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| US10097318B2 |
Methods and systems for reliable broadcasting using re-transmissions
Methods and systems for reliable broadcasting that use re-transmissions, in a multi-hop, time-slotted wireless network, is presented. The methods and systems evaluate the trade-off between power consumption and communication reliability, and are consequently able to provide increasing degrees of robustness for broadcasts in the wireless network. Embodiments of the present invention are able to incrementally use re-transmissions, therein trading-off battery life for an increased message completion rate or a lower packet error rate, for example, in order to reliably broadcast critical or high-priority message network-wide. |
| US10097315B2 |
Group scheduling and acknowledgement for wireless transmission
An acknowledgment (ACK) frame has two parts: a group ACK part and a scheduling information part. In the group ACK part, an ACK/NACK indicator is included for a previous uplink (UL) transmission per station (STA). In the scheduling information part, information included for the following UL transmission per selected STA may comprise, for example, one or more of: a number of selected STAs, a media access control (MAC) address of each selected STA, a data transmission duration per selected STA, a transmission rate per selected STA, a request transmission duration, a pilot transmission order, or a STA transmission order. |
| US10097312B2 |
Digital broadcast system for transmitting/receiving digital broadcast data, and data processing method for use in the same
The present invention is directed to a digital broadcast system and a data processing method. A broadcast signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed is transmitted and received. Then, in a broadcasting receiver, the program table information including information about a service or a program of an ensemble is parsed according to an identifier of the ensemble in which the mobile service data are multiplexed, in the received broadcast signal. And a mobile service is outputted by using the mobile service data and the parsed program table information. |
| US10097311B2 |
Transmitter, receiver, and signal processing method thereof
A transmitter and receiver of a broadcasting signal and a method of processing the broadcasting signal are provided. The transmitter includes: a segmenter configured to segment an L1 signaling of a frame into a plurality of segmented L1 signalings such that each of the segmented L1 signalings has bits a number of which is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number; and an encoder configured to perform a Bose, Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (BCH) and a low density parity check (LDPC) encoding, or the LDPC encoding without the BCH encoding, with respect to the segmented L1 signalings. |
| US10097305B2 |
Add/drop multiplexer and method for processing signal in add/drop multiplexer
The present application discloses an add/drop multiplexer, including a first line board and a tributary board, where the first line board includes at least a first interface and a second interface, the first interface is disposed between the tributary board and the first line board, and the second interface is disposed on a network side of the first line board; the first line board is configured to output a first signal received from a first link through the second interface; the first line board is configured to output a second signal received from the first link to the tributary board through the first interface; and the first line board is configured to receive a third signal from the tributary board through the first interface, and input the third signal into the first link. An inter-board interface on a link is effectively eliminated, thereby improving a link bandwidth of a device. |
| US10097303B2 |
Methods and apparatus for using an embedded optical signal source within an optical node to locate problematic optical spans
Example embodiments and methods of the present invention relate to utilizing optical transmitters and optical receivers embedded within reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers of optical nodes to identify problematic optical spans within an optical network. |
| US10097300B2 |
Fractional frequency reuse in heterogeneous networks
A base station node (BS) of a heterogeneous radio access network comprises a terminal locator (34) and a scheduler (36). The terminal locator (34) obtains an indication of location of a wireless terminal (30) in a cell served by the base station (BS), e.g., whether the wireless terminal (30) is in a center region (M) or an edge region (E) for the cell served by the base station node (BS). The scheduler (36) uses the indication of location to assign to the wireless terminal (30) a frequency of a frequency bandwidth usable by the heterogeneous radio access network. The scheduler (36) assigns a frequency from a partitioned portion of the frequency bandwidth if the cell served by the base station node is a micro cell and the wireless terminal is in an edge region of a micro cell. The scheduler (36) also assigns a frequency of the frequency bandwidth if the cell served by the base station node is a micro cell and the wireless terminal is in a center portion of the micro cell. |
| US10097298B2 |
Management device, system, and method
According to an embodiment, a management device includes a calculator and a notifier. The calculator calculates a time offset for each of a plurality of master devices each performing, when a measured time reaches a certain time, time synchronization with a slave device, which is a management target, at the measured time. The notifier notifies each master device of a change notification causing the master device to change the measured time in the master device to a time obtained by offsetting the measured time with the time offset. |
| US10097297B2 |
Apparatus and method for two-way timestamp exchange
A method in a first network entity, which is capable of communicating over a plurality of communication links with a second network entity using a two-way timestamp exchange, comprises the step of receiving at the first network entity a first message from the second network entity. The link on which the first message was received is determined. Based on the determination of the link, a second message is transmitted from the first network entity to the second network entity on the same link. |
| US10097296B2 |
Methods for transporting digital media
A networked system is provided for transporting digital media packets, such as audio and video. The network includes network devices interconnected to send and receive packets. Each network device can receive and transmit media signals from media devices. A master clock generates a system time signal that the network devices use, together with a network time protocol to generate a local clock signal synchronized to the system time signal for both rate and offset. The local clock signal governs both the rate and offset of the received or transmitted media signals. The system, which can be implemented using conventional network equipment enables media signals to be transported to meet quality and timing requirements for high quality audio and video reproduction. |
| US10097295B2 |
Method of linkage-viewing TV broadcasting program between mobile communication apparatus and digital TV, and mobile communication apparatus and digital TV thereof
A method of linkage-viewing a TV broadcasting program between a mobile communication apparatus and a digital TV, the method includes inputting a TV linkage-viewing command in order to successively view a TV broadcasting program which is being viewed on the mobile communication apparatus, on the digital TV; transmitting data information from the mobile communication apparatus to the digital TV according to the input of the TV linkage viewing command; and selecting a TV channel in the digital TV which is the same as a current channel which is being viewed on the mobile communication apparatus and changing to the selected TV channel based on the data information which the digital TV has received. |
| US10097289B2 |
Method for replacing a main content with at least one secondary content, corresponding content replacement device and computer program
A method replacing a main content by at least one secondary content, which implements steps including: determining an instant of video breaking and an instant of audio or subtitle breaking, based on at least one breaking packet; replacing in the original stream at least one video packet and audio packet or subtitle packet respectively of the main content by at least one video packet and audio packet or subtitle packet respectively of the secondary content starting from the video and the audio or subtitle breaking instant, respectively, and at least one audio packet or subtitle packet of the main content, delivering a modified stream; updating, in the modified stream of a reference clock, continuity counters of video packets and audio packets or subtitle packets respectively and at least one video reconstruction temporal information, and audio or subtitle reconstruction respectively in the replacement video packets, and audio or subtitle packets respectively. |
| US10097286B2 |
Data transmission over a reduced number of physical antennas
The disclosure relates to a method, performed in a multi-antenna radio access node comprising four logical antenna ports mapped to corresponding physical antennas, of transmitting data using three physical antennas. The method comprises determining (S51) loss of data transmission from one physical antenna of the four physical antennas. A required multi-antenna transmission scheme is determined (S52). An antenna mapping matrix prestored in the radio access node is selected (S53), the selected antenna mapping matrix adapted to the required multi-antenna transmission scheme. Data on the four logical antenna ports are re-mapped (S54) to the remaining three physical antennas by using the selected antenna mapping matrix, whereupon the data is transmitted (S55) from the remaining three physical antennas. |
| US10097285B2 |
Single E-probe reduced aperture waveguide coupler
A temporary microwave horn antenna coupling device is configured for collecting or injecting quantifiable samples of RF energy. The device comprises a reduced and highly matched radiating aperture, and a waveguide mounted single electric field probe. The electric field probe can be oriented at 45 degrees to the horizontal and vertical electric fields of a linearly polarized antenna, or oriented for a single linear polarization to the electric field in a circular polarized antenna. The electric field probe is connected to an attenuator and/or lossy cable for reduced reflections and gradient thermal dissipation. |
| US10097284B1 |
I/Q imbalance calibration apparatus, method and transmitter system using the same
An I/Q imbalance calibration method includes sequentially inputting a first in-phase and quadrature signals calibration signal to a front-end circuit of the transmitter system to acquire and estimate a first and second calibration signal strengths sequentially, wherein a delta estimation is adopted; calculating an I/Q gain imbalance according to estimated first and second calibration signal strengths; sequentially inputting a second in-phase calibration signal and both of the second in-phase and quadrature calibration signal to the front-end circuit of the transmitter system to acquire and estimate a third and fourth calibration signal strengths sequentially, wherein an I/Q gain imbalance compensation is formed on the first in-phase and quadrature calibration signals to generate the second in-phase and quadrature calibration signals; and calculating an I/Q phase imbalance according to estimated third and fourth calibration signal strengths. |
| US10097283B1 |
Watch-crystal-based RF transmitter
Example radio frequency (RF) transmitters and associated methods are disclosed. One example RF transmitter includes an RF oscillator, a real-time clock (RTC) oscillator. and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to determine whether a calibration of the RF oscillator is needed; electrically couple the RF oscillator to the RTC oscillator and initiate calibrating of the RF oscillator using the RTC oscillator when it is determined that the calibration is needed; and activate the RF oscillator to operate in an open-loop mode to generate an RF signal for data transmission. The calibration can be performed in a closed-loop mode before the data transmission or in an open-loop mode during the data transmission. |
| US10097281B1 |
System and method for cryogenic optoelectronic data link
A cryogenic optoelectronic data link, comprising a sending module operating at a cryogenic temperature less than 100 K. An ultrasensitive electro-optic modulator, sensitive to input voltages of less than 10 mV, may include at least one optically active layer of graphene, which may be part of a microscale resonator, which in turn may be integrated with an optical waveguide or an optical fiber. The optoelectronic data link enables optical output of weak electrical signals from superconducting or other cryogenic electronic devices in either digital or analog form. The modulator may be integrated on the same chip as the cryogenic electrical devices. A plurality of cryogenic electrical devices may generate a plurality of electrical signals, each coupled to its own modulator. The plurality of modulators may be resonant at different frequencies, and coupled to a common optical output line to transmit a combined wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical signal. |
| US10097276B2 |
Method and device for sending and receiving an optical signal
The embodiments of the present application disclose a method and device for sending and receiving an optical signal. The method for sending an optical signal comprises: performing serial-to-parallel conversion on a data signal to be transmitted to obtain an I path data sequence, a Q path data sequence and a PPM path data sequence which are in parallel; performing mPQ-encoding on the I path data sequence, the Q path data sequence and the PPM path data sequence to obtain an I path and a Q path of an mPQ-encoded digital signal; shaping the I path and the Q path of the mPQ-encoded digital signal by Nyquist-filtering to obtain an I path and Q path of a filtered digital signal; performing digital-to-analog conversion on the I path and the Q path of the filtered digital signal and mapping the converted I path and Q path onto an optical carrier to obtain a target optical signal and send the same. By applying the embodiments of the present application, spectral efficiency loss in optical communication can be reduced or even eliminated while power efficiency is increased. |
| US10097275B2 |
Optical transmitter, optical communication system, and optical communication method
If a configuration is employed in which modulation schemes used for an optical communication system can be switched depending on transmission conditions, the power consumption increases and the control becomes complex; therefore, an optical transmitter according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes an encoding means for encoding digital signals to be transmitted under a predetermined transmission condition over an optical carrier wave by using one of a plurality of encoding methods; an encoding control means for selecting a predetermined encoding method corresponding to the predetermined transmission condition from among the plurality of encoding methods and causing the encoding means to operate in accordance with the predetermined encoding method; a mapping means for mapping output bit signals output from the encoding means to modulation symbols; and an optical modulation means for modulating the optical carrier wave based on symbol signals output from the mapping means. |
| US10097274B2 |
Fiber optic switching network using a wideband comb laser
A fiber optic switching network includes a comb laser source that provides laser light at a plurality of wavelengths on a single optical fiber. Light from the comb laser source is directed into different optical fibers by a demultiplexer such as an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) or cyclic AWG. Light from the demultiplexer is modulated with one or more demodulators and re-combined with a multiplexer into a single optical fiber for transmission to a destination. |
| US10097272B2 |
Optical module
Some embodiments of the present application provide an optical module, including: a master control chip, a laser transmitter, and a laser receiver; the laser transmitter and the laser receiver being connected to the master control chip, respectively; where the laser receiver includes: a PIN photodiode, a trans-impedance amplifier with a transimpedance of no less than 43K ohms, a lens, and a shell; the PIN photodiode being electrically connected to the trans-impedance amplifier; the PIN photodiode, the trans-impedance amplifier and the lens being encapsulated within the shell in a manner of transistor out-line; and the lens being coated with an antireflection film. |
| US10097270B2 |
Wavelength-selective switch for space-division multiplexed systems
An optical apparatus includes a front optics section and a spectrometer section. The front optics section includes a spot de-multiplexer configured to receive a plurality of multi-mode optical signals each having a plurality of modal components, and to output in a linear array of a corresponding plurality of optical beams for each multimode optical signal. The spectrometer section includes a wavelength steering element configured to separate each of the optical beams into a plurality of wavelength channels. A fiber steering element is configured to steer the wavelength channels between the optical beams. |
| US10097265B2 |
Techniques for position-based actions using light-based communication
Techniques are disclosed for position-based actions using light-based communication (LCom). LCom signals can be used to encode or otherwise provide data which in turn can be used to help determine the position of a device receiving those LCom signals. Therefore, LCom can be used to facilitate various actions based on, for example, the position of an LCom receiver determined using data received via the LCom signals. There are numerous use cases for position-based actions using LCom, such as security applications, check-in applications, payments based on location, permissions, and access to information that can all be tied to a location. Actions may include temporarily disabling or enabling the LCom receiver hardware or software (such as disabling device cameras in high security areas), providing another security layer as a result of knowing the device position, and using the LCom receiver position as a part of a larger process. |
| US10097263B2 |
User defined applications executed on optical modules for performance monitoring in optical networks
An optical module adapted to operate in an optical network to perform an optical function therein includes optical components adapted to perform one or more functions associated with the optical module; processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the optical components and adapted to obtain data generated during operation of the one or more functions; and compute resources communicatively coupled to the processing circuitry and adapted to receive an application for local execution on the compute resources in a sandboxed manner, and analyze, by the application, the data to perform one or more functions. |
| US10097260B2 |
Current indication channel for eMBB/URLLC multiplexing
Aspects of the present disclosure describe an indication channel for wireless communications that indicates whether an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) transmission is present in a current mini-slot within an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) slot. A base station may determine that an indication message is to be transmitted within the eMBB slot. The indication message may indicate that at least a portion of the mini-slot of the eMBB slot is used for the URLLC transmission. The base station may allocate one or more resources to an indication channel in a same mini-slot as the portion of the mini-slot to be used for the URLLC transmission. The base station may transmit the indication message during the mini-slot on the indication channel using the allocated one or more resources. A UE may receive the indication channel and process at least the portion of the mini-slot based on whether the indication message is received. |
| US10097259B2 |
Satellite receiver doppler compensation using resampled satellite signals
A telecommunications system includes a satellite receiver programmed to estimate a Doppler frequency associated with a satellite signal. Estimating the Doppler frequency includes sampling the satellite signal, resampling the sampled satellite signal, and compensating for a frequency offset associated with the satellite signal. An example satellite receiver includes a sampling device programmed to sample the satellite signal, a resampling device programmed to sample the sampled satellite signal and output a resampled satellite signal, and an incremental phase modulator programmed to filter a frequency offset from the resampled satellite signal. |
| US10097257B2 |
Wireless communications network using frequency conversion of MIMO signals
In one embodiment, a repeater for wireless communication is provided. The repeater comprises: circuitry configured to receive first and second MIMO-coded information channels at a first frequency; a converting device configured to convert the first MIMO-coded information channel to a second frequency using information from a test receiver configured to determine unused frequency ranges situated outside frequency bands allocated to mobile radio for wireless communication, the test receiver communicatively coupled with the converting device, the converting device configured to convert the first MIMO-coded information channel to the second frequency in at least one communication direction, the second frequency within the unused frequency ranges situated outside the frequency bands allocated to mobile radio; and circuitry configured to transmit the first and second MIMO-coded information channels in the at least one communication direction, wherein the first and second MIMO-coded information channels are transmitted using different frequencies compared to each other. |
| US10097252B2 |
Method and apparatus for beamforming in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for beamforming in a wireless communication system are provided. The method of supporting beamforming in a wireless communication device includes detecting a direction change of the wireless communication device while communicating with a peer device. The method of supporting beamforming in a wireless communication device also includes adjusting a beam direction for communication with the peer device based on information indicating a direction change of the wireless communication device. |
| US10097251B2 |
Wireless communication system, method for transmitting information of user equipment, method for receiving information of base station, and user equipment and base station thereof
The present disclosure provides a wireless communication system including a plurality of remote units, and a digital unit configured to connect one output port to at least one of i) one remote unit having a maximum antenna number of antennas among the plurality of remote units and ii) two or more remote units each having antennas smaller than the maximum antenna number among the plurality of remote units. |
| US10097244B2 |
Power supply device and power receiving device
Devices and methods for supply or receiving electric power. A power supply method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling transmission of electric power from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device based on the collation. A power receiving method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling, based on the collation, selective conversion of electric power transmitted from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device. |
| US10097241B1 |
Machine assisted development of deployment site inventory
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a target position of a particular physical location, accessing an image system that provides a number of images based on physical locations including the particular physical location, and obtaining a target image from the image system based on the particular physical location. The target image includes imaged features based on physical features of the particular physical location. Image processing is applied to the target image, and a particular physical feature is identified as a candidate deployment site based on the applying of the image processing, wherein the candidate deployment site is configured to accommodate equipment of a distributed communication network that facilitates transmission of electromagnetic waves along a surface of a transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10097237B1 |
On-chip alien crosstalk characterization and diagnostics
A method for characterizing alien crosstalk between an aggressor link and a victim link is disclosed. The method includes operating a transmit transceiver coupled to the aggressor link in a transmit mode of operation. A receive transceiver is coupled to the victim link in a receive mode of operation. Using the receive transceiver, a parameter is measured that is associated with alien crosstalk due to transmissions from the aggressor link. |
| US10097232B2 |
Apparatus for reducing RF crossover coupling
Apparatus and arrangements for reducing crossover coupling of two or more RF signals are described. In one case, a crossover structure is described where RF signals are routed through coplanar waveguides having a specific characteristic impedance and crossing at a central point of the crossover structure by way of a bridge. Further described is a multi-port rotary RF switch fitted with the crossover structure which allows substantially balanced electrical performance across all the operational states of the rotary RF switch at RF signal frequencies up to 50 GHz and beyond. A controller unit coupled to the RF switch can support a control interface to configure the rotary switch according to all possible distinct states of the rotary switch, or a subset thereof. |
| US10097230B2 |
Systems and methods for cancellation of leakage into a RX port of a duplexer or multiplexer
Systems and methods relating to improving transmit (TX) port to receive (RX) port isolation of a duplexer or multiplexer are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a duplexer or multiplexer having a transmit port, a receive port, and an antenna port. The system further includes a leakage cancellation subsystem adapted to cancel a leakage signal from the TX port of the duplexer or multiplexer to the RX port of the duplexer or multiplexer across a desired cancellation bandwidth. The leakage cancellation subsystem compensates for variation of the leakage signal across the desired cancellation bandwidth, thereby improving TX port to RX port isolation over conventional systems. |
| US10097228B2 |
Method and apparatus for chip-on board flexible light emitting diode
A lighting device is disclosed having a plurality of LED chips mounted on a single planar flexible substrate, wherein the single planar flexible substrate is disposed in an arcuate orientation. A heat sink having an arcuate surface shaped to approximate the arcuate orientation of the flexible substrate is coupled to the flexible substrate between complementary arcuate surfaces. A luminescent coating is disposed about a top surface of the arcuate single planar flexible substrate. |
| US10097226B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and structure for mounting communication equipment
A mounting base (14) is fixed to an antenna (13) or an antenna bracket (15) for supporting the antenna (13). A baseband unit (11) and an RF unit (12) are fixed to the mounting base (14). The baseband unit (11) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed to face a back part (132) of the antenna (13) and to form a space between the back part (132) and the first enclosure (111). The RF unit (12) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed in the space formed between the back part (132) of the antenna (13) and the baseband unit (11) and is coupled to a waveguide flange (132) of the antenna (13). Thus, for example, in a configuration of a point-to-point wireless apparatus in which an RF unit and a baseband unit are separated, restrictions on installation space of the apparatus can be facilitated. |
| US10097225B1 |
All-digital blind adaptive receiver for non-cooperative communications and signal exploitation
A method of digital signal processing includes modeling a digitally-modulated radio frequency (RF) communication stream using a set of incoming samples of the stream collected from a single antenna. The stream includes a first signal, the first signal including a sequence of first digital symbols having a previous symbol and a current symbol. Each first digital symbol is chosen from a plurality of first possible values. The first signal is modulated by a first known RF communication protocol having unknown time-varying parameters, the parameters having estimated previous values from modeling the previous symbol using a previous interval of the samples corresponding to the previous symbol. The method further includes collecting a current interval of the samples, predicting current values of the parameters, deciding a value of the current symbol using maximum likelihood estimation, and estimating the current values of the parameters using maximum likelihood estimation. |
| US10097222B2 |
Variable passive network noise filter for noise reduction
Disclosed is a noise filter. The noise filter includes an input port to receive an analog signal. The noise filter further includes a multiplexer coupled to the input port. The multiplexer separates the analog signal into a plurality of frequency bands. The frequency bands include a high frequency band and a low frequency band. The noise filter also includes a low-band variable attenuator coupled to the multiplexer. The low-band variable attenuator adjustably attenuates the low frequency band relative to the high frequency band. |
| US10097218B2 |
Radio frequency circuit and communication device module
A radio frequency circuit is described, which comprises a first power amplifier comprising a first output, a second power amplifier comprising a second output, a third power amplifier comprising a third output, and a fourth power amplifier comprising a fourth output. The first power amplifier, the second power amplifier, the third power amplifier and the fourth power amplifier are configured to perform an amplification based on a radio communication signal to produce a first amplifier output signal, a second amplifier output signal, a third amplifier output signal, and a fourth amplifier output signal. Furthermore, the present application also relates to a transmitter comprising such a radio frequency amplifier circuit. |
| US10097215B2 |
Electronic device and method of controlling transmission power
A transmission power control method and an electronic device capable of adjusting a bias of a power amplifier are provided. The electronic device includes: a temperature sensor; a power amplifier (PA); and a controller configured to monitor signals from the temperature sensor, determine a bias value for the PA, based on the monitored signals, and control the PA to amplify a signal for transmission based on the determined bias value. |
| US10097213B2 |
System and method for improved decoding using identified recurring side information
Methods and systems for decoding monitored communication signals using previously identified side information. Information, which is used for decoding a given frame and is provided to the decoder not via the main communication channel between a base station and a mobile station, is referred to herein as “side information.” The side information can also be viewed as extrinsic information that was derived during previous decoding operations. The monitoring system holds, for certain frames, a-priori information of one or more data values that are expected in these frames. Decoding using this a-priori information enables an Error Correcting Code decoder to successfully decode such frames, which would otherwise fail to decode. |
| US10097210B2 |
Parallel bit interleaver
A bit interleaving method applying a bit permutation process to a QC LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks of Q bits each, dividing the processed codeword into constellation words of M bits each, and applying an intra-cyclic-block permutation process to the cyclic blocks, where the codeword is divided into F×N/M folding sections of M/F cyclic blocks each and the constellation words are each associated with one of the folding sections, and the bit permutation process is applied such that the constellation words are each made up of F bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks in the associated section, after the permutation process. |
| US10097206B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing encoding using block code having input/output of variable length
There are provided an encoding method and an encoder performing an encoding by an operation of generating a first output message by encoding an input message based on a first block code, an operation of generating a second output message by encoding some of the input message based on a second block code, and an operation of concatenating the first output message and the second output message. |
| US10097202B1 |
SSD compression aware
Embodiments of the present invention include a compression system including one or more compressibility inputs; a compression predictor configured to predict the compressibility of data based on the one or more compressibility inputs; a compressor configured to compress the data; and one or more compression inputs. At least one of the compression predictor or the compressor is configured to determine how to compress the data based on the one or more compression inputs. The one or more compressibility inputs comprise at least one of an object extension dictionary, an object signature dictionary, and an entropy estimation algorithm library. The one or more compression inputs comprise at least one of a quality of service profile, a device performance profile and a compression algorithm performance chart. |
| US10097198B1 |
SAR ADC
Disclosed is a successive-approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC may include a capacitor-resistor hybrid digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and apply a low-power switching method and an input signal range scaling method to the DAC, thereby significantly reducing surface area and power consumption. |
| US10097195B2 |
Digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with enhanced dynamic element matching (DEM) and calibration
Systems and methods are provided for digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with enhanced dynamic element matching (DEM) and calibration. DEM may be adapted based on assessment of one or more conditions that may affect the DACs or DEM functions thereof. The one or more condition may comprise amount of signal backoff. The adaption may comprise switching the DEM function (as a whole, or partially—e.g., individual DEM elements) on or off based on the assess conditions. The DACs may incorporate use of calibration. The DEM and/or the calibration may be applied to only a portion of the DAC, such as a particular segment (e.g., a middle segment comprising bits between the MSBs and the LSBs). |
| US10097194B2 |
Method of synthesis of an analogue noise, noise synthesizer and coding chain using such a synthesiser
A method comprises at least the following steps: generating pseudo random noise in the digital domain coded on a number N of bits, sampled at a given frequency FH/N; multiplexing in the digital domain the binary signals produced by each of the N bits at a sampling frequency FH so as to obtain noise coded on one bit at said frequency FH; transferring the noise thus coded into the analog domain via a low-voltage differential transmission interface; filtering the analog signal in a passband which can be centered on half the sampling frequency of an analog-digital converter. |
| US10097191B2 |
Atomic oscillator
An atomic oscillator includes a gas cell having alkali metal atoms sealed therein; alight source that irradiates the gas cell with light; and a light detecting unit that detects the quantity of light transmitted through the gas cell. The light source includes an optical oscillation layer having a first reflective layer, an active layer, and a second reflective layer laminated therein in this order, an electrical field absorption layer having a first semiconductor layer, a quantum well layer, and a second semiconductor layer laminated therein in this order, and a heat diffusion layer that is disposed between the optical oscillation layer and the electrical field absorption layer and has a higher thermal conductivity than that of the second reflective layer. |
| US10097188B2 |
System, method and apparatus for phase hits and microphonics cancellation
A system and method for system, method and apparatus for phase hits and microphonics cancellation. In addition to a first RF synthesizer source, a device also includes a second stable reference signal source that operates at a lower frequency as compared to the RF synthesizer source. The second stable reference signal source is selected with good phase noise characteristics and can be used to correct phase error events. |
| US10097187B2 |
Digital synthesizer, radar device and method therefor
A digital synthesizer is described that comprises: a ramp generator configured to generate a signal of frequency control words (FCW), that describes a desired frequency modulated continuous wave; a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) configured to receive the FCW signal and generate a DCO output signal; a feedback loop comprising a time-to-digital converter (TDC), wherein the feedback loop is configured to feed back the DCO output signal; a phase comparator coupled to the ramp generator and configured to compare a phase of the FCW signal output from the ramp generator with the DCO output signal fed back from the DCO via the feedback loop and output a N-bit oscillator control signal in response thereto. The TDC receives a representation of the DCO output signal and a reference frequency signal to sample the DCO output signal and outputs multiple selectable delays of the DCO output signal. A digital synthesizer circuit sensor is configured to sense an operational condition of the digital synthesizer circuit and select one of the multiple selectable delays output from the TDC in response to the sensed operational condition. A re-timer circuit is coupled to the digital synthesizer circuit sensor and configured to synchronize the selected delayed DCO output signal with the reference frequency signal. |
| US10097180B2 |
Reinforced key assembly
Embodiments are directed to a dome switch and methods related to the use thereto. In one aspect, an embodiment includes a key cap. The embodiment may further include a domed structure having upper and lower portions. The domed structure may be configured to deform in response to an input force received at the upper portion by the key cap. The embodiment may further include a collar affixed to the lower portion and extending toward the key cap. The collar may resist deformation of the domed surface. |
| US10097177B2 |
Switch device, control method of the same, and control method of transfer switch system using the same
A switch device includes first and second switch units that are coupled respectively to first and second output terminals. Each of the first and second switch units includes a plurality of diodes and at least one semiconductor-controlled rectifier (SCR), where at least one of the diodes and one of the at least one SCR cooperatively permit a current to flow therethrough to a corresponding one of the first and second output terminals when each thereof operates in an ON state, and where at least one of the diodes and one of the at least one SCR cooperatively permit a current to flow therethrough from a corresponding one of the first and second output terminals when each thereof operates in an ON state. |
| US10097174B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a switching element including a control electrode, a first main electrode, and a second main electrode: a gate driver connected between the control electrode and the first main electrode, configured to transmit a gate drive signal for driving the control electrode; a Miller voltage detector detecting a Miller voltage between the control electrode and the first main electrode when the switching element turns off; a current value detector detecting a principal current flowing through the switching element; and a temperature calculator calculating a temperature of the switching element from the detected Miller voltage and principal current. |
| US10097169B1 |
Method and apparatus for reducing impact of transistor random mismatch in circuits
An analog circuit including a pair of input nodes and a pair of output nodes is coupled to a mismatch reduction circuit including an input node, an output node, a phase controller that times even and odd phases, an input switch, and an output switch. The input switch electrically connects the mismatch reduction circuit input node to a first node of the pair of analog circuit input nodes during each even phase and to electrically connects the mismatch reduction circuit input node to a second node of the pair of analog circuit input nodes during each odd phase. The output switch electrically connects a first node of the pair of analog circuit output nodes to the mismatch reduction circuit output node during each even phase and electrically connects a second node of the pair of analog circuit output nodes to the mismatch reduction circuit output node during each odd phase. |
| US10097166B1 |
Transformer coupled control isolation for direct current control signals
A switch drive and control arrangement may comprise a first transformer configured to receive a control signal, a second transformer configured to receive a clock signal, and a demodulator configured to receive the control signal and the clock signal from a switch controller, via the first transformer and the second transformer. The demodulator may be configured to output a demodulated signal in response to the control signal and the clock signal. A signal fault detector may be provided to determine a fault in at least one of the control signal and the clock signal. A switch may be turned off in response to a fault being detected in at least one of the control signal or the clock signal. |
| US10097165B1 |
High gamma compact harmonic tuner
Compact, high Gamma, wideband, multi-carriage-multi-harmonic tuners use a meandering slabline structure and multiple probes and carriages. The meandering structure reduces the overall tuner length by more than half at 0.4 GHz. The required slabline bends are made using a vertical-to-horizontal slabline transition. Multiple probes are employed within the slabline segment closest to the test port, in order to minimize the insertion loss at higher frequencies, caused by the slabline bends. This tuner structure is mostly effective starting at fundamental frequencies below 1 GHz and operating at fundamental or harmonic frequencies as high as 18 GHz. |
| US10097164B2 |
Monolithic attenuator, limiter, and linearizer circuits using non-linear resistors
Monolithic attenuator, limiter, and linearizer circuitry to be integrated with other circuitry on a chip are provided. According to one aspect, a monolithic attenuator and limiter circuit comprises an input terminal, an output terminal, a first resistor having a first terminal coupled to the input terminal and a second terminal coupled to the output terminal, and a second resistor having a first terminal coupled to the first or second terminal of the first resistor and a second terminal coupled to ground. At least the first resistor is a non-linear resistor whose resistance changes as a function of the voltage across the resistor. The monolithic attenuator and limiter circuit may be part of a “Pi” or “Tee” topology. According to another aspect, a non-linear shunt resistor coupled to the input of an amplifier circuit can operate to linearize the gain of the amplifier circuit over a range of input levels. |
| US10097163B2 |
Low order filter circuit having frequency correction function, frequency correction method for the low order filter circuit, and high order filter circuit
A low order filter circuit having a frequency correction function, a frequency correction method for a low order filter circuit, and a high order filter circuit are provided. An analog to digital converter (ADC) may detect a peak of a signal processed by a second order filter unit, and after comparison and determination are performed by a digital correction unit, a frequency control signal is outputted as a feedback to a notch filter or a band-pass filter in the second order filter unit where frequency adjustment is performed. The high order filter circuit is integrated by a plurality of the low order filter circuits. Before correcting the high order filter circuit, switch units may restore the high order filter circuit to the low order filter circuits for correction, and then combine the corrected low order filter circuits to form the original high order filter circuit. |
| US10097157B2 |
Crystal vibrating device and method for producing the same
A crystal vibrating device that includes a crystal resonator mounted on a substrate by a first conductive adhesive layer and a second conductive adhesive layer, and, when the first conductive adhesive layer and the second conductive adhesive layer are viewed in a plan view, the first conductive adhesive layer and the second conductive adhesive layer each have a) a planar shape in which two circles or ellipses are partly superimposed upon each other, b) two conductive adhesive layer portions that are separated from each other, or c) a length direction and an aspect ratio, which is a ratio between a maximum size in the length direction and a maximum size in a width direction that is orthogonal to the maximum size in the length direction, is in a range of 1.5 to 3.0. |
| US10097155B2 |
Power divider
A power divider is provided with a structure that diagnoses whether a correct connection is achieved. The power divider includes a first line that is configured to connect an antenna to a first unit and a second line that is configured to connect the antenna to a second unit. A resistor is configured to allow a current flowing from the second unit to the second line to be applied to a ground terminal. Additionally, a capacitor is disposed on the second line to prevent the current applied to the second line from flowing to the first line. |
| US10097153B1 |
Bridge-T reflectionless bandstop filter
A bandstop filter is provided that includes an input port, a series bandpass resonator, a first capacitor, a bandstop resonator, a second capacitor and an output port. The combination of the first capacitor, the bandstop resonator and the second capacitor comprises a bandstop impedance magnitude and a bandstop impedance phase. The bandpass resonator impedance magnitude is substantially equal to the bandstop impedance magnitude. The bandpass resonator impedance phase is substantially 180° out of phase with the bandstop impedance phase. The series bandpass resonator, the first capacitor, the bandstop resonator and the second capacitor operate as a band stop for a predetermined frequency within the frequency band. |
| US10097151B2 |
Input/output systems and devices for use with superconducting devices
Systems and devices for providing differential input/output communication with a superconducting device are described. Each differential I/O communication is electrically filtered using a respective tubular filter structure incorporating superconducting lumped element devices and high frequency dissipation by metal powder epoxy. A plurality of such tubular filter structures is arranged in a cryogenic, multi-tiered assembly further including structural/thermalization supports and a device sample holder assembly for securing a device sample, for example a superconducting quantum processor. The interface between the cryogenic tubular filter assembly and room temperature electronics is achieved using hermetically sealed vacuum feed-through structures designed to receive flexible printed circuit board cable. |
| US10097145B1 |
Multi-mode power management circuit
A multi-mode power management circuit is provided. The multi-mode power management circuit includes a second generation (2G) amplifier circuit(s) configured to amplify a 2G radio frequency (RF) signal for transmission in a 2G RF band(s). The multi-mode power management circuit includes a pair of tracker circuitries coupled to the 2G amplifier circuit. Each tracker circuitry includes a charge pump circuitry configured to generate a voltage and a current. When the 2G amplifier circuit amplifies the 2G RF signal for transmission in the 2G RF band(s), both charge pump circuitries are controlled to provide two currents to the 2G amplifier circuit. As a result, the 2G amplifier circuit is able to amplify the 2G RF signal to a higher power corresponding to a sum of the two currents for transmission in the 2G RF band(s). |
| US10097143B2 |
Josephson-coupled resonator amplifier (JRA)
A Josephson-coupled resonator amplifier is provided. The Josephson-coupled resonator amplifier includes a first and a second resonator, each formed from respective lumped-element capacitance and respective lumped-element inductance. The Josephson-coupled resonator amplifier further includes one or more Josephson junctions coupling the first resonator to the second resonator, whereby a superconducting loop is formed from at least the lumped-element inductance of the resonators and the one or more Josephson junctions. |
| US10097135B2 |
Photovoltaic systems with intermittent and continuous recycling of light
Photovoltaic systems and methods for optimizing the harvesting of solar energy are disclosed. A photovoltaic (PV) system includes: a solar panel module. The solar panel module comprises: a plurality of solar cell arrays, wherein each array comprises a grouping of solar cells; and a tubular panel. The plurality of solar cell arrays are arranged along an inside surface of the panel. At least an upper portion of the panel slopes inward such that the panel has a substantially funnel-shaped geometry. The solar cell arrays are arranged in a C-ring pattern. A first solar cell array is separated from a second solar cell array by a predetermined distance. The area between the solar cell arrays is coated with a reflective material to facilitate optimal reflection of incident sunlight back to the solar cells. Recycling of incident light is facilitated within the tube. The light can be intermittently or continuously recycled. |
| US10097134B2 |
Pile cap with integrated bearing housing
This disclosure relates to the design of pile cap assemblies configured to rotatably couple the torque tube of a photovoltaic solar tracker to multiple support piles that elevate the torque tube above the ground. The pile cap assemblies define low friction bearings that allow the torque tube to rotate smoothly within the low friction bearings. The pile cap assemblies also include numerous mounting hole configurations that allow for adjustment of a position of the pile cap assemblies with respect to the support piles. This allows for any small variation in positioning of the support piles to be accommodated. |
| US10097133B2 |
Racking system for installing solar panels
A racking system is configured to install at least one photovoltaic panel on a rooftop. The racking system includes a plurality of rails. A splice bar is connected the plurality of rails and configured to mechanically strengthen the plurality of rails. A ground lug is attached to an extrusion of a side channel on each of the plurality of rails by sliding the ground lug through a rail opening. A ground wire is held in a serrated opening for safely grounding the racking system. A clamp is attached to a top channel of at least one rail such that the at least one rail and the at least one photovoltaic panel are operatively coupled to the clamp and such that the clamp is under pressure due to a spring but is able to freely rotate around a longitudinal axis. |
| US10097132B2 |
Height adjustment bracket for roof applications
A roof mount for mounting at least one solar panel to a roof surface including a base. The roof mount includes a clamp connected to the base and a first recess sized to support a first solar panel. The first recess has a first height extending between a first top flange and a first bottom flange. The clamp also includes a second recess sized to support one of a second solar panel and a skirt flange. The second recess has a second height extending between a second top flange and a second bottom flange. The roof mount further includes a fastener connected to the clamp. The second fastener is operable to adjust the first and second heights, such that upon tightening of the second fastener, the first height increases and the second height decreases, and upon loosening of the second fastener, the first height decreases and the second height increases. |
| US10097130B2 |
Energization control system and sensor unit
An energization control system includes a sensor unit including a magnetic detection portion detecting a magnetic flux density of a magnetic flux generated at a surrounding of a conductor in response to a current flowing in the conductor of an electrical apparatus, a temperature detection portion detecting a temperature level within a package in which the magnetic detection portion is disposed, a correction portion correcting a temperature characteristic of a detection result of the magnetic detection portion based on the detected temperature level, and an output portion outputting temperature information indicating the detected temperature level. The energization control system further includes a control unit including a control portion controlling a current flowing in a heating element of the electrical apparatus based on the temperature information. |
| US10097129B2 |
Drive controller and drive control method for electric motor
To provide drive controller and control method for an electric motor including plural energization systems composed of an inverter and coils corresponding to plural phases. The controller includes: a current detecting unit for detecting currents between the coils and output points of the inverter or between the coils and a connection point between the coils; an inverter setting unit for controlling an inverter of the energization system involving abnormal energization into a predetermined condition; a torque detecting unit for detecting a torque generated in the energization system involving the abnormal energization based on a current in the energization system, which is detected by the current detecting unit; and a control unit for controlling a normal inverter based on the torque detected by the torque detecting unit. This configuration enhances the performance of controlling the electric motor in case a braking torque is generated due to abnormal energization. |
| US10097128B2 |
Electronic pump
An electronic pump includes a controller. The controller includes a power input terminal, a printed circuit board, a motor driver and a microprocessor. The power input terminal, the microprocessor and the motor driver are spaced from each other by an electronic clearance and are fixedly connected to the printed circuit board. The microprocessor is electrically connected to the motor driver by the printed circuit board. The motor driver drives a motor to rotate based on a drive control signal from the microprocessor. There is no motor drive circuit composed by discrete components and configured to drive the motor to rotate separately arranged on the printed circuit board between the motor driver and a motor. |
| US10097126B2 |
Method and apparatus to change resonance frequency of an electronic device
An electronic device may include a motor to operate at a first frequency during a first time period and to operate at a second frequency during a second time period, and an accelerometer to obtain first data relating to operation of the motor at the first frequency and to obtain second data relating to operation of the motor at the second frequency. The electronic device may also include a processor to determine a desired resonant frequency of the motor based on the first data and the second data. |
| US10097121B2 |
Method and device for controlling an electric motor
A method and a device for controlling an electric motor using pulse-width modulated control signals. Control pulses having a setpoint duty factor and temporally varying pulse widths and pulse spacing are generated in the process, the temporally varying pulse widths and pulse spacing being selected as a function of a load and/or thermal loading of the electric motor and/or its control device. |
| US10097117B2 |
Adjustable pulse injection in electric machine control
A control system is provided for an electric machine having a rotor and a stator. The control system has a converter circuit in electrical communication with the stator and a controller in electrical communication with the converter circuit. The controller is configured to receive a first signal indicating a torque applied to or output by the rotor and receive a second signal indicating a rotational speed of the rotor. The controller is also configured to determine at least one characteristic of a pulse signal based on at least one of the first or second signal. The controller is also configured to inject the pulse signal into one or more phases of the stator via the converter circuit according to the determined at least one characteristic. The controller is also configured to determine a position of the rotor based on the injected pulse signal. |
| US10097116B2 |
Motor control apparatus for controlling motor based on counter-electromotive voltage generated in winding of motor
A motor control apparatus includes: a unit configured to determine a counter-electromotive voltage in a winding of a motor; a unit configured to determine a rotational position of a rotor of the motor based on the counter-electromotive voltage; a unit configured to determine a first velocity of the rotor, based on change in the rotational position; a correction unit configured to obtain a second velocity by correcting the first velocity based on a harmonic component included in the first velocity; and a driving unit configured to drive the motor based on the second velocity and the rotational position. The correction unit includes a unit configured to obtain the second velocity by reducing error in the first velocity that occurs due to the harmonic component. |
| US10097110B2 |
Modulation method for a three-phase multilevel converter
The present invention discloses a modulation method for a three-phase multilevel converter. The modulation method comprises the following steps: generating first three-phase sinusoidal modulated wave signals by a control loop in the three-phase multilevel converter; generating second three-phase modulated wave signals by processing the first three-phase sinusoidal modulated wave signals, wherein in proximity to peak values of a line voltage of the second three-phase modulated wave signals, absolute values of any two phases are unequal; generating PWM pulse signals based on the second three-phase modulated wave signals; and generating driving signals for respective power units in the three-phase multilevel converter based on the PWM pulse signals. |
| US10097109B1 |
Three-level voltage bus apparatus and method
An apparatus includes a first switch and a first capacitor connected in series between a first voltage bus and a second voltage bus, a second capacitor and a second switch connected in series between the first voltage bus and the second voltage bus and a diode coupled between a common node of the first switch and the first capacitor, and a common node of the second capacitor and the second switch. |
| US10097105B2 |
Synchronous rectification module
The present invention provides a synchronous rectification module. The synchronous rectification module includes a circuit board, a transformer, two synchronous rectification sets and a grounding set. The transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary electrically-conductive foil winding. The first and second synchronous rectification sets are symmetrically disposed on the circuit board, corresponding to the transformer and electrically connected to a secondary dotted end tap and a secondary synonyms end tap of the secondary electrically-conductive foil winding respectively. The secondary electrically-conductive foil winding of the transformer is disposed nearby a lateral edge of the first or second synchronous rectification set, and the grounding set is disposed along a bottom edge of the circuit board and nearby the bottom edge of the first or second synchronous rectification set, so as to reduce the current path of the secondary synchronous rectification circuit and achieve the purposes of miniaturization and high power density. |
| US10097101B2 |
Three phase medium voltage power conversion system for coupling a power source to a utility grid
The invention provides a three phase medium voltage power conversion system for coupling a power source to a utility grid comprising a power converter and a Notch-Filter. The switching control system of the inverter of the power converter is based on SHE-PWM patrons. The Notch-Filter is tuned to attenuate the frequency of the first harmonic that the switching control system of the inverter cannot attenuate and configured with damping means capable of smoothing the resonance frequency without affecting the notch frequency. |
| US10097100B1 |
Flyback converter
A converter circuit is disclosed. The converter circuit includes a transformer and a primary circuit connected to the primary side of the transformer, where the primary circuit includes a first switch connected to a ground. The converter circuit also includes a second switch connected to the first switch, and a clamping capacitor connected to the second switch and to the input. The converter circuit also includes a secondary circuit connected to the secondary side of the transformer, where the secondary circuit includes a rectifying element, and an output capacitor connected to the rectifying element. In addition, the output capacitor has a substantial effect on resonance of the converter circuit. |
| US10097097B2 |
Method and apparatus for self-synchronization of a synchronous rectifier
A method and synchronous rectifier controller uses minimum off and on time blanking to avoid switching the switching transistor at incorrect times responsive to transients in the current sense signal. The minimum off time timer is commenced only when the current sense signal is above a reset threshold, and is reset when the current sense voltage falls below the reset threshold. Resetting the minimum off time timer in this manner avoids false starts of the minimum off time timer due to transients and allows the SRC to properly synchronize with the conduction and blocking phases of rectifier operation. |
| US10097094B2 |
Control circuit and method for programming an output voltage of a power converter
A power converter determines a feedback signal according to a voltage signal related to an output voltage of the power converter and a reference voltage, thereby regulating the output voltage. A control circuit and method for programming the output voltage of the power converter utilize an offset current generator to inject a current or sink a current for changing the voltage signal or the reference signal, thereby adjusting the output voltage. As a result, it gets rid of complicated circuitry but provides more steps adjustment, which reduces related costs. |
| US10097093B2 |
Electric power conversion system
An electric power conversion system includes: a first battery; a second battery; an electric power converter including a plurality of switching elements, and configured to bidirectionally step up or step down electric power between an output line and each the first and second batteries in accordance with PWM signals; and a controller configured to control first and second step-up and step-down circuits by generating first and second PWM signals. The first and second step-up and step-down circuits are established between each first and second batteries and the output line. The first and second PWM signals are signals for controlling step-up and step-down operation of each first and second step-up and step-down circuit. The controller is configured to, when coupling on-duty periods of both the first and second PWM signals with each other, execute an overlap phase shift that partially overlaps the on-duty periods of the first and second PWM signals. |
| US10097092B1 |
Multi-phase switching regulator and control circuit and control method thereof
A multi-phase switching regulator includes: a plurality of power stages, a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) controllers and a ramp signal setting circuit. The PWM controllers generate corresponding PWM signals for controlling corresponding power stages respectively according to an error signal related to an output voltage and a plurality of ramp signals corresponding to corresponding power stages respectively. The ramp signal setting circuit adjusts the ramp signal of the phase that is to be enabled or disabled according to the phase adjustment signal. Under a phase-cut operation, the ramp signal setting circuit causes a basis level of the ramp signal corresponding to the phase to be disabled to gradually change, thereby decreasing a duty ratio of the PWM signal corresponding to the phase to be disabled. |
| US10097090B1 |
Voltage control utilizing multiple PWM patterns
A power-delivery system may comprise a load device and a direct-current converter configured to deliver current to the load device when the direct-current converter is in an on state. The power-deliver system may comprise a voltage-measurement system configured to measure, at a beginning of each measurement cycle in a cyclic measurement pattern, a voltage at the load device. The power-deliver system may comprise a power controller configure to receive, at the beginning of each measurement cycle, the measurement of the voltage, and to perform, at the beginning of a control cycle in a cyclic control pattern, a voltage-control decision in response to a change in the measurement of the voltage being below a voltage-change threshold. The voltage-control decision may comprise whether to switch the state of the first direct-current converter. The cyclic control pattern may operate at a first frequency, and the measurement pattern may operate at a second frequency. |
| US10097088B2 |
Soft-switching auxiliary circuit
A soft-switching auxiliary circuit is provided, which may be applicable to a converter including a first main switch and a second main switch. The soft-switching auxiliary circuit may include a first auxiliary switch, a second auxiliary switch, a first energy adjustment module and a second energy adjustment module. By means of the first auxiliary switch and a second auxiliary switch, the first energy adjustment module and the second energy adjustment may properly store and adjust the energy of the converter; therefore, both the first main switch and the second main switch of the converter can achieve soft-switching. |
| US10097087B2 |
Power conversion including sensing a load current and adapting output voltage based on the load current
In one embodiment a power conversion arrangement comprises a switching converter (DC) with an input which is supplied with an input voltage (Vin) and a first output (Out1) to provide a first output voltage (Vout1) as a function of the input voltage (Vin), a linear regulator (LDO1) with an input coupled to the first output (Out1) of the switching converter (DC), the linear regulator (LDO1) having a second output (Out2) to provide a second output voltage (Vout2) as a function of the first output voltage (Vout1) to a connectable electrical load (CS), a component for sensing (MSI) a load current (Iload) at the second output (Out2) of the linear regulator (LDO1), the component being connected to the second output (Out2) of the linear regulator (LDO1), and a unit for influencing (MVA) the first output voltage (Vout1) as a function of the load current (Iload), the unit (MVA) being connected to the first output (Out1) of the switching converter (DC) and to the component for sensing (MSI) the load current (Iload). Furthermore, a power management circuit and a method for power conversion are described. |
| US10097083B2 |
Filter assembly, voltage converter having a filter assembly
The present disclosure relates to filters. Teachings thereof may be embodied in a filter assembly, e.g., a filter assembly for filtering output currents from a voltage converter. For example, a filter assembly may include: a current conductor with a curved profile; a first ferrite body; a second ferrite body; and a recess with a curved profile defined in at least one of the first ferrite body and the second ferrite body. The first ferrite body and the second ferrite body may combine to surround the current conductor and the current conductor may extend along the recess. |
| US10097081B1 |
Converter having low loss snubber
The present application is a converter having a low loss snubber. The low loss snubber of the converter includes a clamping winding, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. The clamping winding is magnetically coupled with a primary winding of a transformer of the converter. The primary winding to a secondary winding of the transformer leakage inductance energy is recovered by storing the energy in the second capacitor. When the second capacitor is discharging, the energy in the second capacitor may be further transferred to the first capacitor. When the first capacitor is discharging, energy in the first capacitor may be further returned to the power source. Therefore, the energy in the first capacitor and the energy in the second capacitor may not be consumed by a resistor, and power consumption of the low loss snubber may be decreased. |
| US10097077B2 |
Control method for improving dynamic response of switch power
A control method for improving dynamic response of switch power is based on a closed-loop control system comprising a sampling module, a dynamic control module, an error calculation module, a PID module, a mode control module, and a PWM module. The sampling module samples an output voltage Vo, and the dynamic control module compares the output voltage Vo with a set maximum voltage Vomax, a set minimum voltage Vomin, and a reference voltage Vref, so as to determine whether to adopt a dynamic mode. In the dynamic mode, when the output voltage Vo changes greatly, the output voltage Vo is rapidly restored to a stable voltage by inputting large power or small power. |
| US10097075B2 |
Linear actuator with coil winding portions having opposing current flow directions
A linear actuator for linearly positioning a recording head in a data storage mechanism. The disclosed linear actuator includes an electrically conductive coil having first and second parts that are both wound in the same rotary direction about an axis, and a magnet spaced from the electrically conductive coil by an air gap. Transmission of an electric current through the first part of the electrically conductive coil in a first current flow direction about the axis and through the second part of the electrically conductive coil in an opposite second current flow direction about the axis induces linear movement of one of the electrically conductive coil and magnet relative to the other of the electrically conductive coil and magnet. |
| US10097073B2 |
Linear vibration motor
A linear vibration motor is provided in the present disclosure the linear vibration motor includes a cabinet having a receiving space, a first magnet received in the accommodation space and fixed in the cabinet; a magnetic core fixed in the cabinet, opposite to the first magnet, with a coil winded on the magnetic core, a vibrating part received in the receiving space, suspended between the first magnet and the magnetic core; and a supporting part for suspending the vibrating part, and the vibrating part includes a third magnet repulsing the first magnet, the coil having a changing current to magnetize the magnetic core to repulse with the third magnet. |
| US10097072B2 |
Linear vibrator
A linear vibrator includes a stator having a housing including a receiving space; a moveable unit received in the receiving space; an elastic member having one end connecting to the moveable unit and another end connecting to the stator for suspending the moveable unit in the receiving space; and a cushion arranged between the moveable unit and the housing, the cushion comprising a plurality of parts having different stiffness. |
| US10097061B2 |
Rotary electric machine equipped with a terminal box
A rotary electric machine has a machine casing and a terminal box fitted to the casing, the terminal box having a base part, the latter defining at least: a fixing zone for fixing at least one electronic module, this fixing zone having one or more support elements for receiving fasteners for fixing the module or modules, an electrical connection zone, the latter having at least one block of material for receiving at least one electrical connection element, the support element or elements and the block or blocks of material being molded as a single piece with the base part. |
| US10097057B2 |
Electric motor, in particular of a vehicle component
An electric motor of a vehicle component, in particular a window opener drive or seat adjuster drive, includes a rotor, a stator with a three-phase stator winding having at least one coil per phase with first and second coil ends, and a connection element having a number of vias corresponding to the number of coil ends, the vias forming first and second contacting groups. The vias of the first contacting group are paired with a contact ring with contact points for electrically conductively connecting the first coil ends, in particular while forming a neutral point. The second coil ends are guided through the vias of the second contacting group, and a coil end portion or additional conductor element of the coil ends is azimuthally guided along the connection element and guided, preferably axially, out of the connection element while providing a three-phase winding connection at exposed positions. |
| US10097056B2 |
Vibration motor
A vibration motor is disclosed. The vibration motor includes a housing, a substrate engaging with the housing, a vibration unit received in the housing, an elastic member suspending the vibration unit, and a coil assembly interacting with the vibration unit. The vibration unit includes an avoidance corresponding to the coil assembly for preventing the vibration unit interfering with the coil assembly. |
| US10097053B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for wireless charging
Using inductive currents to wirelessly charge a device via a device connected to a power source. This inductive charging may result when a first mobile device recognizes a second mobile device via a wireless connection (e.g., Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Near-Field Communication (NFC), or the like). An application stored on the first mobile device may recognize a second mobile device by transmitting an advertising packet when the first mobile device is connected to a power source. An advertising packet may be received by the second mobile device and the second mobile device may transmit a response to the advertising packet in order to generate a connection between the first and second mobile devices. The response may include data such as, connection strength, response time, connection preferences, and the like. Upon detection and connection, the second mobile device may be wirelessly charged by the first device via inductive charging. |
| US10097044B2 |
Wireless energy transfer
Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a distance greater than a characteristic size of the second resonator structure. The non-radiative energy transfer is mediated by a coupling of a resonant field evanescent tail of the first resonator structure and a resonant field evanescent tail of the second resonator structure. |
| US10097042B2 |
Control apparatus
A control apparatus used in a power transmission system for transmitting power with a magnetic resonance manner to a power reception apparatus from a power transmission apparatus comprises a power control unit configured to control a power transmission state in which transmission power of the power transmission apparatus is controlled in a state in which a power transmission target power reception apparatus is detected, and a test power transmission state in which transmission power of the power transmission apparatus is controlled in a state in which the power transmission target power reception apparatus is not detected. |
| US10097041B2 |
Wireless power transmission device and control method therefor
The present specification which relates to a wireless power transmission device and a control method, capable of transmitting and receiving power wirelessly comprises a power supply unit for supplying power to a receiving device to transmit power wirelessly; and a power transmission control unit for, periodically generating a waveform with a particular frequency, measuring an attenuation coefficient of the waveform at each cycle, measuring a variation in the attenuation coefficient at each cycle, and determining the type of an external material. The present invention has a technical feature wherein the power transmission control unit determines whether to transmit power wirelessly to the receiving device on the basis of the type of the external material. |
| US10097039B2 |
Wireless power transmission system for transmitting alternating-current power wirelessly
[OBJECT] There is provided a wireless power transmission system capable of transmitting power efficiently even when it is rotated.[ORGANIZATION] A power transmission device has a first and a second electrode (a center electrode 311 and an annular electrode 312) each having a rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to a common center axis, a first and a second connection line (connection lines 315, 316), and a first inductor to (inductor 313, 314). A power reception device has a third and a fourth electrode (center electrode 321 and annular electrode 322) each having a rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to a common center axis, a third and a fourth connection line (connection lines 325, 326), and a second inductor. The electrodes of the power transmission device and the power reception device are disposed to oppose each other across a distance of λ/2π or less as a near field, and a resonance frequency of a coupler constituted of the first and the second electrode and the first inductor and a resonance frequency of a coupler constituted of the third and the fourth electrode and the second inductor (inductor 323, 324) are set to be substantially equal. |
| US10097037B2 |
System and method for distributed grid control with sub-cyclic local response capability
Distributed static synchronous series compensators (DSSSCs) which may also be designated tower routers capable of injecting series inductive or capacitive impedances to enable distributed power-flow control. When a large number of these (a fleet of) DSSSCs are distributed over the grid for power-flow control, it is necessary to ensure that coordinated communication and control capabilities are also established, enabling fast reaction to changes that can exist across the grid. A system architecture and method for enabling localized high-speed low-latency intelligent control with communications between subsections (local network) of the grid along with communication to the central Grid operations center at the utility for supervisory control is disclosed herein. The architecture provides sub-cyclic (< 1/60 of a second) response capability, using the local DSSSCs with high-speed communication at the local network level to power-system disturbances, such as power-oscillation damping (POD), sub-synchronous resonance (SSR) etc. |
| US10097034B2 |
UPS system with network monitoring and attached battery pack information sensing functions
A UPS system with network monitoring and attached battery pack information sensing functions includes a UPS apparatus including a UPS body and a UPS monitoring module, and attached battery packs coupled to the UPS body. Each attached battery pack includes a battery pack body, and a battery pack monitoring module that includes a control unit, a sensor module for detecting the status information of the battery pack body, a memory, and a network interface for communication with the UPS monitoring module through a local area network to transmit the status information of the battery pack body. When the battery pack monitoring module transmits the status information to the UPS monitoring module, the manager can link a web browser of an external equipment to a battery pack status page provided by a built-in web server of the UPS monitoring module to get the status information of every attached battery pack. |
| US10097031B2 |
Charging device having small loop transmission coils for wireless charging a target device
A charging device to wirelessly charge a target device, including: a coil antenna having a first surface facing a first direction at which the target device is placed for charging and a second surface facing an opposite direction from the first direction, generating a first magnetic field; a plurality of pairs of metallic small loop transmission coils arranged to the second surface side of the coil antenna, to generate a second magnetic field in response to the first magnetic field to enhance the first magnetic field, the first and second magnetic fields being directed in the first direction; and wherein a first one of each pair of metallic small loop transmission coils is coupled to a second one of the pair in parallel and a size of the first one of each pair is different from that of the second one of the pair, such that when a distance between the target device and the first surface is changed, one of the pair of metallic small loop transmission coils is enabled to be resonant with the coil antenna. |
| US10097029B2 |
Wireless charging transmitter
A wireless charging transmitter has a rectifier circuit, a transmitter coil, a transmitter coil driving circuit, and a control circuit. The rectifier circuit receives an alternating current (AC) mains input voltage and provides a rectified mains voltage. The transmitter coil is provided for inductively coupling with a receiver coil on a device having a battery to be charged. The transmitter coil driving circuit directly receives the rectified mains voltage, and for providing a time-varying driving signal to the transmitter coil. The control circuit is coupled to the transmitter coil to receive charging information from a receiver battery inductively coupled to the transmitter coil through load modulation. In response, the control circuit controls a frequency and duty cycle of the time-varying driving signal based at least in part on the charging information. |
| US10097023B2 |
Charge wake-up circuit for a battery management system
A charge wake-up circuit for Battery Management System (BMS). The circuit includes the charge-discharge module and charge detection module. The charge-discharge module contains Charger W, load R1, first switch K1, second switch K2, battery E, charge MOSFET M1 and discharge MOSFET M2. The charge detection module contains inductance L 1, first diode D1, second diode D2, first resistor R2, second resistor R3, third resistor R4, fourth resistor R5, fifth resistor R6, sixth resistor R7, seventh resistor RS, first capacitor C1, second capacitor C2, third capacitor C3, first transistor Q1, second transistor Q2 and photocoupler U. |
| US10097022B2 |
Mobile terminal and rapid charging method
The application discloses a rapid charging method and a mobile terminal, which are proposed for a power source adaptor outputting dynamically adjustable voltage, where voltage of a battery core is divided into several intervals, and further in a segmented constant-current-like charging mode, a volt value of charging voltage output by the power source adaptor is adjusted dynamically according to an interval in which the core voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal while the battery is being charged lies, and the battery is DC-charged directly using the charging voltage output by the power source adaptor. |
| US10097021B2 |
Charging device and charging method
According to one embodiment, a controller changes, when a charging state transitions from a first state of charging a first battery by using a power from an external power supply to a second state of charging the first battery by using a power from the second battery and if rated power of the external power supply and the rated discharge power of the second battery are different from each other, an upper limit of an input current to a charging circuit to a value corresponding to the rated discharge power of the second battery. |
| US10097016B2 |
System and device for monitoring battery status
A system for measuring a current from a battery with a Hall Effect sensor, the current powering a primary load and a secondary load. The system to calculate a status of the battery based on the measured current, then compare the status of the battery to a predetermined value. The system to activate a relay when the status of the battery is below a predetermined value, activation of the relay to prevent the current from powering the secondary load. |
| US10097015B2 |
Electrical combination
An electrical combination includes a power tool and battery pack. The battery pack includes a detection terminal and a normal terminal, two detection circuits, and a control module for respectively connecting with the two terminals. The control module can detect and compare voltage signals in the detection circuits. One detection circuit is used to provide a comparing reference and the other detection circuit is used as a circuit of the terminals and to apply the same voltage on the terminals. A difference between voltages sampled from voltage sampling points and a predetermined value is compared to determine whether the resistance of the terminals is increased. The method can help to decide whether the connection of terminals is good or not. |
| US10097014B2 |
Battery charger monitor with charge balancing between batteries in a battery supply
A battery charger monitors the voltages across individual batteries in a battery system during recharging of the batteries. The charger identifies a least voltage measurement and identifies the batteries in the battery system that have a voltage measurement that is a predetermined voltage differential above the least voltage measurement. A controller in the charger operates switches to connect a resistor in parallel across each battery having a voltage measurement above the least voltage measurement by the predetermined voltage differential in a one-to-one correspondence to reduce the charge returned to the battery during recharging. |
| US10097008B2 |
Power network system and control method thereof, computer readable media, power router and management server
A control or management of a power router is more adequately performed when constructing a power network system in which power cells are asynchronously connected with each other. The power network system includes a first power router, a second power router and a management server. The first power router transmits power. The second power router receives the power from the first power router and the obtain information indicating the received power. The management server controls the power transmitted by the first power router base on the information indicating the received power. |
| US10096999B2 |
Gas tube-switched flexible alternating current transmission system
A var compensator circuit is provided. The var compensator circuit includes a gas tube switch and a reactive impedance. The gas tube switch is configured to be coupled to a transmission line. The transmission line is configured to deliver real power and reactive power to a load at an alternating current (AC) line voltage. The reactive impedance is configured to be coupled to the transmission line at the AC line voltage through the gas tube switch. The reactive impedance is configured to modify the reactive power configured to be delivered to the load. |
| US10096998B2 |
Distributed reactive power control in power distribution systems
A method regulates voltages of a power distribution system that includes a substation transformer, at least one distributed energy resource (DER) for generating reactive power into the power distribution system, at least one DER controller operatively connected to the DER for controlling an amount of the generated reactive power, and a monitoring controller for monitoring a voltage violation on at least one phase of a monitored bus. The method determines an amount of reactive power required to compensate a voltage violation on the monitored bus using equivalent impedances of a path of the power distribution system between the substation transformer and the monitored bus and a shift of phase angle on the path, and transmits a request to provide the reactive power to compensate the voltage violation. |
| US10096995B2 |
Adaptive power control for energy harvesting
Advances in the arts are disclosed with novel methods and circuit systems for controlling power in an energy harvesting system. Techniques and related systems for controlling power output of an energy harvesting device provide for monitoring at least one power parameter at a power source and monitoring at least one power parameter at a load such as a storage medium. The power source output is adjusted in order to optimize energy harvesting and/or storage based on real-time performance parameters. |
| US10096988B2 |
Auto recovering protection of electromechanical components in a high magnetic field
An apparatus (100) protects a device (80) which has a ferrous electromechanical component which saturates in a high magnetic field (40) and draws a dangerously high electric current. A current sensor (110) senses current in excess of safe operating conditions of the protected device (80) in or near the magnetic field (40). A current switch (120) is controlled by the current sensor (110) and interposed between a power supply (90) and the device (80) to interrupt the current flow to the protected device (80) when the current sensor (110) senses current flow above a threshold due to the saturation. |
| US10096986B2 |
Device for sealing an electrical connection
A sealing device to seal a connection between an electrical conductor with a PVC or silicone insulation, leaving one end of the conductor exposed, and a contact element electrically connected to the conductor. The contact element is covered with a jacket of a semi-crystalline thermoplastic material, and is exposed in the area of bonding with the conductor. A sleeve-shaped adapter of a semi-crystalline thermoplastic material is inserted and surrounds the conductor with a gasket at an end area of the PVC or silicon insulation. The device also includes an overmold of a thermoplastic or terpolymer elastomer that covers the exposed end of the conductor, the exposed portion of the contact element and at least portions of the adapter and of the jacket of the contact element. |
| US10096985B2 |
Cable storage module
A system includes a chassis having an interior containing at least one component secured to a base. A cable storage module is attached to the chassis and has a frame defining an interior space in which a cable is stored. The cable has a first end extending out of the frame for connection to the component and a second end extending out of the frame for connection to a device exterior to the chassis. |
| US10096983B2 |
Electrical accessories and associated methods of use and manufacture
Electrical accessories and associated methods of use and manufacture are provided. In one embodiment, an electrical accessory can be provided. The electrical accessory can include an electrical junction box having a first side wall. The electrical accessory can also include an adjustable bracket coupled to the electrical junction box. The adjustable bracket can include a sliding plate and a mounting plate. The sliding plate can be positioned adjacent the first side wall and can be removably coupled to the electrical junction box. The adjustable bracket can also include a mounting hole axially aligned with the mounting hole of the first side wall of the junction box. The axially aligned mounting holes can be configured to receive a screw such that rotation of the screw moves the sliding plate and electrical junction box in relation to the mounting plate. |
| US10096982B2 |
Electrical connection box
An electrical connection box includes a housing having a temporary fixing projection. The temporary fixing projection includes a locking portion and a plate spring portion. The locking portion is provided with a locking claw projecting toward an outside in a radial direction. The plate spring portion includes a flat surface. In a temporary fixing state where the temporary fixing projection is inserted into a temporary fixing hole of an attachment panel, a locking surface of the locking claw of the locking portion faces a facing surface in an insertion direction. In the temporary fixing state, the plate spring portion is elastically deformed toward an inside in the radial direction. The flat surface of the plate spring portion is in contact with a contact surface and applies, to the attachment panel, a restoring force toward the outside in the radial direction. |
| US10096976B2 |
Spark plug with electrode with a deep welding seam, spark plug with the spark plug electrode, and production method for the spark plug electrode
An electrode for a spark plug, having an electrode base body and a cylindrical wear part, the wear part having a longitudinal axis that extends from an end face of the wear part, facing the electrode base body, to an end face situated opposite this end face, and the wear part having a first region and a second region, the wear part not being fused in the first region and the wear part being fused in the second region. |
| US10096975B1 |
Laterally grown edge emitting laser
A laterally grown edge emitting laser is provided. A semiconductor structure is disposed on a substrate. A first, a second and a third III-V optical layers are sequentially and laterally grown on and from a sidewall of the semiconductor structure. A cladding semiconductor layer is disposed next to the third III-V optical layer and electrically connected to the III-V optical layer. Then, a first contact structure and a second contact structure is disposed on and electrically connected to the semiconductor structure and the cladding semiconductor layer, respectively. In the edge emitting laser, each of the first, second and third III-V optical layers may independently include a III-V semiconductor including at least one of group III elements of boron (B), gallium (Ga), aluminum (Al) and indium (In), and at least one of group V elements of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb) and bismuth (Bi). The laterally grown edge emitting laser may be integrated with a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET). A method for manufacturing the laterally grown edge emitting laser is also provided. |
| US10096968B1 |
Optical frequency comb locking system
Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for locking an optical frequency comb. A device may include comb error measurement and control circuitry to receive a beat tone and carrier envelope offset of an optical frequency comb and provide a fast and slow repetition rate control and a fast and slow carrier envelope offset control. The repetition rate controls and carrier envelope offset controls to control actuators of an optical frequency comb generator. |
| US10096963B2 |
Pulse slicer in laser systems
An apparatus (such as a laser-based system) and method for providing optical pulses in a broad range of pulse widths and pulse energies uses a pulse slicer which is configured to slice a predefined portion having a desired pulse width of each of the one or more output optical pulses from a laser oscillator, in which timings of a rising edge and a falling edge of each sliced optical pulse relative to a time instance of a maximum of the corresponding each of the one or more output optical pulses from the laser oscillator, are chosen at least to maximize amplification efficiency of the optical amplifier, which may be located after the pulse slicer, and to provide the one or more amplified output optical pulses each having the desired pulse energy and pulse width. |
| US10096960B2 |
Brush holder assembly and commutator motor comprising said brush holder assembly
This brush holder assembly includes: a brush holder formed in a disk shape by molding of insulating resin, and including a pair of box fixing sections each including a groove formed from an outer peripheral side toward inside: and brush box assemblies each having a brush box which houses a brush therein, each of the brush box assemblies being disposed in the box fixing section. Each of the brush box assemblies is formed of box-like metal, and has a plurality of mounting legs. Additionally, each of the box fixing sections of the brush holder has a plurality of mounting holes. In this brush holder assembly, these mounting legs are inserted into the respective mounting holes, and the brush box assembly is fixed. Furthermore, in the brush holder assembly of the present invention, the brush holder assemblies face the brush holder through gaps. Additionally, a commutator motor of the present invention includes the above brush holder assembly. |
| US10096956B1 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals fastened to the insulating housing, and a shielding element surrounding the insulating housing. The insulating housing has at least one docking surface. Each of the plurality of the conductive terminals has an extending portion. A surface of the extending portion of each of the plurality of the conductive terminals forms an insulation layer. The shielding element has a base body. At least one portion of a front surface of the base body protrudes frontward to form at least one sealing board attached to a rear of the at least one docking surface. The insulation layer of the extending portion of each of the plurality of the conductive terminals is exposed to the at least one docking surface, and is adjacent to and projects beyond a front surface of the at least one sealing board. |
| US10096954B2 |
Connector
A connector includes a contact, an insulator that holds the contact, and a conductive shell that surrounds and holds the insulator, the contact having a contact portion that is disposed in a counter-connector accommodation portion of the conductive shell, a board connection portion that is to be inserted in a through-hole in a board and connected to a signal pattern of the board, a fixing portion that is disposed between the contact portion and the board connection portion and is fixed to the insulator, a bending portion that is disposed between the fixing portion and the board connection portion and is elastically deformable so as to bend with respect to a fitting direction, and a movable hold portion that is disposed between the bending portion and the board connection portion and is held by the insulator so as to be movable within a predetermined range. |
| US10096953B1 |
Methods and apparatus for shielded and grounded cable system
Methods and apparatus for a shielded and grounded cable assembly include a coaxial cable assembly having a uniform spacing between cables to pre-align the cable assembly in an array corresponding to a connection layout of at a source end. The cable assembly includes a plurality of coaxial cables with exposed shields that are commonly grounded to a drain wire. The cable assembly may also be configured to be connected vertically/perpendicularly to a ball grid array or edge connected to a circuit board. |
| US10096951B1 |
Contraband detection through smart power components
A method and system for contraband detection is provided that allows for the determining whether devices are authorized to receive power from an outlet. A power adapter and/or an outlet authenticate a device when it is connected to the outlet through the power adapter. On the basis of this authentication, a determination is made whether the devices are to receive power from the outlet. If the device is authorized, the outlet is activated, transitioning from inactive state (where no power is relayed through the outlet) to an active state (where power is relayed through the outlet). |
| US10096948B2 |
Electrical connector having a shielding shell with mounting device and a fixing plate welded to the shielding shell internally
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a frontal tongue, the base having a front face; an upper and lower rows of contacts mounted in the insulative housing and exposed respectively to two opposite sides of the tongue; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a protruding wall (44) abutting the front face of the insulative housing base; and a fixing plate (6) received inside the shielding shell and welded to the protruding wall. |
| US10096944B2 |
Connector
A connector includes an insulating housing, a circuit board, a flexible piece, and a plurality of guides. The circuit board has a front end configured to dock with a docking connector, a back end distal to the front end, and a plurality of gold fingers disposed at the front end. The back end is embedded in the insulating housing and the front end is extended outwardly from the insulating housing such that each gold finger is exposed at a surface of the circuit board. The flexible piece is installed at a top surface of the insulating housing. The flexible piece is used to engage with the docking connector. Each gold finger can be electrically connected to the docking connector. Each guide is disposed at two opposite sides of the insulating housing. Each guide extends outwardly towards the docking connector. |
| US10096943B2 |
Restraining device for restraining a coupling from disengaging
A device for restraining a coupling from disengaging is provided. The coupling includes a plug member and a socket member. The plug member couples with the socket member. The device includes an elastic member. The elastic member has a slot in a first portion. The elastic member detachably connects to the socket member at a first end and operably engages to the plug member at a second end through the slot. |
| US10096942B2 |
Hermetically sealed manual disconnect
A hermetically sealed, high voltage manual disconnect that can be manually operated from outside the disconnect to transition between connect and disconnect states. The disconnect comprises a hermetically sealed housing having internal components for changing the state of the disconnect. A gas can fill the housing to allow for reliable high voltage operation. Different embodiments of the manual disconnect can include electrical and electronic components so that the state of the disconnect can be changed in response to an electrical signal. |
| US10096939B2 |
Connector
It is aimed to provide a connector capable of suppressing opening deformation of an operating member and avoiding enlargement. A U-shaped operating member (11) is arranged to straddle a housing (10) and is linearly movable from an initial position to a connection position while arms (37) slide on the housing (10) and proceeds with a connecting operation of the housing (10) and a mating housing (12) by cam engagement of the arms (37) with the mating housing (12) during a movement. The housing (10) includes support shafts (18) and the arms (37) include linearly extending long grooves (39) into which the support shafts (18) are inserted to be slidable in contact therewith. The support shaft (18) includes jaws (19) and the long groove (39) includes an engaging edge (44) configured to contact the jaws (19) in an opening direction of the arm (37). |
| US10096937B2 |
Quick-lock RF coaxial connector
A quick-lock coaxial connector includes: an inner contact; an outer connector body having a mating section at one end; a dielectric spacer disposed between the inner contact and the outer conductor such that the outer conductor body is coaxial with the inner contact; an unthreaded coupling sleeve that at least partially overlies the outer conductor body; an annular slide block positioned within the outer conductor body; a first biasing member that biases the slide block toward the mating section; a second biasing member that biases the coupling sleeve toward the mating section; and a retaining member captured in the mating section of the outer conductor body and movable radially relative to the mating section, the retaining member configured to interact with the slide block and the coupling sleeve to maintain the coupling sleeve in position relative to the outer conductor body. |
| US10096935B2 |
Electrical connector adapted for portable power distribution systems
An electrical connector adapted for portable power distribution systems and other applications in various embodiments includes a versatile lug which may be selectively and repeatedly coupled to a stranded or other conductor and mounted and re-mounted on a bus bar or other mounting surface via a variety of attachment features on the lug. The lug offers numerous ways to attach it to a power bus and is designed for thousands of installations and re-installations each requiring the appropriate torque on the connector rather than a few such installations for which a known connector is designed and rated. The attachment features included in various embodiments of the lug connector allow for horizontal, vertical, side by side and edge clamping among other mounting configurations. |
| US10096934B1 |
Cable support and attachment device
A cable attachment device is formed of a support member and at least one cable adapter. The support member has an elongated support post having inner column with at least two opposing notches formed along a length thereof. The at least one cable adapter has an inner surface and an outer surface and is configured to be inserted onto the support member. The cable adapter also has at least one tab and at least two opposing resilient prongs extending inwardly from the inner surface of the cable adapter, and at least one handle extending outwardly from the outer surface of the cable adapter configured to secure at least one wire or cable thereto. The at least two opposing resilient prongs are configured to engage the at least two opposing notches on the inner column of the support member to secure the cable adapter thereto. |
| US10096926B2 |
Low cost-low profile lead set connector
A patient worn medical monitoring device (10) includes a multi-channel electrical connector (18) for connecting a lead set (22) to a monitoring unit (16) is able to wirelessly transmit a patient's physiological data over a telemetric link to a receiver unit for remote monitoring purposes. The multi-channel electrical connector includes first and second connector elements (40,42) disposed on either one of the monitoring unit or lead set. The first connector element includes a plurality of rigid pins (44) disposed between a plurality of ribs (50). The second connector element includes a compressible substrate carrying flexible electrically conductive pads (46) that flex independently of one another. The connector elements to are configured to such that the pins of the first connector element electrically engage the flexible electrically conductive pads of the second connector element. |
| US10096925B2 |
Connector
A connector (10) includes a body (14), a spring terminal (20) having a spring property and including a holding portion (20A) held in the body (14), a cantilever portion (20B) cantilevered from the body (14) and a connecting portion (20E) configured to be pressed into contact with and connected to a mating terminal (40) in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the cantilever portion (20B) by being bent from the cantilever portion (20B). A metal member (16) is held in the body (14) and extends from the body (14) toward the cantilever portion (20B). An insulating member (50) is disposed on the metal member (16) so as to be between the cantilever portion (20B) and the metal member (16). The insulating member (50) includes a contact portion (50A) configured to contact the cantilever portion (20B) in the intersecting direction. |
| US10096924B2 |
Header contact for header connector of a communication system
A header connector includes a header housing and a contact array of header contacts coupled to the header housing. The header contact has a mating pin at a mating end. The mating pin has a first side and a second side. The mating pin has a tip at a front of the mating pin. The mating pin has a top mating interface remote from and rearward of the tip configured to engage a first flexible contact finger of a receptacle contact. The mating pin has a bottom mating interface remote from and rearward of the tip configured to engage a second flexible contact finger of the receptacle contact. The header contact has an edge mating interface at the first side proximate to the tip configured to engage the receptacle contact. |
| US10096923B2 |
Electric contact and socket for electric parts
An electric contact for preventing a terminal of an electric part and the electric contact from sticking to each other after a continuity test to improve the durability of the electric contact; and a socket for electric parts using the electric contact. The electric contact of this invention includes a first layer made from a material into which Sn melts and diffuses upon application of heat; and a second layer formed on the outer side of the first layer and made from a material lower in the rate at which Sn melts and diffuses upon application of heat than the first layer. |
| US10096920B2 |
Power connector and electrical terminal assembly thereof
A power connector includes an insulated housing and at least one electrical terminal assembly. The insulated housing has at least one terminal receiving hole. The at least one electrical terminal assembly is inserted in the at least one terminal receiving hole. Each electrical terminal assembly has an inner terminal, and an outer terminal. Each inner terminal has a connecting section, and an elastic section connected to the connecting section. Each outer terminal has a conductive portion, a leg portion arranged at one end of the conductive portion, and a curve portion arranged between the conductive portion and the leg portion. The leg portion is exposed outside of the insulated housing. The connecting section of the inner terminal is fixedly connected to the conductive portion of the outer terminal. The present disclosure further has an electrical terminal assembly. |
| US10096919B2 |
Card edge connector with terminal fitting configured to pivot in a housing in response to differential thermal expansion for avoiding abrasion of contact portion of terminal fitting
It is aimed to avoid the abrasion of a contact portion of a terminal fitting. When a harness-side housing (4) is connected to a board-side housing (1), a contact portion (12) of a terminal fitting (3) resiliently contacts a circuit board (2), whereas a body portion (5) of the terminal fitting (3) is pressed against a ceiling wall (19) of a cavity (14). The body portion (5) is formed with a projecting edge (13). When there is a thermal expansion difference in an arrangement direction of the cavities (14) between the circuit board (2) and the harness-side housing (4), the terminal fitting (3) pivots with a resilient abutting part of the contact portion (12) and the circuit board (2) serving as a supporting point. |
| US10096918B1 |
Connector
A connector includes a base member having a first surface facing a bottom surface of a flexible substrate, a contact having a second surface facing a conductive portion exposed on a top surface of the flexible substrate, a projection protrudingly formed at one of the base member and the contact, a projection accommodating portion of recess shape disposed at the other of the base member and the contact and configured to accommodate the projection as sandwiching the flexible substrate therebetween, and a blade member configured to cut the flexible substrate at a position corresponding to the projection when the projection is accommodated in the projection accommodating portion with the flexible substrate being sandwiched therebetween. |
| US10096916B2 |
Terminal member and connector
A connector has a fixing hole in an intermediate portion of a terminal member, and has an engagement portion projecting downward in a thickness direction, at an end portion at a front end side of the fixing hole. Therefore, when the terminal member is attached to a housing, movement of the terminal member toward a rear end side can be restricted by fitting a projection portion of the housing into the fixing hole. Furthermore, since the engagement portion is provided to the terminal member, movement of the terminal member toward the rear end side can be restricted by engaging the engagement portion with a front end surface of a protrusion portion of the housing. |
| US10096911B2 |
Dual-band antenna and antenna system
The present invention discloses a dual-band antenna. The dual-band antenna includes a first radiating element and a second radiating element. The first radiating element is parallel to a first plane, operates at a first frequency band, and has a first edge and a second edge. The first edge and the second edge are connected through a central portion. The second radiating element is parallel to a second plane, adjacent to the first edge, the second edge and a first side of the central portion, and operates at a second frequency band, where the first plane is perpendicular to the second plane. |
| US10096910B2 |
Multimode antenna structures and methods thereof
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for electrically coupling a first lower frequency radiator of a first antenna to a first upper frequency radiator of a second antenna via a shared first port, electrically coupling a second lower frequency radiator of the first antenna to a second upper frequency radiator of the second antenna via a shared second port, suppressing, at least in part, with at least one first filter, first signals of the first lower frequency radiator from entering the first upper frequency radiator, second signals of the first upper frequency radiator from entering the first lower frequency radiator, or both, and suppressing, at least in part, with at least one second filter, third signals of the second lower frequency radiator from entering the second upper frequency radiator, fourth signals of the second upper frequency radiator from entering the second lower frequency radiator, or both. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10096909B2 |
Multi-band monopole planar antennas configured to facilitate improved radio frequency (RF) isolation in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna arrangement
Embodiments disclosed include multi-band monopole planar antennas configured to facilitate radio frequency (RF) isolation in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna arrangement. In one aspect, a multi-band monopole planar antenna is provided and configured to generate a slant 45° radiation polarization in the lower frequency band. As a result, sufficient RF isolation may be achieved in the lower frequency band when a plurality of dual-band monopole planar antennas is placed in the MIMO arrangement. In another aspect, the multi-band monopole planar antenna is configured not to support certain unused RF bands, thus facilitating height reduction in the multi-band monopole planar antenna. By configuring the dual-band monopole planar antenna to generate the slant-45 radiation polarization in the lower frequency band, a plurality of the multi-band monopole planar antennas may be placed in close proximity to each other to support MIMO operation without compromising RF performance. |
| US10096903B2 |
Antenna, antenna device and communication device
Provided is an antenna that can facilitate favorable communications even if no metal body is located near the antenna and even if the antenna is located within a metal body. An antenna is characterized in that the antenna comprises: a core (11) having a plane; a coil winding part (area B) of the plane about which a coil is wound; and no-coil winding parts (areas A, C) of the plane about which no coil is wound, wherein the coil winding part is sandwiched between the no-coil winding parts in the axial direction of the coil on the plane, and the width of the plane in the axial direction of the coil is equal to or greater than the width of the plane in the winding direction of the coil. |
| US10096902B2 |
Antenna arrangement, communication appliance and antenna structure
In various embodiments, an antenna arrangement is provided. The antenna arrangement may include at least one integrated circuit; at least one loop antenna that is coupled to the integrated circuit and that forms a loop antenna region; at least one antenna that is coupled to the integrated circuit and that has a magnet core; wherein at least one portion of the magnet core is arranged above a portion of the loop antenna region; wherein the portion of the magnet core overlaps the portion of the loop antenna region; or wherein the portion of the magnet core does not overlap the portion of the loop antenna region. |
| US10096899B2 |
Method for orienting the beam of an electronic scanning antenna, and sending/receiving system implementing such a method
An electronic scanning antenna composed of an array of radiating elements positioned in an initial geometric configuration at a reference temperature, geometric configuration models of the array as a function of the temperature having been set up beforehand, the orientation of the beam being carried out by: a first phase of measuring the temperature of the array in order to select a model corresponding to the measured temperature; a second phase of calculating the phases to be applied to the signals of the radiating elements, the phases to be applied depending on the selected model. |
| US10096897B2 |
Ground to air antenna array
An array antenna with each antenna element in the array being physically tilted away from a base plane of the array. End antenna elements are tilted at a higher angle than regular antenna elements. The radiation pattern, the end antenna elements can provide coverage directly above the antenna array (i.e. at 90 degrees to the horizontal) for different electrical tilts. |
| US10096889B2 |
Mobile device
A mobile device includes an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a main radiation element, a first parasitic element, and a second parasitic element. The main radiation element has a feeding point. The first parasitic element has a first grounding point. The first parasitic element is adjacent to the main radiation element, and the first grounding point is adjacent to the feeding point. The second parasitic element has a second grounding point. The second parasitic element is adjacent to an end of the main radiation element. |
| US10096886B2 |
Antenna alignment method and device
The present disclosure provides an antenna alignment method and device. The method comprises: according to an antenna type of an antenna and a pre-selected image element type, acquiring a standard feature image corresponding to the antenna type and the image element type from a feature image library; according to the standard feature image, determining an actual feature image of the antenna to be adjusted, wherein there is a correlation between the position of a main lobe in the standard feature image and an alignment direction of a main lobe in the actual feature image; and according to the position of the main lobe, determining the alignment direction of the main lobe in the actual feature image, and adjusting the antenna to be adjusted to the alignment direction of the main lobe in the actual feature image. |
| US10096884B2 |
Resonator, filter, duplexer, and multiplexer
A resonator, a filter, a duplexer, and a multiplexer are disclosed. In an embodiment a resonator includes a resonant cavity casing having a resonant cavity and an open end, a cover covering the open end and being connected to the resonant cavity casing and a resonance tube located inside the resonant cavity. The resonator further includes a tuning rod disposed inside the resonance tube and a dielectric material located in the resonant cavity, wherein the dielectric material is located in a capacitance area formed between a top of the resonance tube and the cover, wherein the tuning rod is rotatable relative to the dielectric material, and wherein surfaces of the tuning rod and the dielectric material face each other and comprise non-circular structures so that an overlapping of the surfaces is changeable to adjust a frequency when the tuning rod is rotated relative to the dielectric material. |
| US10096882B2 |
Duplexer
A duplexer according to the present invention includes a transmission-side terminal, a reception-side terminal, a common terminal, a transmission-side circuit unit, and a reception-side circuit unit. Here, the transmission-side circuit unit is connected between the transmission-side terminal and the common terminal. The reception-side circuit unit is connected between the common terminal and the reception-side terminal. The transmission-side circuit unit includes a first transmission-side filter, a second transmission-side filter, and a transmission-side directional propagation circuit. Here, the first transmission-side filter is provided in the subsequent stage of the transmission-side terminal. The second transmission-side filter is provided in a stage subsequent to the first transmission-side filter. The transmission-side directional propagation circuit is connected between the first transmission-side filter and the second transmission-side filter. The reception-side circuit unit includes a first reception-side filter, a second reception-side filter, and a reception-side directional propagation circuit. Here, the first reception-side filter is provided in the subsequent stage of the common terminal. The second reception-side filter is provided in a stage subsequent to the first reception-side filter. The reception-side directional propagation circuit is connected between the first reception-side filter and the second reception-side filter. |
| US10096879B2 |
Shaped magnetic bias circulator
A circulator is provided, comprising, first second and third conductors forming three equally spaced junctions and a permanent magnet configured to apply a shaped bias magnetic field to a ferrite resonator in operable communication with the first, second, and third conductors. The permanent magnet comprises a substantially planar monolithic structure having defined thereon at least first and second substantially concentric regions having first and second respective magnetic field strength levels, wherein the second magnetic field strength level is lower than the first magnetic field strength level. The first and second magnetic field strength levels are configured to cooperate to shape an external bias magnetic field of the permanent magnet to counteract at least a portion of a demagnetizing effect resulting from of an overall shape of the ferrite resonator, to achieve a substantially uniform internal magnetic bias within at least a portion of the ferrite resonator. |
| US10096876B2 |
Waveguide device with sidewall features
Methods, systems, and devices are described that include one or more sidewall features to improve performance of a waveguide device. In particular, the sidewall features may be utilized within a polarizer section of a polarizer device such as a septum polarizers. The sidewall feature(s) may include recesses and/or protrusions. When a plurality of sidewall features are employed, the size, shape, spacing and kind (e.g., recess or protrusion) may vary according to a particular design. |
| US10096875B2 |
System and method for increasing electrical efficiency of metal-air cell
Flow directing element in a metal air cell is configured to cause evenly distributed flow of aqueous electrolyte solution electrolyte in it over the anode. Flow distributing element in a metal air cell is configured to lengthen the path of electrolyte flow from an inlet to the anode, thereby to increase ohmic resistance to shunt currents in the cell. A battery with these cells consumes the metal in the metal anodes evenly and with minimized shunt currents. |
| US10096874B2 |
Electrical energy store
An electrical energy store is provided, including a storage cell, which in turn has an air electrode, which is connected to air channels in an air supply device, and a storage electrode, wherein the storage electrode adjoins a storage structure, wherein electrical contacts rest on the storage electrode, further wherein contact pins which protrude out of a surface of the storage structure are integrated in the storage structure, and the contact pins are in electrical contact with the storage electrode. |
| US10096873B2 |
Protected anode structure suitable for use in metal/air batteries
A metal/air electrochemical cell comprising at least one air cathode, an alkaline electrolyte and at least one anode component, wherein the anode component is in the form a spatial body bounded by a surface consisting of two opposite parallel bases and lateral sides, with said lateral sides being provided thereon with a protective member comprising a resilient polymer seal. |
| US10096872B2 |
Battery unit
A lower battery module includes lower batteries and lower cooling air passages. An upper battery module is provided at an downstream of the lower battery module in a flow direction of the cooling air. The upper battery module includes upper batteries and upper cooling air passages. An intermediate duct is provided between the upper battery module and the lower battery module to prevent leakage of the cooling air. The intermediate duct includes a cutwater portion. The cutwater portion is provided along an inner circumference of the intermediate duct to cut a continuous flow of water from an inside of the upper battery module to an inside of the lower battery module. |
| US10096871B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack including a plurality of battery cells aligned in a first column, a second column, and a third column; a bypass member, the bypass member including supporting surfaces that support the plurality of battery cells in the first and second columns, and forming a bypass flow path that bypasses the battery cells in the first and second columns; and compensation members, the compensation members including supporting surfaces that support the plurality of battery cells in the third column, wherein the supporting surfaces of the compensation members are substantially coplanar with the supporting surfaces of the bypass member. |
| US10096870B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a power generating element having a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer containing lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt composite oxide on a surface of a current collector, an electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode. At least one of the following conditions (1) to (4) is satisfied. (1) A value obtained by dividing a direct current resistance of the battery by a heat resistance in a plane direction of the battery is 0.055 or more; (2) a value obtained by dividing a direct current resistance of the battery by a heat capacity of the battery is 3.080×10−6 or more; (3) a value obtained by dividing a battery capacity by a heat resistance in a plane direction of the battery is 880 or more; and (4) a value obtained by dividing a battery capacity by a heat capacity of the battery is 0.05000 or more. |
| US10096866B2 |
Semiconductor device, battery pack, and mobile terminal
A semiconductor device includes: a voltage measurement unit that measures an output voltage of a battery; a current measurement unit that measures a discharge current of the battery; and a controller that determines, in a first measurement mode, whether to employ a first discharge current as a power calculation current based on a difference between the first and a second discharge current, the second discharge current being the discharge current measured by the current measurement unit before the first discharge current is measured, in which: the controller estimates an internal resistance of the battery based on the power calculation current and the output voltage measured in the first measurement mode and the discharge current and the output voltage measured in a second measurement mode, and calculates, based on the internal resistance that is estimated, a maximum power amount that can be output by the battery in the second measurement mode. |
| US10096863B2 |
Electrical accumulator with water sensor
A boat is disclosed. The boat includes an electrical storage having a storage element electrically connected to a positive and a negative pole. The boat also includes a water sensor configured to determine whether one of the poles is in contact with water, and a disconnection device operatively connected to the water sensor and configured to interrupt the electrical connection between at least one of the poles and the storage element when the water sensor determines that one of the poles is in contact with water. |
| US10096862B2 |
Lead-acid battery
A microporous acid-resistant resin separator has a total pore volume ratio of 55% or more and less than 75%. A negative electrode plate is made of an electrode material containing a bisphenol condensate. Thereby, a lead-acid battery can be obtained, which reduces the softening of a positive electrode material and has excellent low-temperature high rate discharge performance. |
| US10096859B2 |
Electrolytes with ionic liquid additives for lithium ion batteries
Electrolytes, anodes, lithium ion cells and methods are provided for preventing lithium metallization in lithium ion batteries to enhance their safety. Electrolytes comprise up to 20% ionic liquid additives which form a mobile solid electrolyte interface during charging of the cell and prevent lithium metallization and electrolyte decomposition on the anode while maintaining the lithium ion mobility at a level which enables fast charging of the batteries. Anodes are typically metalloid-based, for example include silicon, germanium, tin and/or aluminum. A surface layer on the anode bonds, at least some of the ionic liquid additive to form an immobilized layer that provides further protection at the interface between the anode and the electrolyte, prevents metallization of lithium on the former and decomposition of the latter. |
| US10096858B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte and nonaqueous secondary battery
Provided are a nonaqueous electrolyte excellent in the prevention of overcharge and capable of retaining a small internal resistance and a high electrical capacity even after charge/discharge cycles and a nonaqueous secondary battery using the same. Specifically, the nonaqueous electrolyte is a lithium salt solution in an organic solvent and contains at least one compound having general formula (1), and the nonaqueous secondary battery includes a negative electrode capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, a positive electrode containing a transition metal and lithium, and the nonaqueous electrolyte. The details of formula (1) are also provided. |
| US10096857B2 |
Garnet-type solid electrolyte and method for preparing the same
Disclosed are a garnet-type solid electrolyte and a method for preparing the same. The garnet-based solid electrolyte of the present invention is prepared by adding Al2O3 to a precursor containing hydroxide, thereby enhancing sintered density and ionic conductivity while having a pure cubic phase crystal structure without including impurities. |
| US10096856B2 |
Electrode assembly with tape and electrochemical device comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to an electrode assembly for preventing a phenomenon of a separator being pressed and/or disconnected from occurring when a free edge electrode is wound into a jelly roll, and an electrochemical device comprising the electrode assembly. |
| US10096855B2 |
Redox flow cell membrane
A redox flow cell membrane includes a porous membrane that has a mean flow pore size of not more than 100 nm, that has a thickness of not more than 500 μm, and that has an air flow rate of not less than 0.1 ml/s·cm2. When the redox flow cell membrane is used for a V—V-based redox flow cell, the porous membrane preferably has a mean flow pore size of not more than 30 nm. |
| US10096852B2 |
Gas purge control for coolant in a fuel cell
A fuel cell includes a water transport plate providing a water flow field. The water flow field permits a flow of water having an entrained gas. A vent is in fluid communication with the water flow field. At least some of the gas is released from fuel cell by opening a vent. In a disclosed example, a valve is opened in response to conditions indicative of an undesired amount of gas. For example, the valve is actuated in response to a signal from a water level sensor. In another example, the valve is opened based upon a schedule. |
| US10096842B2 |
Vanadium solution, electrolyte comprising same, secondary battery comprising same, and method for preparing same
The present specification relates to a vanadium solution, an electrolyte including the same, a secondary battery including the same, and a method for preparing the same. |
| US10096836B2 |
Electrode, and method for producing battery and electrode
Disclosed is an electrode. An electrode according to the present invention includes an active material layer; and a current collector which includes a plurality of conductive filaments, wherein at least one from among the plurality of conductive filaments is embedded in the active material layer so that a set length is exposed from the surface thereof. |
| US10096825B2 |
Composite anode active material, preparing method thereof, anode including the composite anode active material, and lithium secondary battery including the anode
A composite anode active material includes a first core member including a silicon-containing material; a second core member including at least one selected from metal nitride and metal carbide; and a coating layer on at least one of the first core member and the second core member. The coating layer contains metal silicide. |
| US10096824B2 |
Electrochemical storage material and electrochemical storage device for storing electrical energy, comprising such a storage material
Storage material, for storing electrical energy by reduction or oxidation of an active component, comprises the active component in at least a reduced and/or oxidized form and a reactive framework structure that is capable of chemically integrating at least one form of the active component in the form of a mixed oxide or an alloy into the reactive framework structure during the charging or discharging process. In the case of an oxidic framework structure, said integration can occur by formation of at least one stable mixed oxide of the active component and an oxide from the framework structure. In the case of the metallic framework structure, said integration can occur by forming an alloy of active component and at least one metal of the framework structure. |
| US10096823B2 |
Electrode material, nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack, and vehicle
According to one embodiment, an electrode material is provided. The electrode material includes active material particles. The active material particle includes a phase of a monoclinic titanium dioxide and a phase of the spinel type lithium titanate. The active material particle includes a shell part and a core part surrounded by the shell part. The shell part is formed by dispersing at least a part of the phase of the spinel type lithium titanate on the active material particle. The core part includes a part of the phase of the monoclinic titanium dioxide. |
| US10096819B2 |
Method for forming an electrical connection to a conductive fibre electrode and electrode so formed
A method for forming an electrical connection to a microscale electrically conductive fiber material electrode element, such as a carbon fiber electrode element of a Pb-acid battery, comprises pressure impregnating into the fiber material an electrically conductive lug material, such as molten Pb metal, to surround and/or penetrate fibers and form an electrical connection to the fiber material and provide a lug for external connection of the electrode element. Other methods of forming a lug for external connection are also disclosed. |
| US10096815B2 |
Electric power storage device
A rechargeable battery is provided with a pressure release valve and a current interruption mechanism. The current interruption mechanism includes a deformation plate. When the internal pressure of the case reaches an interruption activation pressure, the deformation plate receives the internal pressure and is deformed to break a conducting portion. In the current interruption mechanism, a pressure that is set for maintaining the sealing at the contact portion between the deformation plate and a negative electrode conductor is defined as a sealing portion withstanding pressure, and the pressure that is set for maintaining the shape of the case is defined as a case withstanding pressure. The pressure for activating the pressure release valve is defined as a valve activation pressure. In this case, the sealing portion withstanding pressure and the valve activation pressure are set higher than the interruption activation pressure and lower than the case withstanding pressure. |
| US10096814B2 |
Battery pack
The present description discloses a battery pack capable of being detachably attached to an apparatus including an apparatus terminal having a flat plate-like shape by sliding the battery pack in a sliding direction along the apparatus terminal. The battery pack includes a battery terminal capable of engaging with the apparatus terminal so as to be electrically connected therewith. The battery terminal includes a pair of elastic clamping pieces configured to receive the apparatus terminal when the battery pack is attached to the apparatus and to clamp the apparatus terminal from both sides of the apparatus terminal. In the battery pack, the pair of the elastic clamping pieces extends in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction. |
| US10096813B2 |
Battery design with bussing integral to battery assembly
A Lithium-Ion monoblock battery assembly including a housing having a cavity for receiving an electrode assembly. Also including a cover sealingly attached to the housing, and a bussing integrally molded with at least one of the housing and the cover. |
| US10096807B2 |
Battery system
A battery system having at least a pair of battery modules, each battery module having a base plate and a cell stack secured on a base surface of the base plate. A first offset is arranged on a first side of the base plate and a first section is arranged on a second side opposite the first side. First threaded holes are arranged in the first offset and in the first section, parallel to the direction of extent of the first offset and of the first section. The battery modules are connected to one another via the auxiliary frame by screwing into the first threaded holes through through-holes arranged in the auxiliary frame. |
| US10096806B2 |
System and method for clamping interconnection of battery cells
A battery module includes a power assembly including a first battery cell and a second battery cell in a stacked orientation relative to each other, wherein the first battery cell comprises a first tab electrode extending therefrom, and wherein the second battery cell comprises a second tab electrode extending therefrom. The battery module also includes an interconnect assembly configured to facilitate electrically coupling the first tab electrode with the second tab electrode with the first and second battery cells in the stacked orientation. The interconnect assembly includes a coupling structure about which the first and second tab electrodes at least partially conform. In addition, the interconnect assembly includes a clamp disposed about the coupling structure and the first and second tab electrodes such that the first and second tab electrodes are secured in electrical communication. |
| US10096805B1 |
Battery adapter for battery-powered device
A battery adapter cartridge for removably positioning in a battery compartment of an electrically-powered device to provide electrical power may comprise an elongated case having opposite ends and defining at least one bay configured to receive a battery. The case may include a perimeter wall defining a case interior and each bay occupies a section of the case interior, with an opening formed in the case for each bay. The case may include a pair of end walls each positioned at a respective end of the cartridge and a pair of electrical contacts mounted on the opposite ends walls. The cartridge may include at least one electrical connector configured to connect to a battery positioned in the at least one bay and the electrical connectors and the electrical contacts are connected. |
| US10096800B2 |
Display device including reflecting layer
A display device includes a reflecting layer. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower substrate; an upper substrate facing the lower substrate; a thin film transistor on the lower substrate; and a first reflecting layer on a first surface of the upper substrate, the first surface facing the lower substrate, in which the lower substrate and the upper substrate include a display area for displaying an image, and a peripheral area outside the display area, and wherein the first reflecting layer is at the peripheral area, at display area, and at an area adjacent an edge of the upper substrate. |
| US10096797B2 |
Encapsulation film and organic electronic device comprising the same
Provided are an encapsulation film, an organic electronic device comprising the same, and a method of manufacturing the organic electronic device. When the organic electronic device is encapsulated using the encapsulation film, an excellent moisture barrier property may be realized, and as reflection or scattering of light is prevented by absorbing and blocking internal or external light, external defects of the organic electronic device may be prevented. |
| US10096795B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing the display device
It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology for manufacturing a highly reliable display device at a low cost with high yield. In the present invention, a spacer is formed over a pixel electrode, thereby protecting the pixel electrode layer from a mask in formation of an electroluminescent layer. In addition, since a layer that includes an organic material that has water permeability is sealed in a display device with a sealing material and the sealing material and the layer that includes the organic material are not in contact, deterioration of a light-emitting element due to a contaminant such as water can be prevented. The sealing material is formed in a portion of a driver circuit region in the display device, and thus, the narrower frame margin of the display device can also be accomplished. |
| US10096794B2 |
OLED display having a sealant disposed on sealing substructures comprising through-portions therebetween
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a lower substrate with a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, an upper substrate facing the lower substrate and a display unit disposed on the display area. The display also includes a sealant disposed on the peripheral area and sealing the lower and upper substrates and a first metal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the sealant. The first metal layer includes a plurality of first through-portions extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. The display also includes a second metal layer disposed on the first metal layer and comprising a plurality of second through-portions respectively corresponding to the first through-portions. |
| US10096792B2 |
Display device having window member and method of manufacturing window member
A display device includes a window member and a display module coupled to the window member. The window member includes a first resin layer and a second resin layer. The first resin layer is on the display module and has a first elongation, a first thickness, and a first hardness. The second resin layer is on the display module and the first resin layer and has a second elongation smaller than the first elongation, a second thickness greater than the first thickness, and a second hardness greater than the first hardness. |
| US10096791B2 |
Organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting display device using the same
An organic light emitting diode and an organic light emitting display apparatus using the organic light emitting diode are provided. The organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode to emit white light, and the organic layer is configured to emit white light in which an X-axis coordinate value in a color coordinate system is equal to or greater than 0.29, a Y-axis coordinate value in the color coordinate system is in a range of 0.32 to 0.45, and the Y-axis coordinate value in the color coordinate system is equal to or greater than the X-axis coordinate value in the color coordinate system. |
| US10096790B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display, a plurality of first reflectors, a light processing member, and a plurality of light sources. The first reflectors each have a first bottom part that is disposed on a rear face side of the display and a first peripheral part that extends from an outer edge of the first bottom part toward a rear face of the display, with a surface of the first bottom part and a surface of the first peripheral part forming an obtuse angle. The light processing member is disposed between the display and the first reflectors, the light processing member being spaced apart from the first reflectors by a specific distance. The light sources are disposed relative to the surfaces of the first bottom parts, respectively. |
| US10096788B2 |
Reducing undesirable capacitive coupling in transistor devices
A transistor device comprising: source and drain conductors connected by a semiconductor channel; and a gate conductor capacitively coupled to the semiconductor channel via a gate dielectric; wherein the gate conductor comprises at least one portion overlapping at least part of at least one of said source and drain conductors; and further comprising a patterned insulator interposed between at least part of said at least one of the source and drain conductors and said at least one overlapping portion of said gate conductor so as to reduce capacitive coupling between the said at least one of the source and drain conductors and the gate conductor by more than any reduction in capacitive coupling between the semiconductor channel and the gate conductor. |
| US10096787B2 |
Bio-solar cells
A bio-solar cell including: one or more photosynthetic complexes, each photosynthetic complex including one or more chlorophyll compounds and one or more components of Photosystem II; one or more carbon nanotubes upon which the one or more photosynthetic complexes are bound at a first region of the one or more carbon nanotubes; and a conductive substrate attached to a second region of the one or more carbon nanotubes. |
| US10096785B2 |
Tetracenothiophene derivatives with alkoxy-c-alkyne solubilising units and their applications as organic semiconductors
Tetracenothiophene derivatives are disclosed, which comprise alkoxy-C-alkyne solubilizing groups at transversal positions of the tetracenothiophene unit. These compounds enable preferential molecular stacking and a high field effect mobility and at the same time show improved solubility as compared to known benzothiophene- and pentacene-based materials. In addition, organic thin films comprising these derivatives, their use in electronic devices and components, such as organic thin film transistors, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. |
| US10096780B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes: i) a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer, and including at least one selected from a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an emission auxiliary layer, and an electron blocking layer, and ii) an electron transport region between the emission layer and the second electrode and including an electron transport layer, in addition to at least one selected from a hole blocking layer, an electron control layer, a buffer layer, and an electron injection layer, wherein the electron transport region includes a compound represented by Formula 1: |
| US10096777B2 |
Composition for organic optoelectric device and organic optoelectric device and display device
Disclosed are a composition for an organic optoelectric device including at least one first compound for an organic optoelectric device represented by Chemical Formula 1; and at least one second compound for an organic optoelectric device including a carbazole moiety represented by Chemical Formula 2, an organic optoelectric device include the same, and a display device. Details of Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2 are the same as defined in the specification. |
| US10096776B2 |
Method for lithographic patterning of organic layers
A method is provided for photolithographic patterning of an organic layer, comprising: providing a shielding layer on the organic layer; providing a photoresist layer on the shielding layer; illuminating the photoresist layer through a shadow mask; developing the photoresist layer, thereby forming a patterned photoresist layer; performing a first dry etching step using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask, thereby removing at least an upper portion of the photoresist layer and completely removing the shielding layer at locations not covered by the photoresist layer; performing a second dry etching step using the patterned shielding layer as a mask, thereby removing the organic layer at locations not covered by the shielding layer; and removing the shielding layer, wherein removing the shielding layer comprises exposing it to water. A method of the present disclosure may advantageously be used in a process for fabricating organic semiconductor based devices and circuits. |
| US10096775B2 |
Substrate for use in manufacturing display device and method for forming element on substrate
A substrate is for use in manufacturing a display device. The substrate includes a first area that corresponds to pixel positions. The substrate further includes a second area adjacent to the first area. The substrate further includes a first mark disposed in the second area, wherein a first virtual line corresponds to the first mark. The substrate further includes a second mark disposed in the second area and spaced from the first mark, wherein a second virtual line corresponds to the second mark and intersects the first virtual line at a virtual reference point. The substrate further includes an indicator disposed in the second area, spaced from the first mark and the second mark, and corresponding to an opening of a mask, wherein a positional relation between the virtual reference point and a point of the indicator represents a positional relation between the substrate and the mask. |
| US10096767B2 |
Elongated magnetoresistive tunnel junction structure
A Magnetoresistive Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device includes an elongated MTJ structure formed onto a substrate, the MTJ structure including a magnetic reference layer and a tunnel barrier layer. The MTJ device also includes a number of discrete free magnetic regions disposed onto the tunnel barrier layer. The ratio of length to width of the elongated MTJ structure is such that the magnetic field of the magnetic reference layer is pinned in a single direction. |
| US10096766B2 |
Method for evaluating piezoelectric film, piezoelectric element, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus
A method for evaluating a piezoelectric film containing a perovskite oxide containing a lead atom, a zirconium atom, and a titanium atom, and the method includes a process of irradiating the piezoelectric film with X-rays to acquire an extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectrum at the L3 absorption edge of the lead atom, a process of Fourier-transforming the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectrum to acquire a radial distribution function, and a process of acquiring the intensity of a first peak having a distance from the lead atom of 1.4±0.2 Å, the intensity of a second peak having a distance from the lead atom of 2.0±0.2 Å, and the intensity of a third peak having a distance from the lead atom of 2.6±0.2 Å from the radial distribution function, and then evaluating the film quality of the piezoelectric film from a value obtained by dividing the intensity of the first peak by the intensity of the second peak and a value obtained by dividing the intensity of the first peak by the intensity of the third peak. |
| US10096765B2 |
Piezoelectric energy harvester
A piezoelectric energy harvester has a box, a plurality of first arc-shaped metal stands and a plurality of arc-shaped piezoelectric elements. The box has an upper portion, a connection base, a buffer element and a lower portion. The connection base situates between the upper portion and the lower portion. The upper portion movably connects with the lower portion through the buffer element. The plurality of first arc-shaped metal stands situated on a side of the connection base in the box. Each of the arc-shaped piezoelectric elements locates on each of the first arc-shaped metal stands. When an external force applied on the box, the plurality of first arc-shaped metal stands deforms due to the compression from the upper portion and consequently causes the deformation of the arc-shaped piezoelectric elements for generating electricity accordingly. |
| US10096759B2 |
Semiconductor light source
A light source may comprise a thermally conductive frame comprising a base and a faceted portion extending from the base. The faceted portion may comprise a plurality of facets spaced circumferentially thereabout. Additionally, a hollow passageway may extend through the base and axially through the faceted portion. A plurality of LED chips may be arranged on the plurality of facets to provide an emission of light in an arc of 360 degrees. |
| US10096756B2 |
Side view light emitting diode package
A side view LED package for a backlight unit includes a package body having a cavity with an inclined inner sidewall, first and second lead frames arranged in the package body, the cavity of the package body exposing a portion of at least one of the first and second lead frames placed in a bottom of the cavity to outside, a light emitting diode chip mounted on the bottom of the cavity to be electrically connected to the first and second lead frames, and a transparent encapsulant arranged in the cavity surrounding the light emitting diode chip. The cavity has a depth larger than a mounting height of the light emitting diode chip and not exceeding six times of the mounting height. The height of the sidewall is shortened to improve beam angle characteristics of emission light, increase light quantity, and prevent a molding defect of the sidewall. |
| US10096755B2 |
Light emitting diode with low refractive index material layers to reduce light guiding effects
A light-emitting diode (LED) for emitting emitted light having a particular wavelength, said LED comprising: (a) at least one n-doped layer; (b) at least one p-doped layer; (c) an active region comprising at least one layer of light-emitting material disposed between said at least one n-doped layer and said at least one p-doped layer, said active region having an average refractive index, calculated by averaging the LED's refractive index across the thickness of the active region; and (d) at least one low refractive index layer disposed within said particular wavelength of said active region, said at least one low refractive index layer having a refractive index below said average refractive index and a thickness sufficient to limit light being emitted into a guided mode of said active region to no more than 10% of said emitted light. |
| US10096754B2 |
Silicone resin film, curable silicone resin composition, optical semiconductor device, and packaging method for optical semiconductor device
The disclosure provides a silicone resin film comprising a release substrate and a silicone resin coating layer formed by coating a curable silicone resin composition on the release substrate and curing the curable silicon resin composition, wherein the silicone resin composition comprises 10 to 25 parts by weight of linear polysiloxane; 40 to 55 parts by weight of a first silicone resin wherein the first silicone resin have at least following siloxane units represented by the general formulas: R1SiO3/2 and a R22SiO2/2, wherein the molar fraction of R1SiO3/2 unit is present in the range of 0.60 to 0.75 in the general formula; 15 to 30 parts by weight of a second silicone resin; 15 to 25 parts by weight of a Si—H containing polysiloxane; a platinum group metal catalyst and phosphor powder. |
| US10096753B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device has a lens, extended to outside of the mounting substrate on which a semiconductor a light emitting element is mounted, and leakage of light is reduced. A light emitting element, a substrate having the light emitting element mounted on its upper surface, and a lens, having a curved upper surface encloses the light emitting element and the upper surface of the substrate is included. From the bottom surface of the lens, a lower surface of the substrate is exposed. In a top view from a perpendicular direction to the upper surface of the substrate, the bottom surface of the lens includes an outer extending portion where the bottom surface is extended to outside of the substrate, and a inclined portion, which inclines with respect to a direction approximately in parallel to the upper surface of the substrate, at an end portion of the outer extending portion. |
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Light emitting device
A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device includes a light emitting element, which emits blue light, and a light transmissive member having a first principal face bonded to the light emitting element and a second principal face opposite the first principal face. The light transmissive member has a light transmissive base material and wavelength conversion substances, which are contained in the base material and which absorb the light from the light emitting element and emit light. The wavelength conversion substances are localized in the base material towards the first principal face, and include a first phosphor which emits green to yellow light and a second phosphor which emits red light. The first phosphor is more localized towards the first principal face than the second phosphor. The second phosphor is a manganese-activated fluoride phosphor. |
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Display device using semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing
A display device include a substrate including a wiring electrode; an adhesive layer disposed on the substrate; a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices adhered to the adhesive layer, and electrically connected to the wiring electrode; and a phosphor layer disposed to cover the plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices. Further, the phosphor layer includes a plurality of phosphor portions for converting a wavelength of light, and a plurality of partition wall portions formed between the plurality of phosphor portions, and the plurality of partition wall portions are sequentially disposed between the phosphor portions along a first direction and a second direction crossing each other, respectively, and at least one of the sequentially disposed partition wall portions overlaps with at least one of the plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices. |
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Illumination light source, illumination apparatus, outdoor illumination apparatus, and vehicle headlight
An illumination light source emits white light resulting from mixing of light emitted from an LED chip and light emitted from a plurality of phosphors. A light emission spectrum of the white light has a peak in a wavelength range from 430 nm to 460 nm. In the light emission spectrum, a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 510 nm relative to optical intensity at the peak is 0.45 or more, and a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm relative to the optical intensity at the peak is 0.60 or more. Furthermore, in the light emission spectrum, a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 650 nm relative to the optical intensity at the wavelength of 580 nm is 0.4 or less. |
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Wavelength converters, including polarization-enhanced carrier capture converters, for solid state lighting devices, and associated systems and methods
Wavelength converters, including polarization-enhanced carrier capture converters, for solid state lighting devices, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A solid state radiative semiconductor structure in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a first region having a first value of a material characteristic and being positioned to receive radiation at a first wavelength. The structure can further include a second region positioned adjacent to the first region to emit radiation at a second wavelength different than the first wavelength. The second region has a second value of the material characteristic that is different than the first value, with the first and second values of the characteristic forming a potential gradient to drive electrons, holes, or both electrons and holes in the radiative structure from the first region to the second region. In a further particular embodiment, the material characteristic includes material polarization. |
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Anneal techniques for chalcogenide semiconductors
Techniques for precisely controlling the composition of volatile components (such as sulfur (S), selenium (Se), and tin (Sn)) of chalcogenide semiconductors in real-time—during production of the material are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a chalcogenide semiconductor material includes providing a S source(s) and a Se source(s); heating the S source(s) to form a S-containing vapor; heating the Se source(s) to form a Se-containing vapor; passing a carrier gas first through the S-containing vapor and then through the Se-containing vapor, wherein the S-containing vapor and the Se-containing vapor are transported via the carrier gas to a sample; and contacting the S-containing vapor and the Se-containing vapor with the sample under conditions sufficient to form the chalcogenide semiconductor material. A multi-chamber processing apparatus is also provided. |
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P-Type chalcogenide and n-type silicon heterojunction infared photodiodes and method of manufacturing thereof
A photodetector comprising a region of a p-type phase-change chalcogenide material forming a heterojunction with a region of n-type Silicon; wherein the p-type phase-change chalcogenide material comprises one of GeTe and SbTe. |
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Photodetector using bandgap-engineered 2D materials and method of manufacturing the same
A photodetector includes an insulating layer on a substrate, a first graphene layer on the insulating layer, a 2-dimensional (2D) material layer on the first graphene layer, a second graphene layer on the 2D material layer, a first electrode on the first graphene layer, and a second electrode on the second graphene layer. The 2D material layer includes a barrier layer and a light absorption layer. The barrier layer has a larger bandgap than the light absorption layer. |
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Backsheet for photovoltaic modules
A backsheet for a photovoltaic module includes a support and a weather resistant layer, the weather resistant layer including a binder containing a crosslinkable group, an isocyanate crosslinking agent, and a catalyst that improves the crosslinking of the binder, wherein the catalyst is a zinc based catalyst or a bismuth based catalyst. |
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High-performing bulk photovoltaics
The present invention provides materials with high bulk photovoltaic effect response. The present invention also provides for products comprising the high bulk photovoltaic effect materials of the present invention. |
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Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including a substrate, an isolation structure, a diode element, and a first metal layer is provided. The isolation structure is located in the substrate. The diode element is located on the isolation structure. The diode element includes a p-type doped region, an n-type doped region, and an intrinsic region, and the intrinsic region is located between the p-type doped region and the n-type doped region. The p-type doped region and the n-type doped region located on two sides of the diode element respectively form ohmic contacts. The first metal layer and the intrinsic region of the diode element are electrically connected and form a Schottky contact, so as to constitute at least one Schottky barrier diode. |
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MOSFET and method for manufacturing the same
The present disclosure discloses a MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the MOSFET comprises: an SOI wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate, a buried insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer on the buried insulating layer; a gate stack on the semiconductor layer; a source region and a drain region in the semiconductor layer on both sides of the gate stack; and a channel region in the semiconductor layer and located between the source region and the drain region, wherein the MOSFET further comprises a back gate which is located in the semiconductor substrate and has a first doped region as a lower portion of the back gate and a second doped region as an upper portion of the back gate, and the second doped region of the back gate is self-aligned with the gate stack. The MOSFET can adjust a threshold voltage by changing doping type and doping concentration of the back gate. |
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Method of forming strained structures of semiconductor devices
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprises providing a substrate with a shallow trench isolation (STI) within the substrate and a gate stack. A cavity is formed between the gate stack and the STI. The cavity comprises one sidewall formed by the STI, one sidewall formed by the substrate, and a bottom surface formed by the substrate. A film is grown in the cavity and thereafter an opening formed by removing a first portion of the strained film until exposing the bottom surface of the substrate while a second portion of the strained film adjoins the STI sidewall. Another epitaxial layer is then grown in the opening. |
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Semiconductor structure having a junction field effect transistor and a high voltage transistor and method for manufacturing the same
The present examples relate to a junction field effect transistor (JFET) that shares a drain with a high voltage field effect transistor. The present examples are able to control a pinch-off feature of the junction transistor while also maintaining electric features of the high voltage transistor by forming a groove on a lower part of a first conductivity type deep-well region located on a channel region of the junction transistor in a channel width direction. |
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Vertical device architecture
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a vertical transistor device, and an associated method of formation. The transistor device has a source region over a substrate and a vertical channel bar over the source region. The vertical channel bar has a bottom surface with an elongated shape. A conductive gate region is separated from sidewalls of the vertical channel bar by a gate dielectric layer. The conductive gate region has a vertical leg and a horizontal leg protruding outward from a sidewall of the vertical leg. A dielectric layer vertically extends from a plane extending along an uppermost surface of the conductive gate region to a position surrounded by the conductive gate region. A drain contact is over the vertical channel bar. |
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Semiconductor device having a non-depletable doping region
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of compensation regions of a vertical electrical element arrangement, a plurality of drift regions of the vertical electrical element arrangement and a non-depletable doping region. The compensation regions of the plurality of compensation regions are arranged in a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor device. Further, the plurality of drift regions of the vertical electrical element arrangement is arranged in the semiconductor substrate within a cell region of the semiconductor device. The plurality of drift regions and the plurality of compensation regions are arranged alternatingly in a lateral direction. The non-depletable doping region extends laterally from an edge of the cell region towards an edge of the semiconductor substrate. The non-depletable doping region has a doping non-depletable by voltages applied to the semiconductor device during blocking operation. |
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Gallium nitride materials and methods associated with the same
Semiconductor materials including a gallium nitride material region and methods associated with such structures are provided. The semiconductor structures include a strain-absorbing layer formed within the structure. The strain-absorbing layer may be formed between the substrate (e.g., a silicon substrate) and an overlying layer. It may be preferable for the strain-absorbing layer to be very thin, have an amorphous structure and be formed of a silicon nitride-based material. The strain-absorbing layer may reduce the number of misfit dislocations formed in the overlying layer (e.g., a nitride-based material layer) which limits formation of other types of defects in other overlying layers (e.g., gallium nitride material region), amongst other advantages. Thus, the presence of the strain-absorbing layer may improve the quality of the gallium nitride material region which can lead to improved device performance. |
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III-V FIN generation by lateral growth on silicon sidewall
A method comprises providing a structure defined by a silicon material on a buried oxide layer of a substrate; causing a nucleation of a III-V material in a sidewall of the structure defined by the silicon material; adjusting a growth condition to facilitate a first growth rate of the III-V material in directions along a surface of the sidewall and a second growth rate of the III-V material in a direction laterally from the surface of the sidewall, wherein the second growth rate is less than the first growth rate; and processing the silicon material and the III-V material to form a fin. |
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Closely packed vertical transistors with reduced contact resistance
A method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures having closely packed vertical transistors with reduced contact resistance by forming a semiconductor structure on a doped region of a substrate, the semiconductor structure including a gate formed over a channel region of a semiconductor fin. A liner is formed on the gate and the semiconductor fin, and a dielectric layer is formed on the liner. Portions of the liner are removed to expose a top surface and sidewalls of the semiconductor fin and a sidewall of the dielectric layer. A recessed opening is formed by recessing portions of the liner from the exposed sidewall of the dielectric layer. A top epitaxy region is formed on the exposed portions of the semiconductor fin and dielectric layer such that an extension of the top epitaxy region fills the recessed opening. The top epitaxy region is confined between portions of the liner. |
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Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure with multi spacers
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate and a gate structure formed across the fin structure. The semiconductor structure further includes a bottom spacer formed on a lower part of a sidewall of the gate structure and an upper spacer formed on an upper part of the sidewall of the gate structure. In addition, the upper spacer includes an air gap formed in a dielectric material. |
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Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
Provided are a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device comprise, a substrate which comprises a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, an epitaxial layer which is formed on the first surface of the substrate and has a first conductivity type, a base region which is formed in the epitaxial layer and has a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a source region which is formed in the base region and has the first conductivity type, a channel region which is formed in the base region to bc separated from the source region and has the first conductivity type and a barrier region which is formed between the source region and the channel region and has the second conductivity type. |
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Electric field shielding in silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) device cells
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to semiconductor power devices, such as silicon carbide (SiC) power devices. In particular, the subject matter disclosed herein relates to disconnected or connected shielding regions that reduce the electric field present between the well regions of neighboring device cells of a semiconductor device under reverse bias. The disclosed shielding regions occupy a widest portion of the JFET region between adjacent device cells such that a distance between a shielding region and well regions surrounding device cell is less than a parallel JFET width between two adjacent device cells, while maintaining a channel region width and/or a JFET region density that is greater than that of a comparable conventional stripe device. As such, the disclosed shielding regions and device layouts enable superior performance relative to a conventional stripe device of comparable dimensions, while still providing similar reliability (e.g., long-term, high-temperature stability at reverse bias). |
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Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device
A silicon carbide semiconductor device, including a silicon carbide semiconductor structure, an insulated gate structure including a gate insulating film contacting the silicon carbide semiconductor structure and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film covering the insulated gate structure, a metal layer provided on the interlayer insulating film for absorbing or blocking hydrogen, and a main electrode provided on the metal layer and electrically connected to the silicon carbide semiconductor structure. |
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Methods for forming a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes implanting a predefined dose of protons into a semiconductor substrate. Further, the method comprises controlling a temperature of the semiconductor substrate during the implantation of the predefined dose of protons so that the temperature of the semiconductor substrate is within a target temperature range for more than 70% of an implant process time used for implanting the predefined dose of protons. The target temperature range reaches from a lower target temperature limit to an upper target temperature limit. Further, the lower target temperature limit is equal to a target temperature minus 30° C. and the upper target temperature limit is equal to the target temperature plus 30° C. and the target temperature is higher than 80° C. |
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Stacked nanowire device width adjustment by gas cluster ion beam (GCIB)
A method of making a nanowire device includes disposing a first nanowire stack over a substrate, the first nanowire stack including alternating layers of a first and second semiconducting material, the first semiconducting material contacting the substrate and the second semiconducting material being an exposed surface; disposing a second nanowire stack over the substrate, the second nanowire stack including alternating layers of the first and second semiconducting materials, the first semiconducting material contacting the substrate and the second semiconducting material being an exposed surface; forming a first gate spacer along a sidewall of a first gate region on the first nanowire stack and a second gate spacer along a sidewall of a second gate region on the second nanowire stack; oxidizing a portion of the first nanowire stack within the first gate spacer; and removing the first semiconducting material from the first nanowire stack and the second nanowire stack. |
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Semiconductor device having barrier layer to prevent impurity diffusion
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type region including a first conductivity type impurity. A first gate structure is on the semiconductor substrate overlying the first conductivity type region. A second conductivity type region including a second conductivity type impurity is formed in the semiconductor substrate. A barrier layer is located between the first conductivity type region and the second conductivity type region. The barrier layer prevents diffusion of the second conductivity type impurity from the second conductivity type region into the first conductivity type region. |
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Organic light emitting display device and method for manufacturing same
An organic light emitting device includes a base substrate having a pixel region and a non-pixel region, an organic light emitting element on the pixel region, and an auxiliary line in the non-pixel region. The organic light emitting element includes an anode, a first organic light emitting layer disposed on the anode, a first cathode, and a second cathode. The first cathode is on the first organic light emitting layer to be thereby electrically connected to the auxiliary line. The second cathode is on the first cathode to be thereby electrically connected to the first cathode. The first cathode may include a metal and the second cathode may include a transparent conductive oxide (TCO). |
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Semiconductor unit, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
There are provided a semiconductor unit that prevents connection failure caused by a wiring substrate to improve reliability, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor unit, and an electronic apparatus including the semiconductor unit. The semiconductor unit includes: a device substrate including a functional device and an electrode; a first wiring substrate electrically connected to the functional device through the electrode; and a second wiring substrate electrically connected to the functional device through the first wiring substrate. |
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Display device
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed at a peripheral area of the display area. A plurality of pixels is disposed in the display area of the substrate. A plurality of signal lines is disposed on the substrate and is connected to the plurality of pixels. The plurality of signal lines include a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the substrate. A crack detecting line is disposed in the non-display area and is connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines. The crack detecting line includes a first portion disposed below an insulating layer and a second portion disposed above the insulating layer. The first portion and the second portion are connected with each other through a contact hole formed in the insulating layer. |
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Manufacturing method of array substrate, array substrate and display device
A manufacturing method of an array substrate, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The manufacturing method of the array substrate comprises: forming a first conductive thin film (100) on a base substrate (1); and patterning the first conductive thin film (100), to form a pattern of a cathode (11) on a first region (11) of the base substrate (1), and form a pattern of a gate electrode (4) on a second region (12) of the base substrate (1). Complexity and process time of a fabrication process of an array substrate can be reduced, a fabrication process of an organic electroluminescent panel can be simplified, and production cost can be reduced, by forming a cathode layer of a light-emitting diode and a gate electrode layer of a thin film transistor in different regions of the base substrate at the same time by one patterning process. |
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Organic light emitting display device including a tandem structure and method of manufacturing the organic light emitting display device including the tandem structure
An organic light emitting display (OLED) device includes a substrate including a light emitting region and a peripheral region. An auxiliary power supply wire is disposed in the peripheral region. A lower electrode is disposed in the light emitting region. A pixel defining layer, disposed on the substrate, exposes a portion of the lower electrode and a portion of the auxiliary power supply wire. A first common layer, disposed on the pixel defining layer and the lower electrode, exposes the auxiliary power supply wire. A light emitting structure is disposed on the first common layer. The light emitting structure exposes the auxiliary power supply wire. A second common layer is disposed on the light emitting structure, the second common layer covering the light emitting structure and exposing the auxiliary power supply wire. An upper electrode is disposed on the second common layer and contacts the auxiliary power supply wire. |
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Array substrate, method for manufacturing array substrate, and display device
The present disclosure relates to an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the array substrate and a display device. The array substrate may include a plurality of pixel groups. Each of the pixel groups may include a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels may include a light-emitting region and a light-emitting layer absent region. And the light-emitting layer absent regions of the plurality of sub-pixels included in each of the pixel groups may define a first region. A photosensitive unit may be arranged on each first region and configured to generate an electrical signal based on an intensity of the light being sensed. |
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Manufacturing method for complementary TFT device and manufacturing method for OLED display panel
The invention provides a manufacturing method for complementary TFT device. The manufacturing method for complementary TFT device uses a solution method to continuously form a metal oxide semiconductor TFT and an organic semiconductor TFT; the metal oxide semiconductor TFT and the organic semiconductor TFT are electrically connected, and one of the metal oxide semiconductor TFT and the organic semiconductor TFT is an N-type channel TFT, and the other is a P-type channel TFT. The method can reduce the use of vacuum apparatus and high temperature apparatus, and explore the advantages of the solution method to realize large area and low-cost to reduce production costs and increase product competitiveness. The invention also provides a manufacturing method for OLED display panel, able to reduce production cost and increase product competitiveness. |
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Three dimensional memory array
The present disclosure includes three dimensional memory arrays, and methods of processing the same. A number of embodiments include a plurality of conductive lines separated from one other by an insulation material, a plurality of conductive extensions arranged to extend substantially perpendicular to the plurality of conductive lines, and a storage element material formed around each respective one of the plurality of conductive extensions and having two different contacts with each respective one of the plurality of conductive lines, wherein the two different contacts with each respective one of the plurality of conductive lines are at two different ends of that respective conductive line. |
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Three-dimensional resistive random access memory containing self-aligned memory elements
An alternating material stack of insulator lines and first electrically conductive material layers is formed over a substrate, and is patterned to provide alternating stacks of insulating layers and first electrically conductive lines. A metal can be selectively deposited on the physically exposed sidewalls of the first electrically conductive material layers to form metal lines, while not growing from the surfaces of the insulator lines. The metal lines are oxidized to form metal oxide lines that are self-aligned to the sidewalls of the first electrically conductive lines. Vertically extending second electrically conductive lines can be formed as a two-dimensional array of generally pillar-shaped structures between the alternating stacks of the insulator lines and the first electrically conductive lines. Each portion of the metal oxide lines at junctions of first and second electrically conductive lines constitute a resistive memory element for a resistive random access memory (ReRAM) device. |
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Resistive memory devices and arrays
A resistive memory device includes a first electrode, a memristor coupled in electrical series with the first electrode, a second electrode coupled in electrical series with the memristor, a selector coupled in electrical series with the second electrode, and a third electrode coupled in electrical series with the selector. The memristor includes oxygen or nitrogen elements. The selector includes a composite dielectric material of a first dielectric material, a second dielectric material that is different from the first dielectric material, and a dopant material including a cation having a migration rate faster than the oxygen or the nitrogen elements of the memristor. The first dielectric material and the second dielectric material are present in a ratio ranging from 1:9 to 9:1, and a concentration of the dopant material in the composite dielectric material ranges from about 1% up to 50%. |
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Reducing or avoiding metal deposition from etching magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices, including magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices
Aspects disclosed include reducing or avoiding metal deposition from etching magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices. In one example, a width of a bottom electrode of an MTJ device is provided to be less than a width of the MTJ stack of the MTJ device. In this manner, etching of the bottom electrode may be reduced or avoided to reduce or avoid metal redeposition as a result of over-etching the MTJ device to avoid horizontal shorts between an adjacent device(s). In another example, a seed layer is embedded in a bottom electrode of the MTJ device. In this manner, the MTJ stack is reduced in height to reduce or avoid metal redeposition as a result of over-etching the MTJ device. In another example, an MTJ device includes an embedded seed layer in a bottom electrode which also has a width less than a width of the MTJ stack. |
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Display apparatus having a plurality of reflective electrodes
A display apparatus including a light emitting diode part including a plurality of regularly arranged light emitting diodes, and a TFT panel part configured to drive the light emitting diode part. The light emitting diode part includes a transparent electrode, the light emitting diodes regularly disposed on a first surface of the transparent electrode and electrically connected to the transparent electrode, a plurality of first reflective electrodes disposed at sides of the light emitting diodes, surrounding the light emitting diodes, and electrically connected to the transparent electrode, and a plurality of second reflective electrodes electrically connected to the light emitting diodes, respectively, and reflecting light emitted from the light emitting diodes. |
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Optical devices, in particular computational cameras, and methods for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing one or more optical devices, each comprising a first member and a second member, and a spacer arranged between the first and second members. The method includes manufacturing a spacer wafer including a multitude of the spacers. Manufacturing the spacer wafer includes providing a replication tool having spacer replication sections; bringing the replication tool in contact with a first surface of another wafer; bringing a vacuum sealing chuck into contact with a second surface of the other wafer while the other wafer remains in contact with the replication tool; and injecting a liquid, viscous or plastically deformable material through an inlet of the vacuum sealing chuck so as to substantially fill the spacer replication sections. |
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Fingerprint recognition chip packaging structure and packaging method
A packaging structure and a packaging method for a fingerprint identification chip are provided. The packaging structure includes a substrate, a sensing chip, a wire and a plastic encapsulation layer. The substrate is provided with a first solder pad layer. The sensing chip has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface comprises a sensing area and a peripheral area surrounding the sensing area, and the surface of the sensing chip in the peripheral area is provided with a second solder pad layer. Two ends of the wire are electrically connected to the first solder pad layer and the second solder pad layer respectively. The plastic encapsulation layer is made of a polymer, the plastic encapsulation layer surrounds the wire and the sensing chip. |
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CMOS image sensor
According to one embodiment, a CMOS image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion element and an amplifier transistor. The photoelectric conversion element converts incident light into an electric signal. The amplifier transistor has a heterojunction in which a Ge layer and an SiGeSn layer are joined together, as a channel region and amplifies the electric signal resulting from conversion by the photoelectric conversion element. |
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Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method of solid-state imaging device, and electronic device
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method of a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic device, which can provide a solid-state imaging device having further improved features such as reduced optical color mixing and the like. Also, an electronic device using the solid-state imaging device thereof is provided. According to a solid-state imaging device having a substrate and multiple photoelectric converters that are formed on the substrate, an insulating film forms an embedded element separating unit. The element separating unit is configured of an insulating film having a fixed charge that is formed so as to coat the inner wall face of a groove portion, within the groove portion which is formed in the depth direction from the light input side of the substrate. |
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Pixel for CMOS image sensor and image sensor including the same
A pixel of a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a third surface formed by removing part of the semiconductor substrate from a second surface, an active region which is formed between the first surface and the third surface and which contains a photoelectric conversion element generating charges in response to light incident on the substrate at the third surface, and a trench-type isolation region formed from either of the first and third surfaces to isolate the active region from an adjacent active region. The trench-type isolation region is filled with first material in a process that leaves a void in the material, the void is filled or partially filled with second material, and then a layer of third material is formed over the resulting structure composed of the first and second materials. |
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Light field imaging device and method for fabricating the same
A light field imaging device includes an image sensor having a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally therein; a microlens array formed over the image sensor, the microlens array having a plurality of microlenses arranged two-dimensionally therein; and a plurality of support structures formed between the image sensor and the microlens array for providing an air gap therebetween. |
| US10096635B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure includes a chip, a light transmissive plate, a spacer, and a light-shielding layer. The chip has an image sensor, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The image sensor is located on the first surface. The light transmissive plate is disposed on the first surface and covers the image sensor. The spacer is between the light transmissive plate and the first surface, and surrounds the image sensor. The light-shielding layer is located on the first surface between the spacer and the image sensor. |
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Photodetector and radiation detector
A photodetector according to an embodiment includes: a substrate with a first and second faces; pixels disposed to the substrate, each pixel including: light detection cells disposed on the first face, each light detection cell being surrounded by a first opening having a continuous closed curve shape formed on the second face when viewed from a side of the second face; a first wiring line disposed on the first face to connect to each of the light detection cells; first electrodes, each of the first electrodes being disposed in corresponding one of third openings and connected to the second face, the third openings being disposed in a first insulating film and exposing a part of respective regions of the light detection cells in the second face; a second electrode disposed on the second surface and connecting the first electrodes; and a light blocking material filled to the first opening. |
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Thin film transistor and flat display device
A thin film transistor (TFT) includes a scan line on a substrate, the scan line including a straight portion extending along a first direction, an active layer including an oxide semiconductor and overlapping the straight portion of the scan line, the active layer having a first region, a second region, and a third region that are linearly and sequentially aligned along the first direction, a first insulating layer between the active layer and the scan line, a first electrode connected to the first region of the active layer, and a second electrode connected to the third region of the active layer. |
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Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same, and semiconductor device
In a thin film transistor, an increase in off current or negative shift of the threshold voltage is prevented. In the thin film transistor, a buffer layer is provided between an oxide semiconductor layer and each of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer. The buffer layer includes a metal oxide layer which is an insulator or a semiconductor over a middle portion of the oxide semiconductor layer. The metal oxide layer functions as a protective layer for suppressing incorporation of impurities into the oxide semiconductor layer. Therefore, in the thin film transistor, an increase in off current or negative shift of the threshold voltage can be prevented. |
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Semiconductor device, manufacturing method for semiconductor device, and ferroelectric layer
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a ferroelectric layer including hafnium oxide provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, a sum of hafnium (Hf) and oxygen (O) in the hafnium oxide being 98 atomic percent or more. |
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Trapping gate forming process and flash cell
A trapping gate forming process includes the following. An oxide/nitride/oxide layer is formed on a substrate. A hard mask is formed to cover the oxide/nitride/oxide layer. The hard mask, the oxide/nitride/oxide layer and the substrate are patterned to form at least a trench in the hard mask, the oxide/nitride/oxide layer along a first direction. An isolation structure is formed in the trench. A first gate is formed across the oxide/nitride/oxide layer along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A flash cell formed by said process includes a substrate, a first gate and an oxide/nitride/oxide layer. The substrate contains at least an active area extending along a first direction. The first gate is disposed across the active area along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, thereby intersecting an overlapping area. The oxide/nitride/oxide layer is disposed in the overlapping area between the first gate and the active area. |
| US10096606B1 |
Methods of forming a gate structure-to-source/drain conductive contact on vertical transistor devices and the resulting transistor devices
In one example, the method includes removing a portion of at least a layer of a bottom spacer material positioned above a first bottom source/drain (S/D) region of a first vertical transistor so as to thereby form a gate-to-source/drain contact opening that exposes a portion of the first bottom S/D region, forming a continuous conductive gate electrode material layer above the first bottom S/D region and a second bottom S/D region and within the gate-to-source/drain contact opening, and removing a portion of the continuous gate electrode material layer so as to form first and second separate gate structures for the first and second vertical transistors, respectively, wherein a portion of the second gate structure is positioned within the gate-to-source/drain contact opening, thereby conductively coupling the second gate structure to the first bottom S/D region. |
| US10096600B2 |
Semiconductor device with metal gate
A semiconductor device including a first gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The first gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer, a layer, a first work function metal, a second work function metal, and a fill metal. A second gate structure is also disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The second gate structure includes the gate dielectric layer, a second work function metal, and the fill metal. In an embodiment, the second gate structure also includes an etch stop layer. |
| US10096599B2 |
Methods of integrating multiple gate dielectric transistors on a tri-gate (finFET) process
Two or more types of fin-based transistors having different gate structures and formed on a single integrated circuit are described. The gate structures for each type of transistor are distinguished at least by the thickness or composition of the gate dielectric layer(s) or the composition of the work function metal layer(s) in the gate electrode. Methods are also provided for fabricating an integrated circuit having at least two different types of fin-based transistors, where the transistor types are distinguished by the thickness and composition of the gate dielectric layer(s) and/or the thickness and composition of the work function metal in the gate electrode. |
| US10096598B2 |
Methods for fabricating fin field effect transistors
Methods for fabricating Fin field effect transistors (FinFETs) are disclosed. First and second semiconductor fins and an insulator therebetween are formed. First and second dummy gates and an opening therebetween over the insulator are formed, wherein the first and second dummy gates cross over the first and second semiconductor fins respectively. A first dielectric material with an air gap therein is formed in the opening. A portion of the first dielectric material is removed to expose the air gap, so as to form a first dielectric layer with a slit therein. The first and second dummy gates are removed. A second dielectric layer is formed to fill the slit. First and second gates are formed to cross over portions of the first and second semiconductor fins respectively, wherein the first and second gates are electrically insulated from each other by the first dielectric layer including the second dielectric layer. |
| US10096596B2 |
Semiconductor device structure having a plurality of gate structures
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate having a first source region, a second source region, a first drain region, and a second drain region. The semiconductor device structure includes a first gate structure over the substrate and between the first source region and the first drain region. The semiconductor device structure includes a second gate structure over the substrate and between the second source region and the second drain region. A first thickness of the first gate structure is greater than a second thickness of the second gate structure. A first gate width of the first gate structure is less than a second gate width of the second gate structure. |
| US10096595B2 |
Antenna diode circuit for manufacturing of semiconductor devices
At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed involves an antenna diode design for a semiconductor device. A first common diode operatively coupled to a ground node and to a p-well layer serving as an isolated p-well that is formed over a deep n-well that is adjacent to an n-well in a semiconductor device is provided. A first antenna diode formed on the isolated p-well operatively coupled to the p-well layer and operatively coupled to a first signal line of the semiconductor device is provided for discharging accumulated charges on the first signal line. A second antenna diode formed on the isolated p-well operatively coupled to the p-well layer and operatively coupled to a second signal line of semiconductor device is provided for discharging accumulated charges on the second signal line. |
| US10096590B2 |
Sensor device including diode elements connected in series in opposite directions to each other
In conventional sensor devices, it has been difficult to achieve both EMC resistance and ESD resistance, which are required at the output terminals of an automobile sensor device. A sensor device 1 of the present embodiment comprises: a power supply terminal 2 that supplies power; a ground terminal 3; a sensor element 4, the electrical characteristics of which change in accordance with a physical quantity; a signal processing integrated circuit 5 that processes an output signal output from the sensor element 4; and an output terminal that outputs the output signal processed by the signal processing integrated circuit 5. In addition, the signal processing integrated circuit 5 comprises: a signal processing circuit 6 that processes the output signal output from the sensor element 4; a resistance element 8 that is connected between the output terminal 11 and the signal processing circuit 6, and that is disposed on an insulating film; diode elements 9, 10 that are connected between the output terminal 11 and the ground terminal 3, and that are serially connected with each other in opposite directions; and a capacitance element 7 that is connected between the ground terminal 3 and the signal processing circuit 6 side of the resistance element 8. |
| US10096587B1 |
Fin-based diode structures with a realigned feature layout
Diode structures and methods of fabricating diode structures. First and second gate structures are formed with the second gate structure arranged parallel to the first gate structure. First and second fins are formed that extend vertically from a top surface of a substrate. The first and second fins are arranged between the first gate structure and the second gate structure. A contact structure is coupled with the first fin and the second fin. The contact structure is laterally arranged between the first gate structure and the second gate structure. |
| US10096586B2 |
LED display modules and methods for making the same
An LED display module is disclosed. The LED display module includes: an active matrix substrate including a plurality of control units; a plurality of pairs of solder bumps arranged in a matrix on the active matrix substrate by transfer printing; a plurality of LED chips including pairs of electrodes connected to the corresponding plurality of pairs of solder bumps and arranged in a matrix on the active matrix substrate by transfer printing; grid barriers formed on the active matrix substrate to isolate the plurality of LED chips into individual chip units; and a multi-color cell layer including a plurality of color cells and aligned with the active matrix substrate such that the plurality of color cells match the plurality of LED chips in a one-to-one relationship. The plurality of color cells include first color cells, second color cells, and third color cells disposed consecutively in one direction. |
| US10096580B2 |
Illumination assembly, method of manufacturing the Illumination assembly, and backlight module including the illumination assembly
An illumination assembly includes a substrate, a wiring structure, a reflecting layer and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The wiring structure is formed on a part of the substrate, and includes a catalyst layer covering the part of the substrate, and a conducting layer formed on the catalyst layer. The reflecting layer is formed on another part of the substrate that is exposed from the wiring structure. The light-emitting diodes are disposed on the wiring structure and are electrically connected to the wiring structure. |
| US10096573B2 |
Face-to-face semiconductor assembly having semiconductor device in dielectric recess
A face-to-face semiconductor assembly is characterized by a semiconductor device positioned in a dielectric recess of a core base and surrounded by an array of metal posts. The recess in the core provides lateral displacement control between the device and the metal posts, and the minimal height of the metal posts needed for the vertical connection between both opposite sides of the core base can be reduced by the amount equal to the depth of the recess. Further, the semiconductor device is face-to-face electrically coupled to another semiconductor device through a buildup circuitry therebetween. |
| US10096572B2 |
Power semiconductor module and electric power steering apparatus using the same
A power semiconductor module that comprises plural arrangements of power semiconductor elements comprising a power semiconductor bare chip which one electrode portion thereof is connected to a metal plate which at least one external connecting terminal is formed and other external connecting terminals which are electrically connected to other electrode portions of the power semiconductor bare chip, and that are contained in a same package, comprises wherein the power semiconductor elements are basically same outline, electrodes of the bare chip of the power semiconductor elements are mutually connected between the power semiconductor elements with a metal connector or a wiring, and the package is a resin mold package that seals the power semiconductor elements with an electrical insulating resin. |
| US10096570B2 |
Manufacturing method for power semiconductor device, and power semiconductor device
An object of the invention is to provide: a manufacturing method for a highly reliable power semiconductor device which prevents breakage of an conductor pattern and an insulating layer, and has bonding strength higher than that by the conventional bonding between the electrode terminal and the conductor pattern; and that power semiconductor device. Breakage of the conductor pattern and the insulating layer is prevented due to inclusion of: a step of laying an electrode terminal on a protrusion provided on a conductor pattern placed on a circuit-face side of a ceramic board so that a center portion of a surface to be bonded of the electrode terminal makes contact with a head portion of the protrusion; a step of pressurizing and ultrasonically vibrating a surface opposite to the surface to be bonded, of the electrode terminal, using an ultrasonic horn, to thereby bond the electrode terminal to the conductor pattern. |
| US10096566B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor module having a semiconductor element, a radiator plate which is connected to the semiconductor element and which has at least one radiator plate through hole formed therein, and resin covering the semiconductor element and the radiator plate with a lower surface of the radiator plate exposed, a cooler, first insulating grease provided between the lower surface of the radiator plate and the cooler to thermally connect the radiator plate and the cooler, and second insulating grease provided in the at least one radiator plate through hole to be connected to the first insulating grease. |
| US10096565B2 |
Method for fabricating glass substrate package
A substrate comprising a solid glass core having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface; multiple conductors extending through the solid glass core beginning at the first surface and ending at the second surface, wherein one of the conductors has a third surface and a fourth surface, wherein the third surface and the first surface are substantially coplanar, wherein the second surface and the fourth surface are substantially coplanar, wherein one of the conductors comprise a copper-tungsten alloy material, wherein the solid glass core is directly contact with the conductor; and a first dielectric layer and a first metal layer formed at the first surface, wherein the first metal layer at the first surface is electrically coupled with one of the conductors. |
| US10096564B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor package
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor package includes locating, on a substrate, a semiconductor device having an external terminal provided on a top surface thereof, forming a resin insulating layer covering the semiconductor device, forming an opening, exposing the external terminal, in the resin insulating layer, performing plasma treatment on a bottom surface of the opening, performing chemical treatment on the bottom surface of the opening after the plasma treatment, and forming a conductive body to be connected with the external terminal exposed in the opening. |
| US10096561B2 |
Integrated circuit die having a split solder pad
An integrated circuit die having at least two bond pads, a redistribution layer, the redistribution layer including at least one solder pad including comprising two portions arranged to enable an electrical connection between each other by a same solder ball placed on the solder pad, but electrically isolated of each other in the absence of a solder ball on the solder pad at least two redistribution wires, each one connecting one of the two portions to one of the two bond pads, a first bond pad connected via a first redistribution wire to a first portion of the solder pad being dedicated to digital ground and a second bond pad connected via a second redistribution wire to a second portion of the solder pad being dedicated to analog ground. |
| US10096557B2 |
Tiled-stress-alleviating pad structure
Structure and method for reducing thermal-mechanical stresses generated for a semiconductor device are provided, which includes a tiled-stress-alleviating pad structure. |
| US10096547B2 |
Metallic interconnects products
One embodiment is a semiconductor device including: at least one patterned dielectric layer having at least one opening therein, said at least one opening having sidewalls and bottom; at least one barrier layer disposed over the sidewalls and bottom; a first metallic layer disposed over the at least one barrier layer; a second metallic layer disposed over the first metallic layer; and a metallic filling layer disposed over the second metallic layer; wherein: the first metallic layer is continuous over the sidewalls and bottom, has a thickness in a range from about 10 Å to no more than 40 Å over a sidewall of the at least one opening; and the second metallic layer, and the metallic filling layer are selected from a group consisting of Cu, Ag, and alloys containing one or more of these metals. |
| US10096545B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus, system, and method of manufacturing semiconductor apparatus
There is provided an image capturing apparatus including a pixel circuit that generates a pixel signal based on an electric charge generated by photoelectric conversion and a logic circuit that outputs a signal based on the pixel signal. The image capturing apparatus includes a first contact plug connected to a source or a drain of a first transistor constituting the pixel circuit and a second contact plug connected to a source or a drain of a second transistor constituting the logic circuit. A diameter of the first contact plug is smaller than a diameter of the second contact plug. |
| US10096544B2 |
Semiconductor interconnect structure
The present disclosure provides an interconnect structure for a semiconductor device. The interconnect structure includes a first metal layer that contains a first metal line. The interconnect structure includes a dielectric layer located over the first metal layer. The dielectric layer contains a first sub-via electrically coupled to the first metal line and a second sub-via electrically coupled to the first sub-via. The second sub-via is different from the first sub-via. The interconnect structure includes a second metal layer located over the dielectric layer. The second metal layer contains a second metal line electrically coupled to the second sub-via. No other metal layer is located between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. |
| US10096538B2 |
Cooling of wide bandgap semiconductor devices
A power device comprises at least one power semiconductor module comprising a wide bandgap semiconductor element; and a cooling system for actively cooling the wide bandgap semiconductor element with a cooling medium, wherein the cooling system comprises a refrigeration device for lowering a temperature of the cooling medium below an ambient temperature of the power device; wherein the cooling system is adapted for lowering the temperature of the cooling medium in such a way that a temperature of the wide bandgap semiconductor element is below 100° C. |
| US10096536B1 |
Graphene heat dissipating structure
Various technologies presented herein relate to forming one or more heat dissipating structures (e.g., heat spreaders and/or heat sinks) on a substrate, wherein the substrate forms part of an electronic component. The heat dissipating structures are formed from graphene, with advantage being taken of the high thermal conductivity of graphene. The graphene (e.g., in flake form) is attached to a diazonium molecule, and further, the diazonium molecule is utilized to attach the graphene to material forming the substrate. A surface of the substrate is treated to comprise oxide-containing regions and also oxide-free regions having underlying silicon exposed. The diazonium molecule attaches to the oxide-free regions, wherein the diazonium molecule bonds (e.g., covalently) to the exposed silicon. Attachment of the diazonium plus graphene molecule is optionally repeated to enable formation of a heat dissipating structure of a required height. |
| US10096533B2 |
Multiple barrier layer encapsulation stack
A process for encapsulating an apparatus to restrict environmental element permeation between the apparatus and an external environment includes applying multiple barrier layers to the apparatus and preceding each layer application with a separate cleaning of the presently-exposed apparatus surface, resulting in an apparatus which includes an encapsulation stack, where the encapsulation stack includes a multi-layer stack of barrier layers. Each separate cleaning removes particles from the presently-exposed apparatus surface, exposing gaps in the barrier layer formed by the particles, and the subsequently-applied barrier layer at least partially fills the gaps, so that a permeation pathway through the encapsulation stack via gap spaces is restricted. The quantity of barrier layers applied to form the stack can be based on a determined probability that a stack of the particular quantity of barrier layers is independent of at least a certain quantity of continuous permeation pathways through the stack. |
| US10096531B2 |
Semiconductor device with sensor potential in the active region
A semiconductor device includes semiconductor body region and a surface region, the semiconductor body region including a first conductivity type first semiconductor region type and a second conductivity type second semiconductor region. The semiconductor device further includes: a first load contact structure included in the surface region and arranged for feeding a load current into the semiconductor body region; a first trench extending into the semiconductor body region and having a sensor electrode and a first dielectric, the first dielectric electrically insulating the sensor electrode from the second semiconductor region; an electrically conductive path electrically connecting the sensor electrode to the first semiconductor region; a first semiconductor path, wherein the first semiconductor region is electrically coupled to the first load contact structure by at least the first semiconductor path; a sensor contact structure included in the surface region and arranged for receiving an electrical potential of the sensor electrode. |
| US10096530B1 |
Process for making and using a semiconductor wafer containing first and second DOEs of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including merged-via open configured fill cells, and the second DOE including stitch open configured fill cells
A process for making and using a semiconductor wafer includes instantiating first and second designs of experiments (DOES), each comprised of at least two fill cells. The fill cells contain structures configured to obtain in-line data via non-contact electrical measurements (“NCEM”). The first DOE contains fill cells configured to enable non-contact (NC) detection of merged-via opens, and the second DOE contains fill cells configured to enable NC detection of stitch opens. The process may further include obtaining NC measurements from the first and/or second DOE(s) and using such measurements, at least in part, to selectively perform additional processing, metrology or inspection steps on the wafer, and/or on other wafer(s) currently being manufactured. |
| US10096529B1 |
Process for making and using a semiconductor wafer containing first and second DOEs of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including via open configured fill cells, and the second DOE including metal island open configured fill cells
A process for making and using a semiconductor wafer includes instantiating first and second designs of experiments (DOES), each comprised of at least two fill cells. The fill cells contain structures configured to obtain in-line data via non-contact electrical measurements (“NCEM”). The first DOE contains fill cells configured to enable non-contact (NC) detection of via opens, and the second DOE contains fill cells configured to enable NC detection of metal island opens. The process may further include obtaining NC measurements from the first and/or second DOE(s) and using such measurements, at least in part, to selectively perform additional processing, metrology or inspection steps on the wafer, and/or on other wafer(s) currently being manufactured. |
| US10096520B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having a first region, a second region, and a third region between the first and second regions includes forming first and second preliminary active patterns protruding from a substrate in the first and second regions, respectively, forming mask patterns exposing the third region on the substrate, performing a first etching process using the mask patterns an etch mask to form first and second active patterns, respectively, and forming gate structures on the substrate. |
| US10096518B2 |
Semiconductor structures and fabrication methods thereof
Semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof are provided. An exemplary method includes providing a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of first fin structures, each having a first width, and a plurality of second fin structures, each having a second width greater than the first width. The method further includes forming a first isolation film covering sidewall surfaces of the first fin structures and the second fin structures, forming a trench in the first isolation film to expose at least a top portion of at least one sidewall surface of one or more second fin structures, forming an isolation fluid layer to fill the trenches, and performing an oxygen annealing process to convert a surface layer of the top portion of the at least one sidewall surface of the one or more second fin structures into a by-product layer, and to convert the isolation fluid layer into a second isolation film. |
| US10096515B2 |
Interconnect structure for stacked device
A stacked integrated circuit (IC) device and a method are disclosed. The stacked IC device includes a first semiconductor element. The first substrate includes a dielectric block in the first substrate; and a plurality of first conductive features formed in first inter-metal dielectric layers over the first substrate. The stacked IC device also includes a second semiconductor element bonded on the first semiconductor element. The second semiconductor element includes a second substrate and a plurality of second conductive features formed in second inter-metal dielectric layers over the second substrate. The stacked IC device also includes a conductive deep-interconnection-plug coupled between the first conductive features and the second conductive features. The conductive deep-interconnection-plug is isolated by dielectric block, the first inter-metal-dielectric layers and the second inter-metal-dielectric layers. |
| US10096511B2 |
Carrier and a method for processing a carrier
According to various embodiments, a carrier may be provided, the carrier including: a hollow chamber spaced apart from a surface of the carrier; a trench structure extending from the surface of the carrier to the hollow chamber and laterally surrounding a first region of the carrier, the trench structure including one or more trenches extending from the surface of the carrier to the hollow chamber, and one or more support structures intersecting the one or more trenches and connecting the first region of the carrier with a second region of the carrier outside the trench structure, wherein the one or more support structures including an electrically insulating material. |
| US10096508B2 |
Assembly for handling a semiconductor die and method of handling a semiconductor die
In various embodiments, an assembly for handling a semiconductor die is provided. The assembly may include a carrier with a surface. The assembly may also include an adhesive tape fixed to the surface of the carrier. The adhesive tape may be configured to adhere to the semiconductor die. The adhesive tape may include adhesive, the adhesion of which can be reduced by means of electromagnetic waves. The assembly may further include an electromagnetic source configured to apply electromagnetic waves to the adhesive tape to reduce adhesion of the adhesive tape to the semiconductor die. The assembly may additionally include a die pick-up component configured to pick up the semiconductor die from the adhesive tape. |
| US10096507B2 |
Thin substrate electrostatic chuck system and method
In various aspects of the disclosure, a semiconductor substrate processing system may include an electrostatic chuck for holding a semiconductor substrate attached to an electrically insulating carrier; and an AC power supply electrically coupled to the electrostatic chuck. |
| US10096502B2 |
Method and apparatus for assembling and testing a multi-integrated circuit package
An example clamping assembly tray for packaging a semiconductor device includes a frame having a bottom surface and side walls extending from the bottom surface that define a cavity; and a compressible member disposed on the bottom surface of the frame within the cavity, where a top portion of the compressible member provides a support surface for supporting the semiconductor device, the support surface being between the bottom surface and a top edge of the side walls. |
| US10096498B2 |
Adjustable spatial filter for laser scribing apparatus
An apparatus for radiatively scribing a planar semiconductor substrate along a scribelane that extends between opposing rows of semiconductor devices on a target surface of the substrate. The scribelane extends parallel to a first direction parallel to a second direction, these first and second directions lying respectively parallel to X and Y axes of a Cartesian coordinate system. Such an apparatus may include an illuminator for producing an array of light beams; a projection system for focusing the light beams onto the target surface; an actuator system for causing relative displacement of a substrate holder with respect to light beams parallel to an XY plane; and an adjustable spatial filter located between the illuminator and the substrate holder, and including motorized plates whose position is adjustable so as to at least partially block selectable light beams of the light beam array. |
| US10096496B2 |
Process chamber for etching low K and other dielectric films
Methods and process chambers for etching of low-k and other dielectric films are described. For example, a method includes modifying portions of the low-k dielectric layer with a plasma process. The modified portions of the low-k dielectric layer are etched selectively over a mask layer and unmodified portions of the low-k dielectric layer. Etch chambers having multiple chamber regions for alternately generating distinct plasmas are described. In embodiments, a first charge coupled plasma source is provided to generate an ion flux to a workpiece in one operational mode, while a secondary plasma source is provided to provide reactive species flux without significant ion flux to the workpiece in another operational mode. A controller operates to cycle the operational modes repeatedly over time to remove a desired cumulative amount of the dielectric material. |
| US10096492B2 |
Substrate cleaning apparatus and polishing apparatus
A substrate cleaning apparatus capable of preventing a cleaning vessel from being corroded by a chemical liquid while constituting the cleaning vessel with a low-price material is provided. The substrate cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning vessel for holding a substrate therein; a substrate holder arranged in the cleaning vessel; a chemical liquid nozzle for supplying a chemical liquid onto the substrate held by the substrate holder; and a plurality of cleaning liquid nozzles for supplying a cleaning liquid onto an inner surface of the cleaning vessel. The inner surface of the cleaning vessel has been subjected to a hydrophilization treatment. |
| US10096490B2 |
Semiconductor package with multiple molding routing layers and a method of manufacturing the same
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package with an internal routing circuit. The internal routing circuit is formed from multiple molding routing layers in a plated and etched copper terminal semiconductor package by using an inkjet process to create conductive paths on each molding compound layer of the semiconductor package. |
| US10096485B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plug in a first insulator, forming a first film on the first insulator and the plug, and forming an opening in the first film. The method further includes forming a second insulator in the opening to form an air gap in the opening, removing the first film after forming the second insulator, to expose the plug, and forming an interconnect on the exposed plug. |
| US10096482B2 |
Apparatus and method for chemical mechanical polishing process control
An apparatus and method for providing target thickness and surface profile uniformity control of a multi-head chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process is disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing at least two wafers; determining a surface profile of each of the at least two wafers; determining an operation mode for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process based on the surface profiles of the at least two wafers; determining a CMP polishing recipe for each of the at least two wafers based on the operation mode; and performing the CMP process on the at least two wafers based on the determined CMP polishing recipes. |
| US10096481B1 |
Method for forming semiconductor structure
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a bottom layer over a substrate and forming a middle layer over the bottom layer. The middle layer includes a carbon backbone and a first side chain bonded to the carbon backbone, and the first side chain has a hydrophilic group. The method includes forming a top layer over the middle layer and patterning the top layer to form a patterned top layer. The method includes patterning the middle layer by using the patterned top layer as a mask to form a patterned middle layer. The method includes patterning the bottom layer to form a patterned bottom layer. The method also includes removing the patterned middle layer by a base solution, and the middle layer is soluble in the base solution by the hydrophilic group. |
| US10096479B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. In the method, a double patterning technology is used to form various patterns with different widths. |
| US10096475B1 |
System and method for depositing a homogenous interface for PECVD metal-doped carbon hardmasks
A method for depositing a hardmask layer on a substrate includes nitridating a first layer of the substrate. The first layer is selected from a group consisting of silicon dioxide and silicon nitride. An amorphous carbon layer is deposited on the nitridated first layer via plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). A monolayer is deposited on the amorphous carbon layer using gas mixture including a metal precursor gas with a reducing agent and without plasma. A bulk metal-doped carbon hardmask layer is deposited on the monolayer. |
| US10096471B2 |
Partial net shape and partial near net shape silicon carbide chemical vapor deposition
A method for fabricating a structure having surfaces exposed to plasma in a substrate processing system includes providing a sacrificial substrate having a first shape, machining the substrate into a second shape, the second shape having dimensions corresponding to a desired final shape of the structure, depositing a layer of material on the substrate, machining first selected portions of the layer of material to expose the substrate within the layer of material, removing remaining portions of the substrate, and machining second selected portions of the layer of material into the structure having the desired final shape without machining the surfaces of the structure that are exposed to plasma during processing. |
| US10096470B2 |
Method of producing a silicon carbide single-crystal substrate by epitaxial growth of a SiC epitaxial film on a SiC substrate
A method of growing a single-crystal, silicon carbide epitaxial film on a silicon carbide substrate by chemical vapor deposition is disclosed that results in a stress value of the epitaxial film within ±7.8 MPa. For example, from the start of the growth of the epitaxial film until completion, introduction of a source gas including a gas containing silicon, a gas containing carbon, and a gas containing chlorine into a reaction chamber and performing epitaxial growth is alternately performed with suspension of the supply of the gas containing silicon and the gas containing carbon into the reaction chamber while furnace temperature is maintained as is during performing processing in a gas atmosphere containing only hydrogen, or hydrogen and hydrogen chloride, whereby the epitaxial film is grown. Employing such a method enables manufacture of a substrate having a silicon carbide epitaxial film with minimal warpage. |
| US10096465B2 |
Substrate processing method, substrate processing apparatus and recording medium
A substrate processing method includes applying a solution of a compound containing a metal oxide to a surface of a wafer to form a liquid film of the solution on the surface of the wafer, heating the liquid film at a first temperature lower than a crosslinking temperature of the compound, and irradiating the liquid film with energy rays to form a coating film containing the metal oxide on the surface, after heating the liquid film at the first temperature. |
| US10096464B2 |
Atomic layer deposition of high density silicon dioxide
Atomic layer deposition methods for the low temperature deposition of silicon dioxide films having low nitrogen content and low wet etch rates. Silicon dioxide films are deposited and treated with plasma and re-oxidized resulting in low nitrogen content films. |
| US10096459B2 |
Mass filtering of ions using a rotating field
Systems and methods for filtering a continuous beam of ions are provided. An acceleration electric field is applied to a continuous beam of ions using an accelerator to produce an accelerated beam of ions. A field is applied to the accelerated beam to separate ions in time and space using a deflector producing a separated beam of ions. The field applied by the deflector is a rotating field or a circulant rastering field. The rotating field can be a rotating magnetic or electric field. Only accept those ions from the separated beam whose m/z values lie within a range centered around a target m/z value using an aperture. The aperture can include a pinhole aperture in a rotating disk or an annular aperture in a first stationary disk, a second deflector, and a pinhole aperture in the center of a second stationary disk. |
| US10096457B2 |
Oxidation resistant induction devices
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to induction devices comprising an oxidation resistant material. In certain examples, the induction device comprises a coil of wire that is produced from the oxidation resistant material. In some examples, the oxidation resistant induction device can be used to sustain an inductively coupled plasma in a torch. |
| US10096454B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus
A resonance frequency can be adjusted by shifting the resonance frequency without reducing an impedance function or a withstanding voltage characteristic against a high frequency noise, when blocking, by using a multiple parallel resonance characteristic of a distributed constant line, the high frequency noise introduced into a power feed line from an electrical member other than a high frequency electrode within a processing vessel. Comb teeth M of a comb-teeth member 114 are inserted into winding gaps of air core coils 104(1) and 104(2). For example, first comb teeth M− having a thickness m− smaller than a standard thickness ts are mainly inserted in an effective zone A in a central portion of the air core coils. Further, in non-effective zones B at both sides or both end portions thereof, second comb teeth M+ having a thickness m+ equal to or larger than the standard thickness ts are arranged. |
| US10096453B2 |
Method and apparatus for plasma etching
A plasma etching apparatus includes an etching chamber and at least one processor. The etching chamber is configured to support a target therein. The at least one processor is configured to: determine a process condition for plasma etching the target before execution of a plasma etching process; and control an aspect of the chamber according to the process condition. The process condition includes a unit etching time over which the plasma etching process is to be continuously performed. |
| US10096452B2 |
Data processing method, charged particle beam writing method, and charged particle beam writing apparatus
In one embodiment, a data processing method is for creating write data from design data, and registering the write data into a writing apparatus. The method includes applying, to a plurality of pieces of first frame data into which first chip data of the design data is divided, a plurality of conversion processes to create the write data, and applying a plurality of pre-processes to a plurality of pieces of second frame data into which second chip data of the write data is divided, and registering the second chip data into the writing apparatus. The plurality of conversion processes and the plurality of pre-processes are each performed in a pipeline processing on a per-frame basis. The write data is registered into the writing apparatus on a per-chip basis, on a per-virtual chip basis, or on a per-frame basis. The virtual chip includes a plurality of chips combined together. |
| US10096451B2 |
Pattern measurement device and computer program
The present invention is: a pattern measurement device that, regardless of increased fineness, deviation, or the like of a pattern, accurately and stably performs measurement on the basis of edge identification or pattern or edge judgment; and a computer program. The pattern measurement device classifies pattern sites (G1, G2, G3, G4), which are repeatedly arrayed at a specific interval, in accordance with the position of the pattern sites, and executes a pattern edge type identification, a pattern type identification, or a measurement of the dimensions between predetermined pattern sites on the basis of an association between the classified pattern sites and information pertaining to the pattern edge type or information pertaining to the pattern type. The computer program causes a computer to execute the abovementioned process. |
| US10096448B2 |
Spherical aberration corrector for electromagnetic lens for charged particle beam
An electromagnetic lens for charged particle beam exhibits positive spherical aberration. A complicated combination of electromagnetic lenses had been necessary for correcting this spherical aberration. One of a circular aperture or a ring-shaped aperture is provided on an incident plate arranged on an incident side of charged particle beam, another of the circular aperture or the ring-shaped aperture is provided on a plate arranged on an emission side thereof, and a voltage is applied between the incident plate and the emission plate. By so doing, an electric field generated in the ring-shaped aperture emanates, which resolves the positive spherical aberration. The spherical aberration can be corrected by an extremely simple and easily implemented structure. |
| US10096444B2 |
Avoiding incorrect orientations of a drive rod of a power switch
A power switch includes a vacuum interrupter held in a pole shell including a fixed contact and a moving contact, and a drive rod embodied in an electrically insulating fashion in order to apply a driving movement of a switch drive to the moving contact in order to open and close the contact system of the vacuum interrupter. Furthermore, a method is disclosed for avoiding incorrect orientations of the drive rod of such a power switch. A guide and/or centering element is proposed, connected to the drive rod and provided radially between the drive rod and the pole shell to bring about independent axial orientation of the drive rod in the pole shell. |
| US10096438B2 |
Switch device
A switch device includes a button, a slider, and a holder in which the button and the slider are slidably held. The slider includes first guide portions. The holder includes: a first holding portion which holds the button; a second holding portion which holds the slider; and second guide portions engaged with the first guide portions. The button includes: a protrusion wall interposed between the second holding portion and the slider; and engaging portions provided in the protrusion wall and engaged with guide projection portions. At least one guide projection portion is provided to extend in a sliding direction of the slider, and a fitting-in portion into which an end portion of the protrusion wall is fitted is provided on a side surface of the guide projection portion extending in the sliding direction. |
| US10096437B2 |
Key switch
A key switch includes a base plate, a key top, a pair of link members, and a switch mechanism. The key top is above the base plate. The link members support the key top and operate in an interlocked manner to allow the key top to be lifted and lowered with respect to the base plate. One of the link members includes a projecting portion at a distal end of an arm of the link member. The other one of the link members includes a concave receiving portion at a distal end of an arm of the link member. The projecting portion is rotationally fitted to the concave receiving portion. The switch mechanism is disposed between the base plate and the key top and is configured to open and close a contact portion of an electric circuit in accordance with lifting and lowering operation of the key top. |
| US10096433B1 |
Method of manufacturing porous current collector
Provided is a method of manufacturing a porous current collector, which can fabricate a porous current collector in such a way as to fabricate alcohol-resolvable resin as an etch mask pattern by printing polyhydric alcohol on a surface of the alcohol-resolvable resin in a pattern and to form a plurality of through holes in a metal sheet using the etch mask pattern. The method includes the steps of forming an alcohol-resolvable resin layer by coating alcohol-resolvable resin on a surface of a metal sheet, forming an alcohol-resolvable mask pattern layer by printing polyhydric alcohol on a surface of the alcohol-resolvable resin layer after the alcohol-resolvable resin layer is formed, and etching the metal sheet so that a plurality of through holes is formed in the metal sheet using the alcohol-resolvable mask pattern layer as a mask after the alcohol-resolvable pattern layer is formed. |
| US10096429B2 |
Systems and methods to connect sintered aluminum electrodes of an energy storage device
This document provides an apparatus including a sintered electrode, a second electrode and a separator material arranged in a capacitive stack. A conductive interconnect couples the sintered electrode and the second electrode. Embodiments include a clip interconnect. In some embodiments, the interconnect includes a comb-shaped connector. In some embodiments, the interconnect includes a wire snaked between adjacent sintered substrates. |
| US10096419B2 |
Common mode choke
A common mode choke comprising a first planar coil for receiving a first signal, a second planar coil for receiving a second signal, the first and second coils comprising substantially mirror images of one another and arranged side by side in a common plane, the first planar coil and second planar coil electromagnetically coupled by a closed coupling loop. |
| US10096418B2 |
Laminated inductor
One object is to provide a laminated inductor having a reduced thickness without reduction in the magnetic characteristic and the insulation quality. The laminated inductor includes a first magnetic layer, an internal conductor, second magnetic layers, third magnetic layers, and a pair of external electrodes. The first magnetic layer includes three or more magnetic alloy particles arranged in the thickness direction and an oxide film binding the magnetic alloy particles together and containing Cr. The three or more magnetic alloy particles have an average particle diameter of 4 μm or smaller. The internal conductor includes a plurality of conductive patterned portions electrically connected to each other via the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layers are composed of magnetic alloy particles and disposed around the conductive patterned portions. The third magnetic layers are composed of magnetic alloy particles and disposed so as to be opposed to each other in thickness direction. |
| US10096411B2 |
Bonded La(Fe,Si)13-based magnetocaloric material and preparation and use thereof
Provided is a high-strength, bonded La(Fe, Si)13-based magnetocaloric material, as well as a preparation method and use thereof. The magnetocaloric material comprises magnetocaloric alloy particles and an adhesive agent, wherein the particle size of the magnetocaloric alloy particles is less than or equal to 800 μm and are bonded into a massive material by the adhesive agent; the magnetocaloric alloy particle has a NaZn13-type structure and is represented by a chemical formula of La1-xRx(Fe1-p-qCopMnq)13-ySiyAα, wherein R is one or more selected from elements cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr) and neodymium (Nd), A is one or more selected from elements C, H and B, x is in the range of 0≤x≤0.5, y is in the range of 0.8≤y≤2, p is in the range of 0≤p≤0.2, q is in the range of 0≤q≤0.2, α is in the range of 0≤α≤3.0. Using a bonding and thermosetting method, and by means of adjusting the forming pressure, thermosetting temperature, and thermosetting atmosphere, etc., a high-strength, bonded La(Fe, Si)13-based magnetocaloric material can be obtained, which overcomes the frangibility, the intrinsic property, of the magnetocaloric material. At the same time, the magnetic entropy change remains substantially the same, as compared with that before the bonding. The magnetic hysteresis loss declines as the forming pressure increases. And the effective refrigerating capacity, after the maximum loss being deducted, remains unchanged or increases. |
| US10096406B2 |
Penetrator device for high pressure application
A penetrator assembly, for high pressure and/or subsea applications, includes a body. The body includes a first end surface, in operation subject to a pressure of a high pressure environment; a second end surface distanced from the first end surface, which in operation is subject to a pressure of a low pressure environment; at least one connecting passage connecting the first end surface to the second end surface; at least one groove extending from the first end surface towards the second end surface, being distanced from second end surface and surrounding the connecting passage and including an annular opening on the first end surface; and annular lips between a first portion of connecting passage adjacent to the first end surface and the groove, the annular lips in operation being subject to the pressure of the high pressure environment and providing a pressure balance around the first portion of connecting passage. |
| US10096401B2 |
Wire harness and wire harness production method
In order to provide a technique for obtaining a wire harness with a shape closer to that when arranged in a vehicle, a wire harness in which three or more branch line portions branch from a trunk line portion and end portions of the branch line portions are respectively provided with connectors, includes: a holding member that holds the branch line portions such that a connector is positioned away from one of the three or more connectors in a first direction that is orthogonal to a terminal insertion direction and a connector is positioned away from that one connector in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, when the trunk line portion is held such that the connectors are suspended. |
| US10096399B2 |
Wire harness sheet, wire harness, and method of manufacturing wire harness
Provided is a wire harness sheet by which it is possible to manually fix an electric wire bundle at an exact position without bending the electric wire bundle. A wire harness sheet 11 includes a sheet base material 13 that has a rectangular shape formed by a pair of first side portion 19 and a second side portion 21 in parallel with each other and by a third side portion 23 and a fourth side portion 25 orthogonal to the first side portion 19 and the second side portion 21; an adhesive layer 15 that is provided on one surface of the sheet base material 13; and a slit 17 which is cut into the sheet base material 13 in such a manner that the slit is formed along and in parallel with each the third side portion 23 and the fourth side portion 25 between each the first side portion 19 and the second side portion 21, and a placement region 31 of an electric wire bundle 27. |
| US10096398B2 |
Electrical cable that is resistant to partial discharges
An electrical cable (1) is provided having (1) a conductive element (2), a first layer (3) having polyimide (PI) surrounding said conductive element (2), a second fluorinated layer (4) having at least one fluorinated compound, surrounding the first layer, and optionally at least one fluorinated semiconductor layer having at least one fluorinated compound, where the total thickness of the assembly of fluorinated layers is at least 0.4 mm. |
| US10096394B2 |
Aluminum alloy wire rod, aluminum alloy stranded wire, covered wire and wire harness, and method of manufacturing aluminum alloy wire rod
An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition including Mg: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Si: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Sn: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio of (standard deviation of crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod)/(average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod) is less than or equal to 0.57, and a ratio of (diameter of the aluminum alloy wire rod)/(average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod) is greater than or equal to 10. |
| US10096390B2 |
Determination of positions of fuel assembly elements
A method for determining positions of elements of fuel assemblies arranged in a nuclear vessel is described herein. According to an implementation, the method involves capturing a plurality of images of a nuclear vessel and using the plurality of images to estimate a first set of positions of S-holes of a fuel assembly of the nuclear vessel. The method further involves determining a value representative of differences between: (a) the distances from the estimated set of positions to a location on a face of the fuel assembly and (b) known actual distances between the S-holes and the location on the face of the fuel assembly. |
| US10096386B2 |
Systems and methods for model-based optimization of spinal cord stimulation electrodes and devices
Systems and methods for model-based optimization of spinal cord stimulation electrodes and devices are disclosed. According to an aspect a method includes providing a patient-specific electroanatomical model including the spine, spinal cord, and a map of target neural elements and non-target neural elements. The method also includes using model electrodes to stimulate the target neural elements. Further, the method includes determining differences in activation thresholds between the target neural elements and the non-target neural elements in a plurality of different configurations of the model electrodes. The method also includes generating an optimal spinal cord stimulation electrode configuration based on the determined differences in activation thresholds. |
| US10096385B1 |
System and method for model-based estimation and control of epidural spinal cord stimulation
Described is a system for controlling epidural spinal cord stimulation. Using an Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), the system receives sensed physiological signals from a subject and, based on the sensed physiological signals, estimating an unobservable state of a target area on the subject. A central pattern generator is then used to generate a stimulation pattern based on the unobservable state. The stimulation pattern is applied to the target area (e.g., spinal cord) of the subject using an electrode array. Receiving feedback, the UKF continuously updates a model of the spinal cord, which results in adjustment of the stimulation pattern as necessary. |
| US10096383B2 |
Performing a health analysis using a smart floor mat
Approaches presented herein enable performing a health analysis of a user using a smart floor mat. Specifically, a sensory array of the smart floor mat collects static and dynamic pressure data for capturing the movement and force exerted by a user's feet as the user walks across the smart floor mat. A healthcare analysis is then performed by comparing this current measurement data against the user's historical measurement data and expected results to generate a healthcare insight such as a trend, pattern, or deviation. The healthcare insight can predict or indicate a health issue. If a deviation exceeding a predefined permissible threshold exists, a healthcare professional can be notified. |
| US10096381B1 |
Bit vector record linkage
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating record matching and entity resolution and for enabling improvements in record linkage. A power-spectrum-based temporal pattern-specific weight may be incorporated into record linkage methods to enhance the record linkage accuracy and statistical performance. For example, in embodiments, a value-specific weight may be calculated from a population-based frequency of field-specific values or dichotomized values of selected phenotypic variables, and provides an opportunity to capture and measure the relative importance of specific values found in a field. A phenotypic bit-vector “fingerprint” pattern-specific weight or Bayesian power spectrum weight may be determined and incorporated into record linkage methods. |
| US10096378B1 |
On-chip capacitance measurement for memory characterization vehicle
A capacitance measurement test vehicle comprises multiple product layers which are used to build memories except interconnect layers, and one or more customized interconnect layers to connect memory-bit-line-under-tests (MBLUTs), memory-world-line-under-tests (MWLUTs) and memory-bit-cell-under-tests (MUTs). By introducing two transistors, one PMOS and one NMOS, at two opposite sides or the same side of a bit-line or a world-line, the capacitance of the bit-line or the world-line can be measured by a parametric tester. The PMOS device is for pumping in current, and the NMOS device is for draining out the current. By applying a non-overlapping clocked signal at the PMOS and NMOS transistors, the capacitance of bit-line, word-line and bit-cell can be measured as current signal. The PMOS and NMOS transistors are selected from on-chip transistors that are already in the memory design layout. |
| US10096368B2 |
Power switch circuit for non-volatile memory
A non-volatile memory includes a power switch circuit and a non-volatile cell array. The power switch circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a current source. A first source/drain terminal and a gate terminal of the first transistor receive a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage, respectively. A second source/drain terminal and a body terminal of the first transistor are connected with a node z. A first source/drain terminal and a gate terminal of the second transistor receive the second supply voltage and the first supply voltage, respectively. A second source/drain terminal and a body terminal of the second transistor are connected with the node z. The current source is connected between a bias voltage and the node z. A power terminal of the non-volatile cell is connected with the node z for receiving an output signal. |
| US10096366B2 |
Memory system including multi-plane flash memory and controller
A memory system of an embodiment includes a memory device including a first set of cell transistors and a second set of cell transistors; and a controller configured to transmit to the memory device a first instruction and transmit to the memory device a second instruction after reception of a first request without receiving the first request again. The first instruction instructs parallel reads from the first and second sets of cell transistors, and the second instruction instructs a read from the first set of cell transistors. |
| US10096360B2 |
Distributed cascode current source for RRAM set current limitation
In one example, a current limited device is coupled between a source line of a memory cell array and a supply voltage, and configured to operate in a constant current mode during an access operation of a memory cell. |
| US10096354B1 |
SRAM with error correction in retention mode
A method for storing information in SRAM bit cell arrays provides for lowering voltage supplied to the SRAM bit cell arrays, with voltage lowering controlled by a connected voltage control circuit. Writing, reading, and correcting information storable in the SRAM bit cell arrays is accomplished using an error correcting code (ECC) block connected to at least some of the SRAM bit cell arrays. The ECC block is configurable to repair stored information. |
| US10096347B2 |
Battery pack and method for writing data to battery pack
A battery pack in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a rechargeable battery, a rewritable nonvolatile memory, a write request receiver, and a write controller. The rewritable nonvolatile memory includes storage areas including a write-inhibit area. The write request receiver receives a write request and data from a charger. The write request includes a first address assigned to a first storage area of the storage areas. The data includes a first data element. The write controller executes a write process for the received data. The write process includes avoiding writing the first data element to the first storage area in response to determining that the first storage area is the write-inhibit area. |
| US10096341B2 |
Media identifier generation for camera-captured media
A video identifier uniquely identifying a video captured by a camera is generated. The video includes video frames and optionally concurrently captured audio as well as video metadata describing the video. Video data is extracted from at least two of the video's frames. By combining the extracted video data in an order specified by an identifier generation protocol, an extracted data object is generated. The extracted data object is hashed to generate the unique media identifier, which is stored in association with the video. The identifier generation protocol may indicate the portions of the video data to extract, such as video data corresponding to particular video frames and audio data corresponding to particular audio samples. The extracted data object may include a size of particular video frames, a number of audio samples in the video, or the duration of the video, for example. |
| US10096340B2 |
Method for processing a video scene and corresponding device
The present disclosure relates to a new method to make a 3D acquisition of the video scene and to replace an object of the video scene by a substitute object corresponding to the product having substantially common 3D features than the object to be replaced and acceptable criteria values. It permits to minimize the appearance of hidden surfaces or occlusions. |
| US10096339B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
A display apparatus including a display unit, adapted to playback a sequence of images, comprises: a detection configured to detect an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; a control unit configured to control the display unit to pause playback of the sequence of images, if the detected attitude of the display apparatus is not substantially aligned with the orientation of an image to be displayed. |
| US10096330B2 |
Utterance condition determination apparatus and method
An utterance condition determination device includes a memory configured to a voice signal of a first speaker and a voice signal of a second speaker, and a processor configured to estimate an average backchannel frequency that represents a backchannel frequency of the second speaker in a period of time from a voice start time of the voice signal of the second speaker to a predetermined time based on the voice signal of the first speaker and the voice signal of the second speaker, to calculate the backchannel frequency of the second speaker for each unit of time based on the voice signal of the first speaker and the voice signal of the second speaker, and to determine a satisfaction level of the second speaker based on the estimated average backchannel frequency and the calculated backchannel frequency. |
| US10096328B1 |
Beamformer system for tracking of speech and noise in a dynamic environment
Techniques are provided for QR Decomposition (QRD) based minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) adaptive beamforming. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes receiving signals from microphone array, identifying signal segments that include a combination of speech and noise, and identifying signal segments that include noise in the absence of speech. The method also includes calculating a QRD and an inverse QRD (IQRD) of the spatial covariance of the noise components. The method further includes estimating a relative transfer function (RTF) associated with the source of the speech, based on the noisy speech signal segments, the QRD, and the IQRD. The method further includes estimating a multichannel speech-presence-probability (SPP) on whitened input signals based on the IQRD. The method further includes calculating beamforming weights, for the microphone array, based on the RTF and the IQRD, to steer a beam in the direction associated with the speech source. |
| US10096326B2 |
System and method for increasing transmission bandwidth efficiency (“EBT2”)
Systems and methods for increasing transmission bandwidth efficiency by the analysis and synthesis of the ultimate components of transmitted content are presented. To implement such a system, a dictionary or database of elemental codewords can be generated from a set of audio clips. Using such a database, a given arbitrary song or other audio file can be expressed as a series of such codewords, where each given codeword in the series is a compressed audio packet that can be used as is, or, for example, can be tagged to be modified to better match the corresponding portion of the original audio file. Each codeword in the database has an index number or unique identifier. For a relatively small number of bits used in a unique ID, e.g. 27-30, several hundreds of millions of codewords can be uniquely identified. By providing the database of codewords to receivers of a broadcast or content delivery system in advance, instead of broadcasting or streaming the actual compressed audio signal, all that need be transmitted is the series of identifiers along with any modification instructions to the identified codewords. After reception, intelligence on the receiver having access to a locally stored copy of the dictionary can reconstruct the original audio clip by accessing the codewords via the received IDs, modify them as instructed by the modification instructions, further modify the codewords either individually or in groups using the audio profile of the original audio file (also sent by the encoder) and play back a generated sequence of phase corrected codewords and modified codewords as instructed. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, such modification can extend into neighboring codewords, and can utilize either or both (i) cross correlation based time alignment and (ii) phase continuity between harmonics, to achieve higher fidelity to the original audio clip. |
| US10096322B2 |
Audio decoder having a bandwidth extension module with an energy adjusting module
An audio decoder configured to produce an audio signal from a bitstream containing audio frames includes: a core band decoding module configured to derive a directly decoded core band audio signal from the bitstream; a bandwidth extension module configured to derive a parametrically de-coded bandwidth extension audio signal from the core band audio signal and from the bitstream, wherein the bandwidth extension audio signal is based on a frequency domain signal having at least one frequency band; and a combiner configured to combine the core band audio signal and the bandwidth extension audio signal so as to produce the audio signal; wherein the bandwidth extension module includes an energy adjusting module being configured in such way that in a current audio frame in which an audio frame loss occurs, an adjusted signal energy for the cur-rent audio frame for the at least one frequency band is set. |
| US10096321B2 |
Reverberation compensation for far-field speaker recognition
Techniques are provided for reverberation compensation for far-field speaker recognition. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes receiving an authentication audio signal associated with speech of a user and extracting features from the authentication audio signal. The method also includes scoring results of application of one or more speaker models to the extracted features. Each of the speaker models is trained based on a training audio signal processed by a reverberation simulator to simulate selected far-field environmental effects to be associated with that speaker model. The method further includes selecting one of the speaker models, based on the score, and mapping the selected speaker model to a known speaker identification or label that is associated with the user. |
| US10096317B2 |
Hierarchical speech recognition decoder
A speech interpretation module interprets the audio of user utterances as sequences of words. To do so, the speech interpretation module parameterizes a literal corpus of expressions by identifying portions of the expressions that correspond to known concepts, and generates a parameterized statistical model from the resulting parameterized corpus. When speech is received the speech interpretation module uses a hierarchical speech recognition decoder that uses both the parameterized statistical model and language sub-models that specify how to recognize a sequence of words. The separation of the language sub-models from the statistical model beneficially reduces the size of the literal corpus needed for training, reduces the size of the resulting model, provides more fine-grained interpretation of concepts, and improves computational efficiency by allowing run-time incorporation of the language sub-models. |
| US10096316B2 |
Sharing intents to provide virtual assistance in a multi-person dialog
A computing system is operable as virtual personal assistant (VPA) to understand relationships between different instances of natural language dialog expressed by different people in a multi-person conversational dialog session. The VPA can develop a common resource, a shared intent, which represents the VPA's semantic understanding of at least a portion of the multi-person dialog experience. The VPA can store and manipulate multiple shared intents, and can alternate between different shared intents as the multi-person conversation unfolds. With the shared intents, the computing system can generate useful action items and present the action items to one or more of the participants in the dialog session. |
| US10096314B2 |
Noise and vibration sensing
A noise and vibration sensing system is provided. The sensing system includes an acceleration sensor arrangement and a summer module. The acceleration sensor arrangement includes at least one acceleration sensor and is configured to generate at least two sense signals representative of acceleration that acts on the acceleration sensor arrangement. The at least two sense signals includes dynamic ranges that are ratios between maximum amplitudes of the at least two sense signals and noise created by the acceleration sensor arrangement. The summer module is configured to sum up the at least two sense signals to provide a sum signal that includes noise and a dynamic range which is a ratio between a maximum amplitude of the sum signal and the noise included in the sum signal. The dynamic range of the sum signal is greater than the arithmetic mean of the dynamic ranges of the at least two sense signals. |
| US10096310B2 |
Acoustic system and method
An acoustic system is disclosed. The acoustic system includes a sound absorptive substrate, and a rigid polyester shell configured to be positioned over the sound absorptive substrate. The rigid polyester shell is configured to be mounted on an interior surface of a building such that at least some sound waves pass through the rigid polyester shell. The shell is configured to provide aesthetic features to the acoustic system. |
| US10096303B2 |
Host and multi-display system including the same
A system on chip (SoC) for transmitting data packets to a display driver integrated circuit (IC) controlling a plurality of displays is provided. The SoC includes a first register, and a central processing unit (CPU) configured to set first values in the first register to adjust a frame rate of each of the displays. A tearing effect (TE) signal detection circuit is configured to detect a TE signal output from the display driver IC. A data transmission circuit is configured to generate a plurality of frame rate adjustment signals using the detected TE signal and the first values and to control transmission timings of the data packets transmitted to the displays using the frame rate adjustment signals. |
| US10096302B2 |
Display system
A display system is provided. The display system includes a perframe controller configured to receive a frame synchronization signal and to change values of M and N in synchronization with at least one pulse of the frame synchronization signal, where M and N are natural numbers; and a fractional divider configured to generate and output a pixel clock signal by dividing an input clock signal by a division ratio of N/M. |
| US10096301B2 |
Method for controlling function and electronic device thereof
A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes connecting to a Head Mounted Device (HMD), receiving an input through the HMD while the HMD is connected, and in response to the received input, performing a function corresponding to the received input. |
| US10096298B2 |
Display device and control method thereof
A display device includes a pixel array, a scan driving unit, a light emitting driving unit and a light emitting switch unit. The scan driving unit is configured to provide a scan signal to the pixel array, the light emitting driving unit is configured to provide a light emitting signal to the pixel array, and the light emitting switch unit is configured to provide a switch signal to the pixel array, wherein the display device performs a progressive displaying when the light emitting driving unit is enabled and performs a simultaneous displaying when the light emitting switch unit is enabled. |
| US10096297B2 |
Display device, display panel driver, and image data signal transmission method
For each unit transmission block having a pixel data block including at least one pixel data piece, clock data is added contiguously to a head of the pixel data block. If no data transition has occurred at a boundary between the clock data and the pixel data block, logic inversion is performed on the pixel data piece. Thereafter, a transmission image data signal in which unit transmission blocks, each constituted by adding an inversion flag immediately before the clock data, are consecutively arranged is transmitted to a display panel driver. The driver generates a clock signal on the basis of the clock data included in the received signal and takes in the pixel data piece or the resultant obtained by inverting the logic level of this pixel data piece in accordance with the clock signal on the basis of the inversion flag. |
| US10096296B2 |
Temporally adjusted application window drop shadows
A method and system for determining a first local time of day for a user device, and determining a first value of a visual aspect of a drop shadow associated with an application window on the display based on of the first local time of day. The drop shadow is displayed in view of the first value, wherein the drop shadow provides a visual appearance that the application window is above a background. A second local time is determined, and a second value of the visual aspect of the drop shadow is determined, wherein the second value is in view of the second local time. The drop shadow is displayed in view of the second value of the aspect such that the drop shadow has a different visual appearance from the first local time to the second local time. |
| US10096294B2 |
Gate driving circuit and display device including the same
A gate driving circuit includes multiple stages to provide gate signals to gate lines of a display panel. At least one stage includes first and second input circuits and output circuit, discharge circuit, pull down circuit, and hold circuit. The first input circuit delivers a (k−2)th gate signal to a first node. A second input circuit delivers a (k+1)th gate signal to the first node. The output circuit outputs a first clock signal as a k-th gate signal based on the first node. The discharge circuit discharges a second node based on the (k−2)th gate signal. The pull down circuit discharges the first node based on the second node and (k+2)th gate signal and discharges the k-th gate signal based on the second node and a (k+2)th gate signal. The hold circuit delivers a (k+3)th gate signal to the second node and maintains the signal level of the second node. |
| US10096293B2 |
Gate driver and liquid crystal display
The present invention proposes a gate driver including a plurality of gate driver on array (GOA) units. Each of the GOA unit includes a main driving circuit, a starting signal output circuit, and a plurality of gate driving circuits. The gate driver utilizes a starting signal and two inversed clock signals to control the charging period and the discharging period of the gate driver. Furthermore, the gate driver utilizes multiple clock signals to control the output of the gate driving signals. In this way, the number of the clock signals is reduced and thus the power consumption is also reduced. |
| US10096286B2 |
Scan driver and organic light emitting display device having the same
A scan driver includes a plurality of stages for respectively outputting a plurality of scan signals, an N-th stage of the stages including a shift register for outputting an N-th carry signal based on a frame start signal or based on a carry signal from a previous stage, and an output control block for outputting the N-th carry signal as an N-th scan signal in a display mode, and for repeatedly outputting active periods of the N-th scan signal during an active period of the N-th carry signal in a sensing mode, wherein N is a positive integer. |
| US10096284B2 |
System and method for external pixel compensation
An electronic device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a number of pixels, each of which includes a driving thin-film-transistor (TFT) and a light-emitting diode. Compensation circuitry external to the display panel applies offset data to pixel data for each pixel of the plurality of pixels before the pixel data is provided to the plurality of pixels. |
| US10096282B2 |
Display unit, driving method, and electronic apparatus
A display unit of the disclosure includes a unit pixel and a driving section that drives the unit pixel. The unit pixel includes a light-emitting device, a capacitor section having a first capacitor and a second capacitor that are coupled in series through a first node, a drive transistor that supplies a drive current corresponding to a potential difference across both ends of the capacitor section to the light-emitting device, and a first transistor that delivers a first voltage to the first node by turning on. |
| US10096281B2 |
Display device, driving method thereof, and timing controller thereof
A display device, a driving method thereof, and a timing controller thereof able to prevent image defects, such as image insensitiveness, non-uniform luminance, and gradation abnormality, which would otherwise occur when sensing data are not ordinarily acquired from data sequentially transmitted from a plurality of sensing configurations are disclosed. |
| US10096279B2 |
Display device having a plurality of sub-display areas comprising a plurality of shared regions
A display device includes a display panel having first and second areas adjacent to each other, and a distribution unit configured to generate first and second input image data from primitive image data. The display device includes a first control unit having a first sub-pixel rendering unit configured to receive the first input image data and to generate first rendering data by performing sub-pixel rendering on the first input image data. The display device further includes a second control unit having a second sub-pixel rendering unit configured to receive the second input image data and to generate second rendering data by performing sub-pixel rendering on the second input image data. The display device includes an extraction unit configured to extract from the first rendering data, first output data corresponding to the first area, and from the second rendering data, second output data corresponding to the second area. |
| US10096278B2 |
Method of driving organic light emitting display device
A method for driving an organic light emitting display device includes measuring a characteristic of a panel and storing a measured loading correction value in a first look-up table. The measured loading correction value includes loading information of pixels that correspond to predetermined gray scale values based on the characteristic of the panel The method further includes storing gamma values of the pixels corresponding to the characteristic of the panel in a second lookup table, and obtaining a calculated loading correction value based on pre-stored equations, the first lookup table, and the second lookup table. The calculated loading correction value includes loading information corresponding to gray scale values different from the predetermined gray scale values. |
| US10096274B2 |
Data driver for reducing data transmission, display device, and data driving method
Provided is a data driver, a driving method of the data driver, and a display device. The data driver includes a latch unit configured to store n-bit image data, wherein n≥2; a conversion unit configured to convert N-bit digital data including the n-bit image data and variable m-bit pseudo control data into an analog voltage and then output the analog voltage, wherein m≥1; and an output unit configured to output a data voltage based on the analog voltage. The data driver is capable of supplying a high image quality based on N-bit digital data with a small circuit size that is based on n-bit image data. |
| US10096269B2 |
Identification tag
An identification tag is described that includes a tab portion having a unique identifier, an anchor portion, and a tether portion connecting the tab portion to the anchor portion. The anchor portion has a permanent pressure sensitive adhesive to secure the tag to one of a patch cable or a port disposed in a patch panel. In an exemplary aspect, the tag portion, anchor portion and the tether portion of the tag are formed as an integral structure. The unique identifier is a two-dimensional code, that is printed as an inverted image to provide improved network security and prevent reading of the unique identifiers by unapproved reading devices. |
| US10096266B2 |
Dental training device
A manikin assists a student in learning to perform root canal therapy on a primary tooth of a child without damaging the underlying adult tooth bud. The manikin includes one or more inserts including a model of an upper primary tooth with roots and a lower adult tooth bud. The manikin includes a jaw portion that is receivable into a hinged dental training aid, so as to simulate the mandible or maxilla of the child. The jaw includes bony portions with a plurality of insert-receiving sockets. The bony portions are covered by an elastic simulated gum tissue that engages the primary tooth of an installed insert. |
| US10096259B2 |
Video playback device and method
A video playback device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes receiving a designation of a tuning during video playback in each of plural respective videos, and, according to a playback instruction, playing back the plural videos in synchronization starting from the timings designated for the plural respective videos. |
| US10096252B2 |
Methods and systems for performance based arrival and sequencing and spacing
A method, medium, and system to receive flight parameter data relating to a plurality of flights, the flight parameter data including indications of aircraft performance based navigation (PBN) capabilities, flight plan information, an aircraft configuration, and an airport configuration for the plurality of flights; assign probabilistic properties to the flight parameter data; receive accurate and current position and predicted flight plan information for a plurality of aircraft corresponding to the flight parameter data; determine a probabilistic trajectory for two of the plurality of aircraft based on a combination of the probabilistic properties of the flight parameter data and the position and predicted flight plan information, the probabilistic trajectory being specific to the two aircraft and including a target spacing specification to maintain a predetermined spacing between the two aircraft at a target location with a specified probability; and generate a record of the probabilistic trajectory for the two aircraft. |
| US10096251B2 |
Systems and methods for establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for a vehicle to follow
An example method of establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for an aerial vehicle to follow includes determining a stand-off distance to the target. The stand-off distance indicates a distance from the target at a point along the flight pattern. The example method also includes generating the flight pattern in a form of a conchoidal transformation of a lemniscate based on the stand-off distance. |
| US10096249B2 |
Method, apparatus and storage medium for providing collision alert
A method for providing a collision alert is provided. The method includes: receiving position information of one or more vehicles; determining, based on the position information and road information, that a vehicle is about to encounter another vehicle at a curve; and providing the collision alert to the vehicle indicating a potential collision at the curve. |
| US10096248B2 |
Parking lot mapping system
A parking lot mapping system includes a receiver, a storage device and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive data transmitted from a plurality of vehicles, the data including a parking event and a position of each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. The storage device is configured to store the data received by the receiver. The controller is programmed to determine that each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles is in a parking lot based on the parking event and to calculate a parking lot route based on accumulation of the data including the position of each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. |
| US10096247B1 |
Vehicle presence detection system
A vehicle presence detection system for determining whether a parking space is vacant or occupied and utilizing this information to guide vehicles to available parking spaces. generally includes a LIDAR device, a cloud-based processing unit, a database, and a guidance light. The LIDAR device generally includes a light emitter, a light sensor, a CPU, a memory unit, and a communications device. The LIDAR device determines the distance between itself and a parking spot or a vehicle parked in that parking spot using an algorithm that accounts for variances in the ambient conditions. This status information can be communicated to a cloud-based processing unit, which can store this information in a database and/or use this information to send parking status indications to an autonomous vehicle dynamic sign, mobile device, or guidance light. |
| US10096245B2 |
Method for supplying a signal for at least one vehicle
A method for supplying a signal for at least one vehicle that is located in front of an entry point into a traffic node, it is provided that the method includes a step of detecting a traffic density at an exit point of the traffic node, as well as a step of supplying a signal as a function of the traffic density at an exit point of the traffic node. |
| US10096243B2 |
Communication device for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle, and communication method
A communication device for a motor vehicle has a plurality, but preferably two, communication modules that are configured in each case to communicate wirelessly with other motor vehicles and wirelessly with one another. A motor vehicle is equipped with a communication device of this type, and a method for communication between a plurality of motor vehicles is carried out. |
| US10096241B2 |
Probe data collection method and probe data collection device
A probe data collection method is provided to ensure real-time nature of collected probe data and to reduce a communication load of the server. Based on received probe data, a total number of vehicles that have transmitted probe data and upload times of the probe data for each vehicle are detected. Based on the detected upload times, correction values of the upload times are calculated for each of the vehicle according to the total number of the vehicles. Then, the calculated correction values are transmitted to the vehicles. |
| US10096240B2 |
Method and server for traffic signal regulation based on crowdsourcing data
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to a traffic control system, the system includes at least: a Wi-Fi communication unit which connects between vehicles and Internet network; and a control unit which controls the vehicles by a Wi-Fi network. The control unit generates crowdsourcing data by using the data collected from the vehicles, and controls the vehicles based on the generated crowdsourcing data. |
| US10096239B2 |
Accessible pedestrian pushbutton station
An accessible pedestrian pushbutton station. The station includes an articulating rear mounting structure to facilitate accurate positioning of the station on either a curved or flat surface. Additionally, slots in the rear mounting structure allow for minor positional adjustments during installation. The crossing direction arrow is easily repositioned on the front of the station without disassembling the housing. After removing the screw-mounted arrow, the plunger can be turned clockwise or counter-clockwise using only a flat-head screw driver. The plunger is balanced between oppositely biased springs. The spring-balanced plunger indirectly actuates an offset piezo bender using a flexible spring actuator and a second, offset stem bumper. This protects the piezo bender from direct pressure and potential damage. The station includes an internal speaker and the housing includes bilateral sound vents to project the sound emitted by the speaker. Baffles may be inserted in one or both of the sound vents. |
| US10096238B2 |
Multidimensional information graphical user interface for energy systems
Aspects of interaction with multidimensional information for an energy system are disclosed. The use of multidimensional information in a graphical user interface can facilitate efficient communication of information related to energy systems. Energy system information can be classified. A multidimensional information interface can include a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns populated with tokens representing energy system information, based on the classification of the energy system information. The tokens can be selectable tokens such that selection of tokens can be related to accessing detailed information related to the token. In some embodiments, indicators, particularly visual indicators, can be employed to convey additional information, such as counts, selection status, sums of rows or columns, etc. Further, augmentation effects can be employed to facilitate access to an additional layer of information, such as freshness of a token, acknowledged tokens, etc. |
| US10096233B2 |
Anonymous disarm detect with built-in camera
A system is provided that includes a control panel of a security system that protects a secure geographic area, a user input carried by the control panel that receives a disarm instruction disarming the security system, a camera carried by the control panel that captures an image of a person entering the disarm instruction, and a processor that disarms the security system in response to the disarm instruction received only when a human face of the person entering the disarm instruction is detected by the camera. |
| US10096230B2 |
Safety device, system and method of use
A safety device that is worn by a worker in a manufacturing facility is presented. The safety device includes a microprocessor, memory, an antenna and transceiver and a plurality of sensors that sense environmental conditions surrounding the worker such as light levels, noise levels, temperature, humidity, air quality and CO levels. The safety device also tracks the position of the worker and includes an accelerometer that detects trips and falls. The safety device also includes an event trigger which can be activated by the worker when a notable event or near miss occurs. The environmental information recorded by the safety device is used to both track accidents and near misses and is aggregated in a database for datamining purposes so as to predict future accidents and near misses. This information is also used to create correlations and better understand the root cause of accidents and near misses. |
| US10096227B2 |
Electronic apparatus and ultraviolet avoidance information providing method thereof
An electronic apparatus and an ultraviolet avoidance information providing method are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display; a biometric information acquisition module that acquires biometric information of a user; a location information acquisition module that acquires location information of a particular location; an ultraviolet intensity information acquisition module that acquires ultraviolet intensity information corresponding to the acquired location information; and a processor that controls the display to display ultraviolet avoidance information for avoiding ultraviolet light at the particular location based on the acquired biometric information and the acquired ultraviolet intensity information. |
| US10096225B2 |
Digital wearable monitoring device with dual locking system
A digital wearable monitoring device with dual locking system allows parents to monitor and locate a missing or wandering child. The monitoring device is secured to a child and can be removed through biometric signatures of a parent or authorized guardians. The monitoring device is preferred to be a wrist strap; however, the present invention may take the form of a belt, necklace, bracelet, earring, or any other applicable clothing accessory. The monitoring device includes a tactile sensor and at least one input device. The tactile sensor allows the wearer to write, draw, or tap a message to be processed and transmitted to a parent or authority. A location device then allows the parent or authority to locate and rescue the wearer. |
| US10096224B1 |
Apparatus and method for detection of movement behind wearer of wearable device and signal
Upon detection of movement or object, the device of the present invention can vibrate, emit a sound, or transmit another signal to a wearer's phone App and/or earbuds/headphones. Depending on settings and preferences, the device (or the App) can cause the device, or even a separate device, to vibrate, emit a custom alarm and/or send a tone to earbuds/earphones/headphones, either through the App or directly from the device, or send another signal. The technology described can also be built into and integrated directly within a cell phone if so desired potentially using the processor, sensor or battery already present within the cell phone. The device uses these communication methods as a means to notify the wearer of an object (person, car, bike, etc.) approaching or moving in the rear or side areas of the wearer. |
| US10096218B2 |
Portal with RFID tag reader and object recognition functionality, and method of utilizing same
An RFID/object recognition system monitors the passage of an object through a portal into a space. An RFID reader adjacent the portal communicates with an RFID tag within a preselected distance from the RFID reader. A data processor processes data from the RFID reader. A 3-dimensional scanner has an RGB camera and a depth sensor with an infrared laser projector and a monochrome CMOS sensor. An infrared laser controller is electronically coupled with the infrared laser projector, and a monochrome CMOS processor is electronically coupled with the monochrome CMOS sensor. The infrared laser controller, monochrome CMOS processor, and RGB camera are electronically coupled with a processor. The RFID reader receives data from an RFID tag when an RFID-tagged object passes within the preselected distance from the RFID reader through the portal. The 3-dimensional object recognition assembly identifies where the RFID-tagged object is located within the defined space. |
| US10096215B1 |
Non-electrical power operated sensor and monitoring system using the same
A non-electrical power operated sensor determining the position and movement of a first object in relation to a second object includes a valve on the first object. The valve has a housing and a cavity. A first sound device is mounted on one side of the housing and connected to the cavity. A second sound device is mounted on the other side of the housing and connected to the cavity. A piston connects the second object and the valve. The piston includes a push rod extending from one side of the plug body and the push rod being moved one way or another way causes one sound or another sound to be made. The disclosure also provides a monitoring system listening for the one sound or for the other sound, the system being able to instantly communicate with an electronic device of a user. |
| US10096214B2 |
Tactile presentation device and control method for the same
A circuit of a tactile presentation device is configured to: connect first electrodes at least partially included in a target area to an AC voltage signal source and connect second electrodes at least partially included in the target area to another AC voltage signal source to present tactile senses in the target area; and in transition from a frame to the next frame, turn each of multiple first electrodes including the first electrodes and multiple second electrodes including the second electrodes into a floating state and subsequently connect each of the multiple first electrodes and the multiple second electrodes to a voltage signal source. A time to keep the floating state is set shorter than a first period for unnecessary tactile senses presented outside the target area to be weaker than unnecessary tactile senses presented outside the target area in the first period. |
| US10096212B1 |
Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine includes a main body provided with a guide rail extending in a front-rear direction, a tray mounted in the main body, the tray being movable along the guide rail into and out of the main body, and a fascia rotatably installed at a front side of the tray. The tray includes a movable frame configured to move along the guide rail and provided with a cutout portion at a front end thereof. The tray further includes a tray cover provided at a front side of the movable frame to cover the cutout portion from below. |
| US10096209B2 |
Temporary grant of real-time bonus feature
In one embodiment, a system, apparatus, and method for distributing a portion of game information may include a gaming machine configured to play a game of chance and produce game information. A social gaming server can be configured to communicate with the gaming machine, may establish a remote gaming session between the gaming machine and a user device, and may distribute the portion of the game information to the user device. A social gaming server may also establish a temporal bonus game feature between the gaming machine user and at least one available remote user. |
| US10096208B2 |
Gaming system and method for permanently increasing the average expected payback percentage of a game for a player
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method for permanently increasing the average expected payback percentage of a game for a player. The gaming system is configured to operate a game associated with one or more designated point thresholds, each of which is associated with a quantity of points. The gaming system maintains a point balance for the player for the game. Upon an occurrence of a point accumulation event, the gaming system adds a quantity of points to the player's point balance for the game. When the player's point balance for the game reaches one of the designated point thresholds, the gaming system permanently modifies a feature of the game and/or adds a new feature to the game. In various embodiments, the modification to the feature and/or the new feature permanently increases the average expected payback percentage for the game for that player. |
| US10096203B2 |
Automatic electronic gaming system timeout calibration
In one aspect, there is described a computer-implemented method of configuring timeout values for an electronic gaming system. The electronic gaming system includes an electronic gaming machine and a first host coupled to the electronic gaming machine through a network. The method includes: receiving a command to initiate timeout calibration through an input interface associated with the electronic gaming system; and in response to receiving the command: i) sending a plurality of test messages between the electronic gaming machine and the first host; ii) determining transmission times for the test messages; iii) based on the determined transmission times, automatically determining one or more timeout values; and iv) configuring one or both of the electronic gaming machine and the first host based on the determined timeout values. |
| US10096200B2 |
Gaming machine and method of play with split-flap reels
An electronic gaming machine has a virtual reel with a plurality of predetermined fixed game elements. Each gaming element of the plurality of gaming elements is displayable in a visual viewing position when in an in-play orientation. When in the in-play orientation each game element has a depiction, when in said visual viewing position, which differs from another depiction of that same game element when that same game element is displayed in the in-play orientation in said visual viewing position. Virtual flaps provide for the differing depictions. |
| US10096199B2 |
Gaming system and method providing a community selection game providing bonus game selection
Gaming systems and methods providing a community selection game providing bonus game selection. In one embodiment, for each gaming device in the gaming system, when a triggering event occurs, the gaming system provides a player of that gaming device with a player identifier that uniquely identifies that player. The community selection game includes a plurality of bonus game identifiers each identifying a bonus game. The bonus game identifiers each include a limited quantity of bonus game player identifier display areas. The gaming system enables the players to place earned or received player identifiers at the bonus game player identifier display areas. When each bonus game player identifier display area of one of the displayed bonus game identifiers displays a player identifier, the players associated with those player identifiers are provided with one or more plays of the bonus game identified by that bonus game identifier. |
| US10096197B2 |
Methods and apparatus for facilitating flat rate play sessions
In accordance with one embodiment, a video roulette flat rate play session is facilitated. The flat rate play session may be associated with at least one of a wagering restriction applied to one or more bets during the flat rate play session and a net maximum payout per spin applicable to one or more bets during the flat rate play session. In one embodiment, a player is provided with a plurality of wagering units at the beginning of the session. A monetary value of the plurality of wagering units may be greater than a monetary value of a flat rate price paid for the flat rate play session. |
| US10096196B2 |
Transaction management method and associated system
A management method for transactions done by at least one automatic distribution machine (12_1, 12_2), includes the following steps: detecting a malfunction during a transaction of a first automatic distribution machine (12_1, 12_2) with a user of the first automatic distribution machine (12_1, 12_2), the malfunction creating a harm for the user, generating an identifier, at least part of the identifier being specific to the detected malfunction and the identifier (28) being intended to be introduced into a second automatic distribution machine (12_1, 12_2), the introduction making it possible for the second automatic distribution machine (12_1, 12_2) to take an action to compensate the harm suffered by the user, and creating a ticket including the identifier. |
| US10096188B2 |
Fixed location based trainable transceiver for the control of remote devices systems and methods
A system for controlling a remote device from a vehicle includes a control device in the vehicle. The control device includes an operator input device configured to receive a user, input, a control circuit coupled to the operator input device, and a first communications device coupled to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to transmit a control signal in response to the user input. The system further includes a trainable transceiver remote from the vehicle including a second communications device configured to receive the control signal, a processing circuit coupled to the second communications device, and a transceiver circuit coupled to the processing circuit. The processing circuit configured to format an activation signal in response to the control signal, and the processing circuit is further configured to transmit the activation signal via the transceiver circuit, wherein the activation signal is configured to control the remote device. |
| US10096187B2 |
Automatic transmission of a barrier status and change of status over a network
An Internet based system for remotely monitoring and changing the open/closed door status of a garage door. A position detector is coupled to the door. The position detector has at least one tilt switch, and preferably two substantially orthogonal with respect to one another, for determining the barrier status, which indicates whether the door is in the open or closed position, and a wireless transmitter that transmits the barrier status to a multi-functional control module based upon a change thereof and/or an automatic pre-established periodic pulse. A multi-functional control module transmits the barrier status, upon a change thereof and/or an automatic pre-established periodic pulse to the Internet Cloud, and thereafter to a Smartphone. No request is ever made to obtain door status. The control module also receives a command from the Internet Cloud to move one or more doors. The control module pushes the barrier status to the Internet in response to receipt thereof, and not in response to a request for the barrier status. A Smartphone sends the command to the Internet, receives the barrier status therefrom, and displays the barrier status. |
| US10096184B2 |
Key fob with RSSI
A key fob includes: communicator(s), a battery, memory, and processor(s) configured to: find signal strengths of received polls; determine, based on the signal strengths, that the received polls have: (a) increased, (b) decreased, (c) leveled off; and if (a), issue a poll response; if (c), not issue the poll response. |
| US10096181B2 |
Hands-free fare gate operation
An access gate that controls access to a restricted area, the access gate includes a communications interface having a long range wireless beacon and a short range radio frequency beacon. The gate includes a movable physical barrier, a processing unit, and a memory. The memory has instructions stored thereon that cause the processing unit to detect, using the long range beacon, the presence of a mobile device, receive, using the long range beacon, an access credential from the mobile device, and validate the access credential. The memory also has instructions that cause the processing unit to determine, using the short range radio frequency beacon, that the mobile device is within a threshold distance of the access gate and manipulate the movable physical barrier to allow access to a user of the mobile device based on the determination that the mobile device is within the threshold distance of the access gate. |
| US10096179B2 |
Vehicle operation management system with automatic sequence detection
An operation management system for a vehicle controllable by an operator to perform various vehicle actions, the system including a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface. The processor is configured to record sequences of operator-initiated vehicle actions into the memory, record a distance value associated with each vehicle action relative to a previous vehicle action in the sequence into the memory, and generate a new sequence in the memory beginning with each vehicle action. |
| US10096178B2 |
Reducing nuisance fault indications from a vehicle using physics based and data driven models
An off-board apparatus is provided for reducing nuisance fault indications from a vehicle. The apparatus is communicably coupled to a vehicle health monitoring (VHM) system, or one or more vehicle systems for at least collecting and communicating data thereto such as data that indicates fault generated by a line replaceable unit of the vehicle in response to a built-in test. The apparatus is also coupleable with a computerized maintenance management system configured to store data that describes a historical condition and maintenance of the vehicle. The apparatus is programmed to determine a probability of validity or invalidity of the fault indication, determine a condition indicator for the signal path based on the LRUs current and historical operational environment, and generate a notification, or output the fault indication for generation of a notification, only in an instance in which the fault indication, with a high probability is valid. |
| US10096177B2 |
Electronic control unit
An electronic control unit improves a serviceability for a user of a vehicle by performing an abnormality diagnosis of the vehicle based on (i) storing a readiness information indicating that readiness is complete in a readiness storage, (ii) storing a history of normal diagnosis results from an abnormality diagnosis in a history storage, and (iii) relaxing a readiness complete condition for storing the readiness information in the readiness storage under control of a microcomputer, when the history stored in the history storage includes information of existence of the normal history. By using the relaxed condition for the abnormality diagnosis, readiness information is more quickly stored when performing the abnormality diagnosis. Also, diagnostic process is completed more quickly, facilitating the repair process and enabling the user to more quickly receive a desired service. |
| US10096170B2 |
Image device for determining an invalid depth information of a depth image and operation method thereof
An image device for determining an invalid depth information of a depth image includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a pre-processing module, a depth map engine, and an error determination unit. The first sensor captures first images and the second sensor captures second images. The pre-processing module generates a reference image according to each first image of the first images and a target image corresponding to the reference image according to a second image of the second images. The depth map engine generates a first depth image according to the reference image and the target image. The error determination unit sets gray level values of pixels of invalid areas of the first depth image to be a predetermined value to generate a second depth image, wherein pixels of the second depth image with the predetermined value have the invalid depth information. |
| US10096167B2 |
Method for executing functions in a VR environment
A wearable computing device includes a head-mounted display (HMD) that generates a virtual reality environment. Through the generation and tracking of positional data, a the virtual environment may be interrupted or paused. Upon pausing the environment, a user may access a number of ancillary menus and controls not otherwise available during normal operation of the virtual environment. |
| US10096166B2 |
Apparatus and method for selectively displaying an operational environment
Apparatus for selectively displaying an operational area comprising an internal and an external environment separated from another by at least one physical obstruction, the apparatus comprising a headset including a screen for placing over a user's eyes, the system further comprising a processor configured to generate a three-dimensional virtual environment, and an image capture device for capturing images of the internal environment, said processor being configured to blend image data representative thereof into said three dimensional virtual environment to create a mixed reality environment including a representation of said at least one physical obstruction, the processor configured to receive image data representative of said external environment and to remove at least a portion of said physical obstruction from said mixed reality environment displayed on said screen, and blend said image data of said external environment into said mixed reality environment wherein said physical obstruction appears to be transparent. |
| US10096165B2 |
Technologies for virtual camera scene generation using physical object sensing
Technologies for virtual camera scene generation include a computing device and one or more physical objects. The computing device determines a physical position of each of the physical objects by using a position sensor to detect a position sensor target of each physical object. The computing device determines a virtual object position based on the physical position of each of the physical objects. The computing device renders a virtual camera scene based on the virtual object positions. The computing device may identify one or more three-dimensional models corresponding to the physical objects and render each of the three-dimensional models in the virtual camera scene. The computing device may determine a predefined behavior associated with a virtual object based on the physical position or identity of the physical objects, or based upon user input received from a physical object. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10096163B2 |
Haptic augmented reality to reduce noxious stimuli
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for classifying a physical proximity event with respect to a wearable device based on one or more of a haptic input or a scent input. Additionally, the classified physical proximity event may be correlated with an augmented reality (AR) effect, wherein the AR effect may be initiated via the wearable device. In one example, the AR effect cancels a negative perceptual impact of the physical proximity event. |
| US10096160B2 |
Virtual reality (VR) sports pub system
A screen structure including the first, second, and third screens, and a hall structure in which a table, a chair, a staircase, and a serving passage are configured in one structure. Multiple tables and chairs are disposed in one viewing direction of the first screen on a front and each table and chair are configured in each staircase structure, the serving passage is configured on a front end of each table, the first screen is provided on the front of the viewing direction of the multiple tables, and the second and third screens are configured in left and right directions of the multiple tables, respectively and a screen size is configured so that a horizontal viewing angle is 180° or more and a vertical viewing angle is 100° or more, including a local illumination that limitedly illuminates the top of the table at an upper end. |
| US10096157B2 |
Generation of three-dimensional imagery from a two-dimensional image using a depth map
A method for generating stereoscopic images includes obtaining image data comprising a plurality of sample points. A direction, a color value, and a depth value are associated with each sample point. The directions and depth values are relative to a common origin. A mesh is generated by displacing the sample points from the origin. The sample points are displaced in the associated directions by distances representative of the corresponding depth values. The image data is mapped to the mesh such that the color values associated with the sample points are mapped to the mesh at the corresponding directions. A first image of the mesh is generated from a first perspective, and a second image of the mesh is generated from a second perspective. The first and second images of the mesh may be caused to be displayed to provide an illusion of depth. |
| US10096153B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An image processing apparatus includes an image decomposing unit that decomposes a pixel value of each pixel forming an original image into an illumination component and a reflectance component to generate an illumination component image, and an image composing unit that reflects the illumination component on a sample image serving as a sample of image, and combines the sample image with the illumination component reflected thereon to the original image. |
| US10096151B2 |
Methods and systems for three-dimensional visualization of deviation of volumetric structures with colored surface structures
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and computer systems for converting datasets into three-dimensional (“3D”) mesh surface visualization, displaying the mesh surface on a computer display, comparing two three-dimensional mesh surface structures by blending two primary different primary colors to create a secondary color, and computing the distance between two three-dimensional mesh surface structures converted from two closely-matched datasets. For qualitative analysis, the system includes a three-dimensional structure comparison control engine that is configured to convert dataset with three-dimensional structure into three-dimensional surfaces with mesh surface visualization. The control engine is also configured to assign color and translucency value to the three-dimensional surface for the user to do qualitative comparison analysis. For quantitative analysis, the control engine is configured to compute the distance field between two closely-matched datasets. |
| US10096149B2 |
Direct motion sensor input to rendering pipeline
System and techniques for direct motion sensor input to rendering pipeline are described herein. A view parameter may be received, via an input port to a rendering pipeline, from a sensor. A rendering object may be assigned to a shader in the rendering pipeline. The view parameter may be applied to the shader to re-render the rendering object. The re-rendered rendering object may be output to an output interlink, the output interlink providing instruction to display the re-rendered rendering object. |
| US10096144B2 |
Customized augmented reality animation generator
Embodiments of the invention are directed an animation kit including a template page with at least one template design, an armature that moves between at least a first position and a second position, and an animation application that generates an animated segment corresponding to the template design and at least one pose of the armature. In further embodiments, a method for generating an animated segment is provided. In another embodiment, a system for generating an animated sequence includes a template design and an application that receives an image of the template design and animates at least one three-dimensional image corresponding to the captured template design. |
| US10096143B2 |
Device and method of managing user information based on image
A device and a method of managing user information are provided. The device includes a display and a controller. The controller controls the display to display an avatar-based image according to user schedule information, change the avatar-based image according to a user input indicating a request to change the avatar-based image, and update the user schedule information according to the changed avatar-based image. The method includes displaying, on a display of a device, an avatar-based image according to user schedule information, changing the avatar-based image according to a user input indicating a request to change the avatar-based image, and updating the user schedule information according to the changed avatar-based image. |
| US10096142B2 |
Method and apparatus for contextually varying imagery on a map
Map data for generating a digital map of a geographic area is received, the digital map is generated using the received map data, and the digital map is displayed via a user interface. An interactive runway of photographic images corresponding to objects located within the geographic area is generated, the runway being a linear arrangement of the photographic images. Generating the runway includes rating each of the candidate photographic images corresponding to objects located within the within the geographic area using viewing signals related to at least one of the photographic image or an object depicted in the photographic image, and selecting, from among the candidate photographic images, the photographic images for inclusion in the interactive runway, using the rating. The interactive runway is displayed over the digital map. |
| US10096141B2 |
Set and method for assisting in the shooting of images of objects presented on a mobile removable support
Disclosed is a set for assisting in the shooting of images of an object including a mobile removable support (120) configured to receive the object, a unit (135) for modifying the pose of a member, including a unit for rigid fastening by suspension of the support, making it possible to modify the pose of the support, image shooting unit (110) enabling images to be obtained representing the support and the object placed on the support as well as computing unit (115) for receiving images from the image shooting unit, analyzing the images received and, in response to an analysis of those images and predetermined position information, controlling the unit for modifying the pose of a member. |
| US10096136B2 |
Video output device, video output method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium
A storage unit storing first drawing data shared in common by at least two video frames among a plurality of video frames. A control unit generating second drawing data based on second drawing instruction data for drawing a portion that differs in drawing data pertaining to the plurality of video frames and generates the drawing data pertaining to the plurality of video frames by combining the first drawing data and the second drawing data. An output unit outputs video based on the drawing data pertaining to the plurality of video frames. |
| US10096135B2 |
Image processing LSI and image processing program
When graphics computations are to be performed to calculate the display data of a figure to be drawn within a frame that is formed of a plurality of lines in accordance with input vector data, the present invention reduces the storage capacity of a RAM to which a work area for storing intermediate data is allocated. When the graphics computations are to be performed, the frame in which the figure is to be displayed is segmented into a plurality of drawing areas for each of the lines. As regards the work area for storing the intermediate data, the same work area is allocated to all the drawing areas. The graphics computations for calculating the intermediate data of the individual drawing areas are sequentially performed by repeatedly using the same work area. |
| US10096132B2 |
Method and apparatus for positioning feature point
A feature point positioning apparatus includes a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the computer-executable instructions such that the one or more processors are configured to, iteratively update a first form coefficient based on, a nonlinear feature extracted from an image, and a regression factor matrix obtained through training, and detect a position of the feature point of the image based on, the updated first form coefficient, and a statistical form model obtained through training. |
| US10096125B1 |
Forecasting multiple poses based on a graphical image
A forecasting neural network receives data and extracts features from the data. A recurrent neural network included in the forecasting neural network provides forecasted features based on the extracted features. In an embodiment, the forecasting neural network receives an image, and features of the image are extracted. The recurrent neural network forecasts features based on the extracted features, and pose is forecasted based on the forecasted features. Additionally or alternatively, additional poses are forecasted based on additional forecasted features. |
| US10096124B2 |
Water droplet detection device, and three-dimensional object detection device using water droplet detection device
A water droplet detection device has an image capturing unit and a water droplet detection unit. The image capturing unit has a photographic optical system that an area captures an image of a predetermined area. The water droplet detection unit sets an arbitrary attention point in the captured image, a plurality of first reference points inside an imaginary circle of a predetermined radius having the attention point as a center the imaginary circle, and a plurality of second reference points corresponding to the first reference points outside the imaginary circle. The water droplet detection unit detects edge information between the first reference points and second reference points, and assesses a circularity strength of the edge information to detect a water droplet attached to the photographic optical system. The water droplet detection device can be used with an image conversion unit to form a three-dimensional object detection device. |
| US10096123B2 |
Method and device for establishing correspondence between objects in a multi-image source environment
In one implementation, a method includes generating a set of candidate objects based at least in part on a set of image data, where the set of image data includes image data from a plurality of image sources. The method also includes generating a set of visual signatures, wherein each of the visual signatures in the set of visual signatures characterizes a candidate object in the set of candidate objects. The method further includes transforming at least two candidate objects in the set of candidate objects into a single object according to a determination that correspondence between visual signatures for the at least two candidate objects satisfies one or more correspondence criteria. |
| US10096120B2 |
Bone segmentation from image data
A method for segmenting bone in spectral image data is described herein. The spectral image data includes at least a first set of image data corresponding to a first energy and second set of image data corresponding to a second different energy. The method includes obtaining the spectral image data. The method further includes extracting a set of features for each voxel in spectral image data. The method further includes determining, for each voxel, a probability that each voxel represents bone structure based on the set of features. The method further includes extracting bone structure from the spectral image data based on the probabilities. |
| US10096118B2 |
Method and system for image processing to classify an object in an image
In an image processing method, an object is located within an image. An area around the object is determined and divided into at least first and second portions based upon image information within the area. The object can then be classified based upon both image information in the first portion of the area and image information in the second portion of the area. |
| US10096116B2 |
Method and apparatus for segmentation of 3D image data
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for real time object segmentation of 3D image data based on local feature correspondences between a plurality of views. In order to reduce the computational effort of object segmentation of 3D image data, the segmentation process is performed based on correspondences relating to local features of the image data and a depth map. In this way, computational effort can be significantly reduced and the image segmentation can be carried out very fast. |
| US10096111B2 |
Systems and methods for interleaving series of medical images
After selecting two or more image series for comparison, images of the image series are interleaved so that they are alternatively displayed in a comparison pane on a display device. In one embodiment, after one or more image series are selected for comparison, an interleaved image series is created containing each of the images of the one or more selected image series, or, alternatively, the interleaved image series comprises links to the images arranged in the interleaved pattern. If differences exist in the images of the multiple image series, these differences may be more easily detectable as the display device cycles between the images. Comparison of images in an interleaved image series may be more advantageous if the images of each selected image series are of a common anatomical area, common image size, and the images are in the same order. |
| US10096110B2 |
System and method for automated stereology of cancer
This invention relates to a system and method for applying an ensemble of segmentations to microscopy images of a tissue sample to determine if the tissue sample is representative of cancerous tissue. The ensemble of segmentations is applied to a plurality of greyscale or color microscopy images to generate a final image level segmentation and a final blob level segmentation. The final image level segmentation and final blob level segmentation are used to calculate a mean nuclear volume to determine if the tissue sample is representative of cancerous tissue. |
| US10096108B2 |
Medical image segmentation method and apparatus
A medical image segmentation method includes: step 1, initialize of the number of clusters and determine the initial values of the cluster centroids; step 2, calculate a Hausdorff distance between each cluster centroid and each pixel in the image; step 3, calculate a membership function of each pixel based on the Hausdorff distance and a Euclid distance between the cluster centroids and each pixel; step 4, calculate an objective function, cluster the pixels of the image based on the updated membership function, and update the centroid value; and repeating step 2-4, until a difference between two objective function values is less than a threshold value. Then the membership function from the last iteration is a final segmentation. |
| US10096098B2 |
Phase retrieval from differential phase contrast imaging
Embodiments of methods and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining differential phase contrast imaging system and methods for same. Method and apparatus embodiments can provide regularized phase contrast retrieval that can address noise reduction and/or edge enhancement. Certain exemplary embodiments can suppress stripe artifacts occurring in the process of integration of noisy differential phase data. Further, certain exemplary embodiments can use transmission images and/or dark-field images to improve or restore phase contrast images affected by noise edges. |
| US10096095B2 |
Display apparatus and display method
A display apparatus includes: a display unit; an acquiring unit configured to acquire brightness information that is information related to display brightness; and a correcting unit configured to, in a case where a first image that is an image based on first image data having a first dynamic range and a second image that is an image based on second image data having a second dynamic range narrower than the first dynamic range are displayed on a screen, correct the second image data so that the first image is displayed in accordance with the display brightness related to the brightness information and the second image is displayed in accordance with display brightness that is lower than the display brightness related to the brightness information. |
| US10096094B2 |
Alignment of mixed-modality data sets for reduction and removal of imaging artifacts
Methods and systems are described for removing reflective artifacts from an imaging model. An x-ray detector captures x-ray images that include a structure and an imaging device captures a surface scan of the same structure. An image processor constructs a three-dimensional CT model of the structure from the x-ray images and constructs a three-dimensional surface model of the structure from the surface scan. The image processor is configured to resize and orient the surface model and/or the CT model so that they are the same scale and orientation, overlay the surface model onto the CT model, and detect data points in the combined data set that extend beyond a surface of the structure in the surface model. The detected data points represent artifacts in the CT model and are adjusted by interpolation to produce an artifact-reduced CT model. |
| US10096090B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium, relating to emphasizing a contour region
An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify a contour region including a contour component in an input image, a determination unit configured to determine a scatter degree of the contour region in the input image, an emphasis processing unit configured to increase, in a case where the scatter degree of the contour region is greater than a determination value, an emphasis degree of the contour region in comparison to a case where the scatter degree is equal to or less than the determination value, and an output unit configured to output, to a display unit, the input image including the contour region in which the emphasis processing unit increases the emphasis degree. |
| US10096081B2 |
Adaptive filtering of packets in a graphics processing system
An adaptive list stores previously received hardware state information that has been used to configure a graphics processing core. One or more filters are configured to filter packets from a packet stream directed to the graphics processing core. The packets are filtered based on a comparison of hardware state information included in the packet and hardware state information stored in the adaptive list. The adaptive list is modified in response to filtering the first packet. The filters can include a hardware filter and a software filter that selectively filters the packets based on whether the graphics processing core is limiting throughput. The adaptive list can be implemented as content-addressable memory (CAM), a cache, or a linked list. |
| US10096079B2 |
Fragment shaders perform vertex shader computations
Graphics processing may include implementing a vertex shader and a pixel shader with the GPU. Vertex indices output from a vertex shader may be written to a cache. The vertex indices written to the cache may be accessed with the pixel shader and vertex parameter values associated with the vertex indices may be accessed from a memory unit with the pixel shader. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| US10096078B2 |
Multi GPU interconnect techniques
A graphics processing subsystem includes one or more memory devices and two or more graphics processing units (GPU). The graphics processing units each include a memory interface. A first sub-set of the memory interface of the first graphics processing unit communicatively couples the first graphics processing unit to the first memory device. A first sub-set of the memory interface of the second graphics processing unit is connected to a second sub-set of the memory interface of the first graphics processing unit. |
| US10096077B2 |
Information embedding device, information embedding method, and recording medium storing program
An information embedding device, comprising: a memory; and a processor configured to execute a procedure, the procedure including: from an image, detecting, as an embedding target pixel block, a pixel block having a pixel value that, after being changed by a specific value corresponding to information to be embedded into the image, will be within a first specific range of an average value of pixel values of a surrounding pixel block; and changing the pixel value of the detected embedding target pixel block by the specific value. |
| US10096074B2 |
Systems and methods for expanding relevant search results in electronic discovery
The disclosed computer-implemented method for expanding relevant search results in electronic discovery may include (1) creating a file-participant cluster that links a file within a data source to a set of participants that had interactions with the file, (2) determining that the file-participant cluster exceeds a threshold level of similarity relative to another file-participant cluster, (3) merging the file-participant clusters into a merged file-participant cluster that identifies files and participants linked by the file-participant clusters, (4) receiving, from a user involved in electronic discovery, a query to search the data source for files that match one or more search parameters, and then in response to receiving the query, (5) determining that the file linked by the file-participant cluster matches the search parameters, and (6) providing, to the user, a search result that identifies the merged file-participant cluster. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10096069B1 |
Multiple product quoting
A multiproduct quoting system facilitates the purchase of multiple insurance products from two or more insurance underwriters as a bundled insurance package. A multiproduct server renders consolidated views of the multiple insurance products or combined rates of the multiple insurance products based on a plurality of insurance scores. A payment server coupled to the multiproduct server renders individualized payment plans for each of the multiple insurance products. An insurance policy module in communication with the multiproduct server renders an integrated insurance document that reflects a user's selected insurance policy parameters. |
| US10096067B1 |
Reward system related to a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system
System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate a autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting. |
| US10096065B2 |
Distributed transactions with extended locks
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for distributed transactions with extended locks. A transaction node may receive from a coordinator node an instruction to execute an assigned operation on an object. The assigned operation may be part of a distributed transaction. The transaction node may obtain a lock associated with the object and execute the assigned operation. The transaction node may also set a time-to-expiration of a lock timer to an initial value and start the lock timer. When the transaction node determines that the lock timer has expired, it may release the lock. |
| US10096064B2 |
Method and system for source document data entry and form association
The present invention provides software and a method and system of efficient source document data entry and data association. More particularly, the present invention relates to a software module which receives source documents and recognizes or extracts information from the documents or associated files for use in populating fields of related or derivative documents or screens to facilitate accurate transfer of data. The invention also allows for ease in confirming the accuracy of the extracted or imported data by comparison with the source document either directly by a person or through automated or semi-automated procedures. |
| US10096059B2 |
Interactive self-service (SS) display
Interactive Self-Service (SS) display mechanisms are provided. A SST includes a first display and a second display. The first display is operable to present information relevant to a transaction at the SST. The second display is operable to simultaneously present information relevant to a status of the SST and information unrelated to the status. |
| US10096056B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for providing a digital unwrapping trigger
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for facilitating delivery of a digital notification of a physical product to inform a recipient of the identity of the physical product. A digital notification may inform the recipient of the identity of a physical product ordered for the recipient by a sender. A digital unwrapping trigger may be utilized to ensure that the recipient is authorized to view the identity of the digital product. For example, the digital notification may not identify the identity of the physical product until a particular date has passed (e.g., a holiday or birthday), until the recipient performs a certain task, or until the recipient meets a certain goal. In response to the trigger occurring, the digital notification may be enabled for viewing of the identity of the physical product. The physical delivery of the product may be coordinated with delivery of the digital notification. |
| US10096055B2 |
System and method of providing object for service of service provider
A server and method of providing an object for accessing a service of a service provider are provided. The server includes a context model providing unit configured to provide to the service provider at least one context model that is associated with the service, which is used by a device or a user, and a situation in which the device or the user uses the service; a purchase request receiving unit configured to receive a purchase request submitted by the service provider for a context model which is selected from among the at least one context model; and an object generation unit configured to generate the object for accessing the service of the service provider. The generated object is matched with the context model associated with the purchase request received from the service provider. |
| US10096052B2 |
System and method for analyzing a powertrain configuration
A powertrain optimization device and method that compares a predicted performance of customer-selected vehicle components to a customer-selected optimization goal. The optimization goal is used to determine dynamic performance thresholds. The method compares gradability at cruise, gradability at peak torque, engine speed, and startability to the dynamic thresholds to determine whether the vehicle performance will be satisfactory. The customer selections of vehicle components, selections of optimization goals, and any acknowledgements of failed performance checks are stored for later use. |
| US10096051B2 |
Method and system to facilitate transactions
Method and system are provided to facilitate transactions in a particular on-line trading platform from a third party web site. The system may be configured to associate identification information, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), with a reference to an item of merchandise on a web page provided by a third party entity. In response to a request originated from a client device of a user, the method may cause presentation of a listing of the item of merchandise maintained in the particular on-line trading platform and a visual control to facilitate commencing of a transaction process with respect to the item of merchandise in the on-line trading platform. |
| US10096046B2 |
Web-based user support system and method
Disclosed, in one general aspect, is a method of interacting with website users that includes serving website pages during a first web browsing session, and tracking a users' interactions with these pages. A verbal communication session, such as a phone call, is initiated from the user's location to a user support location during the web browsing session. A session id is received from the user at the user support location during the communication session. At the user support location both stored tracking information as well as additional information relating to the user can then be accessed based on the received session id. During the communication session, a customer service representative can also serve custom-selected content from a set of browsable website pages into the series of user-selected web pages in the browsing session. |
| US10096045B2 |
Tying objective ratings to online items
The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing item reviews to an online customer from third party sources during a shopping session on a retail website. |
| US10096039B2 |
System for marketing campaign specification and secure digital coupon redemption
Product vendors are provided with a system for performing a marketing campaign to mobile communication device users, providing offers as instruments, such as digital coupons, to a selected group of users of the mobile communication devices and validating the integrity of the instruments. The invention has two phases: the selection of the components of the instrument from a menu provided by a social networking organization; and validating the instrument upon redemption from the product vendor. In the first phase, the product vendor selects elements from the menu relevant to the campaign, such as timing, nature of the offer, targeting of the recipients, etc. In the second phase, the instrument is encoded as to the marketing campaign and an arbitrary designation which initiates a pattern as the instrument is redeemed. The product vendor inspects the instrument to ensure that the encoding is correct during the redemption process. |
| US10096034B2 |
Technology event detection, analysis, and reporting system
A technology analysis system automatically monitors information available from both publicly and privately distributed networks of information for details that are relevant to a technology hypothesis. The technology analysis system provides a technology radar that assists with determining how the technology hypothesis stands up against ongoing developments in technology. The technology analysis system also visualizes the technology hypothesis and its underlying precursor predictions using a web portal, dynamic document, or other visualization technique. |
| US10096032B2 |
Proximity-based broadcast virtual universe system
In various embodiments, the proximity of an avatar with respect to a designated focal point object within a virtual universe is determined, and information associated with the designated focal point object is identified. A first of a plurality of representations of the information is selected based, at least in part, on the determined proximity of the avatar with respect to the designated focal point object. The first representation of the information is then transmitted to the avatar. Proximity-based transmission of information can disseminate relevant information to avatars, and can be used by virtual universe businesses to encourage avatars to move near the designated focal point object within the virtual universe so that the avatars can be exposed to products and advertisements. |
| US10096030B1 |
Apparatus, computer program, and method for generating a problem ticket with a link to a cloned environment
An apparatus, computer program, and method are provided for generating a problem ticket with a link to a cloned environmental state. At least one problematic scenario is detected in connection with a system associated with a customer of a communication service provider (CSP). In response to the detection of the at least one problematic scenario in connection with the system associated with the customer of the CSP, an environmental state of the system is automatically cloned, including a file system memory state and one or more live processes of the system, so as to create a cloned environmental state. As an option, a problem ticket for the at least one problematic scenario is provided with a link to the cloned environmental state of the system for analysis. |
| US10096023B2 |
Encryption and tokenization architectures
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, systems and computer program products for conducting an online transaction on a website involving sensitive information. Such embodiments provide methods, systems and computer program products to: (a) register at least one entity with a gate keeper module, the registering comprising associating the entity with a subscription level; (b) associate a sub-string of a character string with a unique token so that a direct link does not exist between the unique token and the character string; and (c) during processing of the online transaction: (i) using the unique token for intermediate steps during the processing of the online transaction; and (ii) only accessing the character string in storage memory to complete the online transaction after receiving a request from at least one registered entity associated with a subscription level associated with a privilege to receive the requested sensitive information. |
| US10096022B2 |
Dynamic widget generator apparatuses, methods and systems
The DYNAMIC WIDGET GENERATOR APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DWG”) transforms developer credentials, codes and parameter inputs via DWG components into buy widgets, payment acceptance and purchase transaction outputs. In one embodiment, the DWG may facilitate obtaining a plurality of authentication parameters and widget customization parameters. The DWG may authenticate a user using a parameter derived from the plurality of authentication parameters and may dynamically generating a purchase widget for the authenticated user using the plurality of widget customization parameters. |
| US10096021B2 |
Digital wallet loading
Methods and systems are provided for loading money from a gift card into a digital wallet. The transfer can be done at a point of sale (POS), such as during a purchase of the gift card. The digital wallet can be a digital wallet of a user who is purchasing the gift card. The money in the digital wallet can be used to purchase products from the same merchant or another merchant. The money can be transferred from the digital wallet to any other person or entity. |
| US10096020B2 |
Combination payment card and methods thereof
Systems and methods for processing payment transactions using combination payment cards. The combination payment card is associated with an open-loop account and one or more closed-loop accounts. Transaction information is received from a point-of-sale device. At least one of the closed-loop and open-loop account is debited. |
| US10096018B2 |
System for creating and processing coded payment methods
Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for a clearing house for creating and directing readable indicia to/from merchants, users, and/or vendors. As such, merchants, users, and vendors may all be able to recognize, read, and complete transactions using a created universal readable indicia, irrespective of the entities associated with the transaction. The invention may create and provide a universal readable indicia that may be read and/or scanned by any of a user, merchant, or vendor. Subsequently, upon scanning, the system may recognize the appropriate vendor associated with the scan, based on information about the user or merchant derived from the scan. As such, the invention may be able to convert the universal readable indicia to one or more indicia accepted by a vendor that may complete the transaction with the user and/or merchant. |
| US10096016B2 |
Method of communicating and transmitting a message relating to a transaction of a contactless application, associated terminal, secure module and system
The invention relates to a method of communicating a message relating to a transaction of a contactless application effected between a mobile terminal equipped with a contactless module and equipment, comprising the steps of detecting the end of the transaction between the terminal and the equipment, obtaining a message containing at least information identifying said application and end of transaction information, and communicating said message.The invention also relates to a method of transmitting such a message including the steps of receiving end detection information, identifying the application associated with the transaction, and determining and transmitting the message to the mobile terminal.The invention further relates to a mobile terminal and a secure module capable of being used with a mobile terminal. |
| US10096015B2 |
Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. According to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, a strict authentication procedure for expense payment can be performed via a simple and convenient user interface between a mobile terminal and a terminal user. In particular, since at least one of a selection and authentication of a payment means of the mobile terminal can be performed via at least one of an aligned direction, a moving direction and a moving track of the mobile terminal, the user interface between the mobile terminal and the terminal user for the expense payment can be further simplified. |
| US10096014B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for processing payments for a card
Embodiments of the disclosure include systems, methods, and devices for processing payments for a card. Such embodiments include receiving payment information from a payor at an intermediate entity server as well as authorizing the payment transaction, by the intermediate entity server, based on the payment information. Further such embodiments include providing instructions, by the intermediate entity, to debit a payor card account and credit payee shadow ledger account based on the payment information as well as providing instructions, by the intermediate entity, to debit the payee shadow ledger account and to credit the payee card account based on payment rules. |
| US10096011B2 |
Smart table devices and accessories for determining ordering aspects and bills
There are provided systems and method for smart table devices and accessories for determining ordering aspects and bills. A smart table may include one or more modules, devices, and/or accessory devices that determine aspects of users and items associated with the smart table, such as movements of the users, quantities of items located on the table, or other aspects. The aspects may be communicated to a merchant device to determine information about the users and items, such as if the user requires attention or if a drink is empty. Based on the information, notifications may be generated, which may be communicated to a merchant or merchant employee to provide assistance or service to the table. The information may also be utilized to generate and update historical sales statistics for the merchant, such as commonly ordered items, time until receipt of service or food, and preferred payment methods. |
| US10096010B1 |
Request tracking system and method
A computer-implemented method for granting a user access to an on-line banking area of a website belonging financial institution responsive to receiving the valid user name and password. The method providing the user with account information regarding checking, savings, mortgage, home equity and/or loan accounts held by the user at the financial institution. The method grants the user access to a request tracking area of the web site of the financial institution, receive request related data from the user, the request related data including data relating to at least one expense or goal, calculate portions of each expense respectively owed by each of a plurality of participants in the request and track whether a participant has paid. The method includes sending a message to at least one participant, the message requesting payment for the portion owed by the participant and receiving the payment from the participant in various payment forms. |
| US10096006B2 |
Mobile agent point-of-sale (POS)
Systems and methods are disclosed for conducting transactions and financial transfers utilizing a mobile device communicatively coupled with a mobile communications network and executing a mobile point-of-sale application. According to some embodiments, the mobile point-of-sale application is adapted to conduct money transfer transactions by communicating transaction information through the mobile communications network to a money transfer provider system that processes the money transfer and communicates receipt information to the mobile point-of-sale application. Additionally, according to some embodiments, an account associated with an agent of the money transfer provider can be used in money transfer transactions conducted by the mobile point-of-sale application. |
| US10096005B2 |
Drone and drone-based system for collecting and managing waste for improved sanitation
A type of a waste item is identified at a waste collection location using at least a drone-based system. The drone-based system characterizes one or more properties of the waste item. Based on the identified type and the one or more properties, the drone-based system performs a risk assessment based on human health of content of the waste item. One or more actions are taken by one or more drones of the drone-based system based on the risk assessment of the content of the waste item. |
| US10096002B2 |
Time zone sensitive calendar
Methods, computer-readable storage mediums and systems provide for displaying a time zone sensitive calendar. According to aspects of the disclosure, information is accessed that is associated with the time zone sensitive calendar. The information is used in determining the different time zones to include in a calendar view. Each of the different time periods in the calendar view are associated with one of the time zones. The calendar view for the time zone sensitive calendar is then displayed. |
| US10096001B1 |
Email data collection compliance enforcement
A system comprises content caching circuitry of a first email subsystem, and privacy enforcement circuitry of the first email subsystem. The privacy enforcement circuitry is configured to, after the reception of the email message by the connection handler circuitry and before relaying of the email message to a second email subsystem, detect tracking code in the email message; and replace the detected tracking code with replacement content. The tracking code comprises a first uniform resource locator (URL), and the replacement content comprises a second URL. The content caching circuitry is configured to: determine whether content stored at the first URL is wanted or needed; and not fetch the content from the first URL if the content stored at the first URL is not wanted and not needed. |
| US10096000B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing job searching services, recruitment services and/or recruitment-related services
An apparatus, including a memory which stores work schedule information or scheduling information for an employer, hiring entity, individual, independent contractor, temporary worker, or freelancer; a receiver which receives a first request to obtain work schedule information or scheduling information for the employer, hiring entity, individual, independent contractor, temporary worker, or freelancer, and the first request is received from a first communication device; a processing device, specially programmed for processing information contained in the first request, generates a first message containing the work schedule or scheduling information for the employer, hiring entity, individual, independent contractor, temporary worker, or freelancer; and a transmitter for transmitting the first message to the first communication device or to a second communication device. The apparatus processes information in a second request. Information contained in the second request is based on the work schedule information or the scheduling information contained in the first message. |
| US10095998B2 |
System and method for incident reporting and notification
A system and method for incident reporting system includes at least one client device and at least one server computer. The at least one client device includes at least one processor, a camera unit, and a microphone, and is programmed or configured to generate location data for the at least one client device while the at least one client device is in a moving transportation vehicle; generate at least one user interface configured to receive incident data comprising at least one of the following: a location of an incident, a time of occurrence of an incident, a textual description of an incident, a party involved in an incident, or any combination thereof; capture and store at least one image of an incident with the camera unit; and automatically capture and store noise data with the microphone while the at least one client device is in the moving transportation vehicle. |
| US10095994B2 |
Service level agreement translation for service oriented systems
The embodiments include a data processing apparatus for conducting a business impact analysis for a service oriented architecture (SOA) that includes a plurality of processes and services. The data processing apparatus may include a process table generator configured to generate a first impact table for a first process and a second impact table for a second process, and a service table generator configured to generate a service impact table for a top-level service, a dependency model generator configured to generate a dependency model arranging the plurality of services with dependency links, an analysis model generator configured to generate a BEAM based on the service impact table, the dependency model and a selected service level agreement, a simulator configured to simulate the BEAM over a period of time, and a service level agreement classifier configured to classify the selected service level agreement based on one or more violations. |
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Developing, implementing, transforming and governing a business model of an enterprise
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for developing, implementing, transforming, and governing a business model of an enterprise. In some embodiments, a method of implementing and managing a business model of an enterprise includes defining a business model using a business model tool that is executed by a computer, wherein the business model is based on interrelated business strategy, business goal and business constraint data, and includes a business service, inputting into the computer a first set of data representing a benchmark performance value of the business service, and operating the enterprise in accordance with the business model. The enterprise is monitored to determine an actual performance value of the business service, and the actual performance value and the benchmark performance value are processed in the computer to affect a comparison therebetween. The business model is modified based on the comparison. |
| US10095984B1 |
System and method for well trace analysis
A method of digitizing a well log includes identifying automatically with a computational circuitry a legend and at least one graph of the well log; determining based on a machine learning a parameter of the at least one graph indicated in the legend; and digitizing the at least one graph based on the parameter. |
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Modeling for flavor profiles
A method, computer program product, and system for generating flavor profile models are provided. An alpha flavor model is determined. An electrode signal is transmitted to a taste simulator based on the alpha flavor model. User feedback is received. A variance between the alpha flavor model and the user feedback is determined. The variance is compared to a predetermined threshold. In response to determining that the variance is greater than the predetermined threshold, a beta flavor model is generated. |
| US10095972B2 |
Switchable RFID antennas responsive to an environmental sensor
Systems for switchable RFID tags responsive to an environmental sensor are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a primary RFID tag and a secondary RFID tag, and a switch being associated with the primary RFID tag and the secondary RFID tag in a manner that the primary RFID tag and the secondary RFID tag are not activated at the same time. Each RFID tag may include an integrated circuit and an antenna. The system may also include at least two first electrical terminals electrically connecting the primary RFID tag to the switch, and at least two second electrical terminals electrically connecting the secondary RFID tag to the switch. |
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Temperature detection system using a radio-tag comprising a thermistor
An onboard system for detecting a temperature of an element includes a radio-tag, the radio-tag being fixed onto the element and having an antenna, the antenna having a load, and a radio-tag reader. The radio-tag reader is designed to emit an interrogation signal and to receive in return a response signal coming from the radio-tag. The load includes a thermistor and the radio-tag reader is adapted for determining a gain and/or a phase-shift between the interrogation signal and the response signal and for deducing a temperature of the element therefrom. |
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Transaction card having internal lighting
A transaction card construction and a method for making a transaction card are described. The transaction card construction comprises an inlay component and a housing component. The inlay component may comprise a light-penetrable layer and a backer layer. A light source may be disposed on or in the housing component, and the housing component and the inlay component may be joined such that light emitted by the light source passes through the inlay component. |
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Printing managing apparatus and computer readable medium storing printing managing program
A printing managing apparatus includes: a job attribute correlating information acquiring unit that acquires job attribute correlating information that correlates pieces of individual job attribute information used in plural respective printing control apparatus with common job attribute information for each job attribute that can be set in print job information so as to be common to the plural printing control apparatus as transmission destination candidates of the print job information; an attribute specification information converting unit as defined herein; and a manipulation control processing unit as defined herein. |
| US10095959B2 |
Recording medium and label producing apparatus
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a label production process program for executing steps on a computing portion of a terminal is provided. The terminal is connected to a label producing apparatus that produces a label. The label includes an information print part having information printed thereon, and a winding part connected to the information print part and to be wound on an adherend. The steps include a position determination step, a mark data generation step, and a mark data output step. In the position determination step, a position of a mark to be a guidepost for a position to wind the winding part on the adherend, is determined. In the mark data generation step, mark data to form the mark at the position determined, is generated. In the mark data output step, the generated mark data is output to the label producing apparatus. |
| US10095958B2 |
Smoke detection device, smoke detection method, and program recording medium
In order to properly detect an outbreak of smoke using a photographic image, this detection device is equipped with an extraction unit, a calculation unit, and a detection unit. By using an image analysis result of an input image, that is, a photographic image captured of a scene under surveillance, the extraction unit generates an image for which a noise component is removed from the input image. By using brightness information contained in the generated image, the calculation unit calculates an attenuation factor of reflected light from a captured object in the input image. The detection unit determines whether an outbreak of smoke is present in the scene under surveillance based on the attenuation factor. |
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Describing objects using edge-pixel-feature descriptors
During a description technique, a local descriptor for an object may be generated by computing a 2-dimensional histogram of pairs of angles between pairs of line segments that are aligned with edge pixels associated with the object. The pairs of line segments belong to a subset of k neighboring or proximate line segments. Moreover, this 2D histogram may represent the relative displacement and the relative orientations of the pairs of line segments in the subset as weights in bins or cells defined by angular quantization values, and the 2D histogram may exclude lengths of the line segments. Subsequently, the generated 2D histogram may be compared to predefined sets of descriptors in a model library that are associated with a set of objects, and the object may be identified as one of the set of objects based on a group of match scores determined in the comparisons. |
| US10095950B2 |
Systems and methods for image processing
Efficient image processing systems and methods for image scene classification and similarity matching are disclosed. The image processing systems encompassed by this disclosure use a deep convolutional neural network to facilitate scene classification by recognizing the context of an image and thereby enabling searches for similar images. These methods and systems are scalable to a large set of images and achieve a higher performance compared to the current state of the art techniques. |
| US10095948B2 |
Modulation scheme for fingerprint sensing
This disclosure generally provides a fingerprint sensor that derives a fingerprint by measuring capacitive sensing signals while modulating a reference voltage rail used to power the fingerprint sensor. In one embodiment, the fingerprint sensor is integrated into an electronic device which may include other components such as a display, I/O devices, speakers, and the like. To power these components, the electronic device may include a DC power supply which outputs reference voltages. When transmitting the reference voltages to the fingerprint sensor, the electronic device may modulate the voltages using a modulating signal. Because the reference voltages are used to power the components in the fingerprint sensor, modulating the rail voltages also causes the components coupled to the reference voltages to also modulate. While this modulation occurs, the fingerprint sensor measures resulting signals using a plurality of sensor electrodes which are then processed to derive a fingerprint. |
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Vision recognition apparatus and method
Some of pixels in a general image sensor for image capturing are designated as vision pixels used for vision recognition. Optical information obtained only from the vision pixels is used to perform vision recognition in the vision recognition mode. Capturing image data is generated based on optical information obtained from all the pixels in the image data in the image-shooting mode. A digital signal converter that converts optical information obtained only from vision pixels into a digital signal is separately provided in addition to a digital signal converter that converts optical information of all pixels in the image sensor into a digital signal. |
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Eye open state determination device and eye open state determination method
An eye open state determination device includes an eyelid opening degree detector that detects a degree of opening of an eyelid of the subject from an image of an eye of a subject acquired by an image acquirer, a red eye generator that illuminates the subject with light to generate a red eye image on the image of the eye, a red eye detector that detects presence or absence of generation of the red eye image, an operation controller that activates the red eye generator at a timing different from a timing at which the image acquirer acquires the image of the eye, and a determinator that determines an eye open state of the subject based on the degree of opening of the eyelid and the presence or absence of generation of the red eye image. |
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Video abstract using signed foreground extraction and fusion
A video abstract is produced from surveillance camera video by retrieving a frame of the video, updating a background frame based at least in part on the retrieved frame, and performing a video division process which includes extracting, if it is determined that the average gray scale value of the retrieved frame exceeds a defined threshold, foreground data from the retrieved frame after conversion of the retrieved frame to a signed data type. The video division process further includes retrieving a next frame of the video produced by the camera, updating the background frame, and repeating the video division process. The producing of the video abstract further includes merging the foreground data with the updated background data after conversion of the foreground data and the updated background data to the signed data type, and generating a video abstract with the merged foreground and background data. |
| US10095929B1 |
Systems and methods for augmented reality view
Systems and methods for presenting an augmented reality view are disclosed. Embodiments include a system with a database for personalizing an augmented reality view of a physical environment using at least one of a location of a physical environment or a location of a user. The system may further include a hardware device in communication with the database, the hardware device including a renderer configured to render the augmented reality view for display and a controller configured to determine a scope of the augmented reality view authenticating the augmented reality view. The hardware device may include a processor configured to receive the augmented reality view of the physical environment, and present, via a display, augmented reality content to the user while the user is present in the physical environment, based on the determined scope of the augmented reality view. |
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Quality metrics for biometric authentication
This specification describes technologies relating to biometric authentication based on images of the eye. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include obtaining a first image of an eye including a view of the white of the eye. The method may further include determining metrics for the first image, including a first metric for reflecting an extent of one or more connected structures in the first image that represents a morphology of eye vasculature and a second metric for comparing the extent of eye vasculature detected across different color components in the first image. A quality score may be determined based on the metrics for the first image. The first image may be rejected or accepted based on the quality score. |
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Method and system for configuring devices of a control system based on engineering graphic objects
In aspects, the present invention discloses a method of configuring devices of a control system in a plant using a configuration server. The method comprises importing an engineering graphic object, detecting a plurality of textual elements and graphic elements, identifying a set of textual elements and a set of graphic elements as legends, associating the set of graphic elements with corresponding textual elements and the set of textual elements with a corresponding graphic elements, updating a symbol vocabulary and a device label vocabulary using the set of graphic elements and the set of textual elements, associating one or more graphic elements and one or more textual elements from the plurality of graphic elements and the plurality of textual elements with corresponding devices, determining control information of a device based on the associated graphic elements and associated textual elements, and generating a plurality of engineering artifacts based on the control information. |
| US10095922B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting images within spam
A method is described that includes comparing a characteristic of an image to stored characteristics of spam images. The method also includes generating a signature of the present image. The method further includes comparing the signature of the present image to stored signatures of spam images. The method also includes determining the spam features corresponding to the stored signatures of spam images that match the signature of the present image. |
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Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium to suitably clip a subject region from a moving image
An image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a storage medium are shown. According to one implementation, the image processing apparatus includes the following. A detecting unit detects a subject in a moving image. A clipping unit clips a region corresponding to the subject detected by the detecting unit from each frame image composing the moving image. A setting unit sets a planned clipping region to be newly clipped by the clipping unit based on at least one of a position and a size of a region corresponding to the subject already clipped by the clipping unit. |
| US10095916B1 |
Facial recognition using fractal features
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for facial recognition using fractal features are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of accessing data encoding a facial image, the facial image including a face. The actions further include generating a hierarchical graphical model of the face in the facial image, the hierarchical graphical model including more than nodes from at least one level, each level approximating the face within a contour. The actions further include applying a bank of filters to the face at a particular node, each filter spanning more than one scale and at least one direction. The actions further include analyzing filter responses from the bank of filters applied at each direction to obtain a similarity measure that consolidates filter responses from filters applied at more than one scale. The actions further include generating a vector representation. |
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Photo subscription system and method using biometric identification
A computer system and method for photo subscription using biometric identification is provided. A plurality of photographs inputted by at least one photo provider system is accessed. Biometric data is accessed from a plurality of accounts associated with a pool of respective subscribers, each account having at least one associated biometric signature. A request is received to transmit photographs associated with biometric data to a selected destination, the biometric data associated with a particular subscriber. A plurality of photographs is filtered based on the biometric data. The plurality of photos is then outputted to the selected destination. |
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User authentication method and apparatus
A user authentication method includes matching an input image, comprising biometric information of a user, to a grid, selecting a reference cell from a database that stores respective location and image information of a plurality of cells previously randomly extracted from a reference biometric image, identifying a target image in the input image corresponding to the reference cell using the grid, comparing the target image to image information of the reference cell, and authenticating the user based on a result of the comparing. |
| US10095909B2 |
Hybrid MEMs-floating gate device
A hybrid Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System-Floating-Gate (MEMS-FG) device includes an electrically isolated non-volatile memory (floating) structure including a polysilicon gate structure connected by a metal via to a fixed electrode, where the polysilicon gate structure also forms the gate of an NVM cell, and the fixed electrode forms part of a lever-type or membrane-type ohmic MEMS switch. An initial charge is written before each sensing operation onto the floating structure by way of the NVM cell. During each sensing operation, sensor data is effectively written directly onto the NVM cell by way of either maintaining or discharging the initial charge, where discharge of the initial charge occurs when a predetermined event (e.g., contact by a fingerprint ridge) produces an actuating force that biases a movable electrode of the MEMS switch against the fixed electrode. The sensor data is read out from the NVM cell after each sensing operation. |
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Pixel sensing circuit for fingerprint identification, fingerprint identification system and electronic device thereof
Disclosed is a pixel sensing circuit, which is in a fingerprint identification mode or a noise detection mode, and includes: a plurality of shielding layers, including a first-type shielding layer and a second-type shielding layer, the second shielding layer being coupled to a ground terminal; and a charging circuit, coupled to the capacitance sensing layer and the first-type shielding layer, and comprising a positive voltage generator configured to providing a positive voltage; wherein when the pixel sensing circuit is in a fingerprint identification mode, the charging circuit periodically provides the positive voltage for the capacitance sensing layer and the first-type shielding layer; or when the pixel sensing circuit is in the noise detection mode, the charging circuit cuts off connections between the positive voltage generator and the capacitance sensing layer and the first-type shielding layer, and periodically outputs a voltage of the capacitance sensing layer to a first output terminal. |
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Block decoding method and system for two-dimensional code
A block decoding method includes: storing a received two-dimensional code image in an image data backup register; binarizing the received two-dimensional code image; searching for a boundary line of the two-dimensional code image; segmenting each of the regions into bit regions each of which corresponds to one bit data; re-acquiring the received two-dimensional code image stored in the image data backup register; calculating an average gray-scale value of all the pixels in the bit region as a gray-scale value of the bit region; calculating a gray-scale threshold of each of the bit regions n using the Otsu method; binarizing the bit region so as to obtain a binarized two-dimensional code image; and decoding the binarized two-dimensional code image. A system for a two-dimensional code is also disclosed. |
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Method of specimen tracking via barcode and RFID correlation at accession time
A specimen holder includes an RFID tag that exhibits an RFID unique identifier. The specimen holder also includes a barcode that exhibits a barcode unique identifier. The user may place a specimen holder in a particular rack slot of a multiple slot specimen rack that is situated on a specimen reader. The specimen reader may receive this specimen holder at accession time. The specimen reader reads both the RFID tag and the barcode of the newly inserted specimen holder. The specimen reader may correlate the RFID unique identifier and barcode unique identifier with one another and store the RFID unique identifier and barcode unique identifier associated with one another in a database. The database may also associate the RFID unique identifier and barcode unique identifier of the newly inserted specimen holder with a rack slot unique identifier that the database also stores. |
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Method and device for performing spatial positioning on electronic tag, 3D signing and human-computer interaction
Provided are a method and a device for performing spatial positioning on an electronic tag, 3D signature and human-computer interaction. The method for performing spatial positioning on an electronic tag includes: arranging at least three sets of three-dimensionally distributed array antennas on an electronic device, each set of array antennas including multiple antenna array elements extending in one dimension; turning on an electronic tag reader to generate a radio frequency electromagnetic field when spatial positioning is performed on an electronic tag; acquiring induced voltage generated on each antenna array element in each set of array antennas when it is sensed that there is an electronic tag in the radio frequency electromagnetic field; and determining spatial position information of the electronic tag according to the induced voltage. |
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Active user identification system
A method and system can include: a station including a station communication unit, a station control unit, and a station storage unit; receiving transmissions of signals containing messages from beacons; detecting IDs from the messages; detecting a received strength of the signals; adding the IDs to a list; identifying one of the IDs as corresponding to an active user based on the list only having a single one of the IDs or based on a probability of the IDs being above a threshold, the active user being a user interfacing with the station; and disambiguating the IDs on the list based on the probability of the IDs being below the threshold. |
| US10095894B1 |
Systems and methods for density-based RFID network configuration
A system and method for density-based RFID network configuration. In various aspects, an RFID reader executes a read cycle defined by dwell times for a low RFID tag density and a high RFID tag density setting. Accordingly, a controller may cause the RFID reader to implement one or more RFID protocols. The controller may then receive data corresponding to the RFID tags from the RFID reader to determine a number of RFID tags within read range of the RFID reader. Based on the number of RFID tags, the controller may determine an adjustment to the read cycle executed by the RFID reader. The controller may then configure the RFID reader to execute the adjusted read cycle. |
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Techniques for protecting security features of integrated circuits
An integrated circuit includes a control circuit, a one-time programmable circuit, and a security feature. The control circuit determines if the one-time programmable circuit is programmed in response to a request by a user of the integrated circuit to access the security feature. The control circuit generates a signal to indicate to the user of the integrated circuit that the security feature has been previously accessed if the control circuit determines that the one-time programmable circuit has been programmed to indicate a previous access to the security feature. The control circuit causes the one-time programmable circuit to be programmed in response to the request if the control circuit determines that the one-time programmable circuit has not been programmed. |
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Systems and methods for verification and deployment of applications to programmable devices
A system for verifying applications for Real-Time Execution (RTE) devices is provided. The system includes a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a simulation component executable by the at least one processor. The simulation component may be configured to receive device simulation information for an RTE device, the device simulation information including device configuration information, application information, and targeted performance information, configure a virtual device simulator to simulate performance of the RTE device, run the virtual device simulator to process one or more simulated events, and output simulation results. |
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Privacy-protecting inter-user digital communication message search
Digital communication messages processed by each specific one of a plurality of client computers are tracked and indexed. A query made by a first client computer against a base of digital communication messages of the organization is received by the client computers. The indexed communication messages are searched based on the query, and a search result is obtained. Relevance between the query and the search result is determined. Users operating client computers are prompted to indicate whether to respond to the query responsive to determining that the relevance meets a criterion. An indication to respond to the query is received by one or more client computers of the plurality. One or more responses are generated by the one or more client computers and transmitted to the first client computer. |
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System and method for using customer information in electronic commerce
A system and method for using customer information in electronic commerce using the Internet are provided. The system includes a customer information database (DB) for storing a unique number for each customer, an integrated customer information DB for storing actual customer information corresponding to the unique number in an integrated manner, and a management server for providing the unique number stored in the customer information DB and providing the actual customer information corresponding to the unique number under a security condition when an external terminal requests customer information. Actual customer information can be effectively prevented from being easily leaked by hackers or malicious programs and customer information can be utilized without a security issue. |
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Method/system for the online identification and blocking of privacy vulnerabilities in data streams
A method and system for automatically identifying and protecting privacy vulnerabilities in data streams includes indexing data values for each attribute of the data stream received by local virtual machines based on a schema of each data stream, classifying the data attributes of the plurality of data streams into known data types, integrating the local virtual machine indexes into a global index data structure for the data streams including single attribute data values, identifying privacy vulnerabilities in the data as attributes that are direct identifiers based on the attribute data values stored in the global index and combinations of attributes that are quasi-identifiers based on the low frequency of certain combinations of attribute data value pairs by computing the frequency based on the single attribute data values stored in the global index and providing privacy protection to the data streams by applying data transformations on the discovered direct identifiers and the quasi-identifiers. |