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| US10084939B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An image processing apparatus includes a memory and at least one processor or circuitry or a combination thereof. The memory is configured to store determination conditions. The at least one processor or circuitry or the combination thereof is configured to acquire image data and extract a feature element from the image data. The at least one processor or circuitry or the combination thereof is further configured to determine whether the extracted feature element satisfies conditions defined in the determination conditions. The at least one processor or circuitry or the combination thereof is further configured to set an area with reference to an extracted feature element satisfying the conditions based on the determination conditions. The at least one processor or circuitry or the combination thereof is further configured to set an attribute of the area based on the determination conditions. |
| US10084937B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium for correcting density nonuniformity
An image forming apparatus receives a print setting for image data, determines a density correction table to be applied to a position of a pixel in the image data based on the received print setting from among a plurality of stored density correction tables, and corrects a density of the image data using the determined density correction table. |
| US10084936B2 |
Display system including an image forming apparatus and a display apparatus
A display system includes a storage apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a display apparatus. The display apparatus accepts editing of a virtual reality space, and the image forming apparatus generates edited display data for displaying a virtual reality space reflecting editing content, and correlates the edited display data with data identification information to cause the storage apparatus to store the edited display data. When the data identification information is inputted, the image forming apparatus acquires edited display data corresponding to the data identification information and transmits the edited display data to the display apparatus, thereby causing the display apparatus to display a virtual reality space based on the edited display data. |
| US10084932B2 |
Information processing apparatus, server device, and image forming system for adding identification information
An information processing apparatus including a receiving unit that receives a setting for image formation of an image forming apparatus, an addition unit that adds identification information to the setting when the setting has been received in a time period during which it is impossible to communicate with the image forming apparatus, a transmitter that transmits an instruction of the image formation and the setting to the image forming apparatus, and a notifying unit that notifies that the setting has been received in the time period, when the identification information has been added to the setting that the transmitter is to transmit. |
| US10084927B2 |
Image forming apparatus for determining an abnormal voltage adjustment of the processor
In an image forming apparatus, when a processor starts to be supplied with a voltage in a first voltage range from a voltage generator, the processor executes start-up processing with an operation clock of a first frequency, and transmits a voltage adjustment instruction to the voltage generator. On receiving the voltage adjustment instruction, the voltage generator performs voltage adjustment to make the voltage supplied to the processor a voltage in a second voltage range. On completion of the voltage adjustment, the voltage generator transmits a completion notice to the processor. When communication related to the voltage adjustment does not end normally, the processor keeps the frequency of the operation clock at the first frequency to execute processing; thereafter based on the operation clock of the first frequency. |
| US10084926B1 |
Grafting and separation of mobile telephone number lines
A computer device may include a processor configured to execute instructions, stored in a memory, to receive a request to add a second mobile telephone number (MTN) line to a user equipment (UE) device associated with a first MTN line, generate a graft instruction to graft the second MTN line to the first MTN line, and send the generated graft instruction to a provisioning system configured to provision services for the UE device. The processor may be further configured to designate the second MTN line as having a grafted status with respect to the first MTN line, the grafted status indicating that the second MTN line has been added to a subscriber profile of the first MTN line, and that the UE device is configured to send and receive communications using the first MTN line and/or the second MTN line. |
| US10084924B2 |
Intercom system for collective housing
An intercom system for an apartment house according to the invention includes room units (10A, 10B) which are installed in respective rooms of the apartment house, and a control unit (20) which is connected to the room units (10A, 10B) of the respective rooms via an intercom line (L1) so as to be capable of communicating therewith, and is capable of communicating with an external server (S) via an external communication network. The control unit (2) acquires, based on a request signal transmitted from the room unit (10) via the intercom line (L1), predetermined information corresponding to the request signal from the external server (S) via the external communication network, and transmits the acquired predetermined information via the intercom line (L1) to the room unit (10) which transmitted the request signal. |
| US10084923B2 |
Method and system for dynamic trunk group based call routing
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for providing routing of a communication received at a telecommunications network based on a unique identifier. In particular, a telecommunications network may route one or more communications based on a dynamically updated trunk group identifier associated with an egress user. Thus, in addition to routing the communication based on a telephone number or Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a user, the network may also route the communication based upon a dynamically updated trunk group identifier included in an updated routing function of the network. |
| US10084922B2 |
Single interface for provisioning collected data to requesting systems
Systems and methods are described herein for providing multiple, different types of information for mobile devices and associated users to requesting systems, such as customer service systems provided by telecommunications carriers. The systems and methods may generate a single API that, when called by a requesting system (e.g., via a request transmitted by the requesting system that includes subscriber or device information), provides data collected from multiple, disparate data sources back to the requesting system via the single API. |
| US10084920B1 |
Multi-party conversation analyzer and logger
A multi-party conversation analyzer and logger uses a variety of techniques including spectrographic voice analysis, absolute loudness measurements, directional microphones, and telephonic directional separation to determine the number of parties who take part in a conversation, and segment the conversation by speaking party. In one aspect, the invention monitors telephone conversations in real time to detect conditions of interest (for instance, calls to non-allowed parties or calls of a prohibited nature from prison inmates). In another aspect, automated prosody measurement algorithms are used in conjunction with speaker segmentation to extract emotional content of the speech of participants within a particular conversation, and speaker interactions and emotions are displayed in graphical form. A conversation database is generated which contains conversation recordings, and derived data such as transcription text, derived emotions, alert conditions, and correctness probabilities associated with derived data. Investigative tools allow flexible queries of the conversation database. |
| US10084917B2 |
Enhanced quality monitoring
A system for enhanced quality monitoring, comprising a call record server operating on a network-connected computing device, a quality monitoring analysis server operating on a network-connected computing device that receives and analyzes call records from the call record server, a quality monitoring database that stores analysis results, and a monitoring station operating on a network-connected computing device that allows a human user to monitor call records, and a method for enhancing quality monitoring. |
| US10084916B2 |
Edge injected speech in electronic communications
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving an input from an agent during a call with a caller where the input directs one or more processors to inject a recorded statement in the agent's voice into the call, and where the recorded statement in the agent's voice is stored in a computer-readable file. Obtaining the recorded statement in the agent's voice based on data associated with the input and in response to receiving the input. And causing the recorded statement in the agent's voice to be inserted into a media stream of the call. |
| US10084915B1 |
Augmenting call progress analysis with real-time speech analytics
Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for determining whether a call has reached a live party or a machine. Specifically, a call handler that is handling the call analyzes a cadence of the audio of the call while a speech analytics system analyzes the audio of the call to detect one or more keywords over a call leg established between the call handler and speech analytics system. Accordingly, in particular embodiments, the call handler may make a first determination that the call has reached a live party or a machine based on the cadence of the audio and may make a second determination that the call has reached a live party or a machine based on an event received from the speech analytics system as a result of the speech analytics system detecting a particular keyword in the audio of the call. |
| US10084914B1 |
Guard timer to optimize E911 call handling
Systems and methods for optimized call handling during e911 calls. Normally, when a user equipment (UE) is connected to a public safety answering point (PSAP)—e.g., is on a 911 call—all incoming calls are automatically routed to voicemail. In contrast, the systems and methods disclosed herein enable calls that were dialed within a predetermined time window of the 911 call to be sent through to call-waiting to enable the user to accept or reject the call. The system can use a “guard timer” to determine whether a call is within the predetermined time window. The system can include a single guard timer for all incoming calls—e.g., “any call made from the UE within the previous X minutes prior to the 911 call.” The system can also include individual guard timers for each call that expire separately relative to the call's proximity to the 911 call. |
| US10084911B2 |
Active records for interactive systems
A personalized interactive service is provided by setting a profile of an individual for use by an entity that provides the interactive service. At least a portion of the profile is set independent of any network communication session between the individual and the entity. A personalized interactive script is personalized for the individual in the event that the individual initiates a communication with the entity to obtain the interactive service. The personalized interactive service is provided to the individual when the personalized interactive script is executed based on the individual initiating a communication session between the individual and the entity. |
| US10084910B2 |
Video relay service, communication system, and related methods for connecting users with N11 services in a video relay service environment
Video relay services, communication systems, and methods are disclosed connecting users with N11 services in a video relay service environment. A video relay service may comprise at least one server configured to manage a customer database including customer records for audibly-impaired users of the video relay service, manage an N11 database including alternate numbers corresponding to N11 codes for a plurality of different locations defined by political boundaries, receive incoming video calls including an N11 code from a calling party, resolve the N11 code to an appropriate alternate number for an N11 service based on a political boundary for the calling party responsive to a query of the N11 database, establish a first connection between a video communication device associated with the calling party and a call assistant station associated with a sign language interpreter, and establish a second connection between the call assistant station and the N11 service. |
| US10084906B2 |
Mobile terminal unlocking method and device
The disclosed embodiments describe mobile terminal unlocking methods, systems, and devices. In one embodiment, the method comprises: determining, by a wearable Bluetooth device, a current status corresponding to a mobile terminal after a connection with the mobile terminal is established by the wearable Bluetooth device, wherein the current status is one of a locked status or an unlocked status; detecting, by the wearable Bluetooth device, a user's authorization behavior, and setting a processing identification corresponding to the mobile terminal by using the user's authorization behavior, wherein the processing identification is one of a locking identification or an unlocking identification; and sending, by the wearable Bluetooth device an unlocking message to the mobile terminal causing the mobile terminal to execute an unlocking operation when the processing identification is the unlocking identification and the current status is the locked status. In the disclosed embodiments, the wearable Bluetooth device can execute an unlocking operation or a locking operation on a mobile terminal based on the volition of the owner of the mobile terminal (that is, the real intention of a user), thus improving user experience and effectively protecting user privacy. |
| US10084901B2 |
Cordless telephone apparatus and cordless telephone system
A cordless base unit includes a controller that performs control in a case where an incoming call arrives from the landline telephone network, in such a manner that the cordless handset and the mobile information terminal perform sound ringing for the incoming call, that automatic answering starts after a predetermined time has elapsed and the sound ringing for the incoming call is stopped except for the mobile information terminal that is set to be used outside of the house, and that while the automatic answering is performed, the mobile information terminal that is set to be used outside of the house continues to perform the sound ringing for the incoming call. |
| US10084899B2 |
Method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone and mobile phone enabling a communication
The invention relates to a method for enabling a communication via a mobile phone. In order to enable a comfortable creation of communications during a context of a mobile phone provided by a conventionally static application, it is proposed that the method comprises as a first step displaying information available for a specific content on a display of the mobile phone. In a next step, it is detected whether a user selected a displayed information. In case an information is selected, the kind of the selected information is determined. Then, functions associated to the kind of the selected information are presented on the display. To at least one kind of possible information the establishment of at least one kind of communication is associated as at least one function. Finally, a function selected by a user is activated. The invention relates equally to a corresponding mobile phone. |
| US10084898B2 |
Mobile device cover with display module
A mobile device case or cover can include a display module that can display notifications or other useful data to users. The display module can communicate wirelessly with the mobile device to obtain notifications. In addition, in some embodiments, the display module can communicate with a secondary mobile device (such as a phone in a user's pocket) to obtain notifications or other data. |
| US10084897B2 |
Electronic device housing with removable camera
An apparatus used with an electronic device consists of an electronic device housing and a camera. The camera is removably attached to the electronic device housing via an attachment mechanism. The camera is used to gather visual data for a photograph or a video. The camera is controlled wirelessly through an electronic device mounted onto the electronic device housing. The visual data is wirelessly transferred from the camera to the electronic device housing and eventually to the electronic device. The photograph or video is developed through the electronic device. A wireless transceiver of the camera and a wireless communication module of the electronic device housing is used for wireless interactions. |
| US10084890B2 |
Sysplexport allocation across a z/OS sysplex
A method, system, and program product for allocating a port for a connection by an application instance on a computer system is provided. The application instances used the port and a shared network address to connect to one or more application instances accessing the shared network address. A distributing stack creates at least one common table of available ports. Each table is associated with a different unique shared network address. When a request is received for a port to assign the shared network address, the distributing stack allocates a set of available ports. When a termination message is received, the distributing stack updates the common table of available ports associated with the shared network address. When a transfer from the distributing stack to a backup distributing stack is made, ownership of the common table of available ports is transferred to the backup distributing stack. |
| US10084886B2 |
Hub-and-spoke connection architecture
A system, may include a private cloud network operated by an operator for a client. The private cloud network may be connected to a public cloud network that operates a web platform and a plurality of groups of gateway devices. A first group of gateway devices may be located at an operator data center associated with the operator, and may provide connectivity for the operator data center to connect to the public cloud network via the private cloud network. A second group of gateway devices may be located at a client data center associated with the client, and may provide connectivity for the client data center to connect to the public cloud network via the private cloud network. The private cloud network may be connected to the public cloud network, the operator data center, and the client data center in a hub-and-spoke connection configuration. |
| US10084884B2 |
Facilitation of efficient web site page loading
Utilizing resource data hints and resource data pushes can generate a more efficient web site page load. Utilizing resource data hints and resource data pushes effectively can reduce web site load times and conserve data resources. Leveraging a data cache and a data structure associated with the web site can increase communication efficiencies between a client device and a server device, thereby determining and implementing the most efficient communication patterns to conserve data resources. |
| US10084880B2 |
Social media networking based on physiologic information
A method comprising receiving physiologic information at a social-networking system from a body-associated personal communicator is disclosed. A social-networking system configured to receive physiological information from a body-associated personal communicator and a body-associated personal communicator configured to receive physiologic information and communicate the physiologic information to a social-networking system also are disclosed. |
| US10084879B2 |
Virtual subscriber identity module for mobile communication device
A system includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) application; a physical SIM driver configured to be coupled to a physical SIM card; a simulated SIM driver; a control switch that selectively couples the SIM application to the physical SIM driver or the simulated SIM driver, wherein the SIM application, when coupled to the physical SIM driver, is configured to read and write on the physical SIM card; and a SIM simulator in communication with the control switch and the simulated SIM driver, wherein the SIM simulator is configured to control the selective coupling of the control switch, and is configured to receive at least one request comprising an authentication request from the simulated SIM driver and transmit at least one response comprising an authentication response to the simulated SIM driver. |
| US10084877B2 |
Hybrid cloud storage extension using machine learning graph based cache
Prefetching techniques for a hybrid cloud system are described. The techniques include maintaining a graph in a graph database, the graph including nodes associated with data items to be accessed and links between the nodes, each link including an associated link weight. Conceptually, the link weights are indicative of how likely it is for a data item to which the link points to be accessed after the data item associated with the node from which the link extends is accessed. The link weights are updated as items are accessed and the graph is traversed. The graph structure and associated techniques help to reduce latency in a hybrid cloud system by providing for prefetch of items anticipated to be used at a later time. |
| US10084872B2 |
Behavior based notifications
A computing system, computer-implemented method, and computer program product are provided for facilitating behavior based notifications concerning multiparty communication threads. According to an implementation, the computer-implemented method may include defining a rules set associated with a user for participation in a multiparty communication thread. The method may also include evaluating a plurality of communications associated with the multiparty communication thread. The method may also include determining when a given communication associated with the multiparty communication thread satisfies one or more of the rules included within the rules set. The method may further include delivering the given communication based upon, at least in part, a determining that the given communication satisfies the one or more rules. |
| US10084865B2 |
Mobile event notifications
Disclosed is a mobile event streaming system that receives customer application lifecycle and user events including a message, event source and a destination then processes data for consumption by one or more customers, generating a secure data stream and sending the processed data over the generated data stream. An example system for receiving, processing, and delivering customer application lifecycle and user engagement data includes a server system having at least one processor, memory and a network interface where the memory stores program instructions for receiving, storing, processing and transmitting messages via the network interface. The mobile event streaming system may be a distributed content delivery service wherein the content delivered via the service is processed. Processing the data comprises the addition of metadata, one or more identifiers such as user, and event identifiers including predictions of future user engagement to enable real-time data consumption by customers. |
| US10084856B2 |
Method and apparatus for locating services within peer-to-peer networks
A capability is provided for supporting a service location capability in a peer-to-peer network (P2P), such as a Chord network or other P2P network. In one embodiment, a method for locating a service within a P2P network is provided. The P2P network includes a plurality of nodes, including a target node which performs the method for locating the service within the P2P network. The target node includes a search table including a plurality of entries identifying a respective plurality of nodes of the P2P network. The method includes detecting a request to search for the service within the P2P network and initiating, toward at least one of the nodes of the search table, a service search request. The service search request is a request to identify at least one node of the P2P network that supports the service. The service search request includes information indicative of the service and a search range for use by the node receiving the service search request. |
| US10084854B2 |
Response latency reduction in fixed allocation content selection infrastructure
The present disclosure is directed to reducing response latency in fixed allocation content selection infrastructure. An allocator engine selects a content campaign for offline selection based on an allocation metric for the content campaign. A load balancer component identifies, in a distributed computing environment and based on resource utilization information, a computation resource and a time window during which to launch the offline selection. A content selector component launches, during the time window, the offline selection and generates candidate impression criteria. The content selector component receives a request for content via a computer network. Responsive to the request matching the candidate impression criteria, the content selector component disables a real-time selection for the request. The content selector component transmits instructions to render a content item object corresponding to the matching candidate impression criteria generated during the offline selection. |
| US10084853B2 |
Distributed processing systems
A distributed processing method is disclosed herein for evaluating student work product. The distributed processing system includes a server, a database server, and an application server that are interconnected via a network, and connected via the network to a plurality of independent processing units. The independent processing units can include an analysis engine that is machine learning capable, and thus uniquely completes its processing tasks. The server can provide one or several pieces of data to one or several of the independent processing units, can receive an analysis results from the one or several independent processing units, and can update the result based on a value scoring the machine learning of the independent processing unit. |
| US10084850B2 |
Terminal apparatus, server and method of controlling the same
A terminal apparatus provides shared profile information that is selectively received from a server based on a relationship between a first user and a second user, according to whether information of the second user is stored in the terminal apparatus of the first user as local profile information and information of the first user is stored in the terminal apparatus of the second user as the local profile information. Accordingly, a phonebook service for desired profile information is provided only for users in a buddy relationship sharing contact information with each other. |
| US10084849B1 |
System and method for providing and interacting with coordinated presentations
A system and method in which a remote control application executes on a mobile computing device having a processor, a communication device, and an accelerometer and/or a gyroscope. The mobile computing device interfaces with the content provided on a display device that is separate and remote from the mobile computing device. First information is generated that represents a respective location within the display device and usable to provide a graphical representation on the display device with the content at the respective location. Movement is detected and second information representing a different respective position within the display device is generated. The second information is usable to provide the graphical representation on the display device with the content substantially at the different respective position. |
| US10084847B1 |
Methods and systems for dynamically generating and reusing dynamic web content
Methods and systems for generating and reusing dynamic web content involve, for example, automatically generating client-side code on a server at run time, and automatically downloading the client-side code to the client side at run time. The client-side code is executed on the client side to become a widget with dynamic behavior attributes displayed as a component of a web page on a display screen of a client-side computing device. Dynamic behavior of the client-side code may triggered via an event handler mechanism wherein properties of the client-side code are dynamically changed without affecting any other content on the web page. The widget may be redisplayed on a subsequent occasion with a change in the widget without regenerating the client-side code. |
| US10084845B2 |
Data restoration for datacenter failover
A failover system can receive active data from user devices running an application specific to a service entity providing an application service. For each user device, the active data can indicate a current status. The failover system can transmit restoration data to the user devices for storage to restore the current status of the user devices in the case of a failover event. When a failover event occurs, the failover system can recover the restoration data from a first user device to restore the current status of the application service for the first user device. |
| US10084844B2 |
System and method for improved user-controlled electronic file and trash management
Techniques are disclosed for automatically deleting files downloaded and designated as temporary use. In response to a request to download a file and open in a second application, a web browser or other client ascertains whether the file should be deleted after use in the second application. If the file is designated for temporary use, then the client monitors the application accessing the file. When the file is closed, the client deletes the file. |
| US10084842B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal
A method for processing a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: encoding broadcast data for one or more broadcast services; encoding first level signaling information including information describing properties of the one or more broadcast services; encoding second level signaling information including information for listing the one or more broadcast services; and generating a broadcast signal including the encoded broadcast data, first level signaling information and second level signaling information. |
| US10084837B2 |
System and method for caching data
A method of obtaining radio content from a remote electronic device for a user electronic device includes transmitting a request for radio media content to a first remote electronic device via a network. Radio media content that includes a plurality of media data files is received via the network. The received plurality of media data files are stored in a storage device of the user electronic device. A radio playlist that defines a rendering sequence for the plurality of media data files is requested. In response to the request for the radio playlist, the radio playlist is received. The radio playlist is processed in the user electronic device to enable the stored plurality of media data files to be rendered on the user electronic device in accordance with the radio playlist. |
| US10084835B1 |
Systems and methods for distributing streams and stream metadata
A broadcaster may be configured to use a media protocol to provide a distribution point with a stream. The broadcaster uses a controller configured to implement the media protocol that includes a message class indicating an applicability of a message to a distribution point. The media protocol includes an authentication message structured and arranged to authenticate an establishment of a stream for distribution on the distribution point, a stream configuration message structured and arranged to configure the stream being distributed on the distribution point, a connection message structured and arranged to distribute the stream, and a stream session termination message structured and arranged to terminate a streaming session that has been established. |
| US10084834B2 |
Randomization of packet size
A method of randomizing a size of a packet is provided. A randomization method may include recognizing a maximum segment size (MSS) defined for transmission and reception of a packet with a reception terminal, and randomizing a size of the packet to be less than the MSS. |
| US10084830B2 |
Sending snippets of media content to a computing device
Techniques include: providing media content to a computing device; waiting a period of time; determining that the media content has not been used; sending a snippet to the computing device, where the snippet corresponds to a portion of the media content that is executable on the computing device; and repeating waiting, determining and sending until the media content has been used or a limiting factor has been met. |
| US10084829B2 |
Auto-generation of previews of web conferences
Techniques are disclosed for auto-generating a preview of a web conference based on participant interactions during the web conference. A web conference is recorded and includes a shared presentation and participant interactions. Key frames of the shared presentation are identified. During the web conference, differing amounts of interaction between the participants occurred during presentation of the respective key frames. The technique selects a subset of the key frames to include in the preview based on the differing amounts of interaction between the participants that occurred during presentation of the key frames and generates the preview using the subset of key frames. An example preview displays a sequence of key frames in which each key frame is displayed for a few seconds. |
| US10084828B2 |
Social-chronographic-geographic media file browsing system and method
Users are able to browse a digital-media content based on social-graph-related criteria, time-related criteria, and geolocation-related criteria. A social-chronographic-geographic media file browsing system builds a social-chronographic-geographic media query and retrieves digital-media content (and associated metadata) based on a given user's search criteria. In accordance with various embodiments, the social-chronographic-geographic media file browsing system retrieves an interactive map from cartographic data provider and then places a graphical media control on the interactive map according to the provided geolocation-related criterion. |
| US10084825B1 |
Reducing redundant operations performed by members of a cooperative security fabric
Systems and methods for coordinating security operations among members of a cooperative security fabric (CSF) are provided. According to one embodiment, a first network security appliance of a CSF receives incoming network traffic and determines whether the network traffic has been transmitted from a second network security appliance based on a flag carried by one or more packets of the network traffic. If the incoming network traffic is from the second network security appliance, the first network security appliance determines network security operations that are executed by the second network security appliance and then determines local network security operations. The first network security appliance executes the local network security operations on the network traffic. |
| US10084823B2 |
Configurable adaptive access manager callouts
A framework, which conforms to the OAuth standard, involves a generic OAuth authorization server that can be used by multiple resource servers in order to ensure that access to resources stored on those resource servers is limited to access to which the resource owner consents. Each resource server registers, with the OAuth authorization server, metadata for that resource server, indicating scopes that are recognized by the resource server. The OAuth authorization server refers to this metadata when requesting consent from a resource owner on behalf of a client application, so that the consent will be of an appropriate scope. The OAuth authorization server refers to this metadata when constructing an access token to provide to the client application for use in accessing the resources on the resource server. The OAuth authorization server uses this metadata to map issued access tokens to the scopes to which those access tokens grant access. |
| US10084816B2 |
Protocol based detection of suspicious network traffic
Embodiments of the present invention relate to identification of suspicious network traffic indicative of a Botnet and/or an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) based on network protocol of such traffic. According to one embodiment, a traffic file is received at a network security device that is protecting a private network. The traffic file contains therein network traffic associated with the private network that has been captured and stored. The received traffic file is processed by the network security device to determine whether the network traffic relates to a network protocol that is indicative of existence of a network security threat within the private network. When existence of the network security threat is detected, then the network security device reports details regarding the network security threat. |
| US10084812B2 |
Method and system of repairing vulnerabilities of smart devices
Disclosed are systems and methods for repairing vulnerabilities of smart devices connected to a data network. An example method includes: transmitting a request through the network to obtain access to a smart device; obtaining settings of the smart device by accessing a configuration file containing settings of the smart device; comparing each of the settings of the device with known vulnerabilities to identify a vulnerability of the smart device that can be exploited; determining a repair action for repairing the at least one network vulnerability associated with at least one setting of the smart device based on the setting with the similar vulnerable status in the database; and transmitting instructions to the smart device to perform the repair action wherein the repair action comprises adjusting the setting of the smart device by making changes in the configuration file. |
| US10084811B1 |
Systems and methods for adaptive security protocols in a managed system
Embodiments disclosed herein describe one or more servers of an enterprise system that may be configured to receive security and vulnerability information from a plurality of data sources and then rate them based upon their respective variance from an enterprise policy or status quo configuration in a related process area. The servers may execute scoring modules to normalize the data received from the data sources to tailor the system response to a given vulnerability. As such, identified vulnerabilities may be rated according to the needs of the enterprise, rather than being rated according to the factory or default configurations of a particular data source. |
| US10084810B2 |
Remote wipe of aircraft data
In the selective wiping of data stored on an aircraft Inflight Entertainment and Communications (IFEC) computer system, a potential attack indicator generated in response to a detection of an attack attempt that is received from a remote manager client computer system. The potential attack indicator includes an attack severity classification, which is correlated to one of a plurality of attack attempt responses. Each of the attack attempt responses correspond to a data sensitivity classification, and each predefined block of data stored on the IFEC computer system is assigned a data sensitivity classification. According to the attack attempt response that was correlated to the received attack severity classification, the predefined blocks of data assigned to the data sensitivity classification corresponding to the attack attempt response are deleted. |
| US10084808B2 |
Selective extended archiving of data
A system is provided for selective extended archiving of data. A network analyzer may intercept and log traffic that passes over at least part of a computer network including capturing a plurality of network packets and producing a traffic log including a corresponding plurality of entries with values of fields in the plurality of network packets. A data collector may receive the traffic log and archive the corresponding plurality of entries for a predetermined retention period, and produce a table of the values of the fields. An data collector may then identify a value from the table as an indicator of a network compromise, and cause the data collector to archive entries of the corresponding plurality of entries having the value for an additional period beyond the predetermined retention period. |
| US10084803B2 |
Rating of signature patterns for pattern matching
Systems and methods for rating of signature patterns are provided. According to one embodiment, a frequency of occurrence is determined by a network security system of each of multiple patterns within a pattern database containing a set of candidate patterns from which a set of patterns or sub-patterns thereof will be selected for inclusion within a pre-match list. For each pattern, the network security device determines whether a length of the pattern exceeds a pre-defined length; and, if so, cuts the pattern to generate multiple sub-patterns having the pre-defined length. A rating for each pattern or, as the case may be, each sub-pattern is then determined by the network device based on any or a combination of the frequency of occurrence of the pattern within the pattern database, the length of the pattern or the sub-pattern and a measure of redundancy within the pattern or sub-pattern. |
| US10084802B1 |
Supervisory control and data acquisition
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to computer system security. A machine accesses a set of records corresponding to a set of users having access to a computer system. The machine stores, for each user in the set of users, a baseline profile representing baseline activity of the user with respect to a set of data sources of the computer system. The machine monitors activity of the set of users with respect to the set of data sources. The machine determines, based on monitoring the activity of the set of users, that a user action of a specified user, with respect to one or more data sources from the set of data sources, is anomalous relative to the baseline profile of the specified user. The machine provides a digital transmission representing the anomalous user action. |
| US10084797B2 |
Enhanced access security gateway
A first login request of a user is received from a first login window. The first login request comprises a login name, a user identifier, and a challenge. The challenge is generated and received from a second login request to a product in a second login window. The user copies and pastes the challenge into the first login window. A central control system determines if the login name and the user identifier are valid. If the login name and user identifier are valid, a response to the challenge is generated based a private key and is displayed in the first login window. The response to the challenge is copied from the first login window and pasted as part of a second step the second login process. The second login process verifies the response to the challenge using a public key to allow the user access to the product. |
| US10084795B2 |
Network-based real-time distributed data compliance broker
In an embodiment, a data processing system comprises: one or more processors; one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processor to perform: in a local data service, receiving a request for processing data; identifying one or more local policies applicable to the request; based, at least in part, on the one or more local policies, determining whether the request may be processed locally; in response to determining that the request may not be processed locally, transmitting the request to one or more remote brokers to cause the one or more remote brokers to determine a remote data service configured to process the request. |
| US10084789B2 |
Peer to peer enterprise file sharing
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the distribution of files from a file repository. Files from a file repository can be distributed via peer to peer transmissions where the peer devices can perform authentication functions. The authentication can be performed based upon metadata associated with the files as well as based upon authentication requests submitted to an authentication server. |
| US10084783B2 |
Selectively restricting communications from third party applications/devices to electronic devices
A method for providing access to a target electronic device through a first service running on a different electronic device may include receiving in the first service a command directed to the target electronic device from a command sender and receiving in the service device operation status parameters of the target electronic device. The device operation status parameters may include properties of the target electronic device such as a battery level, a battery charging rate, an age, a planned lifespan, a recent wireless usage, an internal temperature, or any of the above in relation to an intervening electronic device over which communication to the target electronic device travels, or any combination thereof. The method may also include using the device operation status parameters to determine, using the service, whether to provide or not to provide an update signal incorporating the command or information to the target electronic device. |
| US10084779B2 |
Using hash signatures of DOM objects to identify website similarity
Embodiments are directed to using a hash signature of a rendered DOM object of a website to find similar content and behavior on other websites. Embodiments break a DOM into a large number of data portions (i.e., “shingles”), apply a hashing algorithm to the shingles, select a predetermined number of hashes from the hashed shingles according to a selection criteria to create a hash signature, and compare the hash signature to that of a reference page to determine similarity of website DOM object content. Embodiments can be used to identify phishing websites, defaced websites, spam websites, significant changes in the content of a webpage, copyright infringement, and any other suitable purposes related to the similarity between website DOM object content. |
| US10084777B2 |
Secure data processing method and system
The invention discloses a secure data processing method and system, wherein the secure data processing method comprises the following steps of: a security control server receiving a data upload request from a terminal, and obtaining a file feature, an identification code of the terminal and a directory path of a file with the file feature in the terminal comprised in the data upload request; the security control server judging whether the terminal is a trustable machine and/or judging whether the directory path is a credit directory according to the identification code and/or the directory path, and if the terminal is a trustable machine and/or the directory path is a credit directory, adding the uploaded file feature into a security database, or otherwise, not adding it into the security database; the trustable machine is a terminal in which data is considered as secure data. The invention further provides a secure data processing system implementing the foregoing method. The secure data processing method and system can improve the update efficiency of the secure data. |
| US10084774B2 |
Token device re-synchronization through a network solution
Example embodiments provide a method that includes generating, at an authentication server, a first token value. The authentication server receives a request for the first token value from a server of the site being accessed by a device of a user. The first token value is transmitted to the server of the site, causing the server of the site to transmit a list of token values including the first token value to the device. The list is presented on the device, and used to compare to a first token value generated by a password device to determine whether the first token value of the password device is presented in the list. The authentication server receives a second token value from the server of the site, whereby the second token value is used to authenticate the user accessing the site, and verifies the second token value to authenticate the user. |
| US10084771B2 |
Secure feature and key management in integrated circuits
A mechanism for providing secure feature and key management in integrated circuits is described. An example method includes receiving, by a root authority system, data identifying a command that affects operation of an integrated circuit, singing, by the root authority system, the command using a root authority key to create a root signed block (RSB), and providing the RSB to a security manager of the integrated circuit. |
| US10084770B2 |
Balancing memory utilization in a dispersed storage network
A method begins by a processing module storing a plurality of encoded data slices in a plurality of memory devices of a dispersed storage (DS) unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory using a quantity load balancing function to substantially balance a quantity of encoded data slices stored within each of the plurality of memory devices, wherein data size of at least some of the plurality of encoded data slices is different. The method continues with the processing module determining whether an available memory imbalance exists between a first memory device of the plurality of memory devices and a second memory device of the plurality of memory devices. The method continues with the processing module migrating one or more encoded data slices between the first and second memory devices to reduce the available memory imbalance when the available memory imbalance exists. |
| US10084769B2 |
Single sign-on between multiple data centers
Techniques are disclosed for a single sign-on (SSO) enterprise system with multiple data centers that can use a lightweight cookie on a user's client device. The lightweight cookie can include a reference to a data center in which the user is already authenticated, and a new data center can contact the old data center for creating a session for the user on the new data center. If the old data center is unavailable, then the new data center may fall back to accessing a local security store, a backup of keys, security tokens, and/or other security data, in order to create a local session for the user on the new data center. |
| US10084767B2 |
Method and apparatus for authenticating a communication device
A method and apparatus for authenticating a communication device is disclosed. An system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an authentication system having a controller element that receives from a communication device over a packet-switched network a terminal ID and a request to authenticate said communication device, generates a first registration ID, stores the first registration ID and a first communication identifier, transmits the first registration ID to the communication device, receives from an interactive response system a second communication identifier and a second registration ID that the interactive response system received during a communication session with the communication device over a circuit-switched network, and authenticates the communication device in response to detecting a match between the first and second communication identifiers and the first and second registration IDs. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10084766B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing access to a service
Methods and apparatus for providing access to a service are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing a received request to verify a requesting device, the received request identifying multicast group memberships of the requesting device. Access is provided to the service in response to verifying the requesting device using the multicast group memberships. |
| US10084761B1 |
In-band identity verification and man-in-the-middle defense
A variety of techniques for performing identity verification are disclosed. As one example, a verification request is received from a remote user. The verification request pertains to a cryptographic key. In response to receiving a confirmation from a local user of the local device, a verification process is initiated. A result of the verification process is transmitted to the remote user. As a second example, a verification request can be received at the local device, from a local user of the device. A verification process with respect to the local user is initiated, and a result of the verification process is transmitted to a remote user that is different from the local user. |
| US10084751B2 |
Load balancing among a cluster of firewall security devices
A method for balancing load among firewall security devices (FSDs) is provided. According to one embodiment, a switching device performs adaptive load balancing among cluster units of an HA cluster of firewall security devices. A load balancing (LB) function implemented by the switching device is configured based on information received from a network administrator. A LB table is maintained that forms associations between hash values output by the LB function and corresponding ports of the switching device to which the cluster units are coupled. Network traffic received by the switching device is directed to appropriate cluster units based on the LB function and the LB table. A traffic load on each of the cluster units is monitored. Responsive to a deviation from a predefined ideal traffic distribution, an attempt is made to improve performance of the HA cluster by dynamically adjusting the LB balancing table to address the deviation. |
| US10084744B1 |
Promoting social network sharing of a content item on a content sharing platform
A method for promoting social network sharing of a content item is disclosed. The method includes determining whether actions of a user and statistics associated with a content item satisfy criteria to present a promotion to the user to share the content item on social networks, the promotion to be provided in a user interface (UI) presenting the content item and allowing the user to share the content item on the social networks, identifying, based on the actions of the user and the statistics associated with the content item, presentation characteristics to present the promotion, wherein the presentation characteristics comprise a location of the promotion in the UI and a position of playback of the content item, and selecting, based on a history of the user with each of the social networks, one or more of the social networks to include in the promotion. |
| US10084735B1 |
Apparatus and method for alternate channel communication initiated through a common message thread
A server includes a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are viewing a common message thread. An alternate channel communication prompt is supplied to the client devices. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication prompt by at least one participant. |
| US10084733B2 |
Message delivery management based on device accessibility
A processor may receive an electronic message sent to a first device associated with a user. The electronic message may have a first format. The processor may receive usage information about the first device and a second device associated with the user. The processor may determine whether to send the electronic message to the second device based on the received usage information. The second device may be capable of receiving messages having a second format. The processor may determine, in response to determining to send the electronic message to the second device, whether to transform the electronic message from the first format to the second format. The processor may transform, in response to determining to transform the electronic message to the second format, the electronic message. The processor may transmit the transformed electronic message to the second device. |
| US10084731B2 |
Method and system for transferring messages between messaging systems
A message interchange gateway for transferring messages between a first party and a second party includes an ingress module, arranged to accept at least one message from the first party, a session manger arranged to accept the at least one message from the ingress module, the session manager being further arranged in co-operation with a storage device having data, a message queuing module having at least one session-based message queue, and at least a first session handler having a first session. The first session handler is arranged in co-operation with a first session-based message queue for the processing of the at least one message according to an instruction from the session manager. The instruction is at least partially based on the data, and the first session handler is further arranged to dispatch, after processing, the at least one message from the first session-based message queue to the second party. |
| US10084730B2 |
Apparatus and method for quickly sending messages
A communication apparatus is configured to provide for quickly sending a message to a recipient. For instance, embodiments can be configured so that text, an image, or other content can be copied from a received message and sent via use of a copy and send command to actuate the formation of a message for sending. After selecting such a command, a message may be formed in a format of a preselecting messaging protocol (e.g. instant messaging, text messaging, etc.) that includes the copied content. In some embodiments, the sending of the message having the copied content may occur automatically in a predefined messaging format to a predefined addressee or group of predefined addressees after selecting a copy and send command so that no further input from a user is needed to effect the generation and sending of a message to the addressee(s). |
| US10084726B2 |
Dynamic datapath at edge gateway
A novel design of a gateway that handles traffic in and out of a network by using a datapath pipeline is provided. The datapath pipeline includes multiple stages for performing various data-plane packet-processing operations at the edge of the network. The processing stages include centralized routing stages and distributed routing stages. The processing stages can include service-providing stages such as NAT and firewall. The gateway caches the result previous packet operations and reapplies the result to subsequent packets that meet certain criteria. For packets that do not have applicable or valid result from previous packet processing operations, the gateway datapath daemon executes the pipelined packet processing stages and records a set of data from each stage of the pipeline and synthesizes those data into a cache entry for subsequent packets. |
| US10084723B2 |
System and method for providing an end-to-end lifecycle in a multitenant application server environment
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing an end-to-end lifecycle in a multi-tenant application server environment. A lifecycle manager enables configuration integration across different components, for example application servers, traffic directors or load balancers, and database or other components, which may have their own partition-specific configurations. In accordance with an embodiment, the end-to-end lifecycle infrastructure includes a plugin-based mechanism which enables the different components within a multi-tenant application server environment to use a lifecycle plugin to provide their own component-specific lifecycle functionality. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes support for a tenant onboarding functionality, which can be used to onboard a tenant for a service to a particular partition. In accordance with an embodiment, the system supports the use of a global runtime within the multi-tenant application server environment. |
| US10084720B2 |
Application-layer traffic optimization service spanning multiple networks
Using the ALTO Service, networking applications can request through the ALTO protocol information about the underlying network topology from the ISP or Content Provider. The ALTO Service provides information such as preferences of network resources with the goal of modifying network resource consumption patterns while maintaining or improving application performance. This document describes, in one example, an ALTO server that intersects network and cost maps for a first network with network and cost maps for a second network to generate a master cost map that includes one or more master cost entries that each represent a cost to traverse a network from an endpoint in the first network to an endpoint in the second network. Using the master cost map, a redirector may select a preferred node in the first network with which to service a content request received from a host in the second network. |
| US10084709B1 |
Methods and apparatus for scheduling transmission of data in a network
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a transmission schedule module in at least one of a memory or a processing device that can select, at a first time, a data unit to send to a network device based at least in part on a value of a transmission rate counter indicating that the network is in a first state. The transmission schedule module can receive, at a second time, an indication of a number of buffers associated with the data unit and can calculate a size estimate of the data unit based on the number of buffers and a capacity associated with each buffer. The transmission schedule module can calculate at a third time, a temporary transmission rate count and can send a signal to transition the network device from the first state to a second state if the temporary transmission rate count meets a criterion. |
| US10084708B2 |
Local session loopback protocol
A method for efficient utilization of available bandwidth over a data connection between a client computer and a server computer. An echo component on both the sending and receiving side of the connection registers a set of connection parameters, and stores a copy of the last transmitted request or response of the client and server computer systems. Once an echo component detects a duplicate data request or response, it simulates and transmits the last stored response back to the client or server computer system and notifies the remote side echo component to send data when it is ready. When non-duplicate data is ready to be transmitted, the local side echo component disables the loopback protocol then notifies the remote side to do the same and the data is transmitted. |
| US10084704B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for packet based transmission of multiple data signals
Apparatus, systems and methods for receiving one or more input signals and providing output signals in various video, audio, data and mixed formats are described. One or more input processors receive the input signals. Each of the input processors provides one or more packetized signals corresponding to one or more of the input signals received at the input processor. Each output processor can receive one or more packetized signals and generate one or more output signals. The output signals correspond to one or more of the input signals, additional locally generated signals or data relating to the signals or any combination of such signals. Use of a packet router according to the invention allows input signals encoded as one set of packetized signals to be recombined to provide additional packetized signals incorporating the same or different combinations of the packetized signals. |
| US10084703B2 |
Infrastructure-exclusive service forwarding
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving at a network element a packet including a Network Services Header (“NSH”), in which the NSH includes an Infrastructure (“I”) flag and a service path header comprising a Service Index (“SI”), and a Service Path ID (“SPI”) and determining whether the I flag is set to a first value. The method further includes, if the I flag is set to the first value, setting the I flag to a second value and forwarding the packet to the service function that corresponds to the SI for processing. The method still further includes, if the I flag is not set to the first value, decrementing the SI and making a forwarding decision based on a new value of the SI and the SPI. |
| US10084702B2 |
Packet processing method and system, and device
The application disclose a packet processing method that includes: receiving, by a service distribution node, service routing information sent by a controller, where the service routing information includes a flow identifier, a service identifier, and a next-hop address, the flow identifier is used to identify a packet flow, the service identifier is used to identify a sequence of a service node instance that processes the packet flow, and the next-hop address is used to identify the service node instance that processes the packet flow; receiving a first packet; acquiring a first flow identifier according to the first packet, and searching the service routing information according to the first flow identifier to acquire a matched service identifier and a matched next-hop address; and sending a second packet to a first service node instance that has the matched next-hop address, which implements service processing on a packet flow. |
| US10084701B2 |
Packet relaying method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A packet relaying method conducted by a computer, the packet relaying method includes controlling whether each of a plurality of packets is transferred to a first service function in accordance with a time interval between two adjacent packets of the plurality of packets and a delay time due to processing performed by the first service function, when the first service function of a plurality of service functions of a virtualized network included in a transfer route of the plurality of packets is excluded from the transfer route. |
| US10084700B1 |
Method and system for controlling message routing
A method and system to help control message routing in a scenario where a client device is registered with a media system via a first network and the media system is configured by default use the first network as a primary route for routing messages to the WCD. Per the disclosure, the media system will detect, while the client device is so registered via the first network, that a second network is serving the client device with a voice call, and the media system will responsively be reconfigured to use the second network as a primary route for routing of messages destined to the client device. Further, the media system may then subsequently detect that the voice call has ended, and the media system may responsively revert to being configured to use the first network as the primary route for routing of messages destined to the client device. |
| US10084699B2 |
Transferring data
Apparatus has at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored therein which when executed controls the at least one processor to perform a method comprising: maintaining plural logical connections on a communications path; transmitting data packets on different ones of the logical connections; monitoring acknowledgements received in respect of the data packets transmitted over the different ones of the logical connections; reusing a logical connection for which an acknowledgement for a transmitted data packet has been received; creating a new logical connection when there is a data packet to transmit over the path and there are no logical connections available for reuse; and destroying excess logical connections. This can result in the maintenance and use of a number of logical connections that is most appropriate for the link conditions and the data transmission requirements, thereby potentially maximizing transmission speed and minimizing system resource requirements. Advantageously, one excess logical connection is retained. This contributes further to minimizing system resource requirements. |
| US10084697B2 |
Methods and apparatus for internet-scale routing using small-scale border routers
Methods and apparatus for Internet-scale routing using small-scale border routers and IP tunneling are described. Each border router is directly connected to a transit provider. Routing protocol peerings may be passed via the border routers through tunnels to a routing service; the routing service and the transit provider router(s) appear to be directly adjacent routing peers. The routing service receives routing data from the transit provider(s), maintains the routing data in a routing table, and processes the routing data in the routing table to select best paths. A mapping service may be informed, by the routing service, of a best exit point (or points) for each Internet prefix of each packet to be routed on the Internet. Outbound packets from devices on the network to the Internet, and inbound packets from the Internet to the network devices, may be encapsulated and passed through tunnels as directed by the mapping service. |
| US10084695B2 |
Transport network control method, controller and node
Embodiments of the present invention provide a transport network control method, a controller, and a node. The method includes: receiving, by a controller, a control request message of a path; determining, according to topology information of a transport network and an atomic behavior that is supported by each node in the transport network, at least one node that the path passes through in the transport network and at least one atomic behavior that the at least one node needs to execute; and sending a path configuration message that includes the atomic behavior to the at least one node correspondingly, so that each node configures a transport plane to execute the atomic behavior included in the message. |
| US10084693B2 |
Method for transmitting/receiving signal related to NBIFOM in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving a signal related to network-based IP flow mobility (NBIFOM) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: a terminal receiving a routing rule from a network, in network initiated mode in which the terminal cannot generate the routing rule; transmitting a rejection of the routing rule to the network; and transmitting, to the network, information indicating the availability of an access type included in the routing rule, when the access type included in the routing rule becomes available. |
| US10084692B2 |
Streaming bridge design with host interfaces and network on chip (NoC) layers
Systems and methods described herein are directed to streaming bridge design implementations that help interconnect and transfer transaction packets between multiple source and destination host interfaces through a Network on Chip (NoC) interconnect, which includes a plurality of NoC router layers and virtual channels (VCs) connecting the router layers. Implementations are configured to support a variety of different traffic profiles, each having a different set of traffic flows. Streaming bridge design implementation can divide streaming bridge into a streaming TX bridge and a streaming RX bridge, wherein TX bridge is operatively coupled with host TX interfaces and RX bridge is operatively coupled with host RX interfaces, and where TX bridge forwards transaction packets from host TX interfaces to different router layers/VCs of NoC, and RX bridge, on the other hand, receives packets from NoC router layers/VCs and transmits the packets to host RX interfaces based on Quality of Service. |
| US10084688B2 |
Systems and methods for peer-to-peer communication
Systems, methods, and computer program products for transmitting data between devices are disclosed. A device may utilize a standardized communication system (“SCS”) to transmit data directly between devices including an SCS. The SCS may discover available devices. The SCS may determine available transmission paths between a first device and a second device. The SCS may select a transmission path between the first device and the second device, and the SCS may transmit data from the first device to the second device using a standardized communication protocol (“SCP”). |
| US10084687B1 |
Weighted-cost multi-pathing using range lookups
A method of forwarding packets by a physical network switch is provided. The method assigns egress ports that connect the network switch to each particular next hop to a weighted-cost multipathing (WCMP) group associated with the particular next hop. The method assigns weights to each egress port in each WCMP group according to the capacity of each path that connects the egress port to the next hop associated with the WCMP group and normalizes the weights over a range of values. For each packet received at the network switch, the method identifies the WCMP group associated with a next hop destination of the packet. The method calculates a hash value of a set of fields in the packet header and uses the hash value to perform a range lookup in the identified WCMP group to select an egress port for forwarding the packet to the next hop. |
| US10084684B2 |
Exploratory linktrace operations in a computer network
In one embodiment, an exploratory linktrace is initiated from an initiating network device with an exploratory linktrace message (ELM) having a target address. Each network device receiving the ELM may then propagate the ELM on a plurality of its ports to a plurality of downstream network devices based on the target address. In addition, each receiving network device returns an exploratory linktrace reply (ELR) for each of the plurality of ports, where each ELR is returned according to one or more mechanisms to mitigate stormed replies to the initiating network device. |
| US10084683B2 |
Unified protocol device with self functional test and associated method
A Unified Protocol (UniPro) device with self functional test includes a physical layer circuit and a UniPro interface. The physical layer circuit has a transmit (TX) port and a receive (RX) port, wherein the TX port and the RX port are connected to each other via a loopback link under a self-test mode. The UniPro interface generates an outgoing test pattern to the TX port, and checks an incoming test pattern received from the RX port under the self-test mode. |
| US10084682B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method and computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store first transmission-waiting packets received from a first apparatus and second transmission-waiting packets received from a second apparatus; a communication circuit configured to transmit the first transmission-waiting packets and the second transmission-waiting packets in accordance with a predetermined ratio; and a processor configured to measure stay time period, in the memory, of certain packet among the second transmission-waiting packets, determine, by referring to correspondence information that indicates correspondence between a hop number and a threshold value for the stay time period, whether or not the measured stay time period is equal to or longer than the threshold value corresponding to the number of hops from the second apparatus to the information processing apparatus, and output, when the stay time period is determined to be equal to or longer than the threshold value, identification information capable of identifying the certain packet. |
| US10084681B2 |
Method and system for monitoring server cluster
A method and system for monitoring a server cluster are provided for solving the problem of incapable of performing unified management and monitoring of different types of servers in the prior art. The method comprises: obtaining monitoring information inputted by a user and related to a server that needs to be monitored, the monitoring information comprising server identification information of the server that needs to be monitored and monitoring contents; determining a scripting language corresponding to the server based on a correspondence between server identification information and scripting languages; generating, based on the obtained monitoring contents, a monitoring command by using the scripting language corresponding to the server, to instruct the server to return corresponding data information according to the monitoring contents; sending the monitoring command to the server, and receiving a response message returned by the server, the response message carrying the data information obtained by the server based on the monitoring command. The method and system realize management and monitoring of different types of servers. |
| US10084678B2 |
Managing connections for data communications using heartbeat messaging
A system, computer-implemented method and computer program performs heartbeat messaging for managing connections for data communications. In one example method, an indication of a problem associated with a connection for data communication in a computing system or network is received. In response to receiving the indication, a heartbeat message is sent over the connection. The method monitors for a heartbeat response to the heartbeat message within a predefined heartbeat time interval. If a heartbeat response is received within the predefined heartbeat time interval, the method determines that the indication of a problem associated with the connection is invalid. If a heartbeat response is not received within the predefined heartbeat time interval, the method determines that the indication of a problem associated with the connection is valid. |
| US10084676B2 |
Auditing networking devices
Auditing networking devices is provided. A first traceroute is initiated from a first computing device to a second computing device. The first traceroute identifies at least one networking device along a data path from the first computing device to the second computing device. The first computing device is caused to send a first resource discovery packet to the second computing device. The first resource discovery packet includes a value matching a reserved multicast MAC address. Information describing one or more networking devices is compiled. The information is based, at least in part, on replies generated by one or more networking devices that received a resource discovery packet. One or more networking devices described by the information from the data path is excluded responsive to receiving a request. |
| US10084674B2 |
Virtual desktop operation and data continuity preservation
A method includes monitoring, by one or more processor, a communications connection to a client, and detecting a disconnection event. The disconnection occurs when activity over the communications connection drops below a threshold. Based on detecting the disconnection event, the one or more processor creates a cloned virtual environment by cloning an original virtual environment obtained by the client via the communications connection. The original virtual environment and the cloned virtual environment execute in parallel. The one or more processor obtains process information and based on the process information, applies at least one process to the cloned virtual environment and monitors the communications connection, to detect a reconnection event, where the reconnection event includes activity over the communications connection being above or equal to the threshold. |
| US10084671B2 |
Communication device and packet monitoring method
To provide a communication device that enables efficient monitoring of similar communication flows that are generated in a massive amount. Provided is a communication device, including a packet collection unit, a packet detection unit, a control information generation unit, and a communication control unit. The packet collection unit is configured to collect packets transmitted to a network and packets received from the network. The packet detection unit is configured to detect an opportunity to generate instruction information for instructing start and stop of recording packets exists by using the packets collected by the packet collection unit. The control information generation unit is configured to generate information for use in monitoring operation of packets and control information including the instruction information. The communication control unit configured to transmit the control information generated by the control information generation unit to another device connected to the network. |
| US10084670B2 |
Network node on-demand link resources
A switch manager places one or more of the ports into an on-demand pool and are given a default standby state so that the ports are not utilized in normal network switch operation. The manager monitors switch operation conditions for an on-demand resource allocation event that causes the manager to allocate a port from the on-demand pool and configure the port in compliance with an operating configuration so that the newly allocated port may be utilized by the network node. The manager sets a network node status indicating that on-demand pool resources are being utilized and monitors for an operational configuration reduction event that causes the manager to return the port to the on-demand pool. |
| US10084669B2 |
System and method for cloud computing adaptive cloud services
Novel tools and techniques are provided for remotely configuring and orchestrating multifunctional cloud devices located on customer premises, in some cases, using a smart cloud adaptive device. In some embodiments, the smart cloud adaptive device, which might have one or more wireless programmable radios configured to communicate with a network termination device, might communicate with a cloud configuration server over a network via the one or more wireless programmable radios (and, in some embodiments, through the network termination device). The smart cloud adaptive device might transmit device identification information associated with a customer and/or service codes indicative of services to be provided to the customer. The smart cloud adaptive device might receive one or more configuration files from the cloud configuration server based on the service codes, and enable functionality among a plurality of functionalities to provision the services, based on the one or more configuration files. |
| US10084665B1 |
Resource selection using quality prediction
Disclosed is a system and method for receiving a communication session request and identifying a plurality of available gateways available to handle the communication session request. For each gateway of the plurality of available gateways, gateway metrics of the performance of the gateway are predicted. Based on the predicted gateway metrics, a user rating for the communication session request being handled by the gateway is predicted. Based on the predicted user rating for each gateway, a gateway is selected from the plurality of available gateways. |
| US10084663B2 |
Enabling a tag to show status
Method to display the status of tags applied to objects in a cloud computing environment, by comparing an attribute of an object to a criterion of a tag applied to the object, wherein the object is part of the cloud computing environment, and outputting for display a graphical representation of the tag, wherein the graphical representation comprises a text of the tag and an indication of a result of the comparison. |
| US10084661B2 |
Method for evaluating performance of a data communication network
A method for evaluating performance of a data communication network with a receiver node arranged to initiate data transmission thereto from a plurality of transmitter nodes directly connected therewith includes applying to the data communication network a stochastic operation model arranged to model operation characteristics of the receiver node, and determining throughput or power consumption of the network based on the stochastic operation model. The operation characteristics include: a duration of a work cycle of the receiver node (Tcycle), the work cycle including an active data communication period (Thold) and an inactive period (Tdwell); a duration of the active data communication period (Thold), the active data communication period including a number of data communication events; the number of data communication events in the work cycle n; a duration of the respective data communication events (Ttx); and amount of data successfully received at the receiver node in the work cycle (Bi). |
| US10084653B2 |
Differential node configuration for network maintenance
An operator node is configured to generate a visualization of the configurations of nodes communicatively coupled to the operator node via a network. The operator node scans target nodes in a network and identifies a set of attributes describing various configuration properties of each node. The operator node compares corresponding attributes across nodes and determines for each attribute a measure of variance. The variance for each attribute is displayed in a grid view, allowing a user to observe the level of similarity or dissimilarity of each attribute across the target nodes of the network. The operator node also defines and implements a policy describing a set of configuration properties with which target nodes must comply. The operator node determines if one or more target nodes is in violation of the policy, displays a differential visualization associated with each policy failure event, and enables an operator to re-configure target nodes accordingly. |
| US10084651B2 |
Cell measurement method, cell resource sharing method, and related device
Disclosed are a cell measurement method, a cell resource sharing method, and a related device. The cell measurement method includes: a user equipment receives a measurement configuration message sent by a base station, wherein the measurement configuration message comprises at least one physical cell identity and CSI-RS configuration information corresponding to a measured cell, and wherein the physical cell identity is used to indicate the measured cell; measuring the CSI-RS corresponding to the measured cell according to the CSI-RS configuration information, and obtaining a measurement result of the measuring; sending the obtained measurement result of the measured cell and measurement object information of the measured cell to the base station via a measurement report. The technical solution provided by the present invention can effectively improve the accuracy of the measurement result, and enable the base station to distinguish different measurement results corresponding to different cells. |
| US10084647B2 |
Data forwarding to server via virtual network card or to external network via network interface, based on fusion descriptor
A data forwarding device includes server interfaces virtual network cards, a fusion switch and a network interface. A server interface obtains a data frame sent by a virtual network card driver running on a server corresponding to the server interface and obtains a first fusion descriptor, and sends the first fusion descriptor and the data frame to a virtual network card unit that corresponds to the virtual network card driver. The first fusion descriptor includes a type of the descriptor and a length of the data frame. The virtual network card processes the data frame according to the first fusion descriptor, and sends the data frame to the fusion switch. The fusion switch sends the data frame to a corresponding server via a virtual network card, or sends the data frame to an external network via a network interface. |
| US10084643B2 |
Systems and methods for providing customized virtual wireless networks based on service oriented network auto-creation
System and method embodiments are provided for providing customized virtual networks based on SONAC. In an embodiment, a network management entity for providing a customized VN includes a SONAC module executed by a computing device that is connected to a wireless network, the SONAC module configured to receive service requirement data from the wireless network and create a service customized VN according to the service requirement data, the service requirement data describing one or more service requirements, wherein the SONAC module comprises an interface to interact with: an SDT component, the SDT component used by the SONAC module to determine a service customized logical topology; an SDRA component that maps the logical topology to physical network resources within the wireless network; and a SDP component that determines an end-to-end data transport protocol for communication between a first device and a second device via the wireless network. |
| US10084642B2 |
Automated sensing of network conditions for dynamically provisioning efficient VPN tunnels
Provided is a process including: executing a virtual private network client application on a client computing device; communicating between the client computing device and a virtual private network server; sensing network conditions of a virtual private network connection; and selecting a set of configuration settings from among the different respective sets of configuration settings based on the network conditions. |
| US10084641B2 |
Network parameter configuration method and apparatus for portable router
The present invention discloses a network parameter configuration method, which includes: selecting, by the portable router, at least one target network configuration parameter package from at least two network configuration parameter packages that are pre-saved, where the network configuration parameter package includes at least a network connection parameter of the portable router; setting, by the portable router according to the at least one target network configuration parameter package, a network configuration parameter of the portable router; and requesting, by the portable router, to access an uplink network connected to an uplink network port of the portable router. According to the present invention, when the portable router switches from one scenario to another, a configuration parameter of the portable router may be quickly restored to a configuration parameter that was pre-saved for the another application scenario, so that reconfiguration of the portable router is avoided and configuration efficiency is improved. |
| US10084639B2 |
System and method for efficient network reconfiguration in fat-trees
Systems and methods are provided for supporting efficient reconfiguration of an interconnection network having a pre-existing routing. An exemplary method can provide a plurality of switches, a plurality of end nodes, and one or more subnet managers, including a master subnet manager. The method can calculate, via the master subnet manager, a first set of one or more leaf-switch to leaf-switch multipaths. The method can store this first set of one or more leaf-switch to leaf-switch multipaths at a metabase. The method can detect a reconfiguration triggering event, and call a new routing for the interconnection network. Finally, the method can reconfigure the network according to the new routing for the interconnection network. |
| US10084637B2 |
Automatic task tracking
The present technology correlates tasks between multiple threads of an application. A payload consisting of a task object may be identified as part of a method. Identification of the task object may be performed using instrumentation or some other method. Once the task object is identified, the payload may be instrumented to track the task object or payload and correlate the task object with other executing threads. Instrumenting the payload may include determining the constructor of the task object and instrumenting the task object constructors to determine what creates the task object. Once the source of a task object or payload is determined, the current thread having the task object as a parameter and another thread which creates the task may be tied together as part of a business transaction. |
| US10084631B2 |
Technique for PAPR reduction in communication channel
A technique of mapping data, suitable for Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) reduction while transmitting data portions via a communication channel limited by a peak power ppeak. The mapping is performed by utilizing a Markovian symbol transition probability distribution with quantized probabilities and by selecting, for a specific data portion at a current channel state, such a binary symbol (called thinned label) which allows puncturing one or more bits in the thinned label's bit sequence before transmission. |
| US10084627B2 |
Frequency hopping in an SC-FDMA environment
Facilitating frequency hopping for single carrier, frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) transmission is described herein. By way of example, user data transmitted within a transmission allocation unit can be frequency shifted with respect to time based slots of the allocation unit. As a result, frequency hopping can be accomplished while preserving single carrier constraints and a low peak to average power ratio (PAPR). Furthermore, various frequency shifted mechanisms are disclosed to accomplish preservation of single carrier restraints. For example, a scheduler can select between cyclic frequency shifting, transposed frequency shifting, and multiplexing of frequency selective scheduled and frequency hopped data based on an audit of scheduled data for the transmission allocation unit. As a result, the reduction in interference achieved through frequency hopping can be combined with the low PAPR for various data allocation configurations. |
| US10084624B2 |
Repeater
A repeater receiving an original frame from a connected Electronic Control Unit (ECU) by a normal port divides data stored in a data area of the received frame, and each of a plurality of divided data pieces is stored in the data area in each of a plurality of division frames to be sent out to a destination. Each of the plurality of division frames of the original frame is distributed to one of two ring ports according to a determination of the repeater, and each of the division frames is sent out therefrom to the destination. In such manner, the frame transmission time required for a transmission of the frame is reduced. |
| US10084620B1 |
Neural network-based systems for high speed data links
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to a data transmission receiver that includes a neural network circuit for resolving a received bit value. The data transmission receiver can be coupled to a data transmitter by a high speed data link. The neural network circuit can sample a bit value at multiple locations across the bit's unit interval. The neural network circuit can also sample bit values for neighboring bits to the interested bit at multiple sampling locations across unit intervals for the neighboring bits. The neural network circuit can determine the value of the interested bit from the samples of the waveform. |
| US10084618B2 |
Processing circuit and signal correction method
A transmission circuit, mounted on a printed board and having attenuation characteristics, to attenuate an amplitude of a reception signal according to the attenuation characteristics, and to transmit the amplitude-attenuated reception signal, as an attenuation signal; and a correction circuit, mounted on the printed board and having correction characteristics, to attenuate an attenuation signal that has been received from the transmission circuit according to the correction characteristics, and to transmit the attenuation signal attenuated, as a correction signal are provided. The attenuation characteristics are such characteristics that the ratio of the amplitude of the attenuation signal to the amplitude of the reception signal decreases as the frequency of the reception signal increases. The correction characteristics are characteristics with which the ratio of the amplitude of the correction signal to the amplitude of the attenuation signal increases as the frequency of the attenuation signal increases. |
| US10084617B2 |
User station for a bus system and method for improving the transmission quality in a bus system
A user station for a bus system and a method for improving the transmission quality in a bus system are provided. The user station includes a transceiver for transmitting or receiving a message to/from at least one additional user station of the bus system via the bus system. In the bus system, exclusive, collision-free access to a bus of the bus system by a user station is at least temporarily ensured. The transceiver includes a transmission signal processing device for transmission signal processing of a transmission signal to be transmitted by the transceiver. The transmission signal processing device is configured for setting a predetermined bit symmetry of bits of the transmission signal by generating an internal transmission signal for the message. In the internal transmission signal, the dominant phase of the bits is shortened and the recessive phase of the bits is lengthened. |
| US10084613B2 |
Self adapting driver for controlling datapath hardware elements
A self adapting driver for controlling datapath hardware elements uses a generic driver and a configuration library to create a set of data structures and methods to map information provided by applications to physical tables. A set of virtual tables is implemented as an interface between the applications and the generic driver. The generic driver uses the configuration library to determine a mapping from the virtual tables to the physical tables. A virtual table schema definition is parsed to create the configuration library, such that changes to the physical infrastructure may be implemented as changes to the virtual table schema definition without adjusting the driver code. Thus automatically generated creation of generic packet forwarding drivers is able to be implemented through the use of a configuration language that defines the meaning of the information stored in the virtual tables. |
| US10084611B2 |
Programmable symbol animation pre-processor for building automation graphics
Management systems, methods and mediums are provided for displaying graphics using a programmable symbol animation pre-processor. One method includes identifying a symbol associated with a building graphic, identifying a symbol property to be animated, and determining whether the symbol property is associated with a script. When it is, identifying a plurality of different data points referenced in the script where each data point corresponds to the same device or a respective device in the building. The method identifies a respective value for each identified data point as received from a management system operably connected to each of the plurality of devices, identifies an operation in the script that corresponds to an evaluation of the values of the identified data points, generates a first evaluation result based on the operation, and displays a graphical representation of the symbol based on the first evaluation result and in association with the building graphic. |
| US10084610B2 |
Control apparatus and control method
A control apparatus controls consumer equipment provided in a power consumer facility. The control apparatus comprises a controller configured to transmit, information indicating an operatable function capable of being operated by an operation apparatus operating the consumer equipment among a plurality of functions of the consumer equipment, to the operation apparatus, when the control apparatus is connected to the operation apparatus via a first network provided in the consumer facility. The controller is further configured to transmit a request message for requesting execution of a function designated from the operatable function to the consumer facility, when the control apparatus receives an operation instruction of the designated function of the operatable function from the operation apparatus. The controller is further configured to select the operatable function among the plurality of functions according to whether the operation apparatus is located outside the consumer facility. |
| US10084603B2 |
Method and system for rendering a stolen mobile communications device inoperative
A method and system for rendering a stolen mobile communications device inoperative is presented. A determination that the mobile communications device is in a first state is made at a security component on the mobile communications device. A removal of a cryptographic key is affected at the security component on the mobile communications device. |
| US10084602B2 |
Dynamic token and a working method thereof
A working method of a dynamic token, including the steps of grouping, by the dynamic token, the second hash data to obtain a plurality of byte groups, transforming respective byte groups into corresponding binary data by shifting and combining the bytes contained in respective byte groups; performing modulo operation on a first preset value by using sum of all the binary data obtained by transforming to a modulo result, performing modulo operation on a second preset value by using the obtained modulo result so as to obtain the first bit interception result. According to this working method, on the basis of different purpose codes, an authentication server authenticates the dynamic passwords applicable to each application scenarios, reducing the risk of keys used for generating dynamic passwords being stolen, improving the security of a token authentication system. |
| US10084599B2 |
Decryption device, method, and circuit
A decryption method includes receiving encrypted data, in which the encrypted data is encrypted by an RSA public key; and performing at least one multiplication operation and at least one square operation according to an RSA private key and the encrypted data to acquire decrypted data. A false square operation is performed in performing one of the at least one multiplication operation, or a false multiplication operation is performed in performing one of the at least one square operation. |
| US10084597B1 |
RFID tags with dynamic key replacement
A cryptographically-enabled RFID tag stores a primary secret key and derives secondary keys from the primary key. A secondary key may be derived by combining the primary key with one or more other parameters using one or more algorithms. The tag uses a derived secondary key to encrypt or electronically sign a tag response sent to a verifying entity. The verifying entity does not know the derived secondary key, but knows the tag primary key and the parameters and algorithms used to derive the secondary key and can derive all of the potential secondary keys. The verifying entity can then attempt to authenticate the tag or tag response by trying potential secondary keys. |
| US10084594B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for performing an establishment of a security context between a user equipment and an access node
Embodiment of the present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for establishing a security context and relates to the communications field, so as to comprehensively protect UE data. The method includes: acquiring an encryption algorithm of an access node; acquiring a root key and deriving, according to the root key and the encryption algorithm, an encryption key of the access node; sending the encryption key and the encryption algorithm to the access node, so that the access node starts downlink encryption and uplink decryption; sending the encryption algorithm of the access node to the UE so as to negotiate the encryption algorithm with the UE; and instructing the access node to start downlink encryption and uplink decryption and instructing, during algorithm negotiation, the UE to start downlink decryption and uplink encryption. The present invention mainly applies to SCC security protection. |
| US10084593B2 |
Apparatus for unconventional non-linear feedback shift registers (NLFSRs)
A sequence generator implemented on a processor that generates a sequence of signals applies a feedback shift register with feedback. A feedback loop connects at least a first and a second shift register element to last shift register element to a first shift register element of the shift register and includes at least one two-input n-state switching functions that is characterized by non-associative switching functions or switching tables. The sequence generator may be part of a scrambler, an autonomous sequence generator, a hash code generator, a communication device, and a data storage device. |
| US10084591B1 |
SERDES built-in sinusoidal jitter injection
Embodiments enable built-in sinusoidal jitter injection, for example, in a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) circuit. For example, embodiments can receive a tracking profile that corresponds to a predetermined sinusoidal jitter (SJ) profile and a predetermined phase interpolator (PI) profile. A shift determination can be made for each of a plurality of insertion times according to the tracking profile, the shift determination indicating whether to adjust phase interpolation of the SERDES circuit. At each of the plurality of insertion times, a phase adjustment signal can be generated as a function of the shift determination. For example, the phase adjustment signal can indicate a control code for a phase interpolator coupled to a clock generator of the SERDES, and the signal can be output to the phase interpolator. Some implementations adjust the phase interpolator in response to the phase adjustment signal, such that the phase interpolator injects SJ that substantially tracks the SJ profile. |
| US10084586B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signal for low latency in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method for a terminal transmitting an uplink signal for low transmission latency in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting to a base station an uplink control channel containing control information on an uplink data channel; and transmitting the uplink data channel. Here, the uplink data channel is transmitted in at least one advanced subframe comprising M number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and the uplink control channel is transmitted in at least one special symbol which is separate from the advanced subframe. |
| US10084582B2 |
Techniques for signaling dynamic control region for PRACH transmission
Techniques for signaling dynamic control region for PRACH transmission are described. In an aspect, the disclosure describes a method for receiving, at a user equipment (UE), an indication of a number of control symbols that the UE is to assume when transmitting physical random access channel (PRACH), and transmitting, by the UE, the PRACH over one or more slots based on the number of control symbols. In another aspect, the disclosure describes a method for generating, at a network device, an indication of a number of control symbols that a UE is to assume when transmitting PRACH, transmitting, by the network device, the indication to the UE. A UE and network device configuration as well as apparatuses and computer-readable medium related to these methods are also described. |
| US10084580B2 |
Methods for transmitting and receiving control channel, base station, and user equipment
The present invention provides methods for transmitting and receiving a control channel, a base station, and a user equipment. The method for transmitting a control channel includes: determining m PRB pairs used for transmitting a control channel to be transmitted; when a distributed transmission mode is used for transmission, determining an aggregation level L of the control channel to be transmitted; determining, according to the aggregation level L, a first control channel candidate at the aggregation level L; and placing, on physical resources to which the first control channel candidate is mapped, control information of the control channel to be transmitted, and transmitting the control information. The present invention improves multiplexing efficiency of control channels of different modes. |
| US10084579B2 |
CSI feedback for MIMO wireless communication systems with polarized active antenna array
A base station capable of communicating with a user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver configured to transmit 8-port Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) according to a CSI-RS configuration for the UE, and downlink signals containing the CSI-RS configuration on physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH), and receive, from the UE, uplink signals containing Precoder Matrix Indicator (PMI) derived using the 8-port CSI-RS, and a controller configured to convert the PMI to one of predetermined precoding vectors. A user equipment includes a transceiver configured to receive downlink signals containing a CSI-RS configuration on PDSCH transmitted by the BS, and 8-port CSI-RS according to the CSI-RS configuration, and transmit uplink signals containing a PMI, a controller configured to decode the CSI-RS configuration from the downlink signals, and derive the PMI by utilizing channel estimates based on the 8-port CSI-RS, the PMI mapped to one of precoding vectors. |
| US10084575B2 |
Integration of non-homogenous communication systems
Selecting an output channel, from a plurality of output channels of a communication system associated with a database management system, for transmission of an entity document to an entity from the database management system. The determining based on an entity classification of the entity within the database management system. Responsive to receiving a service-orientated-architecture service request for the entity at the database management system, the service-orientated-architecture (SOA) service request is converted to a message having a format associated with the entity classification of the entity. Converting the SOA includes selecting, based on a content of the SOA service request, a template, having a predefined set of semantics, associated with the entity classification of the entity, selecting a semantic that corresponds to the SOA service request, and transmitting the message with the selected semantic through the output channel. |
| US10084571B2 |
Transmission and receiver apparatus and methods
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a corresponding method for mapping error correction code encoded time-domain data of at least two mapping input data streams (S1, S2, . . . , Sn) onto a time-domain mapping output data stream (Q) having a frame structure, comprising a data input (102) for receiving said at least two mapping input data streams (S1, S2, . . . , Sn) each being segmented into data blocks (D1, D2, . . . , DN) carrying error correction code encoded data, a data mapper (104) for mapping the data blocks (D1, D2, . . . , DN) of said at least two mapping input data streams (S1, S2, . . . , Sn) onto frames of said mapping output data stream (Q), each frame comprising a number of frame intervals (F1, F2, . . . , FM), wherein the data mapper (104) is adapted for mapping the data blocks (D1, D2, . . . , DN) onto said frame intervals such that each frame interval (F1, F2, . . . , FM) carries sequentially arranged data blocks (D1, D2, . . . , DN) from various mapping input data streams (S1, S2, . . . , Sn) and that within a frame the mapping of data blocks (D1, D2, . . . , DN) from the various mapping input data streams (S1, S2, . . . , Sn) onto frame intervals (F1, F2, . . . , FM) is different from frame interval to frame interval, and a data output (110) for outputting said mapping output data stream (Q). |
| US10084570B2 |
System and method for line coding
A system and method for line coding of data. A serial transmitter includes a forward error correction encoding circuit followed by a bit conditioning circuit. The bit conditioning circuit counts the lengths of runs of consecutive identical digits and, when the count reaches a threshold, flips a bit. A serial receiver receives the data from the serial transmitter. The serial receiver includes a forward error correction decoding circuit, which re-flips bits flipped by the bit conditioning circuit of the serial transmitter. |
| US10084569B2 |
Data sending method and apparatus
The method includes code block segmentation is performed on a physical layer source data packet, to be sent, having a length of Ks bits, and channel coding is performed on each code block obtained by segmentation, to obtain Cs error-corrected and coded source data sub-packets having lengths of Kc bits; packet coding is performed on the error-corrected and coded source data sub-packets, to obtain Cp check data sub-packets; Ki codeword bits are selected from the ith sub-packet in Cs source data sub-packets, Kj codeword bits are selected from the jth sub-packet in the Cp check data sub-packets, all the selected bits are cascaded together to form a sequence having a length of formula (I), i=0, 1, . . . , Cs−1, j=0, 1, . . . , Cp−1, and the sequence is sent, herein Ks, Cs and Kc are integers greater than 1, and Cp, Ki and Kj are integers greater than or equal to 0. |
| US10084566B2 |
Enodeb with masking functionality and aircraft
A method for masking communication signals, particularly for masking terrestrial RF communication signals on board of an aircraft, includes parallelizing a first information data stream to be transmitted on a first LTE transmission channel. The first LTE transmission channel has a first channel transmission bandwidth and at least one guard band adjacent to the channel transmission bandwidth. The first information data stream is spread over mutually orthogonal data subcarriers within the first channel transmission bandwidth. A CAZAC sequence is generated. The generated CAZAC sequence is spread over guard band subcarriers within the at least one guard band. The first information data stream is transmitted over the data subcarriers in parallel to the CAZAC sequence over the guard band subcarriers. |
| US10084563B2 |
Asymmetric heterogeneous waveform shaping in wireless communications
Waveforms may be shaped in a wireless communications device by processing head tones of a multi-tone carrier using a head tone waveform shaping characteristic to provide a first sub-symbol, processing tail tones of the multi-tone carrier using a tail tone waveform shaping characteristic to provide a second sub-symbol, and processing center tones of the multi-tone carrier using a center tone waveform shaping characteristic to provide a third sub-symbol. The first, second, and third waveform shaping characteristics may be different from each other, i.e., the waveform shaping may be asymmetric. The first, second, and third sub-symbols may be combined to provide an output symbol. |
| US10084557B2 |
Advertisement tracking
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for determining the efficacy of an advertisement are described herein. A computing device may receive an advertisement from an advertisement server. The computing device may determine advertisement information associated with the presentation of the advertisement. The advertisement information may be sent to the advertisement server. |
| US10084556B1 |
Identifying and transmitting invisible fence signals with a mobile data terminal
A mobile device includes a receiver for receiving radio frequency (RF) signals from a signal generating unit of an invisible fence system when a user reaches or enters a zone defining a pet restricted area. The mobile device can identify a frequency of the signals which were received from the signal generating unit. The mobile device can notify a user by providing a warning regarding the presence of the invisible fence system based upon identification of the signals. The mobile device also includes a transmitter for emitting RF signals at the identified frequency of the invisible fence system defining another zone surrounding the mobile device and the user. |
| US10084553B1 |
Iterative recovery from baseline or timing disturbances
In certain embodiments, a method may include receiving one or more equalized samples of an input signal. The method may further include mitigating one or more excursions in the one or more equalized samples based on one or more current decisions of an iterative decoding process to generate compensated equalized samples. In addition, the method may include performing iterative decoding operations based on the compensated equalized samples, updating the current decisions of the iterative decoding process and outputting the current decisions as a converged result when the iterative decoding operations have converged for the compensated equalized samples. |
| US10084552B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for calibrating hardware-induced distortion in a communication system
Methods and systems are described for calibrating hardware-induced distortion in a communication system. In one aspect, a calibration signal is transmitted from a base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE). A corresponding amplified version of the transmitted calibration signal is received by the BS from the UE. A composite downlink-uplink channel state information (CSI) is estimated based on the received corresponding amplified version of the transmitted calibration signal. Uplink CSI is estimated based on a reference signal received from the UE. At least one of a phase hardware-induced distortion and an amplitude hardware induced distortion is determined based on the estimated composite downlink-uplink CSI and the estimated uplink CSI. |
| US10084545B2 |
Distributed traveling-wave mach-zehnder modulator driver
A distributed traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator driver having a plurality of modulation stages that operate cooperatively (in-phase) to provide a signal suitable for use in a 100 Gb/s optical fiber transmitter at power levels that are compatible with conventional semiconductor devices and conventional semiconductor processing is described. |
| US10084543B2 |
Analog optical repeater and single optical line transmitting method for multi-band multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
A multi-band multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmitting apparatus and method of using an analog optical repeater that relays a downstream signal and an upstream signal between a base station and a terminal is provided. A head end of the analog optical repeater converts a frequency of a signal through a frequency converter to prevent the signal from overlapping with other signals having the same frequencies of a downstream multi-band, and uses a band already used by an optical module, and thus does not need to secure an additional band in the optical module. Accordingly, signals at the same frequency input into the HE can be transmitted through the optical cable and to the RU without overlapping. A flow of upstream signals received from the terminal are handled and transmitted similarly to the downstream signals, but in the opposite direction, whereby multi-band MIMO is implemented. |
| US10084542B2 |
Microwave photonic notch filter
A microwave photonic notch filter comprising: a modulator to modulate an optical signal with an electrical signal to generate a first sideband and a second sideband; a configurable optical processor to generate a modified optical signal by adjusting the power of the sidebands to achieve a power difference between first sideband and second sideband and by producing an antiphase relationship between light within two sidebands corresponding to the selected frequency band; an optical resonance to adjust the power of the first sideband of the modified optical signal corresponding to the selected frequency band by a resonance power adjustment to generate a resonance output signal; an optical-to-electrical converter to generate a copy of the electrical signal with suppressed frequency components within the selected frequency band; and a control unit to re-configure the configurable optical processor to adjust the power difference between two sidebands towards the resonance power adjustment. |
| US10084540B2 |
Visible light communication device and visible light communication system
A visible light communication device includes: a light emitting device that emits visible light when current flows thereto; a power supply circuit that supplies the current that flows to the light emitting device; a switch that switches between ON and OFF states in which current does and does not flow to the light emitting device, respectively; a switch controller that controls the switch state; a voltage detector that detects an input voltage of the light emitting device; a threshold storage that stores information stipulating a threshold voltage; and a determiner that, when the switch is in the ON state and the voltage detector detects an ON voltage, determines whether the ON voltage satisfies a predetermined relationship with the threshold voltage stipulated by the information stored in the threshold storage. The switch controller further latches the switch in the OFF state when the determination by the determiner is affirmative. |
| US10084535B1 |
Method and apparatus for handling communications between spacecraft operating in an orbital environment and terrestrial telecommunications devices that use terrestrial base station communications
A multiple-access transceiver handles communications with mobile stations in environments that exceed mobile station design assumptions without necessarily requiring modifications to the mobile stations. One such environment is in Earth orbit. The multiple-access transceiver is adapted to close communications with mobile stations while exceeding mobile station design assumptions, such as greater distance, greater relative motion and/or other conditions commonly found where functionality of a terrestrial transceiver is to be performed by an orbital transceiver. The orbital transceiver might include a data parser that parses a frame data structure, a signal timing module that adjusts timing based on orbit to terrestrial propagation delays, frequency shifters and a programmable radio capable of communicating from the Earth orbit that uses a multiple-access protocol such that the communication is compatible with, or appears to the terrestrial mobile station to be, communication between a terrestrial cellular base station and the terrestrial mobile station. |
| US10084533B2 |
Access node for end-to-end beamforming communications system
Methods and systems are described for providing end-to-end beamforming. For example, end-to-end beamforming systems include end-to-end relays and ground networks to provide communications to user terminals located in user beam coverage areas. The ground segment can include geographically distributed access nodes and a central processing system. Return uplink signals, transmitted from the user terminals, have multipath induced by a plurality of receive/transmit signal paths in the end to end relay and are relayed to the ground network. The ground network, using beamformers, recovers user data streams transmitted by the user terminals from return downlink signals. The ground network, using beamformers generates forward uplink signals from appropriately weighted combinations of user data streams that, after relay by the end-end-end relay, produce forward downlink signals that combine to form user beams. |
| US10084527B1 |
Wireless communication system to configure resource block usage in a wireless repeater
A wireless communication system restricts resource block usage in wireless repeaters. The wireless communication system includes a wireless access point configured to transfer user data for User Equipment (UEs) wherein some of the UEs are connected to the wireless repeaters. The wireless access point is further configured to determine an average uplink transmission power for the UEs, and if the average uplink transmission power for the UEs exceeds an uplink transmission power threshold, then the wireless access point is configured to determine resource block restrictions for the wireless repeaters. The wireless access point is also configured to transfer the resource block restrictions for delivery to the wireless repeaters. |
| US10084524B2 |
Channel state information transmission method, user equipment, and access network device
Embodiments of the present application provide a channel state information transmission method. The method includes: receiving downlink data; determining an uplink subframe used to send feedback information of the downlink data, where a first downlink subframe set associated with the uplink subframe includes a first subset and a second subset, and the first subset is a proper subset of the second subset; determining a channel resource used to send the feedback information, where the channel resource includes a first uplink channel resource or a second uplink channel resource; and if sending of r pieces of CSI is configured to be sent, a codebook size of the feedback information corresponds to the first subset, and the determined channel is the second uplink channel resource, sending the feedback information and t pieces of CSI of the r pieces of CSI on the second uplink channel resource. |
| US10084522B2 |
Method and node in a wireless communication network
Radio network node and method in a radio network node, for wireless communication with a user equipment in a wireless communication system in antenna streams, wherein the radio network node comprises a plurality of antenna elements, forming a multiple antenna array which is configured for massive MIMO transmission. The method comprises beamforming a signal to be transmitted to the user equipment by splitting and phase shifting said signal; detecting a peak of power of one beamformed signal, exceeding a threshold value; manipulating said signal until the peak of power of the signal is lower than said threshold value; and transmitting said signal, to be received by the user equipment. |
| US10084519B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining precoding matrix indicator, user equipment, and base station
A method and an apparatus determine a precoding matrix indicator, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: determining a precoding matrix indicator PMI, where the PMI corresponds to a precoding matrix W, and the precoding matrix W satisfies a first condition, a second condition, or a third condition; and sending the PMI to a base station. Embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding apparatus, and the corresponding user equipment and base station. Technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention can effectively control a beam, especially a beam shape and a beam orientation, in a horizontal direction and a perpendicular direction. |
| US10084514B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving feedback information in a wireless packet data communication system
Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting feedback information in a communication system supporting multiple transmission methods with multi antenna transmission. Information for a default Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) mode is received. It is determined whether the default MIMO mode is a Single-User MIMO mode or a Multi-User MIMO mode based on the information for the default MIMO mode. First Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) feedback information is calculated for one of the Single-User MIMO mode and the Multi-User MIMO mode determined as the default MIMO mode. The first CQI feedback information and DELTA CQI feedback information, which is a differential value between the first CQI feedback information and second CQI feedback information for a non-default MIMO mode, are transmitted. |
| US10084512B2 |
Proximity boundary based communication
Technology is described for proximity based communications. A proximity boundary can be defined with dimensions defined, in part, by a communication range of one of a first Short Range Communication (SRC) device and a second SRC device. The first SRC device and the second SRC device can be configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI). A proximity signal can be communicated in the proximity boundary between the first SRC device and the second SRC device, wherein at least one of the first and second SRC devices includes at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity. A security permission can be provided to enable selected data to be communicated from one or more of the first SRC device and the second SRC device using NFMI when the proximity signal is detected between the first SRC device and the second SRC device. |
| US10084511B2 |
Apparatus and method for power line communication on a dual voltage vehicle
An electronic controller includes a first electrical input, receiving electrical power of a first voltage for powering the electronic controller, and a second electrical input, receiving an electrical power line communication signal at a second voltage. The second voltage is different than the first voltage. The power line communication signal is received from a second electronic controller that is powered by electrical power of the second voltage. |
| US10084509B2 |
Flexible redundancy using RF switch matrix
A method of operating an RF system, the method including controlling coupling and uncoupling of RF ports included in an M by N radio frequency (RF) switch matrix including N first-side RF ports and M second-side RF ports, wherein each of the first-side RF ports may be selectively coupled to at least one of two or more of the second-side RF ports, such that RF signals are carried between selectively coupled ports; identifying one or more of the second-side RF ports as active ports, the active ports including a first active port; causing the RF switch matrix to couple the first active port to a first signal port included in the first-side RF ports; obtaining a first indication of reduced performance for a first piece of RF communication equipment coupled to the first active port; and causing, in response to the first indication, the RF switch matrix to couple the first signal port to a first spare port, wherein the first spare port is included in the second-side RF ports and is not included in the active ports. |
| US10084507B2 |
Receiver for use in an ultra-wideband communication system
In an ultra-wideband (“UWB”) receiver, a received UWB signal is periodically digitized as a series of ternary samples. The samples are continuously correlated with a predetermined preamble sequence to develop a correlation value. When the value exceeds a predetermined threshold, indicating that the preamble sequence is being received, estimates of the channel impulse response (“CIR”) are developed. When a start-of-frame delimiter (“SFD”) is detected, the best CIR estimate is provided to a channel matched filter (“CMF”) substantially to filter channel-injected noise. |
| US10084506B2 |
Transceiver front-end
A transceiver front-end for a communication device is connectable to a signal transmission and reception arrangement adapted to transmit a transmit signal having a transmit frequency and to receive a receive signal having a receive frequency. The transceiver front-end is also connectable to a transmitter adapted to produce the transmit signal, and to a receiver adapted to process the receive signal. The transceiver front-end comprises a transmit frequency suppression filter arrangement and a receive frequency suppression filter arrangement. The transmit frequency suppression filter arrangement is adapted to suppress transfer of a signal having the transmit frequency and to pass a signal having the receive frequency. The receive frequency suppression filter arrangement is adapted to suppress transfer of a signal having the receive frequency and to pass a signal having the transmit frequency. The transceiver front-end also comprises a transmit frequency cancellation arrangement and a receive frequency cancellation arrangement. The transmit frequency cancellation arrangement is adapted to produce a first cancellation signal for cancellation, at receiver nodes, of a suppressed signal having the transmit frequency, transferred by the transmit frequency suppression filter arrangement. The receive frequency cancellation arrangement is adapted to produce a second cancellation signal for cancellation, at signal transmission and reception arrangement nodes of a suppressed signal having the receive frequency, transferred by the receive frequency suppression filter arrangement. Corresponding transceiver, communication device and method are also disclosed. |
| US10084505B2 |
Signal coupling device and method for operating a signal coupling device
A method operates a signal coupling device. The signal coupling device contains at least one signal branch section which is or can be connected to a terminal-side interface of the signal coupling device using signaling. At least one signal property of a signal applied to the at least one signal branch section is determined. A signal type is determined on the basis of the at least one signal property. A time duplexing signal or a frequency duplexing signal is determined as the signal type. A signal-type-specific connection is established between the terminal-side interface and an antenna-side interface of the signal coupling device. |
| US10084502B2 |
Electronic device case with a friction surface
A case for use with an electronic device includes a base portion with side portions extending therefrom forming a pocket. The case also includes a first material generally at an exterior of the pocket, forming a majority of an exterior surface of the base portion, and a second material secured to and having a higher coefficient of friction than the first material, generally at an interior of the pocket. The second material protrudes through aperture(s) in the first material at the base portion to protrude from the interior to the exterior of the base portion, and outward from the first material such that the second material contacts a support surface when the base portion is placed thereon. The protruding second material extends away from the aperture(s) on opposing surfaces of the first material at the exterior and interior of the pocket to provide securement between the first and second materials. |
| US10084501B1 |
Active cover for electronic device
Systems and methods of providing a mobile device cover are described. In some embodiments, the mobile device cover may include, for example, an acoustic sensor, a processor, and lighting devices. The processor can be operatively coupled to the acoustic sensor and the lighting devices. The acoustic sensor can be configured to receive sound generated by the mobile phone and to convert the sound into an acoustic signal. The processor can be configured to receive the acoustic signal and to determine whether the acoustic signal is similar to one of a plurality of acoustic signals previously stored on the mobile phone cover. Each of the previously stored acoustic signals can be indicative of, for example, a particular caller, a particular message sender, or a particular alert. Based on the acoustic signal determination, the processor is configured to cause lighting of the one or more lighting devices corresponding to the indicated caller, indicated message sender, or indicated alert. |
| US10084498B2 |
Configurable communications module with replaceable network access device
A system for providing telematics is provided that includes a communications unit having host circuitry coupled by an interface to at least one removable communications card, the interface includes a break line that enables disconnection of the at least one removable communications card from the host circuitry. |
| US10084497B2 |
Antenna assembly for portable device
An antenna assembly for a portable device is provided. The antenna assembly includes a battery cover including a metal material, a short-range wireless communication module electrically connected to the battery cover, and a main antenna electrically connected to the short-range communication module. |
| US10084489B2 |
Multiple antenna system and transceiver front end for interband downlink carrier aggregation
A first antenna and a first band switch with a first duplexer operatively coupled to a first output of the first band switch. The first duplexer provides a transmit sub-band feed and a first receive sub-band feed for a first RF band. A second duplexer is operatively coupled to a second output of the first band switch, and provides a transmit sub-band feed and a first receive sub-band feed for a second RF band. A second antenna is operatively coupled to an input of a second band switch. A first antenna matching network for the second antenna is operatively coupled to a first output of the second band switch, and provides a second receive sub-band feed for the first RF band. A second antenna matching network is operatively coupled to a second output of the second band switch, and provides a second receive sub-band feed for the second RF band. |
| US10084488B1 |
Chip-to-chip port coherency without overhead
A network system includes a first device and a second device coupled to each other that mux and demux data for LSL to HSL transitions. The muxing and demuxing function in the first and second device, respectively, use timing logic from an existing training protocol, such as link training (“LT”). Although LT is used for establishing links between two chips, and has no provision for maintaining port coherency for port-specific input data on one chip to port-specific output data on another chip, the LT does have a uniquely identifiable logic transition in a known data pattern used for LT that can be multi-purposed for syncing the muxing and demuxing of the two interfaced chips, using a predetermined port sequence on both chips to maintain coherency of port-specific data. |
| US10084483B2 |
Interleaving information for media data
Techniques for interleaving information for media data are described. In at least some embodiments, interleaving information is propagated from a network-based service to endpoint devices that participate in communication sessions. The endpoint devices may utilize the interleaving information to interleave media data of communication sessions. |
| US10084467B1 |
ADC and an interfacing circuit adaptable thereto
An interfacing circuit adaptable to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a sample and hold (S/H) circuit; an input switch; an input capacitor with a first end connected to an input end of a comparator of the ADC via the S/H circuit, and with a second end connected to receive an input signal via the input switch; a hold switch connected between the second end of the input capacitor and an original common-mode voltage; a reset switch connected between the input end of the comparator and a target common-mode voltage; and a front switch connected between the first end of the input capacitor and the target common-mode voltage. |
| US10084464B1 |
Ad converter, semiconductor integrated circuit, and rotation detector
Provided is an AD converter having a rail-to-rail input voltage range and being free of a missing code and monotonicity loss. A comparator includes a first comparator having an NMOS differential input stage, a second comparator having a PMOS differential input stage, and an output selection circuit configured to select any one of outputs of the two comparators. A correction circuit acquires in advance a first AD converted value in the case of using the first comparator and a second AD converted value in the case of using the second comparator with respect to the same input voltage to calculate a correction value, and performs correction processing based on the correction value to suppress an offset error between the first AD converted value and the second AD converted value. |
| US10084463B2 |
Reconfigurable transceivers
A transceiver including: a reconfigurable circuit including a plurality of units including at least a converter, the converter including: a digital-to-analog converter (DAC); successive approximation register (SAR) logic configured to selectively couple to the DAC; and a plurality of switches configured to reconfigure the plurality of units of the reconfigurable circuit to operate the transceiver in a receive mode or transmit mode. |
| US10084459B2 |
Oscillator, electronic apparatus, and moving object
An oscillator includes a control voltage generator that generates a control voltage between a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage with a digital signal, and a voltage controlled oscillation circuit that outputs a signal at a frequency in response to the control voltage. The control voltage generator includes a first D/A conversion circuit of resistor voltage-dividing type that generates a voltage between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage. |
| US10084457B2 |
Frequency synthesizer with tunable accuracy
An apparatus includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a first code by counting a number of cycles of an input clock signal in a period determined by (i) an output clock signal and (ii) a second code. The second code may be variable. The second circuit may be configured to generate a third code by a delta-sigma modulation of the first code. The third circuit may be configured to generate the output clock signal (i) in response to the third code and (ii) within an accuracy determined the second code. |
| US10084455B2 |
System related integrated circuit, apparatus and method
A system includes a processing circuit and a circuit configured to output a given number N of bits of configuration information to be used by the processing circuit. The circuit includes a non-volatile programmable memory configured to output a first group of N bits, N terminals for receiving a second group of N bits, and N logic gates. A first input terminal of each logic gate is connected to a respective bit of output from the non-volatile programmable memory and wherein a second input terminal of each logic gate is connected to a respective terminal of the N terminals. |
| US10084452B2 |
Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus with information processing apparatus, and control method for information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus includes a first storage unit to store a plurality of pieces of circuit configuration information corresponding to the respective plurality of partial reconfiguration portions, preloads a piece of circuit configuration information corresponding to one of the partial reconfiguration portions into a second storage unit having an access speed higher than an access speed of the first storage unit, and based on an operation status of the one partial reconfiguration portion, configures a logic circuit in the one partial reconfiguration portion, using the piece of circuit configuration information corresponding to the one partial reconfiguration portion that has been preloaded into the second storage unit, or configures a logic circuit in a partial reconfiguration portion different from the one partial reconfiguration portion, using a piece of circuit configuration information corresponding to the different partial reconfiguration portion that has been stored in the first storage unit. |
| US10084447B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic device
A semiconductor device having excellent data retention characteristics. A transistor with a low off-state current is utilized to save and retain data stored in a memory circuit, and a potential to be applied to a back gate of the transistor is applied from a battery provided for each memory circuit. The potential applied to the back gate of the transistor and a potential for charging the battery are generated in a voltage generation circuit. The battery is charged utilizing power gating of the memory circuit and data retention characteristics is improved. |
| US10084442B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a normally-off transistor having a first source, a first drain, and a first gate; a normally-on transistor having a second source electrically connected to the first drain, a second drain, and a second gate, a capacitor having a first end and a second end, the second end being electrically connected to the second gate, a first diode having a first anode electrically connected between the second end and the second gate and having a first cathode electrically connected to the second source, a first resistor provided between the first end and the first gate, and a second diode having a second anode electrically connected to the first end and having a second cathode electrically connected to the first gate, the second diode being provided in parallel with the first resistor. |
| US10084439B2 |
Driver circuit
A gate driver circuit and a method of operating a gate driver circuit. The gate driver circuit comprising a high auxiliary voltage rail and a low auxiliary voltage rail for receiving high auxiliary voltage and low auxiliary voltage, output stage connected to the auxiliary voltage rails and comprising a control input and an output terminal for providing an output voltage of the gate driver, plurality of series connections of controllable switches and resistive components, wherein a first part of the plurality of series connections is connected between the high auxiliary voltage rail and control input of the output stage, and a second part of the plurality of series connections is connected between the low auxiliary voltage rail and control input of the output stage, and a control circuit for controlling the controllable switches for providing a control voltage and a control current to the control input of the output stage. |
| US10084437B1 |
Power supply noise sensor
An integrated circuit includes a clock generator to generate a first clock signal, a delay circuit to generate a second clock signal as a delayed version of the first clock signal, and a plurality of series-connected delay elements having a plurality of outputs, wherein each output from an initial output to a last output is configured to provide the second clock signal delayed by an increasing number of series-connected delay elements. The circuit includes a plurality of flip-flops, wherein a first input of each flip flop is coupled to receive the first clock signal and a second input of each flip flop from an initial flip-flop to a last flip-flop is coupled to receive a corresponding output of the series-connected delay elements from the initial output to the last output, respectively. The circuit includes a plurality of sticky flops, each corresponding to a flip-flop of the plurality of flip-flops. |
| US10084433B2 |
Feedforward filter using translational filter
In accordance with an embodiment, a feedforward filter includes a first path, at least one second path and a signal combiner. The first path has a first translational filter, and employed for providing a first frequency response and generating a first output in response to an input signal based on the first frequency response. The at least one second path has a second translational filter and is coupled to the first path. The at least one second path is employed for providing a second frequency response that is different from the first frequency response to the input signal, and generating at least one second output in response to the input signal based on the second frequency response. The signal combiner is coupled to the first path and the second path, and employed for combining the first output and the at least one second output to generate a filtered signal. |
| US10084432B1 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes; an N-channel type first MOS transistor having a first drain connected to an input terminal, a first source connected to an output terminal, a first gate insulation film, and a first gate; a P-channel type second MOS transistor having a second drain connected to the input terminal in parallel with the first drain, a second source connected to the output terminal in parallel with the first source, a second gate insulation film whose area is larger than an area of the first gate insulation film, and a second gate; an inverter connected to a control terminal in parallel with the first gate; and a delay circuit disposed between the inverter and second gate. |
| US10084429B2 |
Heating body, resonation device, electronic apparatus, and moving object
An IC for heating includes a semiconductor substrate on which a diffusion layer is formed; a first pad and a first via that apply a power voltage to the diffusion layer; and a second pad and a second via that apply a ground voltage to the diffusion layer. The vias overlap with an area on which the diffusion layer is formed in a plan view, the first pad overlaps with the first via in a plan view, and the second pad overlaps with the second via in a plan view. The current flowing through the first pad and the first via, the second pad and the second via, and the diffusion layer flows between an upper surface of the first pad and a lower surface of the first via, and a lower surface of the second via and an upper surface of the second pad. |
| US10084428B2 |
Elastic wave device and method for manufacturing the same
An IDT electrode of an elastic wave device includes a first electrode film made of Al or mainly containing Al, a second electrode film with a density larger than that of the first electrode film, an anti-diffusion film which is located between the first electrode film and the second electrode film and which significantly reduces or prevents interdiffusion between the first electrode film and the second electrode film, and a first Ti film located between the first electrode film and the anti-diffusion film, to diffuse a diffusion material into the first electrode film. |
| US10084427B2 |
Surface acoustic wave device having a piezoelectric layer on a quartz substrate and methods of manufacturing thereof
Embodiments of a Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) device and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a SAW device includes a quartz carrier substrate, a piezoelectric layer on a surface of the quartz carrier substrate, and at least one interdigitated transducer on a surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite the quartz carrier substrate, wherein a thickness of the piezoelectric layer is less than twice a transducer electrode period of the at least one interdigitated transducer. Using the piezoelectric layer on the carrier substrate suppresses acoustic radiation into the bulk, thereby improving the performance of the SAW device. Further, by utilizing quartz for the carrier substrate, additional advantages of small viscous losses, small permittivity, and small thermal sensitivity are achieved. Still further, as compared to Silicon, the use of quartz for the carrier substrate eliminates resistive losses. |
| US10084425B2 |
Acoustic resonator structure having comprising a plurality of connection-side contacts
An acoustic resonator comprises a first electrode and second electrode comprising a plurality of sides. At least one of the sides of the second electrode comprises a cantilevered portion. A piezoelectric layer is disposed between the first and second electrodes. A bridge is disposed adjacent to one of the sides of the second electrode. |
| US10084415B1 |
Fast charge for quick amplifier settling
A fast switching time is highly desired in the design of mobile handsets. The limiting factor in the switching time is the resistor through which bias is applied to amplifiers used within such handsets. Bypassing the bias resistor when amplifiers are transitioning is a way to improve switching time without compromising the RF performance. Methods and devices to generate short pulses without relying on a continuously running clock and used to bypass bias resistors are described. |
| US10084414B2 |
Circuits and methods for switched-mode operational amplifiers
Circuits and methods for switched mode operational amplifiers are provided. In some embodiments, circuits are provided, the circuits comprising: an amplifier having an output; a first pulse width modulator (PWM) having an input coupled to the output of the amplifier and using a first periodic reference signal waveform; and a second PWM having an input coupled to the output of the amplifier and using a second periodic reference signal waveform, wherein the second periodic reference signal waveform is 180 degrees out of phase from the first periodic reference signal waveform. In some embodiments, circuits are provided, the circuits comprising: an amplifier having an output; and a plurality of pulse width modulators (PWMs) each having an input coupled to the output of the amplifier and using a corresponding unique one of a plurality of periodic reference signal waveforms, wherein the plurality of periodic reference signal waveforms are shifted in phase. |
| US10084412B2 |
Charge-steering amplifier circuit and control method thereof
This disclosure provides a charging-steering amplifier circuit and the control method thereof. The charging-steering amplifier circuit includes a charging-steering differential amplifier and a sample and hold circuit. The charging-steering amplifier circuit operates in a reset phase or in an amplifying phase to amplify a differential input signal. The control method includes steps of: in the reset phase, obtaining a common mode voltage of the differential input signal according to the differential input signal; in the reset phase, providing the common mode voltage to one of the charging-steering differential amplifier and the sample and hold circuit; in the reset phase, sampling the differential input signal by the sample and hold circuit to generate a voltage signal; and in the amplifying phase, inputting the voltage signal to the charging-steering differential amplifier. |
| US10084411B2 |
Reduced power amplifier size through elimination of matching network
Reduced power amplifier size through elimination of matching network. In some embodiments, a power amplification system can include a power amplifier (PA) configured to receive and amplify a radio-frequency (RF) signal. The power amplification system can further include a filter coupled to the PA and configured to condition the amplified RF signal. The PA can be further configured to drive approximately a characteristic load impedance of the filter. Such a configuration of the PA can be achieved by operating the PA with a high-voltage supply. Such a power amplification system can allow elimination of a matching network to, for example, reduce loss and device size. |
| US10084409B2 |
Main field voltage limiter in brushless synchronous machines
A brushless synchronous machine with a limiter for main field voltage and a method of limiting main field voltage in a brushless synchronous machine are described. The machine includes a regulator to use a field current to excite main field windings and generate the main field voltage. The machine also includes a limiter to limit the field current to maintain the main field voltage corresponding to the field current below a limit based on a transfer function. |
| US10084405B2 |
Control device for power conversion device, power conversion device, electric motor drive system using said devices, compressor drive system, and gas turbine power generation system
A control device for power conversion device controls a power conversion device in a system driven by the power conversion device to which an electric motor outputs AC power, and includes: a control pulse generation unit configured to generate a control pulse of the power conversion device; and a negative phase creation unit configured to input a pulse signal output by the control pulse generation unit and rotational speed information of the electric motor, and to generate an inverted signal of an output signal of the control pulse generation unit, wherein the pulse signal of a half cycle during one cycle of voltage, the pulse signal being generated by the control pulse generation unit, and a pulse signal of a next half cycle during the one cycle of voltage, the pulse signal being generated by the negative phase creation unit, are symmetrical in positive and negative relationship of voltage. |
| US10084401B2 |
Electric shaver
The invention relates to an electric shaver (1) comprising a cutter unit (3), an electric motor (4), a load detector arranged to detect a load current of the motor (4) and a controller. The controller switches the average voltage from a first level to a second level once the load current exceeds a first threshold value (TH_TH), and switches the average voltage from the second level back to the first level if the load current falls below a second threshold value (TH_TL) and stays below the second threshold value (TH_TL) for a predefined time period. By operating on a lower energy consumption when the cutter unit of the shaver is not in contact with the skin, energy is saved without the need for a proximity sensor. |
| US10084392B2 |
Five-level inverter and application circuit of the same
A five-level inverter and its application circuit are provided. The five-level inverter is enabled to output multiple levels of voltage by controlling different conduction combinations of first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth switch transistors, as well as a clamping capacitor. Two conduction combinations may be selected for outputting a positive voltage, with currents flowing through the clamping capacitor in opposite directions in the two conduction combinations. Therefore the voltage of the clamping capacitor can be balanced by controlling the two conduction combinations. Similarly, when outputting a negative voltage, the voltage of the clamping capacitor can be balanced by controlling other two conduction combinations. Therefore, a balance of power capacitor voltage can be achieved at full power and full modulation without adding an extra hardware circuit. |
| US10084390B2 |
Power converter, short circuit protection circuit, and control method
A power converter, short circuit protection circuit, and control method are disclosed herein. The power converter is configured to generate an output voltage and includes a semiconductor switch, a short circuit protection circuit, and a signal processing module. The semiconductor switch is configured to adjust the output voltage according to a driving signal. The short circuit protection circuit is configured to generate a short circuit protecting signal according to a control signal and a short circuit status of the semiconductor switch. The signal processing module is configured to generate the control signal and the driving signal according to a modulating signal, and to turn off the semiconductor switch according to the short circuit protecting signal. A delay duration is present between the modulating signal and the control signal, and the semiconductor switch is turned on during the delay duration. |
| US10084389B2 |
Power module
A power module includes a substrate, a first sub-module and a second sub-module. Each of the first sub-module and the second sub-module includes a semiconductor switch and a diode. The first sub-module is formed as the high-voltage-side switching element. The second sub-module is formed as the low-voltage-side switching element. The plural electrodes of the high-voltage-side switching element and the plural electrodes of the low-voltage-side switching element are electrically connected with the conducting terminals of the corresponding semiconductor switches and the corresponding diodes. The high-voltage-side switching element is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected with the corresponding conducting parts of the substrate. The low-voltage-side switching element is disposed on the high-voltage-side switching element and electrically connected with the corresponding conducting parts of the substrate through the high-voltage-side switching element. |
| US10084388B2 |
Power conversion device
A power converter includes: a base conductor, an electrically heating member which is provided on the base conductor, a noise reduction capacitor of flat plate-shape in which via an insulator, a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are alternately layered, on one surface, the first electrode in an outermost layer is exposed and on another surface, the second electrode in an outermost layer is exposed, a relay conductor which is electrically connected to other members from the electrically heating member via the noise reduction capacitor, and the second electrode in an outermost layer of the noise reduction capacitor is face-joined to a face of the base conductor at a side where the electrically heating member is provided and the first electrode in an outermost layer and the relay conductor are face-joined. |
| US10084384B1 |
Method and apparatus for switched capacitor and inductor based-switch mode power supply
Method and Apparatus for a switch mode power supply are disclosed. The switch mode power supply is efficient and generates a very small inductor current ripple and output voltage ripple. The switch mode power supply has a wider bandwidth and the filter components including magnetic storage element and the output capacitor can be made extremely smaller. |
| US10084383B2 |
Booster device and converter device
A booster device includes a shunt resistor with one end thereof being connected to a common bus on a low potential side and a plurality of booster circuits that are connected to one another in parallel and are connected between the other end of the shunt resistor and an input bus on a high potential side. The booster device can suppress its cost and mounting area. |
| US10084382B2 |
Adaptive valley mode switching
An adaptive valley mode switching power converter is provided that switches on a power switch within valley periods of a resonant voltage oscillation for the power switch. Each valley period is determined with regard to a valley threshold voltage. |
| US10084379B2 |
Boost converter control apparatus
The present invention minimizes system loss during execution of intermittent boosting. A boost converter control apparatus has: a target value setting device for setting a target value of output voltage that minimizes a loss of a power supply system including a DC power supply, a boost converter, and a loading apparatus; an intermittent controlling device for executing an intermittent process of boost control in such a manner that the output voltage is maintained in a range including the set target value; an average value calculating device for calculating an average value of the output voltage in an execution period of the intermittent process; and a target value correcting device for correcting the set target value to reduce a deviation between the calculated average value and the set target value. |
| US10084378B2 |
Single-inductor multi-output converter
A single-inductor multi-output converter that includes a charge pump unit, a current supply unit, a first output unit, and a second output unit. The charge pump unit may be positioned between a first node and a second node, and may store electric charges flowing into the first node and the second node through a first capacitor, or may supply electric charges to the second node. In addition, the current supply unit may: include an inductor positioned between an input node and the first node; build up current in the inductor in the first time period; and transfer the current of the inductor to the charge pump unit in the second time period. |
| US10084373B2 |
Power conversion device
According to one embodiment, a power conversion device includes a first switch serially connected to a second switch, a first diode serially connected to a second diode, the first switch and the first diode connected to the second switch and the second diode, an AC power supply and an inductor serially connected to a connection point between the first switch and the second switch and a connection point between the first diode and the second diode, a capacitor serially connected to ends of the first diode and the second diode connected, and a potential difference between the ends of the capacitor is used as an output voltage. The control unit supplies a pulse signal to the first switch and the second switch to provide a sinusoidal current through the AC power supply, based on a detected power supply voltage, a detected circuit current, and a detected capacitor voltage. |
| US10084372B1 |
HVAC and/or refrigeration using power factor correction
A system includes an alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) voltage convertor, a power factor correction (PFC) subsystem, and one or more motor drives. The AC to DC voltage converter receives alternating current from an AC voltage source. The PFC subsystem receives DC voltage from the AC to DC voltage convertor. The PFC subsystem also outputs a corrected DC voltage corresponding to an output voltage setpoint. The PFC subsystem includes a controller operable to dynamically adjust the output voltage setpoint. The one or more motor drives receive voltage via the PFC subsystem. The output voltage setpoint is determined based at least in part on estimating a load associated with the one or more motor drives configured to receive voltage via the PFC subsystem. |
| US10084371B2 |
Multilevel converter with a chopper circuit
A multilevel converter includes a first and a second converter block series-connected between two DC terminals and a chopper circuit between the blocks. Each block includes a number of valve arm strings, each including an upper and a lower valve arm and a number of converter cells. A midpoint between the upper and lower arm of a string of the first block is connected to a corresponding primary AC terminal and a midpoint between the upper and lower arm of a corresponding string of the second block is connected to a corresponding secondary AC terminal. The chopper circuit comprises a power dissipating element in parallel with a circuit breaker. |
| US10084367B2 |
Vibration motor
A vibration motor is disclosed. The vibration motor includes a housing having a bottom wall and a sidewall extending from the bottom wall; a cover engaging with the housing for forming a receiving space; a first vibration system suspended by a first elastic member in the receiving space; a second vibration system suspended by a second elastic member in the receiving space; a first restricting hole penetrating the first vibration system; a second restricting hole penetrating the second vibration system; a channel formed cooperatively by the first restricting hole and the second restricting hole; a restricting block having one end fixed to the cover, another end fixed to the bottom wall, and a middle portion at least partially received in the channel. |
| US10084365B1 |
Electromagnetic machinery systems, device, assemblies, methods, processes, uses, and apparatus operable as a motor or generator with one or more stator coils, at least one permanent magnet rotor, and associated circuitry
A method for power conversion generally includes a step of generating a drive current in a first winding of an electromagnet in a motor mode. The electromagnet may be mounted spatially proximate a rotor and has a bifilar coil. The bifilar coil may have a pair of conductors that form the first winding and a second winding. The second winding may be spatially parallel to, spatially separated from, and electrically isolated from the first winding. The rotor may be rotatably mounted and has a plurality of permanent magnets. Further steps generally include rotating the rotor in response to the drive current, removing the drive current from the first winding in a generator mode and inducing a load current through the second winding to an electrical load in response to a torque applied to the rotor. |
| US10084364B2 |
Power minimizing controller for a stage assembly
A method for moving a stage includes coupling a stage mover to the stage, and directing current to the stage mover with a control system. The stage mover includes a magnet array and a conductor array positioned adjacent to the magnet array. The conductor array includes a first layer of coils and a second layer of coils, with the first layer of coils being closer to the magnet array than the second layer of coils. The control system directs current to the first layer of coils and the second layer of coils independently. Further, the control system directs more current to the first layer of coils than the second layer of coils during a movement step to reduce the power consumption. |
| US10084359B2 |
Electric motor
An electric motor includes a rotor shaft, and the rotor shaft has a shaft-core oil passage and radial oil passages. The shaft-core oil passage includes an inner wall facing radially inward. The radial oil passages are provided toward a radial outer side of the rotor shaft from the shaft-core oil passage. The radial oil passages penetrate through the rotor shaft. The radial oil passages have corresponding one of first connection openings connected to the shaft-core oil passage, so that oil that is not discharged from the first connection openings to the radial oil passage is supplied to other supply destinations. A distance of the first connection openings from the shaft core is shorter than a distance, from the shaft core, of that part of the inner wall which is not provided with the first connection openings. |
| US10084351B2 |
Power feeding device
A power feeding device reduced unnecessary power consumption, a high response before the start of transmission of power to a power receiving device, and an expanded power feeding area (or placement range) within which power can be transmitted to the power receiving device. A power feeding device stand for wireless transmission of power to a power receiving device including a power receiving coil includes a magnetic body formed into a flat plate shape and having two main surfaces, and a power feeding coil that is arranged at a certain position on either of the main surfaces. In power transmission, the power feeding coil is arranged at a certain position on either of the main surfaces, and the power receiving coil is arranged at a different position on either of the main surfaces from the position at which the power feeding coil is arranged. |
| US10084335B2 |
Wireless charging device and wearable device
The present invention discloses a wireless charging device, comprising a power generation module, a power storage module, a wireless charging emitting module and a wireless charging receiving module, and the power generation module can generate current in a motion state, and the power storage module comprises an electrical energy transmission unit and an automatic power storage unit electrically coupled to the electrical energy transmission unit, and the automatic power storage unit is employed to store the current generated by the power generation module, and the electrical energy transmission unit is employed to provide electrical energy to the wireless charging emitting module, and the wireless charging emitting module transmits the electrical energy to the wireless charging receiving module. The wireless charging device can charge the apparatus to be charged anytime and extend the battery life of the apparatus to be charged. |
| US10084334B1 |
Home energy storage battery system
An automatic rechargeable battery control module incorporates an automatic battery control system that automatically switches from charge to discharge modes with a single relay, thereby preventing the need to manually reset a relay switch due to an over or under voltage situation. The module requires on a single power connection line connected with a single power connector on the module. Both input power to charge the battery and output power flow in and out of the single power connector and through the single power connection line. An automatic battery control circuit is coupled with a battery management system and a relay contactor is opened and closed by a signal from the battery management system. The battery management system monitors a state of charge of the battery unit as well as current flow to and from a battery unit. |
| US10084333B2 |
Charging method, power adapter, mobile terminal, and charging system
A charging method, a power adapter, a mobile terminal, and a charging system are provided. The power adapter communicates with the mobile terminal bidirectionally to obtain current state parameters of a battery of the mobile terminal, and adjust a charging parameter of the power adapter in real time based on the current state parameters of the battery. |
| US10084320B2 |
Electronic apparatus configured to wirelessly receive power from external apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a power reception unit configured to wirelessly receive power from a power supply apparatus, a communication unit configured to receive a detection period, during which the power supply apparatus detects a foreign object, from the power supply apparatus and to notify a control unit of the detection period, the detection period, and the control unit configured to perform a process for keeping power consumed by the electronic apparatus in predetermined range constant until the detection period has elapsed. |
| US10084319B2 |
Power system comprising a central energy storage system and a method of controlling power transfer in a power system
A method of controlling power transfer in a power system including a main bus, having a first and second bus sections, the first bus section connectable to the second bus section, first and second power generating units connectable to the first and second bus sections, a first and second drive systems connectable to the first and second bus sections, a central energy storage system, and a control system. The first and second drive systems include first and second bi-directional power converters connectable to the central energy storage system, and wherein the control system is arranged to control the first bi-directional power converter to transfer power from the first drive system to the central energy storage system, and to control the second bi-directional power converter to transfer power from the central energy storage system to the second drive system. |
| US10084316B2 |
Device with blocking rectifier
One example of a device includes an output terminal to electrically couple to a load, a first input terminal to electrically couple to a first voltage source, and a blocking rectifier electrically coupled between the first input terminal and the output terminal. The device includes a second input terminal to electrically couple to a second voltage source. The second input terminal is electrically coupled to the output terminal. The device includes a control circuit to control the second voltage source to prevent a voltage at the output terminal from exceeding a voltage at the first input terminal and to deliver power to the load in place of power delivered by the first voltage source. |
| US10084312B2 |
Switching controller
A switching controller for coupling one of a plurality of voltage sources to a load. The switching controller is configured to receive a characteristic of one of the plurality of voltage sources; for each of the plurality of voltage sources, set a proportion of a switching period of a control signal during which the voltage source is connected to the load, wherein the proportion of the switching period is set based on the received characteristic of one of the plurality of voltage sources; and control which of the plurality of voltage sources is connected to the load in accordance with the control signal. |
| US10084298B2 |
Self-measuring wall box bracket
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for the installation of an electrical outlet between studs at a specified height. The apparatus comprises a body frame with an outlet box mounting frame and ears that extend outwardly from each corner. Each ear has a screw hole, which is precisely positioned, so that the bracket can be used to measure and install an electrical outlet at a specified height. During installation, the bracket is turned sideways, set on the floor and aligned with a wall stud. Next, a screw is secured in the uppermost ear that overlaps the wall stud. Next, the bracket is swung upward until the ears on the opposite side overlap the second wall stud. Next, screws are added to the remaining screw holes and all screws are tightly affixed, so that the apparatus is firmly mounted between the two wall studs at a specified height. |
| US10084296B2 |
Conduit support bracket for electrical box
An electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and a bracket. The electrical box includes a plurality of walls, one of the walls including at least one hole for receiving a conduit. The bracket includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is coupled to the electrical box, and the second portion includes at least one finger for extending at least partially around and gripping an outer surface of the conduit. The second portion is pivotable relative to the first portion. |
| US10084294B2 |
Cable routing assembly
The assembly includes an openworked cable raceway (11) having a base (15) and side walls (16), the assembly (10) being provided for installing along a ceiling, and including at least one curved elongated panel (12), the concave surface of which faces towards the cable raceway (11), which curved elongated panel (12) is fastened to the cable raceway (11) and envelops the outside of the cable raceway (11) in line with a single side wall (16) and in line with at least a portion of the base (15) starting from the side wall (16). |
| US10084293B2 |
Frame for a control cabinet having a removable bottom plate for distribution bus bars and production method for a control cabinet
A frame for a switch cabinet has a plurality of frame profiled elements connected to each other. At least two retainers vertically spaced apart from each other, which have holes for distribution bus bars, are arranged within the outer contour formed by the profiled elements. In an operating position, the retainers are oriented along a vertical axis. An electrically insulating bottom plate is arranged at a first end of the distribution bus bars, the bottom plate having a region of overlap with the distribution bus bars. The bottom plate is detachably supported in a retainer connected to the frame profiled elements. |
| US10084286B2 |
Surface emitting laser, surface emitting laser element and atomic oscillator
A surface emitting laser for emitting light with a wavelength λ includes a first reflection mirror provided on a semiconductor substrate; a resonator region including an active layer provided on the first reflection mirror; a second reflection mirror, including plural low refraction index layers and plural high refraction index layers, provided on the resonator region; a contact layer provided on the second reflection mirror; a third reflection mirror provided on the contact layer; and an electric current narrowing layer provided between the active layer and the second reflection mirror or in the second reflection mirror. Optical lengths of at least one of thicknesses of the low refraction index layers and the high refraction index layers formed between the electric current narrowing layer and the contact layer are (2N+1)×λ/4 (N=1, 2, . . . ). |
| US10084284B2 |
Light emitting device with extended mode-hop-free spectral tuning ranges and method of manufacture
Laser with extended mode-hop free spectral tuning ranges and methods for manufacturing such lasers are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a light emitting device, the light emitting device comprising a gain region and a first wavelength selection region and mounting the light emitting device on a thermally conductive carrier such that the gain region is mounted on a first carrier surface and the first wavelength selection region is arranged over and spaced apart from a second carrier surface. |
| US10084279B2 |
Laser apparatus and method having plural excitation sources with associated beam splitting arrangements for adaptive control
A laser apparatus has a gain medium which has opposite ends, wherein the laser apparatus includes at least two independently controllable excitation sources, each one of the excitation sources being operable to produce an input beam to excite or pump the gain medium. Beam splitting arrangements are associated with the excitation sources are configured to split the input beam of its associated excitation source into at least two sub-beams. Beam guiding arrangements are associated with the excitation sources and are configured to direct a path of at least one of the split sub-beams from its associated excitation source, whereby each excitation source, its associated beam splitting arrangement, and beam guiding arrangement are arranged such that the sub-beams are respectively directed inwardly towards the gain medium at opposite ends. |
| US10084278B2 |
Implantable lead assembly
An implantable lead assembly is provided that comprises a lead body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and having a length extending there between. A plurality of electrodes are disposed along the lead body. A plurality of cable conductors are contained within the lead body, the conductors extending from the electrodes to the proximal end portion. A lead connector is provided at the proximal end portion. The lead connector includes a connector pin configured to mate with a corresponding header contact; a first termination pin coupled to one of the plurality of cable conductors; a collar coupler securely and electrically coupling the connector pin and first termination pin in an axially offset alignment with one another; and a body segment that is elongated along a longitudinal axis and extends between a header mating face and a lead mating end. The body segment is over-molded about the connector pin, the first termination pin and the collar coupler, the connector pin extending from the header mating face, the first termination pin extending from the lead mating end. |
| US10084277B2 |
In-line hydraulic crimp tool
A crimp tool having jaw members joined in a tongue-in-groove connection held in place by a locking pin. Each jaw member being tapered and including weight reducing pockets defined in respective sidewalls. Each jaw member includes a locking tab on an outside edge that mates with a respective locking tab opening in the neck of the tool. When the locking pin is removed, the jaws of the tool separate and rotate away from one another until their respective locking tabs engage their respective locking tab opening, thereby holding the opened jaws in the neck of the tool. |
| US10084276B2 |
Waterproof terminal structure and electronic device module
A waterproof terminal structure includes a contact having a spring contact point, and a terminal member that holds the contact, the terminal member including a contact connection portion having conductivity and connected to the contact, a seal portion tightly attached to an insulating waterproof member disposed at least along a circumference of an opening of a housing, and a substrate mount portion having conductivity and connected to a wiring portion of a substrate, the contact connection portion and the substrate mount portion being electrically connected to each other and positioned such that a water entering path from the contact connection portion toward the substrate mount portion is cut by the seal portion, the contact not penetrating the terminal member. |
| US10084275B1 |
Electrically conductive wall connector
The invention is a system for simultaneously, yet safely, suspending and powering objects through connectors on a wall. The system includes one or more connectors, preferably pins, mounted to a wall. Each connector has a groove and a lip that houses an electrical conductor, which may be a metal rod. One or more suspendable objects, which may be storage bins or electrical appliances, are designed to engage with the connectors. Each suspendable object has at least one horizontal track that guides the lip of each connector into one or more openings in the track. When the lip engages an opening, the object is suspended from the wall. Each opening also contains an electrical conductor that engages with the electrical conductor within the connector, thereby providing power to the suspendable object. The connectors may be attached to rails, and the system may be utilized within an automated storage and retrieval system. |
| US10084270B2 |
Electrical receptacle connector
An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell and one or more insertion modules. The metallic shell includes two first walls, two second walls, and several protrusions. The walls form an insertion space. The protrusions are extending toward the insertion space from the first walls, and the protrusions are integrally formed on the first walls seamlessly. The insertion module includes an insulated housing, first receptacle terminals, second receptacle terminals, and a grounding plate between the first receptacle terminals and the second receptacle terminals. When the electrical receptacle connector is mated with an electrical plug connector, the protrusions are in contact with a metallic shell of the electrical plug connector. Because the walls of the metallic shell are seamless, the connector assembly of the plug and receptacle can be waterproof. Moreover, the contacts between the protrusions and the electrical plug connector reduce the electromagnetic interferences and the radiofrequency interferences. |
| US10084269B2 |
Variations in USB-C contact length to improve disconnect sequence
Connector receptacle tongues having contacts arranged to disconnect from corresponding contacts in a connector insert in such a way that undesirable current pathways that damage electrical components associated with the connector receptacle are avoided. Other examples include connector receptacles having a tongue in a passage and ground spring contacts located in openings in sides of the passage, where the ground spring contacts connect to a shield of a connector insert such that these undesirable current pathways are avoided. |
| US10084264B1 |
Electrical connector configured to reduce resonance
Electrical connector includes a connector body having a front side configured to engage a first electrical component and a mounting side configured to engage a second electrical component. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of signal conductors extending through the connector body. The signal conductors include mating interfaces and mounting interfaces that are positioned for engaging the first and second electrical components, respectively. The electrical connector also includes a ground structure extending generally parallel to and between two of the signal conductors. The connector body has a resonance-control surface that faces the ground structure. The resonance-control surface is shaped to include alternating distal and proximal areas. The proximal areas are closer to the ground structure than the distal areas. |
| US10084259B1 |
Waterproof component
A waterproof component includes a housing body, a mat seal, and a mat seal cover. The housing body includes an attachment-hole-insertion portion having a mat-seal-accommodating chamber, an abutting portion configured to abut a first peripheral surface of the attachment hole, a locking claw provided on an insertion tip side of the attachment hole insertion portion, the locking claw to be locked to a second peripheral surface of the attachment hole, and a cover locking portion provided on an insertion tip side of the attachment-hole-insertion portion. The mat seal has an electric wire press-fitting hole. The mat-seal-accommodating chamber accommodates the mat seal. The mat seal cover locks to the cover-locking portion, the mat seal cover interposes the mat seal between the mat seal cover and a bottom wall of the mat-seal-accommodating chamber. The cover locking portion protrudes from the locking claw in an insertion direction toward the attachment hole. |
| US10084258B2 |
Power connector for thermostat and manufacturing method thereof
Disclosed are a power connector of a thermostat and a manufacturing method thereof. A power connector for a thermostat an exemplary embodiment of the present invention connected with a lead wire included in a cartridge heater to supply power to the cartridge heater, the power connector for a thermostat including: a main body including an end connected with an external power terminal; two bus bar terminals including opposite ends partially protruding from an opposite end of the main body while ends of the bus bar terminals are inserted into the main body; a lower cover including one end connected with the main body at a lower portion of the main body, and formed therein with an insertion hole in which a lead wire of the cartridge heater is inserted; a ring terminal mounted inside the lower cover corresponding to the insertion hole to be connected with each bus bar terminal, wherein the lead wire inserted into the insertion hole is inserted and fixed into the ring terminal; and an upper cover coupled with the lower cover at a lower portion of the lower cover, wherein one end of the upper cover is connected with one end of the main body. |
| US10084257B2 |
Electrical connector
A connector includes a housing with a plurality of electrically conductive terminals therein. Some terminals may include a terminal support projection that engages the housing to maintain the position of a contact section of the terminals relative to the housing. Other terminals may have a tool engaging shoulder configured to be engaged by a tool to force press-fit tails of all of the terminals into a circuit member. The housing may include a locking structure for certain the terminals that permits the terminals to be inserted into the housing with little or no force and then securely lock the terminals in the housing. One or more ground plates may be included for electrically connecting a plurality of the terminals. The ground plates may have resilient tabs that contact at least some of the terminals and the tabs may be thinner than a body portion of the ground plate. |
| US10084247B2 |
Connector
It is aimed to reduce work man-hours when a twisted pair cable is brought into pressure contact. A connector (C) includes two insulation displacement terminal fittings (30) with which wires (41A, 41B) constituting a twisted pair cable (40A, 40B) are individually brought into pressure contact, a holder (10) configured to hold the two insulation displacement terminal fittings (30) such that pressure contact portions (34) formed in the insulation displacement terminal fittings (30) are arranged in a direction intersecting with a routing direction of the twisted pair cable (40A, 40B), and a dividing rib (37, 38) formed in the holder (10) and configured to separate two wires (41A, 41B) to correspond to two pressure contact portions (34) in the process of bringing the twisted pair cable (40A, 40B) closer to pressure contact positions with the pressure contact portions (34). |
| US10084235B2 |
Feeding matching apparatus of multiband antenna, multiband antenna, and radio communication device
The present disclosure relates to the field of antenna technologies and discloses a feeding matching apparatus of a multiband antenna, a multiband antenna, and a radio communication device to improve a bandwidth and efficiency of a lower frequency band. The feeding matching apparatus of a multiband antenna includes: a grounding portion; a feeding portion connected to a signal source, where a signal of the signal source is input into the feeding portion; and two or more ground cable branches with different lengths, where one end of each ground cable branch is electrically connected to the feeding portion, the other end is electrically connected to the grounding portion, at least one ground cable branch is connected in series to a signal filtering component, and the signal filtering component is capable of preventing a signal lower than a frequency point corresponding to the signal filtering component from passing through it. |
| US10084234B2 |
Electronic device
The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a metal housing and at least one switch. The metal housing includes a peripheral frame provided with at least one micro seam band, the peripheral frame is partitioned by the at least one micro seam band to form at least one frame body, the micro seam band is formed by at least two micro seams, and a metal strip is provided between two adjacent micro seams. The switch includes a first end and a second end, the first end is electrically coupled to the frame body, and the second end is electrically coupled to the metal strip. The at least one frame body is an independent antenna. The switch includes a plurality of second ends coupled to different metal strips correspondingly, and a variety of low-frequency bandwidths of the antenna is expanded through different closed or open states of the switch. |
| US10084228B2 |
System of integrated module with antenna
A system of integrated module with antenna used for an electronic device comprises a circuit board, at least one antenna exciting unit, a wireless module, a module grounding plane, a grounding metal, a camera module and a digital signal line. The antenna exciting unit is used to couple with an antenna. The wireless module and the camera module are disposed on the circuit board to couple with the module grounding plane. The wireless module is electrically connected to the antenna exciting unit. The grounding metal is electrically connected to the module grounding plane and a system grounding plane. The digital signal line is electrically connected to the wireless module and the camera module is a digital transmission media. The wireless module, the camera module and the circuit board constitute an integrated module for disposing at an up-side of a screen of the electronic device. |
| US10084223B2 |
Modulated guided surface waves
Disclosed are various systems and methods directed to the launching of a guided surface wave embodying a modulated signal using a guided surface waveguide probe. A modulated signal is generated and coupled to a guided surface waveguide probe. A resulting guided surface wave is launched that decays exponentially as a function of distance. |
| US10084222B1 |
RF filter for improving PIMD performance
An RF filter for improving PIMD performance includes: a housing having at least one cavity and a dielectric resonator held in the cavity; washers shaped as circular plates and made of metal that are joined to an upper and lower portion of the dielectric resonator; and a cover joined to the housing. A protrusion may be formed on one side of the washer to contact the cover or the housing, where the washer protrusion may increase in height along a direction moving away from the center. |
| US10084220B2 |
Hybrid solid state electrolyte for lithium secondary battery
Provided is a solid state electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising a lithium ion-conducting polymer matrix or binder and a lithium ion-conducting inorganic species dispersed in or chemically bonded by the polymer matrix or binder, wherein the lithium ion-conducting inorganic species is selected from a mixture of a sodium-conducting species or sodium salt and a lithium-conducting species or lithium salt selected from Li2CO3, Li2O, Li2C2O4, LiOH, LiX, ROCO2Li, HCOLi, ROLi, (ROCO2Li)2, (CH2OCO2Li)2, Li2S, LixSOy, or a combination thereof, wherein X=F, Cl, I, or Br, R=a hydrocarbon group, x=0-1, y=1-4; and wherein the polymer matrix or binder is in an amount from 1% to 99% by volume of the electrolyte composition. Also provided are a process for producing this solid state electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery containing such a solid state electrolyte. |
| US10084218B2 |
Battery pack and method of assembling the battery pack
A battery pack having a battery pack housing defining an interior region is provided. The housing further includes an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture communicating with the interior region. The battery pack further includes a battery module that is disposed in the interior region of the battery pack housing proximate to the inlet aperture. The battery module has a first battery cell, a heat exchanger, and first and second end plates. The first battery cell and the heat exchanger are disposed against one another, and are further disposed between the first and second end plates. The heat exchanger defines a first flow path portion therethrough. The first end plate has a first end portion that extends longitudinally past the first end of the first battery cell, and a second end portion that extends longitudinally past the second end of the first battery cell. |
| US10084217B2 |
Battery system
A battery system having a thermally conductive base member, a thermal interface member, and a battery module is provided. The thermal interface member is disposed on the thermally conductive base member and has first and second arcuate-shaped surfaces and a first groove. The battery module has a first pouch-type battery cell with a first outer housing having a first end portion with a first extension portion and first and second arcuate-shaped end surfaces. The first pouch-type battery cell is disposed directly on the thermal interface member such that the first extension portion is disposed in the first groove of the thermal interface member, and the first and second arcuate-shaped end surfaces are disposed directly on and against the first and second arcuate-shaped surfaces, respectively, of the thermal interface member. |
| US10084216B2 |
Battery cooling structure and the cover plate
A battery cooling structure has a plurality of cooling passages that are formed on a surface of a cover plate attachable to a battery pack and that are for taking in cooling air into the battery pack, and a connection passage that is formed in a direction intersecting with the plurality of cooling passages on the surface of the cover plate, and that connects the plurality of cooling passages with one another to allow interchange of the cooling air. The battery pack is arranged in a center console box between a driver seat and a front passenger seat of a vehicle. The cover plate is attached to a side surface of the battery pack. The plurality of cooling passages extend in parallel with one another and in a direction vertical to a floor surface. Partial portions of the cooling passages on a floor surface side are open. |
| US10084214B2 |
Automatic switchover from cell voltage to interconnect voltage monitoring
A battery assembly is provided. The battery assembly includes a first module having a first plurality of cells and a first voltage measurement device. The battery module includes a sense wire, coupled to a voltage measurement input of the first voltage measurement device and resistively coupled to a terminal of the first plurality of cells. The battery assembly includes a second module having a second plurality of cells and being configured to couple to the first module with the terminal of the first plurality of cells coupling to a terminal of the second plurality of cells via a connector and with the sense wire coupling to the terminal of the second plurality of cells via the connector. |
| US10084212B2 |
Battery module and battery safety method
A battery module and a battery safety method are provided herein. The battery module includes at least one connection unit and a determining unit. The at least one connection unit is configured to be detachably and electrically connected to an electronic device. The determining unit is configured to determine whether the battery module is detached from the electronic device through the at least one connection unit. When determining that the battery module is detached from the electronic, the determining unit controls the battery module to enter a shipping mode. |
| US10084210B2 |
Electrochemical cell module
Provided is an electrochemical cell module in which a plurality of electrochemical cell modules may be used in a combined state. In an electrochemical cell module 1 where both ends of six cylindrical electrochemical cells (lithium ion battery cells 3) electrically connected to one another and arranged juxtaposedly are respectively held by a pair of cell holders 5 and 7, and a control circuit holder 9 is attached to an outside of the cell holder 5, which is one of the pair of the cell holders 5 and 7. The control circuit holder 9 receives a control circuit 41 operable to control voltages of the six lithium ion battery cells. |
| US10084202B2 |
Method for producing sulfide solid electrolyte material
A sulfide solid electrolyte material having high Li ion conductivity can be obtained by providing a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material that has peaks at 2θ=20.2° and 2θ=23.6° in an X ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, the method including steps of: an amorphizing step of obtaining sulfide glass by amorphization of a raw material composition that contains at least Li2S, P2S5, LiI and LiBr and a heat treatment step of heating the sulfide glass at a temperature of 195° C. or higher. |
| US10084197B2 |
System and method of generating electricity from the salinization of freshwater
A system and method of generating electricity from the salinization of freshwater is provided. In one embodiment, the diffusion of cations and anions from saline to freshwater is rapidly alternated in order to generate electrical power in the form of alternating current. To create pathways for the rapidly alternating diffusion of cations and anions, rhodopsins (light-activated ion channels and pumps) are expressed in bacteria that are growing as a biofilm on a membrane that separates the saline and freshwater. Illumination of the biofilm with blue light permits cation diffusion through cation-permeable channelrhodopsins. Illumination of the biofilm with yellow light permits diffusion of anions through halorhodopsins. |
| US10084189B2 |
Lithium ion battery cathode additive, fabrication method thereof, lithium ion battery cathode sheet and lithium ion battery
A lithium ion battery cathode additive includes a core-shell coating structure formed by elemental lithium powder and a polymer coated on the surface of the elemental lithium powder, where the polymer can dissolve in a carbonic ester solvent, the polymer cannot react with N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-2-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), tetrahydrofuran (THF), acetone or methanol, and the polymer exists stably at a temperature of 0-150° C. The lithium ion battery cathode additive may be added in a lithium ion battery cathode material as a lithium source, for compensating lithium consumption of a battery cathode in a first-time charge-discharge process. Embodiments of the present invention further provide a fabrication method of the lithium ion battery cathode additive, a lithium ion battery cathode sheet and a lithium ion battery that include the lithium ion battery cathode additive, where the lithium ion battery has high energy density and a long cycle life. |
| US10084181B2 |
Electrode materials for rechargeable batteries
An electrode includes selenium, a selenium-containing compound, selenium-carbon composite, a selenium-containing compound-carbon composite, or a mixture thereof; a carbon electronic conductor; a binder; and a current collector; wherein: the electrode is a solid electrode. |
| US10084177B2 |
Rechargeable battery having short-circuit member
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to the case; a terminal electrically connected to the first electrode and protruding out of the cap plate; a short-circuit member at a short-circuit opening in the cap plate and configured to deform to electrically connect the first electrode and the second electrode; and a blocking member below the short-circuit opening and having a plurality of openings. |
| US10084175B1 |
Battery system assembly press
A method of manufacturing a battery pack is disclosed. The method includes placing first and second sets of battery cells in first and second battery cell holders of a battery system assembly press, placing a cooling duct in a gap between the first and second sets of battery cells, and applying a first and second forces to the first and second sets of battery cells to cause the first and second sets of battery cells to respectively press against first and second sides of the cooling duct. The method also includes, while applying the first and second forces, placing the first and second plurality of battery cells in a first tray configured to hold the first and second plurality of battery cells. |
| US10084173B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack, including a battery cell including an electrode tab; a cell holder through which the electrode tab is inserted; and a connection tab including a first connection tab portion and a second connection tab portion facing each other and coupled to the electrode tab with the electrode tab being therebetween. |
| US10084170B2 |
Pasting paper made of glass fiber nonwoven comprising carbon graphite
Embodiments of the invention provide an absorptive glass mat (AGM) battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonwoven fiber separator positioned between the electrodes. The separator includes a mixture of glass fibers having diameters between about 8 μm to 13 μm and glass fibers having diameters of at least 6 μm and a silane sizing. An acid resistant binder bonds the glass fibers to form the separator. A wetting component is applied to the separator to increase the wettability such that the separator has or exhibits an average water wick height of at least 1.0 cm after exposure to water for 10 minutes. A conductive material is disposed on at least one surface of the separator such that when the separator is positioned adjacent an electrode, the conductive material contacts the electrode. An electrical resistance of less than 100,000 ohms per square enables electron flow about mat. |
| US10084169B2 |
Coated separator with compressible elasticity, thermal shutdown and high temperature resistance
A lithium ion battery separator consists of a PE micro-porous substrate A and a micro-porous coating B which is located on the substrate A and formed of mixing pre-crosslinked rubber particles and ceramic fine powder composite materials. The separator has characteristics of good compressible elasticity, thermal shutdown, low heat shrinkage, high temperature membrane rupture resistance and so on. |
| US10084166B2 |
Method for the production of a battery housing
A method for producing a battery housing produces intermediate products, including a lower and upper half-shell, for connecting these intermediate products with one another at the facility of a battery manufacturer. The battery is set into the lower half-shell, the upper half-shell is set on, the inner wall of the lower half-shell is welded to the inner wall of the upper half-shell, and the outer wall of the lower half-shell is welded to the outer wall of the upper half-shell, with a supported vacuum insulation interposed between the inner and outer walls of the lower and upper half-shell, respectively, to form a reversibly closed battery housing with integrated thermal management for a battery. An assembly kit may be delivered to a battery manufacturer for non-problematical production of a battery housing at the facility of the battery manufacturer to eliminate transport of the battery to the battery housing manufacturer. |
| US10084162B2 |
Pouch case for secondary battery and pouch type secondary battery including the same
A pouch case of the present disclosure includes an inner resin layer, a metallic layer, and an outer resin layer, wherein the resin layer(s) include(s) a foaming activator containing an isocyanate-based compound and a polyol compound. Accordingly, since the pouch case includes the inner resin layer and/or the outer resin layer including the foaming activator, when moisture or the like is permeated thereto due to an external factor, a protective layer including urethane-based foam is formed in the outer resin layer or between the inner resin layer and an electrode assembly in a short time, so that the pouch case and the electrode assembly may be protected, moisture which is permeable into the electrode assembly may be blocked, and separator cracking also may be prevented. Accordingly, explosion which may be caused by moisture permeation, separator cracking, or a short circuit by contact between the pouch case and the electrode assembly, or the like, may be prevented, and stability of a pouch type secondary battery may thus be ensured. |
| US10084161B2 |
Battery and method of producing the same
A battery includes an electrode body having a positive electrode and a negative electrode and also includes an exterior case for receiving the electrode body. An insulation film for isolating the exterior case and the electrode body from each other is placed between an inner wall surface of the exterior case and the electrode body. The insulation film has a bag-like shape in which the electrode body is inserted. The bag-like insulation film has a gap filling section on its surface facing a side surface of the electrode body, and the gap filling section closes a gap between the electrode body and the inner wall surface of the exterior case. |
| US10084158B2 |
Optoelectronic component and method of producing an optoelectronic component
The invention relates to an optoelectronic component (100) comprising an organic light emitting diode (1) designed for emitting radiation and/or heat, a substrate (2), on which the organic light emitting diode is arranged, wherein the substrate (2) comprises a first substrate material (21) and at least one substrate cavity (22) which is filled with a second substrate material (23) different than the first substrate material (21), wherein the second substrate material (23) is designed to dissipate the heat emitted by the organic light emitting diode (1). |
| US10084150B1 |
Transparent OLED panel and display device
A transparent OLED panel and a display device are provided. The transparent OLED panel includes a cathode layer, which includes a cathode area and a plurality of hollow areas arranged in a matrix. The cathode area includes continuous coverage portions and narrow portions. Each continuous coverage portion includes flat areas arranged along the second direction and strip-shaped protrusion areas extending along the first direction and arranged along the second direction. The transparent OLED panel further includes a plurality of signal lines extending along the first direction. In a direction perpendicular to a plane where the panel is located, an orthogonal projection of the signal lines overlaps with an orthogonal projection of part of the narrow portions and an orthogonal projection of part of the strip-shaped protrusion areas. |
| US10084146B2 |
Organic electroluminescent element and lighting device
The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element which includes a first light emitting unit (23) that is positioned on the side of a cathode (21) and includes a first light emitting layer (28A), a second light emitting unit (24) that is adjacent to the first light emitting unit (23) with sandwiching a first charge generating layer (26A) and includes a second light emitting layer (28B), and a third light emitting unit (25) that is adjacent to the second light emitting unit (24) with sandwiching a second charge generating layer (26B) and includes a third light emitting layer (28C), and in which differences of the total thickness of the first light emitting unit (23) and the total thickness of the third light emitting unit (25) with the total thickness of the second light emitting unit (24) are 30 nm to 70 nm. |
| US10084145B2 |
Doping engineered hole transport layer for perovskite-based device
An optoelectronic device is provided, the device comprising an active layer comprising organometal halide perovskite and a hole transport layer (HTL) formed by vacuum evaporation and configured to transport hole carriers. The HTL includes a first sublayer comprising a hole transport material (HTM) doped with an n-dopant and disposed adjacent to the active layer, a second sublayer comprising the HTM that is undoped and disposed adjacent to the first sublayer, and a third sublayer comprising the HTM doped with a p-dopant and disposed adjacent to the second sublayer. The doping concentration of the n-dopant for the n-doped sublayer is determined to match the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of the n-doped sublayer with the valence band maximum energy level of the perovskite active layer. |
| US10084142B2 |
Carbazole compound, material for organic electroluminescent device, and organic electroluminescent device
An organic electroluminescent device includes: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a second electrode on the first electrode; and a plurality of lamination layers between the first and second electrodes; wherein at least one of the plurality of lamination layers includes a carbazole compound represented by Formula 1: The carbazole compound may improve the emission efficiency of the organic electroluminescent device. |
| US10084141B2 |
Antiaromatic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
Provided are an antiaromatic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same. The antiaromatic compound is represented by Formula 1, where the substituents of Formula 1 are described herein. The organic light-emitting device light includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes the antiaromatic compound represented by Formula 1. |
| US10084137B2 |
Fluoroalkylfluorene derivatives
Compounds of the formula D-S1-A-S2—B1 wherein A comprises a 2,7-disubstituted 9,9-fluoroalkyl fluorene diradical of the formula wherein S1, S2, D and B1 have meanings given in the description that are useful as charge transport and emissive materials for the fabrication of electronic devices such as diodes, transistors, and photovoltaic devices. |
| US10084134B2 |
Method for stretching vapor deposition mask, method for producing frame-equipped vapor deposition mask, method for producing organic semiconductor element, and stretching apparatus
In a method for stretching a vapor deposition mask including a metal mask in which a slit is formed and a resin mask in which an opening corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition is formed at a position overlapping with the slit, a stretching assistance member is overlapped on one surface of the vapor deposition mask, the stretching assistance member is fixed to the vapor deposition mask in at least part of a portion in which the one surface of the vapor deposition mask and the stretching assistance member overlap with each other, and the vapor deposition mask fixed to the stretching assistance member is stretched by pulling the stretching assistance member fixed to the vapor deposition mask. |
| US10084132B2 |
Groove structure for printing coating process and manufacturing method thereof
The invention provides a groove structure for printing coating process and manufacturing method thereof. With the groove structure as an interpenetrating and co-axial stacked structure of a first and second grooves formed respectively by first causeway and second causeways, and the smallest part of the second groove opening greater than the largest part of the first groove opening; the inclining inner circumferential surface of the first groove hydrophilic, while the upper surface of the first causeway, the inclining inner circumferential surface of the second groove, and the upper surface of the second causeway hydrophobic, the present invention is able to increase the size of the groove opening for printing coating process without reducing the pixels per inch so that the ink drops can be more easily dripped into the groove. As such, the invention reduces the demand on printer precision and manufacturing difficulty to improve competitiveness. |
| US10084128B2 |
Method for increasing driving current of junctionless transistor
Provided is a method for increasing a driving current of a junctionless transistor that includes: a substrate; a source region and a drain region which are formed on the substrate and are doped with the same type of dopant; a nanowire channel region which connects the source region and the drain source and is doped with the same type dopant as that of the source region and the drain region; a gate insulation layer which is formed to surround the nanowire channel region; and a gate electrode which is formed on the gate insulation layer and is formed to surround the nanowire channel region. An amount of current flowing through the nanowire channel region is increased by joule heat generated by applying a voltage to the source region and the drain region. |
| US10084125B2 |
Electronic component
An electronic component includes a substrate a functional section provided on the substrate, and a sealing body which is provided on the substrate and seals the functional section. In a temperature region having a lowest temperature that is at least as high as the glass transition temperature of the sealing body, the coefficient of linear expansion of the sealing body is greater than the coefficient of linear expansion of the substrate. In a temperature region having a highest temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature of the sealing body, the coefficient of linear expansion of the sealing body is less than the coefficient of linear expansion of the substrate. The electronic component exhibits superior reliability even upon prolonged use. |
| US10084123B2 |
Portable light-emitting device without pre-stored power sources and LED package structure thereof
An LED package structure without pre-stored power sources includes a substrate unit and a LED chip. The substrate unit includes a carrier substrate, a positive conductive pin, and a negative conductive pin. The positive conductive pin is made of a first predetermined material with positive oxidation-reduction potential. The negative conductive pin is made of a second predetermined material with negative oxidation-reduction potential. The LED chip is disposed on the carrier substrate and electrically connected between the positive conductive pin and the negative conductive pin. Both the positive conductive pin and the negative conductive pin concurrently contact a predetermined liquid for generating oxidation-reduction reaction so as to generate electric powers with a predetermined driving voltage, and the LED chip is driven by the electric powers with the predetermined driving voltage for generating an indicator light source. The instant disclosure further provides a portable light-emitting device without pre-stored power sources. |
| US10084121B2 |
Small LED source with high brightness and high efficiency
Small LED sources with high brightness and high efficiency apparatus including the small LED sources and methods of using the small LED sources are disclosed. |
| US10084119B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device (1) includes a substrate (2); a wiring pattern (3), an electrode land (4), a sealing resin layer (5), a wire (7), and a resin dam (9) that are disposed on the substrate (2); at least one light-emitting element (6) that emits light having a peak emission wavelength in a wavelength range of 430 to 480 nm; a green phosphor (10) that is excited by primary light emitted from the light-emitting element (6) to emit light having a peak emission wavelength in a green region; and a first red phosphor (11) that is excited by the primary light to emit light having a peak emission wavelength in a red region. The first red phosphor (11) emits no light in a wavelength range of 700 nm or more and absorbs no light in a wavelength range of 550 to 600 nm. |
| US10084116B2 |
Light emitting device and light emitting device package
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light emitting device package. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, an adhesive layer contacting a top surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer, a first electrode contacting a top surface of the first conductive semiconductor and a top surface of the adhesive layer, and a second electrode contacting the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the adhesive layer contacting the first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode. |
| US10084109B1 |
Semiconductor structure for improving the gate adhesion and Schottky stability
A semiconductor structure for improving the gate metal adhesion and the Schottky stability, comprising: a III-nitride semiconductor having a top surface on which a conductive area and a non-conductive area are defined; a source contact metal and a first drain contact metal forming ohmic contact with the III-nitride semiconductor on the conductive area, and the first drain contact metal provided at one side of the source contact metal; and a gate metal layer comprising a gate connection line and a first gate finger extending from the gate connection line, the first gate finger interposing between the source contact metal and the first drain contact metal and forming a Schottky contact with the III-nitride semiconductor on the conductive area, wherein the first gate finger has a first terminal anchor at an end thereof surrounding the source contact metal, and the first terminal anchor has an increased width. |
| US10084108B2 |
Method for manufacturing light emitting element
A method for manufacturing a light emitting element that includes preparing a wafer having a substrate and a semiconductor structure, the substrate including a plurality of protrusions at positions corresponding to lattice points on a regular triangular lattice. The method includes forming a plurality of first modified parts in the substrate by irradiating the substrate with a laser beam along first dividing lines, forming a plurality of second modified parts in the substrate by irradiating the substrate with a laser beam along second dividing lines, and dividing the wafer along the first modified parts and the second modified parts to obtain a plurality of light emitting elements. |
| US10084107B2 |
Transparent conducting oxide for photovoltaic devices
One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a Si base layer, a passivation layer situated above the Si base layer, a layer of heavily doped amorphous Si (a-Si) situated above the passivation layer, a first transparent-conducting-oxide (TCO) layer situated above the heavily doped a-Si layer, a back-side electrode situated below the Si base layer, and a front-side electrode situated above the first TCO layer. The first TCO layer comprises at least one of: GaInO, GaInSnO, ZnInO, and ZnInSnO. |
| US10084106B2 |
Areal current matching of tandem solar cells
A tandem solar cell includes a bottom solar cell having an energy bandgap with Eg1 and at least a top solar cell having an energy bandgap Eg2, the energy bandgaps satisfying a relationship Eg1 |
| US10084102B2 |
Plasmon-enhanced terahertz graphene-based photodetector and method of fabrication
A plasmon-enhanced terahertz graphene-based photodetector exhibits an increased absorption efficiency attained by utilizing a tunable plasmonic resonance in sub-wavelengths graphene micro-ribbons formed on SiC substrate in contact with an array of bi-metallic electrode lines. The orientation of the graphene micro-ribbons is tailored with respect to the array of sub-wavelengths bi-metallic electrode lines. The graphene micro-ribbons extend at the angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to the electrode lines in the bi-metal electrodes array. The plasmonic mode is efficiently excited by an incident wave polarized perpendicular to the electrode lines, and/or to the graphene micro-ribbons. The absorption of radiation by graphene is enhanced through tunable geometric parameters (such as, for example, the width of the graphene micro-ribbons) and control of a carrier density in graphene achieved through tuning the gate voltage applied to the photodetector. |
| US10084100B2 |
Solar cell element and method for manufacturing same
A solar cell element containing: a semiconductor substrate; an antireflection film disposed in a first region on one main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a front surface electrode disposed in a second region on the one main surface of the semiconductor substrate and containing silver as a main component and a tellurium-based glass containing tellurium, tungsten, and bismuth. The solar cell element is manufactured by forming the antireflection film on the one main substrate surface; printing on the antireflection film a conductive paste containing a conductive powder mainly containing silver, a tellurium-based glass frit containing tellurium, tungsten, and bismuth, and an organic vehicle; and disposing the antireflection film in the first region and forming the front surface electrode in the second region, by firing the paste and eliminating the antireflection film positioned under the paste. |
| US10084097B2 |
Flash memory structure
A method is provided for fabricating a flash memory structure. The method includes providing a substrate; and forming a gate structure and a hard mask layer. The method also includes forming a sidewall structure on side walls of the gate structure and the hard mask layer; and forming an etching barrier layer covering the sidewall structure. In addition, the method includes forming a first dielectric layer; and removing the sidewall structure and the etching barrier layer higher than the first dielectric layer. Moreover, the method includes forming a sacrificial sidewall layer on the side wall of the hard mask layer and above the sidewall structure and the etching barrier layer; and forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer. Further, the method includes forming a contact hole penetrating through the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer; and forming a contact-hole plug in the contact hole. |
| US10084096B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
After a sputtering gas is supplied to a deposition chamber, plasma including an ion of the sputtering gas is generated in the vicinity of a target. The ion of the sputtering gas is accelerated and collides with the target, so that flat-plate particles and atoms of the target are separated from the target. The flat-plate particles are deposited with a gap therebetween so that the flat plane faces a substrate. The atom and the aggregate of the atoms separated from the target enter the gap between the deposited flat-plate particles and grow in the plane direction of the substrate to fill the gap. A film is formed over the substrate. After the deposition, heat treatment is performed at high temperature in an oxygen atmosphere, which forms an oxide with a few oxygen vacancies and high crystallinity. |
| US10084095B2 |
Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same, and array substrate
The embodiments of present disclosure provide a thin film transistor, a method for manufacturing the same, and an array substrate. The thin film transistor comprises an active layer provided on a substrate, the active layer including a middle channel region, a first high resistance region and a second high resistance region provided respectively on external sides of the middle channel region, a source region provided on an external side of the first high resistance region and a drain region provided on an external side of the second high resistance region, wherein a base material of the active layer is diamond single crystal. According to the thin film transistor, the method for manufacturing the same, and the array substrate provided in the embodiments of present disclosure, by providing high resistance regions on external sides of the middle channel region of the active layer, the carrier mobility is reduced and the leakage current of the thin film transistor made of single crystalline diamond is effectively suppressed. |
| US10084089B2 |
Source and drain stressors with recessed top surfaces
An integrated circuit structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate, and a silicon germanium region extending into the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the gate stack. The silicon germanium region has a top surface, with a center portion of the top surface recessed from edge portions of the top surface to form a recess. The edge portions are on opposite sides of the center portion. |
| US10084082B1 |
Bottom contact resistance reduction on VFET
Embodiments are directed to a method and resulting structures for a vertical field effect transistor (VFET) having a reduced bottom contact resistance. A multilayered bottom doped region having alternating doped layers and doped sacrificial layers is formed on a substrate. One or more cavities are formed by removing portions of the doped sacrificial layers. A bottom contact is formed over the multilayered bottom doped region. The bottom contact includes one or more conductive flanges that fill the cavities. |
| US10084079B2 |
Semiconductor device having a drift region with non-uniform impurity concentration profile
A semiconductor device includes a first well disposed in a substrate and including a first impurity of a first conductivity type, a second well disposed in the substrate, including a second impurity of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and having first to third portions, and a gate structure formed on the first well and the second well, wherein the second portion is disposed between the first portion and the third portion, the first portion and the third portion are formed deeper than the second portion, and concentration of the second impurity of the first portion and the third portion is greater than concentration of the second impurity of the second portion. |
| US10084076B2 |
Heterojunction semiconductor device for reducing parasitic capacitance
A semiconductor device includes an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, an interlayer dielectric, an inter-source layer, an inter-source plug, an inter-drain layer, an inter-drain plug, an inter-gate layer, and an inter-gate plug. The active layer is made of III-V group semiconductors. The source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode are disposed on the active layer. The gate electrode is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The interlayer dielectric covers the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode. The inter-source layer, the inter-drain layer, and the inter-gate layer are disposed on the interlayer dielectric. The inter-source plug is electrically connected to the source electrode and the inter-source layer. The inter-drain plug is electrically connected to the drain electrode and the inter-drain layer. The inter-gate plug is electrically connected to the gate electrode and the inter-gate layer. |
| US10084075B2 |
Methods of making multichannel devices with improved performance
A transistor device is provided that comprises a base structure, and a superlattice structure overlying the base structure and comprising a multichannel ridge having sloping sidewalls. The multichannel ridge comprises a plurality of heterostructures that each form a channel of the multichannel ridge, wherein a parameter of at least one of the heterostructures is varied relative to other heterostructures of the plurality of heterostructures. The transistor device further comprises a three-sided gate contact that wraps around and substantially surrounds the top and sides of the multichannel ridge along at least a portion of its depth. |
| US10084073B2 |
Lateral insulated-gate bipolar transistor and manufacturing method therefor
Provided is a lateral insulated-gate bipolar transistor (LIGBT), comprising a substrate (10), an anode terminal and a cathode terminal on the substrate (10), and a drift region (30) and a gate (61) located between the anode terminal and the cathode terminal. The anode terminal comprises a P-type buried layer (52) on the substrate (10), an N-type buffer region (54) on the P-type buried layer (52), and a P+ collector region (56) on the surface of the N-type buffer region (54). The LIGBT further comprises a trench gate adjacent to the anode terminal, wherein the trench gate penetrates from the surfaces of the N-type buffer region (54) and the P+ collector region (56) to the P-type buried layer (52), and the trench gate comprises an oxidation layer (51) on the inner surface of a trench and polysilicon (53) filled into the oxidation layer. |
| US10084060B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method of the same
The present disclosure provide a semiconductor structure, including a substrate having a top surface; a gate over the substrate, the gate including a footing region in proximity to the top surface, the footing region including a footing length laterally measured at a height under 10 nm above the top surface; and a spacer surrounding a sidewall of the gate, including a spacer width laterally measured at a height of from about 10 nm to about 200 nm above the top surface. The footing length is measured, along the top surface, from an end of a widest portion of the footing region to a vertical line extended from an interface between a gate body and the spacer, and the spacer width is substantially equal to or greater than the footing length. |
| US10084059B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed of a nitride semiconductor, on a substrate; a second semiconductor layer formed of a nitride semiconductor, on the first semiconductor layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer; a first insulating film formed on the second semiconductor layer; a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film; and a gate electrode formed on the second insulating film. The first insulating film includes a nitride film formed on a side of the second semiconductor layer, and an oxynitride film formed on the nitride film, and the second insulating film is formed of an oxide. |
| US10084056B1 |
Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. An interlayer dielectric layer is formed conformally over protruding structures formed over a silicon substrate and a surface of the silicon substrate. Next, a vaporized chemical etching operation is performed to the interlayer dielectric layer, so as to form a gap between two adjacent protruding structures. The gap has a target aspect ratio of at least 4, a top portion of the interlayer dielectric layer above an upper portion of each of the at least two protruding structures is trimmed at a first etching rate, and a bottom portion of the interlayer dielectric layer above a base portion of each of the at least two protruding structures is etched at a second etching rate smaller than the first etching rate, for enlarging the deposition process window and preventing voids from remaining inside a gap filling material in the gap. |
| US10084053B1 |
Gate cuts after metal gate formation
Structures involving a field-effect transistor and methods for forming a structure that involves a field-effect transistor. A first metal gate electrode and a second metal gate electrode are formed that are embedded in a first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed on the first metal gate electrode, the second metal gate electrode, and the first dielectric layer. An opening is formed in the second dielectric layer that extends in a vertical direction to expose a section of the first metal gate electrode. The section of the first metal gate electrode is removed, while the second metal gate electrode is masked by the second dielectric layer, to define a gate cut at a location of the opening. The gate cut may be subsequently filled by dielectric material. |
| US10084052B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
In a semiconductor device, a gate insulating film is provided with a multi-layer structure including a first insulating film and a second insulating film. The first insulating film is formed of an insulating film containing an element having an oxygen binding force larger than that of an element contained in the second insulating film, and the total charge amount is increased. Specifically, by performing oxygen anneal, it is possible to perform the step of supplying oxygen into an aluminum oxide film and increase the total charge amount. This allows a negative fixed charge density in the gate insulating film in the vicinity of an interface with a GaN layer to be set to a value of not less than 2.5×1011 cm−2 and allows a normally-off element to be reliably provided. |
| US10084049B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having an active region; a gate structure disposed in the active region; source/drain regions respectively formed within portions of the active region disposed on both sides of the gate structure; a metal silicide layer disposed on a surface of each of the source/drain regions; and contact plugs disposed on the source/drain regions and electrically connected to the source/drain regions through the metal silicide layer, respectively. The metal silicide layer is formed so as to have a monocrystalline structure. |
| US10084047B2 |
Group III-V device structure with variable impurity concentration
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a transition body over the substrate, a group III-V intermediate body having a bottom surface over the transition body and a group III-V device layer over a top surface of the group III-V intermediate body. The group III-V intermediate body has a first impurity concentration at the bottom surface, a second impurity concentration at the top surface, and a variable impurity concentration that rises and falls between the bottom surface and the top surface. The first impurity concentration is greater than the second impurity concentration. |
| US10084046B1 |
Semiconductor device, inverter circuit, drive device, vehicle, and elevating machine
A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes first and second electrodes, a first gate electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed between the first electrode and a band gap of the semiconductor layer being wider than a band gap of silicon, a silicon layer between the semiconductor layer and the first electrode, a metal layer between the semiconductor layer and the silicon layer, a first semiconductor region of a first-conductivity type in the semiconductor layer, a first silicon region of the first-conductivity type in the silicon layer, a second silicon region of a second-conductivity type in the first silicon region, a third silicon region of the second-conductivity type in the first silicon region and separated from the second silicon region, a first gate insulating layer, a fourth silicon region of the first-conductivity type in the second silicon region, and a fifth silicon region in the third silicon region. |
| US10084044B2 |
Food and beverage compositions infused with lipophilic active agents and methods of use thereof
Aspects described herein relate to food and beverage compositions infused with lipophilic active agents and methods of use for the treatment of a variety of disorders. More particularly, aspects described herein relate to food and beverage compositions infused with lipophilic active agents such as cannabinoids, nicotine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), and vitamins, that provide enhanced bioavailability of the lipophilic active agents in a subject, and that mask unpleasant tastes of lipophilic active agents. |
| US10084043B2 |
High mobility nanowire fin channel on silicon substrate formed using sacrificial sub-fin
An integrated circuit die includes a quad-gate device nanowire of channel material for a transistor (e.g., single material or stack to be a channel of a MOS device) formed by removing a portion of a sub-fin material from below the channel material, where the sub-fin material was grown in an aspect ration trapping (ART) trench. In some cases, in the formation of such nanowires, it is possible to remove the defective fin material or area under the channel. Such removal isolates the fin channel, removes the fin defects and leakage paths, and forms the nanowire of channel material having four exposed surfaces upon which gate material may be formed. |
| US10084037B2 |
MOSFET active area and edge termination area charge balance
A method for fabricating a MOSFET having an active area and an edge termination area is disclosed. The method includes forming a first plurality of implants at the bottom of trenches located in the active area and in the edge termination area. A second plurality of implants is formed at the bottom of the trenches located in the active area. The second plurality of implants formed at the bottom of the trenches located in the active area causes the implants formed at the bottom of the trenches located in the active area to reach a predetermined concentration. In so doing, the breakdown voltage of both the active and edge termination areas can be made similar and thereby optimized while maintaining advantageous RDson. |
| US10084036B2 |
Insulated gate bipolar transistor and manufacturing method therefor
An insulated gate bipolar transistor (100) is provided. A substrate (10) of the insulated gate bipolar transistor (100) is of an N type. A P-type region (16) is disposed on a back of the N-type substrate. A back metal structure (18) is disposed on a back of the P-type region (16). A terminal protection ring is disposed in a terminal structure. A polysilicon gate (31) is disposed on a front surface of the substrate (10) in an active region. Sidewalls (72) are disposed at two sides of the polysilicon gate (31) on the substrate (10). An interlayer medium (81) covered with the polysilicon gate (31) and the sidewalls (72) is disposed on the substrate (10). The interlayer medium (81) is covered with a metal lead wire layer (91). An N-type carrier enhancement region (41) is disposed in the substrate (10) in the active region. A P-type body region (51) is disposed in the carrier enhancement region (41). An N-type heavily doped region (61) is disposed in the P-type body region (51). A P-type heavily doped region (71) is disposed in the N-type heavily doped region (61). An inward recessed shallow pit (62) with a depth of 0.15 to 0.3 micrometers is formed on a surface of the P-type heavily doped region (71). By disposing the carrier enhancement region (41), the carrier concentration of a channel can be increased and a forward voltage drop can be reduced; in addition, the shallow pit (62) can make a device obtain good impurity distribution and a large metal contact area, thereby improving the performance of the device. |
| US10084031B2 |
Transistor substrate, display device, and method of manufacturing the transistor substrate
A transistor substrate may include a base substrate, a data line, a conductive layer, a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and a pixel electrode. The data line may directly contact the base substrate. The conductive layer may directly contact the base substrate and may be spaced from the data line. The semiconductor layer may overlap the conductive layer, may be spaced from the conductive layer, and may include a source electrode and a drain electrode. The source electrode may be electrically connected to the data line. The gate electrode may overlap the semiconductor layer. The pixel electrode may be electrically connected to the drain electrode. |
| US10084022B2 |
Display device
A display device with high resolution is provided. A thin display device is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. The display device includes a display portion having a first display element which is positioned on one surface side of a first insulating layer and a second display element and a third display element which are positioned on the other surface side of the first insulating layer. The display portion has a region in which first display element and the second display element do not overlap with each other, and a region in which the first display element and the third display element partly do not overlap with each other. Furthermore, light emitted by the first display element, light emitted by the second display element, and light emitted by the third display element are released in the same direction. |
| US10084018B2 |
Image sensor and electronic device including the same
An image sensor including a semiconductor substrate integrated with a plurality of photo-sensing devices and a nanopattern layer on the semiconductor substrate, the nanopattern layer having a plurality of nanopatterns, wherein each nanopattern of the plurality of nanopatterns correspond one to one with a single photo-sensing device of the plurality of photo-sensing devices, respectively. |
| US10084016B2 |
Cross-point memory and methods for fabrication of same
A method of fabricating a memory device is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises patterning a first conductive line extending in a first direction. The method additionally includes forming a free-standing pillar of a memory cell stack on the first conductive line after patterning the first conductive line. Forming the free-standing pillar includes depositing a memory cell stack comprising a selector material and a storage material over the conductive line and patterning the memory cell stack to form the free-standing pillar. The method further includes patterning a second conductive line on the pillar after patterning the memory cell stack, the second conductive line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. |
| US10084015B2 |
Resistive memory element employing electron density modulation and structural relaxation
A memory device includes at least one memory cell which contains a resistive memory element having a conductive metal oxide located between a first electrode and a second electrode. The conductive metal oxide has a concentration of free electrons in thermodynamic equilibrium in a range from 1.0×1020/cm3 to 1.0×1021/cm3. A method of operating the memory device includes redistributing electron density to set and reset the device. An oxide barrier layer may be located between the conductive metal oxide and the second electrode. |
| US10084012B2 |
Optoelectronic device with light-emitting diodes
An optoelectronic device including a substrate with first and second opposite surfaces; and electrical insulation side elements extending from the first surface to the second surface and defining, within the substrate, first semi-conductive or conductive portions which are electrically insulated from each other. The optoelectronic device also includes, for each first portion a first conductive contact pad on the second surface in contact with the first portion and a set of light-emitting diodes resting on the first surface and electrically connected to the first portion. The optoelectronic device also includes a conductive, at least partially transparent electrode layer covering all the light-emitting diodes; an insulating, at least partially transparent encapsulation layer covering the electrode layer; and at least one second conductive contact pad electrically connected to the electrode layer. |
| US10084011B1 |
Growth substrate for forming optoelectronic devices, method for manufacturing such a substrate, and use of the susbstrate, in particular in the field of micro-display screens
A method for manufacturing a plurality of crystalline semiconductor islands having a variety of lattice parameters comprises providing a substrate including a medium, a flow layer disposed on the medium, and a plurality of strained crystalline semiconductor islands having an initial lattice parameter arranged on the flow layer. The strained semiconductor islands are selectively treated so as to form a first group of strained islands having a first lateral expansion potential, and a second group of strained islands having a second lateral expansion potential that is different from the first lateral expansion potential. The substrate is heat treated at a temperature at or above a glass transition temperature of the flow layer to cause differentiated relaxation of the islands of the first and second groups, such that a lattice parameter of the first group of relaxed islands differs from a lattice parameter of the second group of relaxed islands. |
| US10084010B2 |
Variable LED display screen
A variable LED display screen includes a plurality of LED modules and a plurality of mounting assemblies arranged among adjacent LED modules and configured to connecting the LED modules together to form the display screen. The mounting assemblies are adjustable mounting assemblies, the mounting assemblies can finely adjust the relative gaps between adjacent LED modules connected with the mounting assemblies, and the adjustable mounting assemblies includes an X-axis adjustable mounting member, a Y-axis adjustable mounting member and a middle adjustable mounting member. The variable LED display screen of the present invention not only allows size adjustment of the LED display screen, but also allows shape adjustment of the LED display screen. In addition, multiple accessories can be connected to the display screen to extend functions of the display screen. |
| US10084008B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
A solid-state imaging device includes: a first electrode formed above a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion film formed on the first electrode and for converting light into signal charges; a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion film; a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the first electrode and for accumulating the signal charges converted from the light by the photoelectric conversion film; a reset gate electrode for resetting the charge accumulation region; an amplification transistor for amplifying the signal charges accumulated in the charge accumulation region; and a contact plug in direct contact with the charge accumulation region, comprising a semiconductor material, and for electrically connecting to each other the first electrode and the charge accumulation region. |
| US10083999B1 |
Method for manufacturing thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a TFT array substrate, comprises: providing a substrate; depositing a metal gate electrode, an insulating layer, and a metal oxide layer on a surface of the substrate; forming a first metal layer on a surface of the metal oxide layer; depositing a photoresist layer on the first metal layer and implementing a photolithography process to the first metal layer to be configured as a second metal layer, a channel is defined in the second metal layer; and a portion of the photomask vertically corresponding to the channel of the second metal layer is extended greater than the second metal layer. |
| US10083997B2 |
Mask for deposition, apparatus for manufacturing display apparatus having the same, and method of manufacturing display apparatus with manufacturing display apparatus having mask for deposition
A deposition mask includes a deposition pattern through which a deposition material passes and a distal end extended in a length direction of the deposition mask from the deposition pattern. The distal end includes a dummy pattern between a clamping groove and the deposition pattern in the length direction. The clamping groove and the dummy pattern are provided in plural along a second direction crossing the length direction. In the length direction of the deposition mask, the number of clamping grooves and dummy patterns correspond to each other, the clamping grooves respectively overlap a corresponding dummy pattern, a distal end area at which clamping grooves overlap the corresponding dummy pattern defines a second area of the distal end, and a distal end area at which the clamping grooves do not overlap the corresponding dummy pattern defines a first area of the distal end to which a clamp is applied. |
| US10083996B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device having a novel structure in which in a data storing time, stored data can be stored even when power is not supplied, and there is no limitation on the number of writing. A semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a first source electrode and a first drain electrode; a first channel formation region for which an oxide semiconductor material is used and to which the first source electrode and the first drain electrode are electrically connected; a first gate insulating layer over the first channel formation region; and a first gate electrode over the first gate insulating layer. One of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode of the first transistor and one electrode of a capacitor are electrically connected to each other. |
| US10083988B2 |
Complementary thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate, display apparatus
The present invention provides a complementary thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display apparatus, relates to the field of manufacturing technology of thin film transistor, and can solve the problem that active layer materials of first and second thin film transistors in a complementary thin film transistor of the prior art have influence with each other. The manufacturing method of the present invention comprises steps of: forming a pattern comprising an active layer of a first thin film transistor and a protective layer on a base by a patterning process, and the protective layer is at least located above the active layer of the thin film transistor; and forming a pattern of an active layer of a second thin film transistor on the base subjected to above step by a patterning process. The present invention may be applied to various circuits and systems. |
| US10083987B2 |
CMOS with middle of line processing of III-V material on mandrel
A method includes forming first structures on a first portion of a silicon substrate and second structures on a second portion of the substrate; forming spacers on the first structures; forming dummy gates on the first and second structures; depositing a first interlayer dielectric on the dummy gates; removing the dummy gates from the second structures; forming metal gates on the second structures; performing an anneal; forming recess areas in the first interlayer dielectric; removing the spacers from the first structures; epitaxially growing sidewalls on the first structures; removing portions of the first structures outside the dummy gates from the first portion; depositing a second interlayer dielectric on the first portion; removing the dummy gates from the first portion; removing portions of the first structures previously under the dummy gates from the first portion; and forming metal gates on the first structures. |
| US10083985B2 |
Semiconductor device
A well potential supply region is provided in an N-type well region of a cell array. Adjacent gates disposed in both sides of the well potential supply region in the horizontal direction and adjacent gates disposed in further both sides thereof are disposed at the same pitch. In addition, an adjacent cell array includes four gates each of which is opposed to the adjacent gates in the vertical direction. In other words, regularity in the shape of the gate patterns in the periphery of the well potential supply region is maintained. |
| US10083983B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a stacked body, a semiconductor pillar, a charge storage film, and at least one columnar member. The stacked body is provided on the substrate. In the stacked body, a plurality of insulating films and a plurality of electrode films are layered together alternately. The semiconductor pillar is provided in the stacked body and extends in a stacking direction of the stacked body. The charge storage film is provided between the semiconductor pillar and the stacked body. The columnar member is provided in the stacked body and extends in the stacking direction. A lower portion of the columnar member is provided in the substrate. |
| US10083981B2 |
Memory arrays, and methods of forming memory arrays
Some embodiments include a memory array which has a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. The wordline levels have terminal ends corresponding to control gate regions. Charge-trapping material is along the control gate regions of the wordline levels and not along the insulative levels. The charge-trapping material is spaced from the control gate regions by charge-blocking material. Channel material extends vertically along the stack and is laterally spaced from the charge-trapping material by dielectric material. Some embodiments include methods of forming NAND memory arrays. |
| US10083980B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
The semiconductor memory device includes a stacked structure including conductive patterns and interlayer insulating patterns which are alternately stacked, a through-hole configured to pass through the stacked structure; a channel pattern formed inside the through-hole, a first capping conductive pattern formed on the channel pattern, a second capping conductive pattern formed on a sidewall of the first capping conductive pattern and surrounding the first capping conductive pattern, and a contact plug formed on the first capping conductive pattern and the second capping conductive pattern. |
| US10083978B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of forming a nonvolatile memory device includes forming first, second, and third gate structures, with the second and third gate structures including first and second spacer structures formed on a sidewall of the second gate structure and sidewalls of the third gate structure. Impurity regions are formed through ion implantation and the first spacer structure shields the second and third gate structures during ion implantation. The second spacer structure defines resulting impurity regions. |
| US10083976B2 |
Nonvolatile memory with erase gate region
A nonvolatile memory (NVM) cell includes a semiconductor substrate having a first OD region and a second OD region for forming an erase gate (EG) region. The second OD region is spaced apart from the first OD region and is separated from the first OD region by a trench isolation region. A select transistor is disposed on the first OD region. A floating gate transistor is serially connected to the select transistor and is also disposed on the first OD region. The floating gate transistor includes a floating gate overlying the first OD region. A first floating gate extension continuously extends from the floating gate to the second OD region. The first floating gate extension comprises a P+ doped segment and an N+ doped segment with a P+/N+ interface therebetween. |
| US10083973B1 |
Apparatuses and methods for reading memory cells
Apparatuses and methods for reading memory cells are described. An example method includes sharing a first voltage to increase a voltage of a first sense line coupled to a first capacitor plate of a ferroelectric capacitor of a memory cell, sharing a second voltage to decrease a voltage of a second sense line coupled to a second capacitor plate of the ferroelectric capacitor of the memory cell, sharing a third voltage to increase the voltage of the second sense line, and sharing a fourth voltage to decrease the voltage of the first sense line. A voltage difference between the first sense line and the second sense line that results from the voltage sharing is amplified, wherein the voltage difference is based at least in part on a polarity of the ferroelectric capacitor. |
| US10083971B1 |
Vertical SRAM structure with cross-coupling contacts penetrating through common gates to bottom S/D metal contacts
A vertical SRAM cell includes a first (1st) inverter having a 1st common gate structure operatively connecting channels of a 1st pull-up (PU) and a 1st pull-down (PD) transistor. A 1st metal contact electrically connects bottom source/drain (S/D) regions of the 1st PU and 1st PD transistors. A second (2nd) inverter has a 2nd common gate structure operatively connecting channels of a 2nd PU and a 2nd PD transistor. A 2nd metal contact electrically connects bottom S/D regions of the 2nd PU and 2nd PD transistors. A 1st cross-coupled contact electrically connects the 2nd common gate structure to the 1st metal contact. The 2nd common gate structure entirely surrounds a perimeter of the 1st cross-coupled contact. A 2nd cross-coupled contact electrically connects the 1st common gate structure to the 2nd metal contact. The 1st common gate structure entirely surrounds a perimeter of the 2nd cross-coupled contact. |
| US10083964B1 |
Double diffusion break gate structure without vestigial antenna capacitance
A double diffusion break (DDB) gate structure is provided by removing the vestigial antenna to provide a space and the space is filled, at least in part, with an interlevel dielectric (ILD) material. Removal of the vestigial antenna from the DDB gate structure will reduce the device capacitance and improve device performance, while enabling DDB in tight integration schemes. |
| US10083962B2 |
Fabrication of fin field effect transistors for complementary metal oxide semiconductor devices including separate n-type and p-type source/drains using a single spacer deposition
A method of forming a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device on a substrate, including forming a plurality of vertical fins on the substrate, forming a first set of source/drain projections on the first subset of vertical fins, forming a second set of source/drain projections on the second subset of vertical fins, where the second set of source/drain projections is a different oxidizable material from the oxidizable material of the first set of source/drain projections, converting a portion of each of the second set of source/drain projections and a portion of each of the first set of source/drain projections to an oxide, removing the converted oxide portion of the first set of source/drain projections to form a source/drain seed mandrel, and removing a portion of the converted oxide portion of the second set of source/drain projections to form a dummy post. |
| US10083961B2 |
Gate cut with integrated etch stop layer
A method of forming a power rail to semiconductor devices comprising removing a portion of the gate structure forming a gate cut trench separating a first active region of fin structures from a second active region of fin structures. A conformal etch stop layer is formed in the gate cut trench. A fill material is formed on the conformal etch stop layer filling at least a portion of the gate cut trench. The fill material has a composition that is etched selectively to the conformal etch stop layer. A power rail is formed in the gate cut trench. The conformal etch stop layer obstructs lateral etching during forming the power rail to substantially eliminate power rail to gate structure shorting. |
| US10083958B2 |
Deep trench metal-insulator-metal capacitors
Device structures for a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor, as well as methods of fabricating a device structure for a MIM capacitor. An active device level is formed on a substrate, a local interconnect level is formed on the active device level, and a metal-insulator-metal capacitor is formed in a via opening with a sidewall extending through the local interconnect level and the active device level to a given depth in the substrate. The metal-insulator-metal capacitor includes a first plate on the sidewall, a second plate, and an interplate dielectric between the first plate and the second plate. |
| US10083957B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, first regions, second regions, an eighth semiconductor region, a ninth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, a tenth semiconductor region, second electrodes, and a third electrode. Each first region includes a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region, a fourth semiconductor region, and a gate electrode. The first regions and the second regions alternate in the second direction. Each of the second regions includes a fifth semiconductor region, a sixth semiconductor region, and a seventh semiconductor region. The eighth semiconductor region is provided between the first semiconductor regions and between the fifth semiconductor regions. The eighth semiconductor region is electrically connected to the first semiconductor regions. The third electrode is provided on the tenth semiconductor region with a first insulating layer interposed. The third electrode is electrically connected to the gate electrodes. |
| US10083951B2 |
ESD protection circuit with isolated SCR for negative voltage operation
A semiconductor controlled rectifier (FIG. 4A) for an integrated circuit is disclosed. The semiconductor controlled rectifier comprises a first lightly doped region (100) having a first conductivity type (N) and a first heavily doped region (108) having a second conductivity type (P) formed within the first lightly doped region. A second lightly doped region (104) having the second conductivity type is formed proximate the first lightly doped region. A second heavily doped region (114) having the first conductivity type is formed within the second lightly doped region. A buried layer (101) having the first conductivity type is formed below the second lightly doped region and electrically connected to the first lightly doped region. A third lightly doped region (102) having the second conductivity type is formed between the second lightly doped region and the third heavily doped region. A fourth lightly doped region (400) having the second conductivity type is formed between the second lightly doped region and the third heavily doped region and electrically connected to the second and third lightly doped regions. |
| US10083950B2 |
Die stacking method
A die stacking method is provided. The die stacking method includes executing a manufacturing recipe, and loading an interposer-die mapping file according to the manufacturing recipe. The interposer-die mapping file corresponds to an interposer wafer including interposer dies. The die stacking method also includes loading a combination setting data according to the interposer-die mapping file, and loading a top die number and a top-die ID code of a top-die mapping file according to the combination setting data and the interposer-die mapping file. The top-die ID code corresponds to a top wafer including top dies, and the top die number corresponds to one of the top dies. The die stacking method also includes disposing the one of the top dies of the top wafer on one of the interposer dies of the interposer wafer. |
| US10083949B2 |
Using metal-containing layer to reduce carrier shock in package formation
A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a radiation de-bondable coating. The radiation de-bondable coating is over a carrier, and the radiation de-bondable coating includes metal particles therein. Metal posts are formed over the dielectric layer. A device die is attached to the dielectric layer. The device die and the metal posts are encapsulated in an encapsulating material. A plurality of redistribution lines is formed on a first side of the encapsulating material, and is electrically coupled to the device die and the metal posts. The carrier is de-bonded by projecting a radiation source on the radiation de-bondable coating to decompose the radiation de-bondable coating. Electrical connections are formed on a second side of the encapsulating material. The electrical connections are electrically coupled to the metal posts. |
| US10083947B2 |
Multi-layer power converter with devices having reduced lateral current
An apparatus having a power converter circuit having a first active layer having a first set of active devices disposed on a face thereof, a first passive layer having first set of passive devices disposed on a face thereof, and interconnection to enable the active devices disposed on the face of the first active layer to be interconnected with the non-active devices disposed on the face of the first passive layer, wherein the face on which the first set of active devices on the first active layer is disposed faces the face on which the first set of passive devices on the first passive layer is disposed. |
| US10083941B2 |
Stacked semiconductor dies with selective capillary under fill
Stacked semiconductor dies are provided with selective capillary under fill to avoid wafer warpage during curing. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming at least three stacks of semiconductor dies over a substrate, the stacks spaced apart from one another by gaps. A first sealing material such as a capillary under fill material is deposited into a first subset of the gaps. A second sealing material such as a mold resin is deposited into a second subset of the gaps. The first and second sealing materials are cured, and the die stacks are then singulated. |
| US10083940B2 |
Package-on-package semiconductor device
Some embodiments relate to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate. A first die is coupled beneath a lower surface of the substrate. A second die is coupled beneath the lower surface of the substrate and is disposed over the first die. A thermal contact pad is arranged beneath a lower surface of the second die and an upper surface of the first die. The thermal contact pad thermally isolates the first die from the second die. |
| US10083937B2 |
Semiconductor devices and packages and methods of forming semiconductor device packages
Semiconductor device packages include first and second semiconductor dice in a facing relationship. At least one group of solder bumps is substantially along a centerline between the semiconductor dice and operably coupled with integrated circuitry of the first and second semiconductor dice. Another group of solder bumps is laterally offset from the centerline and operably coupled only with integrated circuitry of the first semiconductor die. A further group of solder bumps is laterally offset from the centerline and operably coupled only with integrated circuitry of the second semiconductor die. Methods of forming semiconductor device packages include aligning first and second semiconductor dice with active surfaces facing each other, the first and second semiconductor dice each including bond pads along a centerline thereof and additional bond pads laterally offset from the centerline thereof. |
| US10083936B2 |
Semiconductor package having spacer layer
Package assemblies for and methods of packaging integrated circuit chips are described. Disclosed package assemblies have spacers and recessed regions comprising IC chips. Architectural structures are provided that enable, for example, three dimensional (3D) packaging (or system in package (SiP) or multi-chip modules), systems-on-chip 3D packaging, and hybrid 3D bonding. Embodiments of the invention can be used, for example, to create logic-to-memory, memory-to-memory, and logic-to-logic interface stacking assemblies. |
| US10083931B2 |
Packaged microelectronic devices having stacked interconnect elements and methods for manufacturing the same
Microelectronic devices and method of forming a plurality of microelectronic devices on a semiconductor workpiece are disclosed herein. One such method includes placing a plurality of first interconnect elements on a side of a semiconductor workpiece, forming a layer on the side of the workpiece, reshaping the first interconnect elements by heating the first interconnect elements, and coupling a first portion of a plurality of individual second interconnect elements to corresponding first interconnect elements with a second portion of the individual second interconnect elements exposed. |
| US10083930B2 |
Semiconductor device reducing parasitic loop inductance of system
A semiconductor device reducing parasitic loop inductance of system for the switching converter. The semiconductor device has an input voltage pin, a ground reference pin, a switching pin, and a semiconductor die, wherein the semiconductor die comprises a high-side power switch and a low-side power switch and a metal connection. The metal connection directly connects the high-side power switch and the first terminal of the low-side power switch, and is along and proximity to an edge of the semiconductor device to which the input voltage pin is distributed. |
| US10083928B2 |
Metal bump joint structure
A structure comprises a first semiconductor chip with a first metal bump and a second semiconductor chip with a second metal bump. The structure further comprises a solder joint structure electrically connecting the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, wherein the solder joint structure comprises an intermetallic compound region between the first metal bump and the second metal bump, wherein the intermetallic compound region is with a first height dimension and a surrounding portion formed along exterior walls of the first metal bump and the second metal bump, wherein the surrounding portion is with a second height dimension, and wherein the second height dimension is greater than the first height dimension. |
| US10083927B2 |
Chip package structure with bump
A chip package structure is provided. The chip package structure includes a redistribution substrate. The chip package structure includes a first chip structure over the redistribution substrate. The chip package structure includes a first solder bump arranged between and electrically connecting the redistribution substrate and the first chip structure. The chip package structure includes a first molding layer surrounding the first chip structure. The first molding layer and the first chip structure are both spaced apart from the redistribution substrate by the first solder bump, thereby defining a gap there-between. The chip package structure includes a second chip structure over the first chip structure. The chip package structure includes a second molding layer surrounding the second chip structure. The chip package structure includes a third molding layer surrounding the first molding layer, the second molding layer, and the first solder bump, and filled into the gap. |
| US10083921B2 |
Power transistor die
Some embodiments relate to a die that has been formed by improved dicing techniques. The die includes a substrate which includes upper and lower substrate surfaces with a vertical substrate sidewall extending therebetween. The vertical substrate sidewall corresponds to an outermost edge of the substrate. A device layer is arranged over the upper substrate surface. A crack stop is arranged over an upper surface of the device layer and has an outer perimeter that is spaced apart laterally from the vertical substrate sidewall. The die exhibits a tapered sidewall extending downward through at least a portion of the device layer to meet the vertical substrate sidewall. |
| US10083917B1 |
Power electronics assemblies and vehicles incorporating the same
A power electronics assembly includes a semiconductor device, a metal substrate, and a cooling structure. The metal substrate includes a plurality of stress-relief features that extend at least partially through a thickness of the metal substrate. The plurality of stress-relief features are at least partially filled with a transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding material. The semiconductor device is positioned over the plurality of stress-relief features and thermally bonded to the metal substrate via TLP bonding material. Vehicles having power electronics assemblies with stress-relief through-features are also disclosed. |
| US10083913B2 |
Fan-out POP structure with inconsecutive polymer layer
A package includes a device die, a molding material molding at least a portion of the device die therein, and a through-via substantially penetrating through the molding material. The package further includes a dielectric layer contacting the through-via and the molding material, and a die attach film attached to a backside of the device die. The die attach film includes a portion extending in the dielectric layer. |
| US10083912B2 |
Method of packaging integrated circuit die and device
A package substrate having an opening and through-substrate interconnect structures is attached to a temporary carrier such as an adhesive film. The active surface of an IC die is placed in contact with the carrier substrate within the opening, to temporarily attach the die to the carrier substrate. Another die is attached to the side of the first die furthest from the carrier substrate. In one embodiment, the dies are attached to each other using an epoxy so that their respective non-active surfaces face each other. Bond wires are connected between interconnects at the active surface of the second die and the substrate. The wires are then encapsulated. After removal of the carrier substrate, a build-up interconnect structure is formed that includes external interconnects of the package substrate, such as solder balls of a ball grid array package. |
| US10083908B2 |
BEOL vertical fuse formed over air gap
A method of forming an electrical device that includes forming a first level including an array of metal lines, wherein an air gap is positioned between the adjacent metal lines. A second level is formed including at least one dielectric layer atop the first level. A plurality of trench structures is formed in the at least on dielectric layer. At least one of the plurality of trench structures opens the air gap. A conductive material is formed within the trenches. The conductive material deposited in the open air gap provides a vertical fuse. |
| US10083907B2 |
Method and structure for forming on-chip anti-fuse with reduced breakdown voltage
A fully depleted field effect transistor (FET) and an anti-fuse structure are provided on a same chip. The fully depleted FET and the anti-fuse structure share a same high dielectric (k) constant dielectric material. The anti-fuse structure contains a faceted epitaxial doped semiconductor material as a bottom electrode, a high k dielectric material portion, and a gate electrode material portion as a top electrode. The sharp corners of the faceted epitaxial doped semiconductor material cause electric field concentration, which aid in the reduction of the breakdown voltage of the anti-fuse structure. |
| US10083906B1 |
Memory device with buried word line for reduced gate-induced drain leakage current and method for manufacturing the same
A memory device and a method for manufacturing a memory device are provided. The memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having a trench, an oxide layer formed on a surface of the trench, and a buried word line formed in the trench having the oxide layer formed thereon. The oxide layer includes a first portion extending downward from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second portion extending upward from a bottom portion of the trench, and a third portion formed between and adjoining the first portion and the second portion. The third portion tapers toward the second portion. The first portion of the oxide layer is located between the buried word line and the surface of the trench. |
| US10083905B2 |
Skip-vias bypassing a metallization level at minimum pitch
A method of forming a skip-via, including, forming a first dielectric layer on a first metallization layer, forming a second metallization layer on the first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer on the second metallization layer, removing a section of the second dielectric layer to form a via to the second metallization layer, removing a portion of the second metallization layer to form an aperture, and removing an additional portion of the second metallization layer to form an exclusion zone. |
| US10083900B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes two or more semiconductor elements, a lead with island portions on which the semiconductor elements are mounted, a heat dissipation member for dissipating heat from the island portions, a bonding layer bonding the island portions and the heat dissipation member, and a sealing resin covering the semiconductor elements, the island portions and a part of the heat dissipation member. The bonding layer includes mutually spaced individual regions provided for the island portions, respectively. |
| US10083896B1 |
Methods and apparatus for a semiconductor device having bi-material die attach layer
Described examples include a device including a semiconductor die having a first surface with bond pads and an opposite second surface attached to a substrate by an adhesive layer covering at least a portion of the surface area of the second surface. The adhesive layer includes first zones composed of a first polymeric compound and adding up to a first portion of the surface area, and second zones composed of a second polymeric compound and adding up to a second portion of the surface area, the first zones and the second zones being contiguous. The first polymeric compound has a first modulus and the second polymeric compound has a second modulus greater than the first modulus. |
| US10083895B2 |
Package structure for power converter and manufacture method thereof
A package structure of a power converter, can include: a die pad; an insulation adhesive layer and a conductive adhesive layer on the die pad; a control circuit die on the insulation adhesive layer, where the insulation adhesive layer comprises a first insulation adhesive layer on a back surface of the control circuit die, and a second insulation adhesive on a surface of the die pad, where the first insulation adhesive layer is connected to the second insulation adhesive layer; and a power device die on the conductive adhesive layer, where the insulation adhesive layer is separated from the conductive adhesive layer. |
| US10083892B2 |
Distribution and stabilization of fluid flow for interlayer chip cooling
A method of forming metallic pillars between a fluid inlet and outlet for two-phase fluid cooling. The method may include; forming an arrangement of metallic pillars between two structures, the metallic pillars are electrically connected to metallic connecting lines that run through each of the two structures, the arrangement of metallic pillars located between a fluid inlet and a fluid channel, the fluid channel having channel walls running between arrangements of the metallic pillars and a fluid outlet, whereby a fluid passes through the arrangement of metallic pillars to flow into the fluid channel. |
| US10083887B2 |
Chip component-embedded resin multilayer substrate and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides a chip component-embedded resin multilayer substrate including a laminating body obtained by laminating a plurality of resin layers, a predetermined wiring conductor disposed in the laminating body, and a chip component embedded in the laminating body and having a side terminal electrode. A guarding member electrically isolated from the wiring conductor is provided to cover at least a part of a boundary between the side terminal electrode and the resin layers when viewed from a lamination direction of the laminating body, and the guarding member is formed from a material having a melting point higher than a temperature at which the resin layer begins to flow. |
| US10083885B1 |
Multi-layer potting for electronic modules
An electronics module, such as driver modules for LED-based lighting fixtures and the like, includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a stress mitigation layer, and a potting layer. The PCB has a plurality of vias, which extend through the printed circuit board. A plurality of electronic components may each have a body and a plurality of leads extending from the body and through corresponding ones of the plurality of vias, wherein solder joints electrically and mechanically affix the plurality of leads within the corresponding ones of the plurality of vias. The stress mitigation layer is applied over a top surface of the printed circuit board. The potting layer is applied over the stress mitigation layer and the plurality of electronic components. |
| US10083882B2 |
Nanowire semiconductor device
A method for forming a nanowire device comprises depositing a hard mask on portions of a silicon substrate having a <110> orientation wherein the hard mask is oriented in the <112> direction, etching the silicon substrate to form a mandrel having (111) faceted sidewalls; forming a layer of insulator material on the substrate; forming a sacrificial stack comprising alternating layers of sacrificial material and dielectric material disposed on the layer of insulator material and adjacent to the mandrel; patterning and etching the sacrificial stack to form a modified sacrificial stack adjacent to the mandrel and extending from the mandrel; removing the sacrificial material from the modified sacrificial stack to form growth channels; epitaxially forming semiconductor in the growth channels; and etching the semiconductor to align with the end of the growth channels and form a semiconductor stack comprising alternating layers of dielectric material and semiconductor material. |
| US10083880B2 |
Hybrid ETSOI structure to minimize noise coupling from TSV
In one aspect, a method for forming an electronic device includes the following steps. An ETSOI layer of an ETSOI wafer is patterned into one or more ETSOI segments each of the ETSOI segments having a width of from about 3 nm to about 20 nm. A gate electrode is formed over a portion of the one or more ETSOI segments which serves as a channel region of a transistor, wherein portions of the one or more ETSOI segments extending out from under the gate electrode serve as source and drain regions of the transistor. At least one TSV is formed in the ETSOI wafer adjacent to the transistor. An electronic device is also provided. |
| US10083875B2 |
Vertical transistors having different gate lengths
A method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures having vertical transistors with different gate lengths are provided. A sacrificial gate is formed over a channel region of a semiconductor fin. The sacrificial gate includes a first material. The first material in a first portion of the sacrificial gate adjacent to the semiconductor fin is converted to a second material, the first portion having a first depth. The first portion of the sacrificial gate is then removed. |
| US10083874B1 |
Gate cut method
A method of manufacturing a FinFET structure involves forming gate cuts within a sacrificial gate layer prior to patterning and etching the sacrificial gate layer to form longitudinal sacrificial gate structures. By forming transverse cuts in the sacrificial gate layer before defining the sacrificial gate structures longitudinally, dimensional precision of the gate cuts at lower critical dimensions can be improved. |
| US10083873B1 |
Semiconductor structure with uniform gate heights
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to semiconductor structures with uniform gate heights and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: short channel devices in a first area of an integrated circuit die; and long channel devices in a second area of the integrated circuit die. The long channel devices have a same gate height as the short channel devices. |
| US10083871B2 |
Fabrication of a vertical transistor with self-aligned bottom source/drain
A method of forming a vertical fin field effect transistor (vertical finFET) with a self-aligned bottom source/drain, including forming a doped layer on a substrate, forming one or more vertical fins on the doped layer, forming a protective layer on the one or more vertical fins, wherein the protective layer has a thickness, and forming at least one isolation trench by removing at least a portion of the protective layer on the doped layer, wherein the isolation trench is laterally offset from at least one of the one or more vertical fins by the thickness of the protective layer. |
| US10083868B2 |
Semiconductor die singulation methods
Methods of singulating semiconductor die. Specific implementations may include: providing a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of die located on a first side of the semiconductor wafer where the plurality of die include a desired thickness. The method may include etching a plurality of trenches into the semiconductor wafer from the first side of the semiconductor wafer where the plurality of trenches is located adjacent to a perimeter of the plurality of die. A depth of the plurality of trenches may be greater than the desired thickness of the plurality of die. The method may also include mounting the first side of the semiconductor wafer to a tape, thinning a second side of the semiconductor wafer, exposing the plurality of trenches while thinning the second side, and singulating the plurality of die through exposing the plurality of trenches. |
| US10083867B2 |
Method of processing a wafer
A method of processing a wafer having a metal film formed on a reverse side thereof includes removing a metal film on the reverse side of the wafer along an outer circumferential edge of the wafer, thereby exposing a substrate of the wafer along the outer circumferential edge thereof, detecting a projected dicing line on a face side of the wafer with an infrared camera through the substrate exposed along the outer circumferential edge of the wafer and performing alignment of the wafer based on the detected projected dicing line, removing the metal film on the reverse side of the wafer along the detected projected dicing line, and thereafter, forming dividing grooves in the substrate along the projected dicing lines by plasma etching, thereby dividing the wafer into individual device chips. |
| US10083862B2 |
Protective liner between a gate dielectric and a gate contact
A method of forming a protective liner between a gate dielectric and a gate contact. The method may include; forming a finFET having a replacement metal gate (RMG) on one or more fins, the RMG includes a gate dielectric wrapped around a metal gate, an outer liner is on the sidewalls of the gate dielectric and on the fins; forming a gate contact trench by recessing the gate dielectric and the outer liner below a top surface of the metal gate in a gate contact region; forming a protective trench by further recessing the gate dielectric below a top surface of the outer liner; filling the protective trench with a protective liner; and forming a gate contact in the gate contact trench, where the protective liner is between the gate dielectric and the gate contact. |
| US10083857B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device with trench isolation structure having plural oxide films
A first silicon oxide film is formed on the inner wall of a deep trench by oxidizing the inner wall of the deep trench while heating the inner wall. Then, a second silicon oxide film is formed using at least one of atmospheric pressure CVD and plasma CVD so that the second silicon oxide film covers the first silicon oxide film in the deep trench. |
| US10083856B2 |
Isolation regions for semiconductor structures and methods of forming the same
Semiconductor structures including isolation regions and methods of forming the same are provided. A first layer is formed over a substrate, where the first layer comprises a semiconductor material. First and second trenches are etched, with each of the first and second trenches extending through the first layer and into the substrate. A wet etchant is introduced into the trenches, and the wet etchant etches a first opening below the first trench and a second opening below the second trench. Each of the first and second openings extends laterally below the first layer. The first and second openings are separated by a portion of the substrate adjoining the first and second openings. An oxidation process is performed to oxidize the portion of the substrate adjoining the first and second openings. An insulating material is deposited that fills the openings and the trenches. |
| US10083852B1 |
Floating wafer chuck
Edge grippers are disposed around an outer edge of a chuck. Each of the edge grippers includes a finger configured to pivot around a point; a contact pad configured to contact the wafer; and a flexure disposed between the contact pad and the finger. The flexure is configured to flex toward and away from the chuck. The chuck can use a matrix of vacuum and pressure nozzles designed to keep a wafer floating above the chuck. The edge grippers can hold the wafer at the edge while minimizing deformation of the wafer or without affecting z-jitter of the wafer. |
| US10083849B2 |
Method of processing wafer
A method of processing a wafer includes placing a supporting substrate in confronting relation to a face side of the wafer and integrally bonding the supporting substrate to the face side of the wafer with a bonding material, grinding a reverse side of the wafer to thin the wafer, cutting the wafer along division lines from the reverse side of the wafer into chips that carry individual devices thereon, placing a protective member on the reverse side of the wafer, applying a laser beam having a wavelength which is able to transmit the supporting substrate in the condition where a focused spot of the laser beam is set in the bonding material, thereby breaking the bonding material, and peeling the supporting substrate off from the devices to separate the chips that carry the individual devices thereon. |
| US10083846B2 |
Apparatuses for bonding semiconductor chips
An apparatus for bonding semiconductor chips may comprise transfer rails configured to transfer substrates, loading members configured to load the substrates onto the transfer rails, unloading members configured to unload the substrates from the transfer rails, a first wafer supply unit configured to supply a first wafer including semiconductor chips, and/or a bonding unit configured to bond the semiconductor chips to the substrates. An apparatus for bonding semiconductor chips may comprise a transfer rail configured to transfer substrates, loading members configured to load the substrates onto the transfer rail, unloading members configured to unload the substrates from the transfer rail, a buffer member at a side of the transfer rail configured to temporarily receive the substrates loaded by the loading members, a first wafer supply unit configured to supply a first wafer including semiconductor chips, and/or a bonding unit configured to bond the semiconductor chips to the substrates. |
| US10083843B2 |
Laser annealing systems and methods with ultra-short dwell times
Laser annealing systems and methods with ultra-short dwell times are disclosed. The method includes locally pre-heating the wafer with a pre-heat line image and then rapidly scanning an annealing image relative to the pre-heat line image to define a scanning overlap region that has a dwell time is in the range from 10 ns to 500 ns. These ultra-short dwell times are useful for performing surface or subsurface melt annealing of product wafers because they prevent the device structures from reflowing. |
| US10083842B2 |
Methods of sub-resolution substrate patterning
Techniques disclosed herein provide a method for substrate patterning that results in lines of non-uniform pitch (mixed pitch). Techniques can also enable advanced patterning options by selectively replacing lines of material in a multi-line layer. A multi-line layer is formed that has alternating lines of three different materials. One or more etch masks are used to selectively remove at least one uncovered line without removing other uncovered lines. Removed material is replaced with a fill material. Selective removal is executed using an etch mask as well as differing etch resistivities of the different lines of materials. |
| US10083839B2 |
Sidewall image transfer (SIT) methods with localized oxidation enhancement of sacrificial mandrel sidewall by ion beam exposure
A method of fabricating semiconductor fins, including, patterning a film stack to produce one or more sacrificial mandrels having sidewalls, exposing the sidewall on one side of the one or more sacrificial mandrels to an ion beam to make the exposed sidewall more susceptible to oxidation, oxidizing the opposite sidewalls of the one or more sacrificial mandrels to form a plurality of oxide pillars, removing the one or more sacrificial mandrels, forming spacers on opposite sides of each of the plurality of oxide pillars to produce a spacer pattern, removing the plurality of oxide pillars, and transferring the spacer pattern to the substrate to produce a plurality of fins. |
| US10083838B2 |
Methods of measuring electrical characteristics during plasma etching
Wafers processed by methods of plasma etching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wafer is prepared by a process including positioning the wafer within a chamber of a plasma etcher, generating plasma ions using a radio frequency power source and a plasma source gas, directing the plasma ions toward the wafer using an electric field, focusing the plasma ions using a plasma focusing ring to increase a flux of plasma ions arriving at a surface of the wafer, and etching a plurality of through-wafer vias in the wafer. |
| US10083835B2 |
Forming electrode trenches by using a directed ion beam and semiconductor device with trench electrode structures
By directing an ion beam with a beam divergence θ on a process surface of a semiconductor substrate, parallel electrode trenches are formed in the semiconductor substrate. A center axis of the directed ion beam is tilted to a normal to the process surface at a tilt angle α, wherein at least one of the tilt angle α and the beam divergence θ is not equal to zero. The semiconductor substrate is moved along a direction parallel to the process surface during formation of the electrode trenches. A conductive electrode is formed in the electrode trenches, wherein first sidewalls of the electrode trenches are tilted to the normal by a first slope angle φ1 with φ1 =(α+θ/2) and second sidewalls are tilted to the normal by a second slope angle φ2 with φ2 =(α−θ/2). |
| US10083831B2 |
Substrate and electronic device
A substrate includes: a support substrate having a first main surface and a surface layer region which includes at least the first main surface and is formed of any one material selected from the group consisting of boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, niobium disulfide, and aluminum nitride; and a graphene film disposed on the first main surface and having an atomic arrangement oriented in relation to an atomic arrangement of the material forming the surface layer region. Accordingly, the substrate is provided that enables a high mobility to be stably ensured in an electronic device manufactured to include the graphene film forming an electrically conductive portion. |
| US10083830B2 |
Substrate cleaning method for removing oxide film
It was found out that when radicals generated by plasma are fed to a treatment chamber via a plurality of holes (111) formed on a partition plate which separates a plasma-forming chamber (108) from the treatment chamber, and the radicals are mixed with a treatment gas which is separately fed to the treatment chamber, the excitation energy of the radicals is suppressed and thereby the substrate surface treatment at high Si-selectivity becomes possible, which makes it possible to conduct the surface treatment of removing native oxide film and organic matter without deteriorating the flatness of the substrate surface. The radicals in the plasma are fed to the treatment chamber via radical-passing holes (111) of a plasma-confinement electrode plate (110) for plasma separation, the treatment gas is fed to the treatment chamber (121) to be mixed with the radicals in the treatment chamber, and then the substrate surface is cleaned by the mixed atmosphere of the radicals and the treatment gas. |
| US10083829B2 |
Apparatus for treating substrates using supercritical fluids, substrate treatment system including the same and method of treating substrates using the same
Disclosed are an apparatus for treating a substrate and a method of treating substrates. The apparatus includes an inlet valve through which a supercritical fluid flows into the process chamber until an inner pressure of the process chamber reaches a first pressure and a turbulent flow generator turbulently supplementing the supercritical fluid into the process chamber until the inner pressure of the process chamber is recovered to the first pressure. A pressure drop module partially removes a supercritical mixture from the process chamber until the inner pressure of the process chamber is dropped to the second pressure. A pressure drop mode and a supplemental mode may be alternately repeated by the flow controller. |
| US10083826B2 |
Input protection circuit for high-speed analogue signal and time-of-flight mass spectrometer
The present invention is provided to reduce the distortion or delay of the input waveform of a high-speed analog signal due to the capacitance of a protection element inserted for the purpose of ESD protection in an input circuit for a high-speed analog signal, so as to determine the correct waveform of the high-speed analog signal. In an input protection circuit for a high-speed analog signal, a resistor is provided on a signal path connecting an input connector and an input circuit; a polymer ESD protection element is connected between a portion of the signal path, which extends from the resistor to the input connector, and the ground; a semiconductor ESD protection element is connected between a portion of the signal path, which extends from the resistor to the input circuit, and either the ground or power source; and the sum of the resistance value of an input resistor of the input circuit and the resistance value of the resistor is equal to the characteristic impedance of a high-speed analog signal input. |
| US10083824B2 |
Ion mobility spectrometry data directed acquisition
A method of analyzing ions, comprising performing an initial multidimensional survey scan comprising separating parent ions according to a first physico-chemical property and separating said parent ions according to a second physico-chemical property, producing a two-dimensional data set comprising data corresponding to said first physico-chemical property and data corresponding to said second physico-chemical property, identifying one or more target ion species of interest and determining a mode of operation of a mass spectrometer for said target ion species of interest using data relating to said target ion species of interest in said two-dimensional data set, wherein said mode of operation comprises the location of fragmentation of said target ions of interest. |
| US10083823B2 |
Sputtering target and manufacturing method thereof, and transistor
One object is to provide a deposition technique for forming an oxide semiconductor film. By forming an oxide semiconductor film using a sputtering target including a sintered body of a metal oxide whose concentration of hydrogen contained is low, for example, lower than 1×1016 atoms/cm3, the oxide semiconductor film contains a small amount of impurities such as a compound containing hydrogen typified by H2O or a hydrogen atom. In addition, this oxide semiconductor film is used as an active layer of a transistor. |
| US10083821B2 |
Plasma source and methods for depositing thin film coatings using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
The present invention provides novel plasma sources useful in the thin film coating arts and methods of using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides novel linear and two dimensional plasma sources that produce linear and two dimensional plasmas, respectively, that are useful for plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The present invention also provides methods of making thin film coatings and methods of increasing the coating efficiencies of such methods. |
| US10083820B2 |
Dual-frequency surface wave plasma source
Described herein is a technology related to a method for utilizing a dual-frequency surface wave plasma sources to provide stable ionizations on a plasma processing system. Particularly, the dual-frequency surface wave plasma sources may include a primary surface wave power plasma source and a secondary power plasma source, which is provided on each recess of a plurality of recesses. The secondary power plasma source, for example, may provide the stable ionization on the plasma processing system. |
| US10083819B2 |
Antenna and plasma processing apparatus
An antenna includes a dielectric window and a slot plate provided at one surface of the dielectric window. The slot plate includes a plurality of slot pairs each being formed of two slots. The slot pairs are concentrically disposed about a centroid position of the slot plate and provided at positions where straight lines extending from the centroid position of the slot plate and passing through each slot pair are not overlapped with each other. |
| US10083815B2 |
Adjustable mass resolving aperture
Embodiments of the invention relate to a mass resolving aperture that may be used in an ion implantation system that selectively exclude ion species based on charge to mass ratio (and/or mass to charge ratio) that are not desired for implantation, in an ion beam assembly. Embodiments of the invention relate to a mass resolving aperture that is segmented, adjustable, and/or presents a curved surface to the oncoming ion species that will strike the aperture. Embodiments of the invention also relate to the filtering of a flow of charged particles through a closed plasma channel (CPC) superconductor, or boson energy transmission system. |
| US10083814B2 |
Electron microscope and sample observation method
An electron microscope includes a secondary electron detector (51) which detects an electron generated when a sample (70) is illuminated with an electron beam from an electron gun (1), a monitor (39) which displays a secondary electron image of the sample based on an output of the detector, a gas inlet device (60) which emits gas to the sample, and a gas control device (81) which controls a gas emitting amount of the gas inlet device so that a degree of vacuum in an intermediate chamber (74) in which the secondary electron detector is installed may be kept at less than a set value P1 during gas emission performed by the gas inlet device. Accordingly, a microscopic image of the sample in a gas atmosphere with use of the detector requiring application of voltage is obtained. |
| US10083809B2 |
Electrical power transfer switch
A modular transfer switch (22) and actuator (20) wherein multiple transfer switches are connectable in linear arrangement with the actuator such that the actuator controls the position of all of the transfer switches. Each of the transfer switches (22) includes a contact assembly (48) that converts over-rotation of the drive linkage (26) in the transfer switch to added pressure between the load contacts and the power contacts in the contact assembly. The actuator has an embodiment wherein a joint (400) that connects counter-rotating arms (396,398) is linked to the armature of a linear motor (507) and spring tension from springs (423, 424) is additive to the closing force applied to the transfer switches (22). |
| US10083805B2 |
Keyboard for electronic device
An input mechanism is disclosed. The input mechanism includes a dome support structure defining an opening that extends through the dome support structure, a collapsible dome positioned in the opening and engaged with the dome support structure, and a cover member coupled to the dome support structure and covering the collapsible dome, thereby retaining the collapsible dome within the opening of the dome support structure. |
| US10083804B2 |
Speed control switch
A speed control switch includes a base. An upper end of the base is provided with a switch assembly. A side of the base is provided with a PCB board and a slide terminal. The PCB board is provided with a first contact plate. The slide terminal is slidably connected with the first contact plate. The base is provided with a trigger assembly for driving the slide terminal to slide along the first contact plate and to close the switch assembly. The speed control switch can regulate the speed of a motor precisely. The structure is compact to reduce the size of the switch, so that it is convenient for operation. |
| US10083803B2 |
Click mechanism for switch
A click mechanism for a switch includes a button that is operable by a user, a click generation surface formed on the button or a body to which the button is coupled, an urging mechanism, and a pusher pushed against the click generation surface by the urging force of the urging mechanism and slidable on the click generation surface in response to operation of the button. The pusher is configured to apply tactile force to the button when sliding on the click generation surface. The click generation surface includes at least one groove. |
| US10083799B2 |
Flexible and shape-conformal rope-shape supercapacitors
Provided is a rope-shaped supercapacitor having a first and second conductive porous electrode in a rod shape, where the pores are filled with an electrolyte and an electrode active material. The pores of the first electrode may contain activated carbon or isolated graphene sheets. A porous separator encases the first electrode to form a separator-protected electrode. The two electrodes are combined to form a braid or twist yarn, and a protective sheath wrapps around or encases the braid or twist yarn. |
| US10083796B2 |
Multi-layer ceramic capacitor and method of producing the same
A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes a multi-layer unit, side margins, and bonding units. The multi-layer unit includes ceramic layers laminated in a first direction and internal electrodes disposed between the ceramic layers. The side margins cover the multi-layer unit from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The bonding units are each disposed between the multi-layer unit and each of the side margins and have higher silicon content than the ceramic layers and the side margins. |
| US10083795B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor and mounted structure with multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body which is unlikely to be cracked. A dimension in a length direction L is referred to as L0. A distance in the length direction L is referred to as L1 between an end in the length direction L of a portion of a first external electrode located on a first principal surface and an end of a second internal electrode closer to the first end surface. The ratio L1/L0 is about 0.05 to about 0.35. |
| US10083794B2 |
Metallized film capacitor
A metallized film capacitor includes a dielectric film, a first metal film electrode disposed on a surface of the dielectric film, and a second metal film electrode facing the first metal film electrode across the dielectric film. The first metal film electrode includes first and second large electrode parts separated from each other by a first slit, and a fuse provided in the first slit and connected to the first and second large electrode parts. The first metal film electrode includes an aluminum part and an aluminum-zinc part. The aluminum part contains substantially only aluminum. The aluminum-zinc part mainly contains zinc and further contains aluminum. The aluminum-zinc part is disposed at least around the first fuse. |
| US10083792B2 |
System, method and apparatus for reducing the height of bipolar transmitters and/or receivers in electric vehicle charging
Systems, methods and apparatuses for reducing the height of bipolar transmitters and/or receivers in electric vehicle charging and/or power transfer are described herein. One implementation may include an apparatus for wireless power transfer. The apparatus comprises a ferromagnetic layer comprising at least one portion having a reduced thickness. The apparatus further comprises a first coil having at least one portion countersunk into the at least one portion of the ferromagnetic layer having the reduced thickness. The apparatus further comprises a second coil overlapping the at least one countersunk portion of the first coil. The at least one portion having the reduced thickness comprises a recess in the ferromagnetic layer. The ferromagnetic layer comprises a first plurality of ferromagnetic tiles having a first thickness and the at least one portion having the reduced thickness comprises a second plurality of ferromagnetic tiles having the reduced thickness. |
| US10083789B2 |
Apparatus for reducing a magnetic unidirectional flux component in the core of a transformer
An apparatus for reducing a magnetic unidirectional flux component in the core of a transformer, i.e., a three-phase transformer, includes a plurality of compensation windings that are magnetically coupled to the core of the transformer, wherein a controllable current source for feeding current into the compensation windings is arranged electrically in series with the compensation windings, specifically with the neutral point thereof, which is forming by the inputs of the compensation windings, and a neutral earthing transformer is electrically connected to the outputs of the compensation windings, where the current source electrically interconnects the neutral point of the compensation windings and the neutral point of the neutral earthing transformer. |
| US10083787B1 |
Current converter with interchangeable head
The subject matter herein pertains to a current transformer, comprising a secondary coil, connection contacts for establishing electrically conductive contact with the secondary coil from the outside, and a housing having a housing body and a housing head, wherein the secondary coil is accommodated in the housing body and/or is attached to the housing body, and the connection contacts of the secondary coil are provided on the housing head. According to one implementation, a connecting mechanism is provided, by means of which the housing head and the connection contacts can be mechanically or electrically conductively detachably connected to the housing body and to the secondary coil. A current transformer is therefore provided, which is cost-effective to produce and is flexible in terms of the use thereof. |
| US10083784B2 |
Composite magnetic member and method of manufacturing same
A composite magnetic member configured so a nonmagnetic portion different from conventional ones is formed in part of a magnetic member and includes: a base portion including a mother material containing a ferrite phase; and a nonmagnetic portion having an austenite phase that is formed by solid solution of nitrogen (N) into a part of the mother material, the nonmagnetic portion having saturated magnetization less than that of the base portion. The nonmagnetic portion can be obtained by irradiating a high energy beam to a surface portion of stainless steel or the like while relatively moving the beam. This beam is near-ultraviolet nanosecond pulse laser having a short wavelength within a near-ultraviolet range and a pulse width of 10 ps to 100 ns. By adjusting the amount of N introduced and to form a solid solution due to the modification process, the nonmagnetization ratio of the member can be controlled. |
| US10083783B2 |
Rare earth based magnet
The present invention provides a rare earth based magnet in which the demagnetization rate at a high temperature can be inhibited even if the amount of heavy rare earth element(s) such as Dy and Tb is evidently decreased compared to the past or no such heavy rare earth element is used. The rare earth based magnet of the present invention is a sintered magnet which comprises R2T14B crystal grains as the main phases and the crystal boundary phases among R2T14B crystal grains. The microstructure of the sintered body is controlled by at least containing the first crystal boundary phases and the second crystal boundary phases, wherein the first crystal boundary phases contain at least R-T-M in the ranges of 20 to 40 atomic % for R, 60 to 75 atomic % for T and 1 to 10 atomic % for M, and the second crystal boundary phases contains at least R-T-M in the ranges of 50 to 70 atomic % for R, 10 to 30 atomic % for T and 1 to 20 atomic % for M. |
| US10083778B2 |
Dynamic submarine power cable
A dynamic submarine power cable including a first conductor, a first insulation system layer, a first sheath, and a first screen layer arranged between the first insulation system layer and the first sheath. The first screen layer includes a plurality of first screen wires each having a first diameter and a plurality of first polymer wires each having a second diameter which is larger than the first diameter. The first screen wires and the first polymer wires are arranged in a helical manner around the first insulation system layer. The first screen wires and the first polymer wires are arranged alternatingly along the periphery of the first insulation system layer in any cross section. A radial distance between the central axis of any of the first screen wires and the central axis of the first conductor is less than a radial distance between the central axis of any of the first polymer wires and the central axis of the first conductor. |
| US10083776B2 |
Heat-resistant silane crosslinked resin molded body and method of producing the same, heat-resistant silane crosslinkable resin composition and method of producing the same, silane master batch, and heat-resistant product using heat-resistant silane crosslinked resin molded body
A method comprising at least a step (1) of preparing a silane master batch by melt-kneading, all or part of a polyolefin resin, an organic peroxide, an inorganic filler containing a metal hydrate and a metal carbonate, and a silane coupling agent, at a temperature equal to or higher than the decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide, and a step (3) of mixing the silane master batch and a silanol condensation catalyst or a catalyst master batch; a heat-resistant silane crosslinked resin molded body and a heat-resistant silane crosslinkable resin composition prepared by the method, and a silane master batch and a heat-resistant product. |
| US10083775B2 |
Conductive composite material and method for producing said conductive composite material
The invention relates to a conductive material comprising a first phase including a thermoset compound, a second phase, consisting of a smaller volume, including a thermoplastic compound, and a conductive compound, wherein the second phase is dispersed in the first phase, the two phases are bicontinuous, and the conductive compound is situated at the interface between the first and second phases. |
| US10083774B2 |
Encapsulated quantum dots and device using same
The present invention provides a quantum dot encapsulated by a siloxane including an alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms, a composition including the same, and a device to which the composition is applied, and when the encapsulated quantum dot is used, quantum yield and dispersion stability may be enhanced. |
| US10083773B2 |
Graphene, composition for preparing graphene, and method of preparing graphene using the composition
Graphene, a composition for preparing graphene, and a method of preparing graphene using the composition are disclosed. |
| US10083772B2 |
Aligned carbon nanotubes for improved X-ray detector performance
A curved radiographic detector has electromagnetic radiation sensitive elements disposed in a two-dimensional array. A curved housing encloses the two-dimensional array of radiation sensitive elements and includes a layer of aligned carbon nanotubes on a surface thereof. |
| US10083771B2 |
Radioisotope power source embedded in electronic devices
An electronic device is proposed. The electronic device comprises: at least one electronic component formed in a chip of semiconductor material; at least one radioisotope power source unit comprising a radioactive material. The at least one radioisotope power source unit is embedded in the chip of semiconductor material together with the at least one electronic component. Moreover, the at least one radioisotope power source unit is arranged for providing electric power to said at least one electronic component by absorbing particles emitted by said radioactive material comprised in the least one radioisotope power source unit. |
| US10083770B2 |
High energy-density radioisotope micro power sources
A solid-state high energy-density micro radioisotope power source device including a dielectric and radiation shielding body having an internal cavity, a first electrode disposed a first end of the cavity, and a second electrode disposed at an opposing second end of the cavity and spaced apart from the first electrode such that a micro chamber is provided therebetween. The device further includes a solid-state composite voltaic semiconductor disposed within the micro chamber fabricated by combining at least one semiconductor material with at least one radioisotope material to provide a pre-voltaic semiconductor composition; depositing the pre-voltaic semiconductor composition into the micro chamber; heating the body to liquefy the pre-voltaic semiconductor composition within the micro chamber such that the semiconductor and radioisotope materials are uniformly mixed; and cooling the body and liquid state composite mixture such that liquid state composite mixture solidifies to provide the solid-state composite voltaic semiconductor. |
| US10083767B2 |
Method and apparatus for inspection of cooling towers
A method and apparatus for inspecting cooling tower fill pack to detect the presence of fouling, wherein the method comprises using ground penetrating radar (GPR). The method comprises transmitting GPR to the fill pack and detecting reflected radar signals from the fill pack. A method of cleaning fouling from a cooling tower, comprising the steps of: inspecting the cooling tower fill pack with ground penetrating radar (GPR); identifying those parts of the fill pack in which unacceptable levels of fouling are present; and cleaning the parts so identified is also presented. |
| US10083765B2 |
Methods for securely processing information having handwritten data
The present method provides for conversion of handwritten to data that is accurate and fast, yet with improved security. The method provides handwritten data split into two or more components and, thus, provided, out of context, for conversion into printed data, and for the secured transmittal of printed data for assembly into context for transmission to the client. The present disclosure also provides for storage of the unassembled data for future use. |
| US10083764B2 |
Memory system capable of re-mapping address
A memory system includes a memory controller, a memory cell array, a location information storage unit, an address mapping table, an address conversion unit, and a mapping information calculation unit. The memory controller generates a logical address signal and an address re-mapping command. The memory cell array includes a plurality of logic blocks. The location information storage unit stores location information corresponding to faulty memory cells included in the memory cell array. The address mapping table stores address mapping information. The address conversion unit converts the logical address signal to a physical address signal corresponding to the memory cell array based on the address mapping information. The mapping information calculation unit generates the address mapping information to reduce the number of logic blocks including the faulty memory cells based on the location information upon the mapping information calculation unit receiving the address re-mapping command. |
| US10083762B2 |
Semiconductor test device and semiconductor test method
A semiconductor test device and a semiconductor test method are disclosed. A semiconductor test device may include a DQ signal receiver, a test mode register set signal processor, and a test mode command generator. The DQ signal receiver may receive a first DQ signal through a first DQ pin. The test mode register set signal processor may receive a test mode register set signal in response to the first DQ signal, and may output a test mode register set pulse signal. The test mode command generator may generate a test mode command corresponding to an input address in response to the test mode register set pulse signal. |
| US10083748B2 |
Method, system and device for non-volatile memory device operation
Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for operation of non-volatile memory devices. In one aspect, a non-volatile memory device may be placed in any one of multiple memory states in a write operation by controlling a current and a voltage applied to terminals of the non-volatile memory device. For example, a write operation may apply a programming signal across terminals of non-volatile memory device having a particular current and a particular voltage for placing the non-volatile memory device in a particular memory state. |
| US10083747B2 |
Tube-shaped reconfigurable phase change device having multiple sets of contacts
A reconfigurable phase change device with methods for operating and forming the same are disclosed. An example device can comprise a reconfigurable layer comprising a phase change material, and a set of contacts connected with the reconfigurable layer. The set of contacts can comprise at least a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact. The device can comprise at least one control element electrically coupled with one or more of the set of contacts. The at least one control element can be configured to supply a first control signal to one or more of the set of contacts. The first control signal can be configured to modify a first portion of the reconfigurable layer thereby isolating the first contact from the second contact and the third contact. |
| US10083746B2 |
Memory device and method for operating memory device
A memory device and a method for operating the memory device are provided. A resistive memory cell connected to a first node and configured to include a variable resistive element and an access element for controlling a current flowing through the variable resistive element. A detection circuit detects a threshold voltage of the access element and provides a detection current to a sensing node. A clamping circuit connected between the first node and the sensing node receives a first read voltage and ramps up a voltage of the first node. The first node is discharged by a discharge circuit when the detection current becomes equal to a bit line current flowing through the first node while the clamping circuit ramps up the voltage of the first node. A sense amplifier transitions an output voltage value when a voltage level of the sensing node becomes lower than a reference voltage. |
| US10083742B2 |
Method and apparatus for programming non-volatile memory using a multi-cell storage cell group to provide error location information for retention errors
Provided are a method and apparatus for programming non-volatile memory using a multi-cell storage cell group to provide error location information for retention errors. Each storage cell in the non-volatile memory is programmed with threshold voltage levels and each storage cell is programmed from bits from a plurality of pages. A memory controller organizes the storage cells into storage cell groups, each storing m bits of information programmed with the threshold voltage levels. A determination is made of one threshold voltage level to use for each of the storage cells in the storage cell group to program a selected k bits in the storage cell group with threshold voltage levels defining one of a plurality of valid states. The threshold voltage levels for at least one of the storage cells of the storage cell group in any two valid states differ by at least two threshold voltage levels. |
| US10083738B2 |
Semiconductor memory device for partial erase operation and operating method of the same
Provided herein are a semiconductor memory device and a method of operating the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device having improved reliability includes a memory cell array including memory cells coupled to a plurality of word lines, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation on a word line selected from among the plurality of word lines, and control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit so that, when the selected word line is a reference word line during the program operation, a partial erase operation is performed on memory cells included in a memory cell group corresponding to the reference word line. |
| US10083736B1 |
Adaptive calibration scheduling for a memory subsystem based on calibrations of delay applied to data strobe and calibration of reference voltage
A method and apparatus for adaptive calibration scheduling is disclosed. A calibration circuit may perform calibrations of a delay applied to a data strobe conveyed from a memory controller to the memory, and may also calibrate a reference voltage. After calibrating the data strobe delay, a current width of an eye opening and a current score are determined. If the eye opening is not less than a minimum threshold and the current score is within a specified range of a reference score, the reference voltage calibration, if conditionally scheduled, is inhibited. The results of the calibration may be recorded in a history table. A timer may advance a pointer provided to a sequence table at a rate determined by information stored in the history table. Information stored in an entry of the sequence table may indicate which calibration procedures are to be performed during the next calibration cycle. |
| US10083734B1 |
Memory arrays
Some embodiments include an assembly having active material structures arranged in an array having rows and columns. Each of the active material structures has a first side which includes a bit contact region, and has a second side which includes a cell contact region. Each of the bit contact regions is coupled with a first redistribution pad. Each of the cell contact regions is coupled with a second redistribution pad. The first redistribution pads are coupled with bitlines, and the second redistribution pads are coupled with programmable devices. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory arrays. |
| US10083733B2 |
Ferroelectric memory cell apparatuses and methods of operating ferroelectric memory cells
Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. Prior to writing a logic value to a ferroelectric memory cell, a digit line of a ferroelectric memory cell may be biased to a first voltage, and a cell plate of the ferroelectric memory cell may be biased to a second voltage. A magnitude of a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage may be greater than a magnitude of a write voltage for the first ferroelectric memory cell. The magnitude of the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage may decrease the time to reach a write voltage for the ferroelectric memory cell. Several example cell plate drivers are also disclosed. |
| US10083731B2 |
Memory cell sensing with storage component isolation
Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A ferroelectric memory cell may be selected using a selection component that is in electronic communication with a sense amplifier and a ferroelectric capacitor of a ferroelectric memory cell. A voltage applied to the ferroelectric capacitor may be sized to increase the signal sensed during a read operation. The ferroelectric capacitor may be isolated from the sense amplifier during the read operation. This isolation may avoid stressing the ferroelectric capacitor which may otherwise occur due to the applied read voltage and voltage introduce by the sense amplifier during the read operation. |
| US10083728B2 |
Memory controller, memory module and memory system
A memory module, comprising: a first pin, arranged to receive a first signal; a second pin, arranged to receive a second signal; a first conducting path, having a first end coupled to the first pin; at least one memory chip, coupled to the first conducting path for receiving the first signal; a predetermined resistor, having a first terminal coupled to a second end of the first conducting path; and a second conducting path, having a first end coupled to second pin for conducting the second to a second terminal of the predetermined resistor; wherein the first signal and the second are synchronous and configured to be a differential signal, for enabling a selected memory chip from the at least one memory chip to be accessed. |
| US10083724B2 |
Device and method for data-writing
A device includes a circuit cell, a voltage regulator, and an auxiliary signal generator. The voltage regulator is configured to output a write voltage. The auxiliary signal generator is configured to generate an auxiliary signal according to a reference voltage and a reference current, and to transmit the auxiliary signal and the write voltage to the circuit cell according to select signals. |
| US10083716B1 |
Laser calibration for heat-assisted magnetic recording head using interleaved laser current
A heat-assisted magnetic recording head is moved relative to a magnetic recording medium. The medium comprises a plurality of sectors. The sectors define a plurality of sector groups distributed around a circumference of the medium. The sectors of each sector group are written using different operational currents supplied to a laser diode of the head such that at least one sector from each sector group is written using one of the different operational currents. For each of the different operational currents, an average write performance metric is calculated for all sectors written at each of the different operational currents. A particular operational current of the different operational currents is determined that results in a best average write performance metric. |
| US10083715B2 |
Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic disc
A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic disk comprises forming, on a base, a film of a first ground layer made of Ru or a Ru alloy at a first pressure, forming, on the first ground layer, a film of a second ground layer made of Ru or a Ru alloy at a second pressure higher than a first pressure, forming, on the second ground layer, a film of a third ground layer having Ru or a Ru alloy as a main component and an oxide as an accessory component at a third pressure higher than the first pressure and lower than the second pressure, and forming, on a layer above the third ground layer, a film of a granular magnetic layer in which a non-magnetic substance having an oxide is segregated around magnetic particles having an CoCrPt alloy grown in a columnar shape to form a grain boundary. |
| US10083714B1 |
Magnetic disk device, controller, and method
A magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk that includes a plurality of tracks, a magnetic head for reading data from the magnetic disk, and a controller. The controller begins controlling the magnetic head to move to a second track of the plurality of tracks from a first track of the plurality of tracks before decoding of a first track signal output from the magnetic head is completed, wherein the first track signal is output from the magnetic head while the magnetic head is positioned over the first track. |
| US10083706B2 |
Harmonicity-dependent controlling of a harmonic filter tool
The coding efficiency of an audio codec using a controllable—switchable or even adjustable—harmonic filter tool is improved by performing the harmonicity-dependent controlling of this tool using a temporal structure measure in addition to a measure of harmonicity in order to control the harmonic filter tool. In particular, the temporal structure of the audio signal is evaluated in a manner which depends on the pitch. This enables to achieve a situation-adapted control of the harmonic filter tool so that in situations where a control made solely based on the measure of harmonicity would decide against or reduce the usage of this tool, although using the harmonic filter tool would, in that situation, increase the coding efficiency, the harmonic filter tool is applied, while in other situations where the harmonic filter tool may be inefficient or even destructive, the control reduces the appliance of the harmonic filter tool appropriately. |
| US10083701B2 |
Methods and devices for joint multichannel coding
Encoding and decoding devices for encoding the channels of an audio system having at least four channels are disclosed. The decoding device has a first stereo decoding component which subjects a first pair of input channels to a first stereo decoding, and a second stereo decoding component which subjects a second pair of input channels to a second stereo decoding. The results of the first and second stereo decoding components are crosswise coupled to a third and a fourth stereo decoding component which each performs stereo decoding on one channel resulting from the first stereo decoding component, and one channel resulting from the second stereo decoding component. |
| US10083698B2 |
Packet loss concealment for speech coding
A speech coding method of reducing error propagation due to voice packet loss, is achieved by limiting or reducing a pitch gain only for the first subframe or the first two subframes within a speech frame, the excitation of a next frame is obtained according to the reduced or limited pitch gain value of the first subframe, and the next frame is encoded according to the obtained excitation. The method is used for a voiced speech class. |
| US10083694B2 |
Method for offering suggestion during conversation, electronic device using the same, and non-transitory storage medium
A method for offering suggestion during conversation, an electronic device using the same, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided. The method includes listening to a conversation on a first electronic device and a second electronic device, and determining whether the conversation satisfies a recommendation criterion. The method also includes determining whether at least one suggestion information exists in a database if the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion. The method further includes displaying at least one suggestion option related to the at least one suggestion information on the first electronic device if the at least one suggestion information exists in the database. |
| US10083687B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying acoustic background environments based on time and speed to enhance automatic speech recognition
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for identifying an acoustic environment of a caller. The method embodiment comprises analyzing acoustic features of a received audio signal from a caller, receiving meta-data information based on a previously recorded time and speed of the caller, classifying a background environment of the caller based on the analyzed acoustic features and the meta-data, selecting an acoustic model matched to the classified background environment from a plurality of acoustic models, and performing speech recognition as the received audio signal using the selected acoustic model. |
| US10083686B2 |
Analysis object determination device, analysis object determination method and computer-readable medium
An analysis object determination device includes a detection unit which detects a plurality of specific utterance sections using data related to a voice in a conversation, the specific utterance sections representing a plurality of specific events originating from one or a plurality of participants in the conversation, or a specific event originating from one of the conversation participants, and an object determination unit which determines, on the basis of the plurality of specific utterance sections detected by the detection unit, one or more cause analysis sections for the specific event originating from the conversation participant, the number of the cause analysis sections being fewer than the number of the plurality of specific utterance sections. |
| US10083684B2 |
Social networking with assistive technology device
An approach is provided that assists visually impaired users. The approach analyzes a document that is being utilized by the visually impaired user. The analysis derives a sensitivity of the document. A vocal characteristic corresponding to the derived sensitivity is retrieved. Text from the document is audibly read to the visually impaired user with a text to speech process that utilizes the retrieved vocal characteristic. The retrieved vocal characteristic conveys the derived sensitivity of the document to the visually impaired user. |
| US10083683B2 |
Reducing computer fan noise
A noise source emits an acoustic noise wave with a noise frequency corresponding to an attribute of a control-status signal associated with the noise source. A method to reduce the noise comprises generating, based on the noise frequency corresponding to the attribute, an anti-noise signal having the noise frequency. The method further comprises phase-shifting the anti-noise signal to output a phase-shifted anti-noise signal that can be used to generate a noise-cancelling acoustic wave. The method can include aligning the first anti-noise signal to be in-phase with the acoustic noise wave. An anti-noise apparatus to implement the method includes an anti-noise generator, to generate the anti-noise signal, and a phase shifter to generate and output the phase-shifted anti-noise signal. The anti-noise apparatus can include a phase detector and phase alignment element to align the anti-noise signal to be in-phase with the acoustic noise wave. |
| US10083681B2 |
Optoelectronic pickup for musical instruments
An optoelectronic pickup for a musical instrument includes at least one light source which directs light to impinge a sound generating element of the musical instrument in at least one photoreceiver located to detect the reflected light, so as to generate an electrical signal that is responsive to sound generating element movement. |
| US10083676B2 |
Method for adjusting screen displaying direction and terminal
Provided is a method for adjusting a screen display direction and a terminal. The method includes the follows. At least one authority fingerprint is acquired, and the authority fingerprint is a fingerprint having the authority of changing a screen display direction. A first fingerprint is acquired. When the first fingerprint is the authority fingerprint, an input direction of the first fingerprint is acquired. The screen display direction is adjusted according to the input direction of the first fingerprint. If the first fingerprint is acquired again, a time period for acquiring the first fingerprint is recorded. The size of the screen display area is adjusted according to the recorded time period of the first fingerprint. |
| US10083675B2 |
Display control method and display control apparatus
Embodiments of the present application disclose a display control method and a display control apparatus, relating to the field of near-to-eye display technologies. The method includes: determining a first display area, in the FOV of a user, of an image displayed on a main display device; and using at least one near-to-eye display device according to the first display area to display augmentation information related to the image. In the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application, at least one near-to-eye display device is used to supplement a display that is provided at a suitable viewing distance of a user by a device but cannot fully fill the FOV of the user, and augmentation information is used to fill the FOV of the user as far as possible, so that good immersion media viewing experience can be provided. |
| US10083660B2 |
Liquid-crystal display device and liquid-crystal display device control method
A liquid-crystal display device includes red pixels with red color filters, green pixels with green filters, blue pixels with blue filters, and a light projecting unit to project light upon the pixels. The light projecting unit includes first and second light sources wherein the light emission peak wavelength is in the green region, and a third light source wherein the light emission peak wavelength is in the blue region. The second light source includes a light emission peak wavelength greater than the first light source. In a first term, the first source emits light, and the blue pixel liquid-crystal layer is controlled to a transmissibility less than or equal to a threshold regardless of frame data. In a second term, the first light source is effectively not and the second and third sources are emitting light. The blue pixel liquid-crystal layer is controlled to a transmissibility according to frame data. |
| US10083659B2 |
Organic light emitting display panel, driving method thereof and organic light emitting display apparatus
The present application discloses an organic light emitting display panel, a driving method thereof and an organic light emitting display apparatus. The organic light emitting display panel comprises: a pixel array, comprising pixel regions in M rows and N columns; a plurality of pixel driving circuits each comprising a light emitting diode and a driving transistor for driving the light emitting diode, the light emitting diode being arranged in one of the pixel regions; and a plurality of pixel compensation circuits, each configured to provide a compensated light emitting control signal for a gate of the driving transistor to correct brightness of the light emitting diode in one of the plurality of pixel driving circuits. According to the present disclosure, the final light emitting current may be unrelated to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor, the carrier mobility and aging of the light emitting diode. |
| US10083657B2 |
Ultra high density display having high aperture ratio
The present disclosure relates to an ultra high density display having high aperture ratio. The present disclosure suggests a display comprising: a upper horizontal current line, a horizontal sensing line, a scan line and a lower horizontal current line running in horizontal direction and sequentially disposed in vertical direction on a substrate in this order from the upper side to the lower side; an emission area defined between the horizontal sensing line and the upper horizontal current line; a non-emission area defined between the horizontal sensing line and the lower horizontal current line; a switching thin film transistor and a sensing thin film transistor disposed between the horizontal sensing line and the scan line; a driving thin film transistor disposed between the scan line and the lower horizontal current line; an anode electrode expanded from the emission area to the non-emission area, and connected to the driving thin film transistor; and an anode bottle neck part disposed between the horizontal sensing line and the scan line for disconnecting the anode electrode from the driving thin film transistor selectively. |
| US10083651B2 |
Display device and electronic device including display device
Objects are to provide a display device the power consumption of which is reduced, to provide a self-luminous display device the power consumption of which is reduced and which is capable of long-term use in a dark place. A circuit is formed using a thin film transistor in which a highly-purified oxide semiconductor is used and a pixel can keep a certain state (a state in which a video signal has been written). As a result, even in the case of displaying a still image, stable operation is easily performed. In addition, an operation interval of a driver circuit can be extended, which results in a reduction in power consumption of a display device. Moreover, a light-storing material is used in a pixel portion of a self-luminous display device to store light, whereby the display device can be used in a dark place for a long time. |
| US10083650B2 |
LED display module, display apparatus and controlling method thereof
An LED display module, a display apparatus, and a method for controlling the LED display module and the display apparatus are provided. The LED display module includes a plurality of first LEDs arranged in a first line and a plurality of second LEDs arranged in a second line; a plurality of source interfaces, each of which is commonly connected to an anode of a corresponding one of the plurality of first LEDs and a cathode of a corresponding one of the plurality of second LEDs arranged in the same column as the corresponding one of the plurality of first LEDs; and a gate interface commonly connected to a cathode of each of the plurality of the first LEDs and an anode of each of the plurality of the second LEDs. |
| US10083649B2 |
Semiconductor device having a resistor and semiconductor integrated circuit devices using the same
An analogue semiconductor device and a semiconductor IC device including the same include a substrate having a transistor, a MIM capacitor electrically separated from the transistor on the substrate and having a lower electrode, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode, interlayer insulation covering the transistor and the MIM capacitor and a BEOL resistor connected to the upper electrode and equipotential with the lower electrode. The BEOL resistor has a relatively large and easy-variable resistance with minimized parasitic capacitance between the resistor and the lower electrode of the MIM capacitor. |
| US10083647B2 |
Gamma data generator, display apparatus having the same and method of driving the display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a data line, a gate line crossing the data line and a sub pixel connected to the data line and the gate line, a moving vector extractor configured to extract a moving vector of an input image using input data, a data generator configured to generate data of a high gamma curve called “high data” and data of a low gamma curve called “low data” corresponding to the input data using a spatiotemporal sequential pattern based on moving direction and moving speed of the moving vector, and a data driver circuit configured to covert the high data and the low data of the input data into a data voltage and provide the data line with the data voltage. |
| US10083646B2 |
Display apparatus having enhanced center wavelength, method of controlling the display apparatus, and computer program for executing the method
An display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first sub-pixel that emits light of a first color having a center wavelength from 390 nm to 450 nm and a second sub-pixel that emits light of a second color different from the first color. |
| US10083644B2 |
Panel control systems and display devices
A display panel control system and a display device are disclosed. The control system includes a system chip is configured for receiving video signals and for analyzing the video signals to obtain driving signals and timing signals, and a driving control board is configured for receiving the driving signals and the timing signals, and for controlling a display panel to display in accordance with the driving signals and the timing signals. The control system integrates the function of obtaining the driving signals and the timing signals on the system chip so as to simplify the structure of the display panel control system and to reduce the manufacturing cost. |
| US10083643B2 |
Display device and transmission processing method for image data signal
A transmission image data signal including: a coded data block obtained by performing an error correction coding on a sequence of pixel data pieces in input image data; and a representative pixel data pieces group containing three pixel data pieces corresponding to red, green, and blue, respectively, in the sequence of the pixel data pieces is transmitted to a driver in a display panel. The driver converts the sequence of the pixel data pieces obtained by performing an error correction on the transmission image data signal to pixel driving voltages and applies these voltages to the display panel. If pixels for one horizontal scanning line have an identical color, the driver performs no error correction. Instead, the driver converts the representative pixel data pieces group to pixel driving voltages and applies these voltages to the display panel. |
| US10083638B2 |
Edge side display device for a chair
An edge side display device for a chair includes a retention channel of a dovetail shape in cross section; and a plastic strip for embedding within the retention channel. The chair includes a chair body having a peripheral edge side formed with the retention channel. After being embedded, the plastic strip has an upper side surface exposed from the retention channel and having a pattern such that the pattern is visible from the exterior of the retention channel. The pattern consists of word information, like a seat or a row number that is visible under a natural lighting environment to facilitate finding a designated chair. |
| US10083635B2 |
In-line production of linerless labels
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of labeling a plurality of products includes coating a pressure sensitive adhesive to a roll of face stock, the roll of face stock configured to be converted to a plurality of individual labels aligned in a single lane; singulating an individual label from the roll of face stock; and applying the individual label to a product of the plurality of products, wherein the coating, singulating and applying are conducted sequentially in a single continuous operation with a single continuous web of material. |
| US10083634B2 |
In-mold labeled article and method
A labeled article, a method of making the labeled article, and a label for use in such method, contemplate the manufacture of an article having an article body made of a moldable material, and a label, integral with the article body and having an outer label surface coplanar with the outer article body surface. The label is inserted into the mold and molded into place as the article body is molded. The label has an outer film ply defining the outer label surface, a printable sheet ply inward from said outer film ply, and an adhesive layer between the outer film ply and the printable sheet ply. The outer film ply has a length and a width greater than the length and width of the printable sheet ply. The outer film ply extends beyond the printable sheet ply adjacent all edges of the printable sheet ply and shields the printable sheet ply from exposure to the environment surrounding the labeled article. |
| US10083632B2 |
Patient specific anatomic kidney phatnom
The invention relates to an anatonnical kidney phantom with calyces for drainage training in interventional radiology. The anatonnical kidney phantom simulator comprises a housing filled with the surrounding material and an anatomical kidney phantom placed into surrounding material. The kidney phantom has a number of cavities simulating parts of the kidney for drainage training in interventional radiology for example the cavities are simulating kidney calyces. The cavities are connected by channels and connecting pipe with outer reservoirs filled with the different colors or the x-ray opaque contrast liquids. |
| US10083628B2 |
Systems and methods for a dynamic braille display
Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a tactile braille display that reduces the number of actuators used to position movable pins. In embodiments, the actuators may be configured to move a plurality of movable pins at different times while also being configured to move independent movable pins. |
| US10083625B2 |
Data processing system and method for processing training data relating to the training of motor vehicle drivers
A data processing system for processing driver training data includes a central computer, which is located in a data center, and an administration computer which is arranged in an administration area. The central computer and the administration computer can communicate with each other over data interfaces, and data on the participants in the driver training can be recorded in the administration compute. Recorded participant data can be coupled to participant identification data in a participant identification system, and the participant data coupled to the participant identification data can be transmitted to the central computer. The system may also include an identification means for automatically identifying or selecting a participant, and a network access point located in a training area in which a motor vehicle is located, wherein the network access point can transmit participant data between the central computer and the network access point, wherein participant data can also be transmitted by the central computer to a computer located in the motor vehicle. |
| US10083624B2 |
Real-time monitoring of network-based training exercises
An example method includes outputting a graphical dashboard that includes one or more learning objective nodes and one or more skill nodes, selecting one or more software agents that are associated with the one or more skill nodes, providing, to at least one host computing system, an indication of the one or more software agents that are configured to collect parameter data from the at least one host computing system while a trainee performs actions, receiving the parameter data collected by the one or more software agents during execution, determining, based on the parameter data, that the one or more skills represented by the one or more skill nodes have been demonstrated by the trainee, and updating the one or more skill nodes to graphically indicate that one or more represented skills have been demonstrated. |
| US10083623B2 |
Firefighter training fixture
A firefighter training fixture for simulating a ceiling pull maneuver includes a pair of side sections and a ceiling section. The ceiling section is interposed between an upper portion of each of the side sections. The ceiling section has at least one compartment for receiving at least one ceiling panel. In some embodiments, the side section has adjustable arms that can increase the height of the ceiling section. In one embodiment, the receiving compartments are configured to receive a drywall panel. The ceiling section can also have piping extending across the receiving compartments to simulate electrical conduit or utility piping encountered by firefighters in the field. In some embodiments, a step ladder is attached to the fixture to allow for convenient installation of ceiling panels into the compartments. |
| US10083617B2 |
Portable apparatus and screen displaying method thereof
A screen displaying method in a portable apparatus includes displaying a personal screen of an application executed by the portable apparatus in response to input user identification information; detecting a touch on the personal screen; and controlling the personal screen in response to the touch to display a second screen, wherein the second screen includes at least a portion of a common screen which is a screen of an external device connectable through a network. |
| US10083616B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle rooftop inspection system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an unmanned aerial system inspection system. One of the methods is performed by a UAV and includes receiving, by the UAV, flight information describing a job to perform an inspection of a rooftop. A particular altitude is ascended to, and an inspection of the rooftop is performed including obtaining sensor information describing the rooftop. Location information identifying a damaged area of the rooftop is received. The damaged area of the rooftop is traveled to. An inspection of the damaged area of the rooftop is performed including obtaining detailed sensor information describing the damaged area. A safe landing location is traveled to. |
| US10083613B2 |
Driving support
A method of calculating a commonly driven velocity recommendation, comprising: gathering a plurality of data messages from a plurality of client devices located in a plurality of different vehicles, each data message comprises a current location value, a current bearing value, and a current velocity value estimated for a hosting vehicle; clustering the plurality of data messages in a plurality of clusters by matching the respective location values and bearing values; calculating a commonly driven velocity per cluster of the plurality of clusters by combining data from respective cluster members; and retrieving the commonly driven velocity in response to an indication of a current location and a current bearing thereof which matches location and bearing of members of the respective cluster. |
| US10083604B2 |
Method and system for collective autonomous operation database for autonomous vehicles
Systems of an electrical vehicle and the operations thereof are provided that forms ad hoc autonomous vehicle networks to conserve bandwidth in receiving information from a remote source and sending information to the remote source. |
| US10083603B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for automatically matching remote control signal
Methods and electronic apparatus for automatically matching remote control signal are provided. The electronic apparatus comprises: an identifying circuit, for identifying an electrical appliance to generate an identifying signal; a signal emitting circuit, coupled to the identifying circuit, for obtaining at least one signal from a database according to the identifying signal, and transmitting the at least one signal to the electrical appliance, a feedback signal detecting circuit, coupled to the signal emitting circuit, for detecting whether the signal transmitted to the electrical appliance has any response, and generating a detecting result accordingly; and a determining circuit, coupled to the feedback signal detecting circuit, for determining at least one remote control signal according to the detecting result, wherein the at least one remote control signal is to control the electrical appliance. The present invention can make the operation become easier for users. |
| US10083602B2 |
Safety device and tool
A safety device includes: a tool which performs a predetermined operation through an operation of an actuator; a mounting tool worn by a user operating the tool; a transmission unit which is provided in one of the tool or the mounting tool, and transmits a wireless signal in which a transmission direction is set to have high directional characteristic with respect to a certain direction; a reception unit which is provided in the other of the tool or the mounting tool, and receives the wireless signal transmitted by the transmission unit; and a controller which controls the tool on a condition that the reception unit recognizes the wireless signal. |
| US10083598B2 |
Alert system for MRI technologist and caregiver
An alert system for providing the capability for a care giver or technologist in a medical procedure room such as the magnet room of an MRI installation to send an alert signal to personnel outside the magnet room. The system includes an alert device in the procedure room with an alert switch, and a wireless signal transmitter for generating encoded alert signals upon activation of the alert switch. An alert control system in the control room of the installation includes a signal receiver, a memory for storing pre-recorded messages, an audio transducer and a controller, the controller responsive to alert signals received from the alert device to generate alert signals including generating pre-recorded messages from the audio transducer. |
| US10083597B2 |
Home emergency alert light system
A personally installable home emergency alert system, for alerting aid responders and to guide them to a residence where an individual has suffered a personal incident, and having a bulb having a globe portion containing a plurality of low voltage response lights, a base portion attached to the globe containing a plurality of response circuits and connectable to a domestic conventional power supply and adapted to activate the response lights, fastening means on the base portion whereby it is adapted to be received in a conventional domestic electrical lamp receptacle, and, a radio frequency remote controller adapted to communicate with the response circuits in the base portion operable to activate the low voltage response lights. |
| US10083596B2 |
Systems and methods of automated arming and disarming of a security system
Systems and methods of security are provided, including at least one of a plurality of sensors to detect a location of at least one user, and generate detection data according to the detected location of the at least one user. A processor may be communicatively coupled to the at least one of the plurality of sensors to receive the detection data and to determine whether the at least one user is occupying a building according to the detection data. An alarm device, communicatively coupled to the processor, can be armed or disarmed by the processor according to the determination as to whether the at least one user is occupying the building. |
| US10083595B2 |
System and method for alerting a user upon departing a vehicle
A system for alerting a user of a device departing a vehicle includes a software application configured to be executed on a memory of the device. The software application performs an initial query phase to periodically query the status of a data connection between the device and the vehicle. Upon confirmation that a data connection has been established, the software application engages an armed state and periodically queries for a failure of the data connection between the device and the vehicle. Upon detecting a failure of the data connection the software application engages an alert state operative to alert a user upon failure of said data connection between the device and the vehicle. |
| US10083594B2 |
Apparatus and method for improved drug regimen compliance
A method and apparatus for monitoring drug-regimen compliance is disclosed. Systems in accordance with the present invention enable automatic monitoring of the state of medicine content of a blister card. Each tablet location on the blister card is operatively coupled with a different sensor that detects whether the tablet location is occupied and/or a dispensing event at a tablet location. In some embodiments, capacitive sensing is employed, where the capacitance of each sensor is based on the physical state of a dispensing region of the lidding film of the blister pack, which is located at the tablet location being monitored. Alternative sensing approaches are based on optical, acoustic, and tactile sensors that interrogate either the dispensing region at each tablet location or the tablets themselves to determine whether tablets have been dispensed. The sensors interface with a mobile app that provides the user instructions to help improve drug-regimen compliance. |
| US10083593B2 |
System and method for collecting medical waste that monitors the waste for objects that may have been inadvertantly discarded
A mobile cart that holds a bag for receiving solid waste generated during a medical or surgical procedure. The cart includes a sensor that monitors whether or not an object containing metal is placed in the bag. A processor monitors the signal output by the sensor. If the sensor signal indicates that an object with a minimal amount of metal is placed in the bag, the processor momentarily asserts an audible alarm and continuously asserts a light alarm. The light alarm remains asserted until turned off. If, while the light alarm is on, the sensor signal indicates a second object with the minimal amount of waste is placed in the container, the processor again momentarily asserts the audible alarm. This provides notice that it may be necessary to investigate the contents of the bag to determine if not one but two or more objects were inadvertently discarded. |
| US10083592B1 |
Apparatus, method and system for acoustically detecting deployment of portable equipment
An apparatus, method and communication system are provided for acoustically detecting the deployment of equipment. The equipment may comprise portable objects (104), such as a gun, taser or baton, used by law enforcement. The apparatus comprises plurality of acoustical ridges (108) integrated within a body worn accessory (102). A predetermined sound pattern (130, 140) is generated from the acoustical ridges in response to sliding the portable object across the plurality of acoustical ridges integrated within a body worn accessory. Information pertaining to the portable object, such as dynamic information pertaining to the removal and insertion of the portable object to and from the body worn accessory (102) is determined. A communication system (300) including a portable communication device (112) can store the information and/or transmit alert signals to a base station (302) for tracking deployment of the portable object. |
| US10083587B1 |
Automatic fire extinguishing system and method for commissioning and configuring thereof
The disclosure relates to an automatic fire extinguishing system. It includes a hazard alarm control unit having a housing, a first electronic assembly and a second electronic assembly which is formed on an outside as an operating and display front panel without a display and has switching elements and luminous indicators and is formed on an inside as an commissioning and configuration unit which comprises configuration parameter selector and a first optical display. The second electronic assembly is connected to the first electronic assembly in a signal-conducting manner and set up such that the set configuration parameters of the configuration parameter selector are accepted by the first electronic assembly for holding and processing in at least one configuration module. The invention also relates to a method for commissioning and configuring an automatic fire extinguishing system. |
| US10083586B2 |
RFID and/or RFID/EM anti-theft radio frequency detection device
A radio frequency detection device to detect RFID tags. A single double-loop RFID antenna, an RFID reader, connection cables, longitudinal conductive section bars and transverse conductive section bars which form a closed circuit. A transverse branch connecting the longitudinal section bars so as to form a double-loop circuit which is crossed by current and which provides an electromagnetic field able to detect, in three dimensions, RFID tags even on both sides of a single panel of antennas. The possibility of superimposing an RFID antenna, with other antennas with electromagnetic technology allows to obtain a hybrid gate with a simultaneous reading of RFID tags and electromagnetic tags or bars. |
| US10083583B2 |
Display for hand-held electronics
The invention disclosed here is a display system for managing power and security for a plurality of hand-held electronic devices sold to consumers in a retail location. The display includes features that allow power to be supplied to individual devices and security sensors without continuous hard wiring or multi-conductor retractor cables. The display also allows for individual security alarms to be triggered when a theft occurs. Security alarm conditions are preferably triggered via wireless signals. |
| US10083581B2 |
Security systems for containers
Security systems and methods are disclosed. A security system can be employed with a mobile, unpowered container having a door movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation. The security system can include an enclosure and a switch movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration upon movement of the door between the open orientation and the closed orientation. The security system can further include a battery pack in communication with the switch. The security system can also include a security device. The battery pack can be configured to operably power the security device when the switch is in the closed configuration. The security system can be attached to the container with a magnet and/or an array of magnets enclosed in a flexible magnetic mat. The security system can be deployed for a plurality of deployment cycles. |
| US10083580B2 |
Passenger evacuation direction guidance system
Provided is a passenger evacuation direction guidance system, and particularly, a passenger evacuation direction guidance system capable of easily evacuating passengers to a safe place from a disaster or an accident occurring during a train service, and including an emergency situation detection unit which determines the occurrence of a disaster or an accident on a traveling route of a train, an evacuation direction generation unit which receives an emergency situation detection signal in respect to the occurrence of a disaster or an accident from the emergency situation detection unit, and generates passenger evacuation direction information at a disaster or accident occurrence point, and an evacuation direction control unit which receives the passenger evacuation direction information generated by the evacuation direction generation unit, and provides a passenger evacuation direction to the passengers. |
| US10083578B2 |
Crowd-based haptics
A system produces haptic effects. The system receives input data associated with an event, identifies an element of the event in the input data, generates the haptic effects based on the element of the event, and produces the haptic effects via a haptic output device. In one embodiment, the haptic effects are generated by haptifying the element of the event. In one embodiment, the haptic effects are designed haptic effects and are adjusted based on the element of the event. In one embodiment, the input data is associated with a crowd that attends the event, and the element of the event is caused by the crowd. In one embodiment, the input data includes haptic data collected by one or more personal devices associated with the crowd. In one embodiment, the input data is indicative of a location of the one or more personal devices associated with the crowd. |
| US10083575B2 |
Additive card interleaved wagering system
An electronic gaming machine constructed to receive credits from a plurality of users, is disclosed, comprising an interactive controller and a process controller operatively connecting the interactive controller to a wager server, which generate a multi-user interactive application, allow for the purchase of virtual avatars, generate goal values, and accept user input through a user interface to award application elements and adjust the characteristics of the virtual avatars. |
| US10083574B2 |
Point and/or money based gaming
Some embodiments may include a poker indexing service. For example, a multi dimensional vector of player performance and/or other data may be determined based on gaming related activity that is input or otherwise captured. Such a vector may be used in various forms to generate a metric or to facilitate wagering and/or other gaming activity. Other methods and apparatus are described. |
| US10083569B2 |
Gaming machine
A gaming machine comprises: a gaming machine body; a recessed portion formed on the gaming machine body, being recessed from a front side to a back side of the gaming machine body, and having an inner side surface, the inner side surface being a reflective surface; and a reflective object at least partially positioned in a space defined by the recessed portion, and formed with a reflected image by means of the reflective surface. |
| US10083568B2 |
Gaming system, method and device for generating images having a parallax effect using face tracking
Gaming devices and methods are set forth which provide for face or body tracking to provide a three-dimensional effect to at least a portion of the content displayed. A first display overlays at least a portion of a second display for an auto-stereo electronic display. The first display is adapted to be controlled to be transparent or display vertical barrier lines. The second display displays auto-stereo images of content in coordination with presentation of the vertical barrier lines, to provide a three dimensional effect based on the face or body tracking. |
| US10083567B2 |
Discounted wagering game devices and methods
Many implementations of the invention involve discounted wager gaming. Some such implementations involve discounted tickets, which may or may not be “guaranteed play” tickets valid for at least a predetermined number of plays of a wagering game. Some implementations associate a code, sometimes referred to as a Group ID code or the like, with one or more types of contracts for guaranteed play tickets. Other implementations of the invention involve determining a discounted ticket cost C and wagering game value V and determining a coin in amount for a wagering game according to a function of C and V. Still other implementations of the invention provide solutions to accounting challenges relating to discounted tickets. |
| US10083561B2 |
Methods, apparatus and systems for accepting, returning or exchanging parcels and deliveries
This invention involves a novel method, device, system and apparatus to receive, return or exchange parcels securely. The invention involves a novel security apparatus and one or more parcel receptacles. The novel security apparatus can be securely connected to an object such as a door knob or door handle or door knockers or door or any object to which my security apparatus can be securely connected. The parcel receptacles can be of many types. The locking mechanism in the security apparatus and on the parcel receptacle can be of technological in nature using the latest advancements in wireless technology, or alternatively, involve simple physical lock and key mechanisms. The apparatus allows access to parcels to authenticated users only, and involve many safety features including an audible alarm and other tamper-proof mechanisms to ensure safety of parcels. |
| US10083557B1 |
Apparatus and method for a balcony access status alert system
A barrier that is releasably secured across an ingress/egress to a balcony or other elevated platform. The barrier is a fence-style assembly that has a pair of vertical posts that are releasably secured within respective boots secured to the floor. One of the boots includes a switch-activated transmitter that is inactive when the respective post is seated in the boot. If the post is pulled out of the boot, the switch-activated transmitter transmits a wireless signal to a transceiver located on the barrier which then transmits a signal to an on-site controller that transmits respective text messages to authorized personnel informing them of the barrier removal and restoration and will continue to do so until the barrier status changes. The transceiver may be housed within a housing that also contains a visual and/or audible warning at the barrier vicinity to warn those in the vicinity of the barrier removal. |
| US10083554B2 |
Method for controlling a gate using an automated installation entrance (AIE) system
A method for controlling a gate using an AIE system is disclosed herein. The method can comprise receiving identification data from an identification card using an identification card reader mounted to a first surface of an enclosure and receiving biometric data from a biometric data reader mounted to a first surface of an enclosure. The method can further comprise searching for a profile within a memory that comprises an identification data and biometric data, as well as wirelessly sending an instruction to open a gate, if the profile is authorized. |
| US10083553B2 |
Electric vehicle supply equipment diagnostic method and assembly
An exemplary reporting method includes the steps of receiving diagnostic data from electric vehicle supply equipment, and then reporting the diagnostic data through an interface of an electrified vehicle. An exemplary electrified vehicle assembly includes a controller of an electrified vehicle. The controller is configured to receive diagnostic data from electric vehicle supply equipment. The exemplary assembly further includes an interface of the electrified vehicle configured to report the diagnostic data. |
| US10083550B1 |
Automatic crash detection
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether or not a crash involving a vehicle has occurred. The acceleration of the vehicle may be measured using, for example, an accelerometer of a mobile device, which may be located inside the vehicle. The system may determine the magnitude of each accelerometer measurement and whether the magnitude exceeds one or more acceleration magnitude thresholds. The system may also determine the number of accelerometer events within a time window and whether the number exceeds one or more count thresholds. The system may determine whether a crash involving the vehicle has occurred based on the magnitudes of acceleration, number of acceleration events, and various thresholds. In some examples, the system may confirm that a crash has occurred based on, for example, the location of the mobile device. |
| US10083548B2 |
Appliance diagnostic information via a wireless communication link
Wireless communication takes place between a first computing device and an appliance having a data center including diagnostic data. A subset of the diagnostic data may be communicated to a first server using a communications network and in turn information associated with the subset of the diagnostic data may be communicated to a second server. The second server then provides feedback to the first server that may be at least partially communicated to the first computing device. Wireless communication may also take place between a second computing device and the appliance, the second computing device selectively receiving a different subset of the diagnostic data. Subsets of different diagnostic data from different computing devices may result in a larger subset of the diagnostic data. |
| US10083545B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for specifying markers in accepted image data
An image processing device according to the present application includes an accepting unit and a specifying unit. The accepting unit accepts image data that includes therein at least two diagrams that can be extracted as circles. The specifying unit specifies, by checking a parameter that is calculated from a pair of two circles included in the image data accepted by the accepting unit against a parameter that is calculated from a pair of two perfect circles that have previously been registered as markers that are used for image processing, the pair of the two circles included in the image data as the markers. |
| US10083539B2 |
Control system for navigation in virtual reality environment
In a control system for navigating in a virtual reality environment, a user may select a virtual feature in the virtual environment, and set an anchor point on the selected feature. The user may then move, or adjust position, relative to the feature, and/or move and/or scale the feature in the virtual environment, maintaining the portions of the feature at the set anchor point within the user's field of view of the virtual environment. |
| US10083537B1 |
Systems and methods for adding a moving visual element to a video
A video may be presented on a touchscreen display. Reception of annotation input may be determined based on user's engagement with the touchscreen display. Annotation input may define an in-frame visual annotation for the video. In-frame visual annotation may be associated with a visual portion of the video and one or more points within a duration of the video such that a subsequent presentation of the video includes the in-frame visual annotation positioned at the visual portion of the video at the one or more points. A graphical user interface may be presented on the touchscreen display. The graphical user interface may include one or more animation fields that provide options for selection by the user. The options may define different properties of a moving visual element added to the video. The options may define visual characteristics, presentation periods, and motions of the moving visual element. |
| US10083536B2 |
System for mapping animation from a source character to a destination character while conserving angular configuration
A system is discussed herein that that stretches or squashes the target body parts based on a relative size difference between a source and the target. The angular configuration of the source is matched exactly in the destination. The system allows a squash or stretch of a part to be determined from a goal determined by the source actor. |
| US10083533B2 |
Geo-tagging digital images
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, are described for automatically and/or interactively editing image metadata. In one aspect, the methods include the actions of obtaining two from among three items of geo-metadata associated with an image. The three items of geo-metadata include an acquisition geo-location for the image, an acquisition geo-orientation for the image and a geo-location of a subject depicted in the image. The methods further include the actions of representing on a map the two obtained items of geo-metadata associated with the image, and determining candidates for the third item of geo-metadata based on the representations of the two obtained items of geo-metadata. In addition, the methods can also include the actions of determining the third item of geo-metadata associated with the image from among the generated candidates. |
| US10083529B2 |
Reduction method for boundary artifact on the tomosynthesis
A reduction method for a boundary artifact on the tomosynthesis includes steps of performing a projection process, performing a back projection process upon the geometric factor matrix so as to obtain a back-projection geometric factor matrix, and adjusting a boundary area of the back-projection geometric factor matrix. |
| US10083527B2 |
Multi-structure atlas and/or use thereof
An image data processor (106) includes a structural image data processor (114) that employs a multi-structure atlas to segment a region of interest from structural image data that includes tissue of interest and that segments the tissue of interests from the region of interest. The image data processor further includes functional image data processor (116) that identifies the tissue of interest in functional image data based on the segmented tissue of interest. An image data processor includes a multi-structure atlas generator (104) that generates a multi-structure atlas. The multi-structure atlas physically maps structure to tissue of interest such that locate the structure in structural image data based on the multi-structure atlas localizes the tissue of interest to the region of interest. |
| US10083523B2 |
Methods and apparatus for autonomous robotic control
Sensory processing of visual, auditory, and other sensor information (e.g., visual imagery, LIDAR, RADAR) is conventionally based on “stovepiped,” or isolated processing, with little interactions between modules. Biological systems, on the other hand, fuse multi-sensory information to identify nearby objects of interest more quickly, more efficiently, and with higher signal-to-noise ratios. Similarly, examples of the OpenSense technology disclosed herein use neurally inspired processing to identify and locate objects in a robot's environment. This enables the robot to navigate its environment more quickly and with lower computational and power requirements. |
| US10083516B2 |
Method for segmenting a color image and digital microscope
The present invention relates to a method for automatically segmenting a color image composed of pixels having been captured for example using a digital microscope. The method provides for a color to be selected representing a region to be segmented of the color image. The colors assigned to the pixels and the color selected are in accordance with a first color model. A clearance for each of the pixels is determined representing a distance between the selected color and the color of the corresponding pixel. The colors assigned to the pixels and the color selected are in accordance with a perception-oriented second color model. One of the pixels is assigned to the segmented region when the clearance assigned to the corresponding pixel is below a settable threshold value and when the hue assigned to the corresponding pixel is within a settable interval around the hue assigned to the selected color. |
| US10083509B2 |
Image calibration
A method and apparatus for calibrating an image from a camera mounted on a vehicle using camera pose parameter determined from information relating to suspension level from a suspension system of the vehicle. The difference in the suspension level compared with a suspension level datum can be determined and an adjustment to the camera pose parameter values can be obtained from the difference in the suspension level. |
| US10083507B2 |
Method for the analysis of image data representing a three-dimensional volume of biological tissue
In the context of a method for the analysis of image data representing a three-dimensional volume of biological tissue, the image data comprises a first image representing the volume at a first point in time and a second image representing the volume at a second point in time being different from the first point in time. The method comprises the steps of: a) identifying a first subvolume of the volume represented by the first image having a major extension in a predefined direction and a second subvolume of the volume represented by the second image having a major extension in the predefined direction, whereas the first subvolume and the second subvolume represent a same region of the three-dimensional volume; b) creating a distance matrix from image data of a succession of voxels of the first subvolume in the predefined direction and image data of a succession of voxels of the second subvolume in the predefined direction; and c) analyzing the distance matrix to obtain at least one local measure for a probability of growth of a layer of the biological tissue represented by the first and the second subvolume, along the predefined direction. |
| US10083506B2 |
Whole body image registration method and method for analyzing images thereof
A method for registration of whole body volume images comprises obtaining (210) of a first image and a second image, comprising water and fat whole body magnetic resonance image data. Bone tissue are identified (220), creating respective bone images. Water components are separated (230), generating respective water images based on absolute water content. Fat components are separated (240), generating respective fat images based on absolute fat content. The first image is registered (250) to the second image by deforming the first bone image according to a bone tissue deformation rule, deforming the first water image according to a water tissue deformation rule under constraints of the first bone image deformation and deforming the first fat image according to a fat tissue deformation rule under constraints of the first bone image and the deformation of said first water image. Also, a method for analyzing the registered images is provided. |
| US10083503B2 |
Image area specification device and method, and X-ray image processing device and method
A partial region extraction unit extracts a partial region including a distal portion in the vicinity of a boundary between a subject region including the distal portion and a void region from a radiological image including the distal portion of the human body. A designation region determination unit determines at least one of the void region and the partial region as a designation region for designating the partial region. |
| US10083501B2 |
Imaging tool for vibration and/or misalignment analysis
Systems and methods can be used for analyzing image data to determine an amount of vibration and/or misalignment in an object under analysis. Image distortion present in the image data due to vibration and/or misalignment of the object during operation can be detected automatically or manually, and can be used to determine an amount of vibration and/or misalignment present. The determined amount of vibration and/or misalignment can be used to determine alignment calibration parameters for inputting into an alignment tool to facilitate alignment of the object. Various steps in determining the image distortion and/or the alignment calibration parameters can be performed using single components or can be spread across multiple components in a system. |
| US10083497B2 |
Demosaicing methods and apparatuses using the same
A method for demosaicing, performed by a processing unit, at least containing: acquiring a frame with a Bayer pattern, wherein the Bayer pattern has alternating red (R), green (G) and blue (B) pixels; calculating a green (RG) value for each R pixel; calculating a green (BG) value for each B pixel; calculating a blue (RB) value for each R pixel; and calculating a red (BR) value for each B pixel. The step of calculating an RG or BG value for each R or B pixel at least contains: selecting one of a first interpolation algorithm and a second interpolation algorithm according to chrominance differences between the R or B pixel and surrounding pixels in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction; and using the selected interpolation algorithm to calculate the RG or BG value for the R or B pixel. |
| US10083496B2 |
Machine vision systems and methods with predictive motion control
Systems and methods trigger an image acquisition of an object using motion data communicated from a motion controller on a network, the motion controller coupled to a motion drive. Based upon motion data from the motion controller, a virtual axis application is used to plan the movement of a virtual axis for a motion cycle, the virtual axis allowing an acquisition trigger rate to be calculated to follow movement of the object caused by the motion drive. Based on the calculated acquisition trigger rate, an acquisition trigger signal is generated for triggering the image acquisition of the object. |
| US10083488B2 |
Purchasing contact information from an electronically displayed map
A method and system for adding contact information to a user account in a database. A registered user of the database presents a query having search criteria. The search criteria identifies records that have contact information including an address located within a defined distance of a specified location, such as the user's current location. Instructions are transmitted to the client device for rendering a map of the specified location and a representation of the search results on a display of the user's device. If a record is not owned by or associated with the user, the contact information is obscured on the display. A widget is configured on the display of obscured records that enables the user to purchase the record. Upon selection of the widget, a purchase transaction is executed, and the identified record is added to the user account. |
| US10083487B1 |
Imagery quantification of damage
A system quantifies the extent of a damaged vehicle in the absence of a specialist (appraiser) present onsite. The system enables an objective estimate of the damage, supplanting or merely supplementing psychologically biased claimant reporting. The system has hardware structures to perform imagery quantification of damage on a damaged vehicle. The damaged vehicle may be located anywhere, including at the scene of an accident, at an insured's home, at an insurer's claims offices, or at a body shop. Anyone, including the insured, with a mobile device such as a smart phone, may download onto it a mobile application that guides the user to take photographs or moving images of the damaged vehicle for the system to perform imagery quantification of damage. |
| US10083485B2 |
Alternative value exchange systems and methods
This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for exchanging alternative currencies. The method includes creating, at an alternative currency platform, a plurality of user accounts and receiving, from a first user in the plurality of user accounts, an alternative currency exchange offer. The alternative currency exchange offer includes one or more offer terms and associated assets. Furthermore, the method includes extending the alternative currency exchange offer from the first user to the second user, in response to receiving acceptance of the offer from the second user, verifying the associated assets of the first user and the second user, and in response to verification of the assets of the first user and second user, providing settlement of the alternative currency exchange offer. |
| US10083481B2 |
IT risk management framework and methods
A method for treating information technology (IT) risk of an organization including identifying a plurality of IT risks, where each of the plurality of IT risks is based on a known problem and is associated with an IT asset classification and an IT consequence classification, calculating a plurality of IT risk exposure indices, where each of the plurality of IT risk exposure indices is associated with at least one of the plurality of IT risks, adjusting each of the plurality of IT risk exposure indices based on a business impact factor to obtain a business impact index, prioritizing the plurality of IT risks by adjusting the business impact index based on a risk treatment factor to obtain a prioritized risk treatment index, and selecting at least one of the plurality of IT risks for treatment based upon the prioritized risk treatment index. |
| US10083480B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating a transaction relating to newly identified items using augmented reality
A system may provide an augmented environment that facilitates a transaction. The system may store profile data including user payment or user profile information. The system may then receive environmental data including audio and visual information representing a physical environment. The system may then receive first user input data indicative of a selection of one or more items present in the physical environment, and identify one or more action items in the environmental data based on the first user input data. In response to this identification, the system may augment the environmental data by adding virtual environmental data, and then provide this virtual environmental data to a device to create an augmented environment. The system can then receive second user input data, and provide purchase request data to a merchant terminal to enable a transaction related to the one or more action items. |
| US10083479B2 |
Systems and methods for product user interface development
Techniques described herein may enable a user to develop a product UI for an enterprise software program in a manner that reduces or eliminates the need for IT development, testing, and deployment. A user-friendly interface may be provided that enables a user to obtain product information describing a product from a product catalog and create interface objects (e.g., labels, textboxes, dropdown boxes, etc.) that use to the product information in a manner that can directly determine how the product information is presented in a product UI. Rules may be added to control how interface objects behave and are used. |
| US10083474B2 |
Persona for opaque travel item selection
A network-based service may be provided for facilitating queries for a number of items, such as travel services. A user may submit a query including criteria for determining relevant items. The network-based service may be configured to generate opaque search results in response to queries, revealing sufficient detail to allow the user to confirm the relevance of the travel item, but insufficient detail to disclose the identity of the supplier. Based on the submitted query or other information, the network-based service may associate a persona with the user, such as the persona of a business or leisure traveler. The network-based service may use the persona to determine a travel item or items best suited to the user, by identifying the travel item attributes that correlate positively with preferences of the persona. The network-based service may then generate an opaque search result that reveals travel item attributes desired by the persona. |