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| US10075485B2 |
Animated snapshots
Current embodiments relate to generation/sharing of a snapshot of content that the user is viewing. Upon generation of a request for a snapshot of currently viewed content, the snapshot may be generated based at least in part upon one or more parameters and/or criteria included in the request and/or service generating the snapshot. Upon completion of the snapshot, a response that provides the snapshot or a location where the snapshot may be viewed is provided, such that the snapshot may be provided to particular sharing targets, such as social media platforms, electronic devices, email, etc. |
| US10075483B2 |
Dynamic adaptation to increased SFU load by disabling video streams
A method for dynamically adapting to increased system load at a selective forwarding unit (SFU) is disclosed. In an embodiment, an SFU sends a plurality of video streams to a plurality of participant computing devices. The SFU monitors a system load value on the SFU according to any of a plurality of metrics. When the SFU determines that the monitored system load value exceeds a stored load threshold value, the SFU selects one or more of the streams being sent to participant computing devices and disables them. |
| US10075478B2 |
Lawful interception and security based admission control for proximity service
There are provided measures for lawful interception and security based admission control for proximity service. Such measures could include detecting a requirement for control in relation to setting up or securing a connection of a proximity service between at least two devices, determining availability of at least one lawful interception and security agent capable of performing an operation relating to lawful interception and/or security in relation to the connection of the proximity service, and performing control in relation to setting up or securing the connection of the proximity service when availability of the at least one lawful interception and security agent is determined. |
| US10075475B2 |
Apparatus and method for dynamic customization of cyber-security risk item rules
This disclosure provides an apparatus and method for dynamic customization of cyber-security risk item rules. A method includes obtaining information defining a rule by a risk manager system, the rule identifying a cyber-security risk to a computing device in an industrial process control and automation system. The method includes presenting a textual description describing the rule to a user by the risk manager system, the textual description including a selectable configuration parameter associated with the rule. The method includes receiving the user's selection of the configuration parameter by the risk manager system. The method includes, in response to receiving the user's selection of the configuration parameter, receiving a value associated with the configuration parameter from the user by the risk manager system. |
| US10075474B2 |
Notification subsystem for generating consolidated, filtered, and relevant security risk-based notifications
This disclosure provides a notification subsystem for generating consolidated, filtered, and relevant security risk-based notifications. A method includes discovering multiple devices in a computing system. The method includes grouping the multiple devices into multiple security zones. The method includes generating a risk value identifying at least one cyber-security risk of the devices for one of the security zones. The method includes comparing the risk value to a threshold. The method includes automatically generating a notification for one or more users when the risk value violates the threshold. |
| US10075472B2 |
Policy enforcement using host information profile
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for policy enforcement, a system for policy enforcement, and a computer program product for policy enforcement. A method for policy enforcement is provided. The method includes receiving a host information profile report from a client device, and enforcing a security policy for network access based on the host information profile report. The host information profile report includes device profile information associated with the client device. |
| US10075470B2 |
Framework for coordination between endpoint security and network security services
Systems and techniques are described for virtual machine security. A described technique includes operating one or more virtual machines each in accordance with a respective security container, wherein the respective security container is associated with a respective rule that specifies transfer of the virtual machine from the respective security container to a quarantine container based on one or more criteria. One or more security services are operated on the one or more virtual machines to identify one or more security threats associated with one or more of the virtual machines. One or more tags generated by the endpoint security services are obtained, where each tag is for a virtual machine that is associated with one of the identified security threats. And one of the virtual machines is identified as requiring transfer to the quarantine container based on, at least, one or more of the obtained tags and the one or more criteria. |
| US10075464B2 |
Network anomaly detection
A security system detects anomalous activity in a network. The system logs user activity, which can include ports used, compares users to find similar users, sorts similar users into cohorts, and compares new user activity to logged behavior of the cohort. The comparison can include a divergence calculation. Origins of user activity can also be used to determine anomalous network activity. The hostname, username, IP address, and timestamp can be used to calculate aggregate scores and convoluted scores. |
| US10075459B1 |
Securing workspaces in a cloud computing environment
A computing system that provides virtual computing services may generate and manage remote computing sessions between client computing devices and virtual desktop instances hosted on the service provider's network. Each virtual desktop instance may include a network interface for communication between the virtual desktop instance and client computing devices, and a second interface that connects the virtual desktop instance to entities on other networks (e.g., Internet destinations, or shared resources on an internal network). An administrative component or client application may detect a condition indicating that the second interface should be disconnected or its operation modified in order to prevent or curtail malicious use of the virtual desktop instance, such as inactivity, server type activity or other suspicious activity, suspension or closing of a remote computing session, or a timeout condition, or may proactively disconnect the interface or modify its operation based on observed or expected usage patterns. |
| US10075458B2 |
Cognitive and contextual detection of malicious DNS
From a record of a packet in a Domain Name System (DNS) communication between a DNS client and a DNS server, an input feature is constructed. Using the packet, a metadata item supporting the input feature is computed. Using a processor and a memory to execute a trained cognitive classification model, and by supplying the input feature and the supporting metadata item as inputs to the cognitive classification model, a transmission of the packet is classified as malicious use of DNS tunneling between the DNS client and the DNS server. From the cognitive classification model, a classification of the packet as malicious, and a confidence value in the malicious classification are output. By generating a notification, the DNS client is caused to cease the malicious use of the DNS tunneling. |
| US10075455B2 |
Zero-day rotating guest image profile
According to one embodiment, a threat detection platform features a housing, a communication interface, a processor coupled to the communication interface, and a data store. The data store includes (i) an event log, (ii) a first virtual machine, and (iii) a second virtual machine. The first virtual machine is provisioned with a first guest image that is based on an instrumented software profile that includes a first software component and activity monitors configured for the first software component. The second virtual machine is provisioned with a second guest image that is based on a temporary software profile that includes a second software component that is a more recent version of the first software component and the activity monitors configured for the first software component. |
| US10075453B2 |
Detecting suspicious files resident on a network
A device may determine a first set of hash values corresponding to a first set of files stored by a plurality of client devices. The device may analyze information associated with the first set of hash values to determine a second set of hash values corresponding to a second set of files to be analyzed. The second set of hash values may be different from the first set of hash values. The device may prioritize the second set of hash values to form a prioritized set of hash values corresponding to a prioritized set of files, of the second set of files, to be analyzed. The device may request the prioritized set of files from one or more client devices of the plurality of client devices. The device may receive the prioritized set of files, and may cause the prioritized set of files to be analyzed. |
| US10075450B2 |
One time use password for temporary privilege escalation in a role-based access control (RBAC) system
Techniques to facilitate temporary escalation of access privileges for a control program associated with a machine system in an industrial automation environment are disclosed. In at least one implementation, a request is received from a user for a temporary access level increase to utilize protected functions of the control program. An encrypted string is generated comprising a temporary password authorized to access the protected functions of the control program. The encrypted string is provided to the user, wherein the user provides the encrypted string to an administrator and the administrator authenticates the user for the temporary access level increase, decrypts the temporary password, and provides the temporary password to the user. A login request is received from the user with the temporary password, and the temporary access level increase is responsively granted to allow the user to utilize the protected functions of the control program. |
| US10075448B2 |
Password setup management
A technique is disclosed to manage password setup such as may be integrated within a login authentication setup process. In response to an initiated password setup process associated with an active client account, a password manager determines whether at least two functional keyboard layouts are associated with the active client account. If at least two functional keyboard layouts are associated with the active client account, the password manager retrieves character position mappings for the at least two functional keyboard layouts. The password manager identifies character position inconsistencies among the at least two functional keyboard layouts based, at least in part, on the retrieved character position mappings. The password manager restricts utilization during password setup of at least one keyboard character based, at least in part, on the identified character position inconsistencies. |
| US10075447B2 |
Secure distributed device-to-device network
An electronic device in a device-to-device network of a user of the electronic device communicates with a group of one or more other instances of the electronic via dynamic connections that are based on pre-established and maintained (i.e., long-lived) associations in the device-to-device network. Moreover, a given dynamic connection between the electronic device and a given instance of the electronic device in the group is setup by the electronic device without assistance of a computer in another network, which conveys the communication within the group. During operation, the electronic device: receives content from the user; generates a message by encrypting the content using an encryption key associated with the user; and provides the message to at least a second instance of the electronic device in the group, which is associated with a second user in the device-to-device network, at a location specified by one of the associations. |
| US10075445B2 |
Methods and devices for permission management
Methods and devices are provided for permission management. In the method, the terminal obtains fingerprint information of a user based on a touch operation on a preset interface of the terminal by the user. The terminal determines whether the user is an authorized user according to the obtained fingerprint information. When determining that the user is an unauthorized user, the terminal disables a permission for modifying configurations of the terminal by the user. |
| US10075444B2 |
Information processing system, user terminal, and data processing device
An information processing system, comprising a user terminal that sends a process target data designated by a user to a remote storage system via a network, the process target data stored by the storage system in association with authority information that indicates the process target data; an authentication device that receives a registration request from the first circuitry of the user terminal, the registration request including the authority information and user identification information of the user, and stores the user identification information in association with the authority information according to the registration request; and a data processing device that receives an authorization request input by the user, the authorization request including the user identification information, and transmits the authorization request to the authentication device. |
| US10075443B2 |
System, apparatus and method for stateful application of control data in a device
In one embodiment, a system includes a processor having a first logic to execute in a trusted execution environment, and a storage to store a plurality of access control policies, each of the plurality of access control policies associated with a composite device state of the system and including an access policy for a resource to be protected by the first logic, where the first logic is to apply one or more of the plurality of access control policies to a request for access to the resource, responsive to a matching of the associated composite device state of the one or more access control policies with a current composite device state of the system. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10075442B2 |
Methods and apparatus to grant access to cloud computing resources
An example method to grant authorization to a user for accessing a cloud computing resource involves receiving a first message from a user via a social media interface. The first message includes a request to access a cloud computing resource. The example method involves determining whether the user is authorized to access the cloud computing resource. When the user is not authorized to access the cloud computing resource, the example method involves determining whether the authorization can be automatically granted without human intervention. When the authorization can be automatically granted without human intervention, the authorization is granted to the user. When the authorization cannot be automatically granted, a second message is sent to an administrator to request the human intervention to grant the user the authorization to access the cloud computing resource. |
| US10075439B1 |
Programmable format for securely configuring remote devices
A method is provided in which a development environment sends commands to an on-premises device that are signed by both (a) development environment and by (b) an execution environment (trusted source), and account for versioning. In so doing, the on-premises device that receives the command is able to authenticate both the sending entity, i.e., a production server, and the source of the command files to determine that the command is a valid configuration/upgrade package that may be safely installed and executed. |
| US10075437B1 |
Secure authentication of a user of a device during a session with a connected server
A computer-implemented method for secure authentication of a user to a service for executing a transaction, the method being implemented in a system including a user device including a FIDO-client, a FIDO-server of a relying party providing the service, a behaviometric server and a web server associated with the relying party, the method including a preparation stage and an authentication stage. In the preparation stage a TLS-connection is established between the user device and the web-server, behavioral input data is collected from user device, and a transaction initiation message is transmitted to the behaviometric server. In the authentication stage, behaviometric data received in the transaction initiation message is compared to a second set of behaviometric data to determine whether the data matches, and if the data matches, the transaction is authenticated by the FIDO server. |
| US10075435B1 |
Device deregistration using forward-chaining encryption
A fulfillment service may securely register and deregister third party electronic devices within a fulfillment environment. The fulfillment service may receive a service request from an electronic device. The fulfillment service may determine that the service request includes a deregistration token. Further, the fulfillment service may identify the electronic device associated with deregistration token. In response, the fulfillment service may delete fulfillment service information associated with the electronic device in response to determining the electronic device has been deregistered. In addition, the fulfillment service may send a service response to the electronic device instructing the electronic device to delete the deregistration token. In some cases, the service request may include a registration attempt. As such, the service response may include a security token for the electronic device. |
| US10075434B2 |
Authenticating to a network via a device-specific one time password
Generally, this disclosure describes a method and system for authenticating to a network via a device-specific one-time password. A method in an embodiment may include generating a first one-time password (OTP) based at least in part on a plurality of client device attributes; and providing the first OTP to an authenticator associated with a private network during a first session, wherein the authenticator is configured to authenticate the client device to at least one of the private network and protected content included in the private network for a second session following the first session based on the provided first OTP. |
| US10075431B1 |
Image capture to enforce remote agent adherence
A method, a system, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for image capture to enforce remote agent adherence. The method comprises a first computer receiving an authentication request. The method also comprises a client component executing on the first computer detecting the authentication request and the client component, based on detecting the authentication request, causing a digital image to be captured. The method also comprises the first computer transmitting the digital image to a second computer, the second computer analyzing the digital image, and the second computer authenticating the digital image based on the analysis. |
| US10075428B2 |
Time check method and base station
A time check method and a base station are provided. The base station receives an authentication interaction message sent by an authentication interaction device; extracts time information in the authentication interaction message; and uses the time information to check local time. Before an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) connection is set up between the base station and a security gateway, relatively accurate time is obtained from an external authentication interaction device and is used for aligning the local time. Therefore, the cost of installing a clock component and a battery is saved, the time on the base station is trustworthy, and the security gateway is authenticated securely. |
| US10075425B1 |
Verifiable log service
A logging service maintains an interdependent series of hash values for log entries submitted to the logging service by one or more clients. The logging service generates a hash value for each log entry based at least in part on the content of the log entry and a hash value of one or more previous log entries. The generated hash values are saved in an audit database by the clients. Clients may retain some, all, or none of the hash values based at least in part on the amount of auditing desired and the amount of storage space available in the audit database. The clients are able to verify the integrity of log entries submitted to the logging service retrieving the log entries from the logging service, recalculating the hash values, and comparing the recalculated hash values to the hash values in the audit database. |
| US10075418B1 |
Modular encryption device
A modular encryption device includes a chassis configured to mount in a rack with a networking device and sets of ports mounted on the chassis. Encryption cards are mounted in the chassis of the modular encryption device between ports of the sets of ports such that network traffic flowing through a set of ports flows through one of the encryption cards. The encryption cards of the modular encryption device are configured to encrypt and decrypt network traffic flowing between the networking device and a remote device. In some embodiments, a modular encryption device may encrypt and decrypt network traffic flowing between multiple networking devices and multiple remote devices. Also, in some embodiments, components of a modular encryption device are removable and replaceable such that the modular encryption device can be reconfigured by exchanging the components. |
| US10075416B2 |
Network session data sharing
In general, techniques for sharing of network session data are described. The techniques may enable security devices to leverage application classification information in a federated manner. An example security device includes a memory and one or more processors. The processor(s) are configured to receive data representative of an application classification for a first packet flow from a second security device, to receive data of a second packet flow, and, when the second packet flow corresponds to the first packet flow, to monitor the data of the second packet flow based on the application classification for the first packet flow without determining an application classification for the second packet flow. |
| US10075414B2 |
Method and apparatus for providng push service in communication system
A method and a system are provided for a push service in a communication system. The method comprises: if there is data that is directed from an application server to an application of a terminal, transmitting, to a location register, a first message requesting location information of the terminal; if the location register receives the first message, transmitting, to a gateway, a second message requesting the location information of the terminal; transmitting, to the location register by the gateway, a third message including the location information of the terminal; transmitting, to the application server by the location register, a fourth message including the location information of the terminal; and transmitting, to the application of the terminal by the application server, the data using the location information of the terminal. |
| US10075405B2 |
Computer message indicator
A computer message indicator includes a computer including a screen for displaying images. The screen is bounded by a perimeter wall and the computer comprises a laptop computer. A control is in communication with the computer. A signal light is electrically coupled to the control and is mounted to the perimeter wall of the display. The control is signaled by the computer when the computer receives a message signal from the computer. The control is programmed to turn on the signal light when the control receives the message signal. The message signal is generated when the computer receives an incoming email, a video call, or an audio call. |
| US10075396B2 |
Methods and systems for managing distributed media access control address tables
Methods and systems for switching a network packet at a switching device are provided. One method includes operations for receiving a packet having a media access control (MAC) address, and for switching the packet by a switch fabric if the MAC address is present in one or more memories associated with the switch fabric. The method also includes operation for switching the packet by a network device operating system (ndOS) if the MAC address is absent from the one or more memories. |
| US10075393B2 |
Packet routing using a software-defined networking (SDN) switch
Systems and methods for an SDN switch that facilitates forwarding/differential routing decision determination are provided. A packet is received at an input port of the SDN switch. The switch includes a first and second set of flow processing units (FPUs). The packet is forwarded to a first FPU of the first set. Based on a flow table associated with the first FPU, it is determined whether the packet is to be forwarded to a network device or an output port. The packet is received from the network device at a second FPU of the second set. Based on a flow table associated with the second FPU, it is determined whether to execute one or more instructions to forward the packet to the input or output port, or to drop or default forward the packet to the input or output port. |
| US10075391B2 |
Flexible deterministic binary scheduler
A method for allocating port assignments for transmitting a reserved network stream across a network node comprises determining a cycle time associated with a network node. The method also comprises establishing, for at least one port of the network node, a plurality of virtual layers associated with the cycle time, wherein each of the plurality of virtual layers is divided into 2n equally-spaced slots per cycle (where n>0). The method further comprises receiving a reserved stream request associated with transmission of a reserved stream across the node, and determining a number of slots required to transmit the reserved stream. The method also comprises assigning one or more slots associated with a port of the network node to the transmission of packets associated with the reserved stream based on the determined number of slots. The method further comprises transmitting the stream according to the slot assignment associated with the port of the network node. |
| US10075389B1 |
Tiered priority system and callout performance booster
A method, computer program product and system uses a tiered priority system having three types of callout messages for use by a transaction processing system: (i) callout with a reserved path; (ii) callout with priority; and (iii) default priority callout with sharing mode. An online transaction program (OTP) issues a “reserve call” associated with a “callout with a reserved path”. In response, a reserve call processor initiates an asynchronous request to build an express socket path, and returns a special dispatchable unit of work identifier (special DUOW ID). The OTP subsequently issues any number of callouts to be sent on the express socket path using the special DUOW ID. A callout with priority dynamically allocates a path for sending a callout message, without queuing. A sharing mode combines a group of callout messages (types (i), (ii), and/or (iii) above) into a single TCP/IP send without queuing. |
| US10075386B2 |
Subscription-based information system
A method for accessing information. A computer system receives a request for a piece of the information stored in a location between client computer systems and sources of the information. The information has formats for the information in the location. The formats for the information are controlled by the sources of the information. Each of the sources is assigned to control a group of portions of the information in the location. The computer system identifies the piece of the information corresponding to the request. The computer system returns a response to the request for the piece of the information, enabling simplifying access to the information in different formats. |
| US10075384B2 |
Purposeful computing
A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to facilitate user purpose in a computing architecture. |
| US10075382B2 |
Communication device, relay device, and communication method for a plurality of packets
A communication device receives a first packet at a first receipt time, receives a plurality of packets after the first receipt time, the plurality of packets including a second packet, a third packet and a fourth packet, the second packet being received next to the first packet at a second receipt time, an interval between the first receipt time and the second receipt time exceeding a first time period, the plurality of packets being received at an interval shorter than the first time period, the third packet being received before an Nth packet among the plurality of packets, the fourth packet being any of the Nth and following packets among the plurality of packets, transmits a first acknowledgement for the third packet, hold a second acknowledgement for the fourth packet for a second time period, and transmits the second acknowledgement after holding the second acknowledgement for the second time period. |
| US10075381B2 |
Buffer status report and logical channel prioritization for dual connectivity
Apparatus and methods are provided to enhance BSR and LCP procedures for the dual connectivity system. In one novel aspect, the BSR is handled for each MAC entity according to one or more allocation rules. In one embodiment, the allocation rule is configured by the network. In another embodiment, the allocation rule is determined by the UE based on historic statics. In yet another embodiment, the allocation rule is determined by the UE based on information from the network. In one embodiment, the allocation rule indicates percentage of traffic allocated to each MAC entity. In another novel aspect, LCP is performed independently for each MAC entity if the split bearer is configured and the prioritized bit rate (PBR) and the bucket size duration (BSD) are signaled for each eNB. In one embodiment, separate sets of LCG variables are maintained independently for each MAC entity. |
| US10075379B2 |
Device and method for transmitting/receiving data in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided in order to support a higher data transmission rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure relates to a device and method for transmitting and/or receiving data in a wireless communication system. The present disclosure enables determining whether an access change occurs from a first node using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) to a second node using a second RAT and enables transmitting information instructing to adjust the TCP transmission rate to a TCP transmission device when an access change occurs from the first node to the second node. |
| US10075373B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing traffic forwarder via dynamic overlay network
A process capable of facilitating network communication using forwarders or vforwarders interconnected via an overlay network is disclosed. The process, in one aspect, is able to receive a packet stream or network traffic from a customer premise equipment (“CPE”) using a point-to-point (“PTP”) connection via the overlay network. After identifying a service component able to provide a network function (“NF”) in accordance with the packet stream, at least a portion of the packet stream is forwarded to the service component via a second PTP connection through the overlay network according to a set of predefined requirements. Upon receipt of a processed packet stream in response to the packet stream from the service component, the processed packet stream is forwarded to another forwarder via a hop-to-hop (“HTH”) link through the overlay network in accordance with the processed packet stream. |
| US10075371B2 |
Communication system, control apparatus, packet handling operation setting method, and program
A control apparatus sets, in a node located at the start point of an aggregatable segment of two or more packet forwarding paths including the aggregatable segment, a packet handling operation for each flow, the packet handling operation being for writing a flow identifier for identifying the flow and a path identifier used for packet forwarding through the aggregatable segment in a region of each of packets to be matched against the matching rule and then causing the packet to be output. The packets respectively belong to the individual flows, and each of the packets is to be forwarded through a corresponding one of the two or more packet forwarding paths. Further, the control apparatus sets, in a node located intermediate on the aggregatable segment, a common packet handling operation for causing the packet that matches the path identifier to be forwarded according to the packet forwarding path. Then, the control apparatus sets, in a node located at the end point of the aggregatable segment, a packet handling operation for performing restoration and forwarding based on the flow identifier. |
| US10075370B2 |
Network performance diagnostics system
In one embodiment, a network device is configured to generate a control protocol packet containing a source address of the network device and a destination address. The network device is configured to translate the source address to a interface device address of a first communication interface device included in the network device. The control protocol packet can be transmitted over the network by a second communication interface device included in the network device for receipt by a device based on the destination address. |
| US10075368B2 |
Method and apparatus for transacting data frames on a network based on application service level
Apparatus and methods for intelligent deployment and transition from a first network infrastructure to a second network infrastructure. Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, methods and apparatus that leverage tunneling of Ethernet ring network technologies. In one exemplary embodiment, a modified implementation of the ITU-T G.8032 data link protocol is combined with Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) transport networks to provide Carrier Ethernet and Retail Ethernet services. Unlike existing network infrastructure, the exemplary MPLS network aggregates traffic between the base station (BS) and mobile switching center (MSC) within a logical ring network topology. |
| US10075366B2 |
Communication device, communication system, communication control method, and communication control program
A master station 101 according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a communicating unit 10 that can communicate with a subordinate station 102 by using a communication route through one or a plurality of wireless terminal devices 202, and communicates with the subordinate station 102 in accordance with a predetermined rule; and a reconstruction processing unit 43 that performs a process of changing the communication route when a state against the predetermined rule occurs. The reconstruction processing unit 43 decides whether to perform the process of changing the communication route, based on an arrival state of a communication signal destined for the own master station 101 regularly transmitted from the subordinate station 102. |
| US10075365B2 |
Network path selection in policy-based networks using routing engine
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a data packet at a routing engine of a node of a network. A route is selected, from a forwarding table of the node, for sending the data packet from the node to a destination of the data packet. The forwarding table includes route characteristics, including route costs, related to two or more routes from the node to the destination. The selected route is analyzed, by a hardware computing device, to determine whether the selected route is suitable to convey the data packet based on real-time traffic information. The data packet is returned to the routing engine if the selected route is determined unsuitable to convey the data packet. An alternate route is selected, from the forwarding table, for the data packet in place of the previous selected route if the previous selected route is unsuitable to convey the data packet. |
| US10075363B2 |
Authorization for advertised routes among logical routers
Some embodiments provide a method for configuring a set of logical routers in a logical network. The method receives a configuration of an advertised route for a first logical router and a set of allowable routes for a second logical router to which the first logical router connects. The method determines whether the set of allowable routes for the second logical router includes the advertised route as an allowed route from the first logical router. Only when the advertised route is an allowed route from the first logical router, the method adds the advertised route to a routing table for at least one component of the second logical router. |
| US10075358B2 |
Electronic transmissions with intermittent network connections
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for electronically conditioning transmission of communications based on results of a connection assessment. An electronic file is executed at an electronic device, which causes a first query and a second query to be presented. A first query response and a second query response are identified. The first query response is stored in a locked configuration that inhibits the ability to modify the first query response to the first query. The second query response is stored but is not stored in the locked configuration. Query response data is generated that includes an identifier of the second query, an identifier of the second query response and an identifier of the electronic device. A connection variable is determined by assessing one or more network connections available to the electronic device. When a transmission condition is satisfied, the query response data is transmitted to another device. |
| US10075354B2 |
Identification of servers by common wide area network addresses
Systems, devices and methods are described to identify server nodes operating on a data network that are available to a client node. A registry server receives registration messages from each of the of server nodes and maintains a listing server nodes and their associated server addresses. When a request is received from a client, the registry server identifies server nodes having the same network address as the client, thereby indicating that the client and server nodes are likely to reside behind a common router or on a common local area network. A list of identified server nodes can then be forwarded to the client so that the client can establish connections as desired. These techniques may be used, for example, to establish video placeshifting connections between a placeshifting server device and a phone, tablet or other media client. |
| US10075353B2 |
Sensor network management
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for managing reports. In certain aspects, an apparatus for managing reports including a processing system is disclosed. The processing system is configured to receive a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses, filter out one or more of the plurality of reports, and forward the remaining plurality of reports to another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses. |
| US10075352B2 |
Monitoring user terminal applications using performance statistics for combinations of different reported characteristic dimensions and values
An application analysis computer receives reports from user terminals which contain application performance metrics and dimensions having values characterizing the applications and the user terminals. Statistics for each different one of the performance metrics across the reports are generated for repeating time intervals. One of the statistics that has changed between two of the time intervals by an amount that satisfies a defined rule is identified, and the associated performance metric is selected for analysis. For each combination of a different one of the dimensions and a different one of the values occurring for the dimension, a statistic is generated for the selected performance metric associated with the combination, and a counter is incremented that tracks a number of occurrences of the combination among the reports. Sets of the statistic and the counter for particular ones of the combinations that satisfy an action rule are identified. |
| US10075345B2 |
Cloud based manual discovery of devices in a device management environment
Manual discovery of devices in a device management environment can be performed from a management server. The manual discovery process can enable the discovery process to be initiated at the management server and can be performed without requiring an administrator or other user to manually configure each device to initiate and perform the discovery process. To discover devices to be managed, the management server, which can be a cloud based server or Software as a Service based server, can send a registration request to an on-premise server. The on-premise server can then relay this registration request to all devices on the same network infrastructure. The agent on each device can be configured to listen for such registration requests, and in response to receiving a registration request, can automatically register with the management server using information contained in the registration request. In this way, the management server can manually discover devices. |
| US10075343B2 |
Policy store
Some embodiments provide a method for managing policies for a set of computing resources. The method imports several sets of resource management policy rules from several heterogeneous sources. The method stores each set of imported policy rules as a primitive policy. The primitive policies are (i) applicable to resources in the set of computing resources and (ii) combinable into composite policies that are applicable to resources in the set of computing resources. Composite policies are combinable into additional composite policies with primitive policies and other composite policies. |
| US10075336B2 |
Parameter adjustment method and apparatus
A parameter adjustment method and apparatus are provided. The parameter adjustment method for a communication device with a SerDes link includes: acquiring, by the communication device, a current ambient temperature of the communication device; and if according to a preset correspondence between a temperature range and a parameter, the current ambient temperature is determined to be not corresponding to a SerDes parameter of the communication device, adjusting the SerDes parameter of the communication device according to the correspondence. The SerDes parameter of the communication device is adjusted in real time, thereby improving reliability of a SerDes link of the communication device, and reducing a bit error rate of the SerDes link. |
| US10075332B2 |
System and method for providing a tile management controller
A floor tile for a data center floor includes a memory device and a tile management controller coupled to the memory device. The tile management controller receives configuration information for a server rack located on the floor tile and stores the configuration information in the memory device. |
| US10075330B1 |
Systems and methods for statuses of communication links
A media converter including first and second physical layer devices and a processor. The first physical layer device is configured to store first data indicating a first status including an indication that the first communication link is active or inactive. The second physical layer device is configured to store second data indicating a second status including an indication that the second communication link is active or inactive. The processor is configured to determine whether the first status indicates that the first communication link is active or inactive, in response to a determination that the first status indicates that the first communication link is active, determine whether the second status indicates that the second communication link is active or inactive, and, in response to a determination that the second status indicates that the second communication link is inactive, change the first data to indicate that the first communication link is inactive. |
| US10075328B2 |
Point-to-multipoint ring network protection method and device
A p2mp ring network protection method including, for each ring in the p2mp ring network, determining p2mp services with an identical off-ring node as a protection group; and establishing a pair of closed loop channels in opposite directions for each protection group; for each p2mp service, taking one of the closed loop channels as a working channel, and taking the other one of the closed loop channels as a protection channel. According to the present disclosure, the network structure can be simplified and the network resources can be saved. |
| US10075321B2 |
Exploitation of frequency twisted waves in wireless communication systems to increase transmission capacity thereof
A system combining OFDM standard modulation with a superimposition of Orbital Angular Momentum modes, each OAM modes consisting in an overlapping decimated IFFTs with the main mode standard OFDM signal. Orthogonality of the OAM modes is assessed. A frame structure embodying both main mode OFDM samples and overlapping OAM modes is proposed. |
| US10075319B2 |
Compressed feedback format for WLAN
Channel data for a plurality of OFDM tones for one or more spatial or space-time streams are determined. A plurality of angle values associated with the one or more spatial or space-time streams and the one or more OFDM tones of the plurality of OFDM tones are determined. For each of the one or more spatial or space time streams, a per-tone signal to noise ratio (PT-SNR) associated with one or more OFDM tone of the plurality of OFDM tones is determined, and an average signal to noise ratio (avg-SNR) is determined by averaging signal to noise ratio (SNR) values corresponding to one or more OFDM tones of the plurality of OFDM tones. A feedback report is generated to include at least i) the plurality of angle values, ii) the PT-SNRs, and iii) the avg-SNR. |
| US10075317B2 |
Method and device for modulating complex symbols, demodulation method and device, and corresponding computer programs
A method of modulating complex symbols is provided, which delivers a multiple carrier signal. The method performs the following acts for at least one base block of N×K complex symbols, where N and K are integers such that N>1 and K≥1: extending the base block to deliver a block of N×(2K−1) elements, referred to as an “extended” block; phase shifting the extended block, delivering a phase shifted extended block; filtering the phase shifted extended block, delivering a block of N×(2K−1) filtered elements, referred to as a “filtered” block; mapping the N×(2K−1) filtered elements of said filtered block onto MK frequency samples, where M is the total number of carriers and M≥N; and transforming the MK frequency samples from the frequency domain to the time domain. |
| US10075315B2 |
System and method for communications with reduced peak to average power ratio
A method for transmitting data includes modulating data bits with a constellation to produce modulated data symbols, precoding the modulated data symbols to obtain ns groups of precoded samples, where ns is equal to a number of non-zero terms in a sparse code associated with the transmitting device, mapping the ns groups of precoded samples to groups of subcarriers in accordance with the sparse code associated with the transmitting device, to obtain a plurality of subcarrier-mapped samples, transforming the plurality of subcarrier-mapped samples into encoded data symbols, and transmitting the encoded data symbols. |
| US10075313B2 |
Pilot grouping and route protocols in multi-carrier communication systems
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for pilot grouping, route protocols, and scheduling in multi-carrier communication systems. In an embodiment, an access terminal may group a plurality of pilot signals characterized by different frequencies into one or more pilot groups, each pilot grouping being identified by a plurality of parameters (e.g., a PN offset and a group ID). Each pilot group may include pilot signals having substantially the same coverage area. The access terminal may further select a representative pilot signal from each pilot group for pilot strength reporting. The access terminal may also use the pilot grouping for effective set management. |
| US10075309B2 |
Modulation coding scheme (MCS) indication in LTE uplink
Methods, systems, and devices for indicating a modulation coding scheme (MCS) in LTE are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive downlink control information (DCI) from an evolved Node B (eNB) that includes an uplink grant of resources. The DCI may be configured and have a format that conveys an MCS table reference. The UE may identify the MCS table reference and, based on the reference, identify a legacy MCS table or a non-legacy MCS table. The legacy MCS table may be associated with quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) up to a first order, and the non-legacy MCS table may be associated with QAM up to a second order, the second order being higher than the first order. The UE may modulate and code information for uplink transmissions using the identified MCS table. |
| US10075305B2 |
Methods and apparatus for remapping public network addresses on a network to an external network via a private communications channel
Methods and apparatus for remapping IP addresses of a network to endpoints within a different network. A provider network may allocate IP addresses and resources to a customer. The provider network may allow the customer to remap an IP address to an endpoint on the customer's network. When a packet is received from a client addressed to the IP address, the provider network may determine that the IP address has been remapped to the endpoint. The provider network may translate the source and destination addresses of the packet and encode the packet for transmission over a private communications channel. The encoded packet may be sent to the endpoint via the private communications channel over an intermediate network. Response traffic may be routed to the client through the provider network, or may be directly routed to the client by the customer network. |
| US10075303B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing charging control to a sponsored data application
An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for performing charging control to a sponsored data application, receiving a service access request submitted by a user; determining a sponsored data application corresponding to the service access request based on a predetermined policy rule; transmitting a credit control request to a sponsored data charging device; receiving the credit control response returned from the sponsored data charging device, wherein the credit control response includes the charging control information corresponding to the service access request; redirecting the service access request to a network device corresponding to the sponsored data application based on the charging control information. Compared with the prior art, the present invention determines a corresponding sponsored data application based on a service access request submitted by a user; further, corresponding charging control information is determined based on the sponsored data application, and a corresponding network device is redirected to based on the information; therefore, the present invention improves the accurate ratio and efficiency of the charging system. |
| US10075300B1 |
Secure digital communications
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for secure end-to-end digital communications involving mobile wallets. The result is direct, secure, in-band messaging using mobile wallets that may be used to send messages such as payments, requests for money, financial information, or messages to authorize a debit or credit. |
| US10075297B2 |
Content control in a networked environment
Methods, systems, and products control presentation of media content within a networked environment of multiple devices. Interaction rules are used to determine which ones of the devices interact with each other. Further rules may define what media content is playable by each one of the devices in the networked environment. |
| US10075292B2 |
Systems and methods for quick start-up of playback
Systems and methods for quick start-up of playback in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. Media content may be encoded in a plurality of alternative streams and a quick start-up stream. The quick start-up stream may include media content that is encoded at a lower quality that the alternative streams and may be encrypted with a different, less secure encryption process than that of the alternative streams. During a start-up of playback, the playback device streams the media content from a quick start-up stream until a metric, such as a decryption key for the alternative streams is met. The device then streams the media content from the alternative streams in response to the metric being met. |
| US10075291B1 |
Data deduplication and compression evaluation methods and systems
Deduplication and compression evaluation methods and systems involve one or more processors obfuscating plain text file data in each file of a computer file system using a first cipher encryption scheme, obfuscating each plain text file name representing the plain text file data in each file of the computer file system using a second cipher encryption scheme, and associating each obfuscated file name representing the plain text file data of each of the plurality of files of the computer file system with the obfuscated file data of each of the plurality of files of the computer system. In addition, each plain text directory name for each of the obfuscated file names associated with the obfuscated file data in each of the plurality of files of the computer file system is obfuscated using a third cipher encryption scheme. |
| US10075290B2 |
Operator lifting in cryptographic algorithm
A system for performing an operation on data using obfuscated representations of the data is disclosed. Obtaining means are configured to obtain a first obfuscated representation of a first data value and obtain a second obfuscated representation of a second data value. A determining means 102 is configured to determine an obfuscated representation of a third data value, by performing the corresponding operations on the obfuscated representation of the first data value and the obfuscated representation of the second data value. Obfuscating means 101 may be configured to generate the first obfuscated representation based on the first data value and generate the second obfuscated representation based on the second data value. De-obfuscating means 103 may be configured to de-obfuscate the obfuscated representation of the third data value in order to obtain the third data value using a system of equations. |
| US10075285B2 |
Loop bandwidth adjusting method for phase locked-loop unit and associated loop bandwidth adjusting unit and phase recovery module
A bandwidth adjusting method for a phase-locked loop (PLL) unit of a phase recovery module includes: adjusting an operating bandwidth of the PLL unit to a first bandwidth; measuring multiple first phase errors between a compensated input signal, which is generated according to an input signal and a phase compensating signal that the PLL unit generates, and a reference clock signal, and obtaining a first statistical value of the first phase errors; adjusting the operating bandwidth of the PLL unit to a second bandwidth; measuring multiple second phase differences between the compensated input signal and the reference clock signal, and obtaining a second statistical value of the second phase differences; and adjusting the operating bandwidth according to the first statistical value and the second statistical value. The first bandwidth and the second bandwidth are obtained by interpolating an upper bandwidth limit and a lower bandwidth limit. |
| US10075283B2 |
High speed interface apparatus and deskew method thereof
A high-speed interface apparatus and method of correcting skew in the apparatus are provided. A high-speed transmitter includes a transmission D-PHY module that generates and transmits a clock signal through a clock channel, generates a deskew synchronous code and test data in response to a deskew request signal, transmits the deskew synchronous code followed by the test data through a data channel, and transmits a normal synchronous code followed by normal data through the data channel in normal mode. |
| US10075278B2 |
Restrictions on transmissions of control plane data with carrier aggregation
The disclosure describes apparatus and methods for communicating control plane data with a mobile device in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network employing carrier aggregation. A network apparatus, such as an enhanced NodeB (eNodeB) or a mobility management entity (MME), can be configured to evaluate a measurement report (MR) received from a mobile device for one or more radio frequency (RF) conditions associated with a primary network cell and one or more RF conditions associated with a secondary network cell. Then, based on the evaluation, the network apparatus can determine to communicate the control plane data with the mobile device via the primary network cell, the secondary network cell, or both. The control plane data can correspond to non-access stratum (NAS) information, radio resource control (RRC) information, or a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission of previously transmitted control plane data. |
| US10075274B2 |
Access point, a wireless station and methods therein for multi-user clear to send transmissions
An Access Point (AP) 402 and a method therein for Multi-User Clear-To-Send (MU CTS) signaling between the AP and at least one wireless station (STA) 404,406. The AP sends a Request To Send (RTS) packet directed to multiple STAs. The RTS packet is indicating at least two STAs, to which the AP would like to transmit, and a configuration of a CTS packet to be used by said at least two STAs when responding to the RTS packet. The configuration enables the AP to identify the at least two STAs when the at least two STAs are transmitting a respective CTS packet. Further the AP receives, from at least one STA, a respective CTS packet transmitted in accordance with the indicated configuration, thereby enabling the AP to identify the at least one STA transmitting the respective CTS packet. |
| US10075271B2 |
Reciprocal channel sounding reference signal allocation and configuration
Systems and techniques are disclosed to enhance the efficiency of available bandwidth between UEs and base stations. A UE transmits a sounding reference signal to the base station, which characterizes the uplink channel based on the SRS received and, using reciprocity, applies the channel characterization for the downlink channel. The base station may form the beam to the UE based on the uplink channel information obtained from the SRS. As the downlink channel changes the base station needs updated information to maintain its beamforming, meaning it needs a new SRS. Transmission of the SRS takes resources; to minimize this, the UE or the base station can determine a period during which the downlink channel will predictably remain coherent and set up a schedule for sending SRS. Alternatively, the UE or the base station can determine on demand that the channel is losing coherence and initiate an on demand SRS. |
| US10075267B2 |
Interference coordination method and base station
Embodiments of the present invention provide an interference coordination method and a base station. The method includes: allocating, by a base station, a first almost blank subframe to one or more first base stations that are interfered with by the base station; sending, by the base station, a first message to one or more second base stations that interfere with the base station, where the first message includes information used to indicate the first almost blank subframe; and obtaining, by the base station, a second almost blank subframe that is allocated by the one or more second base stations to the base station, where the second almost blank subframe is different from the first almost blank subframe. Therefore, a resource collision problem in interference coordination can be eliminated, and resource utilization can be improved. |
| US10075264B2 |
Data transmission method, device, and system
The present invention provides a data transmission method, device, and system, and relates to the communications field, which can improve data transmission efficiency. The method includes: determining, by a second base station, that statuses of all HARQ processes in a first hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ buffer are occupied states; and sending, by the second base station, a second data block to a user equipment UE by using an HARQ process in an idle state in a second HARQ buffer, where the first HARQ buffer and the second HARQ buffer are different HARQ buffers disposed in the second base station. The data transmission method, device, and system are applicable to data transmission in carrier aggregation. |
| US10075263B2 |
Terminal device, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
A terminal device includes a transmission unit that transmits HARQ response information to a first serving cell and a second serving cell on a physical uplink shared channel in a subframe. The physical uplink shared channel is transmitted based on a physical downlink control channel or an enhanced physical downlink control channel which is detected in a state of including a downlink control information format 0/4. Two or more serving cells are configured in the terminal device, in a case where frame constitution types of any two configured serving cells are different from each other, and in a case where a primary cell has Frame constitution type 2, BcDL is applied to the first serving cell of Frame constitution type 2 by using a first following expression, and is applied to the second serving cell of Frame constitution type 1 by using a second expression. |
| US10075262B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink control information in wireless communication system
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting downlink control information in a wireless communication system configured with a plurality of serving cells. The method generates downlink control information scheduling frequency division duplex (FDD) cells by means of FDD frames (DCI_FDD) and downlink control information scheduling time division duplex (TDD) cells by means of TDD frames (DCI_TDD), and transmits the DCI_FDD and the DCI_TDD, wherein parts of the fields of DCI_FDD and DCI_TDD are generated to have equal bit sizes, and if the FDD or TDD cell is used exclusively, then said parts of the fields in the FDD and TDD cells have mutually different bit sizes. |
| US10075261B2 |
Method and device for performing HARQ
Provided are a method for performing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in a wireless communication system, and a wireless device using the same. The wireless device receives at least one downlink (DL) transmission block from at least one DL sub-frame in a frequency division duplex (FDD) cell and transmits ACK/NACK corresponding to the at least one DL transmission block from an uplink (UL) HARQ sub-frame in a time division duplex (TDD) cell. The UL HARQ sub-frame belongs to a subset of a set of UL sub-frames determined according to the UL-DL setting of the TDD cell. |
| US10075254B2 |
Data signal coordinated transmitting and receiving methods and apparatus
A signal transmitting method includes: constructing data for first antenna and data for second antenna, where the data for first antenna comprises first transmission data that needs to be transmitted to a first device, transmission data that needs to be transmitted to a second device, and a parameter of a transmission channel from a second antenna to the first device; and using the first antenna and the second antenna to transmit the data for first antenna and the data for second antenna to the first device and the second device respectively, so that the first device cancels interference caused by the transmission data that needs to be transmitted to the second device in the data for first antenna and the data for second antenna, to the first transmission data and the second transmission data. |
| US10075252B2 |
Telecommunication system using multiple Nyquist zone operations
Telecommunication systems using multiple Nyquist zone operations are provided. In one aspect, a telecommunication system can include a first section and a second section. The first section can receive signals from at least one transmitting base station or transmitting terminal device. The received signals have frequencies in multiple frequency bands. The first section can also sample the received signals such that the received signals are aliased. The first section can also combine the aliased signals from the frequency bands into a combined frequency band in a common Nyquist zone. The second section can extract signals from the combined frequency band. The extracted signals are to be transmitted at frequencies in a frequency band from a Nyquist zone that is different than the common Nyquist zone. The second section can also transmit the extracted signals to at least one receiving base station or receiving terminal device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10075250B2 |
Bias removal in PRBS based channel estimation
A system includes a pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) generator configured to generate a first PRBS and a second PRBS and an exclusive-OR logic configured to exclusive-OR the first PRBS and the second PRBS to compute a third PRBS. The system also includes an adder, a correlator and a corrector. The adder adds the third PRBS to input data to compute summed data for transmission of the summed data across the channel. The correlator computes the exclusive-OR of the first PRBS and the second PRBS to reproduce the third PRBS and correlates output data from the channel to the reproduced third PRBS to compute a channel gain error and a channel memory error. The corrector extracts the input data from the output data from the channel using the computed channel gain and memory errors. |
| US10075244B2 |
Physical layer management configured active optical module with native and non-native network element support
Systems for a PLM configured active optical module (AOM) with native and non-native-network element support are provided. A system includes a non-native network element having a first port with a first inventory interface; a first pluggable AOM installed in the first port and coupled to the first inventory interface, where in response to a request to read a table entry the first pluggable AOM provides PLM information to the non-native network element; an extended network element having a second port with a second inventory interface; and a second pluggable AOM installed in the second port and coupled to the second inventory interface, where in response to a request to read a table entry, processing devices provide PLM information to the extended network element. |
| US10075242B2 |
High throughput satellite system with optical feeder uplink beams and RF service downlink beams
Described herein are ground based subsystems, and related methods, for use in transmitting an optical feeder uplink beam to a satellite that is configured to receive the optical feeder uplink beam and in dependence thereon produce and transmit a plurality of RF service downlink beams within a specified RF frequency range to service terminals. Also described herein are space based subsystems of a satellite, and related methods, for use in transmitting a plurality of RF service downlink beams within a specified RF frequency range to service terminals. Beneficially certain embodiments eliminate the need for any frequency down-converters or any other type of frequency conversion equipment in a space segment forward link equipment. Also described herein is space segment return link equipment, and related methods, for use in transmitting an optical feeder downlink beam to a ground based subsystem, as well as ground based return link equipment thereof. |
| US10075241B2 |
Wireless network system, wireless device, and network registration method of the wireless device
A method of registering a wireless device located in premises in a wireless network which is constructed in the premises. The method includes receiving a light signal, which includes network identification information of the wireless network constructed in the premises from at least one illumination device installed in the premises, and registering the wireless device in the wireless network constructed in the premises, by using the network identification information of the wireless network included in the received light signal. |
| US10075240B2 |
Multi-receiving-point geometrical center locating system and method for visible light communication
It discloses a precise locating method of utilizing indoor visible light communication system, which belongs to the field of visible light communication; arranging any number of light emitting diode (LED) lamps indoors, setting the signal transmission power of each LED lamp to be the same and fixing the absolute location of each LED lamp, the terminal required for locating is equipped with several receiving devices, whose relative positions are known, then a position coordinate of the terminal can be obtained by determining the geometric center position of this set of receiving devices through calculating the measured light signal power of the receiving devices on the terminal. |
| US10075237B2 |
Visible light communication system and method
Disclosed are a visible light communication system and a visible light communication method. In this system, a signal transmitter sends a visible light signal, and a signal light receiver capture an image of the visible light signal to recover the visible light signal according to the captured image. The signal receiver includes an image capturing module, an image processing module and a signal recovery module. The method includes: capturing an image of a visible light signal; processing the captured image of the visible light signal; determining whether there is a complete packet according to the processed image; if yes, directly recovering the visible light signal according to the processed image; but if no, executing a packet recovery process according to the processed image of the visible light signal, then obtaining the complete packet and recovering the visible light signal transmitted from the signal transmitter. |
| US10075236B2 |
Coded light
A coded light signal is embedded into visible light emitted from the light source, to be received by a rolling-shutter camera which captures frames (16) by exposing a plurality of lines (18, 24) of each frame in sequence, the camera having an exposure time with each line being exposed for the exposure time. The coded light signal is formatted according to a format whereby the coded light signal comprises at least one message and the message is repeated multiple times with a timing such that, when samples of the coded light signal are obtained from a substantially smaller number of lines (24) than exposed by the camera in each frame and the message is longer than this number of lines, a different part of the message is seen by the camera in each of a plurality of different ones said frames. |
| US10075234B2 |
Techniques for emitting position information from luminaires
Techniques are disclosed for emitting position information from luminaires. Luminaire position information may be emitted via a light-based communication (LCom) signal that comprises data including the position information. The data may include relative and/or absolute position information for the luminaire and may indicate the physical location of the luminaire. Relative position information for the luminaire may include coordinates relative to a point of origin within the environment. Absolute position information for the luminaire may include global coordinates for the luminaire. In some cases, the absolute position information for a luminaire may be calculated using position information for the luminaire relative to a point of origin and the absolute position of the point of origin. The data may also include an environment identifier, which may indicate a map to use for the interpretation of position information for the luminaire. The techniques can be used for both stationary and mobile luminaires. |
| US10075233B2 |
Data retransmission for atmospheric free space optical communication system
Exemplary embodiments described a transmission scheme for use in a bi-directional Free Space Optical (FSO) communication system. Each node locally stores a transmitted data block until and acknowledgement is received that it was properly decoded. In the event that a decode was unsuccessful, the data is retransmitted. The receiving node may then add the received signals to then attempt a decode on a combined signal. The system may also include dynamic controls such that the retransmitted signal may be optimized to improve the probability of a successful decode. |
| US10075229B2 |
Method and transceiver for network diversity in long distance communications
A method in a main node for communication with a destination node over long distances. Use of at least one communications resource is synchronized with an auxiliary node. A main signal and an auxiliary signal are generated from an information quantity. The main signal is transmitted to the destination node by the at least one synchronized communications resource. The auxiliary signal is transmitted to the auxiliary node by the at least one synchronized communications resource. |
| US10075225B2 |
Method and apparatus for selecting antenna beamforming precoding vectors for transmissions
A method, in a transmitting device having a plurality of transmitter antennas, for selecting antenna beam-forming precoding vectors for transmissions is provided. The method comprises transmitting to a receiving device at a first time, using a first beam-forming precoding vector that maps symbols to be transmitted to the plurality of transmitter antennas. The method further comprises determining, prior to transmitting to the receiving device at a second time, whether an elapsed time since the first time exceeds a first threshold. The method further comprises selecting one of at least two beam-forming precoding vectors for use in transmitting to the receiving device at the second time, based on said determining. Then, transmitting to the receiving device at the second time, using the selected one of the at least two beam-forming precoding vectors. There is also provided a transmitting device. |
| US10075224B2 |
Golay sequences for wireless networks
This disclosure describes the generation and implementation of Golay sequences and Golay Sequence Sets (GSSs) for channel estimation in wireless networks. In one embodiment, this disclosure describes an extension of the Golay sequences Ga and Gb defined in various legacy standards to GSSs. In various embodiments, the disclosed GSSs can include a number of Golay complementary pairs (e.g., Ga and Gb). In one embodiment, the disclosed Golay complementary pairs can meet various predetermined design rules and can be used to define enhanced directional multi-gigabit (EDMG) short training field (STF) and/or channel estimation field (CEF) fields for multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) transmission. |
| US10075223B1 |
Systems and methods for performing beamforming during carrier aggregation
Systems and methods are described for performing beamforming during carrier aggregation. It may be determined that conditions at an access node and a first wireless device meet a beamforming criteria, wherein the access node and the first wireless device communicate using carrier aggregation including a first frequency band comprising a primary carrier and a second frequency band comprising a component carrier. Data may be communicated between the access node and a second wireless device over the second frequency band, wherein the second wireless device is proximate to the first wireless device. Beamforming signal conditions may be determined for the first wireless device on the first frequency band and the second wireless device on the second frequency band. Beam formed signals may be transmitted to the first wireless device over the first frequency band using the beamforming signal conditions for the first wireless device and over the second frequency band using the beamforming signal conditions for the second wireless device. |
| US10075222B2 |
Apparatus and method for interference alignment in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An operation method of a reception node in a wireless communication system includes: receiving first signals including a signal received through a first channel, which is a channel between at least one transmission node belonging to a cell of the reception node and the reception node, and a signal received through a second channel, which is a channel between at least one transmission node belonging to a neighbor cell and the reception node during a first time interval; receiving a second signal, to which beamforming for removing a signal from at least one transmission node belonging to the neighbor cell is applied, from a relay station through a channel between the relay station and the reception node; and decoding a third signal acquired by adding the first signal and the second signal. |
| US10075219B1 |
Admittance matrix calibration for tunable metamaterial systems
The present disclosure provides system and methods for calibrating a tunable metamaterial device. A sequence of port impedance vectors, (z(m), m), may be generated. Each of the port impedance vectors may be applied to the tunable metamaterial device, and measuring at least one S-parameter. A simulated S-Matrix may be generated by associating each of the port impedance vectors, z(m), with the unknown admittance matrix. The unknown admittance matrix may be solved for by determining a plurality of optimization variables by comparing each of the S-parameters, S(m), to the simulated S-Matrix for each port impedance vector, z(m), and generating an estimated admittance matrix by associating each of the optimization variables with the unknown admittance parameters. The estimated admittance matrix may be used for more accurate radiation patterning. |
| US10075218B2 |
Method and apparatus for FD-MIMO based multicasting in vehicular communication systems
A method for user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network. The method comprises identifying a plurality of beams for a semi-open-loop PDSCH data transmission based on at least one of a plurality of precoder cycling types, wherein a precoder comprises a beam and a co-phase, and the plurality of precoder cycling types including at least one of a beam cycling from the plurality of beams or a co-phase cycling from a plurality of co-phases, receiving PDSCH data through the semi-open-loop PDSCH data transmission according to the at least one of the plurality of precoder cycling types, and identifying the plurality of beams based on the at least one of the plurality of precoder cycling types, wherein the precoder comprising the beam and co-phase, and the plurality of precoder cycling types is cycled across a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) using the at least one of the beam cycling or the co-phase cycling with at least one of a cycling period or granularity from at least one of a plurality of cycling periods or granularities including at least one of a single resource element (RE), a single RB, multiple REs, or multiple RBs. |
| US10075216B2 |
Method for avoiding downlink interference between indoor DAS system and small base station
Provided in the present invention is a method for avoiding downlink interference between an indoor DAS system and a small base station, the steps comprising: step 1: determining an initial access RU, and establishing a signal strength table; step 2: the DAS system, by means of the chosen RU, attempts to establish a downlink with UE 1, and detects the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) value of the downlink signal of UE 1, and comparing same with a preset threshold value γ1; step 3: UE 1 maintains one or a plurality of RU downlinks assigned thereto by the DAS system, during the communication process continuously detects an SINR value at a set time interval, and on the basis of whether same is greater than γ1, ensures a corresponding service quality. |
| US10075215B2 |
Radio communication devices and methods for controlling a radio communication device
A radio communication device is described comprising: a transceiver circuit configured to communicate wirelessly with another device; a tamper-proof circuit connected to the transceiver circuit; and a processor connected to the tamper-proof circuit and configured to exchange data with the transceiver circuit via the tamper-proof circuit. |
| US10075214B2 |
Wireless bed power
Patient care equipment includes a wireless coupler that transfers power and/or data between an architectural unit and the patient care equipment. The patient care equipment may also include additional wireless couplers that transfer power and/or data between first and second components of the equipment. The second component may be movable relative to the first component. A structure or hot swapping batteries is also disclosed, the swapped battery being charged on an inductive charging mat. |
| US10075208B2 |
Transmitter and communication system
A three-phase transmitter that sets voltages of first, second, and third output terminals based on first, second, and third signals. The transmitter includes a first transmitting section configured to set the voltage of the first output terminal based on the first and third signals; a second transmitting section configured to set the voltage of the second output terminal based on the first and second signals; and a third transmitting section configured to set the voltage of the third output terminal based on the second and third signals. |
| US10075204B2 |
Adaptive data recovery from distorted signals
This application presents an adaptive data recovery from distorted signals (ADRDS) of original data symbols from intervals or parameters of tone signals derived from a received OFDM signal, including responding to dynamic distortions introduced to the received OFDM signal by an OFDM transmission channel. Such ADRDS is implemented by converting back the derived intervals or parameters into original data symbols corresponding to distinctive sets of the intervals or parameters which the derived intervals or parameters belong to. |
| US10075198B1 |
Radio frequency (RF) front-end circuitry for wireless local area network (WLAN), wide area network (WAN) and global positioning system (GPS) communications
Radio frequency (RF) front-end circuitry and methods of operating the same are described. One apparatus includes multiple antennas and a RF front-end circuitry. The RF front-end circuitry includes a first diplexer, a second diplexer, a third diplexer, a fourth diplexer, and a switch. A first transceiver is coupled to a first antenna via the first diplexer and the second diplexer. The third receiver is coupled to the first antenna via the first diplexer. The second transceiver is selectively coupled to a second antenna via the third diplexer, the switch, and the fourth diplexer when the switch is set to the first mode in response to the control signal from a processing component. The first transceiver is selectively coupled to the second antenna via the switch and the third diplexer when the switch is set to the first mode in response to the control signal from the processing component. |
| US10075196B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
[Object] To provide a new and improved information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program, capable of improving technology related to FEC for achieving low delay transfer.[Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an arrangement unit configured to arrange datagrams in a number of a predetermined matrix size or less in at least a portion of the matrix of the predetermined size, by repeating arrangement of the datagrams in order along a first direction according to a second direction; and a generation unit configured to generate a redundant datagram for forward error correction for each of the datagrams belonging to one row, and for each of the datagrams belonging to one column of the matrix arranged by the arrangement unit. |
| US10075194B2 |
Tail biting convolutional code (TBCC) enhancement with state propagation and list decoding
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques and apparatus for enhanced decoding, for example, by providing a multi-phase tail biting convolutional code (TBCC) decoding algorithm. An exemplary method generally includes obtaining, via a wireless medium, a codeword encoded with a TBCC encoding scheme, generating metrics for candidate paths through trellis stages of a decoder, propagating information from at least one of the trellis stages to a later trellis stage, while generating the metrics, selecting a set of the candidate paths based on the propagated information, and decoding the encoded codeword by evaluating the selected set of candidate paths based, at least in part, on the generated metrics. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are claimed and described. |
| US10075193B2 |
Methods and systems for decoding polar codes
Herein provided are methods and systems for decoding polar codes. A data flow graph relating to a predetermined polar code is converted to a tree graph comprising rate-zero nodes, rate-1 nodes, and rate-R nodes. A rate-R node within the binary tree is replaced with a maximum likelihood node when predetermined conditions are met thereby replacing a sub-tree of the tree graph with a single maximum likelihood node. |
| US10075190B2 |
Adaptive scheduler for decoding
A decoder includes a processor and a scheduler coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to process a set of nodes related to a representation of a codeword during a first decode iteration. The nodes are processed in a first order. The scheduler is configured to generate a schedule that indicates a second order of the set of nodes. The second order is different from the first order. |
| US10075188B2 |
Broadcasting receiver and broadcast signal processing method
A digital broadcasting system which is robust against an error when mobile service data is transmitted and a method of processing data are disclosed. The mobile service data is subjected to an additional coding process and the coded mobile service data is transmitted. Accordingly, it is possible to cope with a serious channel variation while applying robustness to the mobile service data. |
| US10075184B2 |
Encoding apparatus, transmission apparatus, encoding method and transmission method
An encoding method and encoder of a time-varying LDPC-CC with high error correction performance are provided. In an encoding method of performing low density parity check convolutional coding (LDPC-CC) of a time varying period of q using a parity check polynomial of a coding rate of (n−1)/n (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2), the time varying period of q is a prime number greater than 3, the method receiving an information sequence as input and encoding the information sequence using Equation 1 as a g-th (g=0, 1, . . . , q−1) parity check polynomial to satisfy 0. |
| US10075181B2 |
ΔΣ modulator with excess loop delay compensation
According to at least one aspect, a delta sigma modulator circuit is provided. The delta sigma modulator circuit includes a first signal processor circuit configured to receive an input signal and a feedback signal and generate a processed signal using the input signal and the feedback signal, a quantizer configured to generate a digital code using the processed signal, a second signal processor circuit configured to receive the digital code, segment the digital code to form a segmented digital code that is smaller in size than the digital code, and generate a rotated digital code using the segmented digital code at least in part by rotating the segmented digital code to compensate for an excess loop delay in the circuit, and an digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to receive the rotated digital code and generate the feedback signal using the rotated digital code. |
| US10075180B2 |
Circuits and methods for inter-symbol interference compensation
Circuits and methods for inter-symbol interference compensation are described. These circuits and methods may be used in connection with delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter. During a sensing phase, a value indicative of the inter-symbol interference may be sensed. The value may be obtained by (1) causing the ADC to generate a first number of transitions during a first time interval; (2) causing the ADC to generate a second number of transitions during a second time interval; (3) sensing the number of logic-0s and logic-1s occurring in the first and second time intervals; and (4) computing the value based at least in part on the number of logic-0s and logic-1s occurring in the first and second time intervals. During a compensation phase, inter-symbol interference may be compensated based on the value obtained in the sensing phase. |
| US10075179B1 |
Multiple string, multiple output digital to analog converter
A multiple impedance string, multiple output digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit that can include a shared coarse resolution DAC, two first fine resolution DACs to receive outputs of the MSB DAC, and a multiplexer to multiplex outputs of the first and second fine resolution DACs to output terminals. The multiplexer can be configured to interchange coupling of the outputs of the first and second fine resolution DACs using one or more MSBs. |
| US10075178B1 |
Digital-to-analog converter and an operation method thereof
A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a DAC circuit, a switch circuit and a control circuit. The DAC circuit includes most significant bit digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) circuits and calibration digital-to-analog converter (CDAC) circuits. The switch circuit includes a current source circuit and a detection circuit. The MDAC, CDAC circuits and the current source circuit are coupled to a first output terminal and a second output terminal of the DAC circuit. In a calibration mode, the current source circuit generates current deviation of the first output terminal and the second output terminal. The detection circuit detects the current differences to generate detection signals. The control circuit outputs control signals to the CDAC circuits to adjust output currents of the CDACs at the first output terminal and the second output terminal. In a regular mode, the current source circuit is configured to function as a dual DC current source. |
| US10075177B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to the present invention has a capacitance DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) circuit and a comparator.The capacitance DAC circuit includes: first capacitors to which input signals are given and each of which has a capacitance value corresponding to a weight of a bit to be converted; and second capacitors to which common voltages are given and whose sum of capacitance values is equivalent to that of the first capacitors. Further, the second capacitors include: a redundant bit capacitor having a capacitance value corresponding to a weight of a redundant bit; and adjustment capacitors each having a capacitance value obtained by subtracting the capacitance value of the redundant bit capacitor from the sum of the capacitance values of the second capacitors. |
| US10075173B2 |
Digital fast lock for phase-locked loops
A phase-locked loop uses an edge detect circuit to detect an edge of an input clock signal. The detected edge is used to digitally align an initial edge of the feedback signal with the input clock signal to the PLL so that the feedback signal is substantially aligned with the input clock signal. The edge alignment of the feedback signal may be performed at startup or in response to loss of lock/input clock switching. By aligning the feedback signal the input clock signal based on the edge detect, faster lock occurs. |
| US10075172B2 |
Timing-difference measurement
There is disclosed herein current-mode circuitry for measuring a timing difference between first and second signals, the circuitry comprising: a tail node configured during a measurement operation to receive a current pulse in dependence upon the first signal; first and second nodes conductively connectable to said tail node along respective first and second paths; and steering circuitry configured during the measurement operation to control such connections between the tail node and the first and second nodes based on the second signal to steer the current pulse so that a first portion of the current pulse passes along the first path and a second portion of the current pulse passes along the second path in dependence upon the timing difference between said first and second signals; and a signal output unit configured to output a measurement-result signal indicating a measure of said timing difference based upon one or both of the first and second portions. |
| US10075169B2 |
Configurable computing array based on three-dimensional vertical writable memory
The present invention discloses a configurable computing array. It is a monolithic integrated circuit comprising at least a configurable computing element and a configurable logic element. The configurable computing element comprises at least a three-dimensional vertical writable memory (3D-WV) array, which is stacked above the configurable logic element and stores at least a portion of a look-up table (LUT) for a math function. |
| US10075168B2 |
Configurable computing array comprising three-dimensional writable memory
The present invention discloses a configurable computing array comprising three-dimensional writable memory (3D-W). It is a monolithic integrated circuit comprising an array of configurable computing elements, an array of configurable logic elements and an array of configurable interconnects. Each configurable computing element comprises at least a 3D-W array, which stores at least a portion of a look-up table (LUT) for a math function. |
| US10075166B2 |
Generator of numbers of oscillations
A circuit generates a number of oscillations. The circuit includes a first branch with at least one delay line introducing symmetrical delays on rising edges and on falling edges and at least one asymmetrical delay element introducing different delays on rising edges and on falling edges. The circuit further includes a second branch looped back on the first branch and including at least one delay line introducing symmetrical delays on rising edges and on falling edges. |
| US10075165B2 |
Calibration circuit and calibration apparatus including the same
A calibration circuit sharing a resistor for impedance matching includes a command decoder configured to receive a command signal and decode the command signal into a calibration enable signal; a selector configured to select one of the calibration enable signal and a start signal according to a select signal, and provide a driving signal; and a calibration driver configured to perform an impedance matching operation in response to the driving signal, and generate a completion signal when performance is completed, wherein the start signal corresponds to a completion signal provided from another calibration circuit which shares the resistor for the impedance matching. |
| US10075164B2 |
Capacitive and conductive sensing illuminating cable
This invention is the design for a sensing circuit. The above detailed description defines the two main sensing techniques: Capacitive and Conductive sensing. The sensors used can be placed along the surface or under the surface, which in many cases will be a wire or cable in as many places as desired by the user or manufacturer. Once a sensor is turned on, it will complete the circuit and allow for electricity to flow to the illuminating, or communicating part of the invention. This will allow users to see the cable's path and direction allowing for easier troubleshoot and maintenance. |
| US10075162B2 |
Touch sensor unit
First and second bridging portions (63a and 63b) is disposed so as to form a shock absorbing space (63c) between the sensor accommodating portion (61) and the fixing portion (62), and elastically deformed by external force, and the paired bridging portions (the shock absorbing space (63c)) is caused to function as a shock absorbing portion (63). Furthermore, the sensor accommodating portion (61) is thinner than each of the bridging portions (63a and 63b), after the sensor accommodating portion (61) is elastically deformed and a contact of a blockage is detected, the first and second bridging portions (63a and 63b) can be elastically deformed to absorb a shock. Therefore, it is possible to significantly reduce a load on the blockage in comparison with the conventional technique. Since the drive unit is reversely driven after shock absorption, it is possible to reduce the load on the drive unit and so forth, and to inhibit the occurrence of inconvenience such as burning. |
| US10075161B2 |
Method and device for preventing inadvertently touch of electronic device
A method and a device for preventing inadvertently touch of an electronic device are provided, the method includes: receiving an operating motion by a button switch; determining whether the button switch is triggered by receiving the operating motion; determining whether a human body is closing to the button switch; if the human body is closing to the button switch and the button switch is triggered, sending a button switch signal corresponding to the button switch to the electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the button switch. |
| US10075157B1 |
Bidirectional interface using thin oxide devices
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a circuit for driving a signal at an output node. The circuit generally includes a voltage divider network having a first terminal coupled to the output node. The circuit also includes a first transistor having a gate coupled to a second terminal of the voltage divider network and a plurality of transistors. A gate of each of the plurality of transistors may be coupled to a respective tap node of the voltage divider network, and the plurality of transistors may include a third transistor having a source coupled to a drain of the first transistor. The circuit may also include a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and having a gate coupled to an input node of the circuit. |
| US10075153B2 |
Low-power clock-gated synchronizer, a data processing system that incorporates the same and a synchronization method
A low-power synchronizer circuit, a data processing circuit that incorporates the synchronizer circuit, and a synchronization method are provided. The synchronizer circuit includes a delay circuit for receiving and delaying an asynchronous input signal, a first flip-flop having an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the delay circuit, a clock terminal for receiving the asynchronous input signal, and a reset terminal for receiving the asynchronous input signal, a synchronizer connected to an output terminal of the first flip-flop, and a clock-gating circuit for receiving a clock signal and determining whether to supply the clock signal to the synchronizer in response to one of a first output value of the delay circuit and a second output value of the first flip-flop and a third output value of the synchronizer. |
| US10075152B2 |
Integrated circuit with multiplexed pin and pin multiplexing method
The present invention provides an integrated circuit with a multiplexed pin and a pin multiplexing method. The multiplexed pin of the integrated circuit extends out with two connecting ends to receive two logic level signals which are finally restored in a chip. A first signal input end receives a signal representing whether to enable or disable, a second signal input end receives a function signal which achieves a certain function, and a diode, a resistor, and a first current source are used together to achieve multiplexing of the pin based on turn-on and clamping characteristics of the diode. The number of pins to be packaged and the area occupied by a chip on board are reduced, which is conducive to a small package design of the chip. |
| US10075149B2 |
Methods and apparatus supporting controlled transmission and reception of messages
Methods and apparatus that support controlled transmission and directional reception of RTS and/or CTS messages, are described. Controlled transmission may include transmitting a same RTS message multiple times in the same direction and/or transmitting an RTS message with a length that is multiple times longer than a standard RTS message. In an aspect, a receiver may determine spatial directions of a plurality of transmitters including a first transmitter and at least one other transmitter, and may perform a beam sweep in the determined spatial directions for receiving one or more RTS messages. A transmitter may determine that a receiver is to perform a beam sweep in K different spatial directions, and may transmit a same RTS message for a data transmission K times in the same direction or an RTS message with a length approximately K times longer than a standard RTS message, during a duration of the beam sweep. |
| US10075145B2 |
Phase noise measurement and filtering circuit
Methods and apparatuses for measuring a phase noise level in an input signal are disclosed. An input signal can be delayed to generate a delayed version of the input signal. Next, a phase difference can be detected between the input signal and the delayed version of the input signal. A phase noise level in the input signal can then be determined based on the detected phase difference. The measured phase noise level can then be used to suppress phase noise in the input signal. |
| US10075144B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced high frequency power bias tee designs
Systems and methods for enhanced high frequency power bias tee designs are provided. In one embodiment, a bias tee network comprises: a first port configured to couple across a data line comprising a first electrically conducting line and a second electrically conducting line; a second port configured to couple to a power port of an electrical device; and a distributed impedance interface coupled between the power supply unit and the differential data line, wherein the distributed impedance interface includes a ferrite impedance gradation network having a plurality of ferrite impedance elements series coupled in an order of progressing impedance, wherein a low impedance end of the first ferrite impedance gradation network is coupled to the first port. |
| US10075142B2 |
Facilitation of headphone audio enhancement
A headphone with adjustable speaker drivers and a microphone can be used to determine and adjust sound pressure levels. The speaker drivers can be adjusted manually or wirelessly via a mobile device with a wireless connection to the headphone. Processing of audio and microphone data via the headphone can also be used to help determine and adjust the sound pressure levels. |
| US10075141B1 |
Continuous time linear equalizer with two adaptive zero frequency locations
The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. More specifically, embodiments of the presentation provide a CTLE module that includes a two compensation sections. A high-frequency zero RC section is in the source of the differential pair and close to the bias current source. A low-frequency zero section is coupled to an output terminal and configured outside the input signal path. A DC gain tuning section is coupled to the low-frequency zero section. There are other embodiments as well. |
| US10075138B2 |
Inductor shielding
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to inductor shielding. A device may include an inductor and a plurality of conductive strips extending across the inductor. At least a first conductive strip of the plurality of conductive strips is physically isolated from at least a second conductive strip of the plurality of conductive strips in a region of overlay of the first and second conductive strips. |
| US10075137B2 |
Power amplification system for radiofrequency communications
Power amplification system for radio frequency communications, comprising a input port of an input radio frequency signal, an output port of an output radio frequency signal; a digital predistortion unit operatively interposed between the input port and the output port and quadrature modulation correction means operatively interposed between the digital predistortion unit and between at least one of the input port and the output port. |
| US10075133B2 |
Systems and methods for ring-oscillator based operational amplifiers for scaled CMOS technologies
An area efficient amplifier that amplifies a continuous-time continuous-amplitude signal and converts it to a discrete-time discrete-amplitude signal. The amplifier includes a first oscillator having an input and a plurality of N outputs and a second oscillator having an input and N outputs. The amplifier includes N phase detectors, each phase detector has a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output, where each first input of each phase detector is coupled to respective one of the N outputs of the first oscillator, where each second input of each phase detector is coupled to respective one of the N outputs of the second oscillator. The amplifier includes N quantizers, each quantizer has a data input, a clock input, and an output, where each data input of each quantizer is coupled to respective one first output or one second output of the N phase detectors. |
| US10075131B2 |
Ultra-broadband switched inductor oscillator
A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a method of operating the VCO are disclosed. The VCO includes an inductor device, a capacitor device coupled in parallel with the inductor device through first and second nodes, and a pair of cross-coupled transistors coupled in parallel with the inductor device and the capacitor device through the first and second nodes. At least one of the pair of cross-coupled transistor includes a plurality of sub transistors coupled in parallel. The sub transistors are individually switchable to adjust current drive capability of each of the sub transistors. Each of the sub transistors includes a first gate and a second gate. |
| US10075125B2 |
Self-powered solar tracker apparatus
A solar tracker apparatus includes an adjustable hanger assembly that has a clam shell hanger assembly. The clam shell hanger assembly may hold a torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end. A center of mass of the solar tracker apparatus may be aligned with a center of rotation of the torque tubes, in order to reduce a load of a drive device operably coupled to the torque tube. Solar modules may be coupled to the torque tubes. The solar tracker includes an energy system that includes solar panel, a DC to DC converter, a battery, and a micro-controller. The energy system may facilitate full operation movement of the tracker apparatus without any external power lines. |
| US10075124B2 |
Motor control circuit
A motor control circuit for an electric motor of an electric power assisted steering system comprises a switching circuit comprising a plurality of electrical switches, a current demand signal generator which converts the torque demand signal into a current demands signal; and a fault mode motor current controller that is responsive to an error signal that represents the difference between the current demand signal and the actual current flowing in the motor and is operable in the event of a fault where one phase is open-circuit to drive the remaining two phases as a single combined phase by generating a single voltage demand signal that is representative of the voltage to be applied across the combined phases, the voltage signal being in turn fed into a drive circuit for the switches that generates pulse width modulated switching signals for the switching circuit required to apply the voltage across the combined phases. |
| US10075122B2 |
Method of controlling a three-phase inverter implementing a vector modulation
The disclosed embodiment relates to a method of controlling a system including at least one inverter with six switches, which is linked to a battery, and supervised by a processor. The method implements a vector modulation, so that it is able to prevent the current linking the battery from passing through zero amperes by means of appropriate control logic. The disclosed embodiment also relates to a device for controlling an electronic component. |
| US10075117B2 |
Multi-pulse constant voltage transformer for a variable speed drive in chiller applications
A multi-pulse transformer with multiple taps provides a constant magnitude voltage output to a variable speed chiller's compressor motor over a range of input voltages. The 3-phase transformer includes primary windings and a plurality of secondary windings. The secondary windings are electromagnetically coupled with the associated primary winding. The primary windings include taps for receiving multiple input AC voltages and the secondary windings have a single output terminal for supplying a predetermined output voltage which, after rectification produces a DC multi-pulse waveform for powering a DC link of a variable speed drive. Alternatively the 3-phase transformer includes multiple taps on the secondary windings. Each of the primary windings has a terminal for receiving an input AC voltage. The taps of the secondary windings provide an output voltage that is converted to a multi-pulse waveform for powering a DC link of a variable speed drive. |
| US10075116B2 |
System and method for permanent magnet motor control
A method of operating an electric motor is disclosed. The method includes: starting the electric motor in an open loop control mode; operating an estimator that estimates operating conditions of the electric motor; and, while the electric motor is in the open loop control mode, evaluating a first parameter of the estimator. The method further includes: in response to the evaluation of the first parameter, determining whether the estimator has converged; and in response to a determination that the estimator has not converged within a predetermined period of time after starting the electric motor, signaling a first fault condition. |
| US10075110B2 |
Method and circuit for controlling or starting a u-shape single phase synchronous permanent magnet motors
A method and circuit for controlling or starting a U-shape single phase synchronous permanent magnetic motor (U-SPSPM motor) having a rotor and a stator and coupled to a single phase alternating current (AC) power source through a switch, including estimating back electromotive force (back-EMF) of the motor based on an observer model with inputs indicative of the measured signals, and triggering the switch to supply power to the motor based on the estimates of the back-EMF. |
| US10075109B2 |
Driving device and driving method for motor, cooling device and electronic machine
A driving device for a brushless DC motor having at least one coil may include a voltage zero crossing detection unit to where an induced voltage becomes zero; a detection period setting unit to set at least one detection period synchronously with the voltage zero crossing point; a coil voltage detection comparator to compare a terminal voltage generated from one end of the coil with a threshold voltage, and generate a coil voltage detection signal indicating a comparison result; a current phase detection unit to generate a phase detection signal indicating a relationship between a phase of a coil current flowing through the coil and a phase of the induced voltage; a driving signal synthesis unit to generate a driving control signal based on the phase detection signal; and a driving circuit to drive the brushless DC motor based on the driving control signal. |
| US10075107B2 |
Method and apparatus for motor lock or stall detection
A method and apparatus are provided for detecting a rotor lock condition in a sensorless permanent magnet synchronous motor. A BEMF observer determines an estimated rotor speed {circumflex over (ω)} and a first BEMF voltage value in an estimated rotor-related γ,δ reference frame. In addition, a second estimated BEMF voltage value is calculated in a rotor-related d,q reference frame based on at least a first motor constant and an estimated rotor speed {circumflex over (ω)}. After generating a BEMF error filter value from the first and second estimated BEMF voltage values and calculating a BEMF error threshold value as a function of the estimated rotor speed {circumflex over (ω)} that is subject to a minimum threshold BEMF value, a rotor lock condition is detected based on at least the BEMF error filter value and the BEMF error threshold value. |
| US10075104B2 |
Plasmonic nanostructures for conversion of optical power to electrical power
A plasmoelectric device for conversion of optical power to direct current (DC) electrical power includes a first plasmonic nanostructure having a first resonance value and a second plasmonic nanostructure having a second resonance value. The first and second plasmonic nanostructures are electrically coupled and the first plasmonic nanostructure is configured to receive irradiation at a first irradiation value and the second plasmonic nanostructure is configured to receive irradiation at a second irradiation value, to induce charge transfer between the first and second plasmonic nanostructures. |
| US10075103B2 |
Power generation device for mobile body
A power generation device for a mobile body includes power generating units and a holding member. Each power generating unit includes an elastically deformable base member and a piezoelectric film, which are laminated alternately. The holding member holds the power generating units. Each power generating unit has an elongated flat-plate shape. Opposite ends of the power generating unit in a longitudinal direction are held by the holding member such that the power generating unit is in an orientation in which a longitudinal axis is substantially perpendicular to the flow direction of the external fluid. A fixing member is provided at each of the opposite ends in the longitudinal direction of each power generating unit. The power generating units are arranged in the holding member via the fixing members to pivot in accordance with the flow of the external fluid. |
| US10075098B2 |
Power converter
An inverter main circuit using high-side MOSFETS converts a power source voltage of a battery to an alternating current, and supplies the alternating current to a three-phase motor. A control circuit drives, via a high-side drive circuit and a low-side drive circuit, the MOSFETS. A charge pump circuit boosts the power source voltage to a charge pump voltage. A bootstrap circuit outputs a bootstrap voltage that is boosted by diodes and capacitors, which is then passed to a clamp circuit for clamping and outputting as a clamp voltage. Based on the supply of the charge pump voltage or the clamp voltage in response to a fluctuation of the power source voltage, a continuous circuit operation is provided while protecting the circuit in operation. |
| US10075097B2 |
Power conversion device and AC electric-vehicle drive system
To generate a PWM signal, as an on/off signal of a semiconductor switch that constitutes a power conversion main circuit, by comparing a modulation wave command based on an input voltage waveform command of the power conversion main circuit with a carrier wave having changes from a lower limit to an upper limit and from the upper limit to the lower limit for an integral number of times per one cycle of an AC power supply, where the carrier wave has characteristics such that one change time from the lower limit to the upper limit and then returning to the lower limit is constant, and a time ratio between a change time from the lower limit to the upper limit and a change time from the upper limit to the lower limit changes periodically. |
| US10075096B2 |
Power supply system
A pseudo-resonant element (130) is disposed in series with respect to an inductive load (180) on the inductive load (180) side rather than an output end of an inverter unit (120) constituted of a magnetic energy recovery switch. |
| US10075092B2 |
Neutral point power converter with first and second chopper cell groups
In a power converter a DC positive terminal of a DC power supply is connected to a switching element, the DC negative terminal of the DC power supply is connected to a switching element. A capacitor and a capacitor connected in series are connected in parallel with the DC power supply, and a DC neutral point divided by the capacitor and the capacitor is connected to a switching element and a switching element. The switching element is connected to the positive terminal of a chopper cell group circuit, and the switching element is connected to the negative terminal of a chopper cell group circuit. The negative terminal of the chopper cell group circuit is connected to the positive terminal of the chopper cell group circuit, and the connection node therebetween serves as an output AC terminal. |
| US10075085B2 |
Gallium nitride driver with tuned dead-time
Techniques are provided to tune a gate-drive control signal for a switching device. In an aspect, a device is provided that includes a dead-time generator circuit, a first dead-time tuner circuit and a second dead-time tuner circuit. The dead-time generator circuit generates a control signal for a first switching device that is coupled to a second switching device via a switching node. The first dead-time tuner circuit generates, based on the control signal and a switching signal indicative of a voltage associated with the switching node, a first modified control signal for the first switching device. The second dead-time tuner circuit generates, based on a modified version of the switching signal and a tuning process that repeatedly modifies the control signal until a first dead-time value satisfies a defined criterion, a second modified control signal for the first switching device. |
| US10075077B2 |
Switched-mode converter and method for converting electrical energy
There are large amounts of switched-mode power supplies used for supplying energy for electrical devices. This brings the need to improve the efficiency of the power conversion. The present switched mode converter of electrical power has a secondary winding in a secondary circuit, which at a first phase both accumulates and releases energy to load, or only accumulates energy. At a second phase the secondary winding is connected to input voltage and/or releases the accumulated energy in the secondary circuit in order to increase power release of the primary winding to the load. The solution increases both the output energy and efficiency of the converter. |
| US10075075B2 |
Buck-boost power converter and associated mode transition control module
A buck-boost power converter and a mode transition control module. The mode transition control module includes a buck duty cycle sensing and comparison circuit and a boost duty cycle sensing and comparison circuit. The buck duty cycle sensing and comparison circuit can provide a first mode transition control signal through comparing a first signal indicative of a buck duty cycle with a first threshold signal indicative of a buck duty threshold to regulate the buck-boost power converter to transit between a buck mode and a buck-boost mode. The boost duty cycle sensing and comparison circuit can provide a second mode transition control signal through comparing a second signal indicative of a boost duty cycle with a second threshold signal indicative of a boost duty threshold to regulate the buck-boost power converter to transit between a the buck-boost mode and a boost mode. |
| US10075074B2 |
DC to DC converters and controllers thereof
In a controller for a DC to DC converter, PWM signal generating circuitry generates a set of PWM signals phase-shifted relative to one another, and controls states of the PWM signals according to a set of control signals. Each PWM signal of the PWM signals has an on-time state and an off-time state. Ramp signal generating circuitry, coupled to the PWM signal generating circuitry, generates a set of ramp signals having substantially the same ramp slope. Each ramp signal of the ramp signals is generated in response to detecting an on-time state of a corresponding PWM signal of the PWM signals. Additionally, a comparing circuit, coupled to the PWM and ramp signal generating circuitry, alternately compares the ramp signals with a preset reference to generate the control signals. A corresponding control signal of the control signals changes the corresponding PWM signal from the on-time state to an off-time state. |
| US10075070B2 |
Step-down DC/DC converter
A pulse generator includes a mode controller that detects a state in which there has been no transition of a pulse signal to the off level for a given cycle (period). When such a state is detected, the pulse generator transits to a skip mode. In the skip mode, the period is repeatedly switched between: (i) a first period in which the pulse signal is maintained at the on level over multiple cycles; and (ii) a second period in which the pulse signal is forcibly switched to the off level so as to charge the bootstrap capacitor by means of a bootstrap circuit. |
| US10075062B2 |
Dual level current limit apparatus and method
A dual level current limit apparatus constituted of: an electronically controlled switch coupled between a load and a line voltage; and a control circuitry arranged to alternately: control said electronically controlled switch to limit the magnitude of current flowing therethrough responsive to the difference between a predetermined first function of the current magnitude and a predetermined reference voltage, and control said electronically controlled switch to limit the magnitude of current flowing therethrough responsive to the difference between said first function of the current magnitude and a predetermined second function of the load voltage. |
| US10075061B2 |
Power supply device with excess current protection
A first excess current protector directs a controller to limit an output current of a regulator when a current value detected by a current detector exceeds a first preset current value set to be higher than a rated current value of a power supply device. A second excess current protector directs the controller to limit the output current of the regulator when an average value of the current value detected by the current detector over a predetermined period of time exceeds a second preset current value set to correspond to the rated current value. A third excess current protector directs the controller to limit the output current of the regulator when the current value detected by the current detector exceeds a third preset current value set to be lower than the second preset current value. |
| US10075060B2 |
Electrical assembly comprising filter device for improving quality of electricity
An electrical assembly comprising power conversion system (PCM) having an output (OT1), a filter device (2) connected to the output (OT1) of the power conversion system (PCM), a pre-charging circuit (PCC), and an interface (ITF) for connecting the electrical assembly to an electrical power network (GRD). The filter device (2) comprises inductor system and filter capacitor system adapted to co-operate with the inductor system for filtering an alternating current. The filter device (2) comprises a capacitor switch device (S3) for disconnecting the filter capacitor system from the inductor system. The electrical assembly comprises a grid switch device (S4) connected in parallel with the pre-charging circuit (PCC). The parallel connected pre-charging circuit (PCC) and grid switch device (S4) are operationally connected between the output (OT1) of the power conversion system (PCM) and the interface (ITF) of the electrical assembly. |
| US10075053B2 |
Electric apparatus using eddy current generation for transmitting torque between two adjacent rotors
An electric apparatus comprises a stator having an array of coils positioned within its periphery and a first rotor having an array of magnet pairs positioned within its periphery. The first rotor has one face adjacent to the stator. A second rotor made of conductive material is positioned adjacent to another face of the first rotor. A coupling mechanism may be connected to the second rotor. The electric apparatus may be connected to an electric power source and act as a motor for driving a mechanical load attached to the coupling mechanism. The electric apparatus may alternatively be connected to an electric load, a turbine being attached to the coupling mechanism for generating electric power. An enclosure may protect components of the electric apparatus against external elements, for example to allow underwater operation. |
| US10075048B2 |
Motor and washing machine having the same
The present invention provides a motor and a washing machine including the same. The motor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a hall sensor which is positioned on the upper surface of a rotor and detects the position of a magnet provided in the rotor by using the leakage magnetic flux of the magnet, and thereby can accurately detect the position of the rotor by the hall sensor. |
| US10075047B2 |
Rotation apparatus having machine base with differently shaped support boards
A rotation apparatus comprises a machine base and a stator. The machine base comprises a driving end intermediate support board and a non-driving end intermediate support board disposed parallel along the length direction of the machine base. Inner holes used for supporting the stator are separately provided in the driving end intermediate support board and the non-driving end intermediate support board. The inner holes in the driving end intermediate support board are asymmetrical on the top and the bottom. The vibration of the rotation apparatus can be effectively reduced, the output power is improved, and a good cooling effect is provided. |
| US10075046B2 |
Steady ratio four-bar linkage for genuflective energy harvesting
A mechanism has four connected links to mimic the motion of a knee joint. A lower link is oriented towards the vertical. A leverage ratio between flexion of the knee and relative angular displacement of certain links in the mechanism remains fairly steady over much of the range of motion of the mechanism. The mechanism may be used to drive an energy harvesting gearbox with steadier and more efficient energy harvesting at deep flexion, as well as with quieter operation. |
| US10075043B2 |
Method and apparatus to drive a rotor and generate electrical power
An electromagnetic power generator device and a method thereof for using balanced electromagnetic forces to drive one or more flywheel rotor assemblies on a fixed shaft and generating large amount of electrical power are provided. The electromagnetic power generator device includes a non-rotating shaft attached to a support frame, at least one flywheel rotor assembly, and at least one input driver plate assembly which is coupled to the flywheel rotor assembly via the non-rotating shaft penetrating through a first centered hole of a bearing of the flywheel assembly and a second centered hole of the input driver plate assembly. |
| US10075040B2 |
Rotary machine
A rotary machine includes a rotor and a resin-molded stator which includes a stator core, a coil, a molded portion, a lead line, a bush and a bush supporting frame. The stator core is formed by laminating steel sheets. The coil is formed by winding a conducting wire around a tooth formed to the stator core. The molded portion covers the coil. The lead line is formed by the conducting wire continuing from an end portion of a power supply side of the coil. The bush is formed with a penetrated insert hole where the lead line is passed through. The bush supporting frame is supported by the molded portion and is formed with a penetrated attaching hole into which the bush is fitted in. The lead line is drawn out to the outside of the molded portion from the attaching hole. |
| US10075038B2 |
Power generation input device
A power generation input device includes a rotational magnet body that has a magnet, an N-pole member placed near the N pole of the magnet, and an S-pole member placed near the S-pole of the magnet, the rotational magnet body being supported so as to be rotatable around a rotational center line; a magnetic member; coils; and a manipulation body. The N-pole member has an N-pole end, which extends in a direction more away from the rotational center line than the end of the magnet. The S-pole member has an S-pole end, which extends in a direction more away from the rotational center line than the end of the magnet. The N-pole end and S-pole end are oppositely disposed in a plane parallel to the rotational center line with a gap intervening between them, the gap extending in a direction inclined with respect to the rotational center line. |
| US10075037B2 |
Electric motor and electric power steering device using the same
An electric motor includes a cylindrical holder mounted to an end of a rotation shaft, a sensor magnet mounted to the holder, and a rotation sensor mounted at a position at which the rotation sensor opposes the sensor magnet in a direction of an axis of rotation and detecting a rotating field of the sensor magnet. The end of the rotation shaft has a cylindrical shape with a non-circular cross section formed of at least one plane and a curved surface in an outer peripheral portion. At least one of an inner peripheral portion and an outer peripheral portion of the holder forms a non-circular cross section formed of a plane parallel to the axis of rotation and a curved surface connected to the plane. The plane of the rotation shaft and the plane of the holder are parallel to each other and the curved surface of the rotation shaft and the curved surface of the holder are in contact with each other. |
| US10075036B2 |
Rotor for rotary electric machine having ridge-shaped convex portions and concave portions to secure a press-fitted shaft
The hole diameter of a shaft through hole formed in the rotor core is changed in the axial direction, thereby forming a concave portion whose hole diameter is large and a convex portion whose hole diameter is small in the inner circumferential surface of the shaft through hole; the convex portion is arranged at opening portions on both ends of the shaft through hole; a shaft having ridge-shaped convex portions on a press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the shaft through hole to assemble; the number of points of the concave portion is equal to or more than two; and respective diameter dimensions of the concave portion, the convex portion, and the shaft are set to be the diameter of a main body of the shaft |
| US10075032B2 |
Brushless alternator with claw poles
The alternator is used in the motor vehicles and provides increased current output. It comprises ring (17) and (17a) connecting the second claw poles (16) and (16a), and its peripheral surface which is opposite to the second claw poles (16) and (16a) is profiled and protruded outwards, shaped by the adjacent surfaces of inner and outer truncated cones whose axes coincide with the axis of the shaft. On the peripheries of external side plates (23) and (23a) at diameters equal to the inner diameters of the carried pole configurations and axes coinciding with the axis of the shaft (1) stationary are fixed second magnetoconductive rings (26) and (26a) whose surfaces located on the side of the first magnetoconductive rings (17), (17a) are shaped like a groove whose shape corresponds to the shape of the profiled protruded outwards peripheral surface of the first magnetoconductive rings (17), (17a) comprising them with possibility for their free rotation in the corresponding groove. |
| US10075027B2 |
Method and device for enabling near field communication NFC wireless charging service
A method includes determining, by a first electronic device, whether a charging party is the first electronic device or a second electronic device according to charging reference information. The method also includes enabling, in response to a determination that the charging party is the first electronic device, an NFC wireless charging service of the first electronic device. The method further includes instructing, by the first electronic device, the second electronic device to enable an NFC wireless charging service in response to a determination that the charging party is the second electronic device. |
| US10075023B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and method for controlling wireless communication apparatus
A wireless communication apparatus includes: a wireless communication unit configured to perform directional wireless communication with an external apparatus; a wireless power supply unit configured to perform wireless power supply to the external apparatus; a sector management unit configured to store a plurality of IDs each indicating a communication parameter which is set for the wireless communication unit in order to determine an antenna pattern for the wireless communication unit, and a power supply parameter which is set for the wireless power supply unit in order to determine an antenna pattern for the wireless power supply unit; and a control unit configured to control the directional wireless communication and the wireless power supply based on an ID included in the plurality of IDs. |
| US10075021B2 |
Wireless power transmission system for transmitting alternating-current power wirelessly
[OBJECT] There is provided a wireless power transmission system capable of transmitting power efficiently even when there is an obstacle or the like.[ORGANIZATION] A power transmission device has a first and a second electrode (111, 112), a first and a second connection line (115, 116), and a first inductor (113, 114). A power reception device has a third and a fourth electrode (121, 122), a third and a fourth connection line (125, 126), and a second inductor (123, 124). At least one of the first to the fourth electrode is housed in a conductive casing (310, 320) having an opening corresponding to an opposing electrode, and a resonance frequency of a power transmission coupler constituted of the first and the second electrode and the first inductor (113, 144) and a resonance frequency of a power reception coupler constituted of the third and the fourth electrode and the second inductor (123, 124) are set to be substantially equal. |
| US10075016B2 |
Waveform distortion mitigation in power systems
Systems and methods for governing a signal waveform of a signal flowing through a component of a power transmission system that includes a plurality of switch-mode power processors and may be a polyphase system. At least one of current and voltage is integrally monitored at each of a plurality of locations on the power system and is characterized relative to specified constraints. When a monitored voltage or current is outside of the specified constraints, the voltage or current is modified by changing at least one of the time delay or phase characteristics of at least one of the source, load and transmission elements on the power transmission system. |
| US10075006B2 |
Autonomous electronic device with supply by electrostatic transduction produced by a variable capacitor
An electronic device with a circuit for supplying electric power, with a variable capacitor, by alternating mechanical movement. The supply includes, in the form of passive components and without synchronizing structure: generating branch including in series the variable capacitor and a biasing capacitor, connected in parallel to a rectifier circuit and a storage branch, between: a base node, on the variable capacitor side; an output node, on the biasing capacitor side; unidirectional charge return branch: to the generating branch, via a biasing node between the variable capacitor and the biasing capacitor; from the rectifier, receiving a part of the electrical energy produced. A circuit includes a voltage multiplier connected to the biasing node for applying a voltage that is multiplied relative to that existing between the output node; and the base node or one of the ends of the storage branch. |
| US10074997B2 |
Method and apparatus for creating a dynamically reconfigurable energy storage device
A method and apparatus of creating a dynamically reconfigurable energy source comprised of individual, isolated, controllable energy modules, supported by software to measure and manage the energy modules and facilitate the reconfiguration, where the platform consisting of hardware, based upon an inverted H-Bridge circuitry, in combination with software which allows for real-time management, control, and configuration of the modules and uses a combination of software algorithms and localized electronic switches, to achieve a performance and functionality of the invention matching, or exceeding, traditional large, heavy, and expensive power electronics-based products used for charging, energy storage management, power inverting, and motor or load control. |
| US10074992B2 |
Battery device, battery management method, and electronic apparatus
The present technique relates to a battery device, a battery management method, and an electronic apparatus that can easily manage a battery device formed with a large number of battery cells. When a battery (51) has capacitive properties (or when the equivalent circuit of the battery (51) for an AC signal at a frequency f is a capacitor (51C)), a series circuit formed with a capacitor (171) and a coil (172) (=a coil (172-1)+a coil (172-2)) is provided in parallel to the battery (51), to form a blocking filter. The capacitor (171) and the coil (172-1) form a series resonance circuit. The capacitor (51C) and the coil (172-2) form a parallel resonance circuit. The present invention can be applied to an electronic apparatus that includes a large number of battery cells, for example. |
| US10074984B2 |
Electric power control system
An electric power control system of the present invention includes an electric power supplying means, a load means, and an energy storing means. The electric power control system includes: an energy storage controlling means for controlling the energy storing means so as to decrease charge or discharge electric power over a response time corresponding to a set time constant for energy storing means; and a supplied energy controlling means for executing control to change electric power supplied by the electric power supplying means over a response time corresponding to a set time constant for electric power supplying means so that the electric power supply and demand difference is kept within the preset given range. The time constant for energy storing means is set to be longer than the time constant for electric power supplying means. |
| US10074980B2 |
Control apparatus
A control apparatus includes a receiving unit, a demand-response unit, a power consumption fluctuation unit, and a setting unit. The receiving unit receives a demand relating to power consumption from an energy management apparatus. The demand-response unit executes a demand-response control in order to adjust power consumption of facility devices set up in a property in accordance with the demand when the demand is received by the receiving unit. The power consumption fluctuation unit executes a non-demand-response control in order to increase or decrease power consumption of the facility devices regardless of the demand. The setting unit sets the non-demand-response control to active or inactive. |
| US10074979B2 |
System and method for controlling multi-frequencies of a microgrid
The present invention relates to a voltage source converter based DC connection method and a control method for implementing a system for maintaining respective different frequencies (multi-frequencies) by reflecting load quality levels of respective microgrids when multiple stand-alone microgrids are connected to each other in which voltage source converters (VSCs) installed at connection points of the microgrids for effectively controlling respective microgrids having different frequency control ranges present an effective control method based on a concept using normalizing frequencies of unit microgrids to be similarly applied in an islanded operation mode of multiple grid-connected microgrids as well as multiple stand-alone microgrids to avoid the same frequency criterion and enable an economic operation to which the load power quality level of the microgrid is reflected, thereby minimizing a transient to stably operate a microgrid system. |
| US10074977B2 |
Systems and methods for coordinating signal injections to understand and maintain orthogonality among signal injections patterns in utility grids
Methods and systems for implementing experimental trials on utility grids. The variation of grid parameters are coordinated to create periods of time and areas of space from within which the variations of grid parameters do not overlap, allowing sensor data within those periods of time and areas of space to be associated with particular variations in grid parameters. This associated data can in turn be used to improve models of sensor response and utility grid behavior. |
| US10074976B2 |
Power distributor for defined sequential power distribution
A power distributor that is capable of distributing the high power from a DC generator to more than two targets sequentially and without the power output of the DC generator being interrupted. Furthermore, the invention relates to a sputter source that includes the power generator described above. |
| US10074971B2 |
Excitation inrush current suppressing apparatus and excitation inrush current suppressing method
According to one embodiment, an excitation inrush current suppressing apparatus comprising: bus voltage measurement equipment which measures each phase voltage of the single-phase AC-side bus; transformer voltage measurement equipment which measures a single-phase-side voltage of the transformer; phase detector which detects a cutoff phase when opening the circuit breaker by monitoring each phase voltage measured by the bus voltage measurement equipment and the single-phase-side voltage measured by the transformer voltage measurement equipment, holds the detected cutoff phase, and outputs the same phase as the held cutoff phase; and close command output device which closes the circuit breaker by the same voltage phase as the cutoff phase output from the phase detector. |
| US10074970B2 |
Bus explosion proof network and explosion proof node structure thereof
A CAN bus explosion proof node structure is disclosed which includes a physical parameter sensor, a physical parameter measurement circuit, a master controller, a data storage module, a communication interface module, and a power voltage and current limiting module. The master controller performs service processing of the digital signals, compares them with respective threshold levels to determine whether dangerous situations occur for the explosion proof node, and sends out an alarm when dangerous situations occur for the explosion proof node. The power voltage and current limiting module limits a maximum open circuit voltage and a maximum short circuit current of input power so that explosive gas and dust will not ignite when the nodes are in normal operation or experience failures. |
| US10074966B2 |
Cable clamp
A cable clamp for clamping a cable with respect to a through hole of a solid object is presented. The cable clamp includes first and second elements (102, 103) and retainer devices (105) for keeping the first and second elements with respect to each other so that the cable gets clamped between the first and second elements and the cable clamp gets locked to the edges of the through hole with the aid of first claws extending over the edges of the through hole on a first side of the solid object and with the aid of second claws capable of extending over the edges of the through hole on the second side of the solid object. The cable clamp can be inserted into the through hole when the first and second elements are tilted with respect to each other so that the first claws are nearer to each other. |
| US10074965B2 |
Cover assemblies for cables and electrical connections and methods for making and using the same
An integral, unitary cover assembly for covering an electrical connection between first and second electrical cables each having a primary conductor and a neutral conductor, includes an elastomeric inner sleeve, an elastomeric outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve, and a collapsible duct assembly interposed radially between the inner and outer sleeves. The inner sleeve defines a cable passage to receive the electrical connection and the primary conductors of the first and second cables. The duct assembly includes an outer duct sleeve member defining a first passage and an inner retention member disposed in the first passage. The retention member maintains the duct sleeve member in an open configuration when the retention member is disposed in the first passage. The duct sleeve member is selectively collapsible about the at least one neutral conductor from the open configuration to a collapsed configuration by withdrawing the retention member from the first passage. |
| US10074961B2 |
Laser driver circuit and method of operating thereof
A driver circuit is configured to pass a current. The circuit includes a first transistor connected in series with the laser diode, and configured to regulate the current. A voltage regulator is configured to provide an input to a gate of the first transistor so as to regulate the current in dependence upon a regulator input and a feedback input at the voltage regulator. |
| US10074956B2 |
System and method for generating extreme ultraviolet light, and laser apparatus
An extreme ultraviolet light generation system used with a laser apparatus may be provided, and the extreme ultraviolet light generation system may include: a chamber including at least one window for at least one laser beam and a target supply unit for supplying a target material into the chamber; and at least one polarization control unit, provided on a laser beam path, for controlling a polarization state of the at least one laser beam. |
| US10074955B2 |
Redundant hybrid ring laser
The disclosed embodiments improve on the design of existing hybrid ring lasers by enabling a redundancy of one of the least reliable components, the III-V reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA). This allows a spare RSOA to be used to replace a failed RSOA while using the same ring mirror as the wavelength selective filter, thus reducing link down time, and eliminating the need for additional switching or multiplexing elements which add excess loss and require additional power. The result is a more reliable transmitter enabling greater scale in networking systems. In addition, this facilitates a widely tunable laser with the same outputs by utilizing two gain media comprised of different bandgap active material. Finally, multiple correlated wavelengths can be emitted from this device with two different gain materials using the same ring mirror element as reference. |
| US10074953B2 |
Erosion resistant electrodes for use in generating gas discharge laser
Anodes and cathodes for use in generating gas discharge laser light are disclosed. The improved anode has a transition portion that includes a substantially vertical sidewall to transition between the active portion and the end portion to reduce erosion-related issues. The improved cathode has thickened spine portions in enhanced erosion locations. The spine portions are thickened by removing material from the shoulder of the cathode stepped cross-section profile in those locations in order to improve the longevity of the cathode. |
| US10074949B1 |
Electronic device and a method for detecting the connecting direction of two electronic components
An electronic device includes a first electronic component and a second electronic component. The first electronic component includes a control unit and a first connector. A first pin group of the first connector includes an even number of first detect pins. The second electronic component includes a second connector that matches with the first connector. A second pin group of the second connector includes an even number of second detect pins. When the first connector is electrically connected to the second connector, each of the first detect pins is electrically connected to each of the second detect pins to form a conductive path. All of the first detection pins and the second detection pins connected with one another in series form the conductive path. And a first end of the conductive path is coupled to ground via one of the first detect pins. A second end of the conductive path is coupled to the control unit via another one of the first detect pins. |
| US10074947B2 |
Electrical connector having step formed between connection surfaces for bidirectionally electrical connections
An electrical connector, into which a male plug can be bidirectionally inserted for connection, comprises: a plastic base; a tongue projectingly disposed at a front end of the plastic base; and a connection slot disposed at the front end of the plastic base and covering the tongue. The connection slot having spaces on two surfaces of the tongue allows the male plug to be bidirectionally inserted for positioning. Front sections of the two surfaces of the tongue have lower surfaces. Each of the two lower surfaces has a lower-surface connection point. Rear sections of the two surfaces of the tongue have upper surfaces located at levels higher than the lower surfaces, so that a step is formed between the lower surface and the upper surface, and the two surfaces of the tongue are formed into connection surfaces with the step formed therebetween. |
| US10074942B2 |
Switch device performance improvement through multisided biased shielding
An integrated radio frequency (RF) circuit structure may include an active device on a first surface of an isolation layer. The integrated RF circuit structure may also include backside metallization on a second surface opposite the first surface of the isolation layer. A body of the active device is biased by the backside metallization. The integrated RF circuit structure may further include front-side metallization coupled to the backside metallization with a via. The front-side metallization is arranged distal from the backside metallization. The front-side metallization, the via, and the backside metallization may at least partially enclose the active device. |
| US10074939B1 |
Signal isolator having inductive and capacitive signal coupling
Methods and apparatus for a signal isolator having inductive and capacitive coupling. In embodiments, magnetic and electric fields are coupled by coils and capacitive plates. In embodiments, a floating plate can enable a top and bottom capacitive plate to be offset from each other. |
| US10074936B2 |
Secure locking sockets
The invention relates generally to a lockable socket. In one example embodiment, to methods, apparatus, and systems to a safe electrical socket, wherein the socket may lock such that the plug, wires or connectors may not be accidently or forcibly removed without activation or deactivation of the locking structures. The locking mechanism may include a cam like actuator and locking mechanism that provides a secure and strong mechanism. |
| US10074933B2 |
For diagnostic ultrasound probe cable tensile strength by folding the sheild back and holding by two rings
An ultrasound probe according to the present invention includes: a main body section including a plurality of transducers configured to send and receive an ultrasonic wave to and from an inside of a diagnosing object; a cable including a plurality of signal lines connected to the plurality of transducers, and a sheath configured to cover the plurality of signal lines; a connector section configured to connect the cable to an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus; and a bush including a through hole where the cable is passed, configured to fix the cable passed through the through hole together with the sheath that is folded back, and including a fixed portion fixed, in place, to the connector section. |
| US10074930B2 |
Electrical connector having excellent waterproof property
An electrical connector includes a terminal module, a shielding shell surrounding the terminal module to form a mating cavity opening forwardly and a waterproof member disposed at a rear side of the mating cavity. The terminal module has an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base portion and a mating portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The shielding shell has a metallic shell and a waterproof shell formed integrally with the metallic shell by insert molding. The mating portion extends into the mating cavity. The waterproof shell defines an opening to which the waterproof member is exposed. |
| US10074925B1 |
System, connector and method for providing environmentally degradable electronic components
A connector including a biodegradable base material and a biodegradable binder material, comprising at least one of a protein and a residue, configured to hold together the base material to form a biodegradable connector element. The biodegradable connector element affects an operational condition of an apparatus the biodegradable connector element is used within. Degradation of at least one of the biodegradable base material, the biodegradable binder, and the biodegradable connector element provides for a limited operational lifespan of the apparatus resulting in the apparatus becoming inoperable. A system is also disclosed. |
| US10074924B2 |
Receptacle connector and camera unit
Provided are a receptacle connector and a camera unit with simple structures having added functions such as mountability and ease of assembly. The camera unit includes: multiple signal terminals that transmit signals between a plug connector side and an electronic substrate side in an extension direction; an insulating holder that has a circular column shape extending in an extension direction and that holds the multiple signal terminals by being penetrated thereby; a conductive first shell in the form of a tube that covers an outer side in a radial direction of the holder; a non-conductive connector case having a cylindrical space that contains the first shell and extends in the extension direction; and a spacer including a surface portion that is orthogonal to the extension direction. |
| US10074920B2 |
Interconnect cable with edge finger connector
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an interconnect cable including a edge finger connector, and associated configurations and methods. The edge finger connector may be disposed at a first end of the interconnect cable and may connect the interconnect cable to an edge finger included in or coupled to a package substrate. The package substrate may be included in a processor package assembly, and a processor may be mounted on the substrate. The interconnect cable may include one or more elongate conductors, with contacts directly coupled to respective conductors. A second connector may be disposed at a second end of the interconnect cable, and may couple the interconnect cable to a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) case that is configured to connect the interconnect cable to an SFP cable. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10074919B1 |
Board integrated interconnect
Embodiments of the present disclosure may relate to a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a first outer layer and a second outer layer opposite the first outer layer. The PCB may further include a routing layer between the first outer layer and the second outer layer, and an interconnect positioned within the first outer layer and coupled with the routing layer. The interconnect may include a contact within an opening in the first outer layer, wherein the contact is within a plane defined by an outer surface of the first outer layer. The interconnect may further include a plated via directly coupled with the contact and the routing layer. Other embodiments may be described or claimed. |
| US10074916B2 |
Grounding blocks for wires/coaxial cables
A grounding block includes a conductive grounding surface configured to electrically ground a wire to a grounded structure, a retention member rotationally fixed about an axis orthogonal to the grounding surface and slidable toward and away from the conductive grounding surface in a direction parallel to the axis, and a biasing element configured to apply a first force to the retention member in the direction toward the conductive grounding surface to electrically ground the wire to the housing to satisfy a first regulatory requirement. A fastener is operative to apply a second force to the retention member in the direction toward the grounding surface to apply a mechanical load to satisfy a second regulatory requirement. |
| US10074915B2 |
Through roof connector assembly
A through roof connector assembly for connecting an air termination conductor to a conducting rod through a roof of a structure while limiting water ingress into the roof. The through roof connector assembly includes a universal top, a threaded stud, a conduit connection component with an upper threaded tap hole and a lower threaded tap hole which do not meet to provide a completely weatherproof connection, and a conduit extending through a roof membrane when installed in the roof. The conduit has within a conducting rod, the conducting rod threaded the lower threaded tap hole of the conduit connection component. The air terminal also threads into the threaded stud. An o-ring is located between the conduit connection component and the conduit to provide a further weatherproof connection. |
| US10074913B1 |
Self-piercing connector
A self-piercing connector comprising, a first body, a second body, the first body comprising a first cutting member for piercing a fluid conduit insulating layer to engage a fluid conduit first conductor, the second body comprising a second cutting member for piercing the fluid conduit insulating layer to engage a fluid conduit second conductor, the first cutting member having a semi-circular form and comprising portions that extend tangentially from each end of the first cutting member, the second cutting member having a semi-circular form and comprising portions that extend tangentially from each end of the second cutting member, the first cutting member and the second cutting member electrically isolated from each other, the first body comprising a first connection member for engaging a cooperating second connection member on the second body, a first body receiver for receiving an electrical conductor connectable to the first cutting member, and a second body receiver for receiving an electrical conductor connectable to the second cutting member. |
| US10074912B2 |
DIN connector end cap
Aspects of the present disclosure may be directed to an end cap of a base station antenna for securing cable connectors to the end cap. The end cap may include a plurality of retaining assemblies formed integrally with the cap, and are dimensioned to retain a respective plurality of cable connectors to the end cap. The end cap may be capable of supporting numerous antenna models and configurations. The end cap may include molded features allowing for DIN connectors for various antenna models to be snapped into the end cap, without the use of other hardware and formed end bracket assemblies. |
| US10074909B2 |
Omnidirectional single-input single-output multiband/broadband antennas
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of omnidirectional single-input single-output (SISO) multiband/broadband antennas. In an exemplary embodiment, an omnidirectional SISO multiband/broadband antenna generally includes a radiator element having a single piece construction with a stamped cone shape defined by multiple stamped portions. |
| US10074907B2 |
Apparatus and method for mitigating multipath effects and improving absorption of an automotive radar module
A radar system and method with reduced multipath effects include a first component of a radar sensor module on which at least one antenna element is formed, the at least one antenna element having a surface at which radar radiation is received or transmitted, the at least one antenna element having a radiation aperture. A second component in proximity to the antenna element such that a portion of the radar radiation impinges on the second component comprises an angled surface forming an angle with the surface of the antenna element. The angled surface of the second component comprises a texture such that when the portion of the radiation impinges on the angled surface, the amount of multipath signal propagating through the radiation aperture of the antenna element is reduced. |
| US10074906B2 |
Horizontally polarized wave antenna using serial-feed mode
The present invention is related to a horizontally polarized wave antenna using a serial-feed mode. The antenna includes: a feeder line configured to receive a current supplied from a feeder unit installed to a vehicle; and a patch antenna unit configured to radiate an electromagnetic wave in a horizontal direction while being installed to serially extend in a vertical direction with respect to the ground in a shape that is bent in a zigzag form. The patch antenna unit includes a plurality of first patch elements and a plurality of second patches. With this arrangement, it is possible to realize a horizontally polarized wave with a high resolution by composing vectors of currents flowing in respective patch elements while keeping the entire size of a radar system small. |
| US10074904B2 |
Antenna device and coil component used therein
An antenna device is provided with first and second substrates opposed to each other, one or more first wiring patterns provided on the first substrate, one or more second wiring patterns provided on the second substrate, and a plurality of connection conductors each connecting an end portion of its corresponding first wiring pattern and an end portion of its corresponding second wiring pattern. The first wiring patterns, second wiring patterns and the plurality of connection conductors constitute an antenna coil. |
| US10074902B2 |
Active, electronically scanned array antenna
An improved active, electronically scanned array antenna that employs programmable time delays in the transmission feed lines to form timed arrays is provided. A timed array can be implemented as a nested set of transmission lines, and the programmable time delay can be realized as or in each of the transmission lines such that each transmission line can have a fixed physical length and a programmable electrical length. |
| US10074900B2 |
Scalable planar packaging architecture for actively scanned phased array antenna system
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for a scalable planar phased array antenna subarray tile assembly. A scalable phased array antenna subarray tile assembly is implemented as a printed wiring board (PWB) with antenna elements coupled to the PWB. In one example, a PWB includes integrated circuit die attached directly to a first surface of the PWB and couple to antenna elements coupled on a second surface of the PWB. First conductive vias extend through a first subset of PWB layers and couple to the integrated circuit die. Second conductive vias, larger than the first, extend through a second subset of PWB layers and couple to the antenna elements. A conductive trace couples the first and second conductive vias on a PWB layer. The second conductive vias are offset from the first to provide a thermal mechanical stress relief to the integrated circuit die. |
| US10074898B1 |
Antenna for GPS and high band
The present disclosure can provide a wideband antenna with a folded monopole structure that operates at GPS frequencies and high band (HB) frequencies. Accordingly, the wideband antenna can function as an integrated GPS and HB Diversity antenna for a computing device. In some embodiments, due to various constraints, the antenna can be designed to have a curved structure to fit within a corner of the computing device. The folded monopole antenna can comprise two substantially parallel conducting arms, which improves antenna performance. In some embodiments, the present disclosure can provide GPS and high band impedance matching for a signal received from the antenna in order to improve/ensure signal quality. The signal can be decoupled into a GPS signal portion and a high band signal portion for additional processing and/or information retrieval. |
| US10074894B1 |
Transceiver antenna for vehicle side mirrors
A transceiver antenna assembly for installation in a vehicle side-view mirror to enable communication with nearby vehicles, in which each transceiver antenna may have one or two antenna arrays implemented on a single printed circuit board, protected by an antenna housing used to mount the transceiver antenna inside the mirror assembly. Each antenna array in a dual-channel transceiver antenna may transmit and receive data over one of two DSRC channels. One channel may be used to transmit and receive vehicle data only and the other channel may be used to transmit and receive both vehicle data and audio/video (A/V) data. Each antenna array is connected to a radio in the vehicle that processes received signals and prepares signals for transmission. Such a transceiver antenna assembly, when mounted within the side view mirror assembly of a truck, may be especially useful for communication in truck platooning. |
| US10074890B2 |
Communication device and antenna with integrated light assembly
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a communication device that includes an antenna array integrated with a light assembly having at least one light that illuminates an area about a light pole. The antenna array includes a plurality of dielectric antennas that are configured to transmit outbound wireless signals and receive inbound wireless signals. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10074881B2 |
Battery module having indirect air-cooling structure
A battery module including two or more stacked battery cells which can be charged and discharged and at least one cooling plate comprising a thermal conduction portion and at least one heat dissipation portion connected to said thermal conduction portion, the thermal conduction portion being disposed between one or more adjacent battery cells, and the at least one heat dissipation portion extending beyond the adjacent battery cells and including one or more bend is provided. |
| US10074876B2 |
Method for balancing out states of charge of a battery having a plurality of battery cells, and a corresponding battery management system and battery
The disclosure relates to a method for balancing out states of charge of a battery which has a number of N battery cells. In order to balance out the individual states of charge (SOCn) of the n=1 to N cells, the state of charge of at least one cell is changed to a target state of charge (SOCtarget,n) which depends on the discharge depth (DODk) of the cell having the lowest capacity (Capk) according to the equation SOCtarget,n=1−DODk/Capn, Capn being the capacity of the nth cell to be changed. Advantageously, the method is suitable for optimizing the voltage or the energy content of a battery that is constituted of a plurality of cells. |
| US10074875B2 |
Protection circuit for secondary battery, battery protection module, battery pack, and method
A protection circuit for protecting a secondary battery includes a controller that closes a charging path for charging the secondary battery with a charger when a charge preventing condition is satisfied, the charging path being between a terminal of the secondary battery and an input-output terminal for connecting the charger and an electronic apparatus, opens the charging path when a discharging current from the secondary battery to the electronic apparatus is detected while the charge preventing condition is satisfied and the charging path is closed, and temporarily closes the charging path when a predetermined period of time passes after the charging path is opened, to determine whether the discharging current is flowing. |
| US10074874B2 |
Additives to improve electrolyte performance in lithium ion batteries
A lithium ion battery that has a 5 V stabilized manganese cathode and a nonaqueous electrolyte comprising a phosphate additive is described. The lithium ion battery operates with a high voltage cathode (i.e. up to about 5 V) and has improved cycling performance at high temperature. |
| US10074869B2 |
Fuel cell
A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a first separator. The first separator includes a first reactant gas channel, a first reactant gas manifold, and a first buffer portion. The first buffer portion is located outside of a power generation region of an electrode catalyst layer of the first electrode. The first buffer portion connects the first reactant gas channel to the first reactant gas manifold. A gas diffusion layer of the first electrode extends along a surface of the first separator to a first buffer region facing the first buffer portion. An intermediate layer of the first electrode covers a portion of the gas diffusion layer of the first electrode in the first buffer region. |
| US10074868B2 |
Fuel cell stack
A fuel cell stack includes a bracket and a boss. The bracket includes an attachment surface. The bracket includes an attachment and detachment hole and an opening hole. The boss includes a bearing surface and a locking surface part. The locking surface part is connected to the bearing surface and protrudes in an outside direction such that at least a part of the locking surface part overlaps with the attachment surface part viewed from an attachment direction when a center of the attachment and detachment hole coincides with a center of the bearing surface. |
| US10074866B2 |
Membrane electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, method of producing the same and polymer electrolyte fuel cell
An object of the present invention is to provide a membrane-electrode-frame assembly which suppresses reductions in power generation properties due to gas cross leakage of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which improves durability of a polymer electrolyte membrane and which exhibits superior productivity. In the membrane-electrode-frame assembly, an unwoven fabric which has two domains each having different pore sizes and which is formed with fibers of PVDF is disposed as a reinforcing membrane in a polymer electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, and a domain having a smaller pore size and protruding from the polymer electrolyte membrane and a frame are formed into an integrated structure by welding, thereby improving a gas sealing capability. |
| US10074865B2 |
Fuel cell system and fuel cell system control method
To provide technology that is capable of inhibiting a decrease in starting properties of a pump in a low-temperature environment. A fuel cell system is equipped with a control unit, a fuel cell, and a pump. The control unit acquires the temperature of the fuel cell as a parameter expressing the temperature of the pump while operation of the fuel cell is stopped. The control unit rotates rotation body of the pump when it is detected that the temperature of the pump is a threshold value or less set within a predetermined range lower than the freezing point based on the detected temperature of the fuel cell. |
| US10074863B2 |
System and method for controlling fuel cell of vehicle
A system and method for controlling a fuel cell of a vehicle are provided. The method includes sensing a time point when pressure control is necessary by sensing whether an output of the fuel cell is additionally necessary or whether the fuel cell can be in a dry-out state. In response to sensing that the pressure control is necessary, a required valve opening degree of an air outlet is derived by substituting a target air pressure for a data map. A fuel cell air outlet valve is then adjusted based the derived valve opening degree of the air outlet. |
| US10074861B2 |
Self-heating fuel cell systems
Fuel cell systems, e.g. systems including proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, are engineered to have more than one internal electrical resistance that can change according to temperature. Such changes in internal electrical resistance levels allow rapid heat-up of the fuel cells from low temperatures to an elevated temperature that is optimal for water management and fuel cell operation. The fuel cell systems can include at least one fuel cell and at least one resistor-switch unit electrically connected to the at least one fuel cell. The at least one resistor-switch unit includes a resistor and a switch in which the switch is electrically connected in parallel with the resistor. |
| US10074859B2 |
Systems and methods for shunt current and mechanical loss mitigation in electrochemical systems
Systems and methods for shunt current and mechanical loss mitigation in electrochemical systems include a conduit providing at least a portion of an electrically conductive pathway between the first and second electrochemical cells, wherein the conduit includes at least one shunt current suppression device configured as a loop, and/or a connector assembly for maintaining first and second connecting portions in adjacent positioning. |
| US10074858B2 |
Fuel cell separator and fuel cell stack and reactant gas control method thereof
A fuel cell separator, a fuel cell stack having the fuel cell separator, and a reactant gas control method of the fuel cell stack are provided. That is, even when the fuel cell stack operates under the low load operation condition, a reactant gas is supplied to the reactant gas passages of the fuel cell separator, and thus, the length of the passage can be shortened by 50% as compared with the prior art having only one reactant gas passage. Therefore, the reactant gas can be effectively supplied without experiencing pressure loss. Further, in the high load operation of the fuel cell stack, the reactant gas is introduced into the first reactant gas passage of the fuel cell separator and utilized in half of the whole electrode area. Subsequently, the reactant gas is introduced into the second reactant gas passage and utilized in the remaining half of the electrode area. The flow rate of the reactant gas flowing along the passage channels is increased by two times, even when the reactant gas utilizing rate is identical as compared with the reactant gas flow in the low load operation. As a result, the moisture existing in the passage channels can be more effectively discharged and the flooding phenomenon occurring in the high load operation can be prevented. By controlling the reactant gas supply in accordance with an operation condition of the fuel cell stack without experiencing pressure loss and deterioration of the utilizing rate, the flooding phenomenon and concentration polarization phenomenon that occur in the fuel cell stack can be prevented. |
| US10074854B2 |
Anode active material and all solid secondary battery
A main object of the present invention is to provide an anode active material capable of enhancing improvement of heat resistance in an all solid secondary battery. The present invention solves the problem by providing an anode active material comprising an active material particle having carbon as a main component, and a coating layer containing LixPOy (2≤x≤4, 3≤y≤5) and formed on a surface of the active material particle. |
| US10074853B2 |
Electrode material for lithium-ion rechargeable battery, electrode for lithium-ion rechargeable battery, and lithium-ion rechargeable battery
[Problems] To provide an electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery capable of improving the battery characteristics, durability, and stability of a lithium-ion rechargeable battery, an electrode for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery, and a lithium-ion rechargeable battery.[Means] An electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery of the present invention is an electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery formed by coating the surface of an electrode active material represented by General Formula LixAyDzPO4 (here, A represents at least one element selected from Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D represents at least one element selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, 1≤x≤1.1, 0 |
| US10074851B2 |
Surface modified lithium-containing composite oxide particles, positive electrode using the particles, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
Surface modified lithium-containing composite oxide particles include base material particles of lithium-containing composite oxide, zirconium hydroxide or zirconium oxide, and at least one lithium salt selected from the group consisting of Li2ZrF6, Li2TiF6, Li3PO4, Li2SO4 and Li2SO4.H2O. The zirconium hydroxide or zirconium oxide, and the at least one lithium salt are attached to a surface of the base material particle. The lithium-containing composite oxide is represented by the formula: LipNxMyOzFa. N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn and Ni; M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, elements of group 2, and transition metal elements other than N; 0.9 |
| US10074850B2 |
High-capacity negative electrode active material and lithium secondary battery including the same
Disclosed are a high-capacity negative electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, the negative electrode active material includes 50 wt % or more of an alkali metavanadate based on the total weight of a negative electrode active material, wherein the alkali metavanadate has a crystalline phase or an amorphous phase, and a composition of formula AVO3. |
| US10074848B2 |
Rechargeable lithium battery with controlled particle size ratio of activated carbon to positive active material
A rechargeable lithium battery that includes: a negative electrode including a negative active material, and a positive electrode including a positive active material and activated carbon. When the positive active material includes a lithium iron phosphate-based compound, the average particle diameter of the activated carbon is greater than or equal to about 1000% and less than or equal to about 3000% of the average particle diameter of the positive active material. |
| US10074847B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack including a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion is secured to the second housing portion and defines an interface for receiving a power tool. The battery pack also includes a frame received within the second housing portion, the frame including opening to secure a plurality of battery cells. The battery pack further includes a pair of battery cells of the plurality of battery cells stacked vertically in each of the openings. A wedge is positioned in each of the openings between the pair of battery cells. The battery pack also includes a printed circuit board positioned between the frame and the first housing portion. |
| US10074844B2 |
Battery module
To connect a bus bar plate to a battery module, a plurality of recess portions provided on a plurality of holders so as to be spaced in the stacking direction are engaged with a plurality of projection portions provided on the bus bar plate to be spaced in the stacking direction. Since the lengths “a” of the plurality of projection portions are the same, and the plurality of recess portions are formed from a first recess portion having a length “a” and a second recess portion having a length “b” larger than the length “a,” the precision of positioning of the bus bar plate can be ensured by engagement between the projecting portion and the first recess portion, and even if the gap between the projecting portions or the recess portions is nonuniform, it is possible to assemble the bus bar plate onto the holder with high precision. |
| US10074830B2 |
Battery housing structure
A battery housing structure for housing a battery body that includes a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer. A housing member houses the battery body and includes conductors connected to the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, respectively. An interposition member is interposed between the battery body and the housing member. |
| US10074829B2 |
Optoelectronic component device, method for producing an optoelectronic component device, and method for operating an optoelectronic component device
In various embodiments, an optoelectronic component device is provided. The optoelectronic component device may include a linear regulator designed for providing an electric current; an optoelectronic component formed for converting the electric current into an electromagnetic radiation; and an electrothermal transducer designed for converting the electric current into a temperature difference. The electrothermal transducer is thermally coupled to the optoelectronic component, and the optoelectronic component and the electrothermal transducer are electrically coupled in series with the linear regulator. |
| US10074828B2 |
Light scattering layer having particles for an organic EL light-emitting device
An organic EL light-emitting device including: a light-emitting layer capable of generating light; a first light-scattering layer containing first light-scattering particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm to 1 μm; and prisms in a streak array pattern. The light emitting layer, the first light-scattering layer and the prisms are disposed in this order, and a mean free path L1 of light scattering in the first light-scattering layer and a thickness D1 of the first light-scattering layer satisfy D1/L1<6. |
| US10074826B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes a substrate, a display element disposed on the substrate, a first inorganic film layer disposed on the display element, a first organic film layer disposed on the first inorganic film layer, a second organic film layer disposed on the first organic film layer and including a wrinkled upper surface, and a second inorganic film layer disposed on the second organic film layer and including a shape corresponding to the wrinkled upper surface of the second organic film layer. |
| US10074824B2 |
Flexible display device
A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a flexible display panel and a back cover disposed on a back surface of the flexible display panel and having a plurality of opening patterns provided in the third region. The plurality of opening patterns include opening patterns arranged in odd-numbered columns along the first direction and opening patterns arranged in even-numbered columns along the first direction. Each of the opening patterns includes a first portion having a width becoming smaller in a second direction intersecting with the first direction as the first portion progresses along the first direction and a second portion extending from the first portion and having a width becoming greater in the second direction as the second portion progresses along the first direction. |
| US10074823B2 |
Organic light emtting device with short circuit preventing layer and method for manufacturing the same
The present specification is drawn to an organic light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting device includes a short circuit preventing layer provided on a substrate; a first electrode provided on the short circuit preventing layer, and including two or more conductive units provided to be separated from each other; a second electrode provided opposite to the first electrode; one or more organic material layers provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an auxiliary electrode. The short circuit preventing layer electrically connects the auxiliary electrode and the first electrode to control the quantity of leakage current even when a short-circuit defect occurs in the conductive unit. |
| US10074822B2 |
Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device
To provide a novel light-emitting element or a highly reliable light-emitting element. To provide a light-emitting device, a display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each of which can be manufactured at a low cost. To provide a light-emitting element including an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer and an electron injection transport layer between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, and the amount of a halogen detected from a material forming the electron injection transport layer is less than or equal to 30 ppm. |
| US10074821B2 |
Screen-printing mask, related packaging method, display panel, display apparatus, and method for fabricating the same
The present disclosure provides a screen-printing mask for packaging organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products. The screen-printing mask includes a screen and a masking layer on the screen, the screen including a plurality of grids, and the masking layer including a plurality of blocking regions and a plurality of opening regions, the blocking regions being filled with a first blocking material, the opening regions corresponding to regions of an OLED substrate to be filled with a packaging material. In the opening regions, a first portion of the grids is exposed and a second portion of the grids is filled with a second blocking material, the first portion being a substantial portion of the grids. |
| US10074820B2 |
Excitonic energy transfer to increase inorganic solar cell efficiency
The present disclosure relates to a photosensitive optoelectronic device comprising two electrodes, an inorganic subcell positioned between the two electrodes, wherein the inorganic subcell comprises at least one inorganic semiconductor material having a band gap energy (EG), and an organic sensitizing window layer disposed on the inorganic subcell. In one aspect, the organic sensitizing window layer comprises a singlet fission material. In another aspect, the organic sensitizing window layer comprises a singlet fission host and a phosphorescent emitter dopant, where the singlet fission host exhibits an excitation triplet energy (ET-SF) greater than or equal to an excitation triplet energy (ET-PE) exhibited by the phosphorescent emitter dopant. |
| US10074816B2 |
Substrate structure for electronic device and production method thereof
The present disclosure provides a substrate structure for an electronic element, which includes a supporting carrier; a release layer having a first microstructure on a surface thereof, and the release layer having first adhesion to the supporting carrier; and a flexible substrate for disposing the supporting carrier and the release layer thereon, wherein the flexible substrate has second adhesion to the release layer, the first adhesion is greater than the second adhesion, and the surface of the flexible substrate in contact with the surface of the release layer has a second microstructure opposing to the first microstructure. The present disclosure further provides a method for fabricating the substrate structure. |
| US10074814B2 |
Germanane analogs and optoelectronic devices using the same
The present invention provides novel two-dimensional van der Waals materials and stacks of those materials. Also provided are methods of making and using such materials. |
| US10074809B2 |
Electron transport materials with selected dipole moments
An exemplary embodiment of the present specification provides an organic electroluminescence device including: an anode; a cathode; a light emitting layer provided between the anode and the cathode; and an electron transporting layer provided between the cathode and the light emitting layer, in which the electron transporting layer includes a first electron transporting material and a second electron transporting material, the first electron transporting material is an organic material including a monocyclic or polycyclic ring which includes an N-containing six-membered ring, the second electron transporting material is an organic material including a five-membered hetero ring which includes at least one heteroatom of N, O, and S, or a cyano group, and a dipole moment of the second electron transporting material is larger than a dipole moment of the first electron transporting material. |
| US10074803B2 |
Composition, laminate, method of manufacturing laminate, transistor, and method of manufacturing transistor
Laminate, method of manufacturing laminate, transistor, and method of manufacturing transistor using a composition having the following (a) to (c): (a) a first organic compound represented by Formula (1) below (R represents a hydrogen atom or a glycidyl group. A plurality of Rs may be identical to or different from each other, but each of at least two Rs is a glycidyl group), (b) a second organic compound represented by Formula (2) below, and (c) a photocationic polymerization initiator |
| US10074800B2 |
Method for etching magnetic layer including isopropyl alcohol and carbon dioxide
A method of an embodiment includes: mounting a workpiece, which includes the magnetic layer, on an electrostatic chuck provided in a processing container of a plasma processing apparatus; and etching the magnetic layer to generate plasma of a processing gas including isopropyl alcohol and carbon dioxide in the processing container. In an embodiment, a pressure of a space in the processing container is set to be 1.333 Pa or less, a temperature of the electrostatic chuck is set to be −15° C. or lower, and a partial pressure of isopropyl alcohol is set to be equal to or lower than a saturation vapor pressure of the isopropyl alcohol. |
| US10074797B2 |
Method for electrically contacting a piezoelectric ceramic
A method for electrically contacting a piezoelectric ceramic includes: providing the piezoelectric ceramic having electrodes for electrically contacting the piezoelectric ceramic and having a flexible, electrically conductive film; producing a composite by applying the flexible, electrically conductive film at least partially to an electrode of the piezoelectric ceramic; forming a durable, electrically conductive connection between the flexible, electrically conductive film and the electrode of the piezoelectric ceramic. Also a sound transducer, as well as a sound transducer array produced using the method for electrically contacting a piezoelectric ceramic. |
| US10074795B2 |
Ultrasonic probe as well as electronic apparatus and ultrasonic imaging apparatus
An ultrasonic probe is provided that makes it possible to increase the shock resistance of a board of an ultrasonic device unit. An ultrasonic probe includes a housing. The housing defines an opening and an accommodation space that is continuous with the opening. An ultrasonic device unit is disposed in the accommodation space. A board has on its first surface an ultrasonic transducer that faces the opening. A rigid body is in contact with a second surface of the board and the housing. The rigid body has higher stiffness than the board. |
| US10074790B2 |
Thermoelectric device
A thermoelectric device is provided that includes a duct through which a first fluid can flow. The duct has first walls and side walls which connect the first walls. At least one first wall is in thermal contact with a thermoelectric module which has a housing with at least two opposite second walls. A plurality of thermoelectric elements is arranged between the second walls. The thermoelectric elements have opposite surfaces, each of which is in thermal contact with one of the second walls of the housing of the thermoelectric module. |
| US10074787B2 |
Light emitting diode
A light emitting diode is disclosed. The light emitting diode includes: a plurality of light emitting cells including a first light emitting cell and a second light emitting cell spaced apart from each other on a single substrate; a continuous passivation layer formed over the upper surface and one facet of the first light emitting cell, the upper surface and the other facet of the second light emitting cell, and the substrate; and an interconnection layer formed on the passivation layer to electrically connect the first light emitting cell to the second light emitting cell. The interconnection layer includes an edge lump portion formed around a first edge where the upper surface and the one facet of the first light emitting cell meet each other or a second edge where the upper surface and the other facet of the second light emitting cell meet each other. |
| US10074782B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element adapted to emit blue light, quantum dots that absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit green light, and at least one of a KSF phosphor adapted to absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light and a MGF phosphor adapted to absorb part of the blue light emitted from the light emitting element to emit red light. |
| US10074781B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting devices including multiple red phosphors that exhibit good color rendering properties with increased brightness
A light emitting device includes a light emitting diode chip (“LED”) that emits light having a dominant wavelength in the blue color range and a recipient luminophoric medium that is configured to down-convert at least some of the light emitted by the LED. The recipient luminophoric medium includes a green phosphor, a yellow phosphor, a first red phosphor having a first dominant wavelength and a second red phosphor having a second dominant wavelength that is different from the first dominant wavelength. |
| US10074779B2 |
LED module, method for manufacturing the same, and LED channel letter including the same
A light emitting diode (LED) module including: a circuit board; at least one LED disposed on the circuit board; a molding cover spaced apart from the LED by a predetermined gap and covering upper and lower surfaces of the circuit board at an edge of the circuit board; and a circuit part positioned at the edge of the circuit board and driving the LED. The LED is centrally disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board. |
| US10074778B2 |
Light emitting diode package and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed herein are a light emitting diode package and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting diode package includes: a substrate, a light-emitting layer disposed on a surface of the substrate and including a first type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second type semiconductor layer, a first bump disposed on the first type semiconductor layer and a second bump disposed the second type semiconductor layer, a protective layer covering at least the light-emitting layer, and a first bump pad and a second bump pad disposed on the protective layer and connected to the first bump and the second bump, respectively. |
| US10074773B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure in which a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer are sequentially laminated, an insulating layer disposed on the light emitting structure and including first and second openings, an electrode layer disposed on the insulating layer and including first and second electrodes, and an adhesive layer disposed between the electrode layer and the insulating layer and including first and second openings. The first opening of the adhesive layer overlaps the first opening of the insulating layer and is equal to or larger than the first opening of the insulating layer. The second opening of the adhesive layer overlaps the second opening of the insulating layer and is equal to or larger than the second opening of the insulating layer. |
| US10074769B2 |
Method of producing optoelectronic components having complex shapes
A method of producing an optoelectronic component includes providing a carrier having a carrier surface, a first lateral section of the carrier surface being raised relative to a second lateral section of the carrier surface; arranging an optoelectronic semiconductor chip having a first surface and a second surface on the carrier surface, wherein the first surface faces toward the carrier surface; and forming a molded body having an upper side facing toward the carrier surface and a lower side opposite the upper side, the semiconductor chip being at least partially embedded in the molded body. |
| US10074764B2 |
Method of fabricating x-ray absorbers for low-energy x-ray spectroscopy
A method of forming low-energy x-ray absorbers. Sensors may be formed on a semiconductor, e.g., silicon, wafer. A seed metal layer, e.g., gold, is deposited on the wafer and patterned into stem pads for electroplating. Stems, e.g., gold, are electroplated from the stem seed pads through a stem mask. An absorber layer, e.g., gold, is deposited on the wafer, preferably e-beam evaporated. After patterning the absorbers, absorber and stem mask material is removed, e.g., in a solvent bath and critical point drying. |
| US10074763B2 |
Solar cell
A solar cell is provided with: a crystal substrate having n-type conductivity type as one conductivity type; an n-type semiconductor layer—that is continuously laminated from a light receiving surface, i.e., one main surface of the crystal substrate, and a side surface of the crystal substrate; a p-type semiconductor layer, which is continuously laminated from a rear surface, i.e., the other main surface of the crystal substrate, and the side surface of the crystal substrate, and which has at least one part thereof overlapping, on the side surface of the crystal substrate, the n-type semiconductor layer; a light receiving surface-side transparent conductive film, which is, on the light receiving surface of the crystal substrate, laminated to the n-type semiconductor layer, and which has a smaller area than a planar shape of the crystal substrate; and a rear surface-side transparent conductive film laminated to the p-type semiconductor layer. |
| US10074761B2 |
Solar cell assembly and method for connecting a string of solar cells
The invention relates to a solar cell assembly comprising at least one first solar cell and at least one discrete protective diode (101) that is connected to the solar cell. The aim of the invention is to comprehensively protect a solar cell, a solar cell composite or a string of cells by means of one or more protective diodes, without resorting to the use of the material of the solar cells. To achieve this, in addition to a front and a rear contact (13, 15), the protective diode comprises an additional contact (14) that is placed at a distance from the front contact and is electrically connected to said contact via a p/n junction. A connector leads from the additional contact to a second solar cell, the latter in turn being connected to the first solar cell in a string. |
| US10074760B2 |
Solar cell back sheet and solar cell module
A back sheet for a photovoltaic module includes a single substrate film and a layer C, the layer C contains an acrylic resin as a major component, the substrate film including a layer A and a layer B, wherein the layer A contains a polyester resin as a major component, contains a white pigment in an amount of 5.0% by mass to 25% by mass, has a thickness of 5 μm or more, and is disposed on another surface of the back sheet, and the layer B contains a polyester resin as a major component, contains a white pigment in an amount of 1.0% by mass to less than 5.0% by mass based on the total amount of the layer B, and has a thickness accounting for 70% or more of the total thickness of the back sheet. The layer C may be made of a composition of an acrylic resin having a reactive functional group, a protected isocyanate compound, and an unprotected isocyanate compound. |
| US10074758B2 |
Back-contact Si thin-film solar cell
A back-contact Si thin-film solar cell includes a crystalline Si absorber layer and an emitter layer arranged on the crystalline Si absorber layer, which include a contact system being arranged on the back so as to collect excess charge carriers generated by the incidence of light in the absorber layer; a barrier layer having a layer thickness in a range of from 50 nm to 1 μm formed on a glass substrate; at least one coating layer intended for optical coating; and thin layer containing silicon and/or oxygen adjoining the crystalline Si absorber layer arranged on the at least one coating layer for improving the optical characteristics. The crystalline Si absorber layer can be produced by means of liquid-phase crystallization, is n-conducting, and has monocrystalline Si grains. An SiO2 passivation layer is formed between the layer containing silicon and/or oxygen and the Si absorber layer during the liquid-phase crystallization. |
| US10074755B2 |
High efficiency solar panel
One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar panel. The solar panel includes a plurality of subsets of solar cells. The solar cells in a subset are coupled in series, and the subsets of solar cells are coupled in parallel. The number of solar cells in a respective subset is sufficiently large such that the output voltage of the solar panel is substantially the same as an output voltage of a conventional solar panel with all of its substantially square shaped solar cells coupled in series. |
| US10074754B2 |
Solar cell
A solar cell, including a substrate; and an electrode on at least one surface of the substrate. The electrode may be prepared from an electrode paste including tungsten oxide particles, and the electrode may have an adhesive strength of about 4 N/mm to about 6 N/mm with respect to a ribbon for interconnecting solar cells, as measured under conditions of a peeling angle of 180° and a stretching rate of 50 mm/min. |
| US10074753B2 |
Conductivity enhancement of solar cells
Methods and structures for forming a contact region on a solar cell are presented. The solar cell can have a front side which faces the sun during normal operation, and a back side opposite the front side and a silicon substrate. The silicon substrate can include at least one doped region a dielectric layer formed over the doped region. The solar cell can also include a first metal contact, such as an electrolessly plated metal contact, within a contact region through a first dielectric layer and on the doped region. The solar cell can include a printed metal, such as aluminum, formed or deposited on the first metal contact. The solar cell can include a first metal layer having a first metal contact and the first printed metal. The solar cell can include a second metal layer, such as an electrolytically electroplated metal layer, formed on the first metal layer. |
| US10074748B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising oxide semiconductor film
A semiconductor device in which deterioration of electrical characteristics which becomes more noticeable as the transistor is miniaturized can be suppressed is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor stack in which a first oxide semiconductor layer, a second oxide semiconductor layer, and a third oxide semiconductor layer are stacked in this order from the substrate side over a substrate; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer which are in contact with the oxide semiconductor stack; a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor stack, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer; and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating film. The first oxide semiconductor layer includes a first region. The gate insulating film includes a second region. When the thickness of the first region is TS1 and the thickness of the second region is TG1, TS1≥TG1. |
| US10074740B2 |
Semiconductor device
To enhance electromigration resistance of an electrode.A drain electrode is partially formed on a side surface of a drain pad. In this case, the drain electrode is integrated with the drain pad and extends from the side surface of the drain pad in a first direction (y direction). A recessed portion is located in a region overlapping with the drain electrode in a plan view. At least a part of the drain electrode is buried in the recessed portion. A side surface of the recessed portion, which faces the drain pad, enters the drain pad in the first direction (y direction). |
| US10074737B2 |
Flexible device including two-dimensional material and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a flexible device including a two-dimensional (2D) material, e.g., graphene, includes forming a dielectric layer on a first substrate, forming a two-dimensional (2D) material layer on the dielectric layer; forming a pattern in the 2D material layer, forming a second substrate on the dielectric layer and the 2D material layer, the first substrate including a flexible material, removing the first substrate, and forming a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode on the dielectric layer. |
| US10074736B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, an electrode, and an insulating portion. The semiconductor layer has a first surface. The electrode is provided on the first surface of the semiconductor layer. The insulating portion includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer covers the electrode on the first surface of the semiconductor layer and has a first internal stress along the first surface. The second layer is provided on the first layer and has a second internal stress in a reverse direction of the first internal stress. |
| US10074735B2 |
Surface devices within a vertical power device
A semiconductor device comprises a vertical power device, such as a superjunction MOSFET, an IGBT, a diode, and the like, and a surface device that comprises one or more lateral devices that are electrically active along a top surface of the semiconductor device. |
| US10074733B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in which the threshold voltage is adjusted is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor, an electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor, a gate electrode, and an electron trap layer between the gate electrode and the first semiconductor. By performing heat treatment at higher than or equal to 125° C. and lower than or equal to 450° C. and, at the same time, keeping a potential of the gate electrode higher than a potential of the electrode for 1 second or more, the threshold voltage is increased. |
| US10074731B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device structure
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a target layer over a substrate and forming a seed layer over the target layer. The method includes forming a hard mask layer over the seed layer, and the hard mask layer includes an opening to expose a portion of the seed layer. The method includes forming a conductive layer in the opening, and the conductive layer is selectively formed on the portion of the seed layer. The method includes etching a portion of the target layer by using the conductive layer as a mask. |
| US10074730B2 |
Forming stacked nanowire semiconductor device
A semiconductor device comprises a nanowire arranged over a substrate, a gate stack arranged around the nanowire, a spacer arranged along a sidewall of the gate stack, a cavity defined by a distal end of the nanowire and the spacer, and a source/drain region partially disposed in the cavity and in contact with the distal end of the nanowire. |
| US10074729B2 |
Forming highly conductive source/drain contacts in III-Nitride transistors
In one embodiment, a method for fabricating a III-Nitride transistor on a III-Nitride semiconductor body is disclosed. The method comprises etching dielectric trenches in a field dielectric overlying gate, source, and drain regions of the III-Nitride semiconductor body, and thereafter forming a gate dielectric over the gate, source and drain regions. The method further comprises forming a blanket diffusion barrier over the gate dielectric layer, and then removing respective portions of the blanket diffusion barrier from the source and drain regions. Thereafter, gate dielectric is removed from the source and drain regions to substantially expose the source and drain regions. Then, ohmic contacts are formed by depositing contact metal in the source and drain regions. The method results in highly conductive source/drain contacts that are particularly suitable for power transistors, for example, III-Nitride transistors, such as GaN transistors. In another embodiment, a structure for highly conductive source/drain contacts is disclosed. |
| US10074726B2 |
Fin semiconductor device including dummy gate on isolation layer
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the device including an active fin protruding from a substrate and extending in a first direction, a first device isolation region disposed at a sidewall of the active fin and extending in a second direction, the second direction crossing the first direction, a normal gate electrode crossing the active fin, a first dummy gate electrode having an undercut portion on the first device isolation region, the first dummy gate electrode extending in the second direction, and a first filler filling the undercut portion on the first device isolation region, wherein the undercut portion is disposed at a lower portion of the first dummy gate electrode. |
| US10074724B2 |
Apparatus including gettering agents in memory charge storage structures
Apparatus having a processor and a memory device in communication with the processor, the memory device including an array of memory cells and a control logic to control access of the array of memory cells, wherein the array of memory cells includes a memory cell having a first dielectric adjacent a semiconductor, a control gate, a second dielectric between the control gate and the first dielectric, and a charge storage structure between the first dielectric and the second dielectric, and wherein the charge storage structure includes a charge-storage material and a gettering agent. |
| US10074719B2 |
Semiconductor device in which an insulated-gate bipolar transistor ( IGBT) region and a diode region are formed on one semiconductor substrate
The present application discloses a semiconductor device in which an IGBT region and a diode region are formed on one semiconductor substrate. The IGBT region includes: a collector layer; an IGBT drift layer; a body layer; a gate electrode; and an emitter layer. The diode region includes: a cathode layer; a diode drift layer; an anode layer; a trench electrode; and an anode contact layer. The diode region is divided into unit diode regions by the gate electrode or the trench electrode. In a unit diode region adjacent to the IGBT region, when seen in a plan view of the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, the anode layer and the anode contact layer are mixedly placed, and the anode contact layer is placed at least in a location opposite to the emitter layer with the gate electrode interposed therebetween. |
| US10074715B2 |
Semiconductor wafer, implantation apparatus for implanting protons and method for forming a semiconductor device
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes determining at least one electrical parameter for each semiconductor device of a plurality of semiconductor devices to be formed in a semiconductor wafer. The method further includes implanting doping ions into device areas of the semiconductor wafer used for forming the plurality of semiconductor devices with laterally varying implantation doses based on the at least one electrical parameter of the plurality of semiconductor devices. |
| US10074708B2 |
Light emitting device and electronic equipment including a light reflection layer, an insulation layer, and a plurality of pixel electrodes
A light emitting device includes a transistor, a light reflection layer, a first insulation layer that includes a first layer thickness part, a second layer thickness part, and a third layer thickness part, a pixel electrode that is provided on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer that covers a peripheral section of the pixel electrode, a light emission functional layer, a facing electrode, and a conductive layer that is provided on the first layer thickness part. The pixel electrode includes a first pixel electrode which is provided in the first layer thickness part, a second pixel electrode which is provided in the second layer thickness part, and a third pixel electrode which is provided in the third layer thickness part. The first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode are connected to the transistor through the conductive layer. |
| US10074706B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display
An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a semiconductor disposed on the substrate that includes a channel for each of a plurality of transistors and doping regions formed at both sides of each channel; a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor that includes an insulating layer opening through which the doping regions of two different transistors are exposed; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer that overlaps each channel; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode that includes a first and second contact holes through which the doping regions exposed within the insulating layer opening are each exposed; and data wirings disposed on the interlayer insulating layer that are each connected to the doping regions. The interlayer insulating layer includes an organic layer, and the first and second contact holes each include a first side wall positioned within the insulating layer opening. |
| US10074704B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a first substrate; an insulating layer on the first substrate; a signal wiring on the insulating layer; an organic light-emitting device on the first substrate, the organic light-emitting device defining an active area and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first and second electrodes; a passivation layer on the insulating layer; and a metal layer on the passivation layer at an outer region adjacent to the active area, separated from the first electrode, and contacting the second electrode and the signal wiring, wherein a first opening is in the passivation layer at the outer region, and the metal layer contacts the insulating layer at the first opening. |
| US10074703B2 |
Light-emitting device and method for fabricating the same
To provide a method for fabricating a light-emitting device using flexible glass which is capable of withstanding a process temperature higher than or equal to 500° C., and the light-emitting device. A second substrate is attached to a support substrate using an adsorption layer. The second substrate is bonded to a backplane substrate provided with a transistor and a light-emitting element. The backplane substrate includes a separation layer and a buffer layer. A first substrate is separated from the backplane substrate by separation between the separation layer and the buffer layer. A flexible third substrate is bonded, using a second adhesive layer, to a surface of the buffer layer exposed by the separation. The support substrate is separated from the second substrate by separation between the second substrate and the adsorption layer. |
| US10074702B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display panel
An organic light emitting diode display panel is disclosed, which comprises: a substrate having a light emitting region and a non-light emitting region, wherein a first electrode layer is disposed on the light emitting region, a pixel defining layer is disposed on the non-light emitting region, and the pixel defining layer has a plurality of concave structures; an organic layer disposed on the first electrode layer and the pixel defining layer; and a second electrode layer disposed on the organic layer; wherein the organic layer is discontinuous at the concave structures. |
| US10074698B2 |
Display substrate, display device thereof, and manufacturing method therefor
A display substrate, an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display device and a manufacturing method for the display substrate. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel units located on a substrate and filter functional units corresponding to the pixel units. Each filter functional unit includes at least three micro-cavity structures, wherein the cavity lengths of the three micro-cavity structures in the direction of a vertical substrate are different, only light with a specific wavelength can penetrate through the micro-cavity structures with different cavity lengths, and the cavity lengths of micro-cavity structures corresponding to similar sub-pixel units of the pixel units are the same. |
| US10074695B2 |
Negative differential resistance (NDR) device based on fast diffusive metal atoms
A negative differential resistance (NDR) device for non-volatile memory cells in crossbar arrays is provided. Each non-volatile memory cell is situated at a crosspoint of the array. Each non-volatile memory cell comprises a switching layer in series with an NDR material containing fast diffusive atoms that are electrochemically inactive. The switching layer is positioned between two elec-trodes. |
| US10074687B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic device
A semiconductor device including pixels arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns, in which the pixels in the m-th column are shielded from light, is provided. |
| US10074683B2 |
Imaging systems having lens substrates with total internal reflection mitigation structures
Imaging systems may include camera modules that include multiple image sensor pixel arrays. A transparent lens substrate may be formed over the image pixel arrays. Lenses may be formed in the lens substrate such that each lens transmits light to a corresponding image sensor pixel array. Total internal reflection mitigation structures such as groove structures may be formed in one or more surfaces of the lens substrate between each of the lenses. The groove structures may include concentric ring shaped grooves in a surface of the lens substrate so that each lens is surrounded by a respective group of concentric ring shaped grooves. The groove structures may have a depth, angle, shape, and spacing that prevents total internal reflection of image light between the lenses so that high incident angle image light incident on a given pixel array is not captured by an adjacent pixel array. |
| US10074682B2 |
Phase difference detection in pixels
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device that can perform phase difference detection at a high sensitivity even in fine pixels, and an electronic apparatus.Pixels of the solid-state imaging device share one on-chip lens, and the pixels each have an in-layer lens below the on-chip lens. The present disclosure can be applied to various kinds of electronic apparatuses, such as solid-state imaging devices, imaging apparatuses like digital still cameras and digital video cameras, portable telephone devices having imaging functions, and audio players having imaging functions. |
| US10074671B2 |
Display panel and a method of manufacturing the same
A display panel includes a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area and a buffer area disposed between the display area and the peripheral area. The display panel further includes a switching element disposed in the display area. The switching element includes an active pattern, a gate electrode overlapping the active pattern, a source electrode connecting with the active pattern, and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode. The display panel further includes a power supply line disposed in the peripheral area and disposed on a same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode. The display panel additionally includes a power connecting line disposed in the buffer area and connecting the switching element to the power supply line. The display panel further includes a dummy active pattern disposed in the buffer area and overlapping the power connecting line. |
| US10074665B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including slit with lateral surfaces having periodicity
According to one embodiment, it includes a stacked body including N-number of layers (N is an integer of 2 or more) stacked on a semiconductor substrate, opening portions penetrating the stacked body in a stacking direction, columnar bodies respectively disposed in the opening portions, and a slit dividing M-number of layers (M is an integer of 1 or more and (N−2) or less) of the stacked body in a horizontal direction from above, wherein the slit is formed with lateral surfaces respectively having a spatial periodicity in a horizontal plane. |
| US10074663B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a novel structure with a high degree of integration. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a channel formation region, a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the channel formation region, a gate electrode overlapping with the channel formation region, and a gate insulating layer between the channel formation region and the gate electrode. A portion of a side surface of the semiconductor layer having the channel formation region and a portion of a side surface of the source electrode or the drain electrode are substantially aligned with each other when seen from a planar direction. |
| US10074662B2 |
Memory cell and an array of memory cells
A memory cell includes a first electrode and a second electrode. A select device and a programmable device are in series with each other between the first and second electrodes. The select device is proximate and electrically coupled to the first electrode. The programmable device is proximate and electrically coupled to the second electrode. The programmable device includes a radially inner electrode having radially outer sidewalls. Ferroelectric material is radially outward of the outer sidewalls of the inner electrode. A radially outer electrode is radially outward of the ferroelectric material. One of the outer electrode or the inner electrode is electrically coupled to the select device. The other of the outer electrode and the inner electrode is electrically coupled to the second electrode. Arrays of memory cells are disclosed. |
| US10074660B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
In a semiconductor memory device, voltage application from a memory gate electrode of the memory capacitor to a word line can be blocked by a rectifier element depending on values of voltages applied to the memory gate electrode and the word line without using a conventional control circuit. The configuration eliminates the need to provide a switch transistor and a switch control circuit for turning on and off the switch transistor as in conventional cases, and accordingly achieves downsizing. In the semiconductor memory device, for example, each bit line contact is shared by four anti-fuse memories adjacent to each other and each word line contact is shared by four anti-fuse memories adjacent to each other, thereby achieving downsizing of the entire device as compared to a case in which the bit line contact and the word line contact are individually provided to each anti-fuse memory. |
| US10074658B2 |
Non-volatile SRAM memory cell and non-volatile semiconductor storage device
A non-volatile SRAM memory cell and a non-volatile semiconductor memory device capable of programming SRAM data in a SRAM to a non-volatile memory unit through fast operation of the SRAM are disclosed. A non-volatile semiconductor memory device can achieve reduction in a voltage necessary for a programming operation to program SRAM data to the non-volatile memory unit. Thus, a first access transistor, a second access transistor, a first load transistor, a second load transistor, a first drive transistor, and a second drive transistor included in the SRAM connected with the non-volatile memory unit can each include a gate insulating film having a thickness less than or equal to 4 nm, which achieves fast operation of the SRAM at a lower power supply voltage. |
| US10074656B1 |
Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor memory device includes following steps. Bit line structures and storage node contacts are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A first sidewall spacer is formed on sidewalls of each bit line structure. A conductive layer covering the bit line structures, the first sidewall spacer, and the storage node contacts is formed. A first patterning process is preformed to the conductive layer for forming stripe contact structures. Each stripe contact structure is elongated in the first direction and corresponding to the storage node contacts. The first sidewall spacer at a first side of each bit line structure is exposed by the first patterning process. The first sidewall spacer at a second side of each bit line structure is covered by the stripe contact structures. The first sidewall spacer exposed by the first patterning process is removed for forming first air spacers. |
| US10074655B2 |
Memory device with manufacturable cylindrical storage node
A high capacitance embedded capacitor and associated fabrication processes are disclosed for fabricating a capacitor stack in a multi-layer stack to include a first capacitor plate conductor formed with a cylinder-shaped storage node electrode formed in the multi-layer stack, a capacitor dielectric layer surrounding the cylinder-shaped storage node electrode, and a second capacitor plate conductor formed from a conductive layer in the multi-layer stack that is sandwiched between a bottom and top dielectric layer, where the cylinder-shaped storage node electrode is surrounded by and extends through the conductive layer. |
| US10074654B1 |
Dynamic random access memory
Provided is a dynamic random access memory. A plurality of isolation structures is disposed in a substrate to define a plurality of active regions arranged along a first direction. The substrate has a trench extended along the first direction and passing through the plurality of isolation structures and the plurality of active regions. A buried word line is disposed in the trench. A plurality of gate dielectric layers is disposed in the trench of the plurality of active regions to surround and cover the buried word line. A cap layer covers the buried word line. The height of the top surface of the second side of the buried word line is lower than the height of the top surface of the first side of the buried word line passing through the plurality of active regions and the plurality of isolation structures. |
| US10074651B2 |
Semiconductor device having transistors formed by double patterning and manufacturing method therefor
A semiconductor device is provided which suppresses variations in transistor characteristics such as a source-drain diffusion capacitance. A first transistor TRA is formed in a first element forming area EFA as a divided transistor. A second transistor TRB is formed in a second element forming area EFB as another divided transistor. The first element forming area EFA and the second element forming area EFB are set to the same size. The first element forming area EFA and the second element forming area EFB are arranged deviated from each other in an X direction by a length SPL corresponding to the minimum pitch PT of a gate wiring GH. |
| US10074649B2 |
High-sensitivity electronic detector
An integrated electronic detector operates to detecting a variation in potential on an input terminal. The detector includes a MOS transistor having a drain forming an output. Variation in drain current is representative of the variation in potential. A bipolar transistor has a base forming the input terminal and a collector electrically connected to the gate of the MOS transistor. The detector has a first configuration in which the bipolar transistor is conducting and the MOS transistor is turned off. The detector has a second configuration in which the bipolar transistor is turned off and the MOS transistor is in a sub-threshold operation. Transition of the detector from the first configuration to the second configuration occurs in response to the variation in potential. |
| US10074646B2 |
Display device
A protective circuit includes a non-linear element, which further includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer covering the gate electrode, a pair of first and second wiring layers whose end portions overlap with the gate electrode over the gate insulating layer and in which a conductive layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer are stacked, and a first oxide semiconductor layer which overlaps with at least the gate electrode and which is in contact with side face portions of the gate insulating layer and the conductive layer of the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and a side face portion and a top face portion of the second oxide semiconductor layer. Over the gate insulating layer, oxide semiconductor layers with different properties are bonded to each other, whereby stable operation can be performed as compared with Schottky junction. Thus, the junction leakage can be decreased and the characteristics of the non-linear element can be improved. |
| US10074645B2 |
LED module and method of manufacturing the same
A compact LED module and a method of manufacturing such an LED module are provided. The LED module includes a first-pole first lead, a first-pole second lead, a first-pole third lead, a second-pole first lead, a second-pole second lead, a second-pole third lead, a first LED chip, a second LED chip, a third LED chip, and a housing. A distal end of the first-pole first lead is offset toward a second-pole side in a first direction with respect to both a distal end of the second-pole second lead and a distal end of the second-pole third lead. |
| US10074644B2 |
Integrated semiconductor device having isolation structure for reducing noise
An integrated semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate, and an isolation structure located adjacent to the transistors, including deep trenches, trapping regions formed between the deep trenches, and trench bottom doping regions formed at the end of each of the deep trenches, wherein each of the trapping regions includes a buried layer, a well region formed on the buried layer, and a highly doped region formed on the well region. |
| US10074643B2 |
Integrated circuit with protection from transient electrical stress events and method therefor
An integrated circuit with protection against transient electrical stress events includes a trigger circuit having a first detection circuit coupled to a first supply voltage, a second detection circuit coupled to a second supply voltage, and a rail clamp device. During a first type of electrical stress event, the rail clamp device is activated in response to a first output signal provided by the first detection circuit. During a second type of electrical stress event, the rail clamp device is activated in response to a second output signal provided by the second detection circuit. |
| US10074641B2 |
Power gating for three dimensional integrated circuits (3DIC)
Embodiments of mechanisms for forming power gating cells and virtual power circuits on multiple active device layers are described in the current disclosure. Power gating cells and virtual power circuits are formed on separate active device layers to allow interconnect structure for connecting with the power source be formed on a separate level from the interconnect structure for connecting the power gating cells and the virtual power circuits. Such separation prevents these two types of interconnect structures from competing for the same space. Routings for both types of interconnect structures become easier. As a result, metal lengths of interconnect structures are reduced and the metal widths are increased. Reduced metal lengths and increased metal widths reduce resistance, improves resistance-capacitance (RC) delay and electrical performance, and improves interconnect reliability, such as reducing electro-migration. |
| US10074640B2 |
Integrated circuit cell library for multiple patterning
A method is disclosed for defining a multiple patterned cell layout for use in an integrated circuit design. A layout is defined for a level of a cell in accordance with a dynamic array architecture so as to include a number of layout features. The number of layout features are linear-shaped and commonly oriented. The layout is split into a number of sub-layouts for the level of the cell. Each of the number of layout features in the layout is allocated to any one of the number of sub-layouts. Also, the layout is split such that each sub-layout is independently fabricatable. The sub-layouts for the level of the cell are stored on a computer readable medium. |
| US10074639B2 |
Isolator integrated circuits with package structure cavity and fabrication methods
Disclosed examples include integrated circuits with a leadframe structure, a first circuit structure including a light source configured to generate a light signal along an optical path, a second circuit structure including a light sensor facing the optical path to receive the light signal, and a molded package structure enclosing portions of the leadframe structure, the molded package structure having a cavity defined by an interior surface of the molded package structure, the optical path extending in the cavity between the first and second circuit structures. |
| US10074637B2 |
Structure and formation method for chip package
Structures and formation methods of a chip package are provided. The chip package includes a semiconductor die and a package layer partially or completely encapsulating the semiconductor die. The chip package also includes a conductive feature penetrating through the package layer. The chip package further includes an interfacial layer the interfacial layer continuously surrounds the conductive feature. The interfacial layer is between the conductive feature and the package layer, and the interfacial layer is made of a metal oxide material. |
| US10074626B2 |
Wafer laminate and making method
A wafer laminate has an adhesive layer (2) sandwiched between a support (1) and a wafer (3), with a circuit-forming surface of the wafer facing the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer (2) includes a light-shielding resin layer (2a), an epoxy-containing siloxane skeleton resin layer (2b), and a non-silicone thermoplastic resin layer (2c). |
| US10074625B2 |
Wafer level package (WLP) ball support using cavity structure
An integrated circuit device in a wafer level package (WLP) includes ball grid array (BGA) balls fabricated with cavities filled with adhesives for improved solder joint reliability. |
| US10074614B2 |
EMI/RFI shielding for semiconductor device packages
An encapsulated semiconductor device package with an overlying conductive EMI or RFI shield in contact with an end of a grounded conductive component at a lateral side of the package, and methods of making the semiconductor device package. |
| US10074611B1 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming backside openings for an ultra-thin semiconductor die
A semiconductor substrate contains a plurality of openings extending partially into a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A conductive layer is formed with a first portion of the conductive layer over a remaining portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate between the openings and a second portion of the conductive layer in the openings. The remaining portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate is removed to lift-off the first portion of the conductive layer while leaving the second portion of the conductive layer in the openings. The semiconductor substrate is singulated to separate the semiconductor die leaving the second portion of the conductive layer over a surface of the semiconductor die. Alternatively, a plurality of openings is formed over each semiconductor die. A conductive layer is formed over a remaining portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate between the openings and into the openings. |
| US10074604B1 |
Integrated fan-out package and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating an integrated fan-out package is provided. The method includes the followings. An integrated circuit component is mounted on a carrier. An insulating encapsulation is formed on the carrier to encapsulate sidewalls of the integrated circuit component. A plurality of conductive pillars are formed on the integrated circuit component and a dielectric layer is formed to cover the integrated circuit component and the insulating encapsulation, wherein the plurality of conductive pillars penetrate through the dielectric layer and are electrically connected to the integrated circuit component. A redistribution circuit structure is formed on the dielectric layer and the plurality of conductive pillars, wherein the redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected to the integrated circuit component through the plurality of conductive pillars, and the redistribution circuit structure and the insulating encapsulation are spaced apart by the dielectric layer. |
| US10074601B2 |
Wiring substrate and semiconductor device
A wiring substrate includes a first wiring layer, an insulative resin first insulation layer covering the first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer located on an upper surface of the first insulation layer. A via wiring layer, which extends through the first insulation layer to connect the first and second wiring layers, includes an upper end surface connected to the second wiring layer and flush with the upper surface of the first insulation layer. The second wiring layer has a higher wiring density than the first wiring layer. The first insulation layer includes a first resin layer and a second resin layer located on an upper surface of the first resin layer and having a lower filler content rate than the first resin layer. The upper surface of the first resin layer is a curved surface upwardly curved toward the upper end surface of the via wiring layer. |
| US10074592B2 |
Pedestal surface for MOSFET module
An electronic package connectable to an electric machine includes a cooling tower having a metallic wall with a radially outer wall surface. The radially outer wall surface includes discrete, radially outwardly projecting pedestals. The planar pedestal mounting surfaces are parallel with the central axis such that the radial distance between the axis and the radially outer wall surface is greater within the periphery than outside the periphery. Power modules are mounted to the pedestals. Each power module includes a base in thermal contact with a pedestal mounting surface and an opposing interior surface in thermal communication with a MOSFET power electronics device. A cover plate is spaced from the base interior surface. A dielectric housing member surrounds the MOSFET power electronics devices. An electrical connection terminal is disposed outside the periphery of each module. An electric machine including such an electronic package is also disclosed. |
| US10074591B1 |
System with provision of a thermal interface to a printed circuit board
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for providing a thermal interface to a PCB. In some embodiments, the system for providing a thermal interface to a PCB may include a heat sink couplable to a printed circuit board (PCB) via a thermal interface. The heat sink may include a base configured to accommodate a plurality of heat pipes. The system may further include a heater block couplable to the base with the plurality of heat pipes, to conduct heat generated by the heater block to the base via the plurality of heat pipes, to heat the thermal interface, and cause the thermal interface to spread substantially evenly between the heat sink and the PCB. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10074587B2 |
Bonding wire-type heat sink structure for semiconductor devices
The present invention discloses a bonding-wire-type heat sink structure for semiconductor devices. An embodiment of the said bonding-wire-type heat sink structure comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a heat source formed on or included in the semiconductor substrate, said heat source including at least one hot spot; at least one heat conduction layer; at least one heat conductor connecting the at least one hot spot with the at least one heat conduction layer; at least one heat dissipation component in an electrically floating state; and at least one bonding wire connecting the at least one heat conduction layer with the at least one heat dissipation component, so as to transmit the heat of the heat source to the heat dissipation component. |
| US10074585B2 |
Power module with dummy terminal structure
A power module includes a connection terminal for external connection, the connection terminal protruding from the side surface of a package, and a dummy terminal protruding from the side surface of the package and shorter than the connection terminal. The dummy terminal is processed to have a bottom surface with an inclination. In other words, the distance between a plane containing a heat dissipation surface of the package and the dummy terminal increases toward the extremity of the dummy terminal. Accordingly, when a heat dissipation fin is attached to the heat dissipation surface, the extremity of the dummy terminal is more distant from the heat dissipation fin than the rest of the dummy terminal. |
| US10074575B1 |
Integrating and isolating nFET and pFET nanosheet transistors on a substrate
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of fabricating nanosheet channel field effect transistors. An example method includes forming a first sacrificial nanosheet and forming a first nanosheet stack over the first sacrificial nanosheet, wherein the first nanosheet stack includes alternating channel nanosheets and sacrificial nano sheets. The method further includes exposing a surface area of the first sacrificial nanosheet and exposing surface areas of the alternating channel nanosheets and sacrificial nanosheets, wherein the exposed surface area of the first sacrificial nanosheet is greater than each of the exposed surface areas of the alternating channel nanosheets and sacrificial nanosheets. The method further includes applying an etchant to the exposed surface areas, wherein the etchant is selective based at least in part on the amount of surface area to which the etchant is applied. |
| US10074570B2 |
3D vertical FET with top and bottom gate contacts
A semiconductor device includes a vertical transistor having a gate structure disposed about a channel region thereof. The vertical transistor has a top side above the gate structure and a bottom side below the gate structure. The top side includes metallization structures having a connection to the vertical transistor on the top side. The bottom side includes metallization structures having a connection to the vertical transistor on the bottom side, and the bottom side includes a power rail and a ground rail. |
| US10074565B2 |
Method of laser processing for substrate cleaving or dicing through forming “spike-like” shaped damage structures
This invention provides an effective and a method of laser processing for separating semiconductor devices formed on a single substrate (6) or separating high thickness, hard and solid substrates (6), which is rapid. During preparation of the device or substrate (6) for the cleaving/breaking/dicing procedure an area of damage (8, 11) is achieved by obtaining deep and narrow damage area along the intended line of cleaving. The laser processing method comprises a step of modifying a pulsed laser beam (1) by an focusing unit (1), such as that an “spike”-shaped beam convergence zone, more particularly an above workpiece material optical damage threshold fluence (power distribution) in the bulk of the workpiece (6) is produced. During the aforementioned step a modified area (having a “spike”-type shape) is created. The laser processing method further comprises a step of creating a number of such damage structures (8, 11) in a predetermined breaking line by relative translation of the workpiece (6) relative the laser beam (1) condensation point. |
| US10074564B2 |
Self-aligned middle of the line (MOL) contacts
Disclosed are methods and integrated circuit (IC) structures. The methods enable formation of a gate contact on a gate above (or close thereto) an active region of a field effect transistor (FET) and provide protection against shorts between the gate contact and metal plugs on source/drain regions and between the gate and source/drain contacts to the metal plugs. A gate with a dielectric cap and dielectric sidewall spacer is formed on a FET channel region. Metal plugs with additional dielectric caps are formed on the FET source/drain regions such that the dielectric sidewall spacer is between the gate and the metal plugs and between the dielectric cap and the additional dielectric caps. The dielectric cap, dielectric sidewall spacer and additional dielectric caps are different materials preselected to be selectively etchable, allowing for misalignment of a contact opening to the gate without risking exposure of any metal plugs and vice versa. |
| US10074562B2 |
Self aligned contact structure
Embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a semiconductor structure having a first metal layer and a plurality of dielectric layers on top of the first metal layer; creating one or more openings through the plurality of dielectric layers to expose the first metal layer underneath the plurality of dielectric layers; causing the one or more openings to expand downward into the first metal layer and expand horizontally into areas underneath the plurality of dielectric layers; applying a layer of lining material in lining sidewalls of the one or more openings inside the plurality of dielectric layers; and filling the expanded one or more openings with a conductive material. |
| US10074556B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a plurality of gate electrodes, forming a first insulating film over the plurality of gate electrodes such that the first insulating film is embedded in a space between the plurality of gate electrodes, forming a second insulating film over the first insulating film, forming a third insulating film over the second insulating film, forming a photosensitive pattern over the third insulating film, performing etching using the photosensitive pattern as a mask to form a trench extending through the first to third insulating films and reaching a semiconductor substrate, removing the photosensitive pattern, performing etching using the exposed third insulating film as a mask to extend the trench in the semiconductor substrate, removing the third and second insulating films, and forming a fourth insulating film in the trench and over the first insulating film. |
| US10074555B2 |
Non-contact substrate processing
Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and methods for supporting, positioning or rotating a semiconductor substrate during processing. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing a substrate comprising positioning the substrate on a substrate receiving surface of a susceptor, and rotating the susceptor and the substrate by delivering flow of fluid from one or more rotating ports. |
| US10074554B2 |
Workpiece loader for a wet processing system
Techniques herein provide a workpiece handling and loading apparatus for loading, unloading, and handling relatively flexible and thin substrates for transport and electrochemical deposition. Such a system assists with workpiece holder exchange between a delivery cartridge or magazine, and a workpiece holder. Embodiments include a workpiece handler configured to provide an air cushion to a given workpiece, and maneuvering to a given workpiece holder that can edge clamp the workpiece. |
| US10074551B2 |
Position detection apparatus, position detection method, information processing program, and storage medium
A hypothesis testing position detection apparatus improves robustness against abnormal detection values, and achieves both high accuracy estimation and high-speed estimation processing. An image processing apparatus extracts, from calculated values for a central position of a plane shape, one of the calculated values nearer a provisional center as a candidate for evaluation (testing) performed using a plurality of detection points. |
| US10074549B2 |
Method for acquiring data indicating electrostatic capacitance
In a method for acquiring data indicating an electrostatic capacitance between a focus ring and a measuring device includes a disc-shaped base substrate, sensor units arranged along an edge of the base substrate and a circuit substrate mounted on the base substrate, a processor acquires one or more first data sets respectively including a plurality of digital values indicating an electrostatic capacitance of a corresponding sensor unit. The measuring device is transferred to a region on the mounting table surrounded by the focus ring. The processor acquires second data sets when one or more digital values or an average of the digital values included in each of said one or more first data sets exceeds a first threshold. The processor stores measurement data including the respective second data sets or averages of the digital values of each of the second data sets. The measuring device is unloaded from the chamber. |
| US10074548B2 |
Chemical liquid discharge mechanism, liquid processing apparatus, chemical liquid discharge method, and storage medium
Disclosed is a chemical liquid discharge mechanism. The mechanism includes: a storage portion including a chemical liquid storage space; a diluent supply port opened to supply a diluent for reducing a viscosity of the chemical liquid to the storage space; a vertex flow forming portion that forms vortex flows in the diluent and the chemical liquid by supplying a fluid to the storage space to stir the diluent and the chemical liquid; and a liquid discharge port opened to an upper side of the diluent supply port in the storage space such that, by the supply of the diluent, the diluent and the chemical liquid flow into the liquid discharge port to be discharged from the storage space. Thus, the viscosity of the waste liquid discharged from the liquid discharge port may be reduced, and thus, it is not necessary to largely set the inclination of the liquid discharge path. |
| US10074547B2 |
Photoresist nozzle device and photoresist supply system
Embodiments of a photoresist supply system including a photoresist nozzle device are provided. The photoresist nozzle device includes a tube including a first segment, a curved segment connected to the first segment, and a second segment connected to the curved segment. The photoresist nozzle device also includes a nozzle connected to the second segment. |
| US10074543B2 |
High dry etch rate materials for semiconductor patterning applications
Methods and apparatuses for depositing low density spacers using atomic layer deposition for negative patterning schemes are provided herein. Methods involve one or more of: (1) exposing a substrate to a plasma for a duration less than about 300 ms in each cycle of alternating pulses of a deposition precursor and oxidizing plasma; (2) exposing the substrate to the plasma at a radio frequency power density of less than about 0.2 W/cm2; and (3) exposing the substrate to the plasma produced from a process gas having an argon to oxidant ratio of at least about 1:12. |
| US10074537B2 |
Method of forming semiconductor structure having sets of III-V compound layers
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes depositing a first III-V layer over a substrate. The method includes depositing a first III-V compound layer over the first III-V layer. Depositing the first III-V compound layer includes depositing a lower III-V compound layer. Depositing the first III-V compound layer includes depositing an upper III-V compound layer over the lower III-V compound layer, wherein the first III-V layer has a doping concentration greater than that of the upper III-V compound layer. The method includes repeating depositing III-V compound layers until a number of III-V compound layers is equal to a predetermined number of III-V compound layers. The method includes forming a second III-V compound layer an upper most III-V compound layer, wherein the second III-V compound layer is undoped or doped. The method includes forming an active layer over the second III-V compound layer. |
| US10074532B1 |
Semi-active antenna starting aid for HID arc tubes
A starting aid for discharge lamp arc tubes is characterized by an arc tube having a tubular body wall that longitudinally extends between first and second ends and surrounding an internal arc cavity with first and second electrodes that have conductive feedthroughs to electrically connect to corresponding first and second external arctube leads; an antenna conductor extending longitudinally on an outside surface of the arc tube wall between first and second antenna ends that are located radially outward of corresponding first and second electrodes; and an antenna coupling member comprising a conductive coupling connector that is electrically connected to the first arctube lead, and extends to a coupling end located on the body wall near to the first antenna end and separated from it by a coupling gap of predetermined, non-zero gap dimension. |
| US10074528B2 |
Data acquisition system and method for mass spectrometry
The invention provides a data acquisition system and method for detecting ions in a mass spectrometer, comprising: a detection system for detecting ions comprising two or more detectors for outputting two or more detection signals in separate channels in response to ions arriving at the detection system; and a data processing system for receiving and processing the detection signals in separate channels of the data processing system and for merging the processed detection signals to construct a mass spectrum; wherein the processing in separate channels comprises removing noise from the detection signals by applying a threshold to the detection signals. The detection signals are preferably produced in response to the same ions, the signals being shifted in time relative to each other. The invention is suitable for a TOF mass spectrometer. |
| US10074527B2 |
Systems and methods for using variable mass selection window widths in tandem mass spectrometry
Systems and methods are used to analyze a sample using variable mass selection window widths. A tandem mass spectrometer is instructed to perform at least two fragmentation scans of a sample with different mass selection window widths using a processor. The tandem mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer that allows variable mass selection window widths. The selection of the different mass selection window widths can be based on one or more properties of sample compounds. The properties may include a sample compound molecular weight distribution that is calculated from a molecular weight distribution of expected compounds or is determined from a list of molecular weights for one or more known compounds. The tandem mass spectrometer can also be instructed to perform an analysis of the sample before instructing the tandem mass spectrometer to perform the at least two fragmentation scans of the sample. |
| US10074523B2 |
Polycrystalline CaF2 member, member for plasma treatment device, plasma treatment device, and method for producing focusing ring
A polycrystalline CaF2 member includes a combined assembly of a plurality of polycrystalline bodies made from CaF2 that are pressure bonded together. |
| US10074522B1 |
Systems and methods to maintain optimum stoichiometry for reactively sputtered films
The present invention relates to systems and methods for preparing reactively sputtered films. The films are generally thin transition metal oxide (TMO) films having an optimum stoichiometry for any useful device (e.g., a sub-stoichiometric thin film for a memristor device). Described herein are systems, methods, and calibrations processes that employ rapid control of partial pressures to obtain the desired film. |
| US10074521B2 |
Replaceable upper chamber parts of plasma processing apparatus
An upper chamber section of a plasma reaction chamber includes a ceramic window with blind bores in an upper surface for receipt of a thermal couple and a resistance temperature detector, a top chamber interface which comprises an upper surface which vacuum seals against the bottom of the window and a gas injection system comprising 8 side injectors mounted in the sidewall of the top chamber interface and a gas delivery system comprising tubing which provides symmetric gas flow to the 8 injectors from a single gas feed connection. |
| US10074517B2 |
Plasma treatment method, plasma treatment apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing method
A plasma treatment method includes: creating a plasma from a mixed gas containing carbon and nitrogen to generate CN active species, and treating a surface of a semiconductor substrate with the CN active species. |
| US10074516B2 |
Charged particle beam writing apparatus and charged particle beam writing method
A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a storage unit to store writing data of a region to be written in a target object, a first dividing unit to read the writing data and divide the region to be written into at least one first data processing region that overlaps with at least a first region where a pattern has been arranged, and at least one second data processing region that overlaps with a second region where no pattern is arranged without overlapping with the first region, a data processing unit to perform data processing of predetermined data processing contents for at least one first data processing region without performing the data processing for at least one second data processing region, and a writing unit to write a pattern on the target object, based on processed data. |
| US10074515B2 |
Charged particle beam lithography method and charged particle beam lithography apparatus
According to one aspect of the present invention, a charged particle beam lithography method includes forming, such that a shape identical to a first figure pattern obtained using a first charged particle beam having a first resolution can be obtained by superimposing a plurality of second figure patterns, said plurality of second figure patterns that have different widths and are obtained by using a second charged particle beam having a second resolution higher than the first resolution; and performing multiple writing of the plurality of second figure patterns, which are stacked, by using the second charged particle beam. |
| US10074510B2 |
Inspection system and inspection image data generation method
An inspection system includes a TDI sensor that integrates amounts of secondary charged particles or electromagnetic waves along a predetermined direction at every timing at which a transfer clock is inputted and sequentially transfers the amounts of secondary charged particles or electromagnetic waves so integrated, and a deflector which deflects, based on a difference between an actual position and a target position of the inspection target, the secondary charged particles or electromagnetic waves directed towards the TDI sensor in a direction in which the difference is offset. The target position is set into something like a step-and-riser shape in which the target position is kept staying in the same position by a predetermined period of time that is equal to or shorter than a period of time from an input of the transfer clock to an input of the following transfer clock and thereafter rises by a predetermined distance. |
| US10074506B2 |
Method for manufacturing electron source
A conventional method to process a tip fails to designate the dimension of the shape of the end of the tip, and so fails to obtain a tip having any desired diameter. Impurities may be attached to the tip. Based on a correlation between the voltage applied or the time during processing of the end of the tip and the diameter of the tip end, the applied voltage is controlled so as to obtain a desired diameter of the tip end for processing of the tip. This allows a sharpened tip made of a tungsten monocrystal thin wire to be manufactured to have any desired diameter in the range of 0.1 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less. |
| US10074504B2 |
Liquid crystal display device, method of manufacturing the same and alignment layer composition for the liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device that includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal display layer is described. The array substrate includes a pixel electrode and a lower alignment layer. The pixel electrode has a plurality of slit portions extending in different directions. The lower alignment layer includes a reactive mesogen (RM) diamine is formed on the pixel electrode to induce an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules. An upper alignment layer is formed on a common electrode of the opposite substrate. The RM is cured at surfaces of the lower and upper alignment layers in response to ultraviolet (UV) light, so that liquid crystal molecules have a pretilt angle. Therefore, the aperture ratio and the response time may be improved, and afterimages may be decreased, so that display quality may be improved. |
| US10074503B2 |
Electron gun and radiation generating apparatus
The invention relates to an electron gun for generating a flat electron beam, comprising a cathode with an emission surface which is curved about a central axis and which is designed to emit electrons. The electron gun further comprises an accelerating device for accelerating the electrons in a radial direction towards a target region on the central axis. Furthermore, the emission surface has a width in the azimuth direction and a height oriented perpendicularly to the width, said width being at least ten times greater than the height. |
| US10074502B2 |
Overload protection device and thermal magnetic adjustable trip unit for a breaker comprising the same
An overload protection device is disclosed, characterized in that, the overload protection device comprises a first heating band (i.e., a terminal); a second heating band; a bimetallic strip; a litzendraht wire; a lower part of the first heating band and a lower part of the bimetallic strip are mechanically connected with each other; two ends of the litzendraht wire mechanically connect with an upper part of the second heating band and an upper part of the bimetallic strip respectively. |
| US10074501B2 |
Non-arcing fuse
An arc-mitigating fuse including a tubular fuse body, a first endcap covering a first end of the fuse body and a second endcap covering a second end of the fuse body, a fusible element disposed within the fuse body and extending between the first endcap and the second endcap to provide an electrically conductive pathway therebetween, and an arc-mitigating element disposed within the fuse body and held in a compressed state between the first endcap and the second endcap, the arc-mitigating element adapted to extend to an uncompressed state upon separation of the fusible element. |
| US10074500B2 |
Low profile fusible disconnect switch device
A compact fusible disconnect switch device having a reduced switch housing size and increased power density is configured to be face mounted to a panel. A fuse cover assembly allows installation and removal of a fuse without having to open the panel. Line-side and load-side terminals are provided on a common side of the housing. In-line mechanical ganging and simultaneous application is provided for combinations of the compact fusible disconnect switch devices. |
| US10074496B2 |
Circuit interrupting device
A vacuum interrupter (1) includes a tubular insulating case (3, 4) extending along a longitudinal axis (AA), two conducting caps (51, 52) each securely fixed at an open end of the tubular insulating case (3, 4) at a sealing area (7) to form a tightly sealed chamber (2). The vacuum interrupter is characterized in that the tubular insulating case (3, 4) is shaped so as to enclose the conducting caps (51, 52) and extend beyond the caps (51, 52) along its longitudinal axis (AA). |
| US10074495B2 |
Switch case and switch
The switch case includes a metal plate having a first surface and a second surface that is at a side opposite to the first surface, and a resin case embedding a part of the metal plate. The resin case includes a housing portion having an opening formed on a surface of the resin case. The metal plate includes a terminal portion, a contact portion, and an intermediate portion positioned between the terminal portion and the contact portion. The terminal portion is exposed from the surface of the resin case, and the intermediate portion is embedded in the resin case. The intermediate portion is provided with at least one through-hole penetrating the first surface and the second surface. The contact portion includes a part of the first surface exposed to the housing portion of the resin case. In the at least one through-hole, the hole diameter of the at least one through-hole at the second surface is larger than the hole diameter of the at least one through-hole at the first surface. |
| US10074494B2 |
Method for point on wave switching and a controller therefor
A method is disclosed of performing point on wave switching in a multiphase electrical system having a first circuit breaker connected a first bus, the first circuit breaker being operated by a first controller, a second circuit breaker connected to a second bus, the second circuit breaker being operated by a second controller, and a subsystem transferred from the first bus to the second bus. The method can include receiving, by the second controller, system characteristics data of the subsystem, estimating, by the second controller, a time for switching based on the received system characteristics data of the subsystem and operating time of the second circuit breaker, and operating, by the second controller, the second circuit breaker at the estimated time for switching, for switching the subsystem. |
| US10074493B2 |
Radiation-hardened break before make circuit
A break-before-make (BB4M) circuit topology is disclosed for use with a multiplexer that eliminates shoot-through current between analog inputs and also between an analog input and analog output. The BB4M circuit generates a pulse that disables an existing selected channel before enabling a newly selected channel or gate driver, and is suitable for use in high-radiation or outer space operating environments. |
| US10074481B2 |
Capacitor component and board having the same
A capacitor component includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked; and a connection terminal coupled to the capacitor body and including a buffer member having insulating properties and at least one conductive fiber portion penetrating through the buffer member. |
| US10074479B2 |
Multilayer capacitor and manufacturing method for same
A manufacturing method for a multilayer capacitor includes alternately laminating dielectric layers and conductor layers including less than 50 included in a first arrangement and a second arrangement different from the first arrangement when viewed from a lamination direction to form a laminate in which at least one pair of the conductor layers adjacent to each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween are included in the first or second arrangement, pressing the laminate to stretch the conductor layers in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction, pressing the laminate to bend the conductor layers in the lamination direction, and forming first and second outer electrodes on laminate surfaces such that the first outer electrode is connected to the conductor layers included in the first arrangement and the second outer electrode is connected to the conductor layers included in the second arrangement. |
| US10074473B2 |
Coil component
A coil component includes a body in which a coil portion is embedded. The coil portion includes a support member; first insulators formed on first and second main surfaces of the support member, respectively, and having an opening having a planar coil shape; coils filling the openings; and second insulators covering the coils. |
| US10074471B2 |
Magnetic element
The present invention provides a magnetic element in which iron loss-caused heat generation is restrained and which can be produced with a high productivity. The magnetic element has a magnetic body which allows a magnetic flux generated by a coil (4) to pass therethrough. The magnetic body is a combined body formed by combining two halves, of the magnetic body composed of the compression molded and injection molded bodies, obtained by bisection made in an axial direction of the coil with each other. A compression molded magnetic body (2) is disposed at a portion generating iron loss-caused heat to a high extent or a portion inferior in heat dissipation performance. An injection molded magnetic body (3) is disposed at a portion other than the portion where the compression molded magnetic body is disposed. The compression molded and injection molded magnetic bodies are combined with each other. |
| US10074468B2 |
Powder magnetic core for reactor
Provided is a powder magnetic core for a reactor, whose electromagnetic properties are difficult to change with time, even when applied to a reactor used in a state that the core is exposed without being potted. The powder magnetic core for a reactor consists essentially of a compact composed of an insulation-coated iron-based soft magnetic powder that an insulating film is formed on the surface of an iron-based soft magnetic powder, and which has such a change with time of 500 hours at 180° C. that a ratio of decrease in effective magnetic permeability being 1% or less. In the compact, the content of gapping between two adjacent particles of the insulation-coated iron-based soft magnetic powder is 2 vol % or less. |
| US10074464B2 |
Chip resistor and manufacturing method thereof
There is provided a chip resistor suitable for power detection. The chip resistor includes a resistor having a resistor lower surface and a resistor upper surface which face mutually opposite sides in a thickness direction, a pair of resistor first side surfaces spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and a pair of resistor second side surfaces spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to both the thickness direction and the first direction, a first electrode formed along one resistor first side surface, and a second electrode formed along the other resistor first side surface, and spaced apart from the first electrode. |
| US10074458B2 |
Insulation film and flexible flat cable
The present disclosure relates to an insulation film capable of being used in a flexible flat cable(FFC) and having excellent flexibility and mechanical properties, and a flexible flat cable (FFC) using the insulation film. The insulation film provided in the present disclosure has very excellent mechanical properties such as tensile strength, elongation and flexibility, and also has very excellent heat-resisting properties such as contractibility and degeneration caused by heat. In addition, by using the insulation film, the flexible flat cable provided in the present disclosure also has very excellent mechanical properties and heat-resisting properties. |
| US10074455B2 |
Agglomerate composition
A talc agglomerate composition may include agglomerated talc particles and an agglomerization agent, and may have a conductivity of from about 1 to about 50 μS/cm. A method for making a talc agglomerate composition may include agglomerating talc particles by combining a talc feed material including talc particles and an agglomerization agent to form a talc agglomerate composition. The talc agglomerate composition may have a d10 greater than a d10 of the talc feed material including talc particles. A talc composition may include talc particles having a conductivity greater than 8.1 μS/cm and a viscosity in oil of less than 140 KU. |
| US10074453B2 |
P-toluenesulfonate doped polypyrrole/carbon composite electrode and a process for the preparation thereof
Polypyrrole/carbon (PPy/C) composite doped with organic anion p-toluenesulfonate (pTS) is utilized as an electrode in supercapacitor for energy storage application. The surface initiated in-situ chemical oxidative polymerization yields a composite material PPy/C in the presence of varying concentrations of pTS. The novelty of the present invention lies in the doping of PPy/C composite with organic anion pTS and consequent enhancement of its electrochemical activity and stability. The conjugation length and electrical conductivity of pTS doped PPy/C composites increase with the increase in dopant concentration. The pTS doped PPy/C composite synthesized using equimolar concentration (0.1 M) of pTS to pyrrole shows the maximum specific capacitance of ˜395 F/g in 0.5 M Na2SO4 aqueous solution with significant stability ˜95% capacitance retention after ˜500 cycles. |
| US10074452B2 |
Copper alloy element wire, copper alloy stranded wire, and automotive electric wire
A copper alloy element wire 1 has a chemical composition including: 0.45 mass % or more and 2.0 mass % or less, in total, of at least one additive element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ti, Sn, Ag, Mg, Zn, Cr and P; in mass ppm, 10 ppm or less of H content, and the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities. A copper alloy stranded wire 2 includes a plurality of the copper alloy element wires 1 twisted together. An automotive electric wire 5 includes the copper alloy stranded wire 2 and an insulator 3 that covers the outer periphery of the copper alloy stranded wire 2. |
| US10074450B2 |
System for controlling environment in a reaction box
A system (100) for controlling the environment in a reaction box (300) comprises a controller (150) configured to control a gas multiplexer (130) to switch between applying an under pressure in the reaction box (300) from a vacuum pump (140) and applying a gas flow from a connected gas source (200) to the reaction box (300) multiple times in a cyclic manner. A particle monitor (160) generates particle information representing a concentration of particles in the reaction box (300). This particle information is stored as a GMP clean room classification notification for the reaction box (300). |
| US10074447B1 |
Rationale generation management
Disclosed aspects relate to generating rationales for treatment options. A set of preference scores that indicates a first preference score for a first treatment option of a set of treatment options may be received. A rank-order that indicates a first ranking for the first treatment option may be received. The set of preference scores may be analyzed with respect to the rank-order to determine a relationship between the first preference score and the first ranking for the first treatment option. Based on the relationship between the first preference score and the first ranking, a set of rationale data for the first treatment option may be generated with respect to the first rank. Based on a user profile for a user, the set of rationale data may be configured for the user. The set of rationale data which is configured for the user may be provided. |
| US10074446B2 |
Medical pump with operator-authorization awareness
A medical pump for delivering medicament through an IV line to a patient may provide for awareness of the operator and operator authority limiting access by any individual to particular tasks of procedure review, pump programming, pump loading, patient set up, pump operation, and the like associated with the treatment provided by the medical pump. Identifying the operator allows the assignment of particular authority levels to the operators to ensure proper operation of the medical pump, and/or proper operators have made the necessary review to perform the necessary set up of the medical pump facilitating collaborative healthcare delivery. A record of operator intervention and authority levels may be logged to permit an automatic checklist process by the medical pump. Authentication process and pump operation parameters can be communicated through Near Field Communication (NFC). |
| US10074438B2 |
Methods and devices for reducing program disturb in non-volatile memory cell arrays
A memory device that includes a pair of non-volatile memory cells, a first memory cell including a first memory gate and a first select gate, and a second memory cell including a second memory gate and a second select gate. The first and second memory cells share a source line, and the first and second memory gates are not connected to one another. |
| US10074434B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell above the first memory cell, a first word line electrically connected to a gate of the first memory cell, a second word line electrically connected to a gate of the second memory cell, and a control unit that performs an erasing operation on the first and second memory cells. During the erasing operation, the control unit applies a first voltage to a first word line and a second voltage higher than the first voltage to a second word line. |
| US10074430B2 |
Multi-deck memory device with access line and data line segregation between decks and method of operation thereof
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods using a substrate, a first memory cell block including first memory cell strings located over the substrate, first data lines coupled to the first memory cell strings, a second memory cell block including second memory cell strings located over the first memory cell block, second data lines coupled to the second memory cell strings, first conductive paths located over the substrate and coupled between the first data lines and buffer circuitry of the apparatus, and second conductive paths located over the substrate and coupled between the second data lines and the buffer circuitry. No conductive path of the first and second conductive paths is shared by the first and second memory cell blocks. |
| US10074428B2 |
Optical recording device, optical recording method, and information recording medium
In a recording technique in which a plurality of light spots are simultaneously formed by using an ultra-short pulse laser and a spatial phase modulator, and a plurality of recording dots having refractive indexes different from those of the vicinities thereof are formed inside a recording medium, it is hard to make recording quality and a recording density compatible. Therefore, a plurality of dots are recorded at a predetermined dot pitch, and then other dots are recorded between the recorded dots. |
| US10074427B2 |
Shaped data associated with an erase operation
A method includes, in a data storage device including a resistive memory, receiving, from an external device, an erase command to erase a portion of the resistive memory. The method further includes storing shaped data at the portion of the resistive memory responsive to the erase command. Shaped data is configured to control an amount of leakage current during a read and/or write operation at one or more storage elements that are adjacent to at least one storage element of the portion of the resistive memory. |
| US10074420B2 |
Access signal adjustment circuits and methods for memory cells in a cross-point array
Systems, integrated circuits, and methods to utilize access signals to facilitate memory operations in scaled arrays of memory elements are described. In at least some embodiments, a non-volatile memory device can include a cross-point array having resistive memory elements and line driver. The line driver can be configured to access a resistive memory element in the cross-point array. |
| US10074411B2 |
Mode-changeable dual data rate random access memory driver with asymmetric offset and memory interface incorporating the same
A memory driver, a method of driving a command bus for a synchronous dual data rate (sDDR) memory and a memory controller for controlling dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). In one embodiment, the memory driver includes: (1) pull-up and pull-down transistors couplable to a command bus of a memory controller and operable in 1N and 2N timing modes and (2) gear down offset circuitry coupled to the pull-up transistor and operable to offset the command bus when transitioning out of the 1N timing mode and increase an extent and duration of 1-0-1 transitions on the command bus. |
| US10074408B2 |
Bit line sense amplifier
A bit line sense amplifier with an enhanced sensing margin is provided. The bit line sense amplifier includes a sensing amplification circuit connected to a bit line and a complementary bit line and configured to sense a voltage change of the bit line and adjust voltages of a sensing bit line. Also provided is a complementary sensing bit line based on the sensed voltage change, wherein the sensing amplification circuit includes a first transistor connected between the complementary sensing bit line and a first high-voltage node and controlled by the voltage change of the bit line. A second transistor is connected between the sensing bit line and a second high-voltage node and controlled by a voltage change of the complementary bit line. |
| US10074400B2 |
Methods and systems for creating, combining, and sharing time-constrained videos
A method includes displaying, by a video display device, to a user of a client device, a broadcast of an audiovisual data feed. The method includes receiving, by the client device, an identification of a portion of the audiovisual data feed. The method includes generating, by the client device, a time-constrained video from the identified portion of the audiovisual data feed. |
| US10074399B2 |
Control device
A control device is provided which mixes and records two types of audio signals processed under standards different from each other; in particular an audio signal of ASIO standard and an audio signal of WDM standard. An audio interface is connected to a computer, and an audio signal is input to the computer. A mixer module of the computer mixes an audio signal effect-processed by an ASIO application and an audio signal reproduced by a WDM application, outputs the mixed audio signal to the audio interface, and to the WDM application, and records the sound. The mixer module automatically switches between presence/absence of the effect process and between presence/absence of mixing according to a mode which is set in an operation panel. |
| US10074396B2 |
Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus
In a magnetic recording medium of the present invention, an outermost surface of a protective layer 3 on a lubricant layer 4 side contains carbon and nitrogen in a range of 50 atomic % to 90 atomic %, and the lubricant layer 4 is formed by being in contact with the outermost surface, contains compounds A to C represented in the below general formulas (1) to (3) described below, and has a film thickness of 0.5 nm to 2 nm. R1-C6H4OCH2CH(OH)CH2OCH2—R2-CH2OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH (1), CH2(OH)CH(OH)CH2OCH2CF2CF2(OCF2CF2CF2)mOCF2CF2CH2OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH (2), HOCH2CF2CF2O(CF2CF2CF2O)sCF2CF2CH2OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH (3) |
| US10074395B2 |
Media recording element
A media recording element having capabilities to facilitate recording media for subsequent playback. The recording element further including features associated with limited operations of a hard drive of other similarly mechanical memory under certain operating conditions so as to limit power consumption and/or memory degradation. |
| US10074394B2 |
Computer program, method, and system for managing multiple data recording devices
A multiple recording device management system including an intermediate multiple recording device managing apparatus, a vehicle recording device mounted in a police vehicle and synced to the managing apparatus, and a personal recording device carried by a police officer and wirelessly synced to the managing apparatus. The managing apparatus is operable to detect when the vehicle recording device, personal recording device, or any other synced device in range has begun recording and to transmit a communication signal to any synced recording device in range indicating that the recording device should begin recording and to further transmit a time stamp to synced recording devices for corroborating recorded data. |
| US10074392B1 |
Techniques for clearly distinguishing between neighboring spirals in an SSW scheme
During in-drive writing of a servo spiral on a disk surface, a servo spiral can be distinguished during demodulation from adjacent servo spirals on the same disk surface. When a set of servo spirals is written on a disk surface, a first spiral is written to include a first identifying characteristic and the following spiral is written to include a second identifying characteristic. The identifying characteristic may include embedded sync marks encoding a certain numerical value, a unique frequency of high-low transitions included in each spiral, and/or a unique frame size. |
| US10074391B1 |
Spiral-based self-servo-write on single disk surface
A hard disk drive (HDD) is configured to move a read head over a region of a storage surface that includes unreadable segments of reference spirals that have been overwritten by a reference spiral in a set of spirals that is currently being written on the storage surface. By moving the read head across the region of the storage surface at a return radial velocity that is selected such that the write head crosses no consecutive reference spirals at an unreadable segment, the servo system of the HDD does not experience an error due to crossing multiple consecutive reference spirals at unreadable segments. Thus, a set of spirals that includes partially damaged reference spirals can be employed to control the position of a read head. Consequently, a second surface is not required for the set of spirals employed in controlling the writing process. |
| US10074390B1 |
Multi-layer PZT microactuator with active PZT constraining layer for a DSA suspension
A PZT microactuator such as for a hard disk drive has a restraining layer bonded on its side that is opposite the side on which the PZT is mounted. The restraining layer comprises a stiff and resilient material such as stainless steel. The restraining layer can cover most or all of the top of the PZT, with an electrical connection being made to the PZT where it is not covered by the restraining layer. The restraining layer reduces bending of the PZT as mounted and hence increases effective stroke length, or reverses the sign of the bending which increases the effective stroke length of the PZT even further. The restraining layer can be one or more active layers of PZT material that act in the opposite direction as the main PZT layer. The restraining layer(s) may be thinner than the main PZT layer. |
| US10074387B1 |
Method and system for providing a read transducer having symmetric antiferromagnetically coupled shields
A method provides a magnetic transducer including a first antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) shield, a second AFC shield and a read sensor between the first and second AFC shields. The first AFC shield includes first and second ferromagnetic layers and a first nonmagnetic spacer layer between the first and second ferromagnetic layers. The first and second ferromagnetic layers have first and second saturation magnetizations and first and second thicknesses, respectively. The second ferromagnetic layer is between the read sensor and the first ferromagnetic layer. The second AFC shield includes third and fourth ferromagnetic layers and a second nonmagnetic spacer layer between the third and fourth ferromagnetic layers. The third ferromagnetic layer is between the read sensor and the fourth ferromagnetic layer. The third and fourth ferromagnetic layers have third and saturation magnetizations and third and fourth thicknesses, respectively. The second AFC shield is a mirror image of the first AFC shield. |
| US10074384B2 |
State estimating apparatus, state estimating method, and state estimating computer program
A state estimating apparatus includes: a spectrum calculating unit which calculates a power spectrum for each of a plurality of frequencies on a frame-by-frame basis from a voice signal containing voice of a first speaker and voice of a second speaker transmitted over a telephone line; a band power calculating unit which calculates power of a non-transmission band on a frame-by-frame basis, based on the power spectra of frequencies contained in the non-transmission band among the plurality of frequencies; a transmitted-voice judging unit which determines that any frame whose power in the non-transmission band is greater than a threshold value indicating the presence of voice carries the voice of the first speaker; and a state judging unit which judges whether the state of mind of the first speaker is normal or abnormal, based on the frame judged to carry the voice of the first speaker. |
| US10074383B2 |
Sound event detection
A system and method for the use of sensors and processors of existing, distributed systems, operating individually or in cooperation with other systems, networks or cloud-based services to enhance the detection and classification of sound events in an environment (e.g., a home), while having low computational complexity. The system and method provides functions where the most relevant features that help in discriminating sounds are extracted from an audio signal and then classified depending on whether the extracted features correspond to a sound event that should result in a communication to a user. Threshold values and other variables can be determined by training on audio signals of known sounds in defined environments, and implemented to distinguish human and pet sounds from other sounds, and compensate for variations in the magnitude of the audio signal, different sizes and reverberation characteristics of the environment, and variations in microphone responses. |
| US10074382B2 |
Method for bitrate signaling and bitstream format enabling such method
The present document relates to the determination of a 200 bitrate related to an encoded bitstream, and describes a method for determining an estimate of a bitrate of a bitstream comprising a sequence of frames comprising a varying number of bitsand corresponding to excerpts of an audio and/or video signal. At least two frames of the sequence of frames comprise a parameter indicative of a processing delay for the corresponding frame. The method comprises determining: a total number of bits for a subsequence of frames from the bitstream; a corrected number 201 of frames based on a number of frames comprised within the subsequence and the parameters of at least two frames of the subsequence; and a lower bitrate bound and an upper bitrate bound of the bitrate based on the total number of bits, the corrected number of frames and a frame rate of the bitstream. |
| US10074378B2 |
Data encoding detection
A data encoding may be determined by examining the data itself. By examining the data, such as by identifying characteristics of the data, the data encoding may be identified and the substantive information extracted from the data by decoding the data according to the identified data encoding. The data encoding may be identified without extra control or header information separate from the encoded data itself. The identification of data encoding may be determined by a plurality of detectors examining different characteristics of the data and determining an encoding of the data based on each of those individual characteristics. The output of the detectors may be collected and used to decide the encoding of the data. One example application involves determining if audio data is DSD- or PCM-encoded audio data by examining only the data itself. |
| US10074376B2 |
Coding device, decoding device, method, program and recording medium thereof
A technology of accurately coding and decoding coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients even for a frame in which the spectrum variation is great while suppressing an increase in the code amount as a whole is provided. A coding device includes: a first coding unit that obtains a first code by coding coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of more than one order; and a second coding unit that obtains a second code by coding at least quantization errors of the first coding unit if (A-1) an index Q commensurate with how high the peak-to-valley height of a spectral envelope is, the spectral envelope corresponding to the coefficients which are convertible into the linear prediction coefficients of more than one order, is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1 and/or (B-1) an index Q′ commensurate with how short the peak-to-valley height of the spectral envelope is, is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1′. |
| US10074375B2 |
Weight function determination device and method for quantizing linear prediction coding coefficient
A weighting function determination method includes obtaining a line spectral frequency (LSF) coefficient or an immitance spectral frequency (ISF) coefficient from a linear predictive coding (LPC) coefficient of an input signal and determining a weighting function by combining a first weighting function based on spectral analysis information and a second weighting function based on position information of the LSF coefficient or the ISF coefficient. |
| US10074374B2 |
Ad hoc one-time pairing of remote devices using online audio fingerprinting
Participants of a phone conference can share electronic data without a need to exchange passwords to link two devices nor to login to access data. The invention is resistant to eavesdropping, and provides methods, devices and systems to easily and automatically find, identify and authenticate participants on a computer network for electronic data exchange. Samples of the audio are used to create a stream of audio fingerprints which are sent to a matching service. This matching service finds the fingerprints that correspond to the same conversation, and exchanges identifiers. When instructed by the user, the device can setup a secure data connection. |
| US10074369B2 |
Voice-based communications
Systems, methods, and devices for escalating voice-based interactions via speech-controlled devices are described. Speech-controlled devices capture audio, including wakeword portions and payload portions, for sending to a server to relay messages between speech-controlled devices. In response to determining the occurrence of an escalation event, such as repeated messages between the same two devices, the system may automatically change a mode of a speech-controlled device, such as no longer requiring a wakeword, no longer requiring an indication of a desired recipient, or automatically connecting two speech-controlled devices in a voice-chat mode. In response to determining the occurrence of further escalation events, the system may initiate a real-time call between the speech-controlled devices. |
| US10074368B2 |
Personalized situation awareness using human emotions and incident properties
The disclosure provides systems and methods for generating and delivering situational-dependent incident responses. An incident response is generated based on incident characterizations as well as emotional data pertaining to a reporting person. The generated response may also involve an interactive component in order to obtain further situational details from the reporting person and other sources, thereby further refine the response and recommendations. Persons reporting incidents are aided by appropriate recommendations and assistance from appropriate service providers. |
| US10074367B2 |
Voice command input device and voice command input method
A voice command input device includes a first voice input unit, a second voice input unit, and a voice command identifier. The first voice input unit converts a voice into first voice command information, and outputs first identification information and the first voice command information. The second voice input unit converts a voice into second voice command information, and outputs second identification information and the second voice command information. The voice command identifier refers to the first identification information and the second identification information, and generates a control signal for controlling an operation target appliance based on the result of referring, the first voice command information, and the second voice command information. |
| US10074366B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and program
There is provided an information processing device that leads the user to a state of being able to utter with a voice that is easy to voice-recognize in performing voice input, the information processing device including a processing unit configured to acquire a text content as an analysis result of an inputted voice and cause a display unit to display the text content. The processing unit acquires a first text content obtained by receiving and analyzing a first voice input and causes the display unit to display the first text content, acquires a second text content as an analysis result of a second voice input received in a state where the first text content is displayed and causes the display unit to display the second text content, and settles the second text content as an input text in accordance with an operation by a user or a prescribed condition. |
| US10074362B2 |
System and method for assessing security threats and criminal proclivities
A centralized and robust threat assessment tool is disclosed to perform comprehensive analysis of previously-stored and subsequent communication data, activity data, and other relevant information relating to inmates within a controlled environment facility. As part of the analysis, the system detects certain keywords and key interactions with the dataset in order to identify particular criminal proclivities of the inmate. Based on the identified proclivities, the system assigns threat scores to inmate that represents a relative likelihood that the inmate will carry out or be drawn to certain threats and/or criminal activities. This analysis provides a predictive tool for assessing an inmate's ability to rehabilitate. Based on the analysis, remedial measures can be taken in order to correct an inmate's trajectory within the controlled environment and increase the likelihood of successful rehabilitation, as well as to prevent potential criminal acts. |
| US10074360B2 |
Providing an indication of the suitability of speech recognition
This relates to providing an indication of the suitability of an acoustic environment for performing speech recognition. One process can include receiving an audio input and determining a speech recognition suitability based on the audio input. The speech recognition suitability can include a numerical, textual, graphical, or other representation of the suitability of an acoustic environment for performing speech recognition. The process can further include displaying a visual representation of the speech recognition suitability to indicate the likelihood that a spoken user input will be interpreted correctly. This allows a user to determine whether to proceed with the performance of a speech recognition process, or to move to a different location having a better acoustic environment before performing the speech recognition process. In some examples, the user device can disable operation of a speech recognition process in response to determining that the speech recognition suitability is below a threshold suitability. |
| US10074359B2 |
Dynamic text-to-speech provisioning
A dynamic text-to-speech (TTS) process and system are described. In response to receiving a command to provide information to a user, a device retrieves information and determines user and environment attributes including: (i) a distance between the device and the user when the user uttered the query; and (ii) voice features of the user. Based on the user and environment attributes, the device determines a likely mood of the user, and a likely environment in which the user and user device are located in. An audio output template matching the likely mood and voice features of the user is selected. The audio output template is also compatible with the environment in which the user and device are located. The retrieved information is converted into an audio signal using the selected audio output template and output by the device. |
| US10074356B1 |
Centralized control of multiple active noise cancellation devices
The invention relates to a method for centralized control of multiple active noise cancellation devices. The method includes identifying a trigger event. Also, the method includes identifying, in response to identifying the trigger event, two or more zones of a mapped area. Further, the method includes identifying, based on the two or more zones, two or more devices. Still yet, the method includes transmitting a command to disable active noise cancellation on each of the two or more devices. |
| US10074353B2 |
Self-powered loudspeaker for sound masking
A sound masking system includes a self-amplified loudspeaker emitter unit, with a driver and enlarged ported enclosure, sufficient to provide a frequency range down to a low frequency, such as about 125 Hz. To deliver the power, the power distribution architecture includes audio power amplifiers in the emitter housing of each loudspeaker. Raw power is delivered to each emitter unit through a cable and connectors, such as an Ethernet cable and connectors, in the same cable with the sound masking and audio signals. Inside the emitter units are electronics that efficiently convert the raw power and low level signal to drive the loudspeaker directly. The power comes from a typical desktop power supply, from which the power is combined with the sound masking and audio signals using a power injector unit that distributes the combined power and signals to loudspeakers. The loudspeakers can connect to an individually addressed sound masking network. |
| US10074352B2 |
Ultrasonic wave generation apparatus
An ultrasonic wave generation apparatus that includes an ultrasonic wave generation element having an inner space formed by bonding first and second vibrators so as to close off a through-hole or a groove provided in a frame body, and a connecting member that is bonded to the second vibrator supports the ultrasonic wave generation element and is electrically connected to at least one of the first and second vibrators. A ventilation hole that opens into a first side surface of the frame body and that allows the inner space to communicate with the exterior is provided in the frame body. When a direction parallel to the first main surface or the second main surface is a lengthwise direction, an outer side end portion of the ventilation hole in the lengthwise direction and an inner side end portion in the lengthwise direction of the connecting member do not match. |
| US10074349B2 |
Guitar plectrum and harness combination
A thumb pick is provided that includes a harness and plectrum. The harness is provided for securely holding the plectrum in firm engagement with a guitar player's thumb. The harness includes a strap contoured to fit around the thumb in advance of the first knuckle. The harness has a central portion with a slot therein to receive and hold the plectrum firmly against the undersurface of the thumb with the pointed end of the plectrum protruding through the slot in a playing position. |
| US10074347B2 |
Display and method for processing curved image thereof
A curved display and a method for processing an image thereof are discussed. The curved display according to an embodiment includes a display panel selectively including a flat surface and a curved surface, and a controller including a signal processor for receiving image signal information from an external system, converting the image signal information into an image signal appropriate for the display panel, and distributing the image signal to the display panel, and a curved image generator for receiving the image signal and generating a curved image signal varied to correspond to a viewer's horopter surface corresponding to a curved surface when the display panel is a curved surface. |
| US10074343B2 |
Three-dimensional image output apparatus and three-dimensional image output method
A three-dimensional image output apparatus according to a present disclosure includes a storage that stores image data of a plurality of images obtained by shooting the same one scene at different positions, a selector that selects two image data as image data for stereoscopic viewing from a plurality of image data stored in the storage, and an obtainer that obtains at least one of a display condition at a time of displaying a three-dimensional image relating to the image data stored in the storage and a viewing condition at a time of viewing the three-dimensional image. When at least one condition obtained by the obtainer is different from a currently set condition, the selector reselects two image data from the plurality of image data to outputting the reselected image data. |
| US10074336B2 |
Voltage transmission circuit, voltage transmitting circuit and voltage receiving circuit
The voltage transmission circuit includes: a multiplexer for transmitting positive and negative voltages ranging +VDD to −VDD selectively; and a demultiplexer for receiving the positive and negative voltages and output them at positive and negative outputs. The voltage transmission circuit is arranged by use of elements each having a withstand voltage of which the absolute value is not 2|VDD|, but |VDD|. While transmitting positive voltages, the multiplexer is configured not to be applied by negative voltages, the multiplexer and demultiplexer are controlled by signals each having a potential of 0 V to +VDD, and the demultiplexer outputs the positive voltages at the positive output. While transmitting negative voltages, the multiplexer is configured not to be applied by positive voltages, the multiplexer and the demultiplexer are controlled by signals each having a potential of −VDD to 0 V, and the demultiplexer outputs the negative voltages at the negative output. |
| US10074332B2 |
Display panel and driving method thereof
A display panel includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of conductive lines, a plurality of data lines, a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel and a fourth pixel. The data lines and the conductive lines are parallel. Each of the conductive lines is electrically coupled to one of the scanning lines, so as to transmit at least one gate pulse. The first pixel and the second pixel are located between a first data line and a first conductive line. The first pixel is electrically coupled to the first data line and a first scanning line. The second pixel is electrically coupled to the first pixel and a second scanning line. The third pixel and the fourth pixel are located between the first data line and a second conductive line. The third pixel is electrically coupled to the first data line and a third scanning line. The fourth pixel is electrically coupled to the third pixel and a fourth scanning line. |
| US10074330B2 |
Scan driver and display panel using the same
The present invention provides a scan driver and a display using the same. The scan driver includes multiple stages of driving units. The driving units are controlled by a start signal, a clock signal and at least one selection signal. The ith stage of the driving unit includes a shift register and a de-multiplexer. The shift register generates a scan signal according to the clock signal and a trigger signal. The de-multiplexer selectively outputs the scan signal to multiple scan lines according to the at least one selection signal. The trigger signal of the 1st stage of the driving unit is the start signal, and the trigger signal of the (i+1)th stage of the driving unit is the scan signal of the ith stage of the driving unit. |
| US10074329B2 |
Shift register
Disclosed is a shift register capable of preventing charges supplied to a Q node to turn on a pull-up transistor for outputting a scan pulse from leaking outwards. The shift register includes a plurality of stages connected to gate lines formed at a panel. Each stage includes a scan signal generator for generating a scan pulse or a turn-off signal, a scan pulse controller for generating a Q-node control signal for generation of the scan pulse, a Q-node adjuster for preventing the Q-node control signal from leaking outwards during supply of the Q-node control signal to a Q-node connected to the scan signal generator, and a turn-off signal controller for transferring a Qb-node control signal for generation of the turn-off signal to the scan signal generator via a Qb-node when no scan pulse is generated from the scan signal generator. |
| US10074328B2 |
Active matrix substrate
An active matrix substrate includes a display region in which a plurality of pixels are provided and a frame region lying outside the display region. The frame region includes a plurality of peripheral circuit TFTs which are supported by a substrate and which are constituents of a driving circuit. Each of the plurality of peripheral circuit TFTs includes a gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer arranged so as to at least partially extend over the gate electrode but to be insulated from the gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes connected with the oxide semiconductor layer. |
| US10074326B2 |
Electronic circuit, scanning circuit, display device, and electronic circuit life extending method
To provide an electronic circuit and the like capable of extending the life greatly even when the transistors constituting the electronic circuit have property fluctuation. The electronic circuit includes switching-target circuits and a switching circuit for switching the switching-target circuits to an operating state from a stop state. The switching-target circuits include the switching-target circuit in an operating state and the switching-target circuit in an initial-to-stop state. Property fluctuation is generated in the transistors forming the switching-target circuits and the switching target due to an electric stress applied to the transistors. The switching circuit switches the switching-target circuit in the initial-to-stop state to an operating state by the transistor of the switching circuit. |
| US10074324B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes m gate lines, n data lines, and m×n pixels each connected to a corresponding gate line, each connected to a corresponding data line, and each including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, wherein the first sub-pixel includes a first liquid crystal capacitor, and a first transistor configured to receive a data signal from the corresponding data line, and configured to apply the data signal to the first liquid crystal capacitor, and wherein the second sub-pixel includes a second liquid crystal capacitor, a second transistor configured to apply the data signal to the second liquid crystal capacitor, and a third transistor configured to apply a storage voltage, which is configured to swing between a first electric potential level and a second electric potential level that is greater than the first electric potential level, to the second liquid crystal capacitor. |
| US10074320B1 |
Sub-pixel region spacer for electrowetting display device
A display device includes a first support plate and an opposing second support plate. A plurality of pixel regions is formed between the first support plate and the second support plate. Each pixel region includes a plurality of sub-pixel regions. A plurality of pixel wall portions over the first support plate form a perimeter of each of the plurality of sub-pixel regions. A sub-pixel region spacer is positioned in a first sub-pixel region of the plurality of sub-pixel regions. The sub-pixel region spacer includes a first spacer portion in the first sub-pixel region having a first landing surface extending between the plurality of pixel wall portions forming the perimeter of the first sub-pixel region. A second spacer portion of the sub-pixel region spacer extends from the second support plate in the first pixel region and is coupled to the first spacer portion. |
| US10074317B2 |
Method of displaying three-dimensional image and display apparatus using the same
A method of displaying a three-dimensional image includes outputting a converted left image generated based on a left image to a pixel of a display panel during a first period, where the converted left image has a grayscale value less than a grayscale value of the left image, outputting the left image to the pixel of the display panel during a second period, outputting a converted right image generated based on a right image to the pixel of the display panel during a third period, where the converted right image has a grayscale value less than a grayscale value of the right image, and outputting the right image to the pixel of the display panel during a fourth period. |
| US10074314B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device
An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate having a display area and a non-display area, a thin-film transistor (TFT) that includes a gate electrode and that is disposed in the display area of the substrate, a first scan line disposed in a same layer as the gate electrode that is connected to the gate electrode; and a second scan line disposed in a different layer from the first scan line that overlaps the first scan line, wherein the first scan line is connected to the second scan line in the non-display area of the substrate. |
| US10074303B2 |
Wearable electronic device
A display method for a display device is provided. The display method comprises activating a Head Mounted Theater (HMT) mode, the HMT mode displaying two images which are substantially same each other on first and second areas respectively, separated from each other, in a display area of the display device; and adjusting a display time, for displaying a black screen in the first and second areas, of a unit frame time when the HMT mode is activated. |
| US10074298B2 |
Image processing method and display device
An image processing method and a display device thereof are provided. The method is adapted to a display panel with a display area. The image processing method includes the following steps. Whether original images to be displayed on a plurality of sub-areas of the display area are still is analyzed and determined. When the original image in a current sub-area is still, a time length of the original image being still is recorded. The current sub-area is one of the sub-areas. Processing levels corresponding to a plurality of image processing schemes are determined based on the time length. Overall or partial luminance (luma) of the original image in the current sub-area is gradually reduced by the image processing schemes with the determined processing levels, and a corresponding luma-reduced image is displayed on the current sub-area. |
| US10074285B2 |
Systems and methods for providing optimized taxiing path operation for an aircraft
A taxiing path optimization system is provided for computing a taxi path of an aircraft using available taxi routes of a corresponding airport. An interaction means management unit manages interactions between a user and the taxiing path optimization system using an interactive device for inputting a taxi clearance. An aircraft positioning management unit manages positional information of the corresponding airport and aircraft received from a plurality of sources for augmenting an aircraft position by consolidating the aircraft position with the positional information in a complementary fashion. A taxi path display unit displays the taxi path based on the inputted taxi clearance and the augmented aircraft position, wherein the taxi path is automatically computed based on aircraft characteristics or airport capabilities. |
| US10074284B1 |
Emergency shutdown and landing for unmanned aerial vehicles with air traffic control systems
A method for emergency shutdown and landing by an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) includes detecting an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is one of distressed and rogue; determining timing for a shutdown and a location for landing; and communicating the determined timing and the landing location to the UAV by the Air Traffic Control system via one or more wireless networks comprising at least one cellular network. |
| US10074278B1 |
Parking information aggregation platform
This document describes systems and techniques that may be used to aggregate information about open parking spots from various different parking providers or organizations. |
| US10074273B2 |
Traffic signal control apparatus, traffic signal control method, and computer program
A central device 4 includes: a measurement processing unit 410 that acquires an inflow traffic volume at a first intersection Ci-1; an estimation processing unit 411 that estimates an inflow traffic volume at a second intersection Ci-2 on the basis of at least one of the inflow traffic volume at the first intersection Ci-1 and probe data obtained from a traveling vehicle 5; a control processing unit 412 that generates signal control parameters for the first intersection Ci-1 on the basis of the inflow traffic volume at the first intersection Ci-1, and generates signal control parameters for the second intersection Ci-2 on the basis of the estimated inflow traffic volume at the second intersection Ci-2; and a communication unit 403 that transmits the generated signal control parameters for the first intersection Ci-1 to a traffic signal controller 1a at the first intersection Ci-1, and transmits the generated signal control parameters for the second intersection Ci-2 to a traffic signal controller 1a at the second intersection Ci-2. |
| US10074271B1 |
Methods and systems for generating a traffic prediction
A method and server for generating a traffic prediction for a target zone is provided. The traffic is caused by feedback and non-feedback vehicles in the target zone. Feedback vehicles are associated with devices that provide signals. The method comprises: tracking signals of devices entering a sample zone which comprise coordinates of devices; processing the signals tracked for the devices, the processing comprises: determining an actual number of feedback vehicles in the sample zone; computing a fill rate parameter which is indicative of an estimated total number of vehicles in the sample zone; and determining a feedback ratio which is indicative of an estimated proportion of feedback and non-feedback vehicles in the sample zone; determining an actual number of feedback vehicles entering the target zone; and generating the traffic prediction for the target zone which is indicative of an estimated number of non-feedback vehicles causing traffic in the target zone. |
| US10074269B2 |
Communication system, apparatus and method
An example remote control device includes an inertial sensor; one or more manipulable input devices; wireless communication circuitry; and control circuitry for controlling the wireless communication circuitry to communicate information about the inertial sensor and the input devices to an electronic device. The information is communicated at one or more communication intervals using a data format which permits a value associated with the inertial sensor and sampled at a given sampling time to be communicated in at least first and second different communications. |
| US10074266B2 |
Method for managing a system of geographical information adapted for use with at least one pointing device, with creation of associations between digital objects
A method is proposed for managing a geographical information system adapted for use with at least one pointing device. The geographical information system includes a central unit accessing a data base containing a plurality of digital objects. Each digital object possesses an identifier and is defined in the data base by a geometrical component defining a geographical position and by a descriptive component defining at least one descriptive attribute. The central unit is adapted for determining, as a function of the geometrical components of the digital objects and of information on the position and orientation of a given pointing device, whether the position of one of the digital objects is being pointed at by the given pointing device. The central unit carries out a step of creating an association between at least two digital objects contained in the data base, in order to form a group of associated digital objects. |
| US10074259B2 |
System and method for locating a patient
A method for tracking a patient in a medical facility is disclosed. The method includes determining whether a patient is to be moved, indicating the time at which the patient should start to be moved, and interrogating a RFID sensor on the patient at a predetermined time interval to determine when the patient has been moved. |
| US10074255B2 |
Unsafe work condition temperature alerts in portable gas detectors
A gas detector includes environmental condition detection circuitry that includes one or more sensors, data processing circuitry, and wireless communication circuitry. The gas detector is configured to be carried by a user. The environmental condition detection circuitry detects the presence or lack of presence of a particular gas in a vicinity of the gas detector and further detects a temperature in the vicinity of the gas detector and communicates detection data to the data processing circuitry. In response to detection of a hazardous temperature condition, the data processing circuitry of the gas detector provides an alert notification to the user carrying the gas detector. Also disclosed is an alert system including multiple gas detectors in which a first gas detector communicates an alert to a second gas detector via wireless communication, and in response, the second gas detector transmits the alert to another gas detector or device via wireless communication. |
| US10074252B1 |
Electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag verification
A distance of an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) tag on an item from a scanner is determined when a code for the item is read by the scanner. When the distance is greater than a predefined distance, a delay period is initiated and when the delay period expires with the EAS tag not having been placed within the predefined distance from the scanner, an alert is raised to an operator of a Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal. |
| US10074250B2 |
Anti-theft device for monitoring connection between a male plug and a female receptacle
An anti-theft device for monitoring connection between a male plug and a female receptacle. The male plug has a sheath enclosing a plurality of conductive pins. The sheath contains a tongue having a first retracted configuration when the male plug is outside the female receptacle and a second displaced configuration when the male plug is inserted in the female receptacle. In the second displaced configuration, the tongue engages at two conductive pins, thereby creating a closed electric circuit. An alarm module monitors the electric current flow within the electric circuit, and responsive to detecting an interruption in the electric current flow, the alarm module transmits an alarm signal. |
| US10074244B2 |
Products and processes for processing information related to weather and other events
According to an embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of bets, in which each bet defines a respective amounted wagered, a respective area, and a respective weather-related event. Data that represents the plurality of bets is displayed. An outcome of a weather-related event is determined and at least one winner is determined based on the bets and the outcome. |
| US10074242B2 |
Electromechanical hybrid gaming system
Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate an electromechanical hybrid gaming system including a real world engine configured to provide a randomly generated payout for a gambling game; an electromechanical game system connected to an entertainment game user interface and constructed to manage the multi-player electromechanical table game that changes a game state, wherein outcomes of the electromechanical table game are based upon actions performed by a plurality of players; and a game world engine connected to the electromechanical game system and the real world engine, the game world engine constructed to communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon the sensed actions by one of the players during the skillful execution of the electromechanical table game. |
| US10074241B2 |
Game modifier usable between game stages for gaming device
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the use of game modifiers between game stages of a game played on a gaming device. According to some embodiments, a gaming device is configured to play a multi-stage game of chance. After a first stage is completed and a result for the first stage is determined, a game modifier is altered and applied to a second stage of the game when a predefined criterion is satisfied. The game modifier may modify prizes associated with the second stage of the game by, for example, applying a multiplier to prizes associated with a second stage result, the modifier may alter an aspect of the second stage of the game by, for example, adding or replacing one or more game elements used in evaluating the second stage outcome for prizes, or the modifier may trigger a bonus event. |
| US10074239B2 |
Integrated gambling process for games with explicit random events
A gambling hybrid game with a gambling integrated game is disclosed. The gambling hybrid game includes an entertainment system engine that provides an entertainment game to a user, a real world engine that provides gambling games to one or more users, and a game world engine that monitors the entertainment game and provides gambling games when appropriate. The entertainment system engine provides an entertainment game that includes random events. When a random event occurs in the entertainment game, the game world engine resolves the random event using random outcomes from the real world engine and provides the results of the random event to the entertainment software engine. The random outcomes are also used to resolve a gambling event corresponding to the random event. |
| US10074238B2 |
Ticketless system and method of managing casino patron money balances
A ticketless system and method of managing casino patron money balances which eliminates paper media handling and reconciliation. The system includes a self-service computer for receiving a first amount of money from a casino patron during a first transaction. The self-service computer stores the first amount and a phone number of a mobile communication device of the patron in a record associated with the patron. The record is accessible to a gaming machine in response to a first message from the mobile communication device of the patron. The self-service computer retrieves a second amount of money from the record during a second transaction representing money transferred from the gaming machine in response to a second message from the mobile communication device of the patron, and transfers the second amount of money to the patron. |
| US10074237B2 |
Regulated hybrid gaming system
Systems of detecting unauthorized operation of a hybrid game are disclosed, including a hybrid game associated with a player, the hybrid game constructed to: communicate game operating performance data (GOPD); and the a regulatory scanning and screening audit (RSSA) module connected to the hybrid game via a communication link, the RSSA module constructed to: receive GOPD comprising scoring information for the player as a function of the player's demonstrated skill at the entertainment game of the hybrid game, and real credit information for real credit committed by the player; determine a rate of scoring information and a rate of commitment of the real credit; determine whether the player is operating the hybrid game in an unauthorized manner; and communicate a notification causing the hybrid game to suspend operation. |
| US10074236B2 |
Enhanced electronic gaming machine with dynamic gaze display
An electronic gaming machine where the player plays an interactive game using their player eye gaze. A graphics processor generates an interactive game environment and defines a viewing area as its subset, the viewing area having visible game components. A display device displays the viewing area having the plurality of visible game components. The display controller controls rendering of the viewing area on the display device using the graphics processor. At least one data capture camera device continuously monitors the player eye gaze to collect player eye gaze data. The game controller determines the location of the player's eye gaze relative to the viewing area and triggers a control command to the display controller. In response, the display controller controls the display device in real-time to provide a graphical animation effect displayed on the display device representative of a visual update to the visible game components in the viewing area. |
| US10074235B2 |
Method and apparatus for planning and customizing an experience
The invention includes a system and method for planning and customizing a gaming vacation. Initially, a central controller receives preference and configuration data from a user at a user terminal. A preparation code is then determined and associated with the configuration data. The configuration data and the associated preparation code are transmitted from the central controller to a casino server. The central controller provides feedback regarding the user's requests. The feedback may include, for example, marketing offers for the user and/or configuring a gaming device according to the configuration data associated with a preparation code received from a user at the gaming device. |
| US10074227B1 |
Secured location confirmation
Features are disclosed for accurately and efficiently identifying whether a location is secured after unattended delivery of an item. The features include receiving, from an access control device, information identifying a secured state for the access control device. The features include capturing, via a monitoring device at the physical location, monitoring data of the physical location such as one or more images. The features include determining that the monitoring data includes a representation of at least a portion of a surface indicium such as a one-dimensional barcode. Features are described for transmitting, to at least one communication device, a message identifying an error state for the physical location such as an alert that the physical location may be unsecured. |
| US10074213B2 |
Adaptive multi-frequency shading
An architecture for pixel shading, enables flexible control of shading rates and automatic shading reuse between triangles in tessellated primitives in some embodiments. The cost of pixel shading may then be decoupled from the geometric complexity. Wider use of tessellation and fine geometry may be made more feasible, even at very limited power budgets. Shading may be done over small local grids in parametric patch space, with reusing of shading for nearby samples. The decomposition of shaders into multiple parts is supported, which parts are shaded at different frequencies. Shading rates can be locally and adaptively controlled, in order to direct the computations to visually important areas and to provide performance scaling with a graceful degradation of quality. Another important benefit, in some embodiments, of shading in patch space is that it allows efficient rendering of distribution effects, which further closes the gap between real-time and offline rendering. |
| US10074206B1 |
Network-optimized graphics library for virtualized graphics processing
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a network-optimized graphics library for virtualized graphics processing are disclosed. An application is executed on a computing device having a virtual GPU attached over a network. The virtual GPU is implemented using a physical GPU in a GPU server. The computing device comprises an intermediate driver associated with an intermediate graphics library. In association with execution of the application, one or more calls to the intermediate graphics library are sent to the GPU server over the network. At the GPU server, the one or more calls are translated to one or more equivalent calls to a second graphics library. The one or more equivalent calls are executed on the virtual GPU using a driver associated with the second graphics library, and output is generated based (at least in part) on execution of the one or more equivalent calls. |
| US10074205B2 |
Machine creation of program with frame analysis method and apparatus
Methods, apparatus, and systems to create, output, and use animation programs comprising keyframes, objects, object states, and programming elements. Objects, object states, and programming elements may be created through image analysis of image input. Animation programs may be output as videos, as non-linear interactive experiences, and/or may be used to control electronic actuators in articulated armatures. |
| US10074204B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating and displaying cartoon content
An apparatus for generating cartoon content includes: a cut input controller configured to control inputting of a signal of adding a cut included in the cartoon content and including a layer; an effect input controller configured to control inputting of a type of an effect applied to the layer and property information; and a cut generator configured to generate a final cut to stop without moving in correspondence with a user event that is input, wherein the cut generator generates the final cut such that the cartoon content move in correspondence with a second user event that is additionally input when a first user event that is input satisfies a first condition. |
| US10074202B2 |
Borehole log data processing methods
A method of processing borehole log data to create one or more image logs involve modelling the log data as components of an image in the form i(x, y)=l(x, y)×r(x, y) (1), in which i(x, y) is an image representative of the log data, l(x, y) denotes an illumination value of the image at two-dimensional spatial co-ordinates x, y, and r(x, y) denotes a surface reflectance value at the co-ordinates x, y. Equation (1) is transformed to a logarithmic domain, and a Fourier transform is obtained of the resulting logarithmic domain expression to obtain a Fourier domain expression. The Fourier domain expression is high-pass filtered, and an inverse Fourier transform is obtained of the resulting filtered Fourier domain expression. An exponential operation is performed on the result of inverse Fourier transform to obtain a filtered image model expression. Values of the filtered image model expression are mapped to respective color values across the range of the filtered image model expression values. The mapped color values can then be displayed, printed, saved and/or transmitted as one or more image logs. |
| US10074197B2 |
X-ray computed tomography apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method
An X-ray computed-tomography (CT) apparatus of an embodiment includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, and processing circuitry. The X-ray tube is configured to generate an X-ray. The X-ray detector includes a plurality of X-ray detection elements configured to output a signal based on the X-ray entered therein. The processing circuitry is configured to derive a constraint condition by using at least one piece of projection data out of a plurality of pieces of projection data corresponding energy bins of which differ at least partially, calculate an effective length that is a total length for which the X-ray has passed through a region in which a material to be decomposed is present, and generate image data showing information about the material by using the projection data and the effective length. |
| US10074195B2 |
Methods and apparatuses of lens flare rendering using linear paraxial approximation, and methods and apparatuses of lens flare rendering based on blending
A lens flare generation method and apparatus simulates lens flare effects through paraxial approximation-based linear approximation to generate a lens flare utilizing physical characteristics of a lens system while generating a lens flare at high speed. A non-linear effect may be added to a linear pattern-based lens flare effect to generate an actual lens flare reflecting most of physical characteristics generated from the lens system. A pre-recorded non-linear pattern may be used. |
| US10074194B2 |
Graphical object content rendition
An image rendering system having an image rendition module to determine formats of an image and a rendering theme and in response to these formats meeting a predetermined condition, parse the image into a plurality of image components and display at least one of the plurality of image components with a fill color as a background color of the rendering theme and with an alternate color of the rendering theme as an outline color of the at least one component. |
| US10074193B2 |
Controlled dynamic detailing of images using limited storage
Examples of memory-efficient techniques for dynamically generating images having customizable image portions are disclosed herein. In particular embodiments, a collection of contributing images with different image information in the contributing image's channel layers is used to generate a composite result image. By combining the subimage data from each channel of the contributing image in accordance with a composite image function, a resultant composite image can be generated that has the desired customized properties selected by the user. To create the customized properties, one or more of the color channel subimages can have their values scaled (e.g., using matrix multiplication) according to the customization preferences of the user such that, when combined with the other contributing images, the desired customized result is presented to the user. |
| US10074192B2 |
Substrate inspection apparatus and control method thereof
A method of controlling a substrate inspection apparatus, which includes a stage configured to mount a substrate thereon and move in first and second moving directions and a camera configured to photograph the stage. The method includes: calculating in each quadrant divided by X and Y axis defining a coordinate system of an image photographed by the camera, a deviation of the X axis in a rotational direction with respect to the first moving direction or a deviation of the Y axis in the rotational direction with respect to the second moving direction; correcting a position of a photographed target in the coordinate system of the image photographed by the camera based on the calculated deviation in the rotational direction; and performing an alignment of the stage based on the corrected position of the target. |
| US10074191B1 |
System and method for determination of object volume with multiple three-dimensional sensors
A system and method for determining volume of a runtime object with a vision system is provided. A plurality of vision sensors are arranged so that the fields of view (FOVs) of the plurality of vision sensors collectively view features associated with volume determination of a runtime object. Each of the displacement sensors generates range images from sequences of analyzed images, each producing a single row of the range image. An ignoring volume is subtracted from the measured range image based upon one or more dividing planes as they appear in the viewing/imaging perspective of each displacement sensor. Negative subtraction results are substantially nulled. The resulting representative range images are used to calculate the volume of a portion of the object, as sectioned by the diving planes. Each volume result is summed/added to derive the overall summed volume of the runtime object. |
| US10074189B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first calculation unit, a combination unit, a second calculation unit, and a correction unit. The acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of image data captured sequentially in time series. The first calculation unit calculates a first displacement between one piece of image data among the plurality of pieces of image data and a piece of image data adjacent in time series to the one piece of image data. The combination unit combines a plurality of first displacements to obtain a second displacement between the one piece of image data and a piece of image data neighboring the one piece of image data in time series. The second calculation unit calculates a correction amount for the one piece of image data based on the second displacement. The one piece of image data is corrected based on the calculated correction amount. |
| US10074187B2 |
Image recognition system and semiconductor integrated circuit
An image recognition system for detecting and tracking at least an image portion associated with a predefined object from a moving picture is configured to be able to perform: an object detection processing step of detecting the object; a tracking point specification processing step of specifying a predetermined point as a tracking point; a tracking target recognition processing step of recognizing an actual tracking target based on the tracking point; a tracking processing step of tracking the tracking target; and a determination processing step of determining the type of the tracking target's behavior. The tracking point specification processing step and the determination processing step are implemented by software, while the object detection processing step, the tracking target recognition processing step, and the tracking processing step are implemented by hardware. |
| US10074183B1 |
Image alignment correction for imaging processing during operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle
Described is an, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), that includes stereo pairs of imaging element, each imaging element including a region of interest controller. The region of interest controller for an imaging element of the stereo pair receives movement information affecting the imaging element and selects a portion of pixels of a digital image formed by the imaging element. The portion of pixels are provided to an image processor that utilizes the portion of pixels to determine depth information for objects represented by the pixels. |
| US10074180B2 |
Photo-based positioning
A method photo-based positioning includes obtaining a positioning photo taken by a mobile device within a predetermined space; comparing multiple feature elements exacted from sampling photos taken within the predetermined space in advance with the positioning photo to determine each feature element existing in the positioning photo; obtaining a first position coordinate of each feature element which is determined to exist in the positioning photo in a sampling photo corresponding to the positioning photo, and a second position coordinate of each feature element which is determined to exist in the positioning photo in the positioning photo; and calculating position parameters of the mobile device by using each of the obtained first position coordinate and second position coordinate, wherein the least number of feature elements existing in the positioning photo is determined according to the number of the position parameters. |
| US10074174B2 |
Image processing apparatus that sets imaging region of object before imaging the object
An image processing apparatus comprising: first image obtaining means for obtaining a first image of an object in a first shape state; imaging region setting means for setting an imaging region of the object in a second shape state; deformation information obtaining means for obtaining deformation information indicating deformation of the object from the second shape state to the first shape state; corresponding region calculating means for calculating a corresponding region that corresponds to the imaging region in the first shape state based on the deformation information; and display image generating means for generating a display image based on the first image and the corresponding region. |
| US10074171B1 |
System and method for automatically measuring the dimensions of and identifying the type of exterior siding
Methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed for determining a pixel-to-length ratio between a number of pixels disposed over a predetermined length of a reference object within an image of a siding sample and the predetermined length of the reference object. A first and second distance between respective first and second pairs of points within the image corresponding to respective first and second length measurements of the siding sample are determined, as well as a first and second number of pixels disposed between the first and second pair of points, respectively. Furthermore, the method, system, and computer readable medium disclose determining the first length measurement based on the pixel-to-length ratio and the first number of pixels, determining the second length measurement based on the pixel-to-length ratio and the second number of pixels, and identifying a siding product associated with the first and second length measurements. |
| US10074170B2 |
Method of producing tablet comprising specific exhausted air relative humidity
A method of producing a tablet in which an uncoated tablet is coated by a coating agent, the method including: a coating process of coating uncoated tablets with a coating agent by spray coating the coating agent onto tablets that are churned and tumbled inside a container, and drying the tablets inside the container by supplying drying air into the container and exhausting air from the container, wherein spray coating conditions, including air supply temperature, air supply rate, and spray speed, are controlled according to the weight of the coating agent with which the uncoated tablets are coated, such that the humidity of air exhausted during spray coating is within a range of from 14% RH to 30% RH. |
| US10074152B2 |
GPU rendering of knockout groups
A knockout group includes a plurality of objects in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or similar document, which can be rendered by generating data representing a single-sampled shape texture, compositing each object with a backdrop, recording an accumulated shape of the object in the shape texture, and storing a final color of each pixel in a framebuffer for rendering on a display device. The objects in the knockout group are composited by blending, independently of a shape of any of the objects, a color of each pixel representing the respective object with a color of a pixel in the backdrop of the knockout group overlapped by the respective pixel. A final color of each pixel representing the respective object is computed as a function of the blended color, the color of the pixel in the backdrop prior to the blending, and the shape of the respective object. |
| US10074145B2 |
Methods for the transformation of complex zoning codes and regulations to produce usable search
Computer implemented application to provide automated answers to zoning and real estate development questions by approaching the complex subject through the creation of modules representing the rules, property and process and accounting for user perspective. Real estate data, spatial data and municipal development codes, policy and zoning rules are transformed and translated into useable data enabling search, calculations, comparisons and visual display. The disclosed system facilitates zoning and/or land use development code impacts on a site selection search or specified location providing instant information about current and hypothetical building mass and use potential. |
| US10074141B2 |
Method and system for linking forensic data with purchase behavior
A method for linking forensic data to transaction history includes: storing a plurality of consumer profiles, each profile including data related to a consumer including a consumer identifier associated with the related consumer and a plurality of transaction data entries, each entry including data related to a payment transaction involving the consumer including transaction data; receiving a forensic profile, the profile including forensic data obtained from a computing device; identifying a correspondence between the received forensic data and transaction data included in the stored transaction data entries to obtain a specific consumer identifier; identifying a specific consumer profile where the included consumer identifier corresponds to the specific consumer identifier; and transmitting at least the transaction data included in one or more transaction data entries included in the identified specific consumer profile. |
| US10074140B1 |
Method and system for categorizing vehicle treatment facilities into treatment complexity levels
To determine a vehicle treatment facility for treating a damaged vehicle after a crash, several treatment facilities within a predetermined distance of the damaged vehicle are categorized by treatment complexity level. Treatment facilities within the same treatment complexity level category as the damaged vehicle are ranked based on several treatment facility evaluation characteristics such as repair duration data, quality rating, availability, price schedule, location data, or a quality rating for one or more suppliers used by the treatment facility. A treatment facility is then selected for treating the damaged vehicle based on the rankings. |
| US10074131B2 |
Systems and methods for requesting a reservation for a set of debt instruments to be offered
A method and system for the determination of optimal pricing and allocation of securities in an open, competitive environment. The method and system may also be used in developing pre-markets of other items that are difficult to price and allocate in a competitive manner, such as the underwriting/securitization of contracts for property; future revenue/earning streams from an asset and/or group of assets; underwritten insurance portfolios, intellectual property and other goods and services. The system of price optimization and allocation is accomplished by interactive feedback of information using a display and including competitive participation of individual members of the public (and/or their agents) or institutional buyers over a data network e.g., the Internet, uncovering the nature and identification of demand in a self-organizing fashion. Demand emerges through participants' interaction with the system and with each other, via a graphically-supported, interactive reservation process. |
| US10074128B2 |
Pre-purchase mechanism for autonomous vehicles
An onboard computing device of autonomous vehicle interacts with computers utilized by one or more merchants to enable users to pre-purchase items from the one or more merchants while en route to a destination. Merchant computing devices may employ dynamic promotions to incent the user to prep-purchase items and to reroute to a destination of the respective merchant. Once a user pre-purchases an item from a merchant, the merchant may prepare the item for the user's arrival by, for example, prepackaging the item, or manufacturing or assembling the item, while the customer is en route (i.e., before the user's autonomous vehicle arrives at the destination). The merchant computing device may send a pre-purchase confirmation to the onboard computing device of the user, which may indicate where the user's autonomous vehicle should park and/or where the pre-purchased items are being held for pick up. |
| US10074123B2 |
Presenting an image of assembled components
A ring design machine receives one or more selections of gemstones and one or more selections of settings and allows a user to “mix and match” gemstones and settings and view a selected gemstone in a compatible setting for that gemstone. To present the gemstone in the setting, the ring design machine presents a combination image that depicts the gemstone in the setting. The ring design machine, which may be implemented using a computer programmed by software, may present the combination image to the user in response to receiving a selection of the gemstone and a selection of the setting from the user via a network. |
| US10074113B2 |
Computational systems and methods for disambiguating search terms corresponding to network members
Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one search term corresponding to at least one member of a network; disambiguating the at least one search term including associating the at least one search term with at least one of network-participation identifier data or device-identifier data; and presenting a disambiguated search term at least partly based on at least one of the network-participation identifier data or the device-identifier data. |
| US10074111B2 |
Automatically determining a current value for a home
A facility for valuing a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. The facility obtains valuation for the distinguished home by applying to the received home attributes evaluation model for homes in the distinguished geographic area that has been trained using selling price and home attribute data from homes recently sold in the distinguished geographic area. The facility reports the obtained valuation for the distinguished home. |
| US10074110B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for pay-per-call advertising in mobile/wireless applications
Methods and apparatuses to connect telephone calls and track information about the telephone calls resulting from advertisements on mobile/wireless media channels. In one embodiment, a method includes: assigning a telephone number to an advertiser, one of the telephone number and a reference to the telephone number to be included in an advertisement provided to an end user via a wireless media; and, monitoring telephone connections to the telephone number to bill the advertiser for the advertisement in response to each telephone connection to the telephone number. In one embodiment, a method includes: a first party providing an advertisement to a mobile device on behalf of an advertiser, the advertisement to include at least a reference to a telephonic connection with the advertiser; and, the first party collecting a fee from the advertiser in response to a telephonic connection being established between the advertiser and customer. |
| US10074102B2 |
Providing alternate words to aid in drafting effective social media posts
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for increasing an engagement level of a social media post among a community of social media users. For example, systems and method described herein involve building and training a data model that represents how a given community of social media users engages with social media posts. Furthermore, systems and method described herein utilize the trained data model to suggest one or more alternative word choices for use in a social media post, in order to increase or optimize the predicted level of engagement the social media post will receive from the community of social media users. |
| US10074099B2 |
Internet protocol multi-media system value voucher distribution with network storage and redemption
A system and method may comprise providing, via a computing device, a connection link to an end user device having a network connectivity access network element; extracting, via an advertisement server, an offer of a value voucher unique to the end user from a database connected to the advertisement server and presenting, through the end user device, an offer of the value voucher to the end user; receiving, via the computing device, from the end user an acceptance of the value voucher; and storing the value voucher in a coupon database in an Internet accessible coupon storage locker unique to the end user. |
| US10074098B2 |
Demographic information collection and content display based on demographic information
One aspect of the disclosure relates to a digital signage display system. In one embodiment, the digital signage display system includes: a camera configured to capture an image frame; a service processor in communication to the camera; and a digital signage display. The service processor includes a processor and a non-volatile memory storing a firmware. The firmware is configured, when executed at the processor, to process the captured image frame, detect persons in the image frame, generate a demographic-map data structure, and send the demographic-map data structure to a server system. The demographic-map data structure contains demographic information of the persons detected in the image frame. The digital signage display is configured to receive a display content provided by the server system in response to the demographic-map data structure. |
| US10074097B2 |
Classification engine for classifying businesses based on power consumption
Aspects of the subject technology relate to methods and systems for classifying businesses based on various types of information, such as resource consumption information. In some implementations, methods of the subject technology include steps for receiving a plurality of business categories, wherein each of the business categories is associated with at least one category profile, and receiving business information for an unclassified business, wherein the business information comprises behavioral attribute information corresponding with the unclassified business. In some implementations, the methods disclosed herein can further include steps for comparing the business information to one or more of the category profiles to determine if the unclassified business should be associated with at least one of the plurality of business categories. |
| US10074096B2 |
Systems and methods for anonymous behavioral-based records identification
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for identifying users, records, and/or devices using anonymous source data records associated with consumer activity are described. In general, the consumer activity may relate to consumer interactions with devices and/or content or data through devices. The source data records may be structured, such as associating the source data records with a sequential timeline. Behavioral markers may be generated by the matching system and associated with the source data records. Each behavioral marker may be analyzed across all of the source data records to determine the effectiveness of the behavioral marker to identify unique source data records. One or more of the behavioral markers may be used to generate a behavioral fingerprint. A behavioral fingerprint may be used to identify unique records, devices, and/or users, including identification based on different sets of source data records. |
| US10074095B2 |
System and method for sending data to end user data delivery vehicles
An embodiment of a method is disclosed, including but not limited to, dividing a reward token in a reward token data base into a plurality of reward token pieces based on a selection of plurality of end user data delivery vehicles on which an advertiser wants to send the reward token pieces to an end user; sensing end user activity on a communication network on at least one of the plurality of end user data delivery vehicles at one of a plurality of data delivery vehicle servers; sending from a first one of the plurality of data delivery vehicle servers, a first one of the plurality of reward token pieces to the end user on a first one of the plurality of end user data delivery vehicles; and sending from a second one of the plurality of data delivery vehicle servers, a second one of the plurality of reward token pieces to the end user on a second one of the plurality of end user data delivery vehicles. A computer program product and system for performing the method are also disclosed. |
| US10074094B2 |
Generating a user profile based on self disclosed public status information
A method, device and/or medium for generating a user profile based on an online user's self disclosed public status information. An indication may be received of updates self-published by the user at one or more sites. At least one context regarding the user may then be determined based on the published updates, and the context(s) may be employed to infer at least one attribute of the user. A profile of the user may then be determined based at least on the inferred attribute(s). The determined profile may be employed to enable an advertisement to be provided to the user. In this way, a heuristic may be provided for predicting advertising content that may be of interest to the user based on self-published information about the user. Thus, relevant advertisements may be more accurately targeted to those users who may be most interested in their content. |
| US10074088B2 |
Methods, apparatus and computer program products for securely accessing account data
Customer data is securely downloaded to a browser toolbar by performing a check to determine whether a request for customer data includes a request for personal identifiable information requiring encryption by a public encryption key generated by the browser toolbar. The customer is authenticated based on a set of a user credential and an account specific access credential. The account specific access credential is associated with the account of the customer. Requested personal identifiable information is encrypted using the public encryption key generated by the browser toolbar. Encrypted personal identifiable information is transmitted to the browser toolbar. |
| US10074086B2 |
Transactions associated with a mobile device
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transactions associated with a mobile device are discussed. A method can include receiving a merchant identifier, sending an identification data, receiving a transaction, and processing a funds transfer. The receiving the merchant identifier is from a mobile device associated with a user registered with a central payment service. The identification data is associated with the user and the identification data includes multiple identifying data items. The transaction data details a transaction between the merchant and the user. The funds transfer is between the merchant and the user based on the transaction. |
| US10074083B2 |
Retail convenience market technology with enhanced vendor administration and user mobile app functionality
A self-service, self-checkout, kiosk based micro-market retail shopping system for disposition and use in an private or public office, factory or other workspace for use by employees, workers and the like. The micro-market may supply snacks, candies, beverages, other food items and various convenience items such as toiletries for use by employees, workers and other during the work day, lunch and break time. The micro-market may also supply work related items such as uniforms and apparel, tools, office supplies, travel accessories and the like. The devices and process also include enhanced vendor administration tools and functionality. The devices and process also include enhanced user ability to use mobile devices and apps, and on-line tools for creating and managing accounts and for purchasing items. A method of using the market is also disclosed. |
| US10074082B2 |
Splitting a purchase among multiple parties using an electronic receipt after the transaction
A method is disclosed for a customer splitting a bill with other persons. A bill may be obtained and viewed electronically on a mobile electronic device with electronic receipts software thereon. Using a device configured according to one or more embodiments of the invention, a customer is able to select the bill for splitting as well as selecting other persons to share the cost of items on the receipt. The customer may allocate item cost among those other persons and each person may pay for their individual portion of the bill. Notifications and/or receipt copies may be sent electronically to each person associated with the bill. |
| US10074080B2 |
Wearable transaction devices
The disclosed embodiments include wearable transaction devices. A wearable transaction device may client device for executing a transaction. The client device may include interface hardware for communicating transaction information, a memory device for storing the transaction information, and sensor hardware configured to sense an action performed by a user. The client device may also include one or more hardware processors configured to access the transaction information, and identify an operation based on at least the transaction information. The one or more hardware processors may be further configured to determine that the operation is authorized by the user, and transmit a notification to a server based on the determination that the operation is authorized by the user, the notification including at least an indication of the identified operation. |
| US10074075B2 |
Systems for secure tracking code generation, application, and verification
Embodiments include a computer-implemented management platform for securely generating tracking codes, and for verifiably imprinting those tracking codes onto physical articles. In an embodiment, one or more hardware processors generate tracking code(s) and send the tracking code(s) towards an automated computer-controlled production line, and which physically imprint each tracking codes onto a corresponding article, and physically verify the physical imprinting. If a tracking code was correctly imprinted on its corresponding article, one or more records are recorded in a durable storage medium, which indicate that the tracking code imprinted on an article. If a tracking code was incorrectly imprinted on its corresponding article, the factory line physically rejects the corresponding article. Embodiments also include the computer-implemented management platform securely managing those physical articles throughout their lifecycle, based on the securely-generated and verifiably-imprinted tracking codes. |
| US10074068B2 |
Systems and methods for control of electronic parcel lockers
Systems, devices and methods for storage, delivery, receipt, and/or other handling of an item in an electronically controllable storage receptacle are disclosed. The disclosure provides features for keyless access to the storage receptacle by use of user access information, such as a PIN or bar code. Further, features are disclosed for receiving and/or transmitting data related to the recipient and the item to facilitate the various handling actions of the item. |
| US10074064B2 |
Systems and methods for managing and facilitating secure package delivery
Methods and systems for facilitating delivery of a package to a customer are described. The methods include receiving a delivery order, the order including a signature requirement; requesting a visual identification of an authorized receiver of the package from a user; receiving the visual identification from the user; and transmitting the visual identification to a shipping carrier. |
| US10074058B2 |
Management method, management device, and management system
A computer stores connection information with respect to data items that are management targets. The connection information identifies connection sources and connection destinations. The computer executes a process including performing analysis based on the connection information with respect to first and second data, which are specified as output targets of information indicating connections; outputting first connection information as information indicating a connection between first and second data, when one or a plurality of data items that are connection destinations are traced from the first data set as a connection source, and the second data is reached as a connection destination; and outputting second connection information as information indicating a connection between third and fourth data, when one or a plurality of data items that are connection destinations are traced from the third data set as a connection source, and the fourth data is reached as a connection destination. |
| US10074056B2 |
Quantum operations with passive noise suppression
Systems and methods are provided for performing noise-resilient quantum operations. A set of control signals are applied to a system to provide a first Hamiltonian for the system. The system includes an array of physical qubits and a plurality of coupling mechanisms configured such that each pair of neighboring physical qubits within the array is coupled by an associated coupling mechanism. The first Hamiltonian represents, for each coupling mechanism, a coupling strength between zero and a maximum value. An adiabatic interpolation of the Hamiltonian of the system from the first Hamiltonian to a second Hamiltonian is performed. The second Hamiltonian represents, for at least one of the plurality of coupling mechanisms, a coupling strength different from that of the first Hamiltonian. |
| US10074055B2 |
Assisting database management
In an approach to assisting database management, a computer generates one or more combinations of values of one or more database configuration parameters. The computer associates each of the one or more generated combinations of values with an incident probability. The computer defines relationships between the one or more generated combinations and the associated incident probabilities. The computer stores the defined relationships into an object representable as a multi-dimensional matrix, whose dimensions correspond to a plurality of database configuration parameters used to generate the combinations of values. The computer traverses the object to identify a path in the matrix. The computer returns the identified path for enabling subsequent interpretation thereof as a rule for passing from a first database configuration, corresponding to the first one of the one or more generated combinations, to a second database configuration, corresponding to the second one of the one or more generated combinations. |
| US10074052B2 |
System and method for smart public alerts and notifications
Disclosed is a method and system for dynamically generating a customized, personalized and contextual alert for a user based upon personalized, contextual and background knowledge associated with the profile of the user. The system comprises a profile updater module configured to update the profile data of the user extracted either from the social web or from the user. Further, a reasoning module is configured to derive refined background knowledge in context with the updated profile data of the user. A monitoring module is configured to monitor the events sensed by a sensing module. A context extractor module is configured for extracting the context of the events and the context of the user. A knowledge converter module is configured to convert the extracted context into structured format. Finally, the refined background knowledge is steam reasoned to determine whether the events received are relevant to the user and accordingly transmitted. |
| US10074049B2 |
Reduced thickness tracking device
In a tracking device, a crescent-shaped printed circuit board (PCB) partially encircles a battery to minimize thickness of the tracking device. A speaker and a light emitting diode (LED) emit alerts upon command of a control apparatus or in response to a motion or a temperature sensed by a sensor. A local network has one hub for tracking a plurality of tracking devices and a wider area network has multiple hubs for more detailed tracking of the plurality of tracking devices. The wide area network tracks the plurality of tracking devices anywhere and stores data of each tracking device including its last known position and its sensor data. |
| US10074047B2 |
Time-dependent identification systems, methods, and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides for identification systems and related methods of use. The disclosed identification systems can include a first ink and a second ink, each of which can comprise one or more time-dependent properties. The first and second inks can be disposed in a spatial pattern on a substrate. Illustrative spatial patterns include, but are not limited to, QR codes and other barcodes, text, images, and icons. A time-dependent property of the first ink and a time-dependent property of the second ink can cause a characteristic of the spatial pattern to change over time. For example, the spatial pattern can change from a first state at a first time to a second state at a second time. Evaluation and/or interpretation of the state of the spatial pattern at a second time can provide information about a product. |
| US10074045B2 |
Image forming apparatus having control based on toner density
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developing device; a supply device that supplies the developing device with toner; a density detector that detects information about a toner density serving as a ratio of toner and carrier of the developer of the developing device; and a controller that is able to execute a remaining amount determination mode which interrupts the image forming operation and performs a toner supply operation on the developing device from the supply device, based on the detection result of the density detector. The controller at least selectively executes a first state that immediately prohibits the image formation, a second state that allows the image forming operation, and a third state that executes the mode again, based on the detection result of the density detector acquired after the start of execution of the mode. |
| US10074040B2 |
Methods for compressing and decompressing texture tiles and apparatuses using the same
The invention introduces a method for compressing texture tiles, which contains at least the following steps: classifying each pixel of a texture tile into one of a plurality of groups and generating a bitmap of the texture tile, wherein the bitmap contains information indicating to which group each pixel of the texture tile belongs; reducing dependencies between pixels of each group; lossless-encoding each pixel of the texture tile to generate a first compression result; and outputting the first compression result and the bitmap. |
| US10074037B2 |
System and method for determining optimal operating parameters for medical imaging
Systems and methods for determining optimized imaging parameters for imaging a patient include learning a model of a relationship between known imaging parameters and a quality measure, the known imaging parameters and the quality measure being determined from training data. Optimized imaging parameters are determined by optimizing the quality measure using the learned model. Images of the patient are acquired using the optimized imaging parameters. |
| US10074031B2 |
2D image analyzer
A 2D image analyzer includes an image scaler, an image generator and a pattern finder. The image scaler is configured to scale an image according to a scaling factor. The image generator is configured to produce an overview image including a plurality of copies of the received and scaled image, wherein every copy is scaled about a different scaling factor. Thereby, the respective position can be calculable by an algorithm, which considers a gap between the scaled images in the overview image, a gap of the scaled image towards one or more borders of the overview image and/or other predefined conditions. The pattern finder is configured to perform a feature transformation and classification of the overview image in order to output a position at which an accordance of the searched pattern and the predetermined pattern is maximal. A post-processing unit for smoothening and correcting the position of local maxima in the classified overview image may also be provided. |
| US10074029B2 |
Image processing system, image processing method, and storage medium for correcting color
A detecting unit detects subjects from an image photographed by a first camera and an image photographed by a second camera different from the first camera, a deciding unit decides whether a first subject photographed by the first camera and a second subject photographed by the second camera are a same subject, and a generating unit generates color correction information based on information indicating color of plural sets of the subjects decided as the same subject by the deciding unit. Thus, it is possible to reduce a difference of color between plural cameras even in the case where the photographing ranges of the plural cameras do not overlap. |
| US10074027B2 |
Density sampling map data
Sampling data is disclosed. A region of a map to be rendered is determined. It is determined that a first subregion is included in the region. Data points associated with subregions in a neighborhood of the first subregion are analyzed to determine a regional density of points. Data points associated with the first subregion are sampled based on the regional density of points. |
| US10074025B2 |
Device and method for decoding graphic patterns
A device for reading and decoding paper or non-paper documents (12) including micro-perforated or “watermark” patterns and graphic patterns is provided. The device comprises at least one image sensor (11) having a light flashing means (33, 44) arranged to flash first light signals on a first side (12a, 12b) of a document (12), and image sensor reading means (31, 41) arranged to read the first light signals reflected by the graphic patterns (6, 7). The device further comprises at least one array of infrared light emitting means (14, 24) located in front of said image sensor (11) and arranged to flash second light signals on a second side (12b) of the document (12) whereby image sensor reading means (31, 41) are arranged to read the infrared light signals passing through the micro-perforated or “watermark” patterns (5). |
| US10074024B2 |
Mental state analysis using blink rate for vehicles
Mental state analysis is performed by obtaining video of an individual as the individual interacts with a computer, either by performing various operations, such as driving a vehicle or being a passenger in a vehicle, or by consuming a media presentation. The video is analyzed to determine eye-blink information on the individual, such as eye-blink rate or eye-blink duration. The blink-rate information is compensated for a context. Blinking for a group of people of which the individual is a part is evaluated. Mental states of the individual are inferred for the blink event based on the blink event, the blink duration of the individual, the difference in blinking between the individual and the remainder of the group, and the blink-rate information that was compensated. The blink-rate information and associated mental states can be used to modify an advertisement, a media presentation, a digital game, or vehicle controls. |
| US10074023B2 |
Method and device for predicting a line of vision of a vehicle occupant
A method for predicting a line of vision of an occupant of a vehicle. The method includes a step of reading in an initial line of vision of the vehicle occupant, a step of ascertaining a maximum speed of a present head and/or eye movement of the vehicle occupant, starting from the initial line of vision, using sensor data concerning a change in the visual angle of the vehicle occupant representing the present head and/or eye movement, a step of determining an expected magnitude of the present head and/or eye movement, represented with the aid of a predefined model, using the ascertained maximum speed, and a step of using the initial line of vision and the expected magnitude of the present head and/or eye movement to predict the line of vision of the vehicle occupant. |
| US10074017B2 |
Sensor fusion for passenger conveyance control
A fusion based passenger tracking system includes one or more 2D/3D sensors for capturing 2D/3D data; one or more security sensors for capturing security data; and a processing module in communication with the one or more 2D/3D sensors to receive the 2D/3D data, and the one or more security sensors to receive the security data, the processing module uses the 2D/3D data and the security data to calculate passenger data to generate a passenger tracking list that tracks each individual passenger in the passenger data. |
| US10074014B2 |
Feature identification or classification using task-specific metadata
Innovations in the identification or classification of features in a data set are described, such as a data set representing measurements taken by a scientific instrument. For example, a task-specific processing component, such as a video encoder, is used to generate task-specific metadata. When the data set includes video frames, metadata can include information regarding motion of image elements between frames, or other differences between frames. A feature of the data set, such as an event, can be identified or classified based on the metadata. For example, an event can be identified when metadata for one or more elements of the data set exceed one or more threshold values. When the feature is identified or classified, an output, such as a display or notification, can be generated. Although the metadata may be useable to generate a task-specific output, such as compressed video data, the identifying or classifying is not used solely in production of, or the creation of an association with, the task-specific output. |
| US10074013B2 |
Scene and activity identification in video summary generation
Video and corresponding metadata is accessed. Events of interest within the video are identified based on the corresponding metadata, and best scenes are identified based on the identified events of interest. A video summary can be generated including one or more of the identified best scenes. The video summary can be generated using a video summary template with slots corresponding to video clips selected from among sets of candidate video clips. Best scenes can also be identified by receiving an indication of an event of interest within video from a user during the capture of the video. Metadata patterns representing activities identified within video clips can be identified within other videos, which can subsequently be associated with the identified activities. |
| US10074009B2 |
Object popularity detection
A method for object popularity detection includes receiving expression data for a user viewing a first object. The expression data for the user viewing the first object includes a viewing duration, a variation in heart rate of the user, one or more facial expressions of the user, and a variation in eye movement of the user. The expression data for the user viewing the first object is aggregated into one or more models and a response is determined for sending to an electronic device associated with the user, based on the one or more models from which the expression data was aggregated. The response based on the one or more models from which the expression data was aggregated is transmitted to the electronic device associated with the user for viewing. |
| US10074008B2 |
Facial recognition with biometric pre-filters
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for facial recognition processing using biometric pre-filters. The computer identifies two eyes and a nose of a face in an image. The computer generates a triangle defined by points corresponding to the centers of the eyes and a nose-tip of the face. The computer receives a selection of a demographic characteristic. The computer determines a search range for the first triangle based on the demographic characteristic and a range of a length for at least one side of the first triangle. The computer identifies another image. The second image includes another face with a triangle formed by the eyes and nose of that face that is included in the determined search range for the first triangle. The computer determines at least one potential identity that is associated with the first detected face based on an identity of the second face. |
| US10074003B2 |
Dynamic control for data capture
This application is directed to dynamic control for data capture. A device may comprise a capture logic module to receive at least one of biometric data from a biometric sensing module, context data from a context sensing module or content data from a content sensing module. The capture logic module may determine if a capture scenario exists based on at least one of the biometric data and context data. The determination may be weighted based on an operational mode. If a capture scenario is determined to exist, the capture logic module may then determine whether to capture data based on at least the content data. Captured data may be stored in a capture database in the device (e.g., along with enhanced metadata based on at least one of the biometric data, the context data or the content data). The device may also comprise a feedback database including feedback data. |
| US10074002B2 |
Active baseline signal cancellation in fingerprint sensors
In one aspect, a fingerprint sensor chip includes an array of senor pixels. At least one of the sensor pixels is designated as a reference sensor pixel and remaining sensor pixels in the array are designated to contribute to fingerprint data, The sensor chip includes a signal processing unit including amplifier circuitry to cancel out baseline signals from output signals of remaining sensor pixels based at least on an output signal of the reference sensor pixel. |
| US10074000B2 |
Dendritic structures and tags
The disclosure features dendritic tags, and methods and systems for fabricating and using such tags. The methods can include obtaining at least one image of a dendritic tag attached to an article, analyzing the at least one image to identify a set of features associated with the dendritic tag, and comparing the set of features to stored information to identify the article. |
| US10073999B2 |
Barcode-reading system
This patent specification describes operations of a mobile device with barcode-reading capabilities and an application and license server. A mobile device may include a barcode-reading application downloaded from an application server. The barcode-reading application may operate in a base mode or an enhanced mode. In the base mode, the barcode-reading application may establish a network connection to a licensing server to obtain a license code, and determine at least one operating permission authorized by the license code. In the enhanced mode, the barcode-reading application may implement at least one enhanced barcode-reading function which corresponds to the at least one operating permission authorized by the license code. For example, the enhanced barcode-reading function may be a function of decoding a barcode symbology that the decoder is restricted from decoding in the base mode of operation. |
| US10073998B1 |
Multifunction wearable object identified glasses for the visually handicapped
A radio frequency identification (RFID) label and an RFID data retrieval device which may be used to aid the visually impaired identify the medicines they take. RFID label includes a memory chip, energy harvesting circuit, and a loop antenna, with the memory chip containing information about the medicine. RFID data retrieval device contains a device controller chip, a wireless transceiver, a switch, a loop antenna, a memory chip, a proximity sensor, an audio digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an audio amplifier, an audio speaker, and also a pair of opposing temporal side members connected to a device controller chip retaining member via hinge. This device controller retaining member contains a recessed for the nose of the visually impaired person. The invention may also include an inductive charging device made up of an inductive charge coil, a power converter, a regulator, a charge controller, and an external power supply, allowing for wireless charging. |
| US10073997B2 |
Filtering inventory objects using images in an RFID system
A method for filtering scanned objects displayed on a reader is provided. The reader may scan one or more transponders, and obtain, from a database, an image for each scanned transponder. Each transponder may be associated with an object (e.g., an item of retail inventory). The obtained image for each object may be presented on an interface, and a selection of an object category may be received using the obtained images. A determination may be made as to which objects are associated with the selected object category. A display screen may display data associated with only the objects associated with the selected object category. |
| US10073988B2 |
Chipset and host controller with capability of disk encryption
A chipset and a host controller, including a storage host controller for a storage device and an encryption and decryption engine that is implemented by hardware. The storage host controller analyzes a write command to obtain write command information, and provides the write command information and write data to the encryption and decryption engine. The encryption and decryption engine combines a data drive key with the write command information to encrypt the write data and provides the encrypted write data to the storage host controller to be written into a storage device via a communication port. |