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| US10058185B2 |
Thermoplastic chair flexor
A seating structure employing a thermoplastic flexor defining the flexibility and stiffness of a seatback is provided. The seating structure may comprise a seat portion for supporting a user, a seatback portion for supporting a user, a frame for supporting the seat portion and the seatback portion, one or more base portions extending at an angle from the seatback portion, and one or more thermoplastic flexors affixed to or within the seatback and base portions of the seating structure. The thermoplastic flexor has certain material characteristics which define and limit the deflection and a rebound of the seatback portion relative to the base portion when under load. The seating structure may further comprise one or more anchors securing the seatback portion, base portion, and thermoplastic flexor to the frame. The seat portion, seatback portion, and base portion may comprise a unibody or multipiece chair shell, and the thermoplastic flexor may be completely enveloped within the shell, or partially disposed behind the shell in a nested mechanical relationship. |
| US10058184B1 |
Back support system
A chair back support cushioning system includes a cushioned body forming an inner cavity configured to rest on a back of a chair and secure thereto via a strap; an upper horizontal head support having a cylindrical body and composed of a semi-rigid material; a lateral support having a cylindrical body and forming a U-shape around an inner area; a first horizontal support having a cylindrical body and positioned within the inner area of the lateral support; a second horizontal support having a cylindrical body and positioned within the inner area of the lateral support, the second horizontal support being spaced apart from the first horizontal support; a first lateral outward notch configured to peripherally surround the lateral support and adapted to secure the lateral support to the head support; a second lateral outward notch configured to peripherally surround the first horizontal support; and a third lateral outward notch configured to peripherally surround the second horizontal support. |
| US10058183B2 |
Headrest lifting mechanism
A headrest lifting mechanism is revealed. The headrest lifting mechanism is disposed on a seat back and including a lifting base, a bottom-side vertical support and an elastic positioning rod. A headrest is connected to an upper end of the bottom-side vertical support. A positioning end of the elastic positioning rod fixed on the bottom-side vertical support is moved downward into one of the slots of the lifting base owing to material elasticity when the bottom-side vertical support is assembled with the lifting base. Thus the bottom-side vertical support and the positioning end are slid and positioned together in the slots of the lifting base. The number of the parts is reduced and the assembly is simplified. This enables cost reduction and mass production. |
| US10058182B2 |
Lounge bag and method for producing a lounge bag to be filled with air
A method for producing a lounge bag adapted to be filled with air including providing an elongate cloth having two transverse edges and two longitudinal edges, folding the cloth about a first folding edge and subsequently about a second folding edge, bonding outer cloth parts together on the side of the transverse edges to provide an airtight seal, bonding the four opposite cloth parts together on the side of the longitudinal edges, turning the cloth inside out, and fixing a seal to the transverse edges forming part of the third and fourth cloth parts. A lounge bag produced according to the method. |
| US10058181B2 |
Ice shelter seat with removable storage
A portable shelter includes a base including a floor and a seating unit mounted on the base. The seating unit includes a support unit configured to support and removably hold a removable storage. The removable storage includes a storage space and a substantially flat top surface for supporting a user in a seating position. The support unit includes a surface pattern configured to make contact with the removable storage when the removable storage is mounted on the support unit. |
| US10058177B2 |
Home appliance
A home appliance includes a main body having a storage compartment, a door that opens or closes the storage compartment, a detection unit to detect an opening or closing of the door, a display unit disposed on the main body or the door to display information, and a control unit to control the display unit on the basis of the detection by the detection unit. The control unit changes a display on the display unit from a main screen to a function management screen in response to a command inputted on the main screen when the main screen is displayed on the display unit, and the control unit changes a display on the display unit from the main screen to the function management screen in response to the opening or closing of the door detected by the detection unit when the main screen is displayed on the display unit. |
| US10058176B2 |
Sliding assembly
A sliding assembly includes two pull-out guides which can be secured to opposite side walls and each of which includes a stationary guide rail, a middle rail movably mounted on the guide rail, and a running rail movably mounted on the middle rail. A first slidable element is retained on the two running rails of the two pull-out guides, and a second slidable element is retained on the two middle rails of the two pull-out guides. By moving one slidable element, the other slidable element can also be moved. |
| US10058173B2 |
Shelving assembly and method of assembly
A shelf assembly and method of assembling the same are generally presented. The shelf assembly includes a back shelf wall having one or more mounting ports therein. Each mounting port may include one or more ear openings and a foot opening. A shelf may be provided to be connected to the back shelf wall. The shelf may include a surface and at least one flange extending from the surface. A mounting bracket may be inserted through openings in the flange and into the mounting port to connect the shelf to the back shelf wall. The mounting bracket may include a body, one or more ears extending from a first side of the body, and a foot, extending from a second side of the body. The foot may include a head portion and a neck portion. The foot opening may include a top slot portion and a bottom slot portion contiguous with the top slot portion. The foot may be inserted into the foot opening and seated in the bottom slot portion to lock the mounting clip in place. |
| US10058171B2 |
Folding shelf
A folding shelf may include a first shelving unit having first side frames, one or more shelving boards, a first retractable control unit; and a second shelving unit having second side frames, one or more second shelving boards, a second retractable control unit. The first/second retractable control unit may include a first/second main body; a first/second pole partially received in the first main body; and a first/second locking member. When the folding shelf is folded, the user can first twist a first/second locking element to untightened first/second main body and first/second pole. The user can then lift the side frames in the center portion as to collapse the shelf. More specifically, the sliding movement of the first pole and the second pole can bring two side frames toward the center portion of the folding shelf to significantly minimize the size thereof. |
| US10058169B2 |
Hair brush sanitizing unit
A device for sanitizing and disinfecting hair styling tools such as hair brushes via ultraviolet radiation is described. The device is preferably equipped with a chamber disposed in a body equipped with a housing and a base. At least one UV bulb is disposed within the base, and is configured to cast UV light to a tool disposed within the chamber. Reflectors orient the emitted UV light such that the maximal surface area of the brush head is sanitized via the at least one UV bulb. The device is conventionally powered, and is configured to preferable deactivate automatically at the end of the sanitizing process. |
| US10058168B2 |
Personal care appliance
Portable, electrically driven, handheld sonic personal skin/hair care device includes a housing and a drive assembly to which is coupled a treatment member. The treatment member may include active ingredients incorporated during manufacturing that safely resist and inhibit the growth of mold, mildew and bacteria. The drive assembly includes a stator assembly, armature assembly, mounting member attached to the housing, elongated pivot arm having a first end directly coupled to the armature assembly and a second end directly coupled to the mounting member, and mounting arm having first and second ends, the first end being directly coupled to the armature assembly and the second end being directly coupled to the treatment member such that the stator, when energized, causes oscillation of the armature in an arcuate manner about a pivot point located at the mounting member in turn causing the treatment member to oscillate relative to the housing. |
| US10058167B2 |
Oral care implement
Disclosed is an oral care implement, comprising: a body comprising a handle and a head at an end of the handle, the head having at least one oral care element extending therefrom; a cap movable relative to the body; a cavity in one of the body and the cap, the one of the body and the cap defining an opening of the cavity; and an applicator connected between the body and the cap and holding an oral care agent; wherein the cap is movable relative to the body between a first position, at which the cap is at a first distance from the body, and a second position, at which the cap is at a second distance from the body, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance; wherein the applicator is located in the cavity and the other of the body and the cap blocks the opening when the cap is at the first position relative to the body; and wherein the applicator is in fluid communication with an exterior of the oral care implement when the cap is at the second position relative to the body. |
| US10058163B2 |
Adjustable backpack
A bag, such as a backpack, includes a back panel having an edge portion, a spacing panel having a fixed edge attached to the back panel and a free edge, an adjustment device, and a lace connecting the adjustment device and the spacing panel. The adjustment device can be configured to retract the lace, thereby translating the spacing panel toward the edge portion of the back panel, thereby increasing a space between the spacing panel and the back panel. The space between the spacing panel and the back panel can be smaller in a first configuration than in a second configuration and the back panel of the bag can be curved in the second configuration. |
| US10058160B2 |
Airtight container for cosmetics
A cosmetic applicator including: a cosmetic supply mechanism; a bearing member to carry the cosmetic supply mechanism; a housing for forming a closed cavity together with bearing member to enclose the cosmetic supply mechanism disposed therein, the housing and the bearing member being designed to be connected edge to edge. The bearing member and the housing respectively have a first connection part and a second connection part for magnetic connection, and the first connection part and the second connection part is positioned respectively at the end of the bearing member and of the housing; and the cosmetic applicator includes a elastomeric gasket, and the first connection part, second connection part and elastomeric gasket are configured so the elastomeric gasket can be extruded to deform and fill a gap between the ends of the housing and the bearing member when the ends are mutually attracted, thereby achieving the sealing effect. |
| US10058159B2 |
Sterile compositions for human cosmetic products
Because antimicrobial preservatives used in virtually all cosmetics exhibit degrees of adverse human toxicity that have become of increasing concern, a three element system is disclosed that eliminates the need for cosmetic preservatives and their degradation fragments that may exhibit toxicity. Element 1 comprises a cosmetic formulation not containing any preservative components. Element 2 is an individual unit dose of an Element 1 cosmetic formulation in a microbially-impenetrable disposable container. Element 3 comprises the sterilization of the sealed unit dose disposable container, employing heat or, preferably, employing ionizing radiation. |
| US10058157B2 |
Handbag with interchangeable liners
A customizable handbag. The customizable handbag includes an outer shell, wherein a portion of the outer shell is transparent. The customizable handbag also includes a liner. The liner is configured to fit within the outer shell and be at least partially seen through the transparent portion of outer shell. |
| US10058156B2 |
Hair carrier clutch bag
A hair carrier clutch bag for storing and transporting hair products such as wigs or hair extensions comprising an elongated body having a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, an inner surface and an outer surface wherein the elongated body includes a plurality of fold sections and a top overlap section. At least one clip for securing a hair product coupled to the inner surface of the elongated body and offset from the top of the elongated body. A protective cover for covering the hair product including at least one cover sheet having a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, an inner surface, and an outer surface wherein the first side of the cover sheet is coupled to the second side of the elongated body. The cover sheet is foldable about the joint formed between the cover sheet and the body. The body of the hair carrier clutch bag can be folded upon itself such that the folded body resembles a woman's clutch bag. |
| US10058155B2 |
Protective case system
A protective case system includes a mounting accessory and a protective case. The mounting accessory includes a dovetail rail member with a snap feature and an engagement feature. The protective case includes an inner liner for receiving and at least partially enclosing the electronic device when the electronic device is installed in the protective case; an outer shell extending around at least a portion of the inner liner; and a mount adapter removeably attached to the outer shell. |
| US10058154B2 |
Protective cover and manufacturing method thereof
A method of manufacturing a protective cover for an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes forming an inner skin by blanking, blanking an outer skin of a fabric member in a shape corresponding to the blanked inner skin, forming a preform of a protective cover by laminating the inner skin and the outer skin with each other, thermo-compressing the laminated preform along an outer peripheral edge of the protective cover and forming the protective cover by cutting at least a portion of a region where the preform is thermo-compressing by the blanking. |
| US10058152B2 |
Protective case
A protective case includes a housing, a base, and a connecting piece. A supporting groove is openly formed on one surface of the base for engaging a lateral edge of the housing. The connecting piece is soft and flexible. The connecting piece has two opposite end portions and a middle section disposed between the two end portions. The two end portions are connected to the housing and the base respectively, and the middle section is disposed in a removably detachable manner. Therefore, the supporting groove supports the housing to stand on the base, and the connecting piece can fix the housing to prevent toppling. |
| US10058147B2 |
Athletic shoe with an attached moveable cleat
An athletic shoe including a moveably attached cleat is intended to displace relative to the sole on the shoe in certain situations. This allows the cleat to more easily disengage the turf than a convention fixed cleat. The moveably attached cleat allows the shoe to disengage from the turf when the wearer is subjected to side impact forces, thus reducing the likelihood of traumatic knee injuries for the wearer. However, when the wearer is running forward, there is a reaction force on the cleat from the turf, acting in the forward direction which does not cause the cleat to displace to the retracted position and it can remain in the extended position. |
| US10058145B2 |
Article of footwear and sole structure with a central sensory node element
An article of footwear including a sole structure attached to an upper defining an internal void configured to receive a foot of a wearer is described. The sole structure includes a sole body portion having a central sensory node element located in an aperture in the sole body portion. The central sensory node element has a bottom surface configured to contact the ground and move vertically within the aperture. The movement of the central sensory node element pushes a top surface of the sensory node element attached to a portion of the upper against the foot of the wearer. The central sensory node element is arranged approximately centrally between lateral and medial sides and between the toe and heel ends of the sole structure. The central sensory node element acts as a home button to provide sensory feedback about movement and direction of forces to the foot of the wearer. |
| US10058140B2 |
Device for providing protection against minor head injury and for stabilizing a hat
A device for providing protection against minor head injury and for stabilizing a hat is provided. The device moves from a generally flat first orientation into a domed-shaped second orientation. In the second orientation, the device is placed under the underside of a hat and supports the hat in an upright position. The device may be placed under a hat for protection and/or to store the hat in an upright position for display and to reduce the sagging of the hat over time. Further, the device may be placed under a hat and the hat worn. The device has a plurality of radially extending arms extending from a center portion. The perimeter surface of the device may be partially inserted within a groove of the hat so as to allow the device to remain secured within the hat. The device is also suitable for providing some protection against head injury when the device is properly worn under a hat. |
| US10058138B2 |
Hair band with hair carrying strips without looped hair ends
A hair band with a lateral and longitudinal stretchable foundation carries a plurality of no-looped-hair hairband strips in a brick layered pattern thereby permitting the hairband strips to move, up, down and laterally with the expandable foundation. The foundation, with an elastically attached filament, encircles the user's head. The strips have hairs disposed in parallel on a tape substrate and adhered thereto by a matrix of hygroscopic sealant, glass silk and polyurethane atop to adhere the hairs to the tape substrate. The parallel mounted hairs avoid cuticular scale interference between adjacent hairs which fall beyond the head of the user wearing the hair band. |
| US10058137B2 |
Textured gloves
Provided among other things is a glove formed by latex dipping having one or more textured finger tips wherein: the texture at the finger tips results from forming the glove on a former having the following properties: (micrometer) RaAv. roughnessabout 7-14 RsmMean width of roughnessabout 500-720 RpcPeak countabout 15-20 the glove being non-chlorinated, wherein the glove is a (i) single dip nitrile glove or (ii) a dipped glove with a textured layer formed of polymer latex, and comprising a multivalent metal ion salt of an organic acid with log P of about 4 to about 15. |
| US10058136B2 |
Mittens with stretchable cuff
A pair of mittens is disclosed that is adapted to be worn by a child to protect at least the child's hands and wrists from adverse winter conditions. Each mitten of the pair includes a hand-receiving mitten portion for covering the child's hand, and an elastically extendable cuff fastened to an aft end of the mitten portion. The elastically extendable cuff has a circumferentially uninterrupted tubular body and an elastic band disposed at an aft end of the cuff. The elastic band circumscribes an opening at the aft end through which the child's hand is received. The elastically extendable cuff is at least longitudinally seamless such that the elastically extendable cuff is both longitudinally and circumferentially stretchable from an un-stretched configuration to a stretched configuration. |
| US10058134B2 |
Urination relief hatch for waterproof waders and foul weather gear
A rainproof pair of pants or a waterproof pair of waders includes a rigid frame sealed in a waterproof. The frame forms a frame aperture and a rigid lid is pivotably connected to the frame. A seal is disposed between the frame and the lid forming a waterproof closure of the frame aperture. When the density of the frame is first set to be 0.04 pounds per cubic inch and when the frame and lid are scaled so an area of the frame aperture is first set to be 7.205 inches squared, then the following is true: a mass moment of inertia taken at the frame center of mass about the frame x-axis is equal to or greater than 0.19 pound square feet; and a mass moment of inertia taken at the frame center of mass about the y-axis is equal to or greater than 0.27 pound square feet. |
| US10058125B2 |
Method for assembling an aerosol delivery device
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided. |
| US10058122B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette with inlet air constructed and arranged to contact a delivery substance and minimize airflow over electronic components. |
| US10058120B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving efficiency and reliability of stillage processing
The present invention provides an apparatus for dewatering a feed stream of aqueous solids residual from a fermentation and distillation process. The apparatus includes: a first separation device; a mixing tank; an evaporator; a second separation device; and an optional third separation device. Methods for dewatering a feed stream of aqueous solids residual from a fermentation and distillation process are also provided. |
| US10058113B2 |
Shelf-stable, clear liquid nutritional compositions comprising epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) and methods for preparing the same
Disclosed herein are shelf-stable, clear liquid nutritional compositions having a pH ranging from 2.5 to 4.6 and comprising water; at least one source of EGCg in an amount sufficient to provide 200-1700 mg/L of EGCg; and at least one source of protein in an amount sufficient to provide 25-45 g/L of total protein. The shelf-stable, clear liquid nutritional compositions lose no more than 20% by weight solids of the EGCg content present in the initial formulation of the compositions to epimerization, degradation, or both epimerization and degradation during heat sterilization. In certain embodiments, the loss of EGCg is exhibited by the amount of epimerization product GCg present in the shelf-stable, clear liquid nutritional composition following heat sterilization. Methods for preparing the shelf-stable, clear liquid nutritional compositions are also disclosed herein. |
| US10058110B2 |
Enzyme producing bacillus strains
The disclosure relates to enzyme producing Bacillus strains that provide benefits to animals and methods of using these strains. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates compositions comprising the enzyme producing Bacillus strains. In yet another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a feed for an animal comprising enzyme producing Bacillus strains. |
| US10058109B2 |
Caramel precursors with specific thickening characteristics
Caramel precursors and chocolate-containing caramel precursors which have a low viscosity and are easy to dispense, pump and meter, but which thicken up on boiling in such a way that resulting caramels or chocolate-containing caramels are of sufficiently high viscosity, and also a method for their manufacture. |
| US10058107B2 |
Method for producing a dairy product
The present invention relates to a method for producing a dairy product using an enzyme having lactase activity. |
| US10058106B2 |
Sterilization method and sterilizer
According to the present invention, a sterilant can be injected into a container without residual water on an object to be sterilized. The method includes decreasing a pressure in the container to a pressure higher than the triple point pressure at which water freezes. The method further includes comparing an actual time required for decreasing the pressure and a reference time, or comparing an actual rate of pressure increase and a reference rate to detect residual water on the object. If the residual water is detected, the pressure in the container is increased to the atmospheric pressure or the quasi-atmospheric pressure and the object is heated, and then the pressure is decreased to drain the residual water through the decompression boiling. The step of draining the residual water is repeatedly performed until no residual water is detected on the object and subsequently the sterilant is injected into the container. |
| US10058104B2 |
Food cooker and smoker
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for smoking and cooking food. The device may include a food enclosure and a smoke distribution manifold operatively connected to the food enclosure, the smoke distribution manifold configured to operatively connect to a smoke providing device, such as a customized smoker box or a conventional smoking device. The quality of the smoke is determined by a value from a sensor, such as a lux sensor, and the smoke distribution manifold may prevent bad quality smoke from contaminating the food in the food enclosure. |
| US10058103B2 |
Device for automatic peeling sausages
The device consists of a supply area (2) through which a conveyor belt (3) is fed above which a moistening station (4) is arranged by means of which the skin of the sausage is softened in order for the sausage to then be perforated and injected in order for said internal air flow to cause the skin to detach from the meat in the corresponding gripping and blowing station (6). It is then subjected to transversal cutting with a guillotine mechanism (16) and then to longitudinal cutting (18) while the skins are removed underneath by means of a pair of toothed wheels (23), the clean product coming out by way of an outlet conveyor belt (24). |
| US10058098B2 |
Method for the protection of trees
The present invention provides a method for the prevention/treatment of bark beetle and/or wood borer infestation of trees comprising treatment of the tree with a composition comprising a macroyclic lactone. |
| US10058090B2 |
Acoustic coupler for a combined game call
The present disclosure includes an acoustic coupler for combining at least two independent reed game calls. The acoustic coupler has a body including a first length bounded by a first end and a second end. The body includes an acoustic chamber therein and at least one aperture extending into the acoustic chamber. The first end and said second end of the body are in fluid communication with the acoustic chamber. The first reed game call is affixed to the first end of the body. An insert in the first reed game call includes an air passage which is in fluid communication with the acoustic chamber. A second reed game call is affixed to the second end of the body. The insert in the second reed game call includes an air passage which is in fluid communication with the acoustic chamber. |
| US10058087B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for mechanical, selective weed control in mature and establishing crops including turfgrasses
A method of improving wear tolerance of desirable plants and reducing weed pressure involves periodically applying mechanical abrasion to the desirable plants and the undesirable plants, wherein the level of mechanical abrasion is selected to be damaging to the undesirable plants and substantially within the wear tolerance of the desirable plants. The desirable plants may include turfgrasses and/or forage grasses. The mechanical abrasion may be applied by a rotating cylindrical brush with bristles engaging a base having a plurality of grooves. In one example, the period of applying mechanical abrasion is about once per week. |
| US10058085B2 |
Truck bed fishing rod carrier system
Described herein is a fishing rod carrier. The fishing rod carrier may comprise a front holder portion. The front holder portion may comprise a foam body surrounding an opening for receiving a tip end of a fishing rod and a first connector assembly proximate to the foam body. The fishing rod carrier may comprise a rear holder portion. The rear holder portion may comprise a semi-cylindrical body for receiving a handle end of the fishing rod and a second connector assembly proximate to the semi-cylindrical body. The fishing rod carrier may comprise a first rail configured to receive one or more of the first connector and the second connector. |
| US10058080B2 |
Insect production systems and methods
Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer operated Insect Production Superstructure Systems (IPSS) may be used to produce insects for human and animal consumption, and for the extraction and use of lipids for applications involving medicine, nanotechnology, consumer products, and chemical production with minimal water, feedstock, and environmental impact. An IPSS may comprise modules including feedstock mixing, feedstock splitting, insect feeding, insect breeding, insect collection, insect grinding, pathogen removal, multifunctional flour mixing, and lipid extraction. An IPSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules. |
| US10058079B2 |
Interleukin 2 receptor gamma gene targeting vector, production of immune cell-deficient transgenic cloned mini pig having vector introduced therein, preparation method therefor and use thereof
The present invention relates to an interleukin-2 receptor gamma (IL2RG) gene-targeting vector, a method for producing an immune cell-deficient transgenic cloned miniature pig having the vector introduced therein, and the use thereof. |
| US10058076B2 |
Method of monitoring infectious disease, system using the same, and recording medium for performing the same
A method of monitoring an infectious disease, a system using the same, and a recording medium for performing the same are provided. The infectious disease monitoring system includes an imaging device for capturing and transmitting image data on animals managed in a barn, a first server for determining whether a subject suspected of having an infectious disease is detected from the image data and, when the subject suspected of having the infectious disease is detected, transmitting a signal along with the image data, a second server for confirming an occurrence of the infectious disease by analyzing the image data of the subject suspected of having the infectious disease, and transmitting a warning signal when confirmed the occurrence of the infectious disease, and a manager terminal for requesting the image data on the animals to the first server upon receipt of the warning signal and displaying the image data. |
| US10058073B1 |
Animal tag attachment tool
An attachment tool for an animal tag is disclosed. The attachment tool includes a first tag interface that mates with a male portion of the animal tag, and a second tag interface that mates with a female portion of the animal tag. The first tag interface and the second tag interface dispose the male portion of the tag in an aligned and opposing relationship with the female portion of the tag while the male portion of the tag is mounted on the first tag interface and the female portion of the tag is mounted on the second tag interface. An arm extends adjacent the first tag interface to at least the second tag interface and the second tag interface is disposed on the arm. A guard extends outward proximate the first tag interface toward the second tag interface. A distal portion of the guard and an opposing structure of the arm proximate the second tag interface define a gap therebetween, the gap extending into a region between the first tag interface and the second tag interface. A drive moves the male portion of the animal tag disposed on the first tag interface towards the female portion of the tag disposed on the second tag interface to connect the male portion with the female portion. |
| US10058065B1 |
Sorghum inbred PH2545MW
A novel sorghum variety designated PH2545MW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety PH2545MW with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety PH2545MW with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2545MW include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety PH2545MW or a locus conversion of PH2545MW with another sorghum variety are disclosed. |
| US10058064B1 |
Sorghum inbred PH2307GR
A novel sorghum variety designated PH2307GR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety PH2307GR with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety PH2307GR with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2307GR include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety PH2307GR or a locus conversion of PH2307GR with another sorghum variety are disclosed. |
| US10058063B1 |
Sorghum inbred PH2012GW
A novel sorghum variety designated PH2012GW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety PH2012GW with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety PH2012GW with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2012GW include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety PH2012GW or a locus conversion of PH2012GW with another sorghum variety are disclosed. |
| US10058056B1 |
Soybean variety 5PVCM27
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PVCM27 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PVCM27, cells from soybean variety 5PVCM27, plants of soybean 5PVCM27, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PVCM27. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PVCM27 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PVCM27, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PVCM27, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PVCM27. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PVCM27 are further provided. |
| US10058053B1 |
Soybean variety 5PZHS01
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZHS01 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZHS01, cells from soybean variety 5PZHS01, plants of soybean 5PZHS01, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZHS01. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZHS01 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZHS01, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZHS01, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZHS01. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZHS01 are further provided. |
| US10058044B2 |
Methods and compositions for obtaining useful plant traits
The present disclosure provides methods for obtaining plants that exhibit useful traits by perturbation of organellar function in plants. Methods for identifying genetic loci that provide for useful traits in plants and plants produced with those loci are also provided. In addition, plants and grafted plants that exhibit, contain, or harbor the useful traits, parts of the plants including seeds, and products of the plants are provided as well as methods of using the plants. Recombinant DNA vectors and transgenic plants comprising those vectors that provide for organellar perturbation are also provided. |
| US10058041B2 |
Plant cultivation apparatus
A plant cultivation apparatus according to the present technology includes a cultivation space where a cultivation environment is controllable, and a plurality of cultivation shelves disposed in the cultivation space. An air conditioner for supplying airflow to the cultivation shelves is provided in an upper region of the cultivation space. An induced draft fan for inducing the airflow supplied from the air conditioner to the cultivation shelves is provided at least at an end of the cultivation space. The induced draft fan is configured to induce the airflow supplied from the air conditioner to the cultivation shelves. |
| US10058038B2 |
System and method for continuous bale forming
A crop feeding mechanism for a harvester includes one or a plurality of screws or augers positioned in a hollow chamber of defined by the interior surface of an elongated frame, whereby the interior surface is tapered with decreasing volume in it rear portion. The one or a plurality of screws or augers are affixed upon a rotating axis and, as crop material is fed into the chamber, the one or a plurality of screws or augers conveys crop material rearward toward the tapered end and compact the crop materials so that the compacted crop material is extruded out of an opening at the rear end at a rate and temperature and in a form sufficient to allow a net wrap mechanism positioned at or near the opening to wrap the crop into a bale. |
| US10058033B2 |
Rake with shiftable cross member
The present invention is a rake, comprising a tongue assembly and a wheel assembly operably coupled to the tongue assembly and being rotationally shiftable relative to the tongue assembly and the wheel assembly mounting a pair of rake assemblies. Each of the pair of rake assemblies is disposable in a generally horizontal disposition when the rake is in a transport disposition, the generally horizontal disposition being effected in part by the rotational shifting of the wheel assembly when transitioning between a working disposition and the transport disposition. The present invention is further a method of disposing the aforementioned rake in the transport disposition. |
| US10058031B1 |
Lawn tractor with electronic drive and control system
A lawn tractor includes one or more sensors configured to detect an operational parameter of an aspect of the vehicle, and one or more controllers for controlling one or more components of the vehicle and for receiving data output from the one or more sensors. The controller communicates with the one or more sensors and one or more vehicle modules configured to control one or more vehicle components via a CAN Bus network. The controller may be coupled to an IMU mounted on the vehicle for dynamically controlling the vehicle on sloped terrain, for example. The controller may be accessible from a remote device over a wireless network for communicating setup, diagnostic, and performance data to and from the vehicle. |
| US10058030B2 |
Portable hydraulic system for selective engagement to a piece of equipment
A light-weight portable hydraulic system for engagement with equipment requiring hydraulic fluid to operate. The system includes a reservoir; a pump and an oil filter engaged with each other. One or more handles are provided on the system so that the system may be carried by a single individual or may be lifted onto or off of a supporting unit upon which the system is mountable. A suitable supporting unit may be a zero-turn stand-on mower. An input shaft for the pump is operatively engaged with the engine of the mower and the pump is powered by that engine. The system is selectively connected to the equipment requiring hydraulic fluid for operation, such as a mower attachment, by way of hydraulic hoses that quick connect to ports on the pump. The system may be engaged with or disengaged from the mower in around thirty seconds and without tools. |
| US10058029B2 |
Vibration sensor unit
A vibration sensor unit (66) is provided with a vibration sensor (72) and with an electronic signal processing circuit (82) which derives from the signals of the vibration sensor (72) information regarding a quantity of lost grain detected by the vibration sensor (72). The electronic signal processing circuit (82) also examines the signals of the vibration sensor (72) for vibrations that may be signs of potential damage to moving parts. |
| US10064315B2 |
High heat-dissipation circuit board assembly system and power supply including the same
The disclosure provides a power supply including a high heat-dissipation circuit board assembly system in which a rack is installed on a circuit board so as to be connected to a transformer. Heat produced when electronic components installed on the circuit board are actuated may be conducted and dissipated thereby. The efficiency and the heat conductivity effect of the power supply may be further enhanced by distributing the amount and the flowing direction of the current from the transformer. |
| US10064312B1 |
Purge-resilient air circulation control
A data center includes a computer room with one or more regions, where each region includes air handling components which can be independently controlled, relative to components in other regions. A purge control system in each region can bypass a control system which adjusts the components based on environmental sensor data to command the components to purge the region. Upon the components in a region entering a purge mode, a purge notification signal can be sent to a master control system, which can instruct other control systems in other non-purging regions to limit controller output ranges to last-known values prior to the purge, so that the components in other regions are operated at last-known states while one or more regions are purging. When regions have ceased purging, the regional control systems can re-establish the control loop output ranges. Such re-establishment can include incrementally expanding the output range over time. |
| US10064308B2 |
Mechanical mounting system for a display device
Mechanical mounting devices for an electronic housing in a frame are provided, the electronic housing comprising a front face, a rear face, a bottom and two lateral faces, the frame comprising an opening. The electronic housing comprises, on each lateral face, a mechanical cam having a quarter-circle form, one of the two ends of the cam being terminated by a triangular point the end bearing the point being disposed close to the bottom, the second end being disposed along the front face. The bottom of the frame comprises a bottom abutment parallel to the front face. The opening of the frame comprises two guiding pins disposed on either side of the uprights of the opening and arranged such that each cam can be displaced in rotation on the pin which corresponds to it during the phase of mounting of the electronic housing in the frame. |
| US10064307B2 |
Server and case thereof
A server includes a case and function modules. The case includes a frame, a first upright partition and a second upright partition. The frame has an internal space and an opening. The opening corresponds to the internal space. The first upright partition and the second upright partition jointly define a first accommodating portion, a second accommodating portion and a third accommodating portion in the internal space. Each of the function modules is a first function module, a second function module or a third function module. A width of the first function module is half of the width of the second accommodating portion. The width of the first function module, a width of the second function module and a width of the third function module have a ratio of 1:2:4. |
| US10064306B2 |
Bracket and equipment rack
An equipment rack includes two rack rails and a bracket. The bracket includes a bracket body and a first and a second connection device disposed at the bracket body's ends. The first connection device includes a rod part extending outward relative to the bracket body. An engaging section and a supporting section are formed on the rod part in the extending direction of the rod part. The engaging section is between the supporting section and the bracket body. The bracket is installed on one rack rail by the supporting section being inserted into a hole of said rack rail and is installed on the other rack rail by the second connection device engaging with the other rack rail. The bracket body is operable to move relative to the rack rails so that the engaging section enters the hole and the second connection device is disengaged from the rack rail. |
| US10064292B2 |
Recessed cavity in printed circuit board protected by LPI
A PCB has multiple stacked layers laminated together, the laminated stack includes regular flow prepreg and includes a recessed cavity, a bottom perimeter of which is formed by a photo definable, or photo imageable, polymer structure having a low adhesion to an underlying conductive layer, such as an LPI mixture. The LPI mixture defines cavity dimensions and enables the use of regular flow prepreg in the laminated stack. |
| US10064288B2 |
Methods for connecting a wire to a feedthrough pin and apparatus including a wire connected to a feedthrough pin by the method
Methods of connecting wires (126) to feedthrough pins (104) and apparatus including wires connected to feedthrough pins. |
| US10064284B2 |
Drilling method for PCBs with high hole position precision
Disclosed is a drilling method for PCBs with high hole position precision, comprising: step 1 of fixing a PCB on a workbench; step 2 of pre-drilling a to-be-drilled portion of the PCB by using a short-blade drilling tool; and step 3 of deeply drilling the to-be-drilled portion which has been machined in step 2 by using along-blade drilling tool. The PCB is fixed in step 1 to prevent the PCB from moving during drilling which otherwise would affect the drilling precision; the to-be-drilled portion of the PCB is pre-drilled by using a short-blade drilling tool in step 2, and the short-blade drilling tool has a higher rigidity than along-blade drilling tool and thus will not easily slide at the moment of contacting the surface of the PCB; and the to-be-drilled portion which has been machined in step 2 is deep drilled by using the long-blade drilling tool in step 3, and the long-blade drilling tool has reduced sliding upon entry, thus guaranteeing the entry alignment of the long-blade drilling tool in the case of deep drilling, so that the drilled hole meets the requirement of high hole position precision for PCBs. |
| US10064282B2 |
Thermoformed plastic cover for electronics and related method of manufacture
A multilayer structure for an electronic device having a flexible substrate film (202) for accommodating electronics (204); at least one electronic component (204) provided on said substrate film (202); and a number of conductive traces (206) provided on said substrate film (202) for electrically powering and/or connecting electronics including said at least one electronic component (204), wherein at least one preferably thermoformed cover (210) is attached to said substrate film (202) on top of said at least one electronic component (204), the at least one thermoformed cover (210) and the substrate film (202) accommodating the electronics (204) being overmolded with thermoplastic material (208). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a multilayer structure for an electronic device. |
| US10064280B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer and an element embedded in the insulating layer and exposed through a surface of the insulating layer. |
| US10064273B2 |
Antimicrobial copper sheet overlays and related methods for making and using
Control panels with antimicrobial copper sheet overlays are disclosed. In some embodiments, the antimicrobial copper used in the copper sheet overlays can be selected from copper or copper alloys containing from about 60 to about 100 wt % copper. In other embodiments, the copper sheet overlays have one or more deflection spots to permit an operator to use the control panel to operate an electronic device. Some embodiments include methods to manufacture the control panels comprising antimicrobial copper sheet overlays. Further embodiments include methods for operating an electronic device using the control panels comprising antimicrobial copper sheet overlays. |
| US10064270B2 |
Flexible interconnects, systems, and uses thereof
Provided herein are flexible interconnects, systems containing one or more flexible interconnects, and textiles including one or more flexible interconnects. |
| US10064268B2 |
Method of manufacturing a display device
Provided are a display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes a display panel having one surface and the other surface, a main drive board formed on the other surface of the display panel, a flexible circuit board having one end electrically connected to the one surface of the display panel and the other end electrically connected to the main drive board and having a bent portion formed at a lateral surface of the display panel, and a board support portion formed on an inner surface of the flexible circuit board. |
| US10064267B2 |
Printed circuit board and display device including the same
A PCB underneath the display panel includes a plurality of insulation layers and one or more metal layers disposed between two adjacent insulation layers out of the plurality of insulation layers. A lower structure is disposed between the display panel and the PCB. At least a portion of a metal layer among the one or more metal layers that is most adjacent to the lower structure is exposed, and the lower structure is electrically connected to the exposed portion of the metal layer. Such exposed portion of the metal layer is electrically connected to the lower structure, so that the area where the PCB is referenced to the ground potential is increased. As a result, residual voltage, residual current in the PCB and noise caused by electromagnetic fields generated thereby can be reduced. |
| US10064265B2 |
Flexible printed circuit having a low emissivity
A flexible printed circuit of low emissivity including first and second ends and a flexible central portion extending between the first and second ends and including electrically-conductive tracks, coated with a polymer material, to electrically connect the first and second ends. The flexible central portion is at least partly covered with a heat shield formed in a material having an emissivity smaller than those of the polymer material and of the electrically-conductive tracks. |
| US10064263B2 |
Cold plasma treatment devices and associated methods
A compact cold plasma device for generating cold plasma having temperatures in the range 65 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The compact cold plasma device has a magnet-free configuration and an induction-grid-free configuration. An additional configuration uses an induction grid in place of the input electrode to generate the cold plasma. A high voltage power supply is provided that includes a controllable switch to release energy from a capacitor bank to a dual resonance RF transformer. A controller adjusts the energy input to the capacitor bank, as well as the trigger to the controllable switch. |
| US10064262B2 |
Apparatus for treating a gas stream
In order to increase the operable range of a DC plasma torch in an abatement apparatus, the apparatus comprises a power control configured for controlling the power of the plasma torch by selective control of the plasma source gas flow regulator. |
| US10064260B2 |
Ground system for high voltage semiconductor valve
A high voltage valve arrangement includes a high voltage valve unit; an external electric shield structure arranged at least partially around the high voltage modular valve unit and a grounding system. The grounding system includes a grounding system configured to be remotely extended from a retracted position to an extended position, whereby the extendable grounding device establishes electric connection with the external shield structure when it is extended from the retracted position. |
| US10064257B2 |
Method and arrangement for monitoring of lighting systems, and a monitored lighting installation
A method and a system are provided for monitoring a lighting system. Physical location information is received with respect to each lighting unit of the system. Supply voltage information is also received with respect to each lighting unit. Based on the physical location of each lighting unit and the supply voltage information, power network information is derived to identify cable routes between the lighting units and the locations of lighting cabinets along the cable routes. |
| US10064256B2 |
System and method for remote activation of vehicle lighting
A lighting system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises a controller in communication with at least one light source and an occupancy sensor. The controller is configured to control an activation emission output from the light source configured to charge a persistent luminescent portion. The controller is further configured to detect an occupancy of the vehicle and charge the luminescent portion by periodically outputting the activation emission. The controller determines the periodicity of the output based on the occupancy. |
| US10064253B2 |
Method for controlling information apparatus and computer-readable recording medium
A method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen which specifies each of two or more illumination devices including a first illumination device; when selection of the first illumination device is detected, display a first room screen, either with brightness not lower than predetermined brightness or with brightness lower than the predetermined brightness; output to the network a first control command for turning off power of the first illumination device when selection inside a region of the first room screen is detected while the first room screen is being displayed with brightness not lower than the predetermined brightness; and output to the network a second control command for turning on power of the first illumination device when selection inside the region is detected while the first room screen is being displayed with brightness lower than the predetermined brightness. |
| US10064252B2 |
Organic EL display unit, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
An organic EL display unit includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display layer, and a sealing section. The display layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display layer includes an organic layer. The sealing section is provided continuously from an end surface of the display layer to at least a portion of respective end surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate. |
| US10064251B2 |
Updatable lighting fixtures and related components
Systems and methods related to lighting fixtures for solid-state light sources are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lighting fixture includes a driver module and a communications module. The driver module is configured to execute driver program code, which causes the driver module to generate a drive output that drives one or more solid-state light sources. To provide updates, the communications module is configured to receive updated driver program code from a remote device and send the updated driver program code to the driver module. The driver module is configured to erase the driver program code and write the updated driver program code received from the communications module to memory. In this manner, updates can be provided to the lighting fixture without having to remove the lighting fixture from a support structure. |
| US10064249B2 |
Converter for light sources
The invention relates to a converter for light sources, comprising an LLC resonant circuit, from the secondary side of which light sources, e.g. an LED path, can be energized; the LLC resonant circuit includes a half-bridge circuit with two series-connected switches that are triggered by a control circuit, and further includes a resonant circuit that is energized from a central point between the two switches, as well as a transformer which is supplied with AC voltage from an output of the resonant circuit and on the secondary side of which two separate current paths for the two polarities of the AC voltage are provided; a detection circuit is provided which detects a signal representing currents in the two current paths and/or the ratio between the two currents, and the control circuit adjusts the timing of the two switches of the half-bridge circuit in accordance with the signal detected by the detection circuit. |
| US10064247B2 |
Methods of controlling cooling in a microwave heating apparatus and apparatus thereof
A microwave heating apparatus and methods of controlling cooling of a microwave heating apparatus are provided. The microwave heating apparatus typically includes a microwave source for generating microwaves, a cooling unit for cooling the microwave source and a control unit. According to one embodiment, the control unit is configured to determine the efficiency of the microwave source and then to control the cooling based on the determined efficiency. The methods and the microwave heating apparatuses of the present invention are advantageous with respect to energy consumption. |
| US10064246B2 |
Induction cook-top apparatus
An induction stove assembly that utilizes pads between the cook-top of the stove and cooking vessels placed on the stove for heating. The pads are easily removable and interchangeable with other similar pads. The pads help protect the cook-top from damage, make clean-up more efficient, and insulate the cook-top from excessive heating. |
| US10064245B2 |
Joining device and joining method
A joining device for connecting a metal member and a resign member with a metal fastener including a penetrating tip comprises: a cylindrical nosepiece; a high frequency electromagnetic induction coil around the nosepiece; an electrode punch for pressing the fastener into the resign member; a electronic chopper for producing a high frequency current; a high frequency power supply for supplying an induction current to the induction coil; a welding power supply for supplying a welding current between the electrode punch and the metal member; a contact detector for sensing when the fastener tip touches the metal member; and a switching unit for automatically switching from the induction current to the welding current when the contact detector senses that the tip has contacted the metal member. |
| US10064243B2 |
Heat mat with thermostatic control
A heating pad with a thermostatic control circuit coupled to a resistance heating element. The resistance heating element and an acrylic based polymer adhesive are glued between polyester film layers. The film layers and heating element are contained with a plastic sleeve. The thickness and properties of the polyester film and adhesive forms a fuse. The adhesive delaminates the polyester film at excessive temperatures causing the resistance heating element to sever thereby creating an open circuit that halts operation of the heating pad. The thermostatic control circuit includes a hysteresis circuit that compares analog signals across two thin film resistors to provide a control signal to a power controller to selectively vary the power output to the heating element. The thermostatic control circuit is an integrated circuit board disposed within the fused plastic sleeve. |
| US10064237B2 |
Communication apparatus, and layer 2 state control method
A communication apparatus including a function configured to perform data transmission by multicasting to a plurality of apparatuses by radio communication, including: a request reception unit configured to receive a join request from an apparatus that desires multicast data reception from the communication apparatus; a match control unit configured to perform control for matching values of a state variable of layer 2 in the radio communication between the communication apparatus and the apparatus that transmits the join request in response to receiving the join request by the request reception unit. |
| US10064234B2 |
Electronic device and operating method using bluetooth
A Bluetooth pairing method in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a change of a switching state of a switch of the electronic device, selecting a Bluetooth Device (BD) address according to the changed switching state among a plurality of stored BD addresses, and applying the selected BD address to a Bluetooth pairing. The method can facilitate Bluetooth pairing to selectable types of host devices. |
| US10064232B2 |
Non-transitory computer readable storage medium for terminal device
A terminal device may: shift an operating state of the terminal device from a non-parent station state to a parent station state so as to form a wireless network if a predetermined trigger instruction is given; establish a wireless connection with the first communication device, in a case where a first communication link is established with a first communication device; send predetermined setting information to the first communication device; establish a wireless connection with the second communication device in a case where a second communication link is established with a second communication device; and send the predetermined setting information to the second communication device. |
| US10064231B2 |
Communication apparatus
A communication apparatus may establish a first wireless connection with a terminal apparatus by using first wireless information under a state where the communication apparatus operates in the first operation mode, and receive setting information by using the first wireless connection so as to store the setting information in a setting area. The communication apparatus may establish a second wireless connection with the terminal apparatus by using second wireless information under a state where the communication apparatus operates in a second operation mode, store the second wireless information in a connection history area, and re-establish the second wireless connection with the terminal apparatus by using the second wireless information stored in the connection history area under a state where the communication apparatus operates in the second operation mode after the second wireless connection has been disconnected. |
| US10064229B2 |
Device-to-device communication method and mobile device using the same
There are provided a device-to-device communication method, a mobile device using the same, and a device-to-device communication control method. The device-to-device communication method according to the invention may include receiving device-to-device communication resource allocation information and transmission characteristics information for device-to-device communication from a base station, and performing direct communication with an opposite terminal using the transmission characteristics information for device-to-device communication and the device-to-device communication resource allocation information, in which the transmission characteristics information includes the number of redundancy versions to be transmitted within at least one consecutive transmission time interval (TTI). |
| US10064226B2 |
Mobile radio communication devices, mobile radio communication networks, and methods for controlling the same
A mobile radio communication device is described configured to operate in a first communication state and in a second communication state. The mobile radio communication device includes: a transmitter configured to transmit data to a mobile radio communication network when the mobile radio communication device is in a first communication state in which the mobile radio communication device is in a connection with a cell of the mobile radio communication network; a memory configured to store information based on the transmitted data; a cell determination circuit configured to determine a cell of a mobile radio communication network as a connection candidate based on the stored information; and a connection request circuit configured to request connection with the determined cell when the mobile radio communication device is in a second communication state in which the mobile radio communication device seeks a connection with a cell of a mobile radio communication network. |
| US10064224B2 |
Method and system for establishing wireless fidelity direct (WFD) connection in a WFD network environment
A method and system for establishing a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Direct (WFD) connection between Wi-Fi devices are provided. The method includes transmitting, by a source Wi-Fi device, a probe request frame indicating a first set of parameters through a pre-defined channel, wherein the first set of parameters comprises a persistence capability and persistence information; receiving a probe response frame indicating a second set of parameters from a destination Wi-Fi device, wherein the second set of parameters comprises discovery information associated with the destination Wi-Fi device; persistently storing the discovery information associated with the destination Wi-Fi device at the source Wi-Fi device; and establishing a WFD connection with the destination Wi-Fi device using the persistently stored discovery information. |
| US10064223B2 |
Apparatus and method for selecting D2D communication mode depending on signal interference
An apparatus and method select a Device (D2D) communication mode according to whether there is signal interference. A method of operating a Transmitting (Tx) terminal, linked to a Receiving (Rx) terminal, for performing D2D communication includes confirming that the terminal is included in at least any one of groups in which links are grouped according to a link priority, receiving a result of determining whether there is a signal interference caused by at least three in-group links from the Rx terminal, and selecting a communication mode for communicating with the Rx terminal according to whether the signal interference exists. |
| US10064214B2 |
Enhanced grant detection method
A method and system to reduce a probability of incorrect interruption of an uplink transmission of a wireless device are disclosed. According to one aspect, decoding of a sequence of bits obtained from a signal received by the wireless device is performed without knowing whether the sequence corresponds to one of a grant for uplink transmission and noise. Decoding of the sequence of bits is performed to determine a probability metric associated with a first m bits of the sequence, where m is an integer greater than 1. The probability metric is compared to a threshold. The received signal is interpreted as having a grant sequence if the probability metric is greater than the threshold. The received signal is interpreted as noise if the probability metric is not greater than the threshold. |
| US10064213B2 |
Method and network node for pre-scheduling grant transmission
A pre-scheduling grant transmission method performed by a network node includes issuing a first sequence of pre-scheduling grants to provide a UE with reserved resources for uplink data packet transmission from a send buffer of the UE, collecting data relating to at least transmitted uplink traffic initiated by the first pre-scheduling grants to obtain a data set providing a statistical description of the traffic flow during the time period covered by the first sequence of pre-scheduling grants, predicting from the obtained data set the time when the next data packet arrives to the send buffer of the UE, and transmitting at least one pre-scheduling grant to the UE at a time in the vicinity of the predicted time, thereby providing the UE with timely resources for transmitting the data packet shortly after the packet has arrived at the UE send buffer. |
| US10064207B2 |
Scheduling of delay-sensitive traffic
Uplink traffic control device, method and computer program product to determine that predictive scheduling is to be applied for the mobile station. Thereafter an uplink transmission scheme is determined for the predictive scheduling. Thereafter, periodic messages comprising uplink transmission grants, according to the uplink transmission scheme, are sent to the mobile station, the messages further comprising a request for a downlink channel quality indicator (CQI) report. |
| US10064203B2 |
LPI/LPD communication systems
A first node in a wireless network retransmits a data signal. The node employs a precoder that generates transmit power values from a message to be transmitted and precodes the data signal with the transmit power values before the data signal is retransmitted. A second node receives the retransmitted signal. The second node uses a reference signal processor configured to determine the data signal and a decoder configured to remove the data signal from the received signal. The power values are estimated and processed to decode the information therefrom. |
| US10064201B2 |
Dynamical time division duplex uplink and downlink configuration in a communications network
A technology is disclosed for an evolved Node B (eNB). The eNB can determine a set of configuration indication fields numbered 1 to N, included in a downlink control information (DCI) format Y carried on the PDCCH, where N = ⌊ L format Y M ⌋ , Lformat Y is equal to a payload size of the DCI format Y, and M is a number of bits of each indication field. The eNB can map the DCI format Y onto the PDCCH. The eNB can encode for transmission from to the UE the PDCCH with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by an enhanced interference mitigation and traffic adaptation (eIMTA) Radio-Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for the UE. |
| US10064199B2 |
Techniques for system information block (SIB) management using SIB resource block allocation and physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) data resource block blanking
Aspects of system information block (SIB) management during wireless communication include assigning a cell controlled by a network entity to a cell group based on at least one interference parameter of the cell, wherein the cell group is one of a plurality of cell groups into which each cell in the wireless network is assigned based on a respective interference parameter of each cell. The SIB management further includes identifying, within a subframe, one or more SIB resource blocks (RBs) in which a SIB transmission is scheduled for other cells in the cell group. In addition, the SIB management includes halting, at the network entity, one or more non-SIB RB transmissions of the cell in the identified one or more SIB RBs in the subframe in which the SIB transmission is scheduled for the other cells in the cell group. |
| US10064197B2 |
Network assisted interference suppression
The exemplary embodiments provide at least a method for receiving from a serving access node information of communications of at least one other access node, the information comprising interference conditions of at least one distributed enhanced physical downlink control channel set used by the at least one other access node, and the communications comprising transmissions from two or more antenna ports of the at least one other access node, estimating different interference conditions with respect to communications from different antenna ports of the two or more antenna ports based on the information; and using an enhanced receiver based on the estimated at least two different interference conditions. Further, the exemplary embodiments provide at least determining by a serving access node information of interference conditions of at least one distributed enhanced physical downlink control channel set used by at least one other access node; and sending towards user equipment the information. |
| US10064191B2 |
Transmit power control in multicarrier communications
Methods and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. Cells may be grouped into a plurality of cell groups. A wireless device may transmit a plurality of preambles. The wireless device may also transmit a packet using a transmission power that is based on a power ramp-up of the preambles. |
| US10064188B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for radio resource management
A radio resource allocation method in a communication node is disclosed. The method comprises determining that a first time reference has a time shift compared to a second time reference. The method further comprises determining a duration of a communication sub-frame based on the time shift, and scheduling the determined communication sub-frame on a first component carrier to a first communication device. Corresponding computer program product, arrangement, communication node and first communication device are also disclosed. |
| US10064182B2 |
Radio communication method, terminal, and base station
A radio communication method including: storing each of a plurality of associations between each resource size and each data size by a terminal, each data size indicating each size of data capable of being transmitted using an associated resource size, receiving specified data, first control information, and second control information from a base station by the terminal, the specified data being mapped across a plurality of radio resources, each of the plurality of radio resources having each specified frequency bandwidth and each specified time period, the first control information indicating the number of the plurality of radio resources, the second control information indicating an individual resource size allocated for the specified data in each of the plurality of radio resources, obtaining a total data size of the specified data by the terminal based on the first control information, the second control information, and the plurality of associations. |
| US10064175B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling in-device co-existence interference in a wireless communication environment
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus of handling in-device co-existence interference in a wireless communication environment. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting in-device co-existence interference between a LTE module and an ISM module in user equipment. The method further includes identifying subframes and corresponding HARQ processes in a set of subframes allocated to the LTE module which are affected by the ISM module operation. Additionally, the method includes reserving the remaining subframes and corresponding HARQ processes in the set of subframes for the LTE module operation. Furthermore, the method includes indicating to a base station that the remaining subframes and the corresponding HARQ processes are reserved for the LTE module operation to resolve the in-device co-existence interference. Moreover, the method includes receiving scheduling pattern indicating subframes and corresponding HARQ processes reserved for the LTE operation or derived DRX parameters from the base station based on the indication. |
| US10064172B2 |
Control channel resource transmission method, user equipment and base station
Embodiments of the present invention provide a control channel resource transmission method including: obtaining, by a user equipment, a configuration parameter in a candidate control channel set according to a preset protocol and/or higher-layer signaling sent by a base station, where the higher-layer signaling is used to notify the configuration parameter; determining an antenna port according to the obtained configuration parameter; receiving, by using the antenna port, a control channel or a control channel element sent by the base station; and determining, by the base station, the antenna port according to the same configuration parameter as that of the user equipment, and sending, by using the antenna port, the control channel or the control channel element to the user equipment. The embodiments of the present invention are applicable to control channel resource transmission. |
| US10064171B2 |
User equipment, base station apparatus, integrated circuit, and communication method
A user equipment includes a reception unit that receives first information indicating a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), second information, plural pieces of third information, and fourth information. The second information indicates a subframe in which the user equipment monitors a physical downlink control channel with the RNTI. Each of the plural pieces of third information indicates an uplink-downlink configuration which is transmitted on the physical downlink control channel with the RNTI. The fourth information is used for determining an index of third information for a serving cell among the plural pieces of third information. In a case where the fourth information is configured for any of activated serving cells, the reception unit monitors the physical downlink control channel with the RNTI, in a common search space for a primary cell, in the subframe for monitoring the physical downlink control channel with the RNTI. |
| US10064168B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control information
A method is provided for transmitting uplink control information at a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a Primary Cell (PCell) and a Secondary Cell (SCell) in a wireless communication system operating in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode. The communication apparatus receives one or more downlink signals requiring Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback in a set of subframes. The communication apparatus transmits reception response information about the one or more downlink signals on a subframe configured for Scheduling Request (SR) transmission using one of a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) resources. The PUCCH resources include a HARQ PUCCH resource and a SR PUCCH resource. |
| US10064166B1 |
Management of channel state information reporting rate in a communications system
According to aspects of the disclosure, a method and system are provided for managing signaling in a wireless communication network. In accordance with the disclosure, a base station serves a plurality of user equipment devices (UEs) via an air interface extending between the base station and the UEs. The base station also receives, on an uplink of the air interface, a report from each UE indicating channel state information (CSI). The base station periodically receives the report from each UE according to a CSI reporting rate specified by the base station for the UE. The base station may determine that a level of loading on the uplink is greater than a threshold load value. Responsive to such determination, the base station selects a subset of the plurality of UEs and reduces the CSI reporting rate for the selected subset of the plurality of UEs to reduce congestion on the uplink. |
| US10064164B2 |
Radio access technology with non-continuous and periodic PUSCH transmission
In some embodiments, a user equipment (UE) and base station implement improved communication methods which enable a UE that is peak current limited to perform UL transmissions which are consistent with the UL timeline. Embodiments are also presented which enable a UE that is peak current limited to utilize a new form of distributed TTI (transmit time interval) bundling for improved uplink communication performance. In performing “distributed” TTI bundling, the UE may transmit a plurality of redundancy versions of first information to the base station, wherein the plurality of redundancy versions are transmitted in non-consecutive sub-frames with a periodicity of X ms. After the plurality of redundancy versions of first information are transmitted to the base station, the base station may provide a single acknowledge/negative acknowledge (ACK/NACK) to the UE. A method for dynamically generating and using a bundle size for TTI bundling is also disclosed. |
| US10064160B2 |
Techniques for providing WLAN identifier lists to terminal devices
Techniques for providing WLAN identifier lists to terminal devices There is provided a method of operating a network node in a cellular communications network, the method comprising obtaining a list of wireless local area network, WLAN, identifiers that are to be considered by terminal devices in the cellular communications network when the terminal devices perform a access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure with respect to the cellular communications network and one or more WLANs; and dividing the list into a plurality of segments that are to be separately broadcast to the terminal devices in a broadcast channel. |
| US10064158B2 |
Location aware mobile device
One or more location-based clients can be activated on a mobile device for providing location-based services. The location-based clients can be provided with information (e.g., presets, defaults) related to the current location and/or mode of the mobile device. The information can be obtained from one or more network resources. In some implementations, a number of location-based clients can run concurrently on the mobile device and share information. |
| US10064151B2 |
Head unit of vehicle, method for controlling the head unit, and transmission/reception synchronization system between heterogeneous devices
A head unit of a vehicle may include an antenna, a combo module supporting first communication and second communication using the same frequency through the antenna, and a controller for controlling the combo module to be switched to one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode. If the head unit is connected to an external device including a combo module supporting the first communication and the second communication simultaneously in the first communication mode and the second communication mode, the controller may synchronize a cycle of a first communication window and a second communication window with the external device. As such, device stability and efficiency may be improved. |
| US10064149B1 |
Cloud based wireless network
A synchronization technique for cloud radio access network (cloud RAN) to synchronize the cloud and remote radio units. The connection between cloud and remote radios is Ethernet and IEEE1588 is used to provide synchronization between baseband residing in the cloud and remote radios. |
| US10064148B2 |
Ultra-wide band positioning system
Embodiments provided herein are directed to an ultra-wide broadband system configured to produce positioning estimates for a user device. To ensure the high quality of this positioning service, the ultra-wide broadband system is configured to prevent signal collision, and eliminate the need for inconvenient cable connections for base station deployment. Further, the one way communication nature of the ultra-wide broadband system enables low power operation of the user device. |
| US10064146B2 |
Method and system for supplementary services synchronization across networks
A system, method, and network node for synchronizing supplementary services settings between a database in a circuit-switched network and a database in a packet-switched network are disclosed. An exemplary communication system synchronization node is configured to receive a message containing a change to a supplementary service setting associated with a user equipment (UE) connected to a circuit-switched (CS) network or a packet-switched (PS) network, and communicate the change to the supplementary service setting to one or both of the HLR and the HSS, so that the supplementary service settings in both the HLR and the HSS are updated to reflect the change to the supplementary service setting. |
| US10064144B2 |
Use of correlation combination to achieve channel detection
Combinations of correlation results are used to achieve detection of multiple coded signals at a receiver in a wireless communications system. The code applied to signals includes a lower rate code and a higher rate code. The lower rate code is a nested or tiered code such that it comprises at least two code sequences of the higher rate code. The received coded signal is correlated with the higher rate code using a single higher rate correlator to provide a higher rate code correlation result. The higher rate code correlation results are fed to two or more lower rate code correlators that combine multiple higher rate code-correlation results, each using a different lower rate code, to provide corresponding lower rate code correlation results. The presence of at least one coded signal or mutually exclusive coded signals can be determined from the lower rate code correlation results. |
| US10064142B2 |
User apparatus and uplink transmission power information transmission method
A user apparatus in a mobile communication system including a first base station and a second base station that perform communication with the user apparatus by inter-base station carrier aggregation, including: a transmission trigger detection unit configured to detect a transmission trigger for transmitting uplink transmission power information in the user apparatus to the first base station or to the second base station; and an uplink transmission power information transmission unit configured to transmit the uplink transmission power information to the first base station or to the second base station based on a transmission trigger detected by the transmission trigger detection unit. |
| US10064139B2 |
Context-assisted thermal management scheme in a portable device
Described herein are technologies related to an implementation of a thermal management scheme in a device. Particularly, a look up table or LUT is configured to include a data set of information (e.g., user-profile data, network-profile data) and a corresponding recommended thermal throttling mode. During regular device operation, conditions internal/external to the device is detected and the corresponding thermal throttling mode (from the LUT) is applied. In certain implementations, optimization algorithms are used in place of the LUT. |
| US10064135B2 |
Mobile station, core network node, base station subsystem, and methods for implementing longer paging cycles in a cellular network
A mobile station, a core network node, a base station subsystem, and various methods are described herein for implementing longer paging cycles (longer Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode) in a cellular network which has a benefit of reducing the energy consumption of the mobile station's battery. |
| US10064134B2 |
System information processing method and apparatus, and communications system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system information processing method. The method in the present invention includes: receiving a first synchronization signal; and identifying whether configuration information of the first synchronization signal is configured as an indication for a system information change; and if it is identified that the configuration information of the first synchronization signal is configured as the indication for a system information change, receiving broadcast system information; and updating a mapping relationship between a current synchronization signal and the system information according to the first synchronization signal and the received broadcast system information. The embodiments of the present invention may effectively reduce power consumption of UE and implement that the UE may quickly learn that the system information changes in a case of low power consumption. |
| US10064133B2 |
Radio communication system
A radio communication system comprises a radio transmitter (2), and a radio receiver (12) configured to receive radio transmissions from the transmitter. The transmitter (2) uses a transmitter clock signal to transmit a succession of connection-event data packets (22a′, 22b′, 22c′) according to a predetermined schedule. The receiver (12) enters a sleep state between receiving successive connection-event data packets from the transmitter (2), in which it does not receive and process radio transmissions from the transmitter. It uses a receiver clock signal to determine when a predetermined number of receiver clock cycles has elapsed after receiving one of the connection-event data packets (22b′), and then enters a ready state. The predetermined number of receiver clock cycles is the number of receiver clock cycles (34a) that elapsed between the respective receipts of two of the connection-event data packets (22a′, 22b′) received by the receiver (12) minus a correction factor (38). |
| US10064131B2 |
Radio communication device and radio communication method
According to one embodiment, a radio communication device 1 includes a variable frequency divider 17 that divides a frequency of a reference clock REFCLK and outputs a frequency divided clock DCLK; a controller 15 that controls a frequency dividing ratio of the variable frequency divider 17 so that an integral multiple of a frequency of the frequency divided clock DCLK is not included in a frequency band of a high-frequency signal that has been received from outside by radio; and a DCDC converter 18 that performs a switching operation in synchronization with the frequency divided clock DCLK to generate an output voltage Vout obtained by stepping down an input voltage Vin. |
| US10064128B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing priority based cell reselection
A method and an apparatus for priority based inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) cell reselection are provided. In the existing algorithm for priority based inter-RAT cell reselection, an inter-RAT cell whose signal strength is above a preset threshold for a given duration is considered as satisfying the cell reselection criteria and may become a candidate for cell reselection. In this case, among those cells whose signal strength is above the preset threshold, a cell that does not have the highest priority may be selected. To address the above problem, the reference time duration for cell reselection may be changed. The enhanced cell reselection algorithm selects a cell having the highest priority among cells whose signal strength is above a preset threshold. Hence, it is possible to prevent repetition of unnecessary cell reselection. |
| US10064127B2 |
Automated service provider network selection using a wireless air-time auction
A system is configured to store user preferences relating to selection of a network, from a group of networks, via which to establish a connection, where the user preferences includes information for selecting the network based on rates and information for selecting the network based on signal strength or quality levels; receive, from a server device that communicates with the group of networks, a set of rates associated with use of the group of networks; detect signals transmitted by the group of networks; determine, for the group of networks, signal strength or quality levels associated with the signals transmitted by the group of networks; select a particular network, of the group of networks, based on the user preferences, the set of rates, and the signal strength or quality levels; and establish a connection via the particular network. |
| US10064119B2 |
Attenuation device in transmitter system
An attenuation device inclusive of radio frequency (RF) absorber materials to reduce signal power in transmission systems involved in short range communication systems is described. The attenuation device is placed between a radio transmitter and an antenna in a transmission system. The attenuation device may be coated with protective material, and may have small dimensions such that the organization and dimensions of the transmission system are not significantly modified. The attenuation device reduces the power of a signal to be transmitted to a receiver, and has a good return loss indicative of a relatively low mismatch with the antenna. |
| US10064118B2 |
Method for operating communication function and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device can provide a communication function on the basis of at least one network among a plurality of networks, and a method for operating a communication function thereof. The electronic device includes at least one communication module that can provide a communication function based on a plurality of networks. The electronic device includes an Radio Interface Layer (RIL) module that can support a processing of data transmitted and received through at least one communication module of the communication modules. The electronic device includes a virtual communication module can support a processing of data transmitted and received through at least one communication module of the communication modules and can perform data processes through the RIL module, wherein the RIL module can form a path with the communication modules, or can form a path with the communication modules through the virtual communication module according to the type of communication function. |
| US10064114B2 |
Intelligent heterogeneous wireless handoff
Provided are methods and systems of managing vertical handoffs in a wireless communication network. Embodiments include analyzing wireless device usage to determine usage patterns, which may include locations and times at which the wireless device is typically accessing the network. The network may recognize points in the usage patterns at which signal quality parameters are typically reduced. Such reductions in signal quality parameters may lead to inefficient vertical handoffs. The network may decrease adverse effects of inefficient vertical handoffs by reducing ping ponging, selecting links between wireless devices and network nodes, or indicating to a user of the wireless device that delays and/or data loss may occur. |
| US10064112B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for switching between radio access technologies
A user equipment (“UE”) connected to a first network that performs methods including receiving a page from the first network indicating an incoming voice call, when it is determined the voice call was not successfully connected, incrementing a value of a counter and when the value satisfies the threshold, switching from the first network to a second network. Another method includes originating a voice call via the first network, when it is determined the voice call was not successfully connected, opening a socket connection with the first network and attempting to re-originate the voice call via the first network. Another method includes determining whether the UE has switched a connection from a first network to a second network and when it is determined that the UE has switched the connection to the second network, initiating an action by the UE. |
| US10064109B2 |
Method for adapting cell change time in a multi-cell wireless communication network
A method and system for performing cell change by a wireless device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the cell change is from a first group of cells of a first radio access technology, RAT, to a second group of cells of a second RAT. Performance of a cell change includes receiving a cell change command. In response to the cell change command, the wireless device synchronizes to interoperate with a first cell of the second group of cells of the second RAT within a first specified period of time. The wireless device synchronizes to interoperate with at least one remaining cell of the second group of cells of the second RAT within a second specified period of time ending after an end of the first specified period of time. |
| US10064105B2 |
Predictive roaming between subnets
A network device of a subnet determines predictive roaming information for a wireless client. Predictive roaming information can identify the wireless client and a home network subnet of the wireless client. The network device provides predictive roaming information associated with a wireless client to neighboring subnets. Neighboring subnets store received predictive roaming information, and use the predictive roaming information if the wireless client roams to them. |
| US10064104B2 |
Method and system for reserving resources in mobile communication system
The present invention relates to a resource reservation method and system for reserving resources in a mobile multimedia system, and the method of the present invention comprises: a resource request step in which a terminal, which has negotiated communication conditions with another terminal, transmits a PDP context activation request message for reserving resources according to the communication conditions to a serving GPRS support node (SGSN); and a response step in which the SGSN transmits a response message including information on a determined QoS level to the terminal. |
| US10064102B2 |
User terminal, radio base station and radio communication method
The present invention is designed so that, even when a user terminal connects with a plurality of radio base stations by employing dual connectivity (DC), the deterioration of uplink communication quality can be reduced. A user terminal communicates with a first radio base station that configures a first cell group and a second radio base station that configures a second cell group, by using dual connectivity, and has a transmission section that transmits an UL signal and/or a UL channel that includes an SRS to each cell group, and a control section that controls the transmission power of the UL signal and/or the UL channel for each cell group, and the control section controls the transmission power of the UL signal and/or the UL channel for each cell group based on the guaranteed power that is configured in at least one of the cell groups. |
| US10064100B2 |
Data transmission using different transmission technologies
Methods and coordination units are provided which partition data transmission between a first network entity and a second network entity between at least two communication channels which employ different technologies. |
| US10064097B2 |
Interface shaping for virtual interfaces
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for allocating bandwidth on a physical wireless interface. The method includes configuring a first virtual interface and a second virtual interface on the physical wireless interface. A requirement associated with the first virtual interface is monitored and one or more time slots are allocated to the first virtual interface in accordance with the requirement. |
| US10064096B2 |
Traffic distribution in heterogenous network environment
The disclosure is related to a method for distributing data traffic of a wireless local area network (WLAN) in a WLAN access network while providing service continuity and internet protocol (IP) mobility in a heterogeneous network environment. The method may include receiving data traffic generated by user equipment and from a wireless local area network, selecting one of a first data path and a second data path for the received data traffic based on path decision information associated with the received data traffic, and transmitting the data traffic to Internet through the selected data path. The first data path may transmit the data traffic to Internet through a packet data network (PDN) gateway and the second data path may transmit the data traffic to Internet without passing through the PDN gateway. |
| US10064084B1 |
System, method, and computer program for performing mobile network related tasks based on performance data acquired by an unmanned vehicle
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing mobile network related tasks based on performance data acquired by an unmanned vehicle. In use, mobile device performance data associated with a geographical area is received, the mobile device performance data being acquired by one or more unmanned vehicles accessing the geographical area. Additionally, the received mobile device performance data associated with the geographical area is analyzed. Further, one or more mobile network related tasks corresponding to the geographical area are performed based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data associated with the geographical area. |
| US10064082B2 |
Method and apparatus for limiting transmission of in-device coexistence indication message in wireless communication system
A user equipment (UE) and method are provided for transmitting an in-device coexistence (IDC) indication message in a wireless communication system. The UE receives a configuration message including an IDC indication from a base station. The UE transmits an IDC indication message to the base station if the UE determines that the IDC indication contains specific information. The specific information comprises an activation bit. The presence of the activation bit in the configuration message represents permission for the UE to transmit the IDC indication message. The IDC indication message includes frequency division multiplexing (FDM) assistant information. The FDM assistant information includes information on an unusable frequency in which interference from a long-term evolution (LTE) module in the UE to other coexisting technology modules in the UE or interference from other coexisting technology modules in the UE to the LTE module in the UE is expected. |
| US10064079B2 |
Handling signal quality measurements in a wireless communication network
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for handling signal quality measurements by a wireless device in a wireless network environment, particularly in a coordinated transmission environment. An apparatus may include computer-readable media having instructions and one or more processors coupled with the media and configured to execute the instructions to generate a power parameter corresponding to a power adjustment associated with a reference signal, provide the reference signal generated based in part on the generated power parameter to a wireless device, and provide the power parameter to transmission points operating in the coordinated transmission environment. Each of the transmission points may be configured to communicate the power parameter to the wireless device, and the wireless device may be configured to determine, based at least in part on the power parameter, a power characteristics associated with a channel in which the reference signal is provided. |
| US10064077B2 |
FTM protocol with angle of arrival and angle of departure
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for performing ranging operations between a first device and a second device. The first device may receive, from the second device, a fine timing measurement (FTM) request frame including a request to estimate angle information for a number of frames exchanged with the second device and indicating a level of accuracy for the estimated angle information. The first device may transmit a first FTM frame to the second device, may receive an acknowledgement (ACK) frame from the second device, and may transmit, to the second device, a second FTM frame including angle information of the first FTM frame and timing information of one or more of the exchanged frames. |
| US10064075B2 |
Mobile communication terminal test device and mobile communication terminal test method
A mobile communication terminal test device communicates with a mobile communication terminal to perform a test operation. The test device comprises a display unit, a test engine unit that determines a test procedure to be executed as part of the test operation and communicates the test procedure to a test execution unit which executes the test procedure and returns an outcome of the test procedure execution to the test engine unit, and a display control unit that displays a screen indicating a hierarchical trace of executed test procedures and their outcomes, on the display unit. |
| US10064074B1 |
Methods of operating and implementing wireless communications systems
Computerized wireless transmitter/receiver system that automatically uses combinations of various methods, including transmitting data symbols by weighing or modulating a family of time shifted and frequency shifted waveforms bursts, pilot symbol methods, error detection methods, MIMO methods, and other methods, to automatically determine the structure of a data channel, and automatically compensate for signal distortions caused by various structural aspects of the data channel, as well as changes in channel structure. Often the data channel is a two or three dimensional space in which various wireless transmitters, receivers and signal reflectors are moving. The invention's modulation methods detect locations and speeds of various reflectors and other channel impairments. Error detection schemes, variation of modulation methods, and MIMO techniques further detect and compensate for impairments. The invention can automatically optimize its operational parameters, and produce a deterministic non-fading signal in environments in which other methods would likely degrade. |
| US10064073B2 |
Optimizing bandwidth of cognitive radios
The present invention provides a computer implemented method, system, and computer program product of optimizing bandwidth of cognitive radios (CRs). In an embodiment, the present invention includes monitoring use of channels of digital wireless spectrum by at least one primary user communications device (PU device), resulting in PU activity data describing the use, using a digital wireless spectrum channel with a lowest usage by the at least one PU device as indicated by the PU activity data, detecting when the at least one PU device begins to use at least one digital wireless spectrum channel, calculating TCP connection data describing a plurality of TCP connections in light of TCP connection parameter data, and performing a network congestion-avoidance algorithm using the calculated TCP connection data, resulting in digital wireless transmission characteristics for at least one of the plurality of TCP connections that are optimized for at least one CR device. |
| US10064072B2 |
Radio access networks
Among other things, a communication system comprising remote units and a controller is described. The remote units exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with mobile devices. At least some of the RF signals comprise information destined for, or originating from, a mobile device. The controller comprises one or more modems and is connected to an external network. At least one of the modems is a baseband modem and is configured to pass first data corresponding to the information. The controller is separated from the remote units by an intermediate network over which second data corresponding to the information is carried in frames between the controller and the remote units. The second data comprises baseband data and at least some of the baseband data is compressed in a frequency domain. The remote units and the controller are configured to compress the baseband data for transmission over the intermediate network. |
| US10064070B2 |
System and method for maintaining communications over a coverage area
A communications system includes radio frequency equipment configured to generate RF beams from a high altitude communications platform providing communications coverage over a coverage area, a beamformer configured to apply beam weights to the RF beams to divide the coverage area into service areas arranged in a frequency reuse ground pattern, and a processor configured to adjust the beam weights to compensate for beam displacements resulting from motion of the high altitude communications platform along a flight path, and interchange the RF beams to maintain the frequency reuse ground pattern throughout the flight path. |
| US10064068B2 |
Providing secondary coverage in a mobile communication system
Example methods, apparatus, articles of manufacture and systems for providing secondary coverage in a mobile communication system are disclosed. Example methods for a first device to provide secondary coverage in a mobile communication system include transmitting a secondary coverage signal and receiving a presence indication from a second device. Such example methods can also include reporting the presence indication to an access node of the mobile communication system. Such example methods can further include receiving information from the access node to enable relay node functionality in the first device in response to reporting the presence indication to the access node. |
| US10064064B2 |
LTE-U communication devices and methods for aperiodic beacon and reference signal transmission
An enhanced NodeB (eNB), user equipment (UE) and method of communicating using Long Term Evolution (LTE) licensed and unlicensed bands are generally described herein. The eNB may transmit a trigger signal to the UE. The trigger signal may be transmitted in the LTE unlicensed or licensed band and inform the UE of transmission of a reference signal from the eNB to the UE in the unlicensed band. The trigger signal may correspond to a single reference signal transmission or multiple periodic or consecutive reference signal transmissions. The trigger signal or a separate trigger signal may be used to inform the UE of a data transmission. The trigger signal may be transmitted at any point prior to or in the same subframe as the reference signal and the reference signal may be transmitted before, after or in the same subframe as the data. |
| US10064063B2 |
Method and apparatus for authenticating digital information
An apparatus and method for authenticating digital data is described. The method comprises generating the digital data with a radio device that operates on a narrowband channel and associating metadata to the digital data, the metadata being unique to the digital data. Further, a predefined function is applied to both the digital data and the associated metadata to generate an authentication key, and the authentication key is transmitted for storage at a remote server via the narrowband channel. The digital data is then authenticated using the stored authentication key. |
| US10064062B2 |
System and method for automatically and securely registering an internet of things device
A mechanism for automatically registering Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to an end-user account of an Internet-based resource, using a gateway that the end-user previously registered to the account. Various security alternatives are described that help avoid masquerading and other attacks on the home network of the end-user. |
| US10064060B2 |
Fingerprint activation of a panic mode of operation for a mobile device
Fingerprint actuation is described for unlocking a mobile device and activating customized mobile device functions by using a fingerprint authentication technique. The mobile device uses a fingerprint sensor to authenticate a user for allowing secure access to certain mobile device functions or contents, and provides a utility in addition to unlocking the mobile device. This allows the user to control access to one or more mobile device functions concurrently with invoking fingerprint authentication in order to unlock the mobile device when the user presses a finger to the fingerprint sensor. The mobile device may be unlocked using a designated finger that activates a panic mode of operation, wherein personal data stored on the mobile device is not accessible or viewable to the user. In other implementations, the user may register particular fingerprints to be associated with different modes of operation and activate the different modes based on the particular fingerprints. |
| US10064059B1 |
Autonomous pairing of internet of things devices utilizing broadcast packets
An internet of things (IoT) device is disclosed. The IoT device comprising: one or more processors; a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which, when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: hopping, between one or more wireless network protocol frequency bands and one or more wireless network protocol broadcast channels, wherein the wireless network protocol broadcast channels utilizes one or more of a multicast broadcasting method, a unicast broadcasting method, and a broadcast broadcasting method; receiving, in response to the hopping, wireless network protocol packets from the one or more wireless network protocol frequency bands on the one or more wireless network protocol broadcast channels; detecting a wireless network protocol broadcast packet of interest from the wireless network protocol broadcast packets; extracting wireless network access credentials from the wireless network protocol broadcast packet of interest; and sending a request to access, to a local wireless access network utilizing the extracted wireless network access credentials. |
| US10064057B2 |
Secure fine timing measurement exchange
Techniques for providing a secure Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) exchange between two wireless transceivers are disclosed. An example of a method according to the disclosure include transmitting a protected FTM range request message with a Dialog Token of a FTM frame, receiving a protected FTM range report message from a station, wherein the protected FTM range report message includes FTM information, and authenticating the station based at least in part on the FTM information included in the protected FTM range report message. |
| US10064055B2 |
Security, fraud detection, and fraud mitigation in device-assisted services systems
Secure architectures and methods for improving the security of mobile devices are disclosed. Also disclosed are apparatuses and methods to detect and mitigate fraud in device-assisted services implementations. |
| US10064050B2 |
Mobile communication apparatus having anti-theft and auto-notification functions
A mobile communication apparatus comprises an anti-theft control circuit and a transmission control circuit. The anti-theft control circuit has an information management module and a security module. The information management module is used for storing a user personal database comprising at least one of a phonebook database, a schedule database, and an e-mail database. The transmission control circuit is used for transmitting data and/or signals. When the transmission control circuit receives a remote message, the security module examines whether the remote message is a predetermined legitimate remote control message; wherein if YES, the transmission control circuit sends out at least one record of the phonebook database, the schedule database, and the e-mail database to an electronic apparatus indicated by the remote message. |
| US10064046B2 |
Communication terminal and method for using a shared radio communication component
A communication terminal is described comprising a two SIMs, first components assigned to the first SIM and second components assigned to the second SIM and a shared component. A priority determiner determines, for each first component a priority of a function to be carried by the component using the shared component and determines an accumulated priority for the first SIM and determines for each second component a priority of a function to be carried by the component using the shared component and determines an accumulated priority for the second SIM and further comprises a controller configured to give access to the shared radio communication component based on the accumulated priorities. |
| US10064038B2 |
Methods and systems for automatically pairing headset to gaming audio source based on proximity
Methods and systems are provided for automatically pairing headset to gaming audio source based on proximity. A headset that is configurable to process audio may pair with a first audio basestation configured for communicating audio between the headset and a game console, the pairing comprising establishing one or more wireless links for communicating the audio between the first audio basestation and the headset, and pair with a second audio basestation, maintaining pairing with the first audio basestation after said pairing with the second audio basestation. The pairing may occur automatically when the headset comes within a certain distance of the first audio basestation or the second audio basestation. The distance may correspond to physical contact between the headset and the audio basestation. The physical contact may correspond to a tapping of the headset onto the audio basestation. |
| US10064030B2 |
Method of operating function and resource of electronic device
A function operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a first electronic device, information relating to a second electronic device; and deactivating at least one of a function or a component of the first electronic device based on the received information. A communication method of an electronic device is also provided. The method includes comparing, by a first electronic device including a first communication module, resource states of the first electronic device and a second electronic device including a second communication module; providing information relating to a state change of the second communication module based on at least the comparison result; and receiving a communication signal for the first electronic device or the second electronic device via the first communication module. |
| US10064028B1 |
System, method, and computer-readable medium for indirect routing of mobile-originated SMS messages for a mobile station attached with an IP-femtocell system
A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate indirect routing of mobile-originated short messages for a mobile station attached with a femtocell system are provided. A convergence server uses indirect routing for delivery of a short message. The MS may elect to use a traffic or paging channel for delivery of the short message. If the MS selects the traffic channel for delivery of the message and if there is no existing traffic channel, the MS may first attempt to establish a traffic channel. If an active traffic channel is already established between the mobile station and the femtocell system, the mobile station sends the message to the femtocell system which, in turn, forwards the message to the convergence server. If the MS elects to send the message over a paging channel, the MS sends the message along with authentication data to the femtocell system that first performs authentication and subsequently forwards the message to the convergence server which, in turn, forwards the short message to the home message center. |
| US10064025B2 |
Offline peer-assisted notification delivery
In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques for sending notification data to computing devices that are unable to receive the notification data from a central server. A server device may receive notification data for a notification account that is associated with a computing device and determine that the computing device is currently offline. The server device may then identify a group of one or more sharing devices and send a notification package to a sharing device of the group, wherein the notification package includes the notification data, an account identifier associated with the notification account, and a device identifier associated with the computing device. The sharing device may receive the notification package and, responsive to determining that a device identifier for the computing device matches the device identifier in the notification package, forward the notification data to the computing device. |
| US10064024B2 |
Cloud hosted multimedia file handling on mobile devices
A method for handling a cloud hosted multimedia file on mobile devices includes receiving a message with a link to multimedia file, extracting the link and determining an address of multimedia server, contacting the multimedia server to determine a file type and determining whether the file type is supported. |
| US10064021B1 |
Device and method for lower latency digital audio sample playback
A device and method for lower latency digital audio sample playback is provided. The device comprises: a hardware digital signal processor (DSP); higher and lower latency audio paths to the DSP; a kernel driver; a kernel random-access memory (RAM) including kernel RAM buffers accessible by the kernel driver; and a controller. The controller: prior to digital audio samples being used by an application, pre-loads, using the kernel driver, the samples at the kernel RAM buffers; responsive to a trigger in the application to play a given digital audio sample, determines, using a sample identifier of the given sample, whether the given sample is pre-loaded at the kernel RAM buffers; when the sample is pre-loaded, plays, using the DSP, the given sample via the lower latency path; and when the given digital audio sample is not pre-loaded, plays, using the DSP, the given sample via the higher latency path. |
| US10064020B2 |
Method and system for identity management across multiple planes
Embodiments herein provide a method for identity management across multiple planes. The method includes receiving, by a MCPTT server, a first request message to establish a call between a first MCPTT client and the one or more second MCPTT client from a signaling plane entity. The first request message includes an application plane identity of the one or more second MCPTT client. Further, the method includes translating, at the MCPTT server, the application plane identity of the one or more second MCPTT client to a signaling plane identity of the one or more second MCPTT client. Furthermore, the method includes sending, by the MCPTT server, the one or more second request message including the signaling plane identity of the one or more second MCPTT client to the second MCPTT client for establishing the call via the signaling plane entity. |
| US10064019B2 |
Single frequency network using Ethernet multicast
Various communication systems may benefit from an improved signaling protocol. For example, communication systems may benefit from an improved network support for a single frequency network transmission using an Ethernet switch. A method includes receiving a message at an access point in a single frequency network from a network entity through a data switch. The message comprises an indication of at least one of a downlink physical channel or an uplink physical channel. The method also includes transmitting a request for a signal characteristic through the at least one downlink physical channel to a user equipment. In addition, the method includes receiving the signal characteristic through the at least one uplink physical channel from the user equipment. Further, the method includes transmitting a response message through the data switch from the access point to the network entity indicating the signal characteristic. |
| US10064018B1 |
Initiating actions based on mobile device location
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for initiating actions based on mobile device location of a user. The method includes one or more processors determining that a user is within a defined proximity to a zone within a venue, based on monitoring a computing device of the user moving through the venue. The method further includes one or more processors identifying an action associated with the zone, where the action includes performing a function of the computing device of the user. The method further includes one or more processors initiating the identified action associated with the zone on the computing device of the user. |
| US10064015B2 |
Identification of selected mobile computing devices at a venue
A method for identifying a subset (41) out of a set (40) of mobile computing devices (10) at a venue (30) comprises broadcasting a trigger signal to the set of mobile computing devices at the venue, receiving the trigger signal by the mobile computing devices in the set, and rendering visual content on the displays of the mobile computing devices in the set after reception of the trigger signal. Subsequently those mobile computing devices that are not part of the subset are caused to stop rendering the visual content, while those mobile computing devices that are part of the subset continue to render the visual content. Finally only those mobile computing devices that belong to the subset remain rendering the visual content. |
| US10064014B2 |
Detecting location within a network
Systems and methods for detecting the presence of a body in a network without fiducial elements, using signal absorption, and signal forward and reflected backscatter of radio frequency (RF) waves caused by the presence of a biological mass in a communications network. |
| US10064010B2 |
Systems and methods for alerting a user to use an alternate device type to access a media asset
Systems and methods for a media guidance application that alerts a user to access the upcoming media asset on an output device of a second output device type, since the media asset will not be available through any output devices of a first output device type. For example, the media guidance application may determine that a user enjoys a media asset, but is too far from an output device of a first output device type (e.g., speakers) to view or listen to the media asset or that other nearby users do not enjoy the media asset. In these instances, the media guidance application may alert the user to use a different output device type to view and/or listen to the media asset (e.g., on a mobile phone). |
| US10064009B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligent audio output
Systems and methods for a media guidance application that adjusts output parameters of media assets delivered to output devices based on user preferences of users near the output devices. For example, the media guidance application may adjust the volume to be higher at a speaker near a first user who enjoys a particular media asset and lower at a speaker near a second user who dislikes the media asset. |
| US10064007B1 |
Cognitive geofence updates
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: examining data of breaches of a geofence by client computer devices to determine respective positions of the breaches; establishing an updated location for the geofence using the determined respective positions of the breaches; updating a location of the geofence so that the location of the geofence is the updated location; obtaining data of a client computer breach of the geofence at the updated location; and providing one or more output in response to the obtaining data of a client computer breach of the geofence at the updated location. |
| US10064005B2 |
Mobile device with configurable communication technology modes and geofences
Many machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and portable user devices have the ability to switch between cellular technology and satellite technology to ensure network connectivity. While the automatic handover is useful, there are situations where it is desirable to have greater control over the configuration of the communication modes of these devices. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention describe the ability to designate a prioritized list of communication modes, the ability to manually configure communication modes directly on the device, the ability to configure communication modes remotely over the air, and the ability to configure communication modes according to a geofence. |
| US10064003B2 |
Beacon-based geofencing
A mobile device can monitor a current location using a multi-tier approach. A baseband subsystem can monitor a coarse location of the mobile device using various course location parameters, such as a mobile country code (MCC), a location area code (LAC), or a cell identifier (cell ID), as the mobile device moves closer to the geographic region. Upon determining that the mobile device is in a cell that intersects the geographic region, the baseband subsystem can transfer the monitoring to the application subsystem. The task can be performed when the application subsystem determines that the mobile device is currently located in the geographic region. A beacon network can provide more accurate estimates of mobile device location and advertise location based services available to the mobile device. |
| US10063998B2 |
Mobile authentication in mobile virtual network
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for using mobile network authentication factors to authenticate a mobile device. |
| US10063997B2 |
Method and device for positioning user equipment
Positioning user equipment served by a base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a timing value used by the user equipment for timing adjustment of uplink signal transmission and a timing bias used for adjusting the timing value. The method also comprises adjusting the timing value based on the timing bias. The method further comprises determining the position of the user equipment based on the adjusted timing value, wherein the timing bias is associated with at least one difference between at least one timing value obtained from at least one previous user equipment served by the base station and at least one timing value obtained from the base station with respect to the at least one previous user equipment. By means of the method and device, the positioning of the user equipment can be accurately achieved and less overhead could be incurred. |
| US10063996B2 |
Methods and systems for providing geospatially-aware user-customizable virtual environments
Methods and systems are provided for generating and delivering data content to a mobile device using geospatially-aware virtual environments. A virtual environment management system generates a virtual environment based on a hybrid application having one or more functionality associated with an activation condition, and provides the virtual environment to the mobile device. The virtual environment management system then determines that a location of the mobile device satisfies the activation condition, and activates the one or more functionality for the virtual environment. |
| US10063990B1 |
Altering emoji to indicate sound will externally localize as binaural sound
A method alters an appearance of an emoji based on whether a listener is wearing headphones or earphones. During an electronic communication, an electronic device of the user receives the emoji and sound to play to the user. The electronic device determines whether the user is wearing headphones or earphones and alters an appearance of the emoji based on this determination so the user knows that the sound will externally localize as binaural sound. |
| US10063989B2 |
Virtual sound systems and methods
Provided are methods and systems for updating a sound field in response to user movement. The methods and systems are less computationally expensive than existing approaches for updating a sound field, and are also suitable for use with arbitrary loudspeaker configurations. The methods and systems provide a dynamic binaural sound field rendering realized with the use of “virtual loudspeakers.” Rather than loudspeaker signals being fed into the physical loudspeakers, the signals are instead filtered with left and right HRIRs (Head Related Impulse Response) corresponding to the spatial locations of these loudspeakers. The sums of the left and right ear signals are then fed into the audio output device of the user. |
| US10063988B2 |
Vehicle sound processing system
A vehicle sound processing system including an array of sensors, memory, and a processing unit. The array of sensors is configured to detect signals of an object located outside the vehicle. The memory is configured to store control instructions. The processing unit is connected to the array of sensors and configured to read the control instructions from the memory and to perform, based on the control instructions, the following steps: determining the location of the object outside the vehicle is based on the detected signals, generating a three-dimensional sound field inside the vehicle and a sound event representing the detected object is placed in the three-dimensional sound field at a virtual location in the three-dimensional sound field such that when the three-dimensional sound field with the sound event is output to a vehicle occupant, the vehicle occupant locates the sound event at the determined location of the object. Furthermore, a zoom function is provided with which a distance of the virtual location of the sound event relative to the vehicle occupant is decreased or increased. |
| US10063985B2 |
Generation and playback of near-field audio content
Audio signals (201) are received. The audio signals include left and right surround channels (206). The audio signals are played back using far-field loudspeakers (101-108, 401-406) distributed around a space (111, 409) having a plurality of listener positions (112, 410). The left and right surround channels are played back by a pair of far-field loudspeakers (103, 106, 403, 405) arranged at opposite sides of the space having the plurality of listener positions. An audio component (208) coinciding with or approximating audio content common to the left and right surround channels is obtained. The audio component is played back using at least a pair of near-field transducers (109, 110, 407, 408) arranged at one of the listener positions. Associated systems (100, 400), methods (800) and computer program products are provided. Systems (300), methods (900) and computer program products providing a bitstream (303) comprising the audio signals and the audio component are also provided, as well as a computer-readable medium with data (700) representing such audio content. |
| US10063983B2 |
Calibration using multiple recording devices
Example techniques may involve calibration with multiple recording devices. An implementation may include detecting, via a microphone, one or more calibration sounds as emitted by one or more playback devices of one or more zones during a calibration sequence. The implementation may further include determining a first response, the first response representing a response of a given environment to the one or more calibration sounds as detected by the first recording device and receiving data indicating a second response, the second response representing a response of the given environment to the one or more calibration sounds as detected by a second recording device. The implementation may also include determining a calibration for the one or more playback devices based on the first response and the second response and sending, to the one or more zones, an instruction that applies the calibration to playback by the one or more playback devices. |
| US10063982B2 |
Method and system for a game headset with audio alerts based on audio track analysis
A game headset receives a plurality of audio channels during play of a particular game, monitors one or more of the plurality of audio channels and detects an occurrence of one or more particular sounds in the plurality of audio channels during the monitoring of the one or more of the plurality of audio channels. In response to the detecting, the game headset triggers playback of one or more of a plurality of voice commands that corresponds to the one or more particular sounds. The voice commands may be predefined and associated with the one or more particular sounds in a data structure. The voice commands may instruct the listener of the game headset to perform an action in the particular game. The characteristics of the one or more sounds may include direction, intensity, and/or frequency of the particular one or more sounds. |
| US10063981B2 |
Bone conduction hearing aid system
A bone conduction hearing aid system includes a hearing aid housing with a hearing aid vibrator. A skin interface has an interface connector offset on an outer interface surface and detachably connected to a housing connector. A skin adhesive connects to the skin of a patient user to transmit the sound vibrations through the skin to underlying skull bone for transmission by bone conduction to a hearing organ of the user. When the skin adhesive is pressed against the skin of the user, the skin is initially engaged during an initial engagement period with an initial adhesive force that promotes removal and relocation of the skin interface, and the skin is fully engaged after the initial engagement period with a full adhesive force greater than the initial adhesive force that promotes a fixed secure connection that resists removal of the skin interface. |
| US10063980B2 |
Method for improving a picked-up signal in a hearing system and binaural hearing system
A method improves a picked-up signal in a hearing system. The hearing system has at least one hearing device, particularly a hearing aid. The hearing aid device has an associated first directional microphone that has an adjustable first directional characteristic with a preferential direction. The first directional microphone converts sound into a first signal that is adopted in the picked-up signal. A speech activity of a user of the hearing system is monitored, and recognition of a speech activity of the user prompts the preferential direction of the first directional characteristic to be adjusted in comparison with a frontal direction of the user such that the sound sensitivity of the first directional microphone undergoes attenuation in the frontal direction. |
| US10063978B2 |
Cantilevered shear resonance microphone
A MEMS microphone includes a base structure and a piezoelectric resonator body having a first end and a second end. The first end is fixedly supported by the base structure and the second end is free such that the piezoelectric resonator is cantilevered from the base structure. The MEMS microphone further includes a first electrode operably connected to the piezoelectric resonator body and a second electrode operably connected to the piezoelectric resonator body. A controller includes at least one circuit operably connected to the first and second electrodes and configured to drive the piezoelectric resonator body at a shear resonance frequency of the piezoelectric resonator body and to detect a difference in the shear resonance frequency from a baseline resonance frequency resulting from a sound pressure. |
| US10063977B2 |
Liquid expulsion from an orifice
A device having one or more an acoustic modules. The acoustic module includes an acoustic element and a cavity that is acoustically coupled to the acoustic element. The module also includes a first conductive element that is configured to generate a first surface charge on a first region of an interior surface of the cavity. A second conductive element is configured to generate a second surface charge on a second region of the interior surface of the cavity. The first and second charge on the first and second regions of the interior surfaces of the cavity may be selectively applied to facilitate movement of a liquid held within the cavity. |
| US10063976B2 |
Headphones for stereo tactile vibration, and related systems and methods
Headphones for stereo tactile vibration, and related systems and methods are disclosed. A headphone comprises a first speaker assembly including a first audio driver and a first tactile bass vibrator. The headphone also comprises a second speaker assembly including a second audio driver and a second tactile bass vibrator. The headphone further comprises a signal processing circuit configured to generate a first tactile vibration signal and a second tactile vibration signal from an audio signal to be received by the headphone. The first tactile vibration signal differs from the second tactile vibration signal. A method of operating the headphone includes generating the first tactile vibration signal and the second tactile vibration signal, and driving vibration of the first and second tactile bass vibrators with the first and second tactile vibration signals, respectively. A stereo tactile vibrator system includes the headphone. |
| US10063973B2 |
Removable speaker system
A speaker assembly is provided with a housing, a first speaker and a second speaker both supported by the housing, and a controller. The controller is programmed to determine a location of the housing relative to a docking station. The controller is further programmed to disable the second speaker and control the first speaker to play a low-frequency component of an audio signal in response to the housing being located proximate to the docking station. |
| US10063972B1 |
Method and personalized audio space generation system for generating personalized audio space in a vehicle
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for generating personalized audio space in vehicle. Information related to user in each region of the vehicle is collected and analyzed to determine direction of first directional speakers associated with corresponding region. An audio space boundary for each region is identified based on the direction of first directional speakers in the corresponding region. Further, the proposed method renders first sound wave of a user selected audio using first directional speakers in the region and transmits a second sound wave corresponding to first sound wave in the region using second directional speakers associated with the corresponding region. The second sound wave restricts rendering of the first sound wave beyond the audio space boundary of the one of the one or more regions to generate the personalized audio space in the vehicle. |
| US10063971B2 |
System and method for directionally radiating sound
An audio system for a vehicle has at least one source of audio signals. A respective directional loudspeaker array is mounted at each seat position and coupled to the at least one source. The at least one source includes a microphone that detects speech from an occupant of the first seat position. Processing circuitry receives signals from the microphone that correspond to the detect speech and drives each second respective loudspeaker array at the other seat positions to radiate acoustic energy corresponding to the detected speech. The processing circuitry processes magnitude and phase of the signals from the microphone to each second directional loudspeaker array so that each second directional loudspeaker array directionally radiates first acoustic energy to the seat position at which the second directional loudspeaker array is located and so that second acoustic energy radiated from the second directional array to the first seat position is less than the first acoustic energy according to a predetermined criteria. |
| US10063970B2 |
Audio system with removable speaker
An audio system for use in an automotive vehicle is provided. The audio system is configured to detect the removal of the removable speaker and adjust the audio signal to the fixed speakers so as to maintain the quality of sound within the vehicle. The audio system includes a signal processor configured to detect the presence of the removable speaker. The audio system distributes the frequency transmitted to the removable speaker to the speakers within the automotive vehicle so as to maintain the same sound quality when the removable speaker is removed. |
| US10063969B2 |
Microchip for audio enhancement processing
A microchip has imbedded therein, circuitry for enhancing the sound outputted therefrom and which is associated with an electronic device, such as a radio, television, headphones, earbuds and the like. |
| US10063967B2 |
Sound collecting device and sound collecting method
A sound collecting device includes a sound source position input interface that receives input of sound source position information indicating a sound source position, an audio interface that receives input of sound signals collected by two or more sound collecting units placed at predetermined positions in advance, a recording medium in which sound collecting unit placement information indicating placement information of the sound collecting units is stored, and a controller that selects one of the sound signals output from the sound collecting units, based on the sound source position information and the sound collecting unit placement information. |
| US10063963B2 |
Apparatus for use in portable devices
An apparatus configured to acoustically process an acoustic signal for a transducer, and to provide a physical interface for a further apparatus within which the apparatus is located. |
| US10063962B2 |
Vented acoustic enclosures and related systems
An enclosure for a speaker transducer can have a front housing member and a rear housing member. Some enclosures position the speaker transducer between the front housing member and the rear housing member, and spaced apart from the rear housing member to define a rear chamber positioned between the speaker transducer and the rear housing member. The rear housing member can define a longitudinal axis. A first waveguide member and a second waveguide member can be longitudinally spaced apart from each other to define an acoustic waveguide therebetween oriented transversely relative to the longitudinal axis. A port can acoustically couple the acoustic waveguide with the rear chamber. A cross-sectional area of the waveguide can expand radially outward of the port. And, the acoustic waveguide can extend circumferentially around the longitudinal axis more than 90-degrees. Some embodiments include a speaker transducer and are suitable as a headphone. |
| US10063957B2 |
Earpiece with source selection within ambient environment
A wireless earpiece includes a wireless earpiece housing, at least one microphone for detecting ambient environment sound, and a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing, the processor configured to distinguish between two or more sources of sound within the ambient environment sound. The wireless earpiece further includes a user interface operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive user input through the user interface to select one of the sources of sound within the ambient environment sound and wherein the processor is configured to process the ambient environment sound to emphasize portions of the ambient environment sound generated by the one of the sources of the ambient environment sound selected by the user to produce a modified sound. The earpiece may further include a speaker operatively connected to the processor to reproduce the modified sound. |
| US10063956B2 |
Interchangable ear cushions for headphones
An audio headset comprising at least one headset earpiece comprising a speaker, an ear cushion adapter, a microprocessor and a driver; and a removable ear cup configured to be removably attached to the headset ear piece; wherein the microprocessor is configured to recognize the removable ear cup and adjust audio output through the speaker based on parameters associated with the removable ear cup. |
| US10063955B2 |
Portable electronic equipment
A portable electronic device including a housing; a button hole formed in the housing; and a button unit arranged in the button hole of the housing is provided. The button unit includes a top button coupled to the housing and covering the button hole, with a first direction length larger than a second direction length; a button frame provided in the housing, with one portion in the second direction coupled to a bottom of the top button and the other portion in the second direction coupled to an internal space of the housing; an actuator projected from a bottom surface of the button frame; and a dome switch pressed by the actuator and generating a signal, when the top button is pressed. |
| US10063949B2 |
Transducer in a casing having an output window
A transducer comprising: an air displacement component configured to move on application of an electrical signal to generate an acoustic wave in a first plane in the direction of the movement of the air displacement component; a transducer casing configured to mechanically support the air displacement component, wherein the transducer casing comprises at least one output window located and acoustically coupled to the air displacement component in a second plane. |
| US10063943B2 |
Events and scheduling for communication in wireless networks
Techniques for communicating schedule data regarding a schedule are described herein. For example, a device may communicate a schedule information element that includes a tag indicating a first operating context to which to apply schedule data regarding a schedule. The schedule information element may also include a reference tag to indicate whether the schedule data is contained in the schedule information element or has been previously received and/or to identify a second operating context associated with previously received schedule data. If the reference tag indicates that the schedule data is contained in the schedule information element, the schedule data may be extracted from the schedule information element and applied to the first operating context. If the reference tag indicates that the schedule data has been previously received, the previously received schedule data may be accessed and applied to the first operating context. |
| US10063941B2 |
Method and apparatus for writing images into memory
A method for writing images into a memory is provided. The method includes steps of: establishing a first configuration table for configuring the memory into a plurality of first buffers according to a first resolution of a first image; establishing a second configuration table for configuring the memory into a plurality of second buffers according to a second resolution of a second image, wherein the second resolution is different from the first resolution; and determining a position to which the second image is to be written into the memory according to the first configuration table and the second configuration table. |
| US10063940B1 |
System for using extracted feature vectors to perform an action associated with a work identifier
A computer system comprising one or more processors and computer-readable media operatively connected thereto, having stored thereon instructions for carrying out the steps of: maintaining one or more databases comprising first electronic data comprising digitally created reference compact electronic representations for each of a plurality of reference electronic works and second electronic data associated with the reference electronic works and related to action information corresponding thereto; obtaining a first digitally created compact electronic representation comprising one or more extracted feature vectors of a first electronic work; identifying a matching reference electronic work by comparing the first digitally created compact electronic representation of the first electronic work with the first electronic data using a sub-linear search of the first electronic data; determining the action information corresponding to the matching reference electronic work based on the second electronic data; and associating the determined action information with the first electronic work. |
| US10063938B2 |
Decoder and method at the decoder for synchronizing the rendering of contents received through different networks
A method of decoding an audio/video content transmitted over a broadband network. The method being based on the quick decoding of the first frames of a group of pictures without rendering them if the group of pictures arrives too late to be rendered synchronously with another audio/video content received through a broadcast network. The method allowing the synchronized rendering of contents respectively received over broadcast and broadband networks as soon as possible for the viewer. |
| US10063929B1 |
Community controlled audio entertainment system
A group-controlled audio entertainment system provides each member of a group with the ability to rapidly select an audio clip from a menu of canned audio clips, and to cause an audio speaker to timely play the selected audio clip in a room where the group is watching a sporting event. The menu of audio clips is chosen to include a variety of sound recordings that fans will consider amusing or pertinent to certain types of sporting events, such as pre-recorded “trash-talk” clips. The system also allows users from remote locations to send audio clips to the audio speaker, to thereby “trash talk” during game time. Remote users can record audio clips and then forward them to the group-controlled audio speaker, or can send text and/or email messages to the group-controlled speaker that the system converts to corresponding audio. |
| US10063925B2 |
Providing digital video assets with multiple age rating levels
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing digital video assets with multiple age rating levels. A computing device may be configured to generate a digital video asset that includes a plurality of segments. Each segment of the plurality of segments may include a portion of the digital video asset. The digital video asset may not include duplicate segments. Each segment of the plurality of segments may be associated with one of a plurality of age rating levels. The computing device may also be configured to identify sets of segments. Each set of segments may be associated with one of the plurality of age rating levels. The computing device may be further configured to generate first data indicative of the sets of segments. |
| US10063923B2 |
Digital device and control method thereof
The present specification discloses various embodiments for a digital device and a control method thereof. Herein, a control method of a digital device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving a power-on signal; determining whether an application, which was executed at a power-off time point before the reception of the power-on signal, was an image output application; if it is determined that the application which was executed at the power-off time point was an image output application, loading and executing the image output application; loading and executing a first image control application for controlling an image that is output through the image output application; loading a second image control application; and, when the loading is completed, terminating the first image control application and executing the second image control application. |
| US10063921B2 |
Power aware adaptation for video streaming
Power aware adaptation for a power aware video streaming system may be based on the complexity information conveyed in different ways. A complexity level of a data stream, such as a video data stream, may be selected as a function of a remaining battery-power of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and on a state set of a plurality of state sets that may be stored and/or managed by the WTRU. These state sets may correspond to, for example, different content sources and/or different complexity estimation algorithms and may be used to select the complexity level of the data stream. The data stream may then be received at the selected complexity level. The complexity level and/or a bitrate of the data stream may be adapted to accommodate, for example, the remaining battery power and/or other circumstances. The adaptation may be customized according to the objectives of use cases. |
| US10063920B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating media content
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a storage medium including computer instructions to receive sensory information at a media device from a first mobile communication device where the first mobile communication device obtains at least a portion of the sensory information from at least one second mobile communication device in response to a broadcast by the first mobile communication device of a wireless signal representing a notice to obtain the sensory information, where the sensory information is associated with an environment of the first mobile communication device, and where the sensory information comprises images of the environment. The computer instructions can enable generating a plurality of personal content utilizing at least a portion of the sensory information, where each of the plurality of personal content includes some of the images captured at different perspectives. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10063917B2 |
Fingerprint layouts for content fingerprinting
A method is disclosed for identifying the media content. The method includes receiving fingerprint media content from a content provider to obtain a first set of fingerprints, the first set of fingerprints including a first subset of fingerprints in a first fingerprint layout and a second subset of fingerprints in a second fingerprint layout. The method can include receiving a second set of fingerprints for media content displayed on the electronic device, the second set of fingerprints comprising a third subset of fingerprints in the first fingerprint layout and a fourth subset of fingerprints in the second fingerprint layout. The method can include matching a first fingerprint in the first subset of fingerprints to a second fingerprint in the third subset of fingerprints or a third fingerprint in the second subset of fingerprints to a fourth fingerprint in the fourth subset of fingerprints in order to identify the media content. |
| US10063910B1 |
Systems and methods for customizing a display of information associated with a media asset
Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile. |
| US10063908B2 |
Wearable device capable of displaying information associated with a multimedia system
A wearable device includes a display unit, a communication unit and a processing unit. When the wearable device has established communication with a multimedia system through the communication unit, the processing unit selectively operates in a bending-line mode in which the processing unit causes the display unit to display a bending line which extends beside a visible boundary of the display unit around a reference point within a display region defined by the visible boundary, and which is associated with information provided by the multimedia system. |
| US10063907B1 |
Differential audio-video synchronization
Techniques of audio-video synchronization that can be performed on audio and video streams are described. In one scenario, a processor can receive audio-video information comprising a video stream and an audio stream. Each of the video and audio streams can include one or more of: a compressed stream; and a decoded stream. A region of motion in the video stream can be determined based on a property of the video stream. A video signal can be generated based on the determined region of motion. Also, a relative delay between the streams can be determined based, at least in part, on the generated video signal. A delay value associated with one or more of the audio and video streams may be adjusted to assist with synchronizing the audio and video streams. |
| US10063906B2 |
Method and system for multi-path video and network channels
Methods and systems for multi-path video and network channels may comprise a communication device comprising a wideband tuner (WB) and a narrowband tuner (NB). A video channel and a network channel may be received in the WB when the device is operating in a first stage. A video channel and a network channel may be received in the WB and the network channel may also be received in the NB when the device is operating in a second stage. The network channel may be received in the NB when the device is operating in a third stage. The reception of the network channel from both the WB and NB may enable a continuous reception of the network channel in a transition between the first and third stages. The WB may be operable to receive a plurality of channels and the NB may be operable to receive a single channel. |
| US10063904B2 |
Interchangeable rear seat infotainment system
A rear seat entertainment system includes an access point and a second housing. The access point includes a first screen and input/output ports. The access point is included in a first housing. The second housing is separate from the first housing and includes a second screen. The access point is configured to display first content on the first screen and stream the first content displayed on the first screen to the second housing so that the first content is displayed on the first and second screens. The access point is further configured to receive second content from a mobile device, display the second content on the first screen and stream the second content displayed on the first screen to the second housing so that the second content is displayed on the first and second screens. |
| US10063902B2 |
ABR network profile selection engine
Embodiments provide techniques for optimizing ABR profiles for broadcast channels at a network gateway device. Embodiments include monitoring, at a network gateway device for a network, a plurality of client devices within the network to determine adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming information for a first broadcast channel of a plurality of broadcast channels. One or more performance attributes of the network are determined. Embodiments include selecting one or more ABR profiles, of a plurality of ABR profiles for the first broadcast channel, based on the ABR streaming information and the one or more performance attributes of the network. An updated manifest file specifying the selected one or more ABR profiles for the first broadcast channel is generated, and the updated manifest file is transmitted to the plurality of client devices. |
| US10063899B2 |
System and methods for automatically obtaining cost-efficient access to a media content collection
Systems and methods for automatically obtaining cost-efficient access to a media content collection are provided. A user selection of a media content collection, which consists of a number of media assets, is received. A first price is determined for receiving access to the entire media content collection using a single transaction. For each media asset of the media content collection a set of providers of the media asset are identified, and the lowest price for receiving access to each media asset is determined. The lowest price for receiving access to each media asset of the media content collection is accumulated to determine a second price for receiving access to the media content collection using multiple transactions. The first and the second price are compared, and access to the media content collection is received based on this comparison. |
| US10063894B2 |
Systems and methods for differential media distribution
Systems for electronic media distribution includes a differential versioning server configured to receive a first media file including a first set of data with a first set of attributes and a second media file including a second set of data with a second set of attributes, generate a first differential data file as a function of differences between the first media file and the second media file, and generate a first differential metadata file including an encoding data set configured to enable a media decoder to regenerate the second media file by applying the first differential data file to the first media file. Systems for electronic media distribution may also include a receiver communicatively coupled to a differential versioning decoder configured to receive the first media file and the first differential data file and generate the second media file by applying the first differential data file to the first media file. |
| US10063893B2 |
Controlling the transmission of a video data stream over a network to a network user device
A device and method for controlling the transmission of a video data stream over a network to a network user device involve storing video data segments in a data storage entity, receiving a query from at least one network user device, determining current parameters of the network user device, changing the video data segments stored in the data storage entity, and transmitting the changed video data segments to the network user device in response to the query. The video data segments stored in the data storage entity are changed by changing the bit rate of the video data segments by transcoding each video data segment in real-time. It becomes possible to control the transmission of a video data stream over a network to a user device, as well as enhancing speed, simplicity and cost effectiveness, with minimal losses of quality and maximum user satisfaction. |
| US10063892B2 |
Residual entropy compression for cloud-based video applications
Residual vectors are compressed in a lossless compression scheme suitable for cloud DVR video content applications. Thus, a cloud DVR service provider can take many copies of the same file stored in the cloud and save storage space by compressing those copies while still maintaining their status as distinct copies, one per user. Vector quantization is used for compressing already-compressed video streams (e.g., MPEG streams). As vector quantization is a lossy compression scheme, the residual vector has to be stored to regenerate the original video stream at the decoding (playback) node. Entropy coding schemes like Arithmetic or Huffman coding can be used to compress the residual vectors. Additional strategies can be implemented to further optimize this residual compression. In some embodiments, the techniques operate to provide a 25-50% improvement in compression. Storage space is thus more efficiently used and video transmission may be faster in some cases. |
| US10063891B2 |
Image compression method with negligible and quantifiable information loss and high compression ratio
A data compression method wherein said data comprises noise and information, comprising a data acquisition step, a pre-compression parameter selection step, wherein said pre-compression parameters are linked to an information loss, a compression step, and a storage step, the compression step being characterized in that it comprises a lossy pre-compression for removing some noise of the data, carried out using the pre-compression parameters selected in the selection step followed by lossless compression for compressing the remaining data. |
| US10063887B2 |
Video decoding apparatus and method for decoding multi-view video
A method inducing video information required for decoding a current block by entropy-decoding a bitstream; inducing a first disparity vector based on a neighboring block of the current block in the same view by using the video information, inducing a second disparity vector by using the first disparity vector and a reference view depth, and inducing a third disparity vector using the difference between the first disparity vector and the second disparity vector; inducing a prediction sample of the current block by using one of the first disparity vector, the second disparity vector, or the third disparity vector; and applying filtering to a current picture which has been restored using the prediction sample. |
| US10063881B2 |
Apparatus and method for setting search region for predicting motion vector
An apparatus and a method for setting a search region for the predicting of a motion vector are disclosed. The apparatus for setting a search region for predicting a motion vector includes: a computation unit configured to compute differences between an origin vector of a search region for a target block for motion vector prediction and predictive motion vectors of multiple blocks adjacent to the target block, and compute a sum of absolute values of the differences; and a search region setting unit configured to set a range value of the search region for the target block by using at least one of the sum of absolute values of the differences and a directionality of the predictive motion vectors for the multiple adjacent blocks. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the amount of computation and the time expended for computation when predicting motion vectors can be significantly reduced. |
| US10063879B2 |
Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding method, and moving picture decoding apparatus
Obtaining one or more motion vector predictor candidates includes: (a1) generating a motion vector predictor candidate, based on motion vectors of first adjacent blocks adjacent to a block to be processed in a first direction; and (a2) generating a motion vector predictor candidate, based on motion vectors of second adjacent blocks adjacent to the block to be processed in a second direction, and step (a2) (S500) includes: (S520) determining whether the first adjacent blocks include an inter-predicted block; and (S530) searching for a motion vector on which scaling processing can be performed from among the motion vectors of the second adjacent blocks when it is determined that the first adjacent blocks do not include an inter-predicted block, and executing, when the motion vector on which scaling processing can be performed is obtained in the search, scaling processing on the motion vector obtained in the search. |
| US10063878B2 |
Interlayer video encoding method using brightness compensation and device thereof, and video decoding method and device thereof
Provided is an interlayer video decoding method. The interlayer video decoding method includes: obtaining brightness compensation information indicating whether a second layer current block performs brightness compensation; determining whether a candidate of the second layer current block is usable as a merge candidate based on whether the brightness compensation information indicates that the brightness compensation is performed and whether the candidate of the second layer current block performs time direction inter prediction; generating a merge candidate list including at least one merge candidate based on a result of the determining; and determining motion information of the second layer current block by using motion information of one of the at least one merge candidate. |
| US10063875B2 |
Method and apparatus for compressing coding unit in high efficiency video coding
Methods for decoding of a video bitstream by a video decoding circuit are provided. In one implementation, a method receives coded data for a 2N×2N coding unit (CU) from the video bitstream, selects one or more first codewords according to whether asymmetric motion partition is disabled or enabled when a size of said 2N×2N CU is not equal to a smallest CU size, wherein none of the first codewords corresponds to INTER N×N partition, selects one or more second codewords when the size of said 2N×2N CU is equal to the smallest CU size, wherein none of the second codewords corresponds to the INTER N×N partition when N is 4, determines a CU structure for said 2N×2N CU from the video bitstream using said one or more first codewords or said one or more second codewords, and decodes the video bitstream using the CU structure. |
| US10063870B2 |
Method of and apparatus for generating an encoded frame
The technology described herein relates to a method of generating an encoded output video frame for transmission to an electronic display in which an encoded source video frame is decoded to obtain a decoded source video frame 200a, the decoded source video frame 200a is processed to obtain an input video frame 200c, and the input video frame 200c is encoded to obtain an encoded output video frame for transmission. The method comprises comparing a region of an input video frame 200c with a region of a decoded source video frame 200a from which decoded source video frame the input video frame has been obtained, to determine if the region of the decoded source video frame 200a is similar to the region of the input video frame 200c, and if it is determined that the region of the decoded source video frame 200a is similar to the region of the input video frame 200c, using a region of the encoded source video frame that corresponds to the region of the decoded source video frame as a region of the encoded output video frame for transmission that corresponds to the region of the input video frame. |
| US10063867B2 |
Signaling HRD parameters for bitstream partitions
In one example, a device for coding (e.g., encoding or decoding) video data includes a memory for storing data of a bitstream, and a video coder configured to determine whether to code an initial arrival delay syntax element of a bitstream partition initial arrival time supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message of the bitstream based on whether hypothetical reference decoder (HRD) parameters are coded for the bitstream, and in response to determining to code the initial arrival delay syntax element, coding the initial arrival delay syntax element. The video coder may determine to code the initial arrival delay syntax element only when a VclHrdBpPresentFlag for the bitstream has a value of true, e.g., only when video coding layer (VCL) HRD parameters are coded in the bitstream or when VCL HRD operations are determined to be needed in the bitstream. |
| US10063865B2 |
Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus
An image coding method in which a chroma component and a luma component of an input image including one or more transform blocks are transformed to code the input image. The luma component has the same size as the current transform block. The chroma component is smaller than the current transform block. In the method, when the current transform block has a first minimum size, the chroma component is transformed on a basis of a block resulting from binding a plurality of the chroma blocks to has the same size as the luma block, and when the current transform block has a size other than the first minimum size, a CBF flag indicating whether or not coefficients of the chroma component include a non-zero coefficient is not coded. |
| US10063864B2 |
System and method for compression and decompression of text data
The present disclosure relates to system(s) and method(s) for compression and decompression of Unicode characters. The system is configured to maintain a set of character tables and a cluster table in a memory. Each character table is configured to store a set of Unicode characters corresponding to a character class of a set of characters classes, wherein each Unicode character from the character table is assigned with a shortened bit representation. Furthermore, the cluster table may be configured to maintain a set of cluster types and a cluster identifier corresponding to each of the cluster type. The system is configured to compress text data in Unicode format using the set of character tables and the cluster table by identifying the different clusters in each word and replacing the clusters with cluster identifier followed by the shorten bit representation of characters in each cluster. |
| US10063863B2 |
DC coefficient signaling at small quantization step sizes
Described tools and techniques relate to signaling for DC coefficients at small quantization step sizes. The techniques and tools can be used in combination or independently. For example, a tool such as a video encoder or decoder processes a VLC that indicates a DC differential for a DC coefficient, a FLC that indicates a value refinement for the DC differential, and a third code that indicates the sign for the DC differential. Even with the small quantization step sizes, the tool uses a VLC table with DC differentials for DC coefficients above the small quantization step sizes. The FLCs for DC differentials have lengths that vary depending on quantization step size. |
| US10063847B2 |
Monochromatic stereoscopic viewing system employing projection onto a semitransparent plate
The field of the invention is that of viewing systems comprising means for generating stereoscopic images, a viewing device comprising a projector and a semitransparent screen and a pair of stereoscopic glasses. The projector according to the invention comprises means arranged so as to project alternatively a first image emitted at a first wavelength and a second image emitted at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. The pair of glasses comprises a first filter and a second filter, the first filter transmitting the entirety of the spectrum except a first narrow spectral band centered on the first wavelength and the second filter transmitting the entirety of the spectrum except a second narrow spectral band centered on the second wavelength. |
| US10063846B2 |
Selective illumination of a region within a field of view
In embodiments of selective illumination of a region within a field of view, an illumination system includes light sources implemented for selective illumination of a target within a field of view of an imaging system. The illumination system also includes optics that can be positioned to direct light that is generated by a subset of the light sources to illuminate a region within the field of view. An imaging application can activate the subset of the light sources and position the optics to illuminate the region within the field of view that includes the target of the selective illumination. |
| US10063843B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for estimating three-dimensional position of object in image
An image processing apparatus includes an association unit, a storage unit, a first estimation unit, and a second estimation unit. The association unit associates detection results of a first object and a second object. The storage unit stores a positional relationship between respective fields of view of a first image capturing unit and a second image capturing unit. The first estimation unit estimates a three-dimensional position of the first object based on the positional relationship and the first object detected in respective images captured by the first image capturing unit and the second image capturing unit. The second estimation unit estimates a three-dimensional position of the second object based on the three-dimensional position of the first object associated by the association unit. |
| US10063840B2 |
Method and system of sub pixel accuracy 3D measurement using multiple images
A system, article, and method of sub-pixel accuracy 3D measurement using multiple images. |
| US10063836B2 |
Terrain visualization for a vehicle and vehicle driver
A visualization technique for a vehicle and a vehicle driver combines a forward facing video camera and a forward facing time of flight camera. The outputs of the camera are combined to provide the vehicle driver with an augmented reality display, whereby topographical features can be identified in relation to the vehicle even if out of line of sight of the driver. |
| US10063833B2 |
Method of controlling stereo convergence and stereo image processor using the same
A method of controlling a stereo convergence and an image processor using the method are provided. The method includes: detecting objects from a stereo image; grouping the detected objects into at least one or more objects according to setup specification information; and moving at least one of left and right eye images of a stereo image of the grouping or a setup area including the grouping in a horizontal or vertical direction or in the horizontal and vertical directions. |
| US10063829B2 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An image processing method includes the steps of determining a first unnecessary component contained in each of a plurality of parallax images based on a plurality of pieces of relative difference information of the parallax images, generating a first image by reducing the first unnecessary component from the parallax images, generating a blurred image by adding blur to the first image, creating a mask based on the blurred image and the first image, and determining a second unnecessary component based on the first unnecessary component and the mask. |
| US10063826B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method thereof
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof that can correct the brightness of a pixel in an image. Reflection characteristics of environment light when the image is captured are estimated by applying smoothing to the image. The brightness of the pixel is corrected by computing a correction value for correcting the brightness of the pixel based on the reflection characteristics of the environment light and adding the correction value to the pixel. The brightness can be corrected while suppressing an amplification of noise and a loss of details of a subject. |
| US10063825B2 |
Method of operating mobile device and mobile system
A method of operating a mobile device and mobile systems are provided. The method includes detecting a first event through an interface of the mobile device, displaying scene data that is generated by a camera of the mobile device on a display of the mobile device, in response to the detecting first event, detecting a second event through the interface, and measuring an external color temperature in response to the detecting the second event. The method further includes generating flash data having a color temperature for compensating the external color temperature, displaying the flash data on the display, and capturing a scene using the camera. |
| US10063823B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, program, and recording medium
There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium that make it possible to set a dynamic range of an image to be reproduced. A BD-J execution unit sets a dynamic range of a screen to be reproduced. A video decoder generates a main video to be reproduced in the dynamic range set by the BD-J execution unit. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a reproducing device or the like that reproduces an optical disk that records an AV stream of a main video in a standard dynamic range (SDR) and an AV stream of a main video in a high dynamic range (HDR). |
| US10063820B2 |
Multi-screen projector setting
The invention pertains to a projection assembly comprising at least a first screen (14) and a second screen (10). The first screen (14) is at an angle with the second screen (10). The first screen (14) is adapted to reflect light projected onto it predominantly or exclusively in one or more angular ranges that do not intersect with the second screen (10). The invention also pertains to a method for projecting images with such a projection assembly, comprising projecting a first image with the first projector (16B) on the first screen (14), and projecting a second image with the second projector (16A) on the second screen (10). |
| US10063818B1 |
Methods and systems for projecting a target portion of an image at a higher resolution
Example embodiments may relate to methods and systems for providing a higher-resolution segment within a larger lower-resolution projection onto a projection surface. For example, the system may receive pose data corresponding to a viewing location relative to the projection surface. The system may then determine, based on the pose data, a target portion of an image frame of image data. As a result, the system may cause a first projector to project at least the target portion onto the projection surface and cause a second projector to project at least a remaining portion of the image frame of the image data onto the projection surface. The projections of the target portion and the remaining portion may collectively provide a complete projection of the image data on the projection surface and a projection-surface resolution of the target portion may be higher than a projection-surface resolution of the remaining portion. |
| US10063809B2 |
Interface for a video call
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for displaying participants in an interface during a group call, and is particularly well-suited to use with small displays. A full-size call interface may be shrunk down into a chathead that makes good use of limited screen real estate, especially when being used on a mobile device. On the smaller chathead, the dominant user is shown, and a roster of users is shrunk and may exhibit reduced functionality. The chathead may be moved around the screen, and other applications may continue to run in the space not occupied by the chathead. |
| US10063808B2 |
Apparatus and method for ultra-high resolution video processing
A video processing apparatus and method is provided. The video processing apparatus divides video data and then processes a current divided area of the divided video data by referring to pixels in an adjacent divided area while processing the current divided area, thereby minimizing artifacts generation along a boundary between divided areas when the processed divided areas are subsequently merged. |
| US10063804B2 |
Display apparatus and method for controlling display of display apparatus
A display apparatus and a method for controlling display of a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to receive control information from a remote control device; and a controller configured to control the display and the communicator. In a standby mode in which the display is powered off, the controller may control to change a state of the display apparatus from the standby mode into a pre-power on mode in response to first control information received from the remote control device, and the controller may control the display to display content in a normal mode which is changed from the pre-power on mode in response to second control information received from the remote control device. |
| US10063803B2 |
Video playback method, device, and system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and storage medium for playing video. The method comprises: providing a video playing interface; determining a first display area and a second display area in the video playing interface; generating a surface around the first display area or around the second display area; acquiring a video file, additional media information related to the video file, and a surface component related to a relationship chain; playing the video file in the first display area, displaying the additional media information related to the video file in the second display area, and displaying the surface component in the surface. |
| US10063799B2 |
Apparatus and method for eliminating artifacts in active pixel sensor (APS) imagers
An active pixel sensor (APS) that includes circuitry to eliminate artifacts in digital images. The APS includes a comparator for comparing a signal level from a pixel to an adjusted saturation voltage to determine if the pixel is saturated. If the pixel is saturated, the signal output from the pixel is replaced with an analog voltage having a maximum value corresponding to a brightest pixel in the image. |
| US10063795B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
An image capturing apparatus includes a photometric sensor having a plurality of pixels having a sensitivity to an infrared light range and a visible light range, an acquisition unit that divides the photometric sensor into a plurality of pixel groups and acquires image information of the infrared light range and image information of the visible light range in each of the plurality of pixel groups, a subtraction unit that generates a visible light component obtained by subtracting an infrared light component that is based on the image information of the infrared light range from the image information of each of the plurality of pixel groups, and a processing unit that performs at least one of light source determination processing, specific color detection processing, and exposure amount determination processing, using the visible light component generated by the subtraction unit. |
| US10063794B2 |
System and method for detecting adverse atmospheric conditions ahead of an aircraft
The system has multiple, infrared cameras 8 adjusted to spatially detect infrared radiance in different bands of infrared light, and connected to an image processing computer that processes and combines the images, and generates video display signals for producing a video display which indicates the position of the adverse atmospheric conditions relative to the aircraft. Each of the cameras is provided with a respective filter adjusted to filter infrared light with a bandwidth corresponding to infrared bandwidth characteristics of an adverse atmospheric condition from a set of adverse atmospheric conditions. The image processing computer is adapted to identify adverse atmospheric conditions, based on threshold conditions and using the detected infrared radiance, data from a look-up table and measured parameters including information on the position and/or attitude of the aircraft. The image processing computer is further adapted to display the identified adverse atmospheric conditions as a spatial image on a display. |
| US10063792B1 |
Formatting stitched panoramic frames for transmission
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for formatting stitched panoramic frames for transmission to a remote image processing system, the method comprising. A control circuit of a panoramic camera may receive first and second frames captured by first and second image sensors having partially overlapping fields-of-view. The control circuit may identify a first overlap region of the first frame and a second overlap region of the second frame. The first and second overlap region may comprise pixel values from portions of the fields-of-view of the image sensors that overlap. The control circuit may generate a panoramic frame from based at least in part on the first and second frames. The control circuit may generate a transmission frame comprising the panoramic frame, the first overlap region and the second overlap region. |
| US10063790B2 |
Virtual flying camera system
A virtual flying camera system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the virtual flying camera system includes a plurality of cameras disposed along a track and spaced apart from each other, a recording system configured to receive input video streams from the plurality of cameras, and a control system configured to generate an output video stream from the input video streams. The output video stream includes a view of a virtually flying camera following a target at a user-adjustable speed. The control system generates the output video stream by merging a plurality of portions of the input video streams from adjacent cameras of the plurality of cameras. |
| US10063788B2 |
Night-vision image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes an image acquirement section, a correction section, and an image production section. The image acquirement section acquires an image signal representing an image, the image signal is generated by light receiving elements that receive lights from a specific space preliminarily defined in a vicinity of a vehicle via a near infrared passing filter mainly transmitting near infrared lights and a visible light passing filter transmitting visible lights and near infrared lights, respectively. The image includes multiple areas and indicates the specific space projected onto a plane. The correction section corrects each area of the image by amplifying intensity of near infrared lights with an increasing amplification factor when a difference between the intensity of near infrared lights and intensity of visible lights and near infrared lights becomes smaller. The image production section produces a new image based on the corrected areas of the image. |
| US10063787B2 |
Method of reducing digital video flicker
Methods of reducing digital video flicker, and related systems, devices and computer program products are provided. A method of reducing human-perceivable flicker in a digital video is provided, in which video frames are recorded unevenly with respect to time and in synchronization with a lighting flicker frequency. A system including a camera and a computer is provided, the system configured to reduce human-perceivable flicker in a digital video, in which video frames are recorded unevenly with respect to time and in synchronization with a lighting flicker frequency, so as to reduce human-perceivable flicker in a video assembled using the computer from the video frames. |
| US10063768B2 |
Imaging device capable of combining a plurality of image data, and control method for imaging device
An imaging device comprises an image data acquisition circuit that determines a plurality of focus positions by repeatedly shifting focus position by a given amount, forms subject images at respective focus positions, and acquires, from the subject images that have been formed, a plurality of image data of a first resolution, or a plurality of image data of a second resolution that is different to the first resolution, and an image combination circuit that generates first image data by combining the plurality of image data of the first resolution, or generates second image data by combining the plurality of image data of the second resolution. |
| US10063766B2 |
Focus detection apparatus and focus detection method with a filter circuit for filtering image data multiplied by a coefficient after being reset
A focus detection apparatus generates a focus evaluation value based on image data corresponding to a predetermined focus detection area. The focus detection apparatus includes a filter circuit, a reset circuit, a multiplication circuit, a coefficient generating circuit, and an integration circuit. The filter circuit filters image data to be input. The reset circuit generates a reset signal to reset the filter circuit. The multiplication circuit multiplies the image data by a predetermined coefficient and supplies the filter circuit with the image data multiplied by the coefficient as image data to be filtered after the reset circuit generates the reset signal. The coefficient generating circuit generates the coefficient. The integration circuit generates the focus evaluation value within the focus detection area based on an output of the filter circuit. |
| US10063763B2 |
Camera module
A camera module includes a transparent plate, a top sensing layer, and a light-cutting layer. The transparent plate includes a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface. The top sensing layer is formed on the bottom surface. The light-cutting layer is formed on the top surface, and includes a blocking material and transparent apertures penetrating through the blocking material. |
| US10063760B2 |
Photographing control methods and devices
A photographing control method for use in a mobile terminal, includes: detecting whether the mobile terminal is in a photographing mode; sending an action-collecting instruction to a wearable device if the mobile terminal is in the photographing mode, for the wearable device to collect a motion trajectory of the wearable device according to the action-collecting instruction; receiving the motion trajectory collected by the wearable device; judging whether the received motion trajectory is a preset motion trajectory; and triggering the mobile terminal to take a photo if the received motion trajectory is the preset motion trajectory. |
| US10063758B2 |
Vehicle photographic tunnel
A system and method for automatically photographing vehicles in a drive-thru structure is provided where the passage of a vehicle triggers an automated process that captures a series of vehicle images, and uploads the captured images to a web template for display and recordation. The images captured have controlled reflections from multiple angles and perspectives. A viewer is able to discern whether there are surface imperfections, scratches, and dents on a vehicle surface. Reflections are controlled in the structure or circular chamber with curved walls that are covered with a light scattering sheet material such as a white canvas or gray walls. The lighting style used to illuminate the vehicle within the structure is a sunset horizon style of lighting, where the lights are hidden below the curved wall that may be gray or white so as to use a sunset style reflection on the vehicle surface through subtractive lighting. |
| US10063756B2 |
Camera module and mobile terminal having the same
Provided are a camera module and a mobile terminal having the same. The camera module includes a first lens assembly, a second lens assembly disposed to be adjacent to the first lens assembly, a lens cover accommodating the first and second lens assemblies and having first and second through holes allowing light to be incident to the first and second lens assemblies, an actuator provided on one side of the first and second lens assemblies to drive the first and second lens assemblies, one image sensor disposed below the first and second lens assemblies and converting light signals incident through the first and second lens assemblies into first and second image signals, and a camera case having a through hole formed on a front side thereof and accommodating the lens cover to allow light to be incident to the first and second lens assemblies through the through hole. |
| US10063754B2 |
Mobile deposit kit
A mobile deposit kit for use with a mobile deposit application of a mobile device provides a container having (1) a top, a bottom, and a back, and further includes two sides each adjoining to the top, the bottom, and the back, (2) at least one series of fasteners along back and the two sides at a specified distance from the bottom, (3) a tray supported by the fasteners, and including (a) a base, (b) a stencil, and (c) an opening within the stencil corresponding to specified check measurements, (4) an opening in the top sufficiently sized to correspond to a camera lens of a mobile device, and wherein the top includes outline markings for placement of the mobile device, whereby the mobile device is utilized for securing at least one check image for use in a mobile deposit application. |
| US10063753B2 |
Imaging module for supporting printed circuit boards in a predetermined angular relationship inside an imaging reader, and method of assembly
An imaging module for reading targets by image capture is mounted as a unitary assembly within an imaging reader. An imager is mounted on a first printed circuit board (PCB), and an interface connector is mounted on a second PCB. The first PCB is in direct, surface-area contact with first chassis walls of a chassis and is positioned to lie in a generally upright, first predetermined plane. The second PCB is in direct, surface-area contact with second chassis walls of the chassis and is positioned to lie in a generally tilted, second predetermined plane that is inclined at a tilt angle relative to the first predetermined plane. The first and second chassis walls are constituted as a one-piece support that maintains the tilt angle between the PCBs. |
| US10063750B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming system that ensure reduction of color unevenness and recording medium therefor
An image forming apparatus includes a table generating unit. The table generating unit determines whether a target-value Voronoi region and a measured-value Voronoi region are identical or not. The table generating unit sets an output color value associated with a print position where the target-value Voronoi region and the measured-value Voronoi region are identical in the second color conversion table as the output color value associated with a specific input color value in the first color conversion table. The table generating unit sets the output color value associated with the print position where the target-value Voronoi region and the measured-value Voronoi region are different in the second color conversion table as a color value that is a color value in the hue plane and is different from the output color value associated with the specific input color value in the first color conversion table. |
| US10063749B2 |
Computer program product for color calibration and control device with database associating white-ground color difference, type of print medium, and color
Provided are a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for creating a database for use in color calibration and that storing a control program for a judgement based on the database. The control programs cause a computing device to perform the following operations. The database-creating operations include calculating a white-ground color difference using a print medium, and repeating a feedback adjustment of a color correction LUT, to obtain a resulting color accuracy. The operations further include obtaining white-ground color differences and resulting color accuracies for plural paper products of a certain print medium type, to obtain a mathematical relation and create a database. The judgement operations include using the database to calculate an estimated resulting color accuracy from a white-ground color difference calculated using a print medium, and judging whether to perform a feedback adjustment of a color correction LUT based on the estimated resulting color accuracy. |
| US10063744B2 |
Image reading device, image forming apparatus, and shading data processing method
An image reading device includes a first unit to read one surface of a document in a first area facing a document path, a second unit disposed in the first area to read the other surface of the document, a first reference member facing the first unit at a first distance therefrom at a second position in a second area not facing the path, a second reference member facing the first unit at a second distance therefrom at a first position in the first area, a third reference member facing the second unit at the second distance therefrom, and a correction unit to correct, based on a difference between first data generated through reading of the first member by the first unit and second data generated through reading of the second member by the first unit, third data generated through reading of the third member by the second unit. |
| US10063743B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An image that is to be a target for filtering processing is acquired, a plurality of filters having mutually different filter sizes and arrangement spacing for significant coefficients in the filters are applied to the image to perform filtering processing on the image. |
| US10063740B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a light irradiator, an optical system and a photoelectric converter. The optical system includes a reflection mirror unit and an aperture unit. The reflection mirror unit includes first and second reflection areas successively provided in a main scanning direction. The aperture unit includes a light shielding portion and first and second light passing holes for allowing the passage of the light reflected by each of the first and second reflection areas. The photoelectric converter includes a light receiving surface having first and second light receiving areas configured to receive the light passed through each of the first and second light passing holes and successively arranged in the main scanning direction. A length of the light receiving surface along the main scanning direction is set to be equal to or longer than that of the image reading area along the main scanning direction. |
| US10063739B2 |
Printing apparatus for judging whether to issue an error notice
A printing apparatus comprises: a printing section that prints out print data onto a medium; an imaging section that captures an image of a print result on the medium; and an error notification section that performs error notification in a case of occurrence of an error during the printing of the print data. The error notification section judges whether to issue an error notice or not. In a case of an affirmative judgment to issue the error notice, the error notification section acquires a print image showing the print result by using the imaging section and transmits the acquired print image together with the error notice. |
| US10063737B2 |
Document printing using hardware-independent pattern ink cells
A system prints a document using a device-independent pattern ink cell that is appropriate for the print device. The system does this by identifying an object in a print job corresponding to a security element that identifies a pattern ink cell for a color parameter. The system then defines a device-independent pattern ink cell for rendering the identified object. The definition of the device-independent pattern ink cell includes at least one scaling routine for adjusting a parameter of the device-independent pattern ink cell based on a resolution of a print device that will be used for printing the document. The system then queries and receives from a print system a device resolution of the print device, executes the at least one scaling routine to transform the device-independent pattern ink cell to yield a device-dependent pattern ink cell, and generates a print using the device-dependent pattern ink cell. |
| US10063734B2 |
Information processing apparatus that receives data from external apparatus via network, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus that is capable of efficiently acquiring a developed image obtained by developing a RAW file. A plurality of JPEG files are stored in a information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus inquires of an information management apparatus about apparatus information concerning a external apparatus holding a RAW file corresponding to a JPEG file selected on the information processing apparatus. Then, the information processing apparatus connects to the external apparatus according to the apparatus information received from the information management apparatus, and requests the external apparatus to perform processing for developing the RAW file corresponding to the selected JPEG file. |
| US10063733B2 |
Alignment sheet, image forming apparatus and method for aligning image forming position
An alignment sheet for alignment of an image forming position of a sheet includes a first side and a second side. The first side has a reference image which is formed in a periphery of the first side and which is used for measuring a position of an image on the first side. The second side has a background image with a predetermined area which is formed at a location where the background image does not overlap the reference image. The reference image and the background image are read at the same time by an image reading section while an area with the reference image is folded such that the background image appears as a background. |
| US10063729B1 |
Terminal, method of retrieving authentication-related information, and program causing terminal to perform process of retrieving authentication-related information
According to one embodiment, there is provided a terminal that includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores authentication-related information indicating that a first cloud completes approval of authentication, which is acquired by a terminal from the first cloud that transmits an instruction to perform a job to a job-performing apparatus of which registration is completed based on an instruction from the terminal, if the registration of the job-performing apparatus is completed. The processor retains the authentication-related information in a storage area if the job-performing apparatus is registered with the first cloud, and, if the authentication-related information is not present in the memory after the approval by the first cloud, acquires the authentication-related information from the storage area. |
| US10063727B2 |
Marking apparatus and decoloring apparatus
Certain embodiments provide a marking apparatus, which marks on media that is reusable by recording and erasing decolorable material, comprising a scanner configured to read media to which a first mark representing the reuse times of media is attached; a determination section configured to determine whether or not the media is reusable according to a reading result of the first mark or a use state of the media; and a recording section configured to print a second mark different from the first mark on the media according to a determination result representing that the media cannot be reused. |
| US10063723B2 |
Display input device for successively reducing the size of a screen element during a selected processing of an image forming apparatus
A display input device includes a display portion, a touch panel portion and a control portion, and when in a login state, a predetermined processing start time is reached, reduction processing is performed in which in a screen being presently displaced, a display size of a logout key is maintained and in which a display size of a reduction target element that is a screen element other than the logout key is reduced. |
| US10063721B2 |
Information processing apparatus, control method of the information processing apparatus, program thereof and storage medium storing the program
This invention relates to an information processing apparatus being able to execute first and second functions and set the processing conditions of each function by using a user interface, and a control method of the information processing apparatus. In a case that either of the first and second functions is selected, an application common to both the first and second functions is launched, and a user interface window generated based on common data corresponding to the application is displayed. The processing conditions of the selected function can be set from the user interface window. |
| US10063718B2 |
Image processing device with destination selection interface
An image processing device according to an embodiment includes a display unit that displays a FAX destination registration screen having a destination registration region and a destination input region in which a plurality of selectable FAX destinations are displayed. An input unit configured receives a destination registration input with respect to the destination input region, the destination registration input indicating a selected FAX destination from the plurality of selectable FAX destinations. The input unit also receives a transmission input. In response to the destination registration input, a control unit controls the display unit to display a plurality of FAX destinations, including the selected FAX destination, in the destination registration region. In response to the transmission input, the control unit transmits an image to each FAX destination displayed in the destination registration region. |
| US10063717B2 |
Information transmitting device, information transmitting method, and information transmitting program
An information transmitting device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive setting of a first mode or a second mode as a transmitting mode; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the data in the transmitting mode the setting of which is received; a first obtaining unit configured to obtain identification information associated with a process by an application for setting; a storage unit configured to store the obtained identification information; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain the identification information regarding the transmitting process of the data when the first mode is set; a determining unit configured to determine whether the identification information stored in the storage unit is identical to the identification information obtained by the second obtaining unit; and a switching unit configured to switch the transmitting mode to the second mode when it is determined that the pieces of identification information are not identical to each other. |
| US10063712B2 |
System and method for dynamically allocating quota for shared balances in distributed telecommunications networks
Systems and computing devices may be configured to intelligently and dynamically allocate quotas for the access and use of a telecommunications network by consumers that use a shared balance account. The dynamic allocation of quotas may include computing a total reclaimable quota size value in response to determining that quota may not be allocated to a first consumer from the shared account balance without exceeding a balance threshold, reclaiming all or portions of currently active allocated quotas from a other consumers that use the shared balance account in response to determining that the total reclaimable quota size value is greater than or equal to the minimum quota allocation size, updating the shared account balance to include the reclaimed portions, and allocating quota to the first consumer from the updated shared balance account. |
| US10063708B2 |
System and method for transferring or rejoining a call from any device
A method for establishing a connection to a sequence-accessible call includes gathering connection data for establishing the connection to the sequence-accessible call including a phone number dialed to access the sequence-accessible call. The method may also include storing the connection data in a database, determining a presence of a proximity link, and transmitting the connection data to an information handling system. |
| US10063707B2 |
Method, device and video conference system for detecting video signals in same standard
A method for detecting video signals in a same format includes: receiving video signal data output from any one of at least two signal sources in a same format; identifying a start position and an end position of valid data from the received video signal data; counting number of rows and number of columns of a complete frame of received data according to the identified start and end positions of the valid data; and determining, when the counted numbers of rows and columns corresponding to two adjacent complete frames of data do not conform with each other, the received video signal data is switched, and sending out the determined result. |
| US10063699B1 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for verifying caller identification in voice communications
Techniques are disclosed for verifying caller identification in voice communications. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a method comprising receiving a request to establish a voice call between communications devices. The request comprising encrypted information and an identifier identifying a caller associated with the request to establish the voice call. The method further comprises retrieving, in response to receiving the request, a decryption key from an authentication source by requesting from the authentication source the decryption key associated with the identifier. The method further comprises utilizing the decryption key to decrypt the encrypted information and produce decrypted information as well as comparing the decrypted information and the identifier to determine a similarity therebetween. The method further comprises providing, based on the comparison, an indication of whether or not the request is deemed associated with fraud. |
| US10063697B2 |
Home communication center
Methods, systems, devices, modules, and/or computer instructions for redirecting calls in a home communication center are provided. More particularly, a home communication center can include a femtocell, a DECT interface, and/or a network interface. The home communication center can register one or more cellular communication devices with the home communication center; receive, from the femtocell, a call directed to one of the cellular communication devices; determine if a redirection rule applies to the call; if a redirection rule applies to the call, determine a DECT phone to receive the call; determine a phone number for the DECT phone; and, send the call to the DECT interface to call the phone number of the DECT phone. |
| US10063696B2 |
Call center audio redaction process and system
The redaction process/system operates on temporarily captured/saved audio file during an agent-customer-call center (CC) call. Voice-based audio data is captured and processed by monitoring data input from CC-agent into a defined data field (field in a CC-agent-presented form). The redact process generates a start-record time based upon initial data input into the field and further generates an end-of-recording (“EOR”) time for the field. The audio file is filtered and segments are permanently saved audio data (A-data) bounded by the start-record and EOR times. Thereafter, all stored audio data is deleted (preferably crypto-shredded) except the saved A-data to substantially eliminate retrieval of initially stored audio data. An IVR process can be used to trigger record ON/OFF instructions. Audio file segments can be trimmed with precursive and successive time periods to move the start and end times of the audio segments. System Operator sets time-trim periods. |
| US10063695B2 |
Delivery of caller identification data to a mobile device using application directed short messaging service
Caller name (CNAM) query results obtained from a traditional CNAM service are sent during call processing on a carrier network to the subscriber's mobile handset over a Short Message Service (SMS) channel on a mobile carrier network. A call page is received at a network carrier associated with a recipient of the received call page. A caller name (CNAM) query is performed, and the result of the performed CNAM query is sent to the recipient device before sending the call page to the recipient device. The CNAM query result is displayed on a display of the recipient device. |
| US10063691B1 |
Detecting dial tone on a telephone line
A method to detect dial tone on a telephone line may include taking samples of incoming audio on a telephone line. The method may also include determining volumes of the samples. The method may further include determining whether the volumes of a threshold number of the samples are at or above a threshold volume. The method may also include, in response to determining that the volumes of a threshold number of the samples are at or above a threshold volume, determining that the incoming audio on the telephone line includes a dial tone. |
| US10063689B2 |
Media control devices, systems and methods
Control devices, methods and systems for communicating with mobile devices and headsets are disclosed. At least one control device may include a top surface, a bottom surface, circuitry for communicating with mobile devices and headsets, at least one button designed to be manipulated by users wearing gloves; a microphone for receiving audio input from the users, and a securement mechanism for securing the control device to the users' person, clothing and/or equipment. |
| US10063688B1 |
Administrator-managed smartphone application access
Described herein are methods and systems for limiting functionality of a smartphone by an administrator device based on the speed of the smartphone, which can indicate that the smartphone owner is driving. In some embodiments, the smartphone can be configured to launch a blocking application as the default home screen application. The blocking application can be used to pair the smartphone to the administrator device. The smartphone can receive a velocity threshold and an allowed application list from the administrator device. The smartphone can determine that the velocity of the smartphone, based on GPS data, exceeds the velocity threshold. The blocking application can enable a block mode on the smartphone in response to determining that the velocity exceeds the velocity threshold. Enabling the block mode can include disabling access to applications that are not in the allowed application list, thereby limiting distractions caused by the smartphone for the driver. |
| US10063687B2 |
Device function disablement during vehicle motion
A method and system for disabling functions of a movement detection enabled device is provided. The method includes monitoring a movement detection signal of the movement detection enabled device in a vehicle and determining that the vehicle is currently in motion. An electronic tag in the vehicle is detected and instructions associated with the movement detection enabled device are retrieved. It is determined that the movement detection enabled device is located within a specified proximity to a driver location of the vehicle and that a user of the device is a driver of the vehicle. In response, specified functions of the movement detection enabled device are disabled. |
| US10063681B2 |
Wearable device paired with mobile terminal and operating method thereof
A wearable device and corresponding method include producing, at a wearable device, an incoming call processing option list in response to a rejection input from a user rejecting an incoming call from a mobile terminal. The wearable device and corresponding method further transmit, from the wearable device to the mobile terminal, a result value corresponding to a gesture of the user and in response to the incoming call processing option list. |
| US10063680B2 |
Portable terminal, and method for controlling portable terminal
A mobile terminal (1) includes: a motion detecting section (14) configured to detect a state of motion of the mobile terminal and an attitude of the mobile terminal; and an audio output control section (12) configured to (a) determine whether or not the mobile terminal is outputting audio and (b) in a case where notification conditions have been satisfied, notify the user, via audio that information to be provided to the user has been acquired. The notification conditions include a state where the mobile terminal has remained stationary for a predetermined period after undergoing movement; a state where, after the movement, the mobile terminal has remained in a predetermined attitude for a predetermined period; and a state where, after the movement, the mobile terminal is not outputting audio other than audio for notification. |
| US10063675B2 |
Performing duplicate address detection for an integrated routing and bridging device
A device may activate a layer 3 interface of the device based on activation of a first layer 2 interface associated with the layer 3 interface. The device may detect activation of a second layer 2 interface, associated with the layer 3 interface, after activating the layer 3 interface. The device may activate a filter to prevent transfer of network traffic via the second layer 2 interface based on detecting activation of the second layer 2 interface. The device may perform duplicate address detection, in association with the second layer 2 interface, for a layer 3 network address assigned to the device. The device may determine whether the layer 3 network address is a duplicate network address based on performing the duplicate address detection. The device may selectively maintain or deactivate the filter based on determining whether the layer 3 network address is a duplicate network address. |
| US10063674B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal including a robust header compression (RoHC) packet stream are disclosed. The broadcast signal transmitting method includes compressing a header of an IP packet included in an IP packet stream to output an RoHC (Robust Header Compression) packet stream, generating a signaling packet including information of at least one RoHC packets included the RoHC packet stream, wherein the signaling packet includes a signaling packet header and a signaling packet payload, wherein the signaling packet header includes signaling information that is included in the signaling packet payload, transporting the signaling packet through a first channel and transporting the RoHC packet stream through a second channel. |
| US10063669B2 |
Communication device, management device, processing method, and computer-readable recording medium having processing program stored therein
A communication device includes: a processor, wherein the processor adds a header corresponding to a second communication rule used by a network to uplink data which is transmitted from a terminal device to a control device to generate uplink transfer data when the communication device does not have a control element which is used for converting the communication rule of the data and corresponds to a first communication rule used by the terminal device; and the processor transmits, through the network, the generated uplink transfer data to a management device which includes the control element, that converts the communication rule of the uplink data in the uplink transfer data from the first communication rule to the second communication rule using the control element, and that transmits the uplink data to the control device. |
| US10063667B2 |
Plug-on networked audio adapter
One embodiment provides an apparatus comprising an input connector directly mateable with a media device to receive an analog signal. The apparatus further comprises an amplifier configured to amplify the analog signal, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the analog signal to a digital signal, a network interface configured to convert the digital signal to a networked compliant digital signal compatible with at least one network protocol, and an output connector mateable with a standard network cable that transmits the networked compliant digital signal. |
| US10063666B2 |
Modular telecommunication edge cloud system
A telecommunications edge cloud (TEC) element deployed between a client and a packet network includes a TEC hardware layer including storage resources, networking resources, and computing resources, wherein the computing resources include a plurality of processors. A TEC operating system (TECOS) is coupled to the TEC hardware layer and configured to control and manage the storage resources, the networking resources, and the computing resources, wherein the TECOS is executed by one of the processors, a TEC application layer coupled to the TECOS, wherein the TEC application layer is configured to process a request from the client using the TECOS, wherein the computing resources are configured to provide a service to the client when the request is a service request, and wherein at least one of the networking resources and the storage resources is configured to provide data to the client when the request comprises a data request. |
| US10063662B2 |
Method and system for establishing a trust association
A method for establishing a trust association includes receiving, by a server, a request to associate a web source with an account, the request having a link to the web source, and accessing, by the server, the web source in response to the request to associate. The method further includes locating, by the server and within the web source, a tag associated with the account, creating, by the server and in response to locating the tag within the web source, a trust association between the account and the web source, and providing, by the server, an indication of the trust association for display in a user interface of a client device. |
| US10063661B2 |
Multi-tenant cloud-based queuing systems
Techniques are disclosed for multi-tenant cloud-based queuing. Certain techniques are disclosed herein that provide for interactions and observability between tenant queues within a multi-tenant cloud-based queuing database. In some embodiments, the queues may be utilized by both users and merchants for both online and point-of-service interactions. Multiple queues for multiple tenants are hosted by a cloud computing system. Each queue may include one more queue entries, each of which includes a ticket value, and may further include a ticket alias. The ticket values and/or ticket aliases may be decoupled from a queue position for the entry. In some embodiments, the queue entries may be swapped within a queue or between queues, and the system may enable searching in or automated actions between queues and/or tenants based in part upon queue conditions. |
| US10063658B1 |
Dedicated network platform for data producing devices that emulates distinct data and control channels via bifurcation of single channel environments
Systems and processes of a dedicated network platform for data producing devices that emulates distinct data and control channels via bifurcation of single channel environments are disclosed as well as a process for making a firmware update on a remote data producing device. For example, in a single channel environment, the system provides a control sub-channel for transmission of the control information. Control instructions may be transmitted via the control sub-channel. A data sub-channel may be provided for transmission of data (e.g., logged data). The data may be transmitted via the data sub-channel. As for the update process, a firmware update for an application may be received over a network by a remote device, the firmware stored to a data store and the remote device rebooted to update the firmware. |
| US10063654B2 |
Systems and methods for contextual and cross application threat detection and prediction in cloud applications
Systems and methods for contextual and cross application threat detection in cloud applications in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting threat activity in a cloud application using past activity data from cloud applications includes receiving activity data concerning actions performed by a user account associated with a user within a monitored cloud application, receiving external contextual data about the user that does not concern actions performed using the user account within the monitored cloud application, where the external contextual data is retrieved from outside of the monitored cloud application, deriving a baseline user profile using the activity data and external contextual data and associating the baseline user profile with the user account, and determining the likelihood of anomalous activity using the baseline user profile. |
| US10063651B2 |
Parallel streams to maintain a target data transfer rate
Apparatus and associated method contemplating sending a bulk request to a first archive storage controller to transfer application data from a server at a target transfer rate, the first archive storage controller residing within a complex of archive storage controllers; identifying two or more archive storage controllers in the complex collectively forming a speed matching buffer set capable of parallel streaming the application data at a data transfer rate that is at least the target transfer rate; and as a result of the identifying step, apportioning the application data to the speed matching buffer set. |
| US10063647B2 |
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for intelligent network communication and engagement
Systems and methods directed to intelligent network communication and engagement during interaction with a consumer device. The progress of the consumer/consumer device can be tracked during interaction to make a decision to intervene based on one or more factors. The intervention may include invoking an appropriate, personalized request to the consumer for support. A consumer device can be employed to shop for a product via a mobile application provided by a retailer. For example, if the client has placed an item in a shopping cart, but does not completed the transaction, the context service can track events associated with the interaction and using an analysis service, and determine an appropriate time and/or manner to communicatively engage the user. As such, the context service can mimic a brick and mortar sales experience where sales associates determine the appropriate time to interact with a client who appears confused. |
| US10063646B2 |
Content distribution system, content distribution method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
A distribution destination terminal selecting unit selects, from among a plurality of user terminals of a target user, a user terminal having a high probability of achieving a certain level of results by a behavior of the target user toward content when the content is distributed, as a distribution destination terminal of the content, based on a behavioral history in a behavioral history storage unit. |
| US10063645B2 |
Method and system for monitoring and tracking browsing activity on handled devices
A method for monitoring and tracking browsing activity of a user on a client device is provided. The method comprises receiving, from the client device, browsing activity information of a user interacting with at least a page displayed over the client device, wherein the client device is at least a handheld device having a touch screen display; receiving, from the client device, page information identifying in part the page displayed over the client device; and generating based on the browsing activity information and the page information an exposure map at a page view level, wherein the exposure map indicates a salience of each area of a page-view respective of the page displayed over the client device and visited by the user. |
| US10063642B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting location services via a generic location session
Techniques for supporting location services are disclosed. In an aspect, a generic location session between a terminal and a location server may be established for a particular duration or until the generic location session is terminated by a trigger condition. Parameters related to the generic location session may be exchanged between the terminal and the location server during session establishment. Thereafter, the terminal and the location server may engage in one or more positioning activities at any time during the generic location session. Each positioning activity may be of any type supported by the terminal and the location server. The generic location session can be initiated by either the terminal or the location server. In one design, one entity (e.g., the location server) may initiate the generic location session, and the other entity (e.g., the terminal) may send an end message to terminate the generic location session. |
| US10063640B2 |
Internet of things communication and control system
A device may receive device information and operation information relating to an Internet of Things (IoT) device type corresponding to IoT devices that are configured to perform a particular operation based on receiving a particular command message. The device information may identify IoT devices of the IoT device type, and the operation information may identify operations that the IoT devices are capable of performing. The device may generate an application programming interface (API) based on the operation information. The API may associate the operations with one or more respective instructions, and may permit a client device to control operation of the IoT devices. An instruction, of the one or more respective instructions, when received by the device, may cause the device to cause a corresponding command message to be transmitted to an IoT device of the IoT devices. The device may store or provide the API. |
| US10063634B2 |
Deployment of multi-task analytics applications in multi-clouds
An information processing system, a computer readable storage medium, and a method for distributing an application among computing nodes in a distributed processing system. The method estimates a cost of storing information pertaining to the application on different computing nodes; estimates a cost for computing resources required to execute the application on different computing nodes; estimates a cost of inter-node communication required to execute the application on different computing nodes; and selects at least one computing node to execute the application based on minimizing a total of at least one of the cost estimates. |
| US10063632B1 |
Low-latency high-throughput scalable data caching
Low-latency high-throughput scalable data caching is disclosed. For example, a data source is connected over a network to a load balancer server with data cache. A load balancer service and a data cache service execute on processors on the first load balancer server to receive, by the load balancer service, a request from a client device over the network. The load balancer service requests a data entry associated with the request from the first data cache service. The data cache service retrieves the first data entry from the first data cache, which stores a first plurality of data entries that is a subset of a second plurality of data entries stored in the data source. The load balancer service modifies the request with the data entry. The load balancer service sends a modified request to a plurality of receivers. |
| US10063630B2 |
System and method for service orchestration in distributed cloud environment
The present invention relates to a system and a method for service orchestration capable of integrating network resources distributed in a cloud network to provide a service required by a service provider. The method includes: receiving a service profile from a service provider; analyzing the received service profile, and generating information on a virtual function and an application server used to provide a service as a service specification; setting a service flow to provide the service to a user based on the service specification; and transmitting a service execution control command according to the service flow to at least one micro data center. |
| US10063629B2 |
Floating set points to optimize power allocation and use in data center
An interactive component-level visual monitoring and control (ICVMC) system of a large-scale information handling system (LIHS) displays on a display device graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that include a visual representation of data centers (DCs) each having functional components operationally configured and interconnected in a system that operates based, at least in part, on one or more set points stored in respective registers. in response to receiving a user selection, ICVMC system changes set point/s respectively in registers in at least one DC based upon a test protocol or a locally-optimized operating protocol to obtain one of a test result and a local optimization of the at least one DC. |
| US10063628B2 |
Device and method for providing multimedia data in a motor vehicle
A device for providing multimedia data in a motor vehicle. At least one vehicle-internal hardware component serves to provide a first runtime environment for supporting at least one computer program application on the vehicle-internal hardware component. An interface serves for communication with at least one vehicle-external hardware component, which provides a second runtime environment for supporting the computer program application on the vehicle-external hardware component. Furthermore, either the vehicle-internal hardware component or the vehicle-external hardware component is selectable for executing the computer program application. |
| US10063627B2 |
System and method for event driven publish-subscribe communications
A system and a method for delivering an event from an event publisher to an event subscriber via an event broker are disclosed. The event broker performs several functions such as receiving an event published by an event publisher of a first domain, assigning a priority based on a second domain to a plurality of subscribers of the second domain, processing the event based on a rule and the priority, and further delivering the event published by the event publisher of the first domain to the plurality of event subscribers of the second domain in accordance with the priority. |
| US10063624B2 |
Transferring data between block and file storage systems
A processor may receive a request to transmit a logical volume to a cloud-based server. The logical volume may be stored in a data storage subsystem that includes one or more ranks. Each rank may include one or more extents, which may include one or more stride. The processor may determine an extent of the one or more extents that includes data of the logical volume. The processor may determine a set of strides associated with the extent. The processor may copy the set of strides into a stride buffer and combine the set of strides into a block extent file. The processor may transmit the block extent file to the cloud server. |
| US10063621B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling users to receive access to content in closed network
Systems and methods are provided herein for enabling a plurality of users in a closed environment, such as an environment where users cannot access or have limited access to the Internet, to share media while retaining ownership rights to their media, and while ensuring that processing power of their devices is not unduly burdened by the sharing. For example, users may be able to establish a group, and may be able to transfer media amongst one another. The system described herein may recommend content using not only what is stored on the user's device, but also content stored on devices of other users of the established group. Access controls may be implemented to ensure that the media is returned to its rightful owner at the end of a viewing, and to ensure that a user's viewing plans are not interrupted by the desires of another user. |
| US10063620B2 |
Information sharing method and system
Discloses is a method and system for information sharing. The method includes obtaining an information exported file by exporting the information to be shared, and storing the information exported file according to an assigned network address; generating a two-dimensional code according to the network address of the stored information exported file; sharing the generated two-dimensional code, and importing the information exported file by scanning the shared two-dimensional code. The system includes an export processing module, a two-dimensional code generating module, a two-dimensional code sharing module, and an importing module. |
| US10063616B2 |
Automated URL transmission to enable multimedia services
A method is disclosed for providing multimedia services includes receiving from a first user a request for engaging in multimedia services with a second user, generating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), transmitting the URL to an address associated with the second user, enabling voice communication between the first user and the second user, and enabling multimedia services between the first user and the second user in response to receiving an indication that the second user has accessed the URL. |
| US10063614B2 |
Method for obtaining a storage identifier in a hierarchical level of storage in a network for storing data
The method performed by a receiver entity in a hierarchical network, the entity having knowledge of the hierarchical levels of nodes of the network is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises, on reception of a request to store data as sent by a sender unit: a step of selecting at least one storage entity for storing the data, the selection step taking account at least of the hierarchical level of the storage entity in the network; and a step of sending information to the sender unit enabling it to obtain the identifier of the data storage entity. |
| US10063606B2 |
Systems and methods for using client-side video buffer occupancy for enhanced quality of experience in a communication network
A network node, and a method for operating a network node, such as a base station, may transmit multiple video streaming sessions from servers to clients in terminal nodes and can estimate client-side video buffer occupancy levels associated with the streaming sessions. To estimate a client-side video buffer occupancy level, the network node analyzes packets communicated with the terminal nodes to identify application layer messages and extract transaction information, determine payload types associated with objects conveyed in the packets identified with application layer messages, and associate the objects conveyed in the packets identified with application layer messages with one of the streaming sessions. The network node may use the estimated video buffer occupancy levels to determine scheduler parameters for use in scheduling packets for transmission to the terminal nodes. Packet scheduling may also be based on quality of experience considerations associated with streaming session clients in the terminal nodes. |
| US10063603B2 |
Method and system for concurrent collaborative undo operations in computer application software
Multi-user real-time collaborative software applications may synchronize data between multiple users or multiple devices. Current aspects describe a method and system for enabling undo operations in collaborative software applications where not all possible actions adhere to the operational transformation properties. Certain aspects herein operate in the absence of the so-called Inverse Property 2 (IP2). |
| US10063599B2 |
Controlling registration floods in VOIP networks via DNS
A mechanism controls global synchronization, or registration floods, that may result when a large number of endpoints in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network such as an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) come online simultaneously after a catastrophic failure. The mechanism allows the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure to efficiently control the overload condition by registering user end points with backup border elements, and by staggering and by randomizing the time-to-live (TTL) parameter in registrations with backup border elements. |
| US10063595B1 |
Secure execution of enterprise applications on mobile devices
A system is disclosed that includes components and features for enabling enterprise users to securely access enterprise resources (documents, data, application servers, etc.) using their mobile devices. An enterprise can use some or all components of the system to, for example, securely but flexibly implement a BYOD (bring your own device) policy in which users can run both personal applications and secure enterprise applications on their mobile devices. The system may, for example, implement policies for controlling mobile device accesses to enterprise resources based on device attributes (e.g., what mobile applications are installed), user attributes (e.g., the user's position or department), behavioral attributes, and other criteria. Client-side code installed on the mobile devices may further enhance security by, for example, creating a secure container for locally storing enterprise data, creating a secure execution environment for running enterprise applications, and/or creating secure application tunnels for communicating with the enterprise system. |
| US10063594B2 |
Network access control with compliance policy check
Embodiments of the present invention include methods involving an authentication application, a client application, or a combination of a network access control server with the authentication application and the client application. The client application collects compliance data regarding the user device and communicates the compliance data to the network access control server. The network access control server generates a compliance check result based on whether the compliance data indicates that the user device is compliant with a security policy for the software-as-a-service server. The authentication application grants access by the user device when the compliance check result is positive; and the authentication application denies access by the user device when the compliance check result is negative. In some embodiments, the compliance check result or a user device identifier is stored in a web browser cookie or a client certificate on the user device. |
| US10063593B2 |
Propagating fraud awareness to hosted applications
A policy enforcement point includes fraud prevention information associated with devices and/or users which is collected from: (i) many cloud fraud services located in the cloud; and/or (ii) authorization processing of users and/or devices. The policy enforcement point is consulted when a user/device undergoes authorization processing for a transaction with an application (for example, an application that serves protected content such as financial records, email, etc.). Fraud prevention information is added to session data, associated with the attempted authorization to the application, for the user/device as the user/device proceeds its attempted authorization to the application. In some cases, the authorization to the application may be refused based on the data added to the session data by the policy enforcement point or the policy enforcement point will propagate fraud prevention information to the application to make the decision. |
| US10063590B1 |
Secure message protocol
Observable characteristics of an encrypted data transmission can be analyzed and used to make inferences about the content of the data transmission. This information leakage is reduced by obscuring the observable characteristics of the data transmission. An obscuring engine is installed into the networking stack of a computer system that performs data transmission operations. The obscuring engine performs a variety of obscuring operations to obscure characteristics of the data transmission. The obscuring operations can include altering the size, packet ordering, packet partitioning, packet timing, and structure of the data transmission. |
| US10063585B2 |
Methods and systems for automated anonymous crowdsourcing of characterized device behaviors
Methods, and devices implementing the methods, use device-specific classifiers in a privacy-preserving behavioral monitoring and analysis system for crowd-sourcing of device behaviors. Diverse devices having varying degrees of “smart” capabilities may monitor operational behaviors. Gathered operational behavior information may be transmitted to a nearby device having greater processing capabilities than a respective collecting device, or may be transmitted directly to an “always on” device. The behavior information may be used to generate behavior vectors, which may be analyzed for anomalies. Vectors containing anomaly flags may be anonymized to remove any user-identifying information and subsequently transmitted to a remote recipient such as a service provider or device manufacture. In this manner, operational behavior information may be gathered about different devices from a large number of users, to obtain statistical analysis of operational behavior for specific makes and models of devices, without divulging personal information about device users. |
| US10063584B1 |
Advanced processing of electronic messages with attachments in a cybersecurity system
A system manages computer security risks associated with message file attachments. When a user of an electronic device with a messaging client attempts to open an attachment to a message that is in the client's inbox, the system will analyze the message to determine whether the message is a legitimate message or a potentially malicious message without the need to actually process or analyze the attachment itself. If the system determines that the received message is a legitimate message, the system will permit the attachment to actuate on the client computing device. If the system determines that the received message is not or may not be a legitimate message, the system will continue preventing the attachment from actuating on the client computing device. |
| US10063581B1 |
Measure based anomaly detection
Method and system for detecting an unknown undesirable event, such as (but not limited to) a cyber-threat, a cyber-intrusion, a financial fraud event or a monitored process malfunction of breakdown. An exemplary method embodiment comprises obtaining a dataset comprising a plurality n of multidimensional data points with a dimension m≥2 wherein each data point is a vector of m features, processing the MDPs using measure-based diffusion maps to embed the MDPs into a lower dimension embedded space, and detecting in the embedded space an abnormal MDP without relying on a signature of a threat, the abnormal MDP being indicative of the unknown undesirable event. |
| US10063572B2 |
Antivirus signature distribution with distributed ledger
This document generally describes techniques for using a distributed ledger to implement a framework for the validation and distribution of virus signatures, which may be used by antivirus engines on computing devices to detect and remove malware. Some implementations can include accessing, by a computing system, data that identifies a plurality of virus signatures. A signature score associated with a first virus signature can be identified that is determined based on a number of signature authorities that have submitted or endorsed the first virus signature. The computing system may determine whether the first virus signature is valid based on whether the signature score satisfies a threshold score. In response to determining that the first virus signature is valid, the first virus signature can be used by the computing system to perform virus scans of one or more files maintained by the computing system. |
| US10063567B2 |
System for cross-host, multi-thread session alignment
A method of detecting aberrant behavior in a software application is described. The method includes instantiating replicated applications on computing devices using identical initial setting. Each replicated application is a replicated instance of the software application. Information associated with a first API call from the first replicated application, and information associated with a second API call from the second replicated application is received. The information includes a call identifier of the API call and a digest. The call identifier is unique during the lifetime of the replicated application issuing it and is identical across the replicated applications. If the first and second call identifiers are identical, the method determines whether the first and second digests match. The method also includes, in response to the first and second digests not matching, signaling that aberrant behavior has occurred. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. |
| US10063563B2 |
Trustworthiness of processed data
A method indicates a trustworthiness of data processed in accordance with a processing rule. A first trust weight is assigned to a data item to be processed to provide a weighted data item, the first trust weight representing a level of trust in the data item. A trust value is selected from a set of data trust values, the selected trust value being representative of a determined level of trust in the data item. The selected trust value is defined as the first trust weight which is associated with the data item. The first trust weight is assigned to a processing rule to provide a weighted processing rule, the first trust weight representing a level of trust in the processing rule. The weighted data item is processed in accordance with the weighted processing rule to generate a data output and an indication of a trust level for the data output. |
| US10063555B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for achieving privilege separation
Methods, apparatus, and systems for achieving privilege separation are provided herein. In an exemplary method, an operation-applying instruction sent by a first-type client can be received. According to the operation-applying instruction, it can be determined whether an operation corresponding to the operation-applying instruction is able to be executed. When the operation corresponding to the operation-applying instruction is able to be executed, an operation-executing instruction can be sent to a second-type client, such that the second-type client can obtain a privilege for executing the operation, according to the operation-executing instruction. A notifying instruction can be sent to a third-type client, such that the third-type client can obtain a notification that the second-type client has obtained the privilege for executing the operation. |
| US10063554B2 |
Techniques for detecting unauthorized access to cloud applications based on velocity events
A system and method for detecting unauthorized access to cloud applications based on velocity events are presented. The method includes identifying a first access attempt to a cloud application at a first time and from a first location; identifying a second access attempt to a cloud application at a second time and from a second location; computing a velocity between the first access attempt and the second access attempt based on the first time, the second time, the first location, and the second location; checking if the computed velocity is greater than a velocity threshold; and generating a velocity event when the computed velocity is greater than the velocity threshold, wherein the velocity event indicates that an access attempt is unauthorized. |
| US10063553B2 |
Programmable display
A programmable display for connection to a control device includes: a user management unit configured to identify a user accessing the programmable display; a generation unit configured to generate an interface screen containing information from the control device in accordance with privileges assigned the user identified by the user management unit; a display unit configured to output the interface screen; a connection management unit configured to, in response to a request for access from a user on an external device, establish a connection with the external device on the basis of identification of the user by the user management unit, and to send the interface screen to an external device with which a connection is established; and the user management unit prohibits simultaneous access to the programmable display by a plurality of users each having different privileges assigned. |
| US10063552B2 |
Unified workspace for thin, remote, and SAAS applications
Application-manager software authenticates a user of a client device over a channel. The authentication operation is performed using a directory service. The application-manager software presents a plurality of applications in a GUI displayed by the client device. The plurality of applications depends on the authentication, the client device, and the channel. And the plurality of applications includes a thin application and a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application. The application-manager software receives a selection as to an application from the user. If the selection is for the SaaS application, the application-manager software provisions the SaaS application. The provision includes automatically logging the user onto an account with a provider of the SaaS application using a single sign-on and connecting the user to the account so that the user can interact with the SaaS application. If the selection is for the thin application, the application manager software launches the thin application. |
| US10063550B2 |
Method and system for realizing presence service, presence information processing device and presentity client
A method for processing presence information is disclosed. Presence information includes different values of a presence element, classes corresponding to the values and presentity information. Authentication configuration information of a presentity is obtained according to the presentity information. A right rule is obtained by resolving the authentication configuration information. The right rule includes a correlation configured by the presentity between a watcher identity and a class of a group that the watcher identity pertains to. A value of the presence element is sent to a corresponding watcher according to a correlation between the class corresponding to the value in the presence information and the class derived from the right rule obtained from the authentication configuration information. |
| US10063549B1 |
Techniques for sharing authentication data among authentication servers
A technique of supporting multi-factor authentication uses a database server. The technique involves receiving suspicious user activity data from a first set of authentication servers and storing the suspicious user activity data from the first set of authentication servers, as sharable authentication data, in a database of the database server. The technique further involves providing the sharable authentication data from the database to a second set of authentication servers. Each authentication server of the second set of authentication servers performs multi-factor authentication operations based on (i) local authentication data which is gathered by that authentication server and (ii) the sharable authentication data provided from the database. Accordingly, useful authentication data from one authentication server (e.g., a network address of a computer which mischievously attempts to probe or infiltrate that authentication server) can be shared with other authentication servers to enhance their ability to identify fraudsters. |
| US10063545B2 |
Rapid identification of message authentication
Techniques are presented for uniquely identifying authentication associated with messages. A message is inspected for sender or domain identifying information associated with a sender of the message or a sender's domain. The identifying information is authenticated, and if authentication, then distinctive metadata is associated with the message. The distinctive metadata is presented or played in connection with the message for purposes of readily identifying the authentication. |
| US10063544B2 |
System and method for supporting consistent handling of internal ID spaces for different partitions in an infiniband (IB) network
A system and method can support consistent handling of internal ID space for different partitions in an InfiniBand (IB) network. A plurality of partitions can be provided for a subnet with a plurality of hosts, wherein each partition of the subnet includes one or more hosts and each host can be associated with one or more physical HCA instances. Each partition in the subnet can be associated with a separate internal ID space, and a single physical HCA instance is prevented from being shared by different tenants that use a same internal ID value in different partitions. |
| US10063536B2 |
Short term or one-time-use X.509 digital certificates
A method includes receiving a request from a certificate user to utilize a short-term private key-public key pair. The short-term private key-public key pair includes a short-term private key and a public key. The short-term private key may expire after a period less than a year in length. The method further includes generating, using a processor, the short-term private key and generating, using the processor, the public key. The method further includes requesting a public key certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA). The method also includes receiving the public key certificate from the CA and pairing the short-term private key with the public key certificate. The public key certificate may include the public key that corresponds to the short-term private key. The method further includes storing the short-term private key-public key pair to a storage. |
| US10063521B2 |
Client network access provision by a network traffic manager
In one embodiment, a computer implemented method provides a client computing device network access to a private network by a network traffic manager, and the method includes: obtaining context parameters related to a context of the client computing device; selecting as a function of the context parameters one or more policies as selected policies, wherein each policy is associated with one or more network entitlement rules defining network access rules to a networking device or an application in the private network according to the policy; retrieving the one or more network entitlement rules associated with the selected policies; and providing the network traffic manager with the one or more network entitlement rules, thereby providing the client computing device the network access. |
| US10063518B2 |
Reducing data connections for transmitting secured data
A method for reducing data transfer connections is provided. The method may include receiving data requests associated with devices. The method may further include collecting data associated with the devices based on the data requests. Additionally, the method may include identifying applications for receiving the collected data. The method may also include generating datasets based on the collected data and the identified applications, wherein the datasets include collected data that is combined based on a commonality for transmission to one or more common applications. The method may further include generating passwords for the datasets. The method may also include encrypting the passwords. The method may further include generating data blocks, including a dataset, the generated and encrypted passwords, and UUIDs for each application. The method may also include transmitting the data blocks to the identified applications. The method may further include receiving and transmitting data responses from the applications. |
| US10063517B2 |
One way secure link
A method for secure communications between a transmitting computer and a receiving computer includes transmitting data from the transmitting computer over a first one-way link to a data security engine, receiving and validating the data within the data security engine, and, after validating the data, transmitting the data from the data security engine to the receiving computer over a second one-way link. |
| US10063510B2 |
Techniques to share and remix media through a messaging system
Techniques to share and remix media through a messaging system are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques to promote the sharing and remixing of media by promoting third-party sources of media content. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a media management component operative to receive a media element in a messaging application, the media element associated with a media application; and a messaging component operative to generate a message package, the message package comprising the media element, the message package comprising an attribution record for the media element, the attribution record comprising an inter-application link for the media element with the media application and transmit the message package to a messaging server. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10063505B2 |
Enhanced delivery of a message for multiple recipients
Technologies are described herein for providing post-processing of messages. In particular, the post-processing of messages occurs without any condition that the message was delivered. This post-processing of messages allows for system redundancy. A message to be sent is received and undergoes a subset of operations prior to being sent out. Currently, the processing operations are more extensive prior to sending off a message. After the message is sent for delivery, the message outgoes additional processing, even if the message is not successfully delivered. |
| US10063500B2 |
E-mail containing live content
A system for introducing live content into an electronic mail message comprising at least one dynamic live content area sent through an e-mail service provider system comprises memory and a click manager. The memory includes live content comprising image data and expiration data. The click manager receives an indication of the opening of the message by a recipient, wherein the click manager accesses the memory to retrieve live content and send the retrieved live content for rendering in the dynamic live content area of the e-mail message opened by the one of the plurality of recipients. |
| US10063495B2 |
Method and apparatus for improved handling of IMS node blacklisting
Accordingly, there is provided an IMS node, comprising a transmission module and a processor. The transmission module is arranged to send SIP messages to a plurality of other IMS nodes. The processor arranged to detect an error in a particular other IMS node, the error indicating that the particular other IMS node is not available to receive traffic. In response to detection of such an error, the processor causes the particular other IMS node not to be used for a period of time. The transmission module is further arranged to send at least one test message to the particular other IMS node when the period of time expires. The processor is further arranged to determine if the at least one test message is successfully processed by the particular other IMS node, and in response to a positive determination then returning the particular other IMS node to use. |
| US10063490B2 |
Method and system of operating an online application service in a deployment environment to facilitate run-time experimentation with user interface configurations
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for implementing runtime experiments with user interface configurations. In at least one implementation, an online application service receives access requests associated with various client applications attempting to access the online application service. In response to the access requests, the online application service communicates with an experiment control service to identify an experimental configuration in accordance with which to present a user interface to the online application service. The experiment control service selects the experimental configuration from various experimental configurations. The user interface is then presented in accordance with the experimental configuration identified for each of the client applications. |
| US10063488B2 |
Tracking queuing delay and performing related congestion control in information centric networking
A network device that performs information centric networking (ICN) in an ICN network receives an Interest from a consumer as the Interest traverses an Interest path to a data responder. The Interest requests data by name and indicates an accumulated Interest queuing delay experienced by the Interest on the Interest path. The network device enqueues the Interest to an Interest queue and dequeues the Interest from the Interest queue, and determines a local Interest queuing delay between the enqueing and dequeuing. The network device increases the indicated accumulated Interest queuing delay by the local Interest queueing delay, and forwards the Interest along the Interest path. The network device receives a Data packet satisfying the Interest as the Data packet traverses the Interest path in reverse. The network device increases an accumulated Data queueing delay indicated in the Data packet, and then forwards the Data packet to the consumer. |
| US10063483B2 |
Enhanced load balancing in a mobile communication network
A method for enhanced load balancing in a mobile communication network includes indicating, by a home subscriber server, allocation type information and allocation mode information to a mobility management entity. A user equipment is connected or requests to be connected to the mobile communication network using an access point name identifier and a packet data network. The mobility management entity and the home subscriber server are involved in providing communication services of the mobile communication network to the user equipment and/or connecting the user equipment to the mobile communication network. A packet data network gateway is to be selected for providing the communications services of the mobile communication network. |
| US10063480B2 |
Method for dynamically controlling throughput set points in a network on a chip, corresponding computer program and data processing device
A method for dynamically controlling throughput set points from sources to targets in a network on a chip including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links between these nodes for transmission of data packets, including for each link of the network solicited by the transmission of data packets, estimation of an available throughput margin that includes the estimation of a first margin calculated based on a maximum throughput capacity of the link; and for each emitting source of at least one data packet, the calculation and the application of an update of its throughput set point according to the estimated available throughput margins. Estimation of available throughput margin for each link includes estimation of a second margin calculated based on a maximum local absorption capacity of possible sporadic overflows of the throughput set points and its value is determined according to the first and second calculated margins. |
| US10063476B2 |
Content centric networking system providing differentiated service and method of controlling data traffic in content centric networking providing differentiated service
There is provided a content centric networking system providing a differentiated service that includes a client device that creates an interest packet, an edge router directly connected to the client device in the content centric networking system, that determines a traffic class for an interest packet on the basis of the information included in an interest packet received from the client device, and marks the determined traffic class information in association with the interest packet; and a differentiated service router, which when receiving the interest packet added with the traffic class information, stores the traffic class information in a pending interest table (PIT) and differentially transmits the data requested by the interest packet in accordance with the traffic class information. |
| US10063467B2 |
Virtual extensible local area network performance routing
A tunnel endpoint of a virtual network monitors the flows between the tunnel endpoint and at least one other tunnel endpoint. The virtual network spans a physical network. A flow identifier for each flow is determined based on packet headers of packets in each respective flow. A path identifier for each flow is also determined based on the packet headers of the packets in each respective flow. Each path identifier indicates a route that the respective flow takes in the physical network to reach the respective destination tunnel endpoint. The path identifier and the flow identifier of the respective flows are then transmitted to a controller of the virtual network. |
| US10063466B2 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating compatibility between communication networks
The described embodiments provide techniques and architectures for enabling interoperability between legacy network systems and Software Defined Networking (SDN) systems. The embodiments add functionality to an SDN system to support interworking between an SDN controlled network, and a legacy network. When upgrading a legacy system to SDN, it may not be possible to upgrade all network components at once. The described embodiments facilitate the use of legacy network components together with SDN system components, by adding new functionality to the SDN data plane elements and control plane elements. The SDN forwarding network elements (NEs) terminate the physical links carrying legacy protocols that include combined data traffic and control information. The new functionality within the SDN forwarding NEs includes processing none or some of the control messages from a legacy NE within an SDN forwarding NE, and then forwarding the remaining control messages to the controller under which that particular SDN forwarding NE is subtended. |
| US10063464B2 |
Protection switched source routing
A network element configured to operate in a source routing network, wherein the network element comprises a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor coupled to the receiver and the transmitter. The processor may be configured to cause the network element to receive from an upstream network element, a liveness protection probe comprising a header that comprises a list of one or more ordered connection identifiers that indicate a network path traversing the source routing network through which the liveness protection probe should be forwarded, transmit the liveness protection probe toward a downstream network element according to the connection identifiers, receive the liveness protection probe from the downstream network element, and transmit the liveness protection probe to the upstream network element according to a second list of one or more ordered connection identifiers contained within the header. |
| US10063463B2 |
Node protection for segment routing adjacency segments
In one embodiment, a device in a segment routed network identifies an adjacency segment between the device and another device in the network. The device also identifies a merge point in the network. A first network path extends between the device and the merge point via the adjacency segment. A bypass network path that does not include the adjacency segment also extends between the device and the merge point. The device generates an interior gateway protocol (IGP) message that identifies the adjacency segment and the merge point. The device provides the IGP message to one or more other devices in the network. |
| US10063462B2 |
Methods for determining the shortest path of a network utilizing M* algorithm
A computer implemented method for determining a characteristic of a network, the network having a plurality of vertices and a plurality of connections, where at least one of the plurality of vertices is defined as a starting vertex, and at least one of the plurality of vertices is defined as a destination vertex, the method having the steps of: allocating a cost value to each connection, a potential value to the starting vertex and a potential value to the destination vertex, executing an inverse system matrix related to the flow of the network, calculating the relative flow of a connection over all neighboring vertices of each vertex, and determining the characteristic of a network by evaluating the relative flow of each connection. |
| US10063461B2 |
System and method for client communication in a distributed telephony network
A system and method for regional routing of internet protocol based real-time communication that includes registering a set of client application endpoint routes, comprising registering at least a first client gateway route of a first endpoint in a first region; receiving a communication invitation of the first endpoint; processing a set of communication instructions associated with the communication invitation and identifying a set of communication resources and at least a second endpoint; querying the client application endpoint routes and identifying a client gateway route of the second endpoint; and dynamically directing signaling path and media path of the communication according to the regional availability of the communication resources, the client gateway route of the first endpoint, and client gateway instance route of the second endpoint. |
| US10063460B2 |
Method and apparatus for shortening multi-hop routes in a wireless ad hoc network
A method for routing data packets in a network comprising, at a first node of the network, establishing communication with a plurality of neighbor nodes in the network, determining a destination node for a data packet, determining a path for routing the data packet from the first node to the destination node, wherein the path comprises one or more relay nodes for relaying the data packet from the first node to the destination node, the one or more relay nodes comprising a first neighbor node of the plurality of neighbor nodes for receiving the data packet from the first node, identifying among the one or more relay nodes and the destination node a second neighbor node of the plurality of neighbor nodes, and in accordance with the identification of the second neighbor node, transmitting the data packet to the second neighbor node. |
| US10063455B2 |
Obtaining internet protocol subnet scope
A method for obtaining and utilizing internet protocol (IP) subnet information, the method may include obtaining by a layer two cable modem termination system (L2 CMTS) information about IP subnets that comprise DHCP leased IP addresses assigned to devices serviced by the L2 CMTS; and maintaining, by the L2 CMTS and based on the information about the IP subnets, a data structure that reflects the IP subnets that comprise the IP addresses that are allocated to the devices serviced by the L2 CMTS. |
| US10063454B2 |
Testing an upstream path of a cable network
An apparatus and method for testing an upstream path of a cable network are disclosed. The upstream path is tested by capturing and analyzing upstream data packets generated by a specific terminal device. A test instrument is connected at a node of the cable network. The test instrument establishes a communication session with the headend, informing the headend of an identifier of the device that will generate the test upstream data packet. The test upstream data packet is captured and analyzed at the headend, so that the results of the analysis can be communicated back to the test instrument. To speed up the packet capturing and filtering process, the upstream data packets can be pre-filtered based on packet duration and/or arrival time. |
| US10063453B1 |
System, method, and computer program for tag based testing of virtual services
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for tag based testing of virtual services. In use, an original portion of a system within a network in which to implement at least one modification is identified, the original portion of the system including a first virtual service and a second virtual service. Additionally, the original portion of the system is duplicated implemented within the network to form an updated portion of the system. Both the original portion and the updated portion share a single instance of a third service. The updated portion is then tested by processing the same data through the original portion, including the single instance of the third service, and through the updated portion, including the single instance of the third service, and comparing the outputs thereof. |
| US10063447B2 |
Path-ping and ECMP-traceroute for IPV6 overlay virtualized networks
In one embodiment, an ingress network virtualization edge (NVE) in a computer network generates an echo packet, and sets an indication in the echo packet that the echo packet is for overlay path validation. In addition, the ingress NVE sets a message type of the echo packet to a generic echo request, and includes virtualization network (VN) context information within the echo packet. Once setting a destination address of the echo packet as an egress NVE address and including an indication to the egress NVE that the echo packet is an operations, administration, and management (OAM) message, the ingress NVE may then send the echo packet toward the egress NVE (e.g., to validate the VN context information and/or to reveal multipath traces). |
| US10063446B2 |
Netflow collection and export offload using network silicon
Methods and apparatus for collection of Netflow data and export offload using network silicon. In accordance with aspects of the embodiments, the Netflow export and collection functions are offloaded to the network silicon in the chipset, System on a Chip (SoC), backplane switch, disaggregated switch, virtual switch (vSwitch) accelerator, and Network Interface Card/Controller (NIC) level. For apparatus implementing virtualized environments, one or both of the collection and export functions are implemented at the Physical Function (PF) and/or Virtual Function (VF) layers of the apparatus. |
| US10063439B2 |
Coordinated and device-distributed detection of abnormal network device operation
Techniques for coordinated and device-distributed detection of abnormal network device operation are provided. In some embodiments, a method may include identifying a suspicious activity condition associated with a suspect network device. The suspicious activity condition may also be associated with the device itself. Activity of the network device may be detected and analyzed, including additional data corresponding to the activity from one or more other network devices in the same network. In response to determining that the suspicious activity condition is satisfied, an alert communication can be transmitted that identifies the suspect network device. When the activity is associated with the device itself, a local operation at the network device may be changed. |
| US10063438B2 |
Security implementation for resource distribution
A system for securely distributing and managing resources includes a smart device, a resource management device, and a third party system, each having communication interfaces, and memory device, and processing device. In the resource management device, the processing device is configured to: receive from a smart device a set of smart device data via the smart device communication interface; detect within the set of smart device data a subset of data associated with a failure condition of the smart device; and communicate a set of instruction information to a third party system, wherein the instruction information is usable by the third party system to initiate a targeted communication between a host entity system associated with the smart device and the custodian such that maintenance, repair, and/or replacement of the smart device can be effectuated. |
| US10063435B2 |
System and method for context aware network filtering
In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques or mechanisms for automatically filtering network messages in an aviation network for an aircraft based on a current system context. According to various embodiments, a method is provided comprising receiving a network message transmitted from a source avionic device to a destination avionic device via one or more network packets within the aviation network. A current system context, indicating an aggregate status of avionic devices within the aviation network, is determined based on monitoring the avionic devices. The network message is analyzed by identifying a plurality of attributes corresponding to header and data fields of the one or more network packets corresponding to the network message. The acceptability of the network message within the current system context is determined based on one or more filter rules that specify what attributes are allowed within a particular system context. |
| US10063434B1 |
Classifying applications or activities based on network behavior
Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic in a network. A network monitoring engine may be employed to monitor the network to provide metric profiles based on a plurality of characteristics associated with one or more network flows. The network monitoring engine may provide profile objects based on the metric profiles. The network monitoring engine may provide the profile objects to a classifier engine. The classifier engine provide trained activity models selected from a plurality of trained activity models that may be based on a ranked ordering of characteristics of the trained activity models and the profile objects. The classifier engine may provide classification results for the profile objects based on the trained activity models. And, the network monitoring engine may execute policies based on the classification results associated with the profile objects. |
| US10063431B1 |
Detecting and reporting the impact of handovers on subscriber quality of experience
A method for monitoring, detecting and reporting the impact of handovers on the quality of experience for one or more users in a mobile cellular network includes collecting, from a plurality of mobile network elements, session records specifying data about sessions handled by two or more mobile network elements. A session record comprises a signaling portion and a media portion. Each session includes two or more session segments. Session segments having session media gaps are identified from the media portions of the collected session records. At least some of the session media gaps are associated with a handover procedure between two mobile network elements. A plurality of performance metrics related to handover procedures in the identified session segments are calculated and stored. An interactive graphical representation of the stored performance metrics is rendered to a user via a graphical user interface. |
| US10063427B1 |
Visualizing and interacting with resources of an infrastructure provisioned in a network
Functionality is disclosed herein for visualizing and interacting with resources of an infrastructure in a network, such as a service provider network and/or other networks. A user, such as a customer of a service provider network, may interact with a visual representation of resources of an infrastructure for an application. For example, a customer may interact with graphical models that represent resources of the infrastructure. The customer may interact with a graphical model within the visual representation to change a setting of the associated resource, delete the associated resource, view operating data associated with the associated resource, and the like. In some examples, the visual representation is presented within a virtual reality or enhanced reality environment. |
| US10063424B2 |
Communications processing method and apparatus
A communications processing method includes: receiving, by a service node, service data sent by an upstream service node; establishing at least one egress branch according to the service data and a process variable that is of the service node and corresponds to the service data, where the process variable is used to indicate an attribute of a downstream service node; outputting, by the service node, the at least one egress branch to a display page; and determining, by the service node, the egress branch according to the received trigger instruction, and outputting the service data by using the egress branch. Efficiency of an online process adjustment of service processing can be improved, thereby improving flexibility of the entire service processing. |
| US10063420B2 |
Network control apparatus, network system, network control method, and program
A control apparatus comprises: a network management unit that holds topology information and flow information; a network division unit that divides a plurality of switches into a core switch(es) and edge switches; a core network management unit that holds topology information about a core network including the core switch(es); an edge network management unit that holds topology information about an edge network including the edge switches; a core control logic that generates flow information based on the topology information about the core network and stores the flow information in the core network management unit; and an edge control logic that generates flow information based on the topology information about the edge network and stores the flow information in the edge network management unit. When the flow information about the core network or the edge network is generated, the flow information held in the network management unit is updated. |
| US10063412B2 |
Network device detecting method and apparatus, and cloud detection system
Provided are a method, apparatus and a cloud detection system for detecting a network device. The method includes that a detection packet library is created based on characteristic information and service configuration of a network device; characteristic information and service configuration of a to-be-detected network device are acquired; a detection packet is matched in the detection packet library according to the acquired characteristic information and service configuration of the to-be-detected network device, and the to-be-detected network device is detected by using the matched detection packet. |
| US10063411B2 |
Channel map for optical network unit activation and rogue behavior prevention
A multi-wavelength passive optical network (MW-PON) includes an optical distribution network (ODN), a plurality of optical line terminations (OLTs) and an optical network unit (ONU). The ODN includes a trunk fiber, one or more branching elements, and a plurality of distribution fibers. Each OLT is associated with an individual bi-directional wavelength channel using a corresponding single downstream wavelength and a corresponding single upstream wavelength, and supporting a specific downstream line rate and one or more distinct upstream line rates. The ONU is communicatively coupled to a respective distribution fiber, being tunable over a specific range of downstream wavelengths and a specific range of upstream wavelengths, and supporting a specific downstream line rate and a specific upstream line rate. The OLT is configured to assemble a broadcast management message conveying information about bi-directional wavelength channels in said MW-PON system and transmit said message downstream over the associated bi-directional wavelength channel. |
| US10063405B2 |
Real time transmission monitoring and anomaly detection
A network monitoring system compares gathered network information with path information. The comparison between gathered network information and path information provides traceability of automatic and dynamic rerouting function of network and makes it possible to understand the relation between root cause and observed problems. The combined monitoring of data plane with control plane enables identification of the original failure point where behavior is changing though routing failure is propagated around. This will allow the identification of network issues that may lead to service outages and impairments as well as alerting of issues affecting customer satisfaction, and is effective to reduce MTTD (Mean Time To Detect)/MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) and increase service availability in all markets. |
| US10063404B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for monitoring the transmission of media content events
Systems and methods are operable for monitoring the transmission of media content events. An exemplary embodiment receives a media content stream at a media device from a media content transmission device at a first transmission rate, wherein the media content stream comprises at least one media content event selected for presentation on a media presentation device; stores at least a portion of the media content stream in a media device buffer; calculates a buffer metric; transmitting the buffer metric to the media content transmission device; and receives the media content stream from the media content transmission device at a second transmission rate based on the transmitted buffer metric. |
| US10063397B1 |
Method and apparatus for novel adaptive equalization technique for serializer/deserializer links
A method and apparatus for a novel adaptive equalization technique for a Serializer/Deserializer receiver is disclosed. In one approach, adjustment of AC and DC gains is performed before DFE coefficients are adjusted. Further after the equalization an electrical idle threshold may be set based on the results of the equalization. |
| US10063396B2 |
Method and apparatus of topological pilot decontamination for massive MIMO systems
The presently claimed invention relates generally to a method and an apparatus for pilot decontamination for massive MIMO system and, more particularly, to a massive MIMO communication system based on channel estimation with topological interference alignment. |
| US10063390B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting ethernet frame
Disclosed embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for detecting Ethernet frames. In some embodiments, an Ethernet detecting circuit included in the apparatus for detecting Ethernet frames includes a received byte counter configured to calculate a byte count value of received data, a mask and pattern storage unit configured to calculate mask data and comparison data comprising a pattern of a frame, based on the calculated byte count value, a comparator configured to determine whether the received data corresponds to target data to be detected, based on the calculated mask data and comparison data, and a detection signal generator configured to output a detection signal corresponding to a result of the determination. |
| US10063389B2 |
Identifying and configuring multiple smart devices on a CAN bus
A system for communicating over a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus may include a central controller and a plurality of smart devices communicatively coupled with the central controller over the CAN bus and over an identification verification network separate from the CAN bus. Each smart device may be configured to at least one of measure various parameters and control a function based on a command received from the central controller, and then communicate one or more signals indicative of at least one of the measured parameters and the function over the CAN bus to the central controller. Each of the smart devices may include a physical input, a physical output, and at least two nonvolatile memory locations. A first of the at least two memory locations may be configured to store an identifier input signal received at the physical input from at least one of the central controller and an upstream smart device over the identification verification network, the identifier input signal being stored by the smart device as a function instance value for the smart device. The smart device may further include a source address determination module configured to determine a source address for the smart device based on the function instance value and a factory default base address for the smart device, and store the source address in a second of the at least two memory locations. |
| US10063384B2 |
Multiplexing device and multiplexing method
According to an embodiment, a multiplexing device includes: a packet generating unit which generates one or more third packets based on at least one of one or more first packets and a second packet; a main signal generating unit which generates from the third packets a main signal; an information generating unit which generates transmission multiplexing control information; a slot generating unit which generates a slot by combining the transmission multiplexing control information and the main signal corresponding to the information described in the transmission multiplexing control information having been generated a predetermined number of frames prior to the currently generated transmission multiplexing control information; and a time writing unit which writes a time in the second packet in the main signal included in the generated slot. |
| US10063382B1 |
Apparatus and method for providing multiple security credentials
A request is received from a requestor for security credentials. An initial credential authority is selected based upon a first predetermined criteria. When the initial credentials authority is not available, a back-up credentials authority is chosen based upon a second predetermined criteria. The security credentials are obtained from the back-up certificate authority. The security credentials are transmitted to the requestor. |
| US10063381B2 |
Security token for certificate authentication and driving method therefor
The present invention relates to a security token for certificate authentication and a driving method thereof. The security token for certificate authentication, according to the present invention, comprises a security chip comprising: a key pair generation module for generating a pair of a private key and a public key for an authentication certificate; a digital signature module for generating a digital signature on the basis of the authentication certificate; an internal memory for storing the authentication certificate, the private and the public key; a near field communication (NFC) module for performing NFC with a wireless terminal; and a controller for controlling the key pair generation module, the digital signature module, the internal memory, and the NFC module. |
| US10063380B2 |
Secure interface for invoking privileged operations
A formalized set of interfaces (e.g., application programming interfaces (APIs)) is described, that uses a security scheme, such as asymmetric (or symmetric) cryptography, in order authorize and authenticate requests sent to a virtualization later. The interfaces can be invoked to perform security monitoring, forensic capture, and/or patch software systems at runtime. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, detailed description, and figures. |
| US10063379B2 |
Distributed, centrally authored block chain network
A central service provider manages and writes transaction details to a private block chain network. Blocks of transaction records written onto the block chain by the central service provider are distributed to members of the block chain, thereby enabling data resiliency and self-verifiability. As the full block chain is available to members of the block chain network, the central service provider also ensures the privacy of transaction details by providing an assembled header and encrypted block of transaction records that are generated using a combination of symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic techniques. Altogether, the full block chain network is distributed across members of the block chain, but the members can only access and read transaction details in the block chain that they are authorized to view. |
| US10063378B2 |
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Disclosed examples involve sending an encrypted identifier to a corresponding database proprietor via a network communication from a server of an audience measurement entity, the encrypted identifier identifying at least one of a device or a user of the device; receiving user information corresponding to the encrypted identifier from the corresponding database proprietor; and associating the user information with at least one of a search term collected at the device or a media impression logged for media accessed via the device. |
| US10063375B2 |
Isolation of trusted input/output devices
Techniques are provided to ensure isolation of trusted input/output devices using a Secure Crypto-Processor. Secure IO lines may be used to drive devices that have a higher integrity requirement and to do attestation of sensor readings. Enhanced authorization policies may be used to enforce policies on interaction with IO devices. A bus master controller may also be provided in a Secure Crypto-Processor. Individual devices on an isolated Secure Crypto-Processor bus may be mapped to Indices so that read and write operations can be associated with Secure-Crypto-Processor-enforced authorization policies. The Secure Crypto-Processor may further provide means of attestation for complex data read from an input/output device that may be signed with the device identity to show strong origination proof of that data. |
| US10063359B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing ACK signal in a wireless local area network system
An ACK signal processing method that can be used in a wireless LAN system is proposed. Various information that can be used for a downlink MU PPDU for multiple receiving stations may be proposed, and, for example, in order to omit the re-transmission of the related art, information requesting an ACK or Block ACK corresponding to previously transmitted data may be included. If an immediate acknowledgement (ACK) frame fails to be received after the MU-PPDU is transmitted from the AP, a Block ACK may be requested. In this case, while a Block ACK is requested, a radio resource through which a Block ACK is delivered may be allocated. |
| US10063356B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing fractional subframe transmission
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for performing fractional subframe transmission. The method may comprise: in response to detecting that a channel becomes available, determining a target position from at least one potential position predefined in a subframe; and performing the fractional subframe transmission from the target position. |
| US10063353B2 |
Injected block code distortion
Methods, systems, and apparatus for automatically injecting symbol errors into a data stream prior to transmitting the data stream for timing recovery robustness are disclosed. In one aspect, a first telecommunications device determines that a data transition rate of a data stream exceeds a pre-specified rate. In response to the determination that the data transition rate exceeds the pre-specified rate, the first telecommunications device injects symbol errors into the data stream prior to transmitting the data stream to a second telecommunications device. The pre-specified rate is based on at least a nominal passband of the second telecommunications device. |
| US10063352B2 |
HARQ/CSI ACK feedback method over unlicensed carrier
Systems and methods relating to the use of an unlicensed Component Carrier (CC) for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) and/or Channel State Information (CSI) feedback for a downlink CC or a downlink CC group are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a cellular communications network comprises selecting, from a plurality of uplink CCs configured for the wireless device for HARQ and/or CSI feedback of a downlink CC or a downlink CC group, an uplink CC for HARQ and/or CSI feedback of the downlink CC or the downlink CC group based on channel availability. The method further comprises transmitting HARQ and/or CSI feedback of the downlink CC or the downlink CC group over the uplink CC selected from the plurality of uplink CCs configured for the wireless device. |
| US10063348B2 |
Retransmission data processing device, retransmission data communication device, retransmission data communication system, retransmission data processing method, retransmission data communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for detecting abnormality by comparing retransmission data to transmission data
A data generation device 101 transmits communication data bound for a data receiving device 105 from a transmission unit, and a monitoring device 103 receives the communication data. The monitoring device 103 requests retransmission of the communication data to the data generation device 101, and the data generation device 101 retransmits the communication data from a retransmission unit being different from the transmission unit. The monitoring device 103 receives retransmission data retransmitted from the retransmission unit, compares the communication data with the retransmission data. If the communication data and the retransmission data are identical, the monitoring device 103 transmits the communication data to the data receiving device 105. If the communication data and the retransmission data are not identical, the monitoring device 103 transmits a message which notifies that the communication data and the retransmission data are not identical to the data generation device 101. |
| US10063347B2 |
Signal segmentation method and CRC attachment method for reducing undetected error
The present invention provides for applying a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) to a data signal. The present invention includes attaching a first CRC to a first data signal block having a first length, segmenting the first data signal block attached with the first CRC into a plurality of second data signal blocks having a length shorter than the first length, respectively generating a second CRC for each second data signal block, and attaching the generated second CRC to the respective second data signal block. Moreover, the first CRC and second CRC may be generated from respectively different CRC generating polynomial equations. |
| US10063344B2 |
Method and device for symbol decision and digital receiver
A symbol decision method includes: storing a look-up table (LUT) to a symbol decision circuit; receiving a first signal, and generating a coordinate signal set corresponding to the first signal according to the first signal, wherein the coordinate signal set is located in a first decision region; and reading the LUT according to the coordinate signal set to output a first symbol corresponding to the first signal, wherein the first symbol is a first constellation point corresponding to the first decision region. |
| US10063341B1 |
Flexible data transmission scheme adaptive to communication channel quality
Methods and apparatus for transmitting Ethernet data along an Ethernet link with a BASE-T transceiver are disclosed. One exemplary BASE-T Ethernet transceiver includes an Ethernet data framing module having an input interface to receive Ethernet block data bits at a first data rate. Logic associates the Ethernet block data bits with an auxiliary bit and a number of zero bits. An error encoder is coupled to the logic to encode all of the data bits, auxiliary bit and zero bits into an error encoded transport frame having plural error check bits. A symbol mapper receives the error encoded transport frame and transforms the error encoded transport frame into multiple symbols. A transmitter coupled to the symbol mapper transmits the multiple symbols over an Ethernet link at one of a selection of symbol rates. The data rate of data transmitted over the Ethernet link is based on the number of zero bits. |
| US10063332B2 |
Digital broadcasting system and data processing method in digital broadcasting system
A method of receiving a broadcast signal in a receiver. The received broadcast signal is demodulated. The demodulated broadcast signal is parsed to output at least one signal frame. The at least one signal frame includes first data, second data, and signaling data. The signaling data is decoded. The first data and the second data are decoded with different code rates, respectively. The at least one signal frame includes known data for channel estimation. The at least one signal frame includes a plurality of subframes, and the subframes include a plurality of data units. A first data unit in the data units includes the first data, and a second data unit in the data units includes the second data. The signaling data includes information for fast service acquisition which allows the receiver to locate upper layer signaling information. The signaling data further includes information on encoding type of data. |
| US10063318B2 |
Combining uplink radio frequency (RF) communications signals in a remote unit in a wireless distribution system (WDS) using a differential mixer
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to combining uplink radio frequency (RF) communications signals in a remote unit in a wireless distribution system (WDS) using a differential mixer. A remote unit in a WDS receives a first uplink RF communications signal(s) and a second uplink RF communications signal(s). A differential mixer, which is typically configured to combine a pair of differential input signals, is controlled to combine the first uplink RF communications signal(s) and second uplink RF communications signal(s) without requiring the first uplink RF communications signal(s) and second uplink RF communications signal(s) to be converted into the pair of differential input signals. As a result, it may be possible to eliminate a signal combiner and a BalUn circuit from the remote unit, thus helping to save component costs and board space, and to reduce insertion loss and ripple to improve uplink signal quality in the remote unit. |
| US10063316B2 |
Wall plate having a built-in modem for performing electrical-to-optical conversion, optical-to-electrical conversion and protocol-to-protocol conversion
A wall plate is provided having a built-in modem on the backside of the wall plate that performs O/E, E/O and protocol conversions. The backside of the wall plate has an optical port for connecting an end of an optical fiber cable to the wall plate. A printed circuit board (PCB) disposed on the backside of the wall plate has electrical circuitry mounted thereon that performs protocol conversion and communicates with an optical transceiver module also mounted on the PCB. The optical transceiver module receives optical signals transmitted to the customer premises and transmits optical signals from the customer premises and performs O/E and E/O conversion. A front face of the wall plate has at least one socket therein for connection with an electrical connector disposed on an end of an electrical cable. The wall plate does not require a separate power supply. |
| US10063311B2 |
System and architecture for space-based and mobile terrestrial sensor vehicles, and end-to-end network for aggregation and processing of sensor data
A system is provided for reducing latency data collection from space-based sensor satellites. A mobile vehicle platform, configured to travel around the Earth, includes a sensor module and a relay satellite terminal. The sensor module monitors certain conditions, circumstances, environments and/or situations occurring on or around, or associated with, the Earth, and generates sensor data resulting from the monitoring. The relay satellite terminal executes data communications with a first of a plurality of satellites while the mobile vehicle platform is in a first area within a communications range of the first satellite, and, upon moving to a second area within a communications range of a second of the plurality of satellites, the relay satellite terminal switches the data communications to the second satellite. The data communications relay the sensor data, via the satellites, to a central processing facility for aggregation, processing, analysis and/or dissemination of the data. |
| US10063308B2 |
Radio frequency transmitter
A radio frequency transmitter device, constituted for transmitting a radio frequency signal in a frequency band comprising at least one transmit subband and at least one receive subband, comprises: a transmit chain for processing a transmit signal associated with the at least one transmit subband; a power amplifier for amplifying the transmit signal; an output port for transmitting the amplified transmit signal; a processing unit for calculating, from the transmit signal associated with the at least one transmit subband, a correction signal in the at least one receive subband making use of a power amplifier model modelling the behavior of the power amplifier; and a coupler for adding the correction signal to the amplified transmit signal for cancelling intermodulation products in the amplified transmit signal produced by the power amplifier. |
| US10063307B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises a receiver to receive the broadcast signals, a demodulator to demodulate the received broadcast signals by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, a frame parser to parse a signal frame from the demodulated broadcast signals, wherein the signal frame includes at least one service data, a time deinterleaver to time deinterleave each the service data, wherein the time deinterleaving is performed depending on a number of physical paths for each the service data, a damapper to demap the time deinterleaved data and a decoder to decode the demapped service data. |
| US10063296B2 |
Method for reporting channel state information, user equipment, and base station
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method includes: receiving a reference signal sent by abase station; selecting, based on the reference signal, a precoding matrix from a codebook, where a precoding matrix W included in the codebook is a product of three matrices being W1, Z, and W2, that is, W=W1ZW2, where both W1 and Z are block diagonal matrices, W1=a formula (I), Z=a formula (II), each of W1 and Z includes at least one block matrix, that is, NB≥1, and each column of each block matrix Zi in the matrix Z has the following structure formula (III); and sending a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) to the base station, where the PMI corresponds to the selected precoding matrix, and is used by the base station to obtain the selected precoding matrix W according to the PMI. |
| US10063295B2 |
Tomlinson-Harashima precoding in an OTFS communication system
A method for signal transmission using precoded symbol information involves estimating a two-dimensional model of a communication channel in a delay-Doppler domain. A perturbation vector is determined in a delay-time domain wherein the delay-time domain is related to the delay-Doppler domain by an FFT operation. User symbols are modified based upon the perturbation vector so as to produce perturbed user symbols. A set of Tomlinson-Harashima precoders corresponding to a set of fixed times in the delay-time domain may then be determined using a delay-time model of the communication channel. Precoded user symbols are generated by applying the Tomlinson-Harashima precoders to the perturbed user symbols. A modulated signal is then generated based upon the precoded user symbols and provided for transmission over the communication channel. |
| US10063292B2 |
Multi-user operation management
Methods, devices, and computer-readable media for wireless communication may involve techniques for managing multi-user (MU) operation when a device in a wireless network has coexisting radios. Such techniques may involve identifying a change in a multiple radio access technology (RAT) coexistence status of a first device, e.g., a change between a coexistence status that is not disruptive to MU communications and one that is disruptive. For a device communicating with a network using Wi-Fi, the change in the multiple RAT coexistence status may indicate a change between inactive Bluetooth (BT) communications and active BT communications concurrent with Wi-Fi communications. Based at least in part on the identified change in the multiple RAT coexistence status, a MU communications operation at a second device may be adjusted, for example, by disabling MU communication between the first and second devices over a first RAT when the first device changes to a coexistence status that may disrupt MU communications. |
| US10063291B1 |
Balance puzzle antenna beam searching method for multi-input multi-output operation
An antenna beam searching method uses a balance puzzle concept to perform group division of a plurality of antenna beams supported by a transmitter end, so as to perform evaluation on the antenna beam group(s) thus divided to determine an angle of departure of the transmitter end. |
| US10063290B2 |
Methods and procedures for non-linear precoding based multiuser multiple input multiple output
A station is used to implement non-linear coding based multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO). The station includes a processor that may be configured to perform a number of actions. For example, the processor receives a null packet from an access point (AP). Channel feedback is generated using the null packet. The channel feedback is sent to the AP. QR dependent information is received from the AP. Data is sent to the AP according to the QR dependent information. |
| US10063287B2 |
Base station router for distributed antenna systems
Certain aspects are directed to a base station router disposed in a distributed antenna system. The base station router includes a backplane and a controller. The backplane can manage an availability of sectors for coverage zones. Each sector can include communication channels to be radiated to mobile devices in the coverage zones and can represent an amount of telecommunication capacity. The controller can respond to a traffic indicator by causing the backplane to redistribute the availability of at least one sector. The sector can be redistributed from a first coverage zone to a second coverage zone. |
| US10063285B2 |
Antenna device of electronic apparatus
An antenna device of an electronic apparatus, according to embodiments of the present invention, includes radiation patterns comprising: at least one open boundary; and a plurality of radiation sections having the open boundary placed and arranged therebetween, wherein the radiation pattern forms a resonant frequency in a first frequency band (hereinafter, referred to as “a first resonance frequency”) and at least one among the radiation sections can form a resonant frequency in a second frequency band (hereinafter, referred to as “a second resonant frequency band”) higher than the first resonant frequency. The antenna device of the electronic apparatus, according to the present invention, can be implemented through other various embodiments. |
| US10063281B2 |
Method and apparatus for launching a wave mode that mitigates interference
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including detecting a signal degradation of electromagnetic waves guided by a transmission medium, and adjusting at least one phase of signal components of the electromagnetic waves to produce adjusted electromagnetic waves having a hybrid wave mode and a non-optical frequency range to mitigate the signal degradation. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10063273B2 |
Electronic device holder
A holder for a housing of an electronic device includes an extruded metal portion adapted to receive the housing and a securement element that is either mounted to the extruded metal portion or integral with the extruded metal portion. The securement element is adapted to secure the housing in the extruded metal portion. |
| US10063269B2 |
Case for an electronic device and manufacturing methods for making a case
An accessory unit includes a front flap and a rear cover. The rear cover includes a recessed portion that defines a chamber and a lip that extends about an opening of the chamber. The chamber is configured to receive a consumer electronic device, and the lip is configured to hold the consumer electronic device therein. The rear cover can include a shell formed from glass fiber reinforced plastics and a lip formed from a thermoplastic. The front flap may include segments formed from panels with folding regions therebetween, which allow the front flap to fold. Further, an end region of the front flap hingedly couples the front flap to the rear cover, such that the front flap may be moved between open and closed configurations. Methods of manufacturing the accessory unit are also disclosed. |
| US10063267B2 |
Establishing communication
In particular embodiments, a broadband receiver of a wireless communications device may poll a broadband communications channel for configuration data. Once the configuration data has been received, the channel may be established, and connection information may be transmitted to a base station. The connection information may be an identifier for a user of a social-networking system. Based on the identifier, the device may be able to establish a narrowband communications channel with the base station. Using the identifier, the base station may be able to begin retrieving social-networking information for the user while establishing a communications channel using the narrowband transceiver. Once the narrowband communications channel has been established, the wireless communications device may be able to receive the social-networking information over that channel and provide social-networking functionality. |
| US10063266B2 |
Method and system for a baseband cross-bar
Methods and systems for a baseband cross-bar may comprise receiving one or more radio frequency (RF) signals in a wireless communication device via antennas coupled to a plurality of receiver paths in the wireless device. The received RF signals may be converted to baseband frequencies. One or more of the down-converted signals may be coupled to receiver paths utilizing a baseband cross-bar. The baseband cross-bar may comprise a plurality of switches, which may comprise CMOS transistors. In-phase and quadrature signals may be processed in the one or more of the plurality of receiver paths. The one or more RF signals comprise cellular signals and/or global navigation satellite signals. A single-ended received RF signal may be converted to a differential signal in one or more of the plurality of receiver paths. The baseband cross-bar may be controlled utilizing a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processor. |
| US10063262B2 |
Non-concatenated FEC codes for ultra-high speed optical transport networks
A decoder performs forward error correction based on quasi-cyclic regular column-partition low density parity check codes. A method for designing the parity check matrix reduces the number of short-cycles of the matrix to increase performance. An adaptive quantization post-processing technique further improves performance by eliminating error floors associated with the decoding. A parallel decoder architecture performs iterative decoding using a parallel pipelined architecture. |
| US10063253B1 |
Summer circuit including linearized load
Some embodiments include apparatuses having a first circuit portion, a second circuit portion, and a third circuit portion. The first circuit portion includes a first transistor to receive a first signal of a differential signal pair and a second transistor to receive a second signal of the differential signal pair. The second circuit portion is coupled to the first and second transistors and a first supply node, the second circuit portion including a first output node and a second output node to provide an output signal pair based on the differential signal pair. The third circuit portion includes a first diode-connected transistor coupled between the first output node and a second supply node and a second diode-connected transistor coupled between the second output node and the second supply node. |
| US10063251B2 |
Low-noise current-in class D amplifier with slew rate control mechanism
A circuit applied to speaker includes a tri-level current DAC and a class D amplifier. The current DAC is arranged to receive a digital signal to generate a current signal, and the class D amplifier is arranged to directly receive the current from the current DAC and to amplify the current signal to generate an output signal. SNR performance is well improved class D amplifier due to small signal noise reduced by preceding tri-level DAC. In addition, the circuit further includes a driving stage, and a gate-drain voltage of a power transistor within the driving stage can be controlled to set the appropriate slew rate. |
| US10063248B2 |
Driver arrangement and method for providing an analog output signal
A driver arrangement (10) comprises a digital controller (11) that is configured to receive a digital input signal (SDI) and a driver (12) that comprises a driver input (14) and a driver output (15) and is configured to provide an analog output signal (SANO) at the driver output (15). The driver arrangement (10) comprises a coupling circuit (13) that comprises a digital-to-analog converter (19) and a feedback circuit (24). The digital-to-analog converter (19) comprises a converter input (20) coupled to the digital controller (11) and a converter output (21) coupled to the driver input (14). The feedback circuit (24) is coupled to the driver output (15) and to a feedback input (17) of the digital controller (11). |
| US10063247B2 |
Multiple-loop fractional-N PLL with hitless switching
A phase-locked loop (PLL) has at least two parallel loops. The loops share an oscillator, a counter connected with the oscillator, a multiplexer, and a loop filter. Each loop has a register sampling the oscillator phase from the counter, and a phase predictor which uses a fractional-N frequency control word (FCW) to calculate a predicted phase as an integer number. The loop forwards the integer difference between the sampled phase and the predicted phase to the multiplexer, which selects one of the loops and provides the difference to the loop filter. Loops that are not selected use a monitor-and-adjust function to keep the difference in track with the difference of a selected loop. Loops may provide a loop sleep function and the PLL may also provide an oscillator sleep function. |
| US10063246B2 |
Low-power fractional-N PLLs
A phase-locked loop (PLL) has an oscillator, a counter and a register to sample the oscillator phase as an integer number. A phase predictor uses a fractional-N frequency control word (FCW) to calculate a predicted phase as an integer number. The integer difference between the sampled phase and the predicted phase is used as loop filter input, to generate an oscillator control code that adjusts the oscillator frequency. The phase predictor may provide noise shaping, for example via a MASH modulator. The PLL may be implemented with dedicated or off-the-shelf circuitry, in an FPGA, or with a programmable processor. A tangible non-transitory memory may hold an associated software instructions for fractional-N phase locking. |
| US10063243B2 |
Digital phase locked loop for low jitter applications
A phase locked loop circuit is disclosed. The phase locked loop circuit includes a ring oscillator. The phase locked loop circuit also includes a digital path including a digital phase detector. The phase locked loop circuit further includes an analog path including a linear phase detector. Additionally, the phase locked loop circuit includes a feedback path connecting an output of the ring oscillator to an input of the digital path and an input of the analog path. The digital path and the analog path are parallel paths. The digital path provides a digital tuning signal the ring oscillator that digitally controls a frequency of the ring oscillator. The analog path provides an analog tuning signal the ring oscillator that continuously controls the frequency of the ring oscillator. |
| US10063242B2 |
Phase-locked loop method for use in utility electricity parallel-connection system
A phase-locked loop method for use in utility electricity parallel-connection system is introduced. The phase-locked loop method comprises a conversion signal generating step, an error calculating step, a frequency correction signal obtaining step, an angle signal obtaining step, and a synchronous signal generating step to not only calculate an error value by detecting a utility electricity voltage, but also reduce or return-to-zero the error value by proportional integral adjustment. With the steps, the phase-locked loop method achieves synchrony precisely by eliminating input utility electricity voltage distortion and frequency variation. Furthermore, the phase-locked loop method advantageously features quick response and a wide frequency range and therefore is effective in tracking power generation facilities, such as a diesel generator, and expanding inverters. |
| US10063241B2 |
Die location compensation
Embodiments are described that compensate for a difference in a characteristic (e.g., of performance or operation) of a semiconductor device that is a function of the location of a die in a device. In one embodiment, a clock circuit may generate a clock signal having a timing that varies with the location of a die so that signals are coupled from the die to a substrate at the same time despite differences in the signal propagation time between the substrate and the various die. In other embodiments, for example, differences in the termination impedance or driver drive-strength resulting from differences in the location of a die in a stack may be compensated for. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10063239B2 |
Protection of an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit protection device, including: groups of radiation detection elements distributed in a matrix array; logic gates combining outputs of the detection elements in rows and in columns, each output of a detection element being connected to a gate combining a row and to a gate combining a column; and a circuit for interpreting signals supplied by said logic gates and including an event counter and a delay element. |
| US10063238B1 |
Apparatus and method for a permutation sequencer
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to sequencing. In accordance with one aspect, sequencing includes creating a one hot list; selecting a current word of the one hot list as a one hot list output; comparing the one hot list output with a current accumulation register value of an accumulation register to produce a logical comparison; inputting the logical comparison to the accumulation register to generate an updated accumulation register value; and outputting the updated accumulated register state to a client unit to enable or disable the client unit. |
| US10063237B2 |
Scalable integrated MOSFET (SIM)
A high voltage power block includes a high voltage power transistor; and a switch driver configured to drive a gate of the high voltage power transistor. The high voltage power block is integrated in a programmable logic device (PLD) including a programmable fabric, a signal wrapper configured to provide signals between the high voltage power transistor and the programmable fabric, and a plurality of internal components. The plurality of internal components integrated in the PLD are programmably connected and characteristics of the high voltage power transistor are programmably adjusted using the programmable fabric and the signal wrapper. |
| US10063235B2 |
Apparatus for flexible electronic interfaces and associated methods
A semiconductor die includes at least one flexible interface block. The flexible interface block includes at least one interconnect, and at least one buffer coupled to the at least one interconnect. The flexible interface block further includes a routing interface coupled to circuitry integrated in the semiconductor die, and a controller coupled to provide communication between the routing interface and the at least one buffer. |
| US10063229B2 |
Controlling a device based on touch operations on a surface of the device
Provided is a coordinate input device, including: an operation plate that is cantilevered and flexibly supported; a touch sensor that is attached to a rear surface of the operation plate; and a circuit board that is disposed to provide a predetermined gap between the circuit board and the touch sensor and includes a push-in input switch. |
| US10063225B1 |
Voltage switching device and method
A voltage switching device includes a receiver, a voltage controlled switch, a voltage detector and a first switch circuit. The voltage controlled switch is connected between an input data terminal and the receiver. The first voltage generator circuit is configured to provide a first voltage. The voltage detector is configured to output a first logic signal while detecting the first voltage higher than a predetermined voltage. The first switch circuit is connected between the first voltage generator circuit and the voltage controlled switch, the first switch circuit is turned on according to the first logic signal, so that the voltage controlled switch is turned on by the first voltage, and data are transmitted from the input data terminal to the receiver. |
| US10063222B1 |
Dynamic control of edge shift for duty cycle correction
A duty cycle correction device may be provided for correcting a duty cycle of an input signal. The device includes a first duty cycle correction circuit. The first duty cycle correction circuit receives the input signal. The first duty cycle correction circuit generates a first intermediate signal. The device includes a first programmable delay circuit. The first programmable delay circuit is controlled by a first delay control signal. The first programmable delay circuit receives the first intermediate signal. The first programmable delay circuit generates an output signal. The device includes a second duty cycle correction circuit. The second duty cycle correction circuit receives the input signal. The second duty cycle correction circuit generates a second intermediate signal. The device includes a second programmable delay circuit. The second programmable delay circuit generates a reference signal. The device includes a skew control arrangement operable for generating the first delay control signal. |
| US10063214B2 |
Programmable band-pass filter circuit of analog front-end used for capacitance detection
A programmable band-pass filter circuit, which is included by an analog front-end circuit and used for capacitance detection, includes an operational amplifier, an input resistor, a feedback resistor, and a feedback capacitor. The operational amplifier includes a first input coupled to a reference level, a second input, and an output. The input resistor has a first end coupled to a sensed capacitor and a second end coupled to the second input of the operational amplifier. The feedback resistor and feedback capacitor are connected between the second input of the operational amplifier and the output of the operational amplifier, respectively. |
| US10063213B2 |
Filter device and duplexer
In a filter device, a transversal elastic wave filter, which defines a delay element, is connected in parallel with a band pass filter. The transversal elastic wave filter has the same amplitude characteristic as and the opposite phase to the band pass filter at a desired frequency inside an attenuation range of the band pass filter. When a wavelength determined by an electrode finger period of IDTs and is denoted by λ, the distance between the first IDT and the second IDT of the elastic wave filter is about 12λ or less. |
| US10063209B2 |
Noise filter
A noise filter inserted between the power source side and the load side of a main circuit for which noise is reduced to attenuate noise of the main circuit using a filter circuit including the coil and the capacitor. In the noise filter, the board ground pattern is separated into a plurality of board ground patterns, the separated board ground patterns are connected to a common ground member present outside the board, the separated board ground patterns are formed as solid patterns, and adjacent board ground patterns of the separated board ground patterns are disposed so as to have a spacing equal to or less than a predetermined distance. |
| US10063206B2 |
Equalization of frequency-dependent gain
Systems, devices, and methods for determining and establishing frequency-dependent gain compensation in wide bandwidth communication systems are disclosed. Variable frequency-dependent gain compensation circuits, or variable equalizers, have settings that configure them to establish discrete frequency-dependent gain compensation. The frequency-dependent gain compensation can include various types and levels of gain slope and/or ripple. The settings of the variable equalizers can be set by control signals established a control circuit in response to signals from an external computer. The variable equalizers are coupled to other circuits or devices and the frequency-dependent gain of the combined circuit are measured. The settings of the variable equalizer are then changed to establish an optimal frequency-dependent gain profile or frequency-dependent gain that is closest to a predetermined frequency-dependent target gain profile. The settings can then be saved in a memory or register. |
| US10063205B2 |
Semiconductor device
In a related-art semiconductor device, there is a problem that a second-order harmonic distortion originating in a power amplifier driven by a rectangular-wave signal cannot be effectively suppressed. According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device generates a transmission signal RF_OUT for driving an antenna by receiving first transmission pulses INd_P and second transmission pulses INd_N having a duty ratio lower than 50%, adjusting a phase difference between the first and second transmission pulses INd_P and INd_N to a predefined phase difference, and supplying the phase-difference-adjusted first and second transmission pulses INd_P and INd_N to a power amplifier 54. |
| US10063202B2 |
Intelligently modifying the gain parameter of a playback device
Techniques for optimizing a player based on the addition of a second player are disclosed. In an embodiment, when a first player no longer needs to play certain audio frequencies due to the addition of a second player, the gain of the first player is automatically increased as part of the setup process. In another embodiment, when a first player needs to play certain audio frequencies, for example due to the removal of a second player, the gain of the first player is automatically decreased. Many other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10063197B2 |
Circuits for power-combined power amplifier arrays
Circuits for power-combined power amplifier array are provided, the circuits comprising: an input splitter coupled to an input that provides a plurality of outputs; a plurality of power amplifier unit cells, each power amplifier unit cell coupled to a corresponding output of the input splitter and each power amplifier unit cell providing an output signal at an output of the power amplifier unit cell; and a power combiner having an output, a plurality of inputs, each input coupled to the output of a corresponding power amplifier unit cell, and a plurality of C-L-C-section equivalents, each having an input connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs of the power combiner and an output connected to the output of the power combiner. |
| US10063189B2 |
Method and device for self-biased and self-regulated common-mode amplification
An amplification device includes an amplification stage having a transconductance amplification transistor and an output terminal. A biasing circuit is configured to bias in common mode the output terminal to a bias potential obtained on the basis of a voltage present between the gate and the source of the amplification transistor, and to compensate for parasitic variations of the voltage present between the gate and the source of the amplification transistor. |
| US10063187B2 |
Method for assessing parameters for controlling a solar tracker
The invention relates to a method for assessing parameters for controlling a solar tracker including modules which include a table of means for processing solar radiation which is movable on means for connecting to the ground, which includes detecting, for each connection means, spatial coordinates of a point for connection with the table; for each module: i. determining a tilt of the table from the determined spatial coordinates; ii. determining spatial coordinates of a series of reference points of the table from the spatial coordinates and the tilt; determining, for each module, positioning parameters of the table relative to directly adjacent tables, from the spatial coordinates of the reference points; and determining parameters for controlling the tracker from the tilt and the relative positioning parameters of the tables of the tracker. |
| US10063186B2 |
Phase change materials for cooling enclosed electronic components, including for solar energy collection, and associated systems and methods
The present technology is directed generally to phase change materials for cooling enclosed electronic components, including for solar energy collection, and associated systems and methods. In particular embodiments, a system directs warm air through an airflow path in thermal communication with a phase change material to liquefy the phase change material and cool the air. The system also directs the cool air into thermal communication with electronic components to cool the electronic components via conduction and/or convection. |
| US10063183B2 |
Solar panel with pivoting side supports
A folded down support (12) allows for stronger solar panels (10) and the support replaces most of the solar racking required for solar installation which further reduces the cost of the photovoltaic solar system. The solar panels (10) can be arranged so that solar panels form a solar collector solar panel array. The solar panel (10) can be set on a surface by itself or with ballast (43). It can also be attached to the surface by fastening the solar panel to the side supports. If the solar panel frame and supports are electrically conductive, the design allows for self electrical grounding between these conductive parts when the side supports are pivoted to the down position. The folded up support allows for high density storage and shipping. |
| US10063180B2 |
Multiple inverter hybrid drive system
A powertrain for a vehicle includes and electric machine and a plurality of inverters. The electric machine may include a stator defining a plurality of stator teeth separated by slots that are configured to accept windings. The plurality of inverters may each be configured to exclusively drive a current in some but not all of the windings within slots such that some of the plurality of stator teeth within a sector of the stator are configured to be energized by only one of the inverters. |
| US10063175B2 |
Field current profile
An output of a generator may vary according to the speed of the engine, physical characteristics of the engine, or other factors. A profile for a generator that describes a periodic fluctuation in an operating characteristic for the generator is identified. A field current of an alternator associated with the generator is modified based on the profile for the generator in order to counter variations in the output of the generator. |
| US10063174B2 |
System and method for controlling a negative sequence current in a wind turbine generator
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for controlling an electrical power system connected to a power grid. The method includes determining, via a negative sequence regulator programmed in a controller of the electrical power system, a negative sequence component of at least one electrical condition of the electrical power system. Further, the method includes determining a desired current response based on the negative sequence component of the at least one electrical condition of the electrical power system. Thus, the method also includes determining a control command for the power converter as a function of the desired current response so as to achieve a desired relationship between a voltage condition in the power grid and the negative sequence component of the electrical condition of the electrical power system. |
| US10063171B2 |
Control apparatus for internal combustion engine
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided with: a first determining device configured to determine whether or not the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine is less than a predetermined number of revolutions and control torque is required for a rotary electric machine; a second determining device configured to determine whether or not required control torque is less than a predetermined threshold value; a first controlling device configured to realize the control state in one arm and to realize the power generation state if the required control torque is less than the predetermined threshold value; a second controlling device configured to realize the control state in both the one arm and the other arm if the required control torque is greater than the predetermined threshold value; and a threshold changing device configured to change the predetermined threshold value to increase with increasing number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine. |
| US10063168B2 |
Motor controller
A motor controller includes an inverter configured to convert a direct current to an alternating current, a control unit that generates a PWM signal for driving the inverter in response to a motor drive command from an external device, and a safety circuit arranged between the inverter and the control unit. The inverter includes an upper switching element and a lower switching element. The safety circuit includes logic gates which are provided corresponding to the upper switching element and the lower switching element, respectively and each of which has two or more inputs to cut off the PWM signal based on a safety input signal. |
| US10063165B2 |
Method and apparatus for the detection of the position of an operating switch for starting an electric motor
An electric motor is connected to a voltage source via a drive circuit and, between the drive circuit and the voltage source, the operating switch is arranged for the switching of the supply voltage (U) of the voltage source as the input voltage (UE) on the drive circuit. Following the switch-out of the electric motor, the input voltage (UE) on the drive circuit is monitored and a gradient of a rising voltage ramp (dU/dt) of the input voltage (UE) is determined. The gradient of the rising voltage ramp (dU/dt) of the input voltage (UE) thus determined is compared with a predefined limiting value and, in the event of an overshoot of the predefined limiting value, the operating switch is detected as closed, and the electric motor is restarted via the drive circuit. |
| US10063161B2 |
Active neutral point clamped converter control system and method
Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of an active neutral point clamped converter (ANPC converter). One exemplary embodiment is a power conversion system comprising a grid-side converter, a DC link, a multi-phase ANPC converter coupled to an electric machine, and an electronic control system. The electronic control system is structured to selectably operate in a first mode and a second mode in response to a device failure state of the ANPC converter, the first mode operating the grid-side converter to provide a first DC link voltage and operating the ANPC converter using a first modulation index, and the second mode operating the grid-side converter to provide a second DC link voltage greater than the first DC link voltage and operating the ANPC converter using a second modulation index lower than the first modulation index. |
| US10063152B2 |
Storage time control
A controller for use in a power converter includes a first terminal to provide a turn on signal to initiate turning on of a power switch and a second terminal to provide a turn off signal to initiate turning off the power switch. A detection circuit is coupled to detect a turn off time delay. The turn off time delay is the duration of time between an initiating of a turn off of the power switch by the turn off signal and an actual turn off of the power switch. A control circuit is coupled to control the turn on signal to regulate the turn off delay time to a target time value. The control circuit controls the turn on signal by controlling an amount of charge delivered to turn on the power switch. |
| US10063149B2 |
Multi-phase switching power converter module stack
A module stack includes a lower module, a middle module above the lower module, and an upper module above the middle module. The lower module has power stage control circuitry configured to convert a PWM input signal into phase driver control signals, and power stages to be controlled by the phase driver control signals, respectively. The middle module has phase inductors each having a respective winding and a respective magnetic core. The respective winding has one end joined to a respective one of the power stages in the lower module and another end joined to a common node in the middle module. The upper module has a current sense resistor that has one end joined to the common node in the middle module and another end joined to an output node in the upper module. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US10063144B2 |
Multiphase buck converter and method for operating the same
A multi-phase buck converter comprises a first comparator, a second comparator and a counter. The first comparator has a first node connected to a first voltage reference and a second node. The second comparator has a first node connected to a second voltage reference and a second node. The second node of the second comparator and the second node of the first comparator are together connected to an input voltage from an active phase of the buck converter. The counter is configured to adjust a number of active phases of the buck converter based on the input voltage. |
| US10063142B2 |
Bipolar high-voltage network and method for operating a bipolar high-voltage network
An aircraft bipolar high-voltage network includes a DC voltage converter comprising two unipolar input connections, two bipolar output connections and a reference potential connection, and at least one unipolar device having two electrical connections which are each coupled to one of the two unipolar input connections. The DC voltage converter has a first DC voltage converter module coupled to a first of the unipolar input connections via a module input connection, to the reference potential connection via a module reference potential connection and to a first of the bipolar output connections via a module output connection, and a second DC voltage converter module coupled to a second of the unipolar input connections via a module input connection, to the reference potential connection via a module reference potential connection and to a second of the bipolar output connections via a module output connection. |
| US10063140B2 |
Control circuits for selectively applying error offsets to improve dynamic response in switching power converters
A control circuit for controlling a power circuit having a power switch includes a control loop configured to generate a control signal for the power switch of the power circuit based on an error signal determined by comparing a sensed parameter of the power circuit and a reference signal, and a positive offset signal and a negative offset signal each configured to adjust the control signal. The control circuit is configured to detect a change in an output current of the power circuit and selectively apply only one of the offset signals based on the change in the output current to adjust the control signal thereby enhancing a dynamic response to the change in the output current. Additional example control circuits, example power supplies and/or power converters including a control circuit for controlling a power switch, and example control methods are also disclosed. |
| US10063139B2 |
Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing a hybrid voltage regulator
The present disclosure shows a hybrid regulator topology that can be more easily integrated and that can maintain high efficiency across a wide output and input voltage range, even with a small inductor. The hybrid regulator topology can include two types of regulators: a flying switched-inductor regulator and a step-down regulator that divides the input voltage into an M/N fraction of the input voltage. The disclosed embodiments of the hybrid regulator topology can reduce the capacitive loss of the flying switched-inductor regulator by limiting the voltage swing across the switches in the flying switched-inductor regulator. The disclosed embodiments of the hybrid regulator topology can reduce the inductor resistive loss of the flying switched-inductor regulator by operating the flying switched-inductor regulator at a high switching frequency and with a small amount of current flow through the inductor. |
| US10063132B1 |
Over-current protection circuit
A negative over-current protection circuit for a switching inverting converter is provided. The circuit contains an energy-storing element coupled to a power switch via a switching node, a current sensor adapted to sense a current at the switching node and to convert the current into a voltage. The circuit also contains a converter adapted to convert the voltage into a first current associated with a first domain, a level shifter adapted to convert the first current into a second current associated with a second domain and a current comparator adapted to compare the second current with a reference current and to provide a logic signal based on the comparison. A method of protecting a switching converter from an over-current is also provided. |
| US10063122B2 |
Miniature drive for car locks with an axial stop for the motor spindle
For miniature drives which are used in particular in car locks, the axial play of the motor spindle is prevented, or is at least greatly restricted, by the necessary axial stop and also the further motor stop being assigned to the housing cover of the housing. When the housing cover is placed onto the housing casing, said axial stops are inserted into corresponding guides in such a manner that said axial stops subsequently not only restrict the play of the motor spindle and ensure an always uniformly secure arrangement of the motor housing in the housing, but at the same time also make possible the substantially simpler production of the required bearing bore. Said bearing bore and the associated aperture are produced from the outer side of the housing casing during the injection molding. |
| US10063121B2 |
Electric motor control apparatus
A lid has a fixing surface to be fixed to a metal board so that a metal surface, equipped with no components, of the metal board is in contact with the fixing surface, a through bore provided in laterally close proximity to the fixing surface and exposing mating parts of an external connector with which harnesses are mated, a fixing edge provided around the through bore and fixed to a housing of the external connector; and fixing pedestals projecting from a circumference of the fixing surface and fixed to the control board. A direction of connecting power supply terminals of the external connector to the metal board is a direction being perpendicular to the metal board. A direction of connecting the control board to signal terminals of the external connector is identical to the direction of connecting the power supply terminals to the metal board. |
| US10063120B2 |
Motor and in-vehicle apparatus
A motor may include a rotor including a shaft having a central axis; a stator opposite to the rotor, and comprising coils; a bearing supporting the shaft; a metallic bearing holder covering the stator and supporting the bearing; at least one busbar on an opposite axial side of the bearing holder and including a connection terminal connected with a a coil wire extending from one of the coils; and a coil support between the stator and the bearing holder and fixed to the stator. The bearing holder may include at least one through hole. The coil support may include at least one insulating support portion comprising an opening portion. A portion of the opening portion of the insulating support portion having a smallest cross-sectional area in the opening portion lies inside of an edge of one of the through holes of the bearing holder. |
| US10063115B2 |
Rotor including specific magnet structure and motor provided with same
Provided is a rotor for use in an inner rotor-type motor, comprising a plurality of magnets arranged in a circumferential direction around the center axis, and a rotor core formed of a magnetic material. The rotor core has an inner core part and a plurality of outer core parts. The plurality of outer core parts and the plurality of magnets are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction at a radially outer side of the inner core part. The magnet has a pair of circumferential end surfaces which are magnetic pole surface, and at least one of them is a protruded surface. Also, the magnet has a portion of which circumferential width is wider than a circumferential width of an outer end surface. For this reason, the volume of the magnet can be increased and the magnetic force of the rotor can be increased, without the need to increase the diameter of the rotor. As a result, when such rotor is incorporated into a motor, the torque of the motor can be improved. |
| US10063113B2 |
Magnetic end effector
A magnetic end effector utilizing a switchable Halbach array includes a pair of opposing members that can move towards and away from each other. The switchable Halbach arrays are located on or near the inner surface of the opposing members. A mechanical switching system is used to control the switchable Halbach arrays by moving one or more magnets that make up the switchable Halbach arrays. When manipulated in a certain way, the switchable Halbach arrays cause the opposing members to move towards each other, and when manipulate in a different manner, cause the opposing members to move away from each other. |
| US10063105B2 |
Proximity transmitters for wireless power charging systems
Disclosed herein are systems and methods addressing the shortcomings in the art, and may also provide additional or alternative advantages as well. The embodiments described herein provide a wireless charging proximity transmitter configured to intelligently generate waveforms of various types, such as radio-frequency waves and ultrasound waves, among others. The wireless charging transmitter may be used for providing energy to a receiver that is proximately located to the transmitter. The receiver may be coupled to, or may be a component of, an electrical device that is intended to receive the power from the wave-based energy produced by the wireless proximity transmitter. |
| US10063099B2 |
Wireless power receiver for controlling wireless power by using switch
A wireless power receiver for wirelessly receiving a supply of power from a wireless power supplier is disclosed. The wireless power receiver includes a power reception unit for wirelessly receiving wireless power from the wireless power supplier; a rectifier for rectifying the wireless power into power including a DC waveform; a power adjustor for configuring a closed loop with the power reception unit for a first period and transferring the wireless power to the rectifier for a second period to adjust a size of the wireless power; and a controller for determining the first period and the second period, wherein the power adjustor is electrically connected to the power reception unit and the rectifier. |
| US10063097B2 |
Segmented waveform converter on controlled field variable speed generator
An apparatus includes a controlled field alternator or utility source of electrical power, a segmented waveform converter, and a controller. The source of electrical power is configured to generate a polyphase signal. The synchronous inverter includes multiple switches connected between the polyphase signal of the source of electrical power and an output filter. The controller is configured to provide a control signal for the switches based on measured electrical quantities associated with the output filter and may provide a field control signal to the controlled field alternator. The apparatus may be applied to a vehicle, a lawnmower, a zero turn radius lawnmower, or another type of machine. |
| US10063091B2 |
Standby power saving circuit
Provided is a standby power saving circuit. A switching element is arranged between a SMPS supplying power to a load and a power supply unit supplying power to the SMPS to block power supply to SMPS in a standby mode by turning off the switching element in the standby mode and to supply power to the SMPS only when an electronic device operates. In addition, a circuit supplying a power to a load and a circuit for supplying a standby power are separated, a power storage unit for supplying a driving power to the switching element is arranged inside the circuit for supplying the standby power, and if a charged power of the power storage unit is lower than a reference value, power is supplied to only the circuit for supplying the standby power, and the power storage unit is charged. Therefore it is possible to reduce a standby power. |
| US10063087B2 |
Automatic tuning of resonance-based wireless charging receiver
A wireless charging receiver operates on a resonance principle and includes an impedance matching circuit coupled between an antenna and a rectifier circuit. The impedance matching circuit has both series-connected and parallel-connected capacitors. At least one of the capacitors is a tunable variable capacitor. A method is provided for automatically adjusting a capacitance value of the at least one variable capacitor based on an error voltage between a target rectifier voltage and a measured rectifier voltage. Automatically adjusting the antenna impedance of the receiver provides for improved power transfer efficiency for changing operating conditions. In one embodiment, one or more of the parallel-connected capacitors are variable capacitors. In another embodiment, one or more of the series-connected capacitors are variable capacitors. |
| US10063085B2 |
Power supplying apparatus and wireless power transmitter
A power supplying apparatus includes a power supply and an alternating current (AC) power generator. The power supply generates a direct current (DC) power. The alternating current (AC) power generator comprises an inductor configured to generate an AC power based on the DC power, wherein the AC power comprises a first AC power with a first AC voltage and a second AC power with a second AC voltage, and the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage have phases opposite to each other. |
| US10063080B2 |
Electronic device including battery and method of controlling same for charging the battery
A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a battery. The method includes, in response to detecting coupling of the portable electronic device to a charger for charging the battery of the portable electronic device, determining if a condition is met to enter a reduced battery use state, and in response to determining that the condition to enter the reduced battery use state is met, identifying a configuration setting of the portable electronic device in the reduced battery use state, and entering the reduced battery use state by applying the configuration setting to adjust a configuration of the portable electronic device. |
| US10063079B2 |
Method and device for charging batteries in mobile devices
Methods and devices are disclosed for efficient power charging of a battery in one electronic device by another electronic device. In one embodiment, a method may include establishing an electrical connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device; acquiring, by the second electronic device via the electrical connection, real-time charging voltage information of a battery in the first electronic device, wherein the real-time charging voltage information varies with a charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and controlling by the second electronic device, during charging of the battery in the first electronic device by the second electronic device, an output voltage of the second electronic device to charge the battery of the first electronic device according to the real-time charging voltage information. |
| US10063078B2 |
Buck-boost battery charging circuit, control circuit and associated control method
A battery charging circuit has a first switching circuit and a second switching circuit coupled in parallel between an input port and a node, a first switch coupled between the node and a system ground, a second switch coupled between the node and an output port, and a control circuit. When an input voltage is higher than a system voltage, the control circuit controls the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit turned ON and OFF with interleaving, the first switch maintains OFF and the second switch maintains ON. When the input voltage is lower than the system voltage, the control circuit controls the first switch and the second switch turned ON and OFF, and at least one of the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit maintains ON. |
| US10063077B2 |
System architecture for battery charger
A system architecture for a battery charger that employs GaN-based power devices. The system takes advantage of the active power electronics circuits for power conversion, utilizing controls for power factor correction at its input and constant current/constant voltage regulation at its output. Specifically, a universal GaN-based battery charger architecture is proposed for charging either low- or high-voltage batteries using either three-phase 230-V variable frequency or three-phase 115-V constant frequency AC input power, while meeting stringent power quality and electromagnetic interference aerospace requirements. |
| US10063073B2 |
USB power converter with bleeder circuit for fast correction of output voltage by discharging output capacitor
A universal serial bus (USB) charger provides power to a client device. A USB connector interfaces with a client device and receives a request for the output voltage of the USB charger to be at a specific value. If the requested voltage level is lower than the current output voltage level, the output voltage level is set to the requested level and a bleeder circuit is enabled to discharge the output capacitor of the USB charger. |
| US10063072B2 |
Battery module and assembled battery
A battery module includes a lithium ion secondary battery and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a measurement unit which measures voltage, current, and the time of charge/discharge of the lithium ion secondary battery; an operation unit which calculates a capacity based on the voltage, the current, and the time and calculates a differential value dQ/dV by differentiating the capacity with a voltage; a threshold voltage setting unit which specifies a peak of a low capacity side of the differential value dQ/dV generated on the basis of a stage structure of graphite and sets a voltage at the peak to a threshold voltage; a cutoff voltage setting unit which sets a discharge cutoff voltage of the lithium ion secondary battery on the basis of the threshold voltage; and a charge/discharge control unit which controls charge/discharge of the lithium ion secondary battery on the basis of the discharge cutoff voltage. |
| US10063069B1 |
Module maintenance system
A module maintenance system includes a battery module, a charging device, and a rig. The battery module has a series configuration and a parallel configuration. In the parallel configuration, the rig connects each battery cell of the battery module in parallel and the charging device charges each battery cell of the battery module using the rig. In the series configuration, the battery module serially connects each battery cell of the battery module to a first terminal and a second terminal and the charging device charges each battery cell of the battery module using the first terminal and the second terminal. |
| US10063067B2 |
Battery system and control method thereof
A battery system includes a main control module and a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules. During the transition of mode switching, each of the battery modules outputs a constant current. The battery modules monitor the battery status of the battery modules respectively. Based on a load requirement, the battery status of the battery modules and a conversion efficiency, the main control module dynamically controls a voltage conversion operation mode of a voltage converter of the battery system and dynamically controls the operation modes of the battery modules respectively. |
| US10063063B2 |
Harmonic harvester for improved RF-to-DC rectifying efficiency
A harmonic harvesting circuit design for harvesting un-rectified AC power contained in the fundamental and harmonic frequencies at the output of conventional rectifying circuits. |
| US10063062B2 |
Method of detecting plasma discharge in a plasma processing system
Detecting presence or absence of plasma is accomplished from probe signals. In one embodiment, a low-power modulated signal is applied to an electrostatic chuck from a bias power generator. A corresponding system then monitors peak-to-peak voltage (Vpp) signal responses or radio frequency current responses. The probe signal can be generated to have insufficient power to either ignite or sustain plasma discharge (or cause component damage). Thus, low-duty and/or low current pulsing signals to be used. Presence or absence of the bulk plasma will then result in different Vpp or radio frequency current values. |
| US10063061B2 |
Method for feeding electric power into an electric supply network
A method for feeding electric power into an electric supply network by means of a wind park comprising several wind turbines. The method comprises the steps of feeding the electric power at a network connection point, recording at least one network state parameter at the network connection point by means of a park control unit, checking the supply network for the presence of a transient process and sending, and/or sending at an increased clock rate, the values measured by the park control unit and/or the control values determined by the park control unit to the wind turbines, once the presence of a transient process has been detected. |
| US10063060B2 |
Method for feeding electric power into an electric power supply system
The invention relates to a method for feeding electric power from at least one wind power installation or of a wind farm into an electric supply system having a line voltage and a grid frequency, wherein the method for feeding electric active power and electric reactive power is prepared and the active power that is fed in can be adjusted by means of an active power control as a function of a grid state and/or the reactive power that is fed in can be adjusted by means of a reactive power control as a function of at least one grid state and the active power control or the reactive power control respectively specify a target value that is to be fed in, which value is adjusted by means of an adjustment function as a function of at least one grid state, wherein the adjustment function is specified with the help of points of support, which points are defined by pairs of values each of which comprise a value for the active power or the reactive power respectively, and a value for the grid state. |
| US10063059B2 |
Wind power plant with optimal power output
Controlling a wind power plant comprising at least one wind turbine generator for producing power to an electrical grid where the amount of said power is based on a signal response in a voltage signal in said electrical grid due to a change in power output into said electrical grid. |
| US10063057B2 |
Dynamic maximum efficiency tracker for PV micro-inverter
Systems, methods, and devices relating to the control of power conditioning systems. For a micro-inverter, a controller block controls the DC/DC converter while a separate controller block controls the DC/AC inverter. A dynamic maximum efficiency tracker (DMET) control block receives state variable outputs from the converter and the inverter. The control block then perturbs specific control input parameters for the converter and the inverter and determines the effect of the perturbation on the converter and inverter efficiencies and on micro-inverter efficiency as a whole. If the efficiency decreases, then the direction of the perturbation is reversed. Other system control tasks, such as maximum power point tracking and DC-bus voltage regulation can be performed concurrently by adjusting other control input parameters. |
| US10063051B2 |
Electrical sockets
The present invention relates to a socket box. The socket box includes a base, a socket insert, a facia insert and an internal electrically conductive substrate. The socket insert comprises a body having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface is provided with a plurality of apertures which are sized and spaced so as to receive the pins of an electrical plug, and wherein further the lower surface is provided with a plurality of sprung electrical contacts. The socket insert and electrically conductive substrate are supported and held in spaced relationship to one another by the facia insert such that the sprung electrical contacts are compressed against the electrically conductive substrate, and wherein further the facia insert in turn is supported by the base. |
| US10063043B2 |
Spacer device
A spacer device includes an elongate spacing member extending a longitudinal axis for securing to electrical transmission lines, and has a minimum thickness dm. At least one thickened portion having a thickness Tt and length dt is positioned intermediate along the spacing member to form at least two column lengths Lc separated by the at least one thickened portion. Each column length Lc has a portion with the minimum thickness dm. The thickness Tt and length dt of the at least one thickened portion can be at least two times the minimum thickness dm to form at least one end support for the at least two column lengths Lc, such the at least two column lengths Lc behave as separate Euler type columns for producing increased Euler buckling strength with a minimal increase in weight. |
| US10063038B1 |
Programmable AC power distribution unit
A programmable AC power distribution unit includes a case and a network connection and power parameter measuring circuit board disposed in the case. The circuit board is connected with a panel, and the circuit board may be connected with an external network. In addition, a bus bar assembly is provided in the middle of the case. Current detectors are provided on the bus bar assembly. Two sides of the bus bar assembly are provided with a plurality of electromagnetic switches which are disposed in the case. The electromagnetic switches can be turned on/off through the panel or the remote network. The programmable AC power distribution unit has the function of monitoring the quality of the power supply and has the advantages of programmable automatic control and power distribution, meeting the network and automation requirements of Industry 4.0. |
| US10063036B2 |
Spark plug
A spark plug includes an insulator having an axial hole formed therethrough in the direction of an axis of the spark plug, a center electrode disposed in a front side of the axial hole and a metal shell disposed around an outer circumference of the insulator and having a collar-shaped tool engagement portion and a crimp portion located on a rear side of the tool engagement portion and reduced in diameter toward the rear, wherein the crimp portion of the metal shell is made of a carbon steel material having a grain size number equal to or greater than No. 11 as measured according to JIS G 0551. |
| US10063035B2 |
Ignition device and method of producing super hydrophilic membrane to be used in ignition device
In an ignition device having an ignition plug for igniting a fuel mixture gas introduced in a combustion chamber, a super hydrophilic membrane is formed on a surface at the combustion chamber side of a plug forming member of the ignition plug. The super hydrophilic membrane contains super hydrophilic particles and thermal excitation catalyst particles, and satisfies a relationship of θW2<θW1, where θW1 indicates a water contact angle between water and the plug forming member on which no super hydrophilic membrane is formed, and θW2 indicates a water contact angle between water and the plug forming member on which the super hydrophilic membrane is formed. |
| US10063034B2 |
External resonator-type light emitting device
An external resonator type light emitting system includes a light source oscillating a semiconductor laser light by itself and a grating device providing an external resonator with the light source. The system performs oscillation in single mode. The light source includes an active layer oscillating the semiconductor laser light. The grating device includes an optical waveguide having an incident face to which the semiconductor laser is incident and an emitting face of emitting an emitting light of a desired wavelength, a Bragg grating formed in the optical waveguide, and a propagating portion provided between the incident face and the Bragg grating. Formulas (1) to (5) are satisfied. |
| US10063030B2 |
Diode laser packages with flared laser oscillator waveguides
A high brightness diode laser package includes a plurality of flared laser oscillator waveguides arranged on a stepped surface to emit respective laser beams in one or more emission directions, a plurality of optical components situated to receive the laser beams from the plurality of flared laser oscillator waveguides and to provide the beams in a closely packed relationship, and an optical fiber optically coupled to the closely packed beams for coupling the laser beams out of the diode laser package. |
| US10063022B2 |
Powder distribution unit
A power distribution unit is connected to a three-phase electric power source having three phase wires with different phases, and includes a socket and a switch. The socket has a first socket terminal connected to one of the phase wires, and a second socket terminal. The switch includes a first switch terminal connected to another one of the phase wires, a second switch terminal connected to a neutral, and a third switch terminal connected to the second socket terminal. By selectively connecting the third and the first switch terminals, or connecting the third and the second switch terminals, a line-to-neutral voltage or a line-to-line voltage from the three-phase electric power source is outputted by the socket. |
| US10063021B1 |
Connector assembly with ball joint interface
A connector assembly that includes an outer shell and a first communication connector. The first communication connector and/or the outer shell is/are movable about one or more degrees of freedom. The first communication connector is configured to form a first electrical or optical connection with an external communication connector. Optionally, the connector assembly includes a second communication connector. The first communication connector may be connected to a cable or the optional second communication connector by a flexible substrate positioned inside the outer shell. The first communication connector may be implemented as a fiber optic connector optically connected to either a fiber optic cable or the second communication connector, which may also be implemented as a fiber optic connector. |
| US10063019B1 |
LED LAN cable connector capable of high speed data transmission, LED LAN cable capable of high speed data transmission, and LED LAN cable system capable of high speed data transmission
The present disclosure relates to an LED LAN cable connector capable of high speed data transmission, and according to the present disclosure, it is possible to effectively prevent the data speed from decreasing and the data from being blocked when applying external power source to the LAN cable connector where an LED is installed. |
| US10063018B2 |
Plug connector assembly having a space-saving metal shell
A cable connector assembly includes: a mating unit; a cable; a PCB interconnected between the mating unit and the cable; a metal shell enclosing the PCB, a rear of the mating unit, a front of the cable, the metal shell including an upper shell part and a lower shell part, each of the upper and lower shell parts having a main body and a pair of side walls; an insulative outer shell enclosing the metal shell, the rear of the mating unit, the front of the cable; wherein the pair of side walls of the upper shell part extend downwardly and those of the lower shell part extend upwardly to align with each other along an up-and-down direction; and each of the pair of side walls of the lower shell part includes a flap extending inwardly and upwardly to latch an associated side wall of the upper shell part. |
| US10063015B2 |
Receptacle connector having improved shielding plate
A receptacle includes a first and a second insulating housing, and a shielding plate. The first housing has a first base and a first tongue extending forwardly, the first tongue having a slant connection portion located close to the first base. The second housing has a second base and a second tongue extending forwardly, the second tongue has a slant connection portion located close to the second base. A plurality of first contacts is carried within the first housing, a plurality of second contacts is carried within the second housing. Each contact has a contacting portion, an affixed portion, and a soldering portion. The plate is sandwiched between the first and second housing and has a slant connection portion sandwiched between the connection portions of the two housing. The first housing defines a first stepping portion going through an opening on the plate and pressing against the second housing. |
| US10063014B2 |
Electrical connector having grounding terminals serving a latching function
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion; and an upper and lower rows of conductive terminals retained to the insulative housing, each row of conductive terminals including a pair of grounding terminals at two ends thereof, each conductive terminal having a contacting section exposed to a surface of the tongue portion, a tail section extending out of the base portion, and a retaining section between the contacting section and the tail section; wherein each grounding terminal has a latch extending sidewardly to expose to a side of the tongue portion. |
| US10063012B2 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector includes a terminal module, which includes an insulating block and multiple first terminals retained at the insulating block. Each first terminal has a first contact portion exposed from a bottom surface of the insulating block. A top surface or the bottom surface of the insulating block is concavely provided with at least one groove, each of the at least one groove located between two adjacent first terminals. The groove runs forward through a front end surface of the insulating block and extends backward beyond a rear end of the first contact portion. A second terminal is located on the insulating block. The second terminal has a second contact portion, which is exposed from the top surface of the insulating block. An insulating body is formed outside the terminal module and the second terminal by injection-molding. |
| US10063010B2 |
Connector part
Connector part for connecting to a mating connector part, wherein the connector part has at least one locking device for locking the connector part to the mating connector part, wherein the locking device has at least one pretensioning element and at least one locking element for engaging in a locking element receiver of the mating connector part in an engagement position of the locking element, and the locking element is elastically pretensioned by means of a pretensioning element in a locking direction toward the engagement position and the locking element can be moved in a release direction angled to the locking direction out of the engagement position into a release position. |
| US10063006B2 |
Wire mount electrical connector
An electrical connector includes an insulative connector housing including a longitudinal body portion and first and second pairs of opposing end portions. The body portion has a plurality of contact openings extending therein in an insertion direction for supporting a plurality of electrical contact terminals. The first and second pairs of opposing end portions extend from opposing ends of the body portion in the insertion direction. At least one end portion in each pair of opposing end portions includes a ridge extending in the insertion direction for guiding a cover latch along a side surface of the ridge and guiding a strain relief latch along an opposing side surface of the ridge. The ridge has an inclined top surface for resiliently deflecting a cover latch and an inclined side surface for resiliently deflecting a strain relief latch. The ridge has an end portion for latching onto a cover latch and a strain relief latch. |
| US10063005B2 |
Waterproof electrical connector having insulative shell interfering with meitallic shell
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a metallic shielding shell enclosing the housing, and an insulative shell enclosing the metallic shielding shell. The metallic shielding shell forms a first mating cavity. The insulative shell includes a round rib protruding from an inner sidewall of the insulative shell. The round rib and the metallic shielding shell interfere with each other. |
| US10063003B2 |
Tamper-resistant electrical wiring device system
A tamper resistant (TR) mechanism for use in a receptacle is disclosed. The TR mechanism movable between a first or blocking position and a second position wherein a two-bladed plug with a ground pin may contact the underlining conductive terminals so that electricity can flow to the electrical plug. The TR mechanism may include first and second sliders for blocking the openings formed in the receptacle, first and second locking tabs, and a ground pin slider partially located with a ground plug opening formed in the receptacle. In use, inserting the ground pin causes the ground pin slider to move to a second ground pin slider position, which causes the first and second locking tabs to align with a stem portion of the ground pin slider. Thereafter, contacting the first and second sliders with the two-bladed plug causes the first and second sliders to move to their second position. |
| US10063002B2 |
Configurable device control network
A network includes a first device control assembly and at least one second device control assembly. The first device control assembly is electrically connected to a power distribution panel. The first device control assembly is further configured to regulate a load. The at least one second device control assembly is electrically connected to a power distribution panel. The first device control assembly is in data communication with the at least one second device control assembly. The first device control assembly regulating the load based on the data communication from the at least one second device control assembly. |
| US10062993B1 |
Flexible cable for pluggable modules
A circuit assembly is disclosed. The circuit assembly includes an edge connector comprising a plurality of connector pins for electrical connection, a rigid circuit board comprising a connector footprint region, wherein the connector footprint region is mechanically coupled to the plurality of connector pins, and a flexible cable comprising a first edge connection component, wherein the flexible cable is inserted in-between the connector footprint region and at least a portion of the plurality of connector pins, wherein the first edge connection component is electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of connector pins. |
| US10062989B2 |
Electrical connector assembly
A receptacle connector includes an insulative receptacle housing defining two grooves located inside two corresponding lengthwise walls and extending along a longitudinal direction to receive the two lengthwise walls of the plug connector therein. A center island is formed between the two grooves in the transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Two rows of passageways are formed in the corresponding lengthwise walls, respectively, and each passageway communicates with the corresponding groove. Two rows of receptacle contacts are disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively. Each of the receptacle contacts further includes an upside-down U-shaped structure straddling the lengthwise wall and including an inner part/arm abutting against an interior surface of the lengthwise wall, and an outer part/arm abutting against an exterior surface of the lengthwise wall, wherein the inner part further includes another locking structure to interlock with the locking structure on the corresponding plug contact. |
| US10062986B2 |
Connector and connector unit
A connector of the present invention includes an inner housing and an outer housing. The inner housing has a contact holding portion holding at least one contact, and is for attachment to a substrate. The outer housing is configured as a separate body from the inner housing, is provided between a case with the substrate attached thereto and the inner housing and is fixed to the case, and suppresses rattling of the inner housing relative to the case. |
| US10062984B2 |
Connector system with cable by-pass
A connector system is provided that includes a first connector and a second connector that are both coupled by a cable. Both connectors can be configured with terminal tails that are configured to be press-fit into a circuit board. The first connector includes a first terminal pair and the second connector includes a second terminal pair and the first and second terminal pairs are fixably connected to opposite ends of the cable. |
| US10062983B2 |
Connector
A connector housing includes a hole having a minimum size that a lead section of a connector terminal to penetrate, and a guide wall which is formed along an outer peripheral of the hole, and is protruded in a direction which a lead section protrudes from the connector housing to a bending section of the lead section, wherein, by which inner walls of the guide wall is mutually and directly in contact with side surfaces of the lead section over a height near a top end side of the lead section in a bending section of the lead section from an outer peripheral of the hole, a sealing structure is formed from the bending section of the lead section to an interior of the connector housing. |
| US10062982B2 |
Electrical connector capable of reducing pre-soldering step
An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module to a circuit board includes an insulating body having stopping portions, terminals and solder balls. Each stopping portion is located above the solder balls, and has a bottom surface coated with an adhesive. Each terminal includes a connecting portion and two clamping portions extending and bending from two opposite sides of the connecting portion along a horizontal direction. The solder balls are in contact with the terminals and the circuit board, and each corresponds to one of the stopping portions, is adhered to the stopping portion via the adhesive, and is clamped by the two clamping portions and the connecting portion, or by the two clamping portions and the insulating body. |
| US10062981B2 |
Ground routing device and method
Electronic devices and associated methods are shown including a connector mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB). Examples shown include a number of ground vias passing through the PCB to a second side of the PCB, wherein the number of ground vias is smaller than a number of ground sites. Selected examples include an optoelectronic connector mounted using surface mount technology. |
| US10062980B2 |
Field terminable plug assembly
A safety termination apparatus for connecting to a power conductor has first and second galvanic connections, a sensor wire, and an insulating housing. The first and second galvanic connections are connected to an uninsulated portion of the power conductor and a sensor wire is electrically connected to each galvanic connection. The insulating housing encloses the galvanic connections and has first and second compartments for enclosing the first and second galvanic connections. The first and second compartments separate the first and second galvanic connections such that the first and second galvanic connections are not electrically connected to each other than through a mutual connection to the power conductor. |