes a data access API available for execution in a non-privileged user mode to render the primary volume accessible by operating systems which would otherwise find the primary volume unrecognizable. |
| US10037320B2 |
Context-aware approach to detection of short irrelevant texts
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether a short amount of text is irrelevant. Initially, an article is selected having one or more comments of varying length. Depending on the number of comments available, a native context may be constructed based on a given comment and other neighboring comments. In other embodiments, a transferred context may be constructed from the given comment and topically similar comments extracted from other, topically similar articles. A native context-aware feature may be determined from the constructed native context and a transferred context-aware feature may be determined from the constructed transferred context. These features may be leveraged by a language classifier to determine whether a given comment is irrelevant. |
| US10037316B2 |
Selective capture of incoming email messages for diagnostic analysis
A method for processing email is presented here. The method begins by receiving email capture criteria for incoming email messages directed to a destination tenant of a multi-tenant database system. The method continues by comparing the email capture criteria to searchable information conveyed in the incoming email messages. When the searchable information in a candidate email message of the incoming email messages matches the email capture criteria by at least a threshold amount, the candidate email message is identified as a matched email message. The method continues by saving a copy of the matched email message for diagnostic analysis, and performing incoming email processing on the matched email message. |
| US10037312B2 |
Methods and systems for gaze annotation
A gaze annotation method for an image includes: receiving a user command to capture and display a captured image; receiving another user command to create an annotation for the displayed image; in response to the second user command, receiving from the gaze tracking device a point-of-regard estimating a user's gaze in the displayed image; displaying an annotation anchor on the image proximate to the point-of-regard; and receiving a spoken annotation from the user and associating the spoken annotation with the annotation anchor. A gaze annotation method for a real-world scene includes: receiving a field of view and location information; receiving from the gaze tracking device a point-of-regard from the user located within the field of view; capturing and displaying a captured image of the field of view; while capturing the image, receiving a spoken annotation from the user; and displaying an annotation anchor on the image. |
| US10037311B2 |
Technique for skipping irrelevant portions of documents during streaming XPath evaluation
A method and apparatus are described for summarizing a document. For each node in the document that satisfies a marking criteria, a start and end mark pair is stored in a summary in document order. The start mark specifies a location in the document where the node starts, and the end mark specifies a location in the document where the node ends. When evaluating a query for a hierarchical path, the document is streamed into memory until the mark of a tag matches a start mark in the summary. If that tag does not fit within the path, then streaming of the document may resume at the end mark, thereby skipping the node during streaming evaluation. Translation information may be used to indicate a logical position relative to the marks in the summary when the document is modified. |
| US10037308B2 |
Method for adding two rows of tiles to an existing two rows of tiles based on the number of tiles in each of the existing two rows
A method for updating a page of an electronic device is provided. The page includes a first row and a second row. Each of the first row and the second row includes one or two tiles. Each tile comprises a picture. The method comprises the following steps. After an update that results in insertion of a plurality of new tiles into the page occurs, three new tiles of the plurality of new tiles are displayed by using either a first tile layout or a second tile layout in a third row and a fourth row. The number of tiles in the third row is one and the number of tiles in the fourth row is two in the first tile layout. The number of tiles in the third row is two and the number of tiles in the fourth row is one in the second tile layout. |
| US10037300B2 |
Cloud programming sensor interface architecture
An integrated circuit for interfacing with one or more sensors, including a wireless interface configured to connect to a network, an I/O interface configured to connect to sensors; and a microprocessor and memory that are programmed to: connect to a server via the network; wherein the server executes an application for controlling the sensors; transmit identification information and/or location information of the integrated circuit to the application executed by the server; receive commands for the sensors from the application executed by the server; and transfer the commands to the I/O interface for relaying to the sensors; and wherein the integrated circuit is configured to control any sensor that can connect electronically to the I/O interface without changing the programming of the microprocessor and memory. |
| US10037295B2 |
Apparatus and methods for generating a selection signal to perform an arbitration in a single cycle between multiple signal inputs having respective data to send
An interconnect within an integrated circuit provides arbitration to select one of a plurality of signal inputs for connection to a signal output. The arbitration applied uses a first arbitration parameter value, in the form of a time stamp value, and, if two or more signal inputs share such a time stamp value, then uses a second arbitration parameter, in the form of a least recently granted value. The time increment applied to the time stamp value associated with each signal input when it is granted access to the signal output is selected to reflect the quality of service to be associated with that signal input. When a comparison is made between time stamp values, the lowest time stamp value is given priority. A large time increment value corresponds to a low priority (quality of service). |
| US10037292B2 |
Sharing message-signaled interrupt vectors in multi-processor computer systems
Systems and methods for sharing message-signaled interrupt vectors in multi-processor computer systems. An example method may comprise: associating an interrupt vector with a first device component; associating the interrupt vector with the second device component; creating, in a first interrupt descriptor table (IDT) associated with a first processor, a first interrupt descriptor to reference a first interrupt service routine to process a first interrupt triggered by the first device component; and creating, in a second IDT associated with a second processor, a second interrupt descriptor to reference a second interrupt service routine to process a second interrupt triggered by the second device component, wherein the first interrupt descriptor and the second interrupt descriptor reference the interrupt vector. |
| US10037291B2 |
Semiconductor memory apparatus and data input/output method thereof
A semiconductor memory apparatus may include a write data bus inversion unit and a write data polarity change unit. The write data bus inversion unit may invert a level of an input data and may generate an inversion change data when a majority of the input data have a predetermined level. The write data polarity change unit may invert a level of the inversion change data based on a write signal and a first bank address signal and generate a polarity change data. |
| US10037276B1 |
Systems and methods for accelerating access to data by pre-warming the cache for virtual machines
The disclosed computer-implemented method for accelerating access to data may include (1) monitoring, at a data-caching system, read requests of a first data-accessing system for a dataset managed by a data-management system, (2) identifying a pattern of the read requests of the first data-accessing system, (3) monitoring, at the data-caching system, read requests of a second data-accessing system for the dataset managed by the data-management system, (4) determining that a pattern of the read requests of the second data-accessing system resembles the pattern of the read requests of the first data-accessing system, and (5) using a portion of the dataset accessed by the read requests of the first data-accessing system to pre-warm a cache of the second data-accessing system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10037275B2 |
Method for managing multi-channel memory device to have improved channel switch response time and related memory control system
A method for managing a multi-channel memory device includes at least following steps: when the multi-channel memory device is controlled to operate in an M-channel mode, reserving a partial memory space in the multi-channel memory device that is not used under the M-channel mode, where M and N are positive integers, and M is smaller than N; and when the multi-channel memory device is controlled to switch from the M-channel mode to an N-channel mode, accessing data in the reserved partial memory space used under the N-channel mode. |
| US10037272B2 |
Storage system employing MRAM and array of solid state disks with integrated switch
A storage system includes a central processing unit (CPU) subsystem including a CPU, a physically-addressed solid state disk (SSD) that is addressable using physical addresses associated with user data, provided by the CPU, to be stored in or retrieved from the physically-addressed SSD in blocks. Further, the storage system includes a non-volatile memory module, the non-volatile memory module having flash tables used to manage blocks in the physically addressed SSD, the flash tables include tables used to map logical to physical blocks for identifying the location of stored data in the physically addressed SSD. Additionally, the storage system includes a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) switch coupled to the CPU subsystem and a network interface controller coupled through a PCIe bus to the PCIe switch, wherein the flash tables are maintained in the non-volatile memory modules thereby avoiding reconstruction of the flash tables upon power interruption. |
| US10037269B2 |
Managing memory in a computer system
Methods, computer program products, and systems for managing memory in a computer system in which memory locations in use at any given time are represented as a set of memory objects in a first object graph. The first object graph includes a system root object associated by references to each of the memory objects. A method includes creating a second root object for the memory so as to form a second object graph for the memory. The method also includes, in response to the dereferencing of a first object from the first object graph, associating the dereferenced first object with the second object graph so that the second object graph includes at least one dereferenced object. |
| US10037268B2 |
System and method for determining requirements for testing software
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and system is provided for determining requirements for testing software. In an implementation, a method may include inspecting contents of a test case, including source code of the test case. The method may also include identifying at least one of: at least one characteristic of a test machine and at least one characteristic of a resource required to execute the test case correctly. The method may further include compiling a list of requirements for the test case to execute correctly based upon, at least in part, the at least one of the at least one characteristic of the test machine and the at least one characteristic of the resource. |
| US10037265B2 |
Enhancing the debugger stack with recently reported errors under debug
Method and apparatus for enhancing an executable is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes instrumenting an executable with additional program code to detect run-time errors, and while running the instrumented executable within a debug environment generating the run-time errors detected by the additional program code, upon reaching a breakpoint, identifying any of the run-time errors which occurred while executing a function in which the breakpoint is located, and transmitting an indication of the identified run-time errors to the debugging environment. |
| US10037264B2 |
Test suite minimization
Disclosed is a method and system for classifying test cases. In one implementation, the method comprises creating a test step master list comprising a plurality of test case, one more test step associated with the plurality of test case, and a test step identification number associated with the one more test step. Further, the method comprises generating a sequence diagram for each of the plurality of test cases based on the test step master list. Furthermore, the method comprises classifying, by the processor, each of the plurality of test cases in to an independent test case or an asynchronous test case or a synchronous test case based on the sequence diagram. |
| US10037263B1 |
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing end-to-end automation of software services
Various aspects described herein are directed to a method and a system that implement end-to-end automation of software services. A set of test cases may be identified from existing test cases or determined anew for a software system. Virtual test results may be generated at least by executing the set of test cases in parallel on a virtual time or date. The virtual test results may then be used to validate or verify the behaviors of the software system. The virtual time or date is then advanced to the next virtual time or date by a temporal period until a stopping criterion is satisfied. |
| US10037257B1 |
Examining local hardware using a location-aware peripheral device
Provided are methods and peripheral devices for examining local hardware and configuring a location-aware peripheral device accordingly. In some implementations, a peripheral device may be configured to examine, using a bus interface, another device connected to the bus. Examining may include determining characteristics of the other device. In some implementations, the peripheral device may further compare the determined characteristics against information derived from data stored in a memory of the peripheral device. The information may describe acceptable operating parameters for the computing system. In some implementations, the peripheral device may further determine, based on a result of the comparison, a status for the computing system. The status may indicate whether the computing system is operating within acceptable operating parameters. The status may direct an action by the peripheral device. |
| US10037246B1 |
System and method for memory control having self writeback of data stored in memory with correctable error
A system and method are provided for controlling access to memory to support processing of a master control operation. A data control portion is configured to carry out a plurality of data access operations on the memory device, including read, write, and read-modify-write operations for selectively addressed storage locations defined in the memory. An error control portion executes to detect error in a data segment as stored in the memory. The error control portion corrects a data segment read from the memory device for at least one type of detected error. A command control portion generates commands for actuating the data access operations of the data control portion. The command control portion includes a corrective writeback unit executable responsive to detection of correctable error in a data segment to actuate a read-modify-write operation to the data segment's storage locations. The corresponding storage locations of the memory are thereby adaptively scrubbed. |
| US10037241B2 |
Category dependent pre-processor for batch commands
A category dependent pre-processor for categorizes each unprocessed command of a set of batch commands into one of four zone categories and processes them differentially according to the zone categories: ignoring errors while executing unprocessed commands within a first zone category; executing until encountering an error the unprocessed commands within the second zone category; not executing the unprocessed commands within the third zone category; and executing only those of the unprocessed commands identified as within a fourth zone category that have not been successfully executed within a specified time interval from a current time, thus not executing other, remaining ones of the unprocessed commands within the fourth zone category and that have been successfully executed within the specified time interval from the current time. |
| US10037237B2 |
Method and arrangement for fault management in infrastructure as a service clouds
A server node in an IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) cloud includes a hypervisor arrangement and virtual machine arrangements at least a subset of which together defines at least one application utilizing the IaaS cloud. The server node includes a cloud infrastructure monitor within the hypervisor arrangement. The cloud infrastructure monitor includes a monitor arrangement monitoring an infrastructure of the IaaS cloud by monitoring a physical network, storage within the physical network, the server node, or the virtual machine arrangements. A detector arrangement detects faults within the monitored IaaS infrastructure. A notifying arrangement provides notifications of detected faults on a message bus between the hypervisor arrangement and each at least one application. The message bus relays the fault notifications from the cloud infrastructure monitor to the at least one application. Each at least one application is configured to automatically manage its operation in response to received fault notifications. |
| US10037236B2 |
Program and information processing apparatus
A non-transitory computer-readable medium has a program stored thereon and readable by a processor of an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image processing apparatus. The program, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: receiving an execution request to cause the image processing apparatus to perform the image processing, the execution request corresponding to a job; acquiring status information indicating a status of the image processing apparatus; and providing notification, during a notification time period, of error information based on the status information when the status information is acquired during the notification time period, which starts at a time when the execution request is received. |
| US10037235B2 |
Integrating applications
The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for integrating applications. In general, aspects of the invention can be used to reduce complexities associated with integrating applications and conserve computer system resources. Designed message processing functionality as well as updates and changes can be maintained through a centralized application message processing framework and then used by a plurality of applications. The centralized application message processing framework significantly reduces, and potentially eliminates, the need to incorporate message processing functionality individually into each of the plurality of applications. This in turn reduces the burden and complexity of maintaining message processing functionality for the plurality of applications. |
| US10037234B2 |
Electronic-manual browsing apparatus and system
An electronic-manual browsing apparatus includes an electronic-manual-display processing section that displays, on an electronic-manual display screen on a display section, an electronic manual including a sample program concerning a control apparatus, a program-creation-screen-display processing section that displays, on the display section, a program creation screen for creating a program used in the control apparatus, and a program copy section that copies the sample program in the electronic manual selected according to an instruction from a user and temporarily stores the sample program. The program-creation-screen-display processing section pastes the stored sample program in the program creation screen in a format editable on the program creation screen. |
| US10037233B2 |
System having in-memory buffer service, temporary events file storage system and events file uploader service
Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for writing events to a data store. An application server generates events, the data store that stores the events, and a temporary events file storage system (TEFSS) temporarily stores groups of events as events files. When events are unable to be written directly to the data store, an indirect events writer is invoked that includes event capture threads each being configured to generate a particular events file, and write it to the TEFSS. Each events file includes a plurality of events flushed from an in-memory buffer service. An events file uploader service reads the events file(s) from the TEFSS, and then writes the events from each of the events files to the data store. |
| US10037224B2 |
System and method for nested hypervisors and layer 2 interconnection
Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with nested hypervisors. This is provided by at least two physical computing systems each having at least one processor and memory store adapted to provide a first level Hypervisors, each providing a First Virtual Computing Environment with a plurality of inactive Virtual Hypervisors nested therein. The multi tenant data center is structured and arranged to activate a Virtual Hypervisor on one of the at least two Hypervisors and automatically migrate the at least one Customer VM from a Customer Hypervisor to the Active Virtual Hypervisor; and evacuate the remaining inactive Virtual Hypervisors from the Hypervisor supporting the Active Hypervisor to another of the at least two Hypervisors supporting inactive Virtual Hypervisors. Further, each Customer Virtual Machine in the Active Virtual Hypervisor is coupled to the second physical computing system by OSI Layer 2, prior to an OSI Layer 3 connection, for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the segregation of each Virtual Machine independent of Layer 3 communication. An associated method of use is also provided. |
| US10037222B2 |
Virtualization of hardware accelerator allowing simultaneous reading and writing
Technologies are generally provided to virtualize hardware acceleration. In some examples, a coprovisor component may be configured to multiplex multiple domains' requests to access a hardware accelerator such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a comparable accelerator in a paravirtualized environment. Hyper-requesting may be employed for hardware acceleration virtualization, where a hardware acceleration module concurrently loads a portion of data of a request for a first accelerator application and a portion of data of another request for a second accelerator application and simultaneously processes the two portions of data. Directly situated on a device driver layer, the coprovisor may schedule portions of access requests to the hardware accelerator at the same time through direct memory access (DMA) context switching. |
| US10037217B2 |
Device, method, and user interface for integrating application-centric libraries and file browser applications
A multifunction device generates a display of a first view of an application-centric library associated with an application. The application-centric library has content rules that limit files to those that include content compatible with the application. The first view includes a representation of a first file compatible with the application and added to the application-centric library. The instructions also include: while displaying the first view, detecting first inputs; in response to detecting the first inputs, generating a display of a second view comprising a representation of a second file not added to the application-centric library; while displaying the second view, detecting second inputs interpreted as a selection of the representation of the second file; and in response to detecting the second inputs, in accordance with a determination that the second file is compatible with the application, adding the second file to the application-centric library. |
| US10037215B2 |
Method and apparatus for interworking application and web browser
A method of interworking an application and a browser in a terminal by receiving a user input through the browser, determining whether an application related to the user input is registered in an external device, determining, if the application is registered in the external device, whether the registered application is installed in the terminal, and when the registered application is installed, running the installed application. |
| US10037214B2 |
Determining power capping policies for a computer device
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for accurately determining maximum and minimum power capping values that may be used to increase power use efficiency (PUE) and reliability of a computing environment (e.g., a data center comprising one or more servers). |
| US10037204B2 |
Version control of applications
An application development system allows developers of a software system to manage infrastructure resources during the development and testing process. The application development system allows users to define application containers that comprise components including source code, binaries, and virtual databases used for the application. An application container can be associated with policies that control various aspects of the actions taken using the application container including constraints and access control. The application development system enforces the policies for actions taken by users for the application containers. The encapsulation of policies with the application containers allows users of the application containers to take actions including creating virtual databases, provisioning virtual databases, and the like without requiring system administrators to manage resource issues. |
| US10037200B2 |
Synchronizing installation and execution of a program on a second information processing apparatus with a first information processing apparatus which failed installation of the program
A system of this invention is directed to an information processing system that allows a client to enjoy the execution result of a program acquired or to be acquired by the client, even if the program cannot be installed or executed in a client apparatus. In the information processing system, a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus are connected via communication media. It is requested, from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus, to install a program acquired but inexecutable by the first information processing apparatus into the second information processing apparatus. Execution of the program installed in the second information processing apparatus in response to the request is synchronized with an operation for the program in the first information processing apparatus. |
| US10037196B2 |
Source to image framework for a platform-as-a-service system
Implementations provide for a source to image framework for a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system. A method of the disclosure includes invoking source-to-image (STI) orchestration logic to perform a build for an application of a multi-tenant PaaS system, launching a build container for the build in view of a base image of the application, the base image providing a core functionality for the application, accessing source code of the application at the build container, assembling an application image using the base image and the source code, and committing the application image to a repository. |
| US10037194B2 |
Systems and methods for visual data management
An authoring tool may comprise a plurality of predefined functions displayed in a visual manner. A user may select functions from the predefined functions to create a logic map. The authoring tool may read metadata from a metadata store corresponding to the functions. The authoring tool may generate an intermediate language, and compile the metadata from the intermediate language to a desired language. The authoring tool may execute the logic map on data in a data management system. |
| US10037190B2 |
Transformation on input operands to reduce hardware overhead for implementing addition
Techniques for transforming input operands to reduce overhead for implementing addition operations in hardware are provided. In one aspect, a method for transforming input operands of an adder includes the steps of: receiving a bit array of the input operands; replacing a duplicate signal (e.g., a signal that occurs twice) for a given bit k in the bit array with a single signal at bit k+1; reducing a number of occurrences of the signal on adjacent bits of the input operand, wherein by way of the replacing and reducing a transformed bit array is formed; and providing the transformed bit array to the adder. |
| US10037187B2 |
Data flow windowing and triggering
A method includes receiving data corresponding one of streaming data or batch data and a content of the received data for computation. The method also includes determining an event time of the data for slicing the data, determining a processing time to output results of the received data, and emitting at least a portion of the results of the received data based on the processing time and the event time. |
| US10037186B2 |
Multi-channel data sonification employing data-modulated sound timbre classes
Multichannel data sonification arrangements for providing parallel perceptual channels for representing complex numerical data to a user seeking to identify correlations within the data are presented. In an implementation, several varying data quantities are represented by time-varying sound and presented to a user to observe both variations and correlations among sonic events or trends. The data sonification can include multiple data-modulated sound timbre classes, for example each separately rendered within a stereo sound field. The sound timbre classes can be arranged to convey a sonic metaphor. |
| US10037185B2 |
Digital media message generation
A method of generating a digital media message includes receiving a first digital content segment via an electronic device, associating the first digital content segment with a first position in a play sequence, receiving a second digital content segment different from the first digital content segment, and receiving a third digital content segment different from the first and second digital content segments. The method also includes adding the second and third digital content segments to the play sequence such that the second digital content segment is presented simultaneously with at least one of the first and third digital content segments when the digital media message is played. Such a method further includes providing the digital media message for sharing with a remote electronic device. |
| US10037181B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming system with rewritable print and permanent print function
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming job created and transmitted by an job creation unit including an image to be printed, a receiving unit that receives a request of print setting to the image, a display unit that displays a setting screen having a setting unit to designate a setting of rewritable print or permanent print per page in response to receive the request of print setting, a memory unit that stores the setting of rewritable print or permanent print per page set by operating the setting screen, in addition to the image as the image forming job, and an image forming unit that receives the image forming job from the job creation unit and forms images on a sheet based on the setting in the image forming job. |
| US10037177B2 |
Image forming system, post processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for information processing apparatus
An object is to use a post processing apparatus effectively and to shorten execution waiting time of a print job of a user due to moving of a self-traveling post processing apparatus. In an image forming system including a self-traveling post processing apparatus which separably connects with each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, in a case of having received a print job which is executed by any of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and performs the post processing by the post processing apparatus, the post processing apparatus is made to self-travel by a traveling section such that the post processing apparatus moves toward an image forming apparatus which has received a print job which performs post processing. |
| US10037176B2 |
Printer-end page sequencing of document pages multipage-captured by portal terminal
An image processing system includes a portable terminal and an image processing apparatus. The portable terminal includes a transmission processing unit that transmits each of the image data in units of the page of the document. The image processing apparatus includes a reception processing unit, a determination processing unit, and an output processing unit. The reception processing unit receives each of the image data in units of the page of the document transmitted from the portable terminal. The determination processing unit determines a page sequence of each of the image data in units of the page of the document based on each of the image data in units of the page of the document received by the reception processing unit. The output processing unit outputs each of the image data in units of the page of the document received by the reception processing unit in accordance with the page sequence. |
| US10037175B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method for registration of electronic data included in print request based on conference association
An image processing apparatus executes a print process by a processor, in response to a print request from a terminal apparatus. The processor receives the print request including electronic data; executes the print process based on the electronic data included in the print request; and executes a registration process for associating the electronic data with information about a conference in which displaying the electronic data is shared among terminal apparatuses participating in the conference. In response to receiving the print request, the processor executes the print process if the print process based on the electronic data is to be executed, or the registration process for associating the electronic data included in the print request, with the information about the conference relating to a user being a request source of the print request, if the displaying the electronic data is to be shared. |
| US10037171B2 |
Accessing common data in a dispersed storage network
A method begins by a computing device of a dispersed storage network (DSN) encoding digital content into a plurality of sets of encoded data slices and generating at least one set of write commands, where a write command includes an indication of a number of copies of an encoded data slice to be stored. The method continues by a set of storage units of the DSN storing the plurality of sets of encoded data slices, where a storage unit stores the number of copies of the encoded data slice in accordance with the write command. The method continues by the set of storage units receiving a plurality of retrieval requests from a plurality of requesting computing devices regarding the digital content and fulfilling the plurality of retrieval requests utilizing various combinations of copies of encoded data slices of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices. |
| US10037169B2 |
Image processing semiconductor device and image processing device
Provided is an image processing device capable of an image processing with using a general-purpose image processing hardware in accordance with video input without mediation of a CPU. The image processing device includes: a storage medium for storing an image data acquired by video inputting unit for acquiring video images; a CPU for a general processing; image processing unit for processing the image data stored in the storage medium; setting unit for determining a processing content of the image processing unit; a command list indicating an order of setting and activating the image processing unit; and command writing unit for setting and activating the image processing unit based on the command list in synchronization with input of the image data from the video inputting unit without mediation of the CPU. |
| US10037166B2 |
Tracking memory allocation
Systems and methods for tracking memory allocation within shared memory are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes tracking memory allocation within shared memory. The method includes receiving instructions to execute a process. The method includes assigning a process identifier to the process. The method includes allocating one or more blocks of the shared memory to store process specific data associated with the process, wherein the one or more blocks of the shared memory are addressable with a reference. The method includes storing the process identifier at an index in a first array. The method includes storing, by the one or more processors, the reference to the one or more blocks of the shared memory at the index in a second array. |
| US10037164B1 |
Flash interface for processing datasets
Systems and methods for managing content in a flash memory. Content or data in a flash memory is overwritten when the write operation only requires bits to be set. This improves performance of the flash and extends the life of the flash memory. |
| US10037153B2 |
Memory device, electronic system, and methods associated with modifying data and a file of a memory device
A memory device, system and method of editing a file in a non-volatile memory device is described. The memory device includes a controller and a memory array configured to copy an existing first file into a second file during editing and to maintain the first file while applying edits to the second file. When editing is completed, a first cluster pointer of the first file is redirected to point at the first cluster of the second file that has been edited. |
| US10037151B2 |
Data storage device performing pattern identification operation, operating method thereof, and data processing system including the same
A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including first and second memory regions; and a controller suitable for performing a pattern identification operation for write requests, based on a pattern information for one or more patterns, and storing data corresponding to the write requests in one of the first and second memory regions according to a result of the pattern identification operation. |
| US10037148B2 |
Facilitating reverse reading of sequentially stored, variable-length data
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for facilitating reverse reading of sequentially stored variable-length data records. Each record is stored with accompanying size metadata that identifies the size or length of the record. Further, if the length of a given record is greater than a threshold (e.g., 127 bytes when the length is stored with variable-length quantity encoding), such that more than one byte (or other storage unit) is needed to store the record length, an additional byte (or other unit) is configured to store the size/length of the record length (e.g., the number of bytes required to store the record length). The most significant bit of the additional byte is set to 1, so that during reverse reading, the location and size of the record length value can be quickly determined. |
| US10037147B2 |
Sharing files in a multisystem environment
A file with an exclusive serialization is allocated. The exclusive serialization associated with the newly allocated file is transformed into a shared serialization. The file with the shared serialization is allocated as shared resource for a multisystem environment. |
| US10037146B2 |
Writing data in a distributed data storage system
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a write request that includes data and a client address at which to store the data. The data is segmented into the one or more storage units. A storage unit identifier for each of the one or more storage units is computed that uniquely identifies content of a storage unit. A mapping between each storage unit identifier to a block server is determined. For each of the one or more storage units, the storage unit and the corresponding storage unit identifier is sent to a block server. The block server stores the storage unit and information on where the storage unit is stored on the block server for the storage unit identifier. Multiple client addresses associated with a storage unit with the same storage unit identifier are mapped to a single storage unit. |
| US10037145B1 |
Performant memory manager for cloud applications
A present disclosure provides a garbage collector capable of freeing memory reachable only by a terminated thread immediately upon thread exit without scanning the heap or blocking other threads. A heap, including a plurality of spans, is walked, for example when the heap reaches a predetermined size. Reachable objects are marked in a mark bitmap. A mutator sweeps the mark bitmap without clearing mark bits, and newly allocated objects are not marked. When the thread terminates, sweep pointers in each of the spans owned by the terminated thread are reset. Moreover, a write barrier that makes a first unpublished object reachable from a second published object, also publishes the first object and all objects reachable from the first object. |
| US10037144B2 |
Precisely tracking memory usage in multi-process computing environment
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for precisely tracking memory usage in a multi-process computing environment. One of the methods includes implementing an instance of a memory usage tracker (MUT) in each process running in a node of a computer system. A MUT can maintain an account of memory usage for each of multiple logical owners running on a process on which the MUT is running. The MUT can determine an actual memory quota for each owner, and enforce the actual memory quota of the owner. Enforcing the actual memory quota of the owner can include receiving each memory allocation request, checking each allocation request and a current state of the account against the actual quota, approving or rejecting each allocation request, communicating the approval or rejection to an underlying memory manager, and updating the owner account for each approved allocation request. |
| US10037141B2 |
Memory device and memory system including the same
A memory device may include an application chip set including a plurality of applications. The memory device may include a chip decoder configured to select one application among the applications in response to input data and a test fuse signal, and output function data so that a function to be performed by the selected application is selected. |
| US10037135B2 |
Method and electronic device for user interface
A method for operating an electronic device includes detecting a touch input by an external object on a first part of a display, determining whether the touch input is accompanied by and adjacent input, and processing a function corresponding to a second part of the display when the touch input is not accompanied by the adjacent input. An electronic device includes a display to display an image, a touch sensor to sense at least one of a touch input and adjacent input, and a processor configured to detect the touch input by an external object on a first part of the display via the touch sensor, determine whether the touch input is accompanied by the adjacent input and process a function corresponding to a second part of the display when the touch input is not accompanied by the adjacent input. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10037134B2 |
Electronic device and task configuring method of electronic device
A task configuring method of an electronic device using fingerprint recognition is provided. The method including displaying a first area including at least one item which a user can select and a second area which displays the selected at least one item, sensing a touch event used to move the at least one item from the first area to the second area, identifying a fingerprint of a finger which generates the touch event, and configuring a task by combining the at least one moved item and the identified fingerprint. |
| US10037132B2 |
Enlargement and reduction of data with a stylus
A device and method for enlarging and reducing data is disclosed. Input from a stylus is detected. It is identified whether the input corresponds to enlargement or reduction of the data. A guide is displayed, when the input corresponds to enlargement or reduction of the data. The data is enlarged or reduced based on the input by the stylus on the guide. |
| US10037131B2 |
Facilitating object set replication
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to facilitating object set replication. In embodiments described herein, a repeatable object set can be generated. Such a repeatable object set can include one or more objects and a field format indicating a position of the object(s) within a field. The generated repeatable object set can be replicated as replicated object sets into a set of fields within a layout structure, wherein each of the replicated object sets includes a representation of the object(s) placed within a corresponding field in accordance with the field format indicating the position of the one or more objects. The replicated object sets within the set of fields the layout structure can then be presented. |
| US10037130B2 |
Display apparatus and method for improving visibility of the same
A method for performing a function of a display apparatus including, displaying, in response to a first user input being received on an edge area among a plurality of edge areas of a screen, a menu on the screen, the displayed menu comprising at least one item, and performing, in response to a selection of the at least one item from the displayed menu, performing a function corresponding to the selected item, and when an item is selected from the menu, a function corresponding to the selected the at least one item, wherein the displayed menu corresponds to the edge area among the plurality of edge areas where the first user input is received, and wherein at least one other menu corresponds to at least one edge area among the plurality of edge areas where the user input was not received. |
| US10037128B2 |
Operating behavior classification interface
A method and apparatus for generating, causing display of, sending, or otherwise providing one or more interfaces for monitoring machines, classifying operating behavior of the machines, and/or predicting operational behavior of the machines. The interfaces may include a graphical user interface that that shows graphical elements changing in appearance over time according to a sequence of stored values that represent measurements. An interface manager may receive, via the graphical user interface, input comprising a label, and, based at least in part on the input, store the label in association with the displayed sequence or in association with a set or cluster of sequences that includes the displayed sequence. |
| US10037125B2 |
System and method for displaying a constant time selection context menu interface
A system and method are provided for a context menu pop-up interface. In one embodiment, the context menu interface may be activated in relation to a second interface, and may include a plurality of selection areas organized around a central selection area. In a preferred embodiment, the sizes of each of the plurality of selection areas increase as a distance to each selection area increases from the central selection area, and the sizes are selected such that the plurality of selection areas can be selected in approximately the same time. |
| US10037123B2 |
Multiple delivery channels for a dynamic multimedia content presentation
According to an embodiment, a designer may utilize an authoring tool to create or edit an interactive media pack (“IMP”). The authoring tool may facilitate creation of multiple versions of an IMP or IMP part. These versions may each be specific to a particular delivery-channel. For example, in an embodiment, a first version may be specific to an IMP presentation made via a graphical user-interface of an application on a mobile device, and a second version may be specific to an IMP presentation made via an interactive voice response system. In some instances, versions for a particular IMP or IMP part may be understood to be linked. That is, progress of an IMP presentation may be tracked so that a user may switch between a first version and second version while losing little, if any, progress in the presentation. |
| US10037121B2 |
Visual mining of user behavior patterns
Systems and methods of visual mining of user behavior patterns are disclosed. A plurality of clickstreams may be received. Each clickstream may represent a corresponding sequence of user actions. A visual representation of each clickstream may be caused to be displayed on a device. Each visual representation may comprise a distinct graphical element for each user action of the corresponding clickstream, and each visual representation may be configured to indicate a frequency level of the corresponding clickstream. Each distinct graphical element may comprise a geometric shape and a corresponding color that distinctly represents the corresponding user action. Graphical elements of each visual representation may comprise a size that is proportional to the frequency level of the corresponding clickstream. An indication of a selection of one of the visual representations may be received, and additional information about the corresponding clickstream may be caused to be displayed on the device. |
| US10037117B2 |
Two-dimensional sensor arrangement
A two-dimensional sensor arrangement is provided that detects locations, e.g. finger locations, in two or three dimensions, which is particularly suitable for touch-sensitive touchpads or touchscreens. The sensor arrangement includes a sensing zone in which a plurality of sensors are arranged, and contact zone, e.g. externally thereto, in which a plurality of electrically conductive contact points are arranged, which are connected to the sensors. The number of contact points is very small, although the electrically conductive components of the sensor arrangement form a single-layered network. |
| US10037115B2 |
Touch display panel, display device and driving method thereof
The embodiments of the present invention provide a touch display panel, a display device and a driving method thereof. The touch display panel comprises an array substrate and a counter substrate; the array substrate comprises a first basal substrate and a spacer, the spacer being arranged on a surface of the first basal substrate facing the counter substrate; the spacer comprises a primary spacer and an auxiliary spacer; each auxiliary spacer at least comprises a conductive portion facing the counter substrate; the height of the auxiliary spacer is less than the height of the primary spacer; the counter substrate comprises a second basal substrate and a touch structure, the touch structure is arranged on a surface of the second basal substrate facing the array substrate. |
| US10037113B2 |
Touch device and manufacturing method thereof
A touch device includes a cover plate, a carrying structure, a first sensor layer, a dielectric layer and a second sensor layer. The carrying structure is disposed on the cover plate and includes a film layer and a buffer layer stacked on each other. The film is located between the cover plate and the buffer layer. The first sensor layer is at least disposed on the carrying structure. The first sensor layer and the cover plate are respectively located at two opposite sides of the carrying structure. The dielectric layer is disposed on the first sensor layer. The dielectric layer and the carrying structure are respectively located at two opposite sides of the first sensor layer. The second sensor layer is at least disposed on the dielectric layer. The second sensor layer and the first sensor layer are respectively located at two opposite sides of the dielectric layer. |
| US10037111B2 |
Single point charger
In general, in one aspect, one or more embodiments relate to a peripheral device that includes a single charging terminal configured to couple to an active electrode driven with an alternating current (AC) signal, a diode for rectifying the AC signal from the active electrode to obtain a rectified signal, and a charging circuitry for charging an energy storage device using the rectified signal and a connection between the peripheral device and free space. |
| US10037108B2 |
Input tools having vibro-acoustically distinct regions and computing device for use with the same
An input tool includes a body in the form of a stylus with plurality of vibro-acoustically distinct regions. The vibro-acoustically distinct regions produce vibro-acoustic responses when the regions touch the surface of the touch screen. The vibro-acoustic responses are used in a computing device to detect what region of the input tool was used. |
| US10037104B2 |
Touch panel device with abnormal state detection
A touch panel device includes an abnormal state determining part that determines if there is an abnormal state based on second difference information extracted by a second difference information extracting part and a second baseline stored in a second baseline storage, and a controller that, if the abnormal state determining part determines that there is an abnormal state, controls to update a first baseline stored in a first baseline storage and the second baseline stored in the second baseline storage. |
| US10037099B2 |
Method of operating touch module and electronic device supporting same
Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating a touch module of an electronic device. A communication related event is received at the electronic device. The touch module is switched from operation at a first operating frequency to operation at a second operating frequency, upon reception of the communication related event. The first operating frequency enables the touch module to receive a touch input. The second operating frequency enables the touch module to detect a specified event. |
| US10037097B2 |
Touch determining device and method, and display device
A touch determining device and a touch determining method for a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes multiple touch areas arranged in a matrix. The method includes: detecting whether a touch electrode has a touch area with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if such touch areas exist, acquiring a number of the touch areas with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if the number of the touch areas is one, no electrical signal of a touch area is outputted; if the number of the touch areas is multiple, outputting electrical signals of the multiple touch areas; and determining on the output electrical signals to decide whether to generate a touch signal, or not. |
| US10037094B2 |
Carrier touch sensing system capable of performing phase calibration and carrier signal demodulation
A carrier touch sensing system includes a demodulation circuit coupled to a touch panel, used for performing in-phase and quadrature demodulations to a plurality of carrier sensing signals to generate and store a plurality of phase delay information if the carrier touch sensing system operates in a phase calibration mode. The demodulation circuit is further used for performing in-phase demodulation to the plurality of carrier sensing signals according to the plurality of phase delay information to generate a plurality of touch signals if the carrier touch sensing system operates in a normal scan mode. |
| US10037091B2 |
System and method for providing absolute coordinate and zone mapping between a touchpad and a display screen
A method and system for providing absolute coordinate mapping using zone mapping input in a vehicle includes determining a touch input received on a touchpad located in the vehicle, presenting an absolute mapped position of the touch input on a display screen located in the vehicle, presenting one or more user interface objects on the display screen, and providing a plurality of display input zones corresponding to one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen. The method and system further include determining a user input to one of the one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen based on the absolute mapped position of the touch input on at least one of the one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen, and the plurality of display input zones on the display screen. |
| US10037085B2 |
Techniques for real object and hand representation in virtual reality content
Examples include techniques for real object and hand representation in virtual reality content. In some examples, one or more hands of a user of a head-mounted display (HMD) may be tracked while receiving sensor data from an identified object including one or more embedded sensors. Virtual reality content visible to the user on the HMD may be modified based on the tracking of the one or more hands and based on the received sensor data. |
| US10037084B2 |
Wearable glasses and method of providing content using the same
A wearable glasses is provided. The wearable glasses includes a sensing circuit, a communication interface, a display, and a controller. The sensing circuit senses movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses. The communication interface receives notification message information. The display displays the notification message information within an angle of view of the user wearing the wearable glasses. The controller determines a movement state of the user based on the sensed movement information of the user and controls the display to display the received notification message information according to the movement state of the user. |
| US10037083B2 |
Mobile electronic device and method
An electronic device and method is disclosed. The electronic device includes a storage module, a recognition module, and a control module. The storage module is configured to store a first and second movement of one or more fingers of a user, and a first and second process. The first movement is different from the second movement. The first process comprises executing an application. The second process is configured to notify information related to the first process. The recognition module is configured to recognize a gesture of one or more fingers as the first movement or the second movement. The control module configured to perform the first process when the gesture is recognized as the first movement. The control module is further configured to perform the second process when the gesture is recognized as the second movement. |
| US10037080B2 |
User physical attribute based device and content management system
Systems and methods for device and content management include determining a user is viewing virtual reality content from a user device. Body information associated with the user while the user is viewing the virtual reality content is received through a network from the user device. User engagement information associated with the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is determined using the body information. A first content management action based on the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is generated using the user engagement information. A first notification associated with the first content management action that causes a first change to the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is sent through the network to the user device. |
| US10037079B2 |
System and method for display management based on user attention inputs
A system and method are provided for managing data being displayed on at least one monitor screen based on monitoring user's attention in relation to the monitor screen. In one embodiment, upon detecting that the user's attention is leaving at least a portion of a screen, the system may alert the user of such an event. Alternatively, the system could alert the user upon detecting a triggering condition while the user's attention is away from the at least a portion of the screen. The step of alerting the user may include modifying at least a portion of a display on a monitor not being viewed by the user. Additionally, the system may initiate preparation of a report including any data not being viewed by a user during the time period when the user is not viewing a portion of the monitor. |
| US10037073B1 |
Execution unit power management
A processor includes an instruction issue circuit, and high-utilization and low-utilization execution unit circuits coupled to execute instructions received from the instruction issue unit. On average, utilization of the low-utilization execution unit circuit is lower than utilization of the high-utilization execution unit circuit. The processor also includes a retention circuit coupled to a different power domain than the low-utilization execution unit circuit, and a power management circuit. The power management circuit may be configured to detect that inactivity of the low-utilization execution unit circuit satisfies a threshold inactivity level; upon detecting that the threshold inactivity level is satisfied, cause architecturally-visible state of the low-utilization execution unit circuit to be copied to the retention circuit; and subsequent to copying of the architecturally-visible state to the retention circuit, cause the low-utilization execution unit circuit to enter a power-off state, where the retention circuit retains stored data during the power-off state. |
| US10037072B2 |
Chip power supply method and chip
The present invention relates to a chip power supply method and a chip, where configuration memory array provides configuration voltage to an NMOS transmission gate, and an LDO circuit supplies power to the chip. The method includes: determining that a working state of the chip switches from a first state to a second state, where the first state and the second state are separately an initial mode, a program mode or a user mode; and adjusting, according to the working state of the chip, a configuration bit to adjust an output voltage of the LDO circuit. The present invention reduces power dissipation of the chip during memory configuration, and improves working performance thereof during the user mode. |
| US10037070B2 |
Image display method and display system
The present invention provides an image display method and a display system, belongs to the field of display technology, and can solve the problem of large power consumption in an existing image display method when displaying images. The image display method of the present invention comprises: determining a utilization ratio of a CPU according to a pre-acquired working parameter of the CPU to a determined result; adjusting a processing frequency of a GPU according to the determined result; and adjusting a resolution of displayed images according to the adjusted processing frequency of the GPU so as to display images. |
| US10037069B2 |
Dynamic link width modulation
Described herein are embodiments of an apparatus configured for dynamic link width modulation, a system including an apparatus configured for dynamic link width modulation, a method for dynamic link width modulation, and computer-readable media having instructions that, if executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform a dynamic link width modulation method. An apparatus configured for dynamic link width modulation may include a first counter for determining a length of a queue of packets at a source of a link, a second counter for determining a rate of utilization of the link, and a power control unit configured to modify a width of the link based at least in part on the length of the queue and the rate of utilization. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10037064B2 |
Enhanced re-hosting capability for legacy hardware and software
Embodiments of the invention are directed toward systems and methods that execute legacy semiconductor applications using a non-legacy controller. In some embodiments a hardware abstraction layer and/or an emulator can be used to provide communication between a non-legacy operating system and legacy components including legacy applications. In some embodiments various methods and/or devices can be used to emulate and/or translate communications between legacy and non-legacy components. |
| US10037063B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit including a system controlling circuit
A system controlling circuit disclosed herein is made adaptable to programmable specification change through parameters under a secure environment that is tamper resistant. A semiconductor integrated circuit including functional blocks and a system controlling circuit is configured as below. The system controlling circuit includes a programmable timing controller and a second boot programmable sequencer and supplies a group of system control signals including at least one of a power supply control signal, reset signal, and clock signal to the functional blocks. In the system controlling circuit, the programmable timing controller adjusts either or both of sequence and timing of supplying the group of system control signals to the functional blocks, based on parameters supplied thereto and the second boot programmable sequencer reads in encrypted sequence code and data, decrypts them, and supplies the programmable timing controller with the parameters in accordance with decrypted sequence code and data. |
| US10037062B1 |
Thermal venting device with pressurized plenum
A thermal venting device is provided that includes a plenum including an inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports, the plenum being substantially fluidically sealed except for the inlet port and the plurality of outlet ports, the inlet port including an inlet fan configured to pressurize the plenum, each of the plurality of outlet ports being configured to direct airflow from the pressurized plenum toward different electronic components of a plurality of electronic components, and each of the plurality of outlet ports including respective resistive elements having varied airflow resistances configured to bias airflow through the plurality of outlet ports. |
| US10037060B2 |
Device for holding power and holder thereof
A holder includes a support, a back plate and a holding member. The back plate includes a main portion connected to the support, and a positioning portion movably connected to the main portion to either at a blocking position or an unblocking position. The holding member is disposed between the positioning portion and the support. Two ends of the holding member opposite to each other are connected to the main portion. The holding member and the main portion jointly define an accommodation space. When the positioning portion is at the blocking position, the positioning portion partially protrudes from the main portion and blocks a side of the accommodation space. When the positioning portion is at the unblocking position, the positioning portion does not protrude from the main portion, and the positioning portion unblocks the side of the accommodation space. |
| US10037059B1 |
Memory slot filler
A memory slot filler for a computer is provided. The slot filler can be used in place of a memory module in a computer system. The slot filler includes at least some exterior dimensions that are smaller than the corresponding exterior dimensions of a memory module. |
| US10037058B2 |
Multiaxial hinge and electronic device using the same
In order to provide a multiaxial hinge suitably used in an electronic device, such as a notebook PC having a flexible display sheet, and an electronic device using such a multiaxial hinge, the multiaxial hinge is a multiaxial hinge used as attached below a flexible and touch-operable display sheet for opening and closing the first casing and the second casing, the display sheet being attached so as to cover both inner surfaces of the both casings, several hinge shafts are provided, wherein a first bracket attached to the first casing and a second bracket attached to the second casing are coupled together via several coupling parts, and a synchronous rotation unit, a stopper and a friction unit either all in cooperation or one independently from other are provided on each of the hinge shafts, the multiaxial hinge is designed such that a bent portion is formed on the inner surfaces in a closed state of the first casing and the second casing, and that the first casing and the second casing are flush in a fully opened state of the casings. |
| US10037057B2 |
Friction hinge
A friction hinge is described. Generally, the friction hinge provides a variable torque profile for a movable component. |
| US10037056B2 |
Optical touch device and foldable frame assembly thereof
An optical touch device includes a foldable frame assembly, two image sensing units and two light emitting units. The foldable frame assembly comprises a first frame, a second frame, a third frame and a fourth frame. The two image sensing units are disposed on opposite ends of the fourth frame respectively. The two light emitting units are disposed on opposite ends of the fourth frame respectively and adjacent to the two image sensing units respectively. The frames of the foldable frame assembly are pivotally connected to each other such that the frames can rotate with respect to each other so as to be folded or expanded. |
| US10037053B2 |
Wearable device assembly having athletic functionality
A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller and a display. The display may comprise one or more light guides, where each guide is operatively coupled to an LED. Each LED may light the edge of a guide such that a refraction surface is illuminated. The controller may selectively illuminate the one or more light guides using the LEDs to indicate a level of activity of the user. |
| US10037050B2 |
Electronic device having stand
An electronic device includes a body, a stand and a sliding member. The stand is rotatably connected to the body. The sliding member is slidably disposed on the body and has at least one stopping portion and at least one pushing portion. When the sliding member is located at a first position, the stopping portion interferes with the stand to stop the stand from expanding from the body. When the sliding member slides relative to the body to be away from the first position, the stopping portion releases the stand and the pushing portion pushes the stand to drive the stand to rotate and expand from the body. |
| US10037045B2 |
Systems and apparatuses for a configurable temperature dependent reference voltage generator
Systems and apparatuses for a configurable, temperature dependent reference voltage generator are provided. An example apparatus includes control logic configured receive temperature data, and produce a signal, based on the temperature data, indicative of the temperature data, a temperature dependence and a temperature slope. The apparatus may also include a temperature slope reference generator configured to produce a reference voltage having the temperature dependence and the temperature slope, based on the signal from the control logic. |
| US10037043B2 |
Apparatus for providing a gas
The application relates to an apparatus for providing a gas for the introduction thereof into an incubation chamber, comprising an inlet port (1) for introducing a gas, an outlet port (2) for discharging a gas, a first gas path (3) connecting the inlet port (1) to the outlet port (2), a second gas path (4) branching off from the first gas path (3) and running back into the first gas path (3); a distributing element (5), configured to allow a portion of the gas introduced through the inlet port (1) to be conducted via the second gas path (4), and an enriching element (6) arranged in the second gas path for enriching the gas flow with a liquid. |
| US10037040B2 |
Stability and control augmentation system
A Stability and Command Augmentation System (SCAS) for an aircraft, the SCAS including, a first input shaft providing a first rotational input; a second input shaft providing a second rotational input; and a device for summing the first and second rotational inputs to give a rotational output for controlling an actuator. A method of operating a SCAS on an aircraft, the method including providing a pilot input order in the form of a rotating first shaft, providing an augmentation input order in the form of a rotating second shaft, summing the rotation of the pilot input order and the augmentation input order to give an output order; and using the output order to control an actuator. |
| US10037037B1 |
Systems and methods for trajectory planning in an autonomous vehicle using different fixed durations for steering and speed parameters
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to autonomously controlling a vehicle according to a trajectory plan. In one embodiment, a method includes updating, upon traveling over at least a portion of a current segment of a roadway, the trajectory plan for a subsequent segment of the roadway by setting a fixed portion of the trajectory plan to include: (i) a steering parameter to be fixed for a first duration of time and (ii) a speed parameter to be fixed for a second duration of time. The first duration of time and the second duration of time are of different lengths. The method includes computing input controls for autonomously controlling the vehicle according to the fixed portion of the trajectory plan. The method includes controlling the vehicle according to the input controls over the subsequent segment of the roadway. |
| US10037034B2 |
Semi-autonomous dolly
Various systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system comprises a track comprising one or more sections, the track including track indicators readable by a track indicator sensor and used to determine a dolly's position on the track, and the dolly including one or more sensors and a processor, the one or more sensors including the track indicator sensor, the processor executing instructions that control an operation of the dolly including moving the dolly at least semi-autonomously along the track based on the track indicators, wherein moving the dolly at least semi-autonomously includes one of moving the dolly autonomously and moving the dolly semi-autonomously. |
| US10037033B2 |
Vehicle exterior surface object detection
A vehicle system includes at least one autonomous driving sensor programmed to output environment signals representing an environment around an autonomous vehicle and object detection signals representing an object or person on an exterior surface of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle system further includes an autonomous mode controller programmed to autonomously control the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the environment signals output by the autonomous driving sensor, detect the object or person on the exterior surface of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the object detection signals, and limit autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle in response to detecting the object or person on the exterior surface of the autonomous vehicle. |
| US10037030B2 |
Directing movement of self-driving vehicles in a delineated vehicular area
A method, system, and/or computer program product controls movement of one or more self-driving vehicles within a delineated vehicular area. One or more processor(s) receive an image of a vehicular area in which self-driving vehicles are authorized to travel, which is displayed on a display. Processor(s) receive an input defining a delineated area of the vehicular area on the display, and retrieve a ruleset related to movement of self-driving vehicles within the delineated area. Processor(s) then transmit movement instructions to one or more self-driving vehicles within the delineated area in accordance with the ruleset. |
| US10037027B2 |
System and method for determining an energy-efficient path of an autonomous device
A method for determining an energy-efficient path of an autonomous device wherein said autonomous device moves over a global grid of cells into which a given operating area has been split, the method being characterized in that determination of said energy-efficient path comprises the steps of: processing of the current cell (201); taking a measurement σ of the processing (202); classifying the measurement σ to be of a particular level Σ (203), taking into account a predefined division, of the measurements results range, into a plurality of measurements levels; storing said classified measurement in a memory of the autonomous device (204) and associating it with the current cell; selecting a reference probability grid (205); updating (207) the probabilities by applying the reference grid (100) to the global grid at its current position such that every cell on the reference grid (100) corresponds unambiguously to one cell on the global grid; and moving the autonomous device to a next cell of the global grid (208) and setting said next cell as the current cell (201) in order to process the next cell. |
| US10037025B2 |
Detecting anomalies in an internet of things network
The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting anomalies in an Internet-of-Things (IoT) network. One computer-implemented method includes receiving, by operation of a computer system, a dataset of a plurality of data records, each of the plurality of data records comprising a plurality of features and a target variable, the plurality of features and target variable including information of a manufacturing environment; identifying a set of normal data records from the dataset based on the target variable; identifying inter-feature correlations by performing correlation analysis on the set of normal data records; and detecting anomaly based on the inter-feature correlations for predictive maintenance. |
| US10037023B2 |
Dynamic repair system
Devices, systems, and methods for dynamic repair of bypassed vehicles are disclosed. Information regarding an abnormality (for example, an incorrectly installed joint) occurring in a vehicle being assembled on an assembly line can be captured and recorded in a database. Following a bypass command, the vehicle can be flagged and released to continue down the assembly line to be repaired at a later time. When a user is ready to repair the vehicle, repair instructions specific to the abnormality can be retrieved from a database and presented to the user, and the repair procedure can be monitored to ensure that the abnormality has been repaired correctly. The vehicle can be unflagged only if all abnormalities in the vehicle have been repaired. The vehicle can be prevented from exiting the last station in the assembly line if it remains flagged. |
| US10037021B2 |
Numerical controller performing speed control with curvature and curvature change amount
A numerical controller which controls a machine tool on the basis of a program instruction analyzes the program instruction to generate movement instruction data, and sets a value of a constant used for speed change on the basis of a physical amount regarding a curvature at a current position on a movement path based on the generated movement instruction data. Then, the numerical controller calculates movement speeds of axes of the machine tool using the set value of the constant used for the speed change, and controls the axes on the basis of the calculated movement speeds. |
| US10037020B2 |
System and methods for creating a seamless mesh exhibiting localized customization to fill a multidimensional input surface
Dynamic cellular microstructure designs customize production in an additive manufacturing construction. A seamless mesh generated from an input shape, based on available scans and/or surface designs, is supplemented with curvature data derived from the input shape. Redesign of a base shape and/or group of base shapes within a seamless mesh enable customization in localized areas of the seamless mesh. The seamless mesh may also be retopologized according to localized feature attractor points. Base shape redesign includes cellular replication, subdivision, growth, and/or modification to adjust variable material properties. Modification changes relative opacity, stretch, drape, compressive strength, plasticity, yield strength, resilience, and Poisson's ratio specific to geometry of a base shape. Each base shape can also exhibit modifiable isotropic or anisotropic properties. |
| US10037012B2 |
Power supply device, power supply control method for the same, and recording medium
Disclosed is a power supply device capable of optimizing a conversion efficiency of power so as to be able to supply, in accordance with an operation status of a load that is a supply target of power, power necessary for the load.The power supply device (40) includes a control unit (41) that refers to, on the basis of new power prediction information (101R), a storage unit (3) that stores power information (103) in which power prediction information (101S) indicating a prediction value of power and output power information (102S) indicating an output power value, determines a reference value, and controls a power conversion unit (4) to adjusts a power conversion efficiency in accordance with the determined reference value. |
| US10037009B2 |
Movement and electronic timepiece
A power saving movement includes a center wheel and pinion driving a minute hand and minute detection wheel. A gear ratio of the center wheel/pinion with respect to the minute detection wheel is 1/M. The minute detection wheel has N minute detection portions which are disposed on the same rotation trajectory as the center wheel & pinion. N and M are integers. The minute detection wheel transmittable portions are disposed at an interval of 360°/N. A pair of the center wheel transmittable portions are disposed in parallel at an unequal angular interval of a center axle of the center wheel & pinion. An angular interval of the center wheel transmittable portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the center axle of the center wheel & pinion is set to magnification of 360°/(M×N). |
| US10037007B2 |
Apparatus for creating a multi-purpose composite image
Apparatus for telling time by aligning a plurality of partial images from time to time to form a composite image, including a motor having two or more concentric rotating output shafts rotating at different speeds. Each of the partial images is supported by one of the shafts. As a function of the relative rates of rotation of the shafts, all of the partial images become aligned from time to identifiable time to form the composite image.Each and every rotating disc in these examples is attached to a power driven shaft. This is a common concentric shaft with three differing powered rotations, one at sixty rotations per hour, another at two rotations per twenty-four hours, and the remaining one at 3600 rotations per hour. These rotating discs are identified respectively as the minute disc, the hour disc, and the secondhand disc and are attached to their respective individual shafts. |
| US10037006B2 |
Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms
An electronic device has a housing and a rotatable and translatable input mechanism. The housing has an aperture and the rotatable and translatable input mechanism has a shaft positioned at least partially within the aperture and a manipulation structure coupled to the shaft. The manipulation structure may be manipulated to rotationally and translationally move the shaft to provide rotational and translational input to the electronic device. A compressible seal is positioned in a gap between the housing and the rotatable and translatable input mechanism. The compressible seal may resist and/or prevent passage of contaminants into the aperture and/or obscure one or more internal components. The compressible seal may be configured to collapse or bend when the rotatable and translatable member translates. |
| US10037003B2 |
Cartridge mounting mechanism and process cartridge thereof
A process cartridge is provided. The process cartridge includes a housing, a rotation member rotatably mounted in the housing, and a support mounted on the housing. The rotation member includes a station unit and a drive unit coupled to the rotation unit. The drive unit further comprises a drive transmission device and an actuating rod coupled to the drive transmission device. The support includes a notch allowing the actuating rod to pass through. When the actuating rod receives an applied force, the actuating rod swings in a plane defined by a longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction of the process cartridge. |
| US10037000B2 |
Cartridge
A cartridge includes a frame; a rotatable member for carrying a developer; a blade member contacting the rotatable member; a first seal member provided extended in a rotational axis direction of the rotatable member between the blade member and the frame so as to contact the blade member and the frame; a second seal member provided extended in a direction crossing the rotational axis direction of the rotatable member between the rotatable member and the frame so as to have a first surface contacting the first seal member; and a second surface provided on the frame and extended in a direction crossing the rotational axis direction of the rotatable member so as to contact the first seal member. The first seal member includes a portion sandwiched between the first surface and the second surface with respect to the rotational axis direction. |
| US10036998B2 |
Process unit
A process unit includes a drum frame supporting a photoconductor drum and a development frame supporting a development roller. The development cartridge is swingably supported by the drum frame at a coupling joint provided at a first side of the development frame and a support portion provided at a second side of the development frame. A center of rotation of the development roller is located in a position shifted from a line segment connecting a center of rotation of the coupling joint and a center of rotation of the photoconductor drum to an upstream side with respect to a direction of rotation of the coupling joint as viewed in an axial direction of the development roller, such that the development roller is pressed against the photoconductor drum by the action of the rotatory force received by the coupling joint. |
| US10036996B2 |
Sliding member, sliding device including sliding member, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus including sliding device
To provide, between separated first sliding surfaces (DLC), a material of which frictional coefficient is higher than that of DLC at a temperature of 25° C. and a humidity of 45% as a second sliding surface. |
| US10036993B2 |
Image forming apparatus and foreign matter removing method
An image forming apparatus includes a potential applier, a cleaning device and a hardware processor. The cleaning device includes an abutting member abutting a surface of the image carrier and removes residual toner on the surface of the image carrier by means of the abutting member after a toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier is transferred to a transfer material. In a cleaning mode for removing a foreign matter attached to the abutting member of the cleaning device, the hardware processor controls the potential applier to alternately apply a first potential and a second potential which is lower than the first potential to the image carrier so as to periodically change a potential of the abutting member without causing saturation. |
| US10036986B2 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
A fixing device includes a fixing belt being endless and rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation. The fixing belt includes an inner circumferential face applied with a fluorine compound. A nip formation pad is not rotatable. The inner circumferential face of the fixing belt slides over the nip formation pad. A pressure rotator presses against the nip formation pad via the fixing belt to form a fixing nip between the fixing belt and the pressure rotator. At least one heater heats the fixing belt. The heater includes a glass tube filled with an inert gas containing, as a main ingredient, a substance having a first molecular weight greater than a second molecular weight of argon. |
| US10036985B2 |
Image forming apparatus equipped with a fixing device
A fixing device includes a heat rotating body, a pressure applying rotating body, a heat leveling rotating body for equalizing temperature distribution of a rotating body which is one of the heat rotating body and the pressure applying rotating body, and a brush rotating body which includes a plurality of fibers for cleaning a surface of the heat leveling rotating body. A switching unit switches a contact state between the heat leveling rotating body and the rotating body which is the one of the heat rotating body and the pressure applying rotating body, between a state in which the heat leveling rotating body makes contact with the rotating body and a state in which the heat leveling rotating body is separated from the rotating body, by moving integrally the heat leveling rotating body and the brush rotating body making contact with each other. |
| US10036982B2 |
Carrier and electrophotographic developer using the carrier
An object of the present invention is to provide a carrier in which decrease in specific gravity is achieved and a volatile organic compound (VOC) is reduced and to provide an electrophotographic developer using the carrier. There is provided a carrier including a core material coated with a resin, the core material including a magnetic component and a nonmagnetic component, wherein the sum total of volatile organic compounds is 1 ppb or more and 1.5 ppm or less. There is also provided an electrophotographic developer using the carrier. |
| US10036978B2 |
Image forming apparatus and developer replacement method of image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus of an exemplary embodiment includes a temperature sensor, a developing unit, a supply unit, and a control unit. The temperature sensor detects a temperature. The developing unit supplies developer to an image carrier and performs development. The supply unit contains developer and supplies the contained developer to the developing unit. The control unit executes developer replacement processing including discharging the developer from the developing unit and supplying the developer contained in the supply unit to the developing unit based on a first ratio which a ratio of a developer supply time during which the supply unit performs supply of the developer for the developing unit and a drive time during which the developing unit is driven and a threshold value obtained based on a detected temperature of a temperature sensor. |
| US10036977B2 |
Image forming apparatus
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, a developing device, a bias applying portion, a driving portion, a transfer device, and a controller. In a case where the length of the recording material is a second length larger than a first length, the controller controls the speed ratio of the driving speed of the developer bearing member to the image bearing member to be a second speed ratio larger than a first speed ratio and controls the residual developer amount born per unit area of the developer bearing member after the developing of the electrostatic image becomes a second developer amount larger than a first developer amount. |
| US10036969B2 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate satisfying a condition (A); an undercoat layer satisfying conditions (B) and (C), disposed on the conductive substrate, and containing metal oxide particles; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer: condition (A): in the case where depressions existing in the surface of the conductive substrate are observed with a laser microscope, the width of the largest depression is 400 μm or less, and the depth of the depression is 15 μm or less; condition (B): in the case where the undercoat layer is subjected to a Cole-Cole plot analysis, an angular frequency ωmax at which a complex impedance component is maximum is from 2.0 rad to 25.0 rad; and condition (C): volume resistivity obtained from the Cole-Cole plot analysis of the undercoat layer is from 7.0×107Ω to 1.0×109Ω. |
| US10036966B2 |
Environmental control of systems for photolithography process
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for performing photolithography processes. In one embodiment, laminar gas flow is provided inside a photolithography system during operation. With laminar gas flow instead of turbulent gas flow inside the system, accuracy of the measurement of the location of a substrate disposed inside the system is improved due to the improved signal integrity of interferometers. |
| US10036964B2 |
Prediction based chucking and lithography control optimization
Prediction based systems and methods for optimizing wafer chucking and lithography control are disclosed. Distortions predicted to occur when a wafer is chucked by a chucking device are calculated and are utilized to control chucking parameters of the chucking device. Chucking parameters may include chucking pressures and chucking sequences. In addition, predicted distortions may also be utilized to facilitate application of anticipatory corrections. Controlling chucking parameters and/or applying anticipatory corrections help reducing or minimizing overlay errors. |
| US10036959B2 |
Reflection mask and pattern formation method
According to one embodiment, there is provided a reflection mask including a multilayer reflection film configured to reflect EUV light or soft X-rays. The reflection mask includes a periodic pattern arrangement region in which first patterns are periodically arranged, and a non-periodic pattern arrangement region in which second patterns are non-periodically arranged. The non-periodic pattern arrangement region and the periodic pattern arrangement region differ from one another in reflectivity for the EUV light or the soft X-rays. |
| US10036956B2 |
Method of making relief image printing elements
A method of flood exposing a photocurable printing blank to actinic radiation from a UV LED light source, wherein a high intensity UV LED light source is modulated to a lower intensity. The method includes the steps of: (a) positioning the photocurable printing blank in an exposure unit, wherein the exposure unit comprises one or more high intensity UV LED light sources; (b) modulating intensity of the one or more high intensity UV LED light sources to a lower intensity; and (c) flood exposing the photocurable printing blank through the photographic negative or the digitally imaged mask layer to actinic radiation from the one or more modulated UV LED light sources. |
| US10036950B2 |
Photomask blank and photomask for suppressing heat absorption
A photomask blank and/or photomask includes a light transmitting substrate, a highly reflective material layer disposed on the light transmitting substrate, and a transfer pattern layer disposed on the highly reflective material layer. The highly reflective material layer reflects light to be transmitted through the light transmitting substrate, with a predetermined reflectivity. |
| US10036948B2 |
Environmental-surrounding-aware OPC
The present disclosure provides a method of performing optical proximity correction (OPC). An integrated circuit (IC) design layout is received. The design layout contains a plurality of IC layout patterns. Two or more of the plurality of IC layout patterns are grouped together. The grouped IC layout patterns are dissected, or target points are set for the grouped IC layout patterns. Thereafter, an OPC process is performed based on the grouped IC layout patterns. |
| US10036947B2 |
Blankmask and photomask using the same
Disclosed are a blankmask and a photomask, in which compositions of metal and light elements of a light-shielding film are controlled so that the light-shielding film can guarantee a light-shielding efficiency, increase an etching speed, become thinner, and have a minimum sheet-resistance. To this end, the blankmask according to the present invention includes at least a light-shielding film on a transparent substrate, and the light-shielding film includes a first light-shielding layer adjacent to the transparent substrate and a second light-shielding layer formed on the first light-shielding layer, in which the first and the second light-shielding film contains chrome (Cr) and molybdenum (Mo). |
| US10036945B2 |
Light emission control circuit, light source apparatus, and projection-type video display device
This light emission control circuit controls a first switching element for controlling a current that flows to a light-emitting element connected between a first node and one end of an inductor, and a second switching element for controlling a current that flows from the other end of the inductor to a second node. The light emission control circuit has a driving circuit that generates a first control signal for controlling the first switching element, and a switching control circuit that generate a second control signal for controlling the second switching element, and deactivates the second control signal in order to bring the second switching element into an off-state, during a period during which the first switching element is in an off-state. |
| US10036944B2 |
Phosphor wheel device and projector-type image display apparatus
A phosphor wheel device includes a phosphor and a substrate which has a disc shape and on which the phosphor is provided, and the phosphor is provided in at least a portion of a circumference of a circle on the substrate. The circle is centered on the center of a rotational shaft of the substrate. The substrate includes a first opening and a plurality of second openings, and the plurality of second openings extend radially with respect to the center of the rotational shaft. |
| US10036942B2 |
Joined body, electronic device, projector, and manufacturing method of joined body
A light emitting device includes a semiconductor light emitting element; a mounting substrate; a support substrate; a joining layer which joins the semiconductor light emitting element and the mounting substrate together, is a sintered body of metal particles, and has a pore; and a joining layer which joins the mounting substrate and the support substrate together, is a sintered body of metal particles, and has a pore, in which a porosity of the joining layer is lower than a porosity of the joining layer. |
| US10036941B2 |
Bezel body including a light guide member and vehicular display device including the bezel body
Provided are a bezel body and a vehicular display device that effectively reduces a sense of discomfort provided to a passenger by making reflection on a windshield less visible. Since a reflection portion is formed in a predetermined area on a lower surface of a light guide member at the rear side, the guided external light is easy to reflect upward, whereby light can efficiently be emitted from the light guide member toward a descending wall. Therefore, this configuration can prevent the descending wall from being darkly reflected on a windshield, thereby making the reflection less visible and effectively reducing a sense of discomfort provided to the passenger. |
| US10036939B2 |
Biaxially-tilted digital micromirror projector
A projector includes an illumination system, a biaxially-tilted digital micromirror device (DMD), a first prism, a second prism and a lens. The illumination system provides an incident light. The biaxially-tilted DMD having two opposite first long sides and two opposite first short sides receives the incident light and converts the incident light into an image light. The first prism is disposed between the illumination system and the DMD, and includes a first face and a second face connected and adjacent to the first face. The second prism is disposed between the first prism and the DMD and includes a third face, a fourth face and a fifth face; and the third face is connected and adjacent to the fourth face and fifth face. The fourth face has two opposite second long sides and two opposite second short sides. The lens receives and projects the image light. |
| US10036937B1 |
Mounting systems for electronic devices
Mounting systems can couple cameras to other objects that support the cameras. A secure connection between the mounting system and the camera can help prevent the camera from inadvertently falling off the mounting system. Mounting systems can include multiple protrusions, retention features, and holes that facilitate mounting to power outlets. |
| US10036936B2 |
Camera mount
A camera mount for supporting a camera unit has a base portion having a first surface, which includes an elongate concave surface feature extending across at least part of the first surface and defining a first axis. Engagement means including a first plurality of protrusions which extend out of, are spaced apart across part of, the first surface, each of the protrusions extending substantially perpendicularly to the axis, and substantially parallel to at least one other of the protrusions. Each of the protrusions defines an aperture therethrough, the apertures being substantially aligned along a second axis, the second axis being substantially parallel to the first axis. |
| US10036933B2 |
Multifunctional optical device based on a two-dimensional photonic crystal and magnetooptic resonator
A two-dimensional photonic crystal in which are inserted four waveguides and a resonant cavity. Owing to the existence of the photonic band gap, an electromagnetic signal propagating through the device is confined within the guides and the cavity and, through the adjustment of the orientation of a dipole mode generated within the cavity, is able to function in three distinct regimes. In regime 1, subjected to an external DC magnetic field +H0, it functions as a two-way divider, with isolation of the input relative to the two outputs, and, upon reversal of the field signal, it functions as an optical key. In regime 2, with the use of a DC magnetic field −H0, it functions as a waveguide bender, with the input isolated from the output, and, upon reversal of the field signal, functions as an optical key. In regime 3, subject to the application of an external DC magnetic field +H1, the device functions as a three-way divider. |
| US10036930B2 |
Electro-optic assemblies, and adhesives and binders for use therein
An electro-optic assembly comprises an adhesive layer and a layer of electro-optic material. The adhesive layer comprises a polymeric adhesive material and an ionic material having either its cation or its anion fixed to the polymeric adhesive material. The ionic material reduces the volume resistivity of the polymeric adhesive material and is not removed upon heating to 50° C. In a similar electro-optic assembly comprising an adhesive layer and a layer of electro-optic material, the adhesive layer comprises a polymeric adhesive material which has been subjected to dialysis or diafiltration to remove organic species having a molecular weight less than about 3,500, so that the adhesive material has a content of N-methylpyrrolidone not exceeding 500 ppm based upon the total weight of the adhesive layer and layer of electro-optic material. |
| US10036927B2 |
Automatic anti-glare device for vehicles
An automatic anti-glare device for vehicles includes: a transmissive liquid crystal panel disposed between a windshield of a vehicle and the head of an occupant; a sun detector that detects a position of the sun; an eyepoint detector that detects a position of the eyes of the occupant; and a controller that forms a light-shielding region in the transmissive liquid crystal panel based on a result of the detection of the sun detector and a result of the detection of the eyepoint detector. When the position of the sun on the transmissive liquid crystal panel moves in a range that does not depart from a stationary region virtually provided on the transmissive liquid crystal panel, the controller maintains the position of the light-shielding region. |
| US10036926B2 |
Array substrate and display device including the same
Disclosed herein are an array substrate and a display device including the same. The array substrate includes a base substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area; a thin-film transistor disposed in the display area of the base substrate; an insulation layer disposed in the display area of the base substrate, the insulation layer comprising a first portion covering the thin-film transistor and a second portion located on the first portion; and a first protruding pattern disposed in the peripheral area of the base substrate, wherein the first portion, the second portion and the first protruding pattern comprise the same material. |
| US10036922B2 |
Liquid-crystal display device
A liquid-crystal display device includes a thin-film transistor (“TFT”) array flat substrate, an opposing flat substrate, a liquid-crystal layer including liquid-crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy between the TFT array flat substrate and the opposing flat substrate, a pattern electrode between the TFT array flat substrate and the liquid-crystal layer, a first liquid-crystal alignment layer including an electric field sensitive polymer compound between the pattern electrode and the liquid-crystal layer, a patternless electrode between the opposing flat substrate and the liquid-crystal layer and a second liquid-crystal alignment layer between the patternless electrode and the liquid-crystal layer where the electric field sensitive polymer includes a main chain, vertically-aligned side chains, and liquid-crystalline side chains including a mesogen unit having at least two cyclic combinations, a polar group coupled with an end of the mesogen unit, and a flexible group coupled with another end of the mesogen unit. |
| US10036921B2 |
Polarized light source device
A polarized light source configured for use in display device and backlight unit is described. The polarized light source comprising: at least one optically active structure comprising a plurality of nanorods configured to emit light of one or more wavelengths in response to exciting pumping field, said plurality of nanorods comprising nanorods aligned with a predetermined alignment axis so as to produce a desired polarization direction of the emitted light; and a light directing assembly comprising one or more optical elements in optical path of light emitted from the light emitting structure, said light directing assembly being configured to enhance output of the emitted light from the emitting structure while substantially maintaining the polarization of the emitted light passing therethrough. Preferably, layers associated with the polarized light source are aligned with parallel principal axes. |
| US10036920B2 |
Backlight module and a manufacturing method thereof, back plate and display device
The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a method of manufacturing the same, as well as a back plate and a display device, the backlight module comprising: a backlight strip; a solder spot disposed on a back surface of the backlight strip; light strip glue attached to the side of the backlight strip on which the solder spot is disposed; and a back plate disposed on the side of the light strip glue away from the backlight strip; wherein a groove is provided on the side of the back plate adjacent to the light strip glue and at a position corresponding to the solder spot. |
| US10036917B2 |
Display device
A display device include a display panel with first and second substrates facing each other, a window part provided on the display panel and including a light-blocking region provided at an edge region thereof, an adhesive part provided between the display panel and the window part, and a plurality of optical patterns provided on an edge region of a bottom surface of the first substrate. |
| US10036911B2 |
Tiled display device
A tiled display device includes a first display module including a first display panel configured to display an image, and first top chassis blocks disposed to surround the first display panel, and a second display module including a second display panel configured to display an image associated with the image displayed in the first display panel, and second top chassis blocks disposed to surround the second display panel. The first and second display modules are disposed in a tiled form, and each of the first top chassis blocks and the second top chassis blocks are spaced apart from each other by a first distance. |
| US10036910B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first area, a second area, a third area and a fourth area from an end portion to an inner side in a planar view. An organic insulating film is present in the second area and the third area, and is not present in the fourth area. A conductive film is formed at least on the organic insulating film of the second area. A sealing material is present in the first area, the third area and the fourth area to attach the first substrate and a second substrate. A through portion is adjacent to an inner side of the fourth area and penetrates the first substrate, the second substrate and the sealing material. |
| US10036906B2 |
Display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, a TFT test method
A display panel which includes a display area and a peripheral area around the display area is provided. The peripheral area includes an electroluminescent layer test region, a TFT test region and a plurality of lead-out lines. The electroluminescent layer test region includes a plurality of thin film transistors having electroluminescent layers, a first test line connecting sources of the plurality of thin film transistors having electroluminescent layers, and a switch lead and a second test line connecting gates of the plurality of thin film transistors having electroluminescent layers. The TFT test region includes a plurality of thin film transistors. Each of the plurality of lead-out lines is used for connecting a source-drain metal layer of one thin film transistor in the electroluminescent layer test region and a source-drain metal layer of one thin film transistor in the TFT test region. |
| US10036902B2 |
Method of determining at least one behavioural parameter
A method of determining at least one behavioral parameter of a wearer for designing an ophthalmic eyeglass lens includes: a) acquiring a first data set from a first representation of the head of the wearer in three dimensions; b) determining the relative position in space of at least three particular points of the head based on the data set; c) acquiring a second data set from a second representation of the head in a natural posture, including at least one image of each of the three particular points; d) identifying the image of each of the particular points from step b) on the representation of step c); e) deducing information relating to the position and/or to the orientation of the head of the wearer during the determination of the second representation from this identification; and f) determining the behavioral parameter of the wearer based on the information from step e). |
| US10036899B2 |
Multi-piece insert device with glue seal for ophthalmic devices
Methods and apparatus for sealing and encapsulating components on and within a multi-piece insert are set forth herein. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel and the component includes a sealed and encapsulated multi-piece insert portion. |
| US10036898B2 |
Method for determining an ophthalmic lens comprising an aspherical continuous layer on one of its faces and an aspherical Fresnel layer on one of its faces
Method for determining an ophthalmic lens which comprises an aspherical continuous layer and an aspherical Fresnel layer. The aspherical continuous layer is supported by one of the faces of the lens, the same holds for the aspherical Fresnel layer. |
| US10036897B2 |
Camera lens suspension with integrated electrical leads
Embodiments of the invention include a camera lens optical image stabilization suspension assembly having a support member, a moving member movably coupled to the support member, and smart metal alloy wires coupled between the support and moving members. The moving member includes flexure arms that have integrated conductive traces. |
| US10036895B2 |
Bi-directional stiffness for optical image stabilization in a dual-aperture digital camera
Mechanisms for providing optical image stabilization in at least one direction as well as auto-focus in a digital camera comprise a plurality of springs mechanically coupled to at least a lens module carrying a lens of the digital camera, wherein the plurality of springs provides overall low stiffness to movement of the lens in two, first and second directions orthogonal to each other, and provides high stiffness to torsion of the lens module. |
| US10036894B2 |
Image display and liquid crystal lens therefor
A three-dimensional (“3D”) image display device includes a display panel, and a liquid crystal lens part disposed on the display panel and which selectively provides a two-dimensional (“2D”) image and a 3D stereoscopic image, where the liquid crystal lens part includes: a lower substrate including a plurality of linear electrodes which are disposed in different layers; an upper substrate including a plate electrode; and a lens liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, where the linear electrodes in the different layers are alternately arranged in a unit zone of the liquid crystal lens part, and where two adjacent linear electrodes of the linear electrodes are spaced apart from each other when viewed from a top view. |
| US10036892B1 |
Adhesive immersion of an optical assembly
A method of making an optical assembly includes obtaining a first optical element having a first optical surface and a second optical surface that is opposite to the first optical surface, and a second optical element having a third optical surface and a fourth optical surface that is opposite to the third optical surface. The second optical element is distinct and separate from the first optical element. The method also includes obtaining an enclosure configured to enclose the first optical element and the second optical element. The method further includes providing one or more fillers in the enclosure so that the one or more fillers are in contact with the second optical surface and the third optical surface, thereby making the optical assembly. Also disclosed are an optical assembly made by the method and an optical imaging device including the optical assembly. |
| US10036889B2 |
Head worn computer display systems
An imaging and display module for a head-worn computer provides displayed images to a user including a plurality of optical components and a plurality of electrical components that provide displayed images to a left eye and a right eye of the user, one or more cameras, and a rigid chassis comprising a box structure with high thermal conductivity sections, wherein the plurality of optical components are rigidly mounted to the chassis so that the displayed images are rigidly aligned relative to the cameras and to the left and right eyes of the user and the plurality of electrical components are mounted to the sections with high thermal conductivity to dissipate heat. |
| US10036888B2 |
Apparatus and method for single-channel digital optical phase conjugation
A single-channel phase conjugation apparatus includes a spatial light modulator and a single-channel optical sensing and generating unit. The spatial light modulator receives a light having a wavefront scattered by a scattering object. The single-channel optical sensing and generating unit senses a phase control wavefront of an output light focused by the spatial light modulator and outputs a light having a phase conjugation wavefront by changing a direction of the output light in a reverse direction depending on the phase control wavefront. |
| US10036884B2 |
Display including electrowetting prism array
A display including an electrowetting prism array is provided. The display includes: a light source, a 2-dimensional (2D) display for providing an image using light from the light source, a prism array in which a refractive power of one or more prisms of the prism array is adjustable in real time, and an optical element which increases a refraction of light transmitted therethrough. In the display, the optical element may be disposed in front of or behind the prism array. The optical element may be a convex lens, a Fresnel lens, a holographic optical element (HOE), a diffraction optical element (DOE), or a second electrowetting prism array. The convex lens may be a variable focus lens. |
| US10036881B2 |
Digital microscope system for a mobile device
A digital microscope system configured for use with the built in camera of a mobile device is provided. The digital microscope system has a lens and an advanced lighting system incorporated into a case designed to fit a particular mobile device, where the case positions the optics of the case over the lens of the built in camera and the camera built in flash. When combined with an application program (app) running on the mobile device held within the case, the optics of the case combined with the built in camera of the mobile device becomes a powerful digital microscope with a user adjustable magnification. In a specific embodiment the adjustable magnification ranges from 1× up to 200× optical magnification. |
| US10036878B2 |
Lightweight, low-cost heliostat mirror for concentrating solar power
Systems and methods are described herein that may be used to form a heliostat. Various reflective surfaces and support structures are described that permit lightweight construction of configurable heliostats. |
| US10036877B2 |
Microlens array for enhanced imaging of multiregion targets
Systems and methods are provided for imaging a target as for example a multiwell plate. A plurality of regions of interest are selected on the target at a system control. The selected plurality of regions of interest are simultaneously imaged to provide an image with the plurality of regions of interest selectively magnified by a microlens array (30) and the regions that are not of interest are rejected by means of a mirrored aperture array, a mask, or selective illumination of the regions of interest of the target. |
| US10036869B2 |
Monolithic lens mount
A monolithic lens mount is formed by an annular body which is divided through material recesses into an outer mount ring, an inner mount ring and three connection structures which are arranged so as to be offset by 120° relative to one another. The connection structures in each instance form a chain of at least three, preferably five, connection webs which transition into one another and which are constructed as radial connection webs and axial connection webs. The axial flexural stiffness and radial flexural stiffness and the torsional stiffness of the connection structures can be determined via the dimensioning of the radial connection webs and axial connection webs. |
| US10036867B2 |
Illuminating cable for enhanced traceability
Enhanced traceability of cables is provided using illumination. An embodiment comprises introducing a chemiluminescent (alternatively, flourescent) solution into a chamber coupled to at least a portion of an insulating jacket that surrounds a transmission medium, the chamber being initially hollow and, in at least a portion thereof, comprised of a substance through which light is viewable, such that upon introduction of the solution, light emitted by the solution is viewable through at least a portion of the chamber. In another embodiment, a first and second compartment contain a first and second substance, respectively, and are physically separated by a separator material. The separator material, when triggered to open, forms an opening between the compartments that allows the substances to mix, the substances being chosen as providing a chemiluminescent reaction upon the mixing, such that light emitted by the chemiluminescent reaction is viewable. |
| US10036866B2 |
Fiber management tray with restricted access region
A fiber management tray (20) is disclosed. The fiber management tray (20) includes a tray body (22) defining a fiber storage region (24) for storing excess optical fiber length (26). The tray body (22) also includes a splice mount (28) for mounting at least one optical splice (30). The fiber management tray (20) includes a restricted access region (32) and an unrestricted access region (34) on the tray body (22). The splice mount (28) and the fiber storage region (24) are provided at the unrestricted access region (34), and an optical splitter component (36) is provided at the restricted access region (32). |
| US10036860B2 |
Splice-on optical connector for outside plant drop cable
A connector assembly for a fiber optic cable comprises a multi-part inner housing adapted to support an optical fiber splice connection structure. A cable clamp is located at a proximal end of the inner housing and is adapted to engage an outer sheath of a fiber optic cable. Preferably, the cable clamp is rotatable with respect to the inner housing. |
| US10036855B1 |
Reverse bias modulating waveguide/diode
A waveguide/diode is manufactured by taking into account the effect that losses have on a multi-mode optical signal as it transits through the waveguide/diode. In particular, the loss effects that are caused by higher order modes in the optical signal as it passes back and forth through the cross charge region of a PN junction are considered. The consequent stretching of the cross coupling distance for the optical signal is then evaluated to minimize the required length for the waveguide/diode. |
| US10036854B2 |
Digital roller mold manufacturing system
A digital roller mold manufacturing system for manufacture of exterior characteristic structures on a roller mold depends on an illuminator for generation and projection of a light source on a Digital Mirror Device (DMD) chip in which micro-mirrors are rotated a controllable angle for defining the light source as an optical image and projecting the optical image on first micro-lenses at which digital light energy is transformed from the optical image and transmitted to first optical fibers, second optical fibers via couplers, and second micro-lenses. Furthermore, the second micro-lenses focus the digital light energy as light spots which are received by a photo-resist layer externally covered on the roller for development of patterns with exterior characteristic structures on the roller mold because a control unit regulates rotations of the roller and horizontal shifts of second micro-lenses. |
| US10036852B1 |
Optical fiber laser cleaver adapter
An optical fiber laser cleaver adapter assembly configured and arranged to receive at least two rows of optical fiber cables comprises an indexing guide, a base, and a fiber holder support. The indexing guide has an opening and at least one divider separating the opening into at least a first slot and a second slot. The base is configured and arranged to receive the indexing guide and has a window allowing access to at least a portion of the opening of the indexing guide. The fiber holder support is operatively connected to the base, and the fiber holder support is configured and arranged to receive the at least two rows of optical fiber cables and position the at least two rows of optical fiber cables to extend through the window and the respective at least first and second slots. |
| US10036851B1 |
Waveguide system with polarization rotator and polarization splitter
A polarization rotator rotates a portion of light received from an input surface to an orthogonal polarization. A polarization splitter is coupled to the polarization rotator and includes a channel waveguide section that transmits the rotated portion of the light towards an output surface. The splitter also includes a splitter waveguide separated from the channel waveguide section by a dielectric gap. The splitter waveguide couples an unrotated portion of the light away from a target region of the output surface. |
| US10036849B2 |
Compensation of fiber lensing effect during grating fabrication in multicore fiber
An arrangement and method that compensates for variation in grating strength associated with forming multiple gratings in multicore fiber is proposed where the writing efficiency of the beam(s) used to form the gratings is controlled to compensate for fiber lensing effects. In one case, a spacing between the multicore optical fiber and the beam source is controlled such that the writing efficiency (which decreases as a function of the space between the source and the fiber) compensates (at least in part) for the increased beam intensity attributed to the lensing effect of the fiber itself. The width of beam itself may also be controlled to modify the writing efficiency. |
| US10036848B2 |
Lighting device, display device, and television device
A backlight unit includes a light guide plate 16, LEDs 17, a chassis 14, a frame 13 and positioning members 30. The light guide plate 16 includes two edge surfaces that are light entrance surfaces 16b and a front surface that is a light exit surface. The LEDs 17 are arranged to be opposed to the light entrance surfaces 16b and in a portion of the light guide plate 16 except for four corner portions 16d of the light guide plate 16. The chassis 14 is arranged on an opposite side of the light guide plate 16 from the light exit surface. The frame 13 is arranged on a light exit surface side to have the light guide plate 16 and the LEDs 17 between the frame 13 and the chassis 14. The positioning members 30 are arranged on an inner surface of the frame 13 to be opposed to the respective four corner portions 16d of the light guide plate 16. Each of the positioning members 30 is in contact with an edge surface of the light guide plate 16 at each of the four corner portions 16d so as to position the light guide plate 16 in a plate surface direction. The positioning members are configured to slide to be away from the light guide plate 16 along the inner surface of the frame 13. |
| US10036843B2 |
Steering wheel light bar
Various implementation of a light bar warning system for a steering wheel of a vehicle include a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light guide, and at least one light source disposed adjacent the light guide. The LCD and light guide having arcuate shaped surfaces that follow along a portion of the steering wheel rim. Light emitted from the light source is transmitted through the light guide and out of its outer surface into an inner surface of the LCD that is disposed adjacent the light guide. The light is emitted through portions of the LCD that are activated for illumination by an LCD driver. The LCD may provide various types of warnings to the operator, including blind spot warnings, forward collision/proximity warnings, and lane departure warnings, for example. |
| US10036841B2 |
Lengthy stretched film, and manufacturing method and use thereof
A lengthy stretched film made of a thermoplastic resin, having, over the width direction of at least 1300 mm, a value of an orientation angle θ to a take-up direction in a range of 40° to 50° and fluctuation thereof of 1.0° or less, and a value of an average Nz coefficient in a range of 1.3 to 2.0 and fluctuation thereof of 0.10 or less. A lengthy circularly polarizing plate constituted by laminating the lengthy stretched film with a lengthy polarizer. A reflective display type liquid crystal display device provided with the circularly polarizing plate constituted by trimming the lengthy circularly polarizing plate to a desired size. |
| US10036840B2 |
Circular polarizing plate and bendable display device
There is provided a circularly polarizing plate capable of realizing a bendable display apparatus in which an excellent reflection hue is obtained and a color change due to bending is suppressed. A circularly polarizing plate according to the present invention is used in a bendable display apparatus. The circularly polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a retardation film arranged on one side of the polarizer. In-plane retardations of the retardation film satisfy a relationship of Re(450) |
| US10036833B2 |
Superhydrophilic coatings
A superhydrophilic coating on a substrate can be antireflective and antifogging. The coating can remain antireflective and antifogging for extended periods. The coating can include oppositely charge inorganic nanoparticles, and can be substantially free of an organic polymer. The coating can be made mechanically robust by a hydrothermal calcination. |
| US10036828B2 |
System and method for making downhole measurements
A system and method for making downhole measurements utilize a neutron source (12) to create a marker (122) in an underground formation (2), a nuclear radiation detector (D, 124)) to detect gamma and/or other nuclear radiation emitted by the marker (122) and a downhole drilling progress monitoring unit (20) which generates real time information about incremental depth and/or associated Rate Of Penetration (ROP) of an automated or other drilling assembly (4) based on detection of the nuclear radiation and an axial distance L between the neutron source (120) and the nuclear radiation detector (D, 124) without requiring transmission of the real time incremental depth and/or ROP data to surface equipment via a complex wired or wireless data transmission system. |
| US10036821B2 |
User suite for interactive optimal stacking of wide azimuth seismic data
A method for generating an improved stack from wide azimuth data. This is accomplished by displaying gather traces in a geometrically sensible way that depends on gather and processing type. Once a gather is available in such a manner, a geoscientist can use various geometric or freehand shapes to indicate which traces from the gather to stack and which to ignore. Given sufficient computing power, this can be done interactively, allowing a geoscientist to determine a set of traces that create an optimal stack at a single location in the output cube. Multiple locations can be improved in this manner and a final stack can be generated that contains a blended agglomeration of all of the improvements. |
| US10036814B2 |
X-ray detector with directly applied scintillator
An x-ray image detector includes a light image sensor having a depth, a front side comprising a sensing surface, and a back side. The x-ray image detector further includes a substrate plate on the back side and surrounding the depth of the light image sensor such that the substrate plate forms a lip around the light image sensor. The lip is level with the front side of the light image sensor. The x-ray image detector further includes a scintillator over the sensing surface of the light image sensor and at least a portion of the lip. |
| US10036812B2 |
Method and system for three dimensional digital holographic aperture synthesis
Laser 3D imaging techniques include splitting a laser temporally-modulated waveform of bandwidth B and duration D from a laser source into a reference beam and a target beam and directing the target beam onto a target. First data is collected, which indicates amplitude and phase of light relative to the reference beam received at each of a plurality of different times during a duration D at each optical detector of an array of one or more optical detectors perpendicular to the target beam. Steps are repeated for multiple sampling conditions, and the first data for the multiple sampling conditions are synthesized to form one or more synthesized sets. A 3D Fourier transform of each synthesized set forms a digital model of the target for each synthesized set with a down-range resolution based on the bandwidth B. |
| US10036810B2 |
Non-contact optical sensing device and method for sensing depth of an object in three-dimensional space
A method for sensing depth of an object in three-dimensional space a Time-Of-Flight Sensing procedure and a Proximity-Sensing procedure are respectively operated in the same one period of time. The obtained information of the two procedures are manipulated to acquire the depth information of the measured object. With the result of the Time-Of-Flight Sensing procedure having high accuracy and the result of the Proximity-Sensing procedure having high resolution, the acquired depth information of the measured object is more precise. |
| US10036807B2 |
Radio altimeter
The present disclosure relates to a radio altimeter including a path extending unit positioned in a signal transmission path or a signal reception path of the radio altimeter, wherein the path extending unit delays a signal received from the outside to reduce a dynamic range of the radio altimeter. |
| US10036806B2 |
Distance measurement using the time-of-flight of signals
There is provided a method of measuring the distance between a first device and a second device, the method comprising performing a time-of-flight-based distance measurement to measure the distance between the first device and the second device, wherein the length of the signals transmitted and/or the number of time-of-flight measurements obtained during the time-of-flight-based distance measurement is determined according to an accuracy level required for the distance measurement. |
| US10036804B2 |
Ultrasound scanning method and system
An ultrasound scanning method includes the steps of emitting N sets of ultrasound signals onto a target from N different angles and receiving the N sets of ultrasound signals reflected and/or scattered by the target; converting the N sets of ultrasound signals into N ultrasound input images; performing a binarization algorithm for the N ultrasound input images to obtain N binarized images; performing a comparison process on the N binarized images to determine whether a noise exists in at least one of the N binarized images; when the noise exists in an i-th binarized image of the N binarized images, removing the noise from an i-th ultrasound input image corresponding to the i-th binarized image; and compounding the N ultrasound input images into an ultrasound output image. |
| US10036802B2 |
Automotive vehicle equipment integrating a device for measuring distance of objects
Automotive vehicle equipment integrating a device for measuring distances of objects situated in the field of detection of the device, the device comprising: at least one light emitter configured to emit light rays according to an emission field, a light receiver disposed outside the emission field of the emitter and configured to receive light rays according to a reception field corresponding to the detection field of the device, a means for measuring the travel time of the light rays between the emitter and the receiver, the equipment comprising at least one element preventing the reflection of the light rays issuing from the light emitter on the exterior of the equipment. |
| US10036801B2 |
Methods and apparatus for increased precision and improved range in a multiple detector LiDAR array
Methods, systems, and computer program products for acquiring three-dimensional LiDAR information of a scene are disclosed. According to one aspect, acquiring three-dimensional information includes emitting N pulses in a sequence with each successive pulse having a relative time shift to the sampling reference, thus producing a reconstructed sampled signal with an effective sampling rate of N times the sampling reference. According to another aspect, acquiring three-dimensional information includes emitting two or more frequencies, the differences of each pair of differing frequencies being designated as Δf, and sampling the return information with the use of a sampling reference. Frequency analysis is performed on the sampled information to determine the reference times at which the Δf signals occur and the signal intensity of the Δf signals at each time. Systems as described herein can be utilized for autonomous vehicle navigation, collision avoidance and navigation systems for UAVs, roadway surface texture analysis, non-contact friction analysis, and in-motion deflectometer measurement. |
| US10036800B2 |
Systems and methods for using coherent noise filtering
Systems and methods are provided for the filtering of coherent noise signals. In an illustrative embodiment, a pulsed electronic signal receives varying phase shifts for each of its pulses prior to transmission. When coherent noise interferes with the transmitted signal, received signal receives a phase shift opposite of that applied prior to transmission such that the electronic signal is restored and the coherent noise becomes non-coherent. In another embodiment, width of each transmitted pulses can be varied prior to transmission, but a constant midpoint-to-midpoint time is maintained. After receiving a signal with coherent noise interference, the midpoints of the pulses are aligned causing the coherent noise to become non-coherent. |
| US10036799B2 |
Device system and method for determining the relative orientation between two different locations
A device for determining relative orientation between two locations including an imager, an inertial-orientation-sensor firmly attached to the imager for determining information relating to the orientation thereof and which exhibits drift and a processor coupled with the imager and with the inertial-orientation-sensor. The processor determines a first orientation-measurement and first time-tag when the device is oriented with a first-orientation-indicator located at a first location. The processor determines a second-orientation-measurement and second time-tag when the device is oriented with a second-orientation-indicator located at a second location. The processor determines a third-orientation-measurement and third time-tag when the device is oriented again with the first-orientation-indicator. The processor determines the drift associated the inertial-orientation-sensor according to difference between the first-orientation-measurement and the third-orientation-measurement the respective time-tags associated therewith. The processor determines an angle-difference between the first-orientation-indicator and the second-orientation-indicator according to the first-orientation-measurement and the second-orientation-measurement, the first and second time-tags and the drift. |
| US10036794B2 |
Patient couch with flexible RF transmitting power distribution for a magnetic resonance tomography system
A patient couch for a magnetic resonance tomography system and a magnetic resonance tomography system are provided. The patient couch includes a feed facility for radiofrequency energy having a plurality of conduction paths for feeding radiofrequency energy. The patient couch also includes a plurality of plug-in connectors for local coils having a transmit coil, and a distribution structure for the distribution of radiofrequency energy from the feed facility to the plug-in connectors. |
| US10036791B2 |
Magnetic resonance method and apparatus in which data are acquired along k-space spokes originating from k-space center
In a method and a magnetic resonance system for acquiring MR data in a predetermined volume segment of an examination subject, an RF excitation pulse is radiated and MR data are acquired along trajectories extending radially through the center of k-space. The MR data of one k-space spoke, which corresponds to one half of a trajectory, are acquired while gradients are switched. Starting from the same RF excitation pulse, only MR data of one k-space spoke are acquired by starting in the k-space center, acquiring the MR data continuously up to the k-space periphery. The echo time is greater than 1 ms. |
| US10036787B2 |
Microwave resonator with distributed bragg reflector (=DBR)
An NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) probe head has a microwave resonator with at least two elements which are reflective in the microwave range, at least one of which is focusing. The reflective elements at least partly delimit a resonance volume of the microwave resonator. At least one of the reflective elements is a DBR (“Distributed Bragg Reflector”), and the NMR probe head has at least one NMR coil integrated into the DBR. The NMR detection coil can thereby be positioned particularly near to the sample and the distortions of the static field by resonator components are reduced, such that the detection sensitivity and the spectral resolution of the experiment are significantly improved. |
| US10036778B2 |
Real-time power distribution method and system for lithium battery and redox flow battery energy storage systems hybrid energy storage power station
The invention provides a lithium battery and redox flow battery energy storage systems hybrid energy storage power station real-time power distribution method and system. The system comprises a communication module, a data storage and management module, a gross power coordination control module and a real-time power distribution module. The said method and system not only can complete the real-time distribution of each battery energy storage units in the battery energy storage station, but also the aims of effective control and distribution of the lithium-liquid flow cell combined energy storage power station and aims of effective control and distribution of the lithium-flow flow joint energy storage power station real-time power can be achieved. |
| US10036771B2 |
Circuit arrangement
According to various embodiments, a circuit arrangement is provided which includes a bridge circuit having at least two field effect transistors and a measurement circuit configured to measure a forward voltage of a body diode of any one of the at least two field effect transistors resulting from a current flowing through the field effect transistor. |
| US10036768B2 |
Method and arrangement for controlling DC power output in utility meter
An electricity meter comprises a voltage sensor configured to determine an AC line voltage. A measurement circuit is coupled to the voltage sensor and is configured to determine energy consumption data based at least in part on the AC line voltage. A communications device is coupled to the measurement circuit and is configured to transmit the energy consumption data to a remote location. The electricity meter further includes a power supply configured to provide a DC voltage to the communications device. A switch is positioned between the power supply and the communications device. A switch controller is coupled to the measurement circuit and is configured to control the switch and the associated DC voltage supplied to the communications device depending at least in part on the AC line voltage. |
| US10036759B2 |
Pathway specific markers for diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome
The present invention provides methods for aiding in the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in an individual. In particular, the present invention is useful for determining whether the individual does not have either celiac disease or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and has IBS and/or a subtype thereof. Thus, the present invention provides an accurate diagnostic prediction of IBS and is useful for guiding treatment decisions. |
| US10036758B2 |
Delivery of a light-activated cation channel into the brain of a subject
The present invention provides compositions and methods for light-activated cation channel proteins and their uses within cell membranes and subcellular regions. The invention provides for proteins, nucleic acids, vectors and methods for genetically targeted expression of light-activated cation channels to specific cells or defined cell populations. In particular the invention provides millisecond-timescale temporal control of cation channels using moderate light intensities in cells, cell lines, transgenic animals, and humans. The invention provides for optically generating electrical spikes in nerve cells and other excitable cells useful for driving neuronal networks, drug screening, and therapy. |
| US10036755B2 |
Multiprotein assemblies
The present invention provides compositions and methods of use in investigations of the formation of mulitprotein assemblies implicated in disease. Also provided are assays for screening candidate compounds of potential utility in preventing and/or treating such diseases by preventing the assembly of or disrupting the function of multiprotein assemblies. |
| US10036751B2 |
Method of evaluating glioblastoma multiforme patient applicable to immunotherapy treatment based on dendritic cell tumor vaccines and method of prognosticating survival rate in glioblastoma mulztiforme patient after treatment
A method of evaluating if a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patient is applicable to be treated with an immunotherapy based on dendritic cell tumor vaccines includes a sample obtaining step to obtain a sample from the GBM patient, a detecting step to detect an expression level of a biomarker, and a comparing step to compare the expression level of the biomarker to a threshold, wherein the GBM patient is applicable to treat with the immunotherapy based on dendritic cell tumor vaccines when the expression level of the biomarker is lower than the threshold. A method of prognosticating a survival rate in the GBM patient after a treatment includes a sample obtaining step, a detecting step, and a comparing step, wherein the GBM patient is determined to have a good prognosis after the treatment when the expression level of the sample from the GBM is lower than the threshold. |
| US10036747B2 |
Lambodies with high affinity and selectivity for glycans and uses therefor
The invention relates to dimeric proteins comprised of subunits having (i) recombinant lamprey variable lymphocyte receptor (VLR) diversity regions linked to (ii) multimerization domains. The dimeric proteins exhibit binding specificity for glycosylated antigens, and they may be used in methods of detecting or isolating glycans from a sample, and in methods of disease diagnosis, prognosis, progression monitoring, treatment, and imaging. |
| US10036745B2 |
Method and kit for analyte determination at acidic conditions
A method of quantitatively determining an analyte in a fluid sample by an immunoassay comprises binding of the analyte to a ligand capable of specifically binding to the analyte, wherein at least part of the analyte is present as an analyte complex is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) subjecting the sample to a first acidic pH to at least substantially dissociate any analyte complex present and provide substantially all analyte in free form, b) raising the first acidic pH to a second acidic pH where re-formation of complexes is prevented but where binding of analyte to the ligand is permitted, and c) determining the binding of analyte to the ligand to quantitatively determine the analyte in the sample. |
| US10036739B2 |
Adjustable bilayer capacitance structure for biomedical devices
A nanopore sequencing device is disclosed. The nanopore sequencing device includes a working electrode. It further includes a dielectric layer, wherein a portion of the dielectric layer is disposed horizontally adjacent to the working electrode and a portion of the dielectric layer is disposed above and covering a portion of the working electrode, and wherein the dielectric layer forms a well having an opening above an uncovered portion of the working electrode. A base surface area of the working electrode is greater than a base surface area of the opening above the uncovered portion of the working electrode. |
| US10036737B2 |
Analysis system
An analysis system is provided with: a storage unit that stores first information associating mass spectrometry result information with an analysis condition concerning ion mobility separation; and a control unit that determines, as a first analysis condition for an ion to be measured, the analysis condition associated with the mass spectrometry result information of the first information corresponding to the mass spectrometry result information of the ion to be measured. |
| US10036736B2 |
Liquid sampling valve
A liquid sampling system includes a liquid sampling valve for transferring a liquid sample from a primary stream to a secondary stream. The liquid sampling valve includes a rotor having a movable shuttle that is in selective fluid communication with the primary stream or the secondary stream. The rotor shuttle passes through a discharge station prior to completion of the valve cycle to discharge contaminants prior to re-exposure to the primary stream. |
| US10036735B2 |
Imaging through scattering media with high signal to noise ratio and resolution
Systems and methods are disclosed to enhance three-dimensional photoacoustic imaging behind, through, or inside a scattering material. Some embodiments can increase the optical fluence in an ultrasound transducer focus and/or enhance the optical intensity using wavefront shaping before the scatterer. The photoacoustic signal induced by an object placed behind the scattering medium can serve as feedback to optimize the wavefront, enabling one order of magnitude enhancement of the photoacoustic amplitude. Using the enhanced optical intensity, the object can be scanned in two dimensions and/or a spot can be scanned by re-optimizing the wavefront before post-processing of the data to reconstruct the image. The temporal photoacoustic signal provides information to reconstruct the third-dimensional information. |
| US10036731B2 |
Weld testing system and method for a welding assembly
A non-destructive weld testing system for testing spot welds includes a weld monitoring tool monitoring at least one weld characteristic of the spot welds and generating weld data based on the at least one weld characteristic; a weld analysis tool analyzing the weld data to determine a weld quality of each spot weld based on analysis criteria; and a non-destructive weld testing tool configured to test spot welds. The weld testing system causes the weld testing tool to target testing of spot welds determined by the weld analysis tool to have a weld quality beyond a threshold weld quality. The weld testing tool may be a robot-mounted phased array transducer generating weld test data based on testing results and provides feedback to the weld analysis tool correlating to the weld test data. The weld analysis tool updates the analysis criteria based on the weld test data. |
| US10036725B2 |
Non-faradaic, capacitively coupled measurement in a nanopore cell array
A method of identifying a molecule is disclosed. A molecule is drawn to a nanopore by applying a first voltage signal to a pair of electrodes during a first period, wherein the first voltage signal causes a first ionic current through the nanopore that is indicative of a property of a portion of the molecule proximate to the nanopore. The molecule is released from the nanopore by applying a second voltage signal to the pair of electrodes during a second period, wherein the second voltage signal causes a second ionic current through the nanopore. The first period and the second period are determined based at least in part on a net ionic current through the nanopore comprising the first ionic current and the second ionic current. |
| US10036724B2 |
Gas sensor
A gas sensor is provided which constitutes a pump cell 3 and a sensor cell 5 using a single solid electrolyte body 2, a pump electrode 30, a sensor electrode 50, and a reference electrode 80 and is designed to decrease power consumed by a heater and permit a size thereof to be reduced. A ratio of a minimum distance L2 between the pump electrode 30 and the sensor electrode 50 to a thickness d of the solid electrolyte body 2 is set to be three or more, thereby enabling the gas sensor 1 to make the pump cell 3 and the sensor cell 5 using the single solid electrolyte body 2, the pump electrode 30, the sensor electrode 50, and the reference electrode 80. Only either of the gas chamber or the reference gas chamber is, therefore, located between the solid electrolyte body and the heater, thereby decreasing distances of the pump cell and the sensor cell to the heater. This facilitates the ease with which the heater heats up the pump cell and the sensor cell. |
| US10036720B2 |
Sensor element having a conductor and leadthrough
A sensor element for detecting a physical property of a gas includes: a first end region and a second end region opposing one another; a functional element in the first end region interior that is electroconductively connected to a contact area disposed in the second end region exterior; the electrically conductive connection between the functional element and the contact area having a conductor in the interior of the sensor element essentially extending in the longitudinal direction, and having a leadthrough that essentially extends orthogonally to the longitudinal direction of the sensor element. The ratio between an electrical resistance of the conductor and an electrical resistance of the leadthrough is between 3 and 1/3. |
| US10036718B2 |
Electrode, composite electrode, and analyzer for analyzing liquid
A purpose of this invention is to provide an electrode that is extremely preferably used for measuring a pH of a cell culture medium. This electrode is designed to be inserted into an insertion bore arranged on a container into which a sample solution as being a measuring object is put, and comprises an internal electrode, a storage that houses the internal electrode, a gelled or liquefied internal liquid that is filled into the storage so as to contact the internal electrode, and a sensor part that is electrically connected to the internal electrode through the internal liquid and arranged at a distal end surface of the storage as to detect a electric potential of the sample solution. The storage has a positioning surface for positioning the storage at a mounting position at which the inner wall surface of the container and the distal end surface of the storage are on the same plane. |
| US10036717B2 |
Nanostructured lanthanum oxide humidity sensor
A thin film gas sensor device includes a substrate, a nanostructured thin film layer, and a first and a second electrode. The nanostructured thin film layer is supported by the substrate and is formed with a semi-conductor material including holes. The semiconductor material is configured to undergo an increase in a density of the holes in the presence of a target gas, thereby decreasing an electrical resistance of the nanostructured thin film layer. The first and the second electrodes are supported by the substrate and are operably connected to the nanostructured thin film layer, such that the decrease in electrical resistance can be detected. |
| US10036710B2 |
Low-powered system for driving a fuel control mechanism
A low powered system for providing sufficient current to a fuel control mechanism drive. The system may have a fuel control mechanism pick circuit that has an energy storage mechanism for providing a large amount of current for a short time to the fuel control mechanism drive. A safety switch may be enabled with a special signal to let current flow to the fuel control mechanism drive to operate a corresponding fuel control mechanism for controlling fuel to a pilot light or heating element. The pilot light or heating element may provide heat to a thermoelectric source that generates electrical power from the heat. The electrical power may go to a single DC-to-DC converter and voltage clamp for providing a voltage source to a microcontroller and other circuits of the system. The pick circuit may prevent a harmful reverse flow of current from the storage mechanism to the thermoelectric source. |
| US10036709B2 |
BG meter illuminated test strip
A handheld medical device is configured to illuminate a test strip inserted therein and may include a housing having a port configured to receive a test strip. A circuit board may be mounted inside the housing. A measurement module may be mounted to the circuit board and may be cooperatively operable with the test strip inserted into the port to measure a sample of fluid residing on the test strip. The circuit board faces an opposing top surface of the test strip inserted into the port. A light source may be mounted on the circuit board and operable to emit light substantially perpendicular to the opposing top surface of the test strip inserted into the port. The light source may project the light along an optical axis substantially perpendicular to the opposing top surface of the test strip and illuminate an area surrounding a dosing end of the test strip. |
| US10036708B2 |
Solution phase homogeneous assays
Methods, reagents, kits and systems are disclosed for determining an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte where all reagents are soluble in aqueous solution. One assay method includes treating a sample suspected of containing the analyte under conditions such that if the analyte is present, an activator is brought into reactive configuration with a chemiluminescent compound to activates it. The sample is also treated with an agent to reduce signal not related to analyte. Finally, the sample is treated with a trigger solution thereby producing light from the activated chemiluminescent compound. No reagents are associated with a surface or other solid phase. |
| US10036707B2 |
Gem identification method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention provide jewel and jade identification method and apparatus. The method comprises the steps: (a) placing a sample to be detected over a light transmission hole formed on a carrying surface of an object table and emitting, by an optical probe disposed below the carrying surface, an exciting light onto the sample through the light transmission hole and then collecting a Raman scattered light from the sample by the optical probe. (b) acquiring a Raman spectrum curve of the sample from the collected Raman scattered light from the sample; and (c) comparing the Raman spectrum curve with a reference Raman spectrum library for jewels and jades to identify the sample. The method and apparatus may achieve effective, convenient and accurate inspections of the jewels and jades. |
| US10036702B2 |
Method, device and sensor for determining an absorption behavior of a medium
A method is used to determine an absorption behavior of a medium. The method includes establishing an absorption coefficient of the medium using a first intensity value and at least one second intensity value and a length different between a first measurement distance and a second measurement distance. The first intensity value represents a measured first light intensity after passing over a first measurement distance in the medium. The second intensity value represents a measured second light intensity after passing over a second measurement distance in the medium. The first intensity value and the second intensity value are measured using light with a common initial intensity. |
| US10036701B2 |
Sensing system and sensing method
The invention provides a method of sensing a target object due to a change in light intensity detected when the target object passes to cross a light path of circularly polarized light, in a state where circularly polarized light selectively including any one sense of right circularly polarized light and left circularly polarized light is sensed, and a system including: an emission unit which emits circularly polarized light; a target object movement unit; and a detection unit which senses circularly polarized light, in this order, in which the detection unit is at a position where light emitted from the emission unit is incident, a light path of light where the light emitted from the emission unit is incident to the detection unit intersects with the target object movement unit, and the sense of circularly polarized light selectively emitted by the emission unit and the sense of circularly polarized light selectively sensed by the detection unit are the same as each other. It is possible to sense various target objects by using an optical sensor with excellent sensitivity and decreased erroneous sensing in an arbitrary environment, by using the method and the system of the invention. |
| US10036700B2 |
Simulation tool for damage in composite laminates
A numerical simulation tool for progressive failure in laminates utilizes a low fidelity approach. The numerical model includes an enriched element that is initially in a low fidelity form. The enriched elements may increase fidelity by splitting locally to simulate an ongoing damage process such as delamination. |
| US10036699B2 |
Parallel flow cytometer using radiofrequency multiplexing
An imaging flow cytometry apparatus and method which allows registering multiple locations across a cell, and/or across multiple flow channels, in parallel using radio-frequency-tagged emission (FIRE) coupled with a parallel optical detection scheme toward increasing analysis throughput. An optical source is modulated by multiple RF frequencies to produce an optical interrogation beam having a spatially distributed beat frequency. This beam is directed to one or more focused streams of cells whose responsive fluorescence, in different frequencies, is registered in parallel by an optical detector. |
| US10036698B2 |
Time-sequential cytometry
An image flow cytometer for observing a microparticulate sample includes a flow chamber having a flow channel that permits the microparticulate sample to travel in a flow direction. An irradiation system scans an irradiation spot across a sensing area of the flow channel in a scan direction different from the flow direction. A detection system detects resultant light from the sensing area and provides a detection signal. An alignment system alters a location of the sensing area with respect to the flow chamber. A control unit causes the irradiation system to scan the irradiation spot during a first measurement interval and operates the alignment system to translate the location of the sensing area along the flow direction. The flow chamber can be mounted to a movable stage in some examples, and the alignment system can move the flow chamber substantially opposite the flow direction using the stage. |
| US10036696B2 |
Method and system for detecting an airborne trigger
An apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive sensor data from a sensor device. The sensor device includes a resonator including a material having an affinity for a compound, and the sensor data is indicative of a vibrational frequency of the resonator. The apparatus also includes a processor to analyze the sensor data and to generate an output based on the sensor data. |
| US10036695B2 |
Viscosimeter
A viscometer has a hollow cylinder mounted in a base frame and rotated about its longitudinal axis. A measuring part being flowed through by a fluid to be tested is rotatably supported in the hollow cylinder. An electromagnetic drive with a stator and a rotor for the hollow cylinder is provided, with which the hollow cylinder is rotatable. The stator is supported on the base frame and the rotor is supported on the hollow cylinder. An electromagnetic coupling of the stator with the rotor is provided by a ring rotor disposed between the stator and the rotor. The ring rotor is mounted about the longitudinal axis of the hollow cylinder so that the base frame and the hollow cylinder are decoupled with respect to the electromagnetic drive and a torque by the electromagnetic drive is applied to the hollow cylinder while the acting forces on the hollow cylinder are minimized. |
| US10036693B2 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating ductile fracture
An object of the invention is to provide a simple method and apparatus for evaluating a collapse load of a structure with respect to ductile fracture in the case where a plurality of flaws exist in a cylindrical structure that receives a bending load. The invention is an evaluation method and apparatus in which a result obtained by calculating a collapse load while a flaw having the largest area among a plurality of flaws is considered as a single flaw and a result obtained by replacing a plurality of flaws with penetration flaws corresponding to the plurality of flaws and calculating a collapse load are compared with each other and the smallest collapse load is set to be a collapse load of a structure. |
| US10036692B2 |
System and method for estimating rotor blade loads of a wind turbine
The present subject matter is directed to a method for estimating rotor blade loads, e.g. a blade root resultant moment, of a wind turbine. In one embodiment, the method includes measuring, via one or more sensors, a plurality of operating parameters of the wind turbine. Another step includes estimating out-of-plane and in-plane forces acting on the rotor blade based at least partially on the plurality of operating parameters. Further, the method includes determining an application point for the out-of-plane and in-plane forces along a span of the rotor blade. A further step includes estimating out-of-plane and in-plane moments of the rotor blade based at least partially on the out-of-plane and in-plane forces and the respective application points. Thus, the method includes calculating the load acting on the rotor blade based at least partially on the out-of-plane and in-plane moments. |
| US10036691B2 |
Specimen processor
A dispensing unit that sucks and discharges a blood specimen via a nozzle. A liquid level-measuring unit that measures the liquid level height. A serum volume-estimating unit that estimates the volume of the serum separated in the blood specimen, on the basis of the total blood volume, said total blood volume corresponding to the volume of the blood specimen and having been derived from the liquid level height, and a hematocrit value. A residual volume-estimating unit that calculates the volume of the serum remaining after suction, on the basis of the serum volume estimated by the serum volume-estimating unit and the volume of the serum that is going to be sucked by the dispensing unit. A controller that controls the suction procedure of the dispensing unit so that the estimated residual volume is not less than the desired volume of the serum to be left in the blood collection tube. |
| US10036690B2 |
Biological sample treatment apparatus
Apparatus for treating biological samples disposed on substrates, including: an input buffer for receiving one or more substrate holders each being adapted to support a plurality of the substrates; a treatment zone including a plurality of treatment stations each being adapted to receive one of the substrates; a reagent dispenser configured by a controller to dispense reagents to the substrates at the treatment stations; a substrate transport device configured by the controller to transport individual substrates between the substrate holders in the input buffer and the treatment stations. |
| US10036689B2 |
Biological tissue cutting device and use thereof
The present invention provides a biological tissue cutting device that can produce minute fragments of a biological tissue easily and efficiently. The biological tissue cutting device for producing tissue fragments by cutting a biological tissue includes: a first cutting unit configured to form a cut surface extending in a first direction by cutting the biological tissue on a stage; and a second cutting unit configured to form a cut surface extending in a second direction and a cut surface extending in a third direction by cutting the biological tissue on the stage. The planar direction of the cut surface extending in the second direction is a direction crossing the cut surface extending in the first direction, and the planar direction of the cut surface extending in the third direction is a direction crossing the cut surface extending in the first direction and the cut surface extending in the second direction. |
| US10036683B2 |
Acousto-microwave system for determining mass or leak of gas in a vessel and process for same
An acousto-microwave system to determine a mass M of gas disposed in a vessel includes: a microwave transmitter disposed on the vessel to transmit microwave radiation inside the vessel, a portion of the microwave radiation occurring at a microwave resonance of the vessel; a microwave receiver disposed on the vessel to receive microwave radiation communicated through an interior of the vessel from the microwave transmitter; an acoustic transmitter disposed on the vessel to transmit acoustic radiation inside the vessel, a portion of the acoustic radiation occurring at an acoustic resonance of the gas in the vessel; and an acoustic receiver disposed on the vessel to receive acoustic radiation communicated through the gas from the acoustic transmitter. The mass M of the gas is determined by analyzing the microwave radiation received by the microwave receiver and the acoustic radiation received by the acoustic receiver. |
| US10036677B2 |
Method for analyzing stress in an object
A method for analyzing stress in an object according to spectrum data is provided. The spectrum data is obtained from an interference fringe pattern of the object that results from performing photoelasticity. The method includes: analyzing the spectrum data to obtain three sets of intensity data related respectively to different wavelengths of light used in photoelasticity; calculating wrapped phases according to the three sets of intensity data, respectively; calculating preliminary stress values according to the wrapped phases, respectively; determining a system of stress equations according to a relation among the preliminary stress values; and calculating an estimated stress value using the system of stress equations. |
| US10036676B1 |
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) force die with buried cavity vented to the edges
A force sensor may comprise a sensing die comprising a cap and a support. Generally, a first surface of the support may comprise a buried cavity and one or more channels. The one or more channels may extend from the buried cavity towards the outer edges of the support and may ensure the force sensor is not sensitive to ambient or atmospheric pressure variation. The cap may be bonded to the first surface of the support, thereby forming a sensing diaphragm located above the buried cavity. Additionally, the force sensor may comprise an actuation element to sense a change in force from an external media. The actuation element may transmit the force to the sensing diaphragm causing it to deflect into the buried cavity. The one or more sense elements on the sensing diaphragm may provide an indication of the change in force based on the amount of deflection. |
| US10036674B2 |
Capacitance measuring device and capacitance measurement method for dielectric elastomer
A device capable of measuring the capacitance of a dielectric elastomer by variably manipulating the voltage applied to the dielectric elastomer includes a capacitance estimating unit that acquires current detection values at a plurality of sampling times in a current reduction period in which, when an output voltage of a power source changes, an energizing current of a dielectric elastomer increases and then gradually decreases according to the change in the output voltage, and estimates the capacitance of the dielectric elastomer on the basis of a model representing a correlation between the time-dependent change of the energizing current and the capacitance of the dielectric elastomer in the current reduction period, and the current detection values. |
| US10036671B2 |
Method of predicting an ambient temperature around a mobile device, computer program product and mobile device
There is disclosed a method of predicting an ambient temperature around a mobile device, wherein: a primary temperature sensor comprised in said mobile device measures a first temperature value; at least one secondary temperature sensor comprised in said mobile device measures a second temperature value; a processing unit comprised in said mobile device calculates a first prediction of an ambient temperature around the mobile device in dependence on the first temperature value and at least one parameter which is indicative of a thermal influence of one or more mobile device components on the measurements; the processing unit calculates a second prediction of said ambient temperature in dependence on the second temperature value and said parameter; the processing unit compares the first prediction with the second prediction and adjusts said parameter if the difference between the first prediction and the second prediction exceeds a predefined maximum. Furthermore, a corresponding computer program product and a corresponding mobile device are disclosed. |
| US10036669B1 |
Infrared focal plane readout integrated circuit
An infrared focal plane readout integrated circuit that includes a unit bias circuit, an integrating circuit, and an on-chip analog-to-digital conversion circuit, where the integrating circuit includes a first switch tube, a second switch tube, and an integrating capacitor; an output end of the unit bias circuit is connected to an input end of the first switch tube; an input end of the second switch tube is connected to a set terminal; both an output end of the first switch tube and an output end of the second switch tube are connected to one end of an integrating capacitor and an input end of the on-chip analog-to-digital conversion circuit; the other end of the integrating capacitor is grounded; and the on-chip analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes a first inverter, a second inverter, a third inverter, an exclusive-OR gate, a built-in sequence counter, and a register. |
| US10036665B2 |
Inspection system for turbine rotors
An inspection system includes a first ultrasonic probe positioned on and configured to move along a surface of a component. The first ultrasonic probe transmits ultrasonic energy. The inspection system also includes a second ultrasonic probe positioned on and configured to move along the surface of the component opposite the first probe. The second ultrasonic probe receives the ultrasonic energy transmitted by the first ultrasonic probe. Additionally, the inspection system includes a probe alignment system in communication with the first ultrasonic probe and the second ultrasonic probe. The probe alignment system is configured to analyze an energy characteristic for the ultrasonic energy received by the second ultrasonic probe to determine if a displacement characteristic for at least one of the first ultrasonic probe and the second ultrasonic probe requires adjustment. |
| US10036661B2 |
Thermal flow meter
In a thermal flow meter that can simplify a manufacturing process and that has high measurement accuracy, a circuit package includes a passage portion, in which an air flow sensing portion is arranged, and a processing unit, in which a circuit is arranged. The circuit package is fixed to a fixing portion integrally formed with the circuit package, and the passage portion of the circuit package is held in a bypass passage. At least a portion of an end spaced apart from a fixing wall of the passage portion of the circuit package is exposed in the bypass passage. |
| US10036657B2 |
Capacitive sensor comprising integrated heating element
The invention relates to a sensor element (1) of a capacitive sensor consisting of two or more layers of a substrate (2), the electrodes (3) of the sensor being inserted between said layers. The sensor element is characterized in that a heating element (5) is integrated into said sensor element (1). |
| US10036655B2 |
Linear travel measurement apparatus and measurement method for a compression travel of an electrically conductive spring and also a corresponding spring unit
A linear travel measurement apparatus is configured for a compression travel of an electrically conductive spring. A spring unit includes the linear travel measurement apparatus and a spring. The spring has an electrical contact at each of its ends and is electrically connected to a measurement circuit by corresponding electrical lines as measurement inductance. The measurement circuit detects a change in the measurement inductance, the change caused by the compression travel, and evaluates said change in order to ascertain the spring travel. |
| US10036654B1 |
Fault tolerant servo sensor with linear hall sensors and discrete hall sensors
A first measurement of a magnet that rotates is received from a first set of Hall sensors in a first component. A second measurement is received from a second set of Hall sensors in a second component where the first component and the second component are in a plane that is parallel to an axis of rotation associated with the magnet. An angle associated with the magnet is determined based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement. |
| US10036652B2 |
Utilization of mechanical quadrature in silicon MEMS vibratory gyroscope to increase and expand the long term in-run bias stability
A method for self-compensation of the bias draft of the quadrature signal of a gyroscope. The method is a combination of a variety of sub-methods, which can include quadrature compensation, can be used to achieve the highest possible stability. The calibration methods include a temperature self-sensing algorithm utilizing the drive-mode resonance frequency for calibration of thermal drift in the mechanical parameters of the system, a sideband-ratio approach for direct detection of mechanical drive-mode amplitude, modifying the AC and DC components of the amplitude gain control (AGC) for improved stability, and an approach for compensation of thermal drift in the sense-mode pick off system by utilizing mechanical quadrature. By using some or all of the four methods of calibration above, the highest level of long term in-run bias stability can be achieved. |
| US10036651B2 |
Electronic device and method for aiding the piloting of an aircraft, with calculation and display of at least a roll margin, related computer program product
This electronic device for aiding with the piloting of an aircraft includes: an acquisition module, configured to acquire a current value of the roll angle of the aircraft; a computing module configured to compute a roll angle limit corresponding to a beginning of stalling of the aircraft; and a display module, configured to display, on a screen, a first symbol indicating a current orientation of the aircraft. The computing module is configured to compute at least one roll margin, each roll margin depending on a corresponding roll angle limit and the current value of the roll angle, and the display module is configured, when the display condition is verified, to display, on the screen, at least one second symbol positioned relative to the first symbol, the deviation between each second symbol and the first symbol representing a respective roll margin. |
| US10036650B2 |
Data processing system communicating with a map data processing system to generate a display of one or more segments of one or more vehicle routes
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a display of a navigation map. The system may comprise a historical data source device having, for example, a historical data source computer and a database storing historical data associated with one or more of vehicle accident data, traffic data, vehicle volume data, vehicle density data, road characteristic data, or weather data. The system may comprise a map data processing device having a map data processing computer and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the map data processing computer, cause the map data processing device to, for example, determine, based on a location determining device, a location of a vehicle. The map data processing system may determine one or more historical factors based on the location of the vehicle. The map data processing system may receive, from the historical data source device and for the location, historical data associated with the one or more historical factors. Based on the location of the vehicle, one or more real time factors and real time data associated with the one or more real time factors may be calculated. The map data processing system may calculate, using the one or more historical factors and the one or more real time factors, a navigation score for each segment of a route from the location to a destination location. The map data processing system may determine one or more colors for each navigation score and/or generate a display of a navigation map comprising the one or more colors. |
| US10036648B1 |
Suggesting a route based on desired amount of driver interaction
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to generating and providing route options for an autonomous vehicle. For example, a user may identify a destination, and in response the vehicle's computer may provide routing options to the user. The routing options may be based on typical navigating considerations such as the total travel time, travel distance, fuel economy, etc. Each routing option may include not only an estimated total time, but also information regarding whether and which portions of the route may be maneuvered under the control of the vehicle alone (fully autonomous), a combination of the vehicle and the driver (semiautonomous), or the driver alone. The time of the longest stretch of driving associated with the autonomous mode as well as map information indicating portions of the routes associated with the type of maneuvering control may also be provided. |
| US10036647B2 |
Systems and methods for the determination of a user's 4D trajectory
A system and method for maintaining a user's four dimensional (4D) trajectory is disclosed. The system can comprise a plurality of databases related to the user's personal preferences, historical actions, and travel data, among other things. The system can receive requests for appointments, or trajectory information requirements (TIRs), via a user interface, by e-mail, text message, or by other communication means. The TIR can include a date, location, time, and duration. The system can compare the TIR to the locations and timespans of adjacent calendar events to determine if the TIR conflicts with adjacent event. If the TIR does not conflict, the system can add the TIR to the user's overall 4D trajectory. If, on the other hand, the TIR does conflict, the system can delete the TIR and/or send a cancellation message via the user interface. |
| US10036644B2 |
Safe routing for navigation systems
Examples provided herein describe a navigation system to identify routes that take safety considerations into account. The system accesses safety data from various sources and computes safety data for individual road segments of a map database at multiple times for each road segment. The road segment safety data is used when determining routes for requested trips, including estimating the times that the various road segments on the route will be traversed and determining the safety of each road segment at that time. |
| US10036641B1 |
Coordinating travel on a public transit system and a travel coordination system
A travel coordination system determines a route for a rider using a public transit system and a provider. The travel coordination system may determine a route that describes a public transit stop at which the rider exits the public transit system, and the travel coordination system can route a provider so that the provider transports the rider when the rider arrives at the public transit stop. The travel coordination system may update the rider's route after transmitting the route to the rider. The travel coordination system may determine a public transit vehicle on which the rider is traveling or predict the rider's destination. If multiple riders are traveling on the public transit vehicle and if those riders exit the public transit station using the same public transit stop, the travel coordination system may match those riders together for transport by a provider. |
| US10036638B2 |
Systems and methods of tracking locations visited by mobile devices residing within a predetermined activity area to quantify a change
Systems and methods including mobile devices determining their locations using location determination units, such as GPS receivers. A computing device generates a statistical measurement of location pattern changes in relation to a predetermined region for a predetermined period of time. The measurement is generated from a difference between the average response of exposed mobile devices and the average response of non-exposed mobile devices, where each of the exposed/non-exposed mobile devices is selected for having a home location or a visitation pattern within an activity area associated with the predetermined region, and each response of a mobile device is based on determining whether locations of the mobile device is within the predetermined region and counts of visitations to the predetermined region by the mobile device in different time intervals. |
| US10036637B2 |
Electronic device and information notification method
A portable electronic device includes a notification unit which notifies a user of information regarding a cumulative increase amount from a current point to a target point in a route designated in advance, or information regarding a cumulative decrease amount from the current point to the target point. |
| US10036636B2 |
Position determining unit and a method for determining a position of a land or sea based object
The present disclosure relates to a position determining unit (800) for a land or sea based object and a method for determining a position. The position determining unit comprises or has access to a three dimensional map (802) comprising three dimensional geo-referenced position data. The position determining unit comprises further map part selector means (803) for selecting a part of the three dimensional map (802) so as to obtain a geo-referenced position associated to the selected part, at least one measurement instrument (805) arranged to obtain bearing and/or distance information related to the land or sea based object, and a computing and control unit (804) arranged to relate each obtained bearing and/or distance information to a corresponding obtained geo-referenced position and to determine a geographical position of the land or sea based object based on the bearing and/or distance information and the corresponding obtained geo-referenced positions. |
| US10036625B2 |
Integrated spectrometers with single pixel detector
An integrated waveguide based spectrometer is described. The spectrometer comprises a sensing region for receiving multi-wavelength radiation for irradiating a sample in the sensing region, a wavelength demultiplexing element arranged for capturing said multi-wavelength radiation after interaction with the sample and for providing a number of wavelength demultiplexed radiation outputs or a number of different groups of wavelength demultiplexed radiation outputs, an integrated modulator for differently modulating the different demultiplexed radiation outputs or different groups of demultiplexed radiation outputs, and a multiplexer element for multiplexing the differently modulated demultiplexed radiation outputs or the differently grouped demultiplexed radiation outputs. |
| US10036621B2 |
Distance measuring wheel
A distance measuring wheel includes a housing, two folding devices, an initialization device, a wheel, an initialization unit and a braking unit. The initialization unit includes first links which drives the swift plate of the initialization device. The braking unit includes second links which drives the brake pads of the initialization device such that the initialization and barking are independently operated and do not affect each other. |
| US10036620B2 |
Retractable measuring and cutting device
Disclosed are various embodiments for a measuring and cutting device having, for example, a measuring tool disposed between a first handle component and a second handle component. The first handle component and the second handle component may be coupled by the measuring tool disposed between the first handle component and the second handle component. The measuring tool may comprise a flexible bistable spring steel band or a rigid material. The first handle is configured to join the second handle to form a uniform body. |
| US10036619B2 |
Armor-piercing cavitation projectile
A projectile has a body with an axis and a meplat disposed substantially orthogonal to the axis. The meplat is bounded by a substantially square edge. |
| US10036617B2 |
Inflator with high flow rate
A high flow rate inflator intended to be threaded into or onto the threaded neck of a conventional gas cylinder. The inflator comprises a spring-loaded ballasted firing pin that is retained in a cocked position by a tethered trigger pin. Upon firing by pulling on the trigger pin, the firing pin forcibly moves into engagement with a power primer mounted with a power primer holder to ignite the same, whereupon the ignition gases forcibly drives a hollow larger diameter pierce pin mounted within an interior cylinder into the frangible seal of the gas cartridge to cut a large-bore hole therethrough and allow gas escaping from the gas cylinder to flow at a high rate through the inflator into an inflatable device. |
| US10036616B2 |
Architected materials and structures to control shock output characteristics
A system that provides control of the output shockwave properties of energetic material wherein the system includes an energetic material having a first portion and a second portion. An additive manufacturing system combines the first portion and the second portion of the energetic material wherein the first portion and the second portion are positioned relative to each other to provide control of the output shockwave properties of the energetic material. |
| US10036614B1 |
Quick release mechanisms to attach accessories to firearms
The present invention relates to quick release mechanisms to attach accessories to firearms. Quick release mechanisms of the present invention can be used to attach scopes, sights, lights, lasers, launchers, bipods, grips, and other accessories to firearms. |
| US10036612B2 |
Sight
A sight apparatus with a rack and pinion mechanism, used to raise or lower a scope head and/or sight pin. The sight apparatus may also include a number of adjustment mechanisms for pivotally adjusting the sight, a locking mechanism and selectively interchangeable spools, e.g. spools for different arrow velocity and/or trajectory. |
| US10036611B1 |
Crosslock assembly
A crosslock assembly comprising a base having a chamber formed therethrough, wherein the chamber is surrounded by a distal wall. The distal wall comprises an interior wall oppositely formed with an exterior wall, wherein an opening is formed between the interior and exterior walls. The assembly further comprises a crosslock having a shaft upon which a support member is disposed, and a housing having a channel formed therethrough. When assembled, the housing is disposed within the chamber of the base, and the shaft of the crosslock is disposed through the opening of the exterior and interior walls of the distal wall of the base such that the support member is disposed within the channel of the housing. |
| US10036610B2 |
Weaponized defensive ax tool
A tool. A firearm, a blade and an ancillary device are disposed within or on the tool. The firearm comprises a barrel through which a bullet passes to exit the firearm, a firing pin moveable to a firing position by operation of a firing pin control, a firing pin lock retaining the firing pin in the firing position when in the locked position, a biasing member for applying a force to the firing pin with the firing pin restrained against the force by the locked position of the firing pin lock. A trigger releases the firing pin lock from the locked position, such that the force causes the firing pin to strike the charge proximate the bullet. The bullet then exits the barrel. |
| US10036609B1 |
Firearm grip
The firearm grip includes a front section having a width forming a connection assembly that includes a slot positioned between a pair of laterally extending guides. The connection assembly has a size and shape for select removable coupling with a portion of a firearm. The firearm grip also includes a handle extending rearwardly relative to the front section and includes an upper palm receiving edge positioned above an opening of a trigger guard of the firearm when the firearm grip is selectively coupled thereto. The handle has a thickness relatively thinner than the width of the front section. Moreover, a tapered transition positioned between the front section and the handle generally decreases the width of the front section to the relatively thinner thickness of the handle. |
| US10036606B2 |
Suppressor cover assembly and method
A firearm suppressor cover assembly and method of protecting a user while firing a weapon are disclosed. The cover assembly has an insulating cover assembly, a one or more clamps, one or more standoffs per clamp, and an optional heat shield. The standoffs are coupled to the one or more clamps and in contact with the insulating cover assembly thereby forming an air gap between the suppressor and the insulating cover assembly. The heat shield may be arranged within the air gap. |
| US10036604B2 |
Systems and methods for a palm firearm
Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for a palm firearm. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards a two shot firearm with a series of linkages and slide mechanisms to engage firing pins, which may reduce the size of the firearm while retaining the firearm's effectiveness. |
| US10036603B2 |
Gas apparatus and methods for gas operated firearms
A gas operated firearm includes a barrel with an integrally formed gas block as one piece with the barrel. A barrel nut is assembled over the integral barrel and gas block, securing the rear barrel end to a firearm receiver. Gas tube or piston assembly and field replacement are enhanced, along with accommodation of increased size barrels and integral muzzle end devices, no longer limited by internal dimensions of separately added gas blocks. |
| US10036602B1 |
Interchangeable plates for a firearm
A firearm and related methods and components are disclosed. The firearm has a chassis, a stock portion coupled to the chassis, and a pair of reversible plates removably coupled to the chassis. Each of the pair of reversible plates is attachable to the chassis at a first location and a second location opposing the first location. A first one of the pair of reversible plates has a recess for receiving a portion of a bolt handle. A second one of the pair of reversible plates has a firearm tool interface. |
| US10036601B2 |
Ambidextrous bolt hold open
In various embodiments, an AR-15/M-16 style rifle may comprise a lower receiver, a magazine catch spring, a magazine release button, an ambidextrous magazine release button, and a magazine catch. The magazine catch spring may be at least partially installable within the lower receiver. The magazine release button may operatively engage a first end of the magazine catch spring. The magazine release button may be movably installed in the lower receiver. The ambidextrous magazine release button may be pivotally installed within the lower receiver. The ambidextrous magazine release button may be configured to pivot about a pivot screw in the lower receiver. The magazine catch may be moveably installed in the lower receiver. The magazine catch may comprise a first portion that operatively engages the magazine release button and a second portion that operatively engages the ambidextrous magazine release button. |
| US10036600B2 |
Bolt for firearms and cam pin therefor
An improved firearm bolt comprising a blind end cam pin bore therein, with closed end within the bolt. Blind bore end and distal cam pin end are in complementary configurations. Alternatives are discussed. |
| US10036597B2 |
Evaporator with simplified assembly for diphasic loop
An evaporator for a diphasic heat transfer system with capillary pumping, includes a base plate with a peripheral edge and an outer face for receiving heat receiving calories from a dissipative element, a body with a bottom, side portions and a border adjacent to the peripheral border of the base plate, a porous mass forming a layer with a capillary structure, interposed between the base plate and the bottom, which defines a first gas chamber and a second liquid chamber, the body being assembled on the base plate by crimping, such that there is no need for a gluing, screwing, riveting or welding operation to obtain a tight assembly of the evaporator. |
| US10036594B2 |
Apparatus for closing the slag doorway and for cleaning the slag doorway and channel of a metallurgical furnace and relative method
A method and apparatus closing a slag doorway and cleaning the slag doorway and channel of a metallurgical furnace including walls defining a slag doorway and a slag channel that crosses the slag doorway and has a bottom. The apparatus includes a support structure associable with the furnace, at least one slag-breaking body including a lower border that, under mounting conditions of the apparatus on the furnace, is directed towards the bottom and at a definable height, the slag-breaking body being associated with the support structure in a movable manner along the slag channel away and/or towards the slag doorway to wipe, with its lower border, the bottom or a parallel plane, and a vibrating or oscillating mechanism associated with the slag-breaking body to confer a vibrating or oscillating movement with non null component incident the bottom, during a travel performed during its movement away or towards the slag doorway. |
| US10036593B2 |
Apparatus for drying and concentration using waste vapor
Disclosed is an apparatus for drying and concentrating, using waste vapor, which includes: a vapor supplying unit that produces and supplies vapor, using a boiler; a vapor storing unit that temporarily stores the vapor from the vapor supplying unit; a drying/concentrating unit that receives the vapor from the vapor storing unit and dries/concentrates a high-moisture material, in an indirect heat transfer type; a waste vapor collecting unit that collects waste vapor produced from the high-moisture material in the drying/concentrating unit; a vapor compressing unit that compresses the waste vapor collected by the waste vapor collecting unit; a condensate water discharging unit that separates condensate water, which is discharged after used as heat source in the drying/concentrating unit, and stink gases and discharges them; and a stink gas supplying line through which the stink gases separated by the condensate water discharging unit is supplied to the boiler. |