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| US10159015B2 |
Network employing space recycling, and a method for managing the network
A method of operating a network coordinator for a spatial reuse scheme includes receiving a reservation request for a time period for a data communication of a target transmitter/receiver pair that uses a directional antenna, searching for a time period reserved in advance for another transmitter/receiver pair, from a Channel Time Allocation Period (CTAP) that is a contention-free access period for the data communication, and reserving a time period for the target transmitter/receiver pair in the CTAP, so that the time period reserved for the target transmitter/receiver pair overlaps the time period reserved in advance for the other transmitter/receiver pair. |
| US10159013B2 |
Relay device, communication system and communication method
A relay device configured to be coupled to a control device, the control device storing first information indicating a position and second information indicating a characteristic of a wireless device which is to be coupled to the control device, the relay device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to receive, from the wireless device, device information including performance of the wireless device and installment information including a position where the wireless device is located, transmit to the control device the device information and the installment information, receive a response from the control device when the position where the wireless device is located satisfies the first information and the performance of the wireless device satisfies the second information, and establish a communication link between the wireless device and the control device, after receiving the response from the control device. |
| US10159012B2 |
Baseband signal processing cluster
Embodiments relate to a baseband signal processing cluster of a wireless communication network, the baseband signal processing cluster comprising baseband signal processing units, wherein at least one of the baseband signal processing units is coupled to at least one remote radio head of the wireless communication network and comprises a unit-specific processing resource management entity operable to manage a processing resource allocation within its associated baseband signal processing unit, an intra-cluster processing resource management entity coupled to at least one of the unit-specific processing resource management entities and operable to manage a processing resource allocation among the baseband signal processing units, and an inter-cluster processing resource management entity coupled to the intra-cluster processing resource management entity and operable to exchange information with at least one remote inter-cluster processing resource management entity of a remote baseband signal processing cluster of the wireless communication network to effect a remote processing resource allocation. |
| US10159006B2 |
Methods and apparatus for reporting and/or using control information
A wireless communications system supports wireless connections between base station sector attachment points and wireless terminals. Individual wireless connections correspond to one of a downlink-macrodiversity mode of operation and a downlink non-macrodiversity mode of operation. A wireless terminal has, for each of its current connections, a base station assigned dedicated control channel for communicating uplink control information reports. The uplink control information reports include downlink signal-to-noise ratio reports based on measured received pilot channel signals. If a connection corresponds to a macrodiversity mode of operation, a reporting format for the SNR report is used which reports (i) an SNR value and (ii) an indication as to whether or not the connection is considered a preferred connection by the wireless terminal. If a connection corresponds to a non-macrodiversity mode of operation, a reporting format for the SNR report is used which reports an SNR value. |
| US10159002B2 |
Network management
Embodiments relate to network management of a wireless network in which inactive cells are selectively activated thereby changing the radio environment of a user equipment. The changed radio environment is assessed to determine a preferred distribution of active cells for that user equipment. |
| US10159001B2 |
Method, device and system for detecting network coverage condition
Provided are a method, device and system for detecting a network coverage condition. The method comprises: receiving, by a device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE), network coverage judgement parameter information sent by a base station (101); and detecting, by the D2D UE, a network coverage condition of the location thereof according to the network coverage judgement parameter information (102). |
| US10158999B2 |
Spectrum sharing system and method thereof
A spectrum sharing system includes an advanced beacon (e.g. a low latency RF link) as part of an information sharing subsystem. The advanced beacon signal carries radar spectrum transmission schedule in an obfuscated way such as not to reveal the geolocation of the radar. The information sharing subsystem directs nodes, such as cell phones, to share spectrum based on spectrum sharing instructions contained in the advanced beacon. The spectrum sharing system permits out-of-band sharing of spectrum white space, as well as sharing of in-band spectrum gray space. |
| US10158984B2 |
System and method for collecting usage history of smartphone, recommending user fitting application, and providing research service based on reward using smartphone optimizing application
A service system and method for collecting usage history of a smartphone using a smartphone optimization application, recommending a user-fitting application, and providing a research service based on a reward, include a processor, and a memory. The processor includes a collector configured to collect usage history provided from a terminal according to a control of an optimization application that is installed in the terminal and automatically executed in the terminal for at least one of a security enhancement and performance optimization of the terminal, and an analyzer configured to analyze at least one of a field of interest of the user and a usage pattern of the user about at least one other application installed in the terminal, based on the collected usage history. |
| US10158981B2 |
Method and device for pushing information during call and storage medium
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method, device and storage medium for pushing information during a call. The method for pushing information during a call includes: obtaining a recommendation information group pre-uploaded to a server by a peer user before the call is answered or hung up; determining a recommendation information category to be recommended according to a real-time state of a mobile terminal of a local user; and selecting recommendation information for recommending from the recommendation information group according to the recommendation information category. By means of the method, device and storage medium for pushing information during a call provided in the embodiments of the present application, the information recommending forms during a call are diversified. |
| US10158979B2 |
Method and system for wireless location and movement mapping, tracking and analytics
The present invention is a location based data analytics system and method that functions to track individuals and/or equipment within a bounded location that may be an indoor or outdoor location, or a combination of indoor and outdoor locations, within a geographic site that is a bounded location. The system captures the real-time movements of the individuals/equipment and generates location and time statistics based upon real-time movements. The system is also operable to generate analytics based upon the information collected relating to the movements of the individuals/equipment as well as insights. The location and movement information can be mapped in real-time or over time. |
| US10158977B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting and assessing distracted drivers
Embodiments of the present invention meet this need and others by providing systems and methods for detecting and assessing distracted drivers. Embodiments collect vehicle and driving data using a mobile device of a user. In a particular embodiment, data collected using the mobile device is analyzed to determine when the user is engaging in distracted driving behavior. |
| US10158974B1 |
Community safety, security, health communication and emergency notification system with common short code SMS communication capabilities
A community safety system (CSS) including a notification management entity (NME) comprising servers, the NME communicatively coupled to multiple user devices and one or more administrator devices (collectively, registered user devices). The CSS includes a plurality of registered users, wherein registered users may be associated with an organization, and a user category of a set of user categories. The NME may maintain a list of the registered users and associated information. The registered users may have user devices including a CSS application operating thereon, or SMS messaging program operating thereon. In some embodiments the CSS enables SMS-to-CSS App communications, and vice versa, enriching the CSS with information from users employing disparate communication platforms on their devices. |
| US10158973B1 |
Information-centric networking (ICN) techniques for facilitating the shared transport of passengers or items
Techniques in an information-centric network (ICN) for facilitating the transport of passengers or items are described. In one illustrative example, a first mobile device is configured to operate as a mobile transportation-offering ICN endpoint device. The first mobile device may connect to one of a plurality of fixed-location ICN nodes in the ICN network. The first mobile device may communicate in the ICN network one or more interest packet messages indicating an interest in a passenger or item to transport. The interest in a passenger or item to transport may be indicated in, for example, a Named Data Object (NDO). The one or more interest packet messages may include current transportation route information indicating a current anticipated route of transportation for a current passenger or item. In response, the first mobile device may receive, from a second mobile device configured to operate as a mobile transportation-accepting ICN node, one or more response messages indicating an acceptance of the transport. |
| US10158971B1 |
Communicating location tracking information based on energy consumption aspects
A method includes obtaining a change indicator associated with location tracking communication from a first communication device to a second communication device regarding location information of the first communication device, where the location tracking communication is based on a first locating category option for an energy consumption function locating category and a second locating category option for a location modality category. The method further includes selecting a different first locating category option and determining whether the different first locating category option affects a selection of the second locating category option. When the different first locating category option does not affect the selection of the second locating category option, the method further includes facilitating the location tracking communication from the first communication device to the second communication device regarding the location information based on the different first locating category option and the second locating category option. |
| US10158969B2 |
Concurrent wireless power transfer and data communication
Systems and methods for concurrent wireless power transfer and data transmission are provided. A constraint encoder receives data bits for communication to a mobile device and encodes the data bits onto a transmit signal. The constraint encoder specifies signal constraints that cause the transmit signal to have a peak-to-power-average ratio (PAPR) during a given time interval sufficient to provide wireless power transfer to the mobile device. The system also includes a signal generator coupled to the constraint encoder. The signal generator generates the transmit signal according to the signal constraints. The system further includes a transmitter coil that is coupled to the signal generator. The transmitter coil is configured to transmit the transmit signal that has been encoded with the data bits to receiver coils of the mobile device. The encoded transmit signal is able to provide wireless power transfer and the encoded data bits to the mobile device. |
| US10158968B2 |
Communication method and system
A system for implementing a control or access function is described. The system comprises a mobile device having a mobile identifier, a short range communication interface and a long range communication interface. The system also comprises a local device having a local identifier. The system also comprises a remote device comprising a long range communication interface and a controller. The mobile device is configured for short range communication with the local device for receiving the local identifier, and the remote device is configured for long range communication with the mobile device for receiving a communication comprising at least the local identifier and the mobile identifier. The controller of the remote device is configured to perform at least one control or access action in response to receiving the communication from the mobile device. A controller for implementing a control or access function is also described. |
| US10158967B2 |
Electronic device and method for providing function in electronic device
An electronic device comprising: a memory including a first memory area associated with a first application; and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: detect that a connection is established between the electronic device and an external electronic device; and allocate a second memory area in the memory in response to detecting that the connection is established. |
| US10158962B2 |
Method for controlling a three-dimensional multi-layer speaker arrangement and apparatus for playing back three-dimensional sound in an audience area
A method for controlling a three-dimensional multi-layer speaker arrangement having a plurality of speakers arranged in spaced layers. The method includes: providing information for a sound to be played back from a 3D source position assigned to the sound, wherein the source position is defined with respect to a reference point (RP) within the multi-layer speaker arrangement, extracting a 3D source position (SPXY) from the source position and calculating layer specific speaker coefficients using a 2D calculator to position the sound two dimensional source position, and feeding a vertical pan or 3D source position into a multilayer calculator for obtaining a layer gain factor for each layer for obtaining speaker coefficients used as individual gains enabling the speakers to play back the sound. |
| US10158961B1 |
Method and system for calibrating a sound signal in a playback audio system
There is described a computer-implemented method for calibrating a sound signal, comprising: receiving an initial sound signal, a recorded background sound signal, a recorded initial sound signal and a target sound signal; subtracting the recorded background sound signal from the recorded initial sound signal, thereby obtaining a denoised sound signal; dividing the target sound signal by the denoised sound signal, thereby obtaining a compensation factor; dividing the initial sound signal by the compensation factor, thereby obtaining a calibrated sound signal; and outputting the calibrated sound signal. |
| US10158960B1 |
Dynamic multi-speaker optimization
Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically reproducing audio content at an optimal level using a plurality of heterogeneous speaker devices are disclosed herein. The method comprises operations including: comparing the first performance information associated with a first speaker device to second performance information associated with a second speaker device, determining which of the speaker devices is a preferred output device based at least in part on the comparison, and reproducing filtered audio signals via the preferred output devices in response to a request to playback audio content. |
| US10158959B2 |
Method for and apparatus for decoding an ambisonics audio soundfield representation for audio playback using 2D setups
Sound scenes in 3D can be synthesized or captured as a natural sound field. For decoding, a decode matrix is required that is specific for a given loudspeaker setup and is generated using the known loudspeaker positions. However, some source directions are attenuated for 2D loudspeaker setups like e.g. 5.1 surround. An improved method for decoding an encoded audio signal in soundfield format for L loudspeakers at known positions comprises steps of adding (10) a position of at least one virtual loudspeaker to the positions of the L loudspeakers, generating (11) a 3D decode matrix (D′), wherein the positions ({circumflex over (Ω)}1 . . . {circumflex over (Ω)}L) of the L loudspeakers and the at least one virtual position ({circumflex over (Ω)}L+1′) are used, downmixing (12) the 3D decode matrix (D′), and decoding (14) the encoded audio signal (i14) using the downscaled 3D decode matrix ({tilde over (D)}). As a result, a plurality of decoded loudspeaker signals (q14) is obtained. |
| US10158957B2 |
Method and apparatus to evaluate audio equipment for dynamic distortions and or differential phase and or frequency modulation effects
A system is provided to analyze cross-modulation distortion in audio devices, which may include testing with audio frequencies. One or more distortion signals from the audio device may be measured for an amplitude, phase, and or frequency modulation effect. In another embodiment a musical signal may be used as a test signal. Providing additional test signals to the audio device can induce a time varying cross-modulation distortion signal from an output of the audio device. Also utilizing at least one additional filter, filter bank, demodulator and or frequency converter and or frequency multiplier provides extra examination of distortion. |
| US10158951B2 |
Silicon microphone with suspended diaphragm and system with the same
A silicon microphone with a suspended diaphragm and a system with the same are provided, the microphone comprises: a silicon substrate provided with a back hole therein; a compliant diaphragm disposed above the back hole of the silicon substrate and separated from the silicon substrate; a perforated backplate disposed above the diaphragm with an air gap sandwiched in between; and a precisely defined support mechanism, disposed between the diaphragm and the backplate with one end thereof fixed to the edge of the diaphragm and the other end thereof fixed to the backplate, wherein the diaphragm and the backplate are used to form electrode plates of a variable condenser. The microphone with a suspended diaphragm can improve the repeatability and reproducibility in performance and can reduce the diaphragm stress induced by the substrate. |
| US10158949B2 |
MEMS microphone and method of manufacturing the same
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a back plate disposed over the substrate, a diaphragm being disposed between the substrate and the back plate and being spaced apart from the substrate and the back plate and at least one anti-buckling portion provided between the substrate and the diaphragm. The diaphragm covers the cavity and the diaphragm senses an acoustic pressure to create a displacement. The anti-buckling portion is configured to temporarily support the diaphragm in case of a warpage of the diaphragm to prevent a buckling of the diaphragm. Thus, the MEMS microphone can prevent the diaphragm from generating a warpage by more than a predetermined degree, so that the diaphragm can have a tensile stress and the buckling phenomenon of the diaphragm can be prevented. |
| US10158942B2 |
Direct current mode digital-to-analog converter to class D amplifier
A system includes a class D amplifier and a current steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) directly connected to the class D amplifier. The system also includes a common mode servo circuit coupled to a node interconnecting the current steering DAC to the class D amplifier. The common servo circuit amplifies a difference between a common mode signal determined from the node and a reference voltage and generates a feedback current to the node based on the amplified difference. A feed-forward common-mode compensation circuit is included to reduce an alternating current (AC) ripple from the class D amplifier. The feed-forward common-mode compensation circuit includes first and second resistors coupled to respective outputs of the class D amplifier. A current mirror is coupled to the first and second resistors and is configured to sink a current from the node to ground that approximates a common mode feedback current of the class D amplifier. |
| US10158940B2 |
Stackable communications system
A stackable communications apparatus comprises modules to be powered on in a sequence. Each of the modules comprises components that perform an individual function or group of functions of the apparatus, each module in the plurality of modules comprising an individual chassis stackable with at least another individual chassis of at least another module in the plurality of modules. The modules comprise at least two modules establishing surface contacts by stacking. The surface contacts maintain, without physical cabling, power connection between the at least two modules. A preceding module in the sequence determines, via a power controller in communication with a power controller of a next module, a power requirement of the next module. The power controller of the preceding module in the sequence enables power to the next module if a remaining power from the preceding module is greater than the power requirements of the next module. |
| US10158939B2 |
Sound Source association
Multiple Holocam Orbs observe a real-life environment and generate an artificial reality representation of the real-life environment. Depth image data is cleansed of error due to LED shadow by identifying the edge of a foreground object in an (near infrared light) intensity image, identifying an edge in a depth image, and taking the difference between the start of both edges. Depth data error due to parallax is identified noting when associated text data in a given pixel row that is progressing in a given row direction (left-to-right or right-to-left) reverses order. Sound sources are identified by comparing results of a blind audio source localization algorithm, with the spatial 3D model provided by the Holocam Orb. Sound sources that corresponding to identifying 3D objects are associated together. Additionally, types of data supported by a standard movie data container, such as an MPEG container, is expanding to incorporate free viewpoint data (FVD) model data. This is done by inserting FVD data of different individual 3D objects at different sample rates into a single video stream. Each 3D object is separately identified by a separately assigned ID. |
| US10158938B1 |
Horn speaker
A horn speaker improves ambience and sound quality by minimizing the transmission of sound diffusion and noise while maximizing the transmission of source sound generated by a speaker unit. The sound emitted by the speaker unit is collected in a seating groove and discharged through a discharge outlet of the horn speaker by integrally forming a plurality of horns in primary and secondary cases of the horn speaker enclosure. A simplified structure reduces the size of the horn speaker and difficulty associated with its assembly. The reproduction band of sound can be extended by forming a horn in a duct structure and adding sound pressure by combining it with sound emitted from the resonance of the duct in forward and backward directions. The amplitude of the resonance point is reduced in the same band and consequently advantageously reduces distortion of the sound. |
| US10158935B2 |
Microphone disruption apparatus and method
An apparatus for use with an electronic device having a microphone. The apparatus comprises a structure configured to detachably couple to the device, and a generator supported by the structure. The generator is configured to generate a force that acts on the microphone and renders the microphone unresponsive to voice sounds. |
| US10158933B2 |
Custom-molding in-ear headphone ear tips
An ear tip for use with an earphone is filled with a UV-curable polymer or other material that hardens when energy is applied, fitted to a user's ear, and exposed to UV light or other appropriate energy, curing or otherwise hardening the material and forming a custom-fit ear tip. |
| US10158931B2 |
Microphone connector, assembly and system
A microphone connector assembly comprises a receptacle and a sleeve. The receptacle includes a housing, a first cavity formed within the housing, a frame, a protrusion formed on the frame, and a first electrical block supported by the frame and positioned within the first cavity. The sleeve includes an outer shell, a second cavity formed within the outer shell, a keyway, and a second electrical block positioned within the second cavity. The sleeve is insertable into the receptacle such that the protrusion enters the keyway and the first and second electrical blocks engage one another. |
| US10158923B2 |
Method of broadcasting contents by streaming in a peer-to-peer network
The present invention relates to a method of broadcasting a content by streaming in a peer-to-peer network (10) of client devices (11, 12, 13) which is connected to a content server (2), said content consisting of a sequence of segments stored on data storage means of the content server (2), each client device (11, 12, 13) comprising a buffer memory storing in a temporary manner at least one segment of said content, the method being characterized in that each client device (11, 12, 13) is associated with a level defining a minimal list of segments of the content that have to be stored by the buffer memory of the device (11, 12, 13), the method comprising steps of: (a) connection of a new client device (14) to the peer-to-peer network (10); (b) assignment of a level to the new client device (14) as a function of the number of client devices (11, 12, 13) associated with each level; (c) transmission to said new client device (14) from the server (2) of at least each segment of the content which is absent from the buffer memory of the new client device (14), which belongs to said list of segments of the content corresponding to the level assigned to the new client device (14). |
| US10158920B2 |
Interaction system and interaction method thereof
The present invention provides an interaction system and an interaction method thereof. The interaction system includes a display device, a detector, a database and a processing module. The display device plays a multimedia material. The detector acquires a comment that a user is watching the multimedia material. The comment includes a timestamp and an annotated position in the multimedia material. The database stores a plurality of interaction information related to the multimedia material. Each piece of interaction information has more than one index tag, and each of the index tag includes a timestamp and an annotated position in the multimedia material. The processing module searches for the index tag, matching the comment acquired by the detector, in the database, and then outputs the content of the interaction information corresponding to the found index tag to at least one electronic device. |
| US10158918B2 |
Bookmarking prospective media content on computer network
Systems and methods for bookmarking prospective media content on computer network. In some implementations, a method includes: at a server system, obtaining, from a electronic device, information corresponding to a media content item; identifying the media content item, from among a plurality of media content items, in accordance with the information; creating a provisional bookmark corresponding to a first URL where the media content item is not yet available but is likely to be available within a predefined time period; and transmitting the provisional bookmark to the electronic device. The method optionally includes: after creating the provisional bookmark, in accordance with a determination that the media content item has become available at the first URL, before the predefined time period: converting the provisional bookmark into a non-provisional bookmark. |
| US10158912B2 |
Event-based media playback
Particular portions or events of recorded television programming identified as having especially significant or interesting detail may be played-back at normal speed without user input; whereas other portions or events of the recorded television programming may be played-back at greater than normal speed. |
| US10158909B2 |
Systems and methods for determining subscription data
A media guidance application is provided by which users can view program listings associated with programming that the user may access using other user equipment devices. The media guidance application, implemented on, for example, a remote system, may determine through communications with television equipment whether or not the television equipment is authorized to provide a particular package of television programming to be viewed by the user. For example, an online program guide application may determine whether or not television equipment allows a user to view particular channels and, based on that determination, proceed to determine what packages of programming the user subscribes to. A customized program guide may then be displayed based on what programming the user subscribes to on various systems. |
| US10158907B1 |
Systems and methods for performing playout of multiple media recordings based on a matching segment among the recordings
An example method for performing playout of multiple media recordings includes receiving a plurality of media recordings, indexing the plurality of media recordings for storage into a database, dividing each of the plurality of media recordings into multiple segments, and for each segment of each media recording, (i) comparing the segment with the indexed plurality of media recordings stored in the database to determine one or more matches to the segment, and (ii) determining a relative time offset of the segment within each matched media recording. Following, the method includes performing playout of a representation of the plurality of media recordings based on the relative time offset of each matched segment. |
| US10158902B2 |
Streaming and storing video for audio/video recording and communication devices
Streaming and storing video for audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for an A/V recording and communication device comprises: recording video image data; executing a write operation to write the video image data at a write rate; executing a read operation to read the video image data at a first read rate that is greater than the write rate; continuing to read the video image data at the first read rate until the read operation catches up to the write operation; reading the video image data at a second read rate equal to the write rate; and transmitting streaming video to a client device, wherein a beginning portion of the streaming video is streamed at a first stream rate and thereafter streaming at a second stream rate less than the first stream rate. |
| US10158899B2 |
Sharing television and video programming through social networking
In particular embodiments a social networking system captures data associated with video content provided to a first user of a social-networking system, identifies, using the captured data, the video content provided to the first user, and updates a graph of the social-networking system to associate the first user with the identified video content. The graph of the social-networking system has a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes of the graph include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. |
| US10158897B2 |
Location-based event affinity detangling for rolling broadcasts
Social media inputs from users, and specific to a content of a broadcast program, are analyzed to determine a sentiment value expressed relative to a portion of the content by a user. A group is formed of those users whose sentiment values expressed relative to the portion within a defined period during the broadcast of the program are within a specified tolerance value of sentiment value expressed by the user. A time zone of a location extracted from a social media input of the user is assigned to the group. A fabricated event that evokes a predicted sentiment is inserted in the broadcast program. A confidence value for the time zone is computed by comparing a sentiment value of a response by the group to the fabricated event with the predicted sentiment value. The group's placement in the time zone is confirmed when the confidence value exceeds a threshold. |
| US10158896B2 |
Video channel allocation management method and related device, and communication system
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a video channel allocation management method and related device, and a communication system. The video channel management method includes: receiving a first video data from a first user; querying a first video channel corresponding to the first user; if the first video channel corresponding to the first user is not found through the querying, allocating a second video to the first user, the second video channel being a channel that is currently timed out; and if the second video channel is allocated to the first user, writing the first video data to the second video channel, and tagging that the second video channel belongs to the first user. Technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention facilitate improvement in video channel utilization efficiency, and then may reduce hardware resource deployment as much as possible. |
| US10158888B2 |
Method and apparatus for reproducing video data
A method and an apparatus for reproducing video data are provided. The method includes the steps of extracting a coded video data stream and video data attribute information from the stored video file, extracting samples relevant to an expanded time layer from the extracted video data stream on the basis of the location information of the sample which allows for temporal layer access contailed in the video data attribute information, and restoring and reproducing the extracted samples. |
| US10158887B2 |
Arithmetic encoding device, arithmetic decoding device, arithmetic encoding method, and arithmetic decoding method
The amount of processing is reduced with high coding efficiency maintained. There is provided an arithmetic decoding device including syntax decoding means for decoding each of at least a first syntax element and a second syntax element indicating a transform coefficient using arithmetic decoding with a context or arithmetic decoding without a context. The syntax decoding means performs decoding that at least includes not decoding the first syntax element and decoding the second syntax element using the arithmetic decoding without a context, and decoding the first syntax element using the arithmetic decoding with a context and decoding the second syntax element using the arithmetic decoding without a context. |
| US10158876B2 |
Backward view synthesis prediction
In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder configured to code motion information for a block of multiview video data, wherein the motion information includes a reference index that identifies a reference picture comprising a source for backward-warping view synthesis prediction (BVSP), perform BVSP on a portion of the reference picture to produce a BVSP reference block, and predict the block using the BVSP reference block. |
| US10158871B2 |
Video encoding method, video decoding method, video encoding apparatus, video decoding apparatus, video encoding program, and video decoding program
A video processing system provided with video encoding apparatus 1 and video decoding apparatus 2. The encoding apparatus 1 outputs a maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 resulting from encoding of video data D0. The decoding apparatus 2 effects input of the maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 from the encoding apparatus 1. Then the decoding apparatus 2 decodes the encoded data D1 with reference to the input maximum delay time to generate motion video data D2. |
| US10158862B2 |
Method and apparatus for intra prediction within display screen
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for intra prediction. The intra prediction method for a decoder, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of entropy-decoding a received bitstream, generating reference pixels to be used in the intra prediction of a prediction unit; generating a prediction block from the reference pixels on the basis of a prediction mode for the prediction unit and reconstructing an image from the prediction block and a residual block, which is obtained as a result of entropy encoding, wherein the reference pixels and/or the prediction block pixels are predicted on the basis of a base pixel, and the predicted pixel value can be the sum of the pixel value of the base pixel and the difference between the pixel values of the base pixel and the generated pixel. |
| US10158860B2 |
Image encoding apparatus for encoding flags indicating removal times
An encoding apparatus of encoding units included in a picture is provided. The encoding apparatus generates a first flag indicating whether a removal time of encoded data from a buffer by a hypothetical decoder is set per unit. When the removal time is set per unit, a second flag is generated which indicates whether an interval between removal times of the units is constant. When the second flag indicates that the interval is constant, common-interval information is generated which is distinct from the second flag and indicates a constant time interval between the removal times of the units. A bitstream including the encoded data, the first flag, the second flag, and the common-interval information is generated, with the common-interval information being included in control information of the bitstream. |
| US10158844B2 |
Methods and apparatus for superpixel modulation with ambient light suppression
An imaging system with a light source controls the sensitivity of pixels to light, by performing both superpixel modulation and curtain modulation. The superpixel modulation may facilitate rapid data acquisition. The curtain modulation may suppress the effect of ambient light. In superpixel modulation, each pixel set may be modulated by a separate superpixel modulation signal that causes sensitivity of the pixel set to light to vary over time, and each superpixel may include a pixel from each pixel set. The curtain modulation may cause pixels in only a small region of the photodetector to be sensitive to light. The curtain modulation may cause the small region to move to track the dot of light, by changing which pixels are in the region. This invention may be used for 3D scanning. |
| US10158842B2 |
Cargo sensing detection system using spatial data
The present disclosure relates to devices, methods, and systems for cargo sensing. One cargo presence detection system includes one or more sensors positioned in an interior space of a container, and arranged to provide spatial data about at least a portion of the interior space of the container and a detection component that receives the spatial data from the one or more sensors and identifies if one or more cargo items are present in the interior space of the container based on analysis of the spatial data. |
| US10158841B2 |
Method and device for overlaying 3D graphics over 3D video
A device and method process graphics to be overlayed over video for three-dimensional display. The video includes a series of video frames updated at a video rate, including main video frames and additional video frames. A first buffer buffers a first part of the overlay information to be overlayed over the main video frames. A second buffer buffers a second part of the overlay information to be overlayed over the additional video frames. For each video frame, the first part of the overlay information or the second part of the overlay information is copied to a frame-accurate area copier. The first part of the overlay information or the second part of the overlay information is output according to whether a current video frame is a main video frame or an additional video frame. The first part of the overlay information and the second part of the overlay information are updated at an overlay rate. The overlay rate is different than the video rate. |
| US10158840B2 |
Steganographic depth images
Depth information may be encoded into pixels of visual imaging data according to steganographic techniques. The depth information may be captured simultaneously with the visual imaging data, and one or more representative pixels may be identified within a region or sector of the visual imaging data according to a pixel traversal strategy. The depth information corresponding to the region or sector may be encoded into one or more least significant bits of the representative pixels, and a modified set of imaging data including the visual imaging data with the depth information encoded into the representative pixels may be stored in a data store and used for any relevant purpose. |
| US10158839B2 |
Non-transitory storage medium and apparatus for processing source image to generate target image
An apparatus including a processor and a non-transitory storage medium is provided. The non-transitory storage medium includes a program code executable by the processor. The apparatus is configured to execute the program code with the processor for processing a source image to generate a target image. The target image includes a plurality of target pictures, and the program code includes: a first code segment, configured to separate the source image into a first image comprising a first part of the source image and a second image comprising a second part of the source image; a second code segment, configured to process the first image to obtain a plurality of target first pictures according to a first setting; a third code segment, configured to process the second image to obtain a plurality of target second pictures according to a second setting; and a fourth code segment, configured to combine each of the target first pictures with a corresponding one of the target second pictures to obtain the plurality of target pictures. |
| US10158838B2 |
Methods and arrangements for supporting view synthesis
Arrangements and methods therein for supporting view synthesis. One method is performed by an arrangement which is operable to receive an input video stream comprising an input view associated with a first camera position. The method includes receiving a measure M_D of a maximum difference in depth or disparity value between two pixels in a depth or disparity map representing the depth or disparity information of a video frame of the input view. The method further includes determining a maximal distance d_cam, from the first camera position to a second camera position, based on the received measure; and indicating the determined distance d_cam to a view synthesizer. This can enable the view synthesizer to synthesize a view associated with a second camera position so that disocclusions due to the distance between the first and second camera position may be handled. |
| US10158837B2 |
Method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content
A method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content enables the secure transfer of multimedia content from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a personal computer (PC) and further to a handheld device. A DVR determines which devices on a Local Area Network (LAN) are authorized to share and/or retrieve content from the DVR. The DVR receives a connection request from a PC on the LAN, authorizes the connection request and establishes a secure connection between the DVR and the PC. Once the secure connection is established, the DVR receives a request for multimedia content from the PC, prepares the multimedia content for transfer and transfers the multimedia content to the PC. |
| US10158831B1 |
Entranceway or foyer-based, communication apparatus and system
The invention is a digital doorman-like and communication system comprising a small-footprint, software-driven, controller device that is intuitively operable and which also communicates with wireless tenants' mobile devices, and based thereon, controls access to the building entranceway area, distributes information to management and to tenants and communicates flexibly including via voice, video, messaging and the like. |
| US10158830B2 |
Terminal apparatus and communication method
Control circuitry in a terminal apparatus generates one or more groups, each group including a selected plurality of communication methods whose total value of specific absorption rates (SARs) is equal to or less than a threshold value, and generates group information indicating the one or more groups. N transmitters transmit transmission data to a plurality of communication stations that respectively support the plurality of communication methods included in one group that is indicated by the group information, by using corresponding communication methods. |
| US10158829B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and server
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a generation unit and a first transmission unit. The generation unit generates parameter information that shows states of a user. The first transmission unit transmits the generated parameter information through a network to an information processing apparatus of a communication partner capable of generating an image that reflects the state of the user on the basis of the parameter information. |
| US10158828B2 |
Customized graphics for video conversations
An online system customizes video conversations between users of the online system. During a video conversation, the online system presents a composite view to the participating users. The composite view may include visual representations of the users, a background graphic, or other types of graphics such as masks and props that the users can wear or interact with in the environment of the video conversation. The visual representations may be generated based on a live video feed of the users or include avatars of the users. The online system can determine the graphics based on information about the users. For instance, the online system determines a background graphic showing a location that the users have each visited. Upon viewing the background graphic, the users may be encouraged to interact with the background graphic or other graphics included in the composite view, which can promote an engaging video conversation experience. |
| US10158824B2 |
Imaging apparatus, electronic device and imaging system
An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture a subject to generate image data, a communication unit configured to receive image data from a plurality of electronic devices, and a controller configured to combine an image indicated by the image data received from an electronic device registered in advance as a target device for a predetermined function with an image indicated by the image data generated by the image capturing unit. The controller registers the electronic devices as the target device, the number of registered electronic devices being equal to or less than a first predetermined number. The controller limits the number of the electronic devices from which the image data is received to a second predetermined number or less, with the second predetermined number being less than the first predetermined number. |
| US10158822B2 |
Video presentation device and method
A computing device may include a video input interface and video output interface to allow insertion into a video system. The device may be configured to perform passthrough operation on the incoming video, allowing the incoming signal to appear at the output interface. When overlay video operations are desired, the device may resize the incoming video, generate one or more additional overlays, and generate a modified version of the incoming video signal, where the modified version contains the one or more additional overlays along with (if desired) the original video. The device may have data network connections, and can thereby serve as an easy way, for example, to upgrade an existing video system with network and/or interactive features. |
| US10158821B2 |
Imaging sensor and moving body
A first photoelectric conversion unit is arranged in one end portion of a pixel, and a second photoelectric conversion unit is arranged in the other end portion of the pixel. A third photoelectric conversion unit is arranged in a center portion of the pixel. A length of the third photoelectric conversion unit in a predetermined direction is shorter than a length of the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit. |
| US10158814B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus and method of driving the same
A solid-state imaging apparatus has: a signal readout circuit including a charge storage region connected to a photoelectric conversion region, and a reset transistor connected at one of source and drain to the charge storage region; and a negative feedback circuit that feeds back an output of the signal readout circuit in a negative feedback manner to the other of the source and drain of the reset transistor. A reset operation for discharging a charge stored in the charge storage region includes a first period in which the negative feedback circuit is OFF and a second period which occurs after the first period and in which the negative feedback circuit is ON. In the first period, the reset transistor changes from OFF to ON and then to OFF. In the second period, such a reset transistor control voltage is applied that makes the reset transistor to gradually change to ON. |
| US10158813B2 |
Image pickup device, electronic apparatus, radiation detection apparatus and method for an image pickup device
An image pickup device including an amplification transistor (136) and a photodiode (134) is provided. The photodiode is configured to generate an electric charge and provide the electric charge to a first terminal of the amplification transistor. The image pickup device also includes a selection transistor (131) having a first terminal electrically connected to a second terminal of the amplification transistor and a second terminal of the selection transistor electrically connected to a signal line (129) is provided. In particular, a third terminal of the amplification transistor is electrically connected to a ground potential. |
| US10158810B2 |
Remote control activity detection
Embodiments described herein enable detection of remote control activity. For example, a determination may be made whether an RF remote control is in use by detecting a non-RF signal transmitted by the RF remote control. The non-RF signal need not actually control any device, but it may be used to detect when the RF remote control is in use. An AV switch may detect an RF remote control is in use by detecting a non-RF signal. For example, when a user uses an RF remote (e.g., to control an STB with an RF signal) the use may be detected by detecting a non-RF (e.g., an IR signal) signal and the AV switch may use the detection, for example, to control a TV (e.g., turn on), control the switch (e.g., port selection for a TV to display STB output) and/or other devices. |
| US10158808B2 |
Zoom control device, zoom control method, and program
A zoom control device includes: a zoom magnification ratio change speed setting unit that sets a main image zoom magnification ratio change speed and a monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed according to a zoom operation by a user; and a zoom control unit that conducts a zoom control on a main image so that a zoom magnification ratio changes according to the main image zoom magnification ratio change speed, and conducts a zoom control on a monitoring image so that the zoom magnification ratio changes according to the monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed. The zoom magnification ratio change speed setting unit is configured to set the main image zoom magnification ratio change speed by smoothing the monitoring image zoom magnification ratio change speed. |
| US10158805B2 |
Method of simultaneously displaying images from a plurality of cameras and electronic device adapted thereto
An image display method and an electronic device adapted thereto are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a plurality of cameras, a display for displaying one or more preview images captured by at least one of the plurality of cameras, and a controller, which may execute the method including displaying a first layout and a second layout, the first layout including a first subject captured within a first image from a first camera, and the second layout including a second subject captured within a second image from a second camera, and adjusting at least one of the displayed first and second layouts, according to attributes of each of the first subject and the second subject. |
| US10158801B2 |
Image capturing apparatus communicating with an external apparatus and method for controlling the same and storage medium
An image capturing apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus; an operating unit; a control unit configured to receive operation regarding a predetermined function from the external apparatus via the communication unit and to receive operation regarding a predetermined function from a user via the operating unit; and a power source for supplying electrical power to the control unit; wherein if electrical power is supplied from the power source due to start of communication with the external apparatus, the control unit performs control to disable the reception of operation by the operating unit according to the function whose operation has been received from the external apparatus. |
| US10158800B2 |
Display control device and control method therefor
A display control device includes a detection unit that detects a touching operation on a display portion, a control unit that performs control about an item displayed in the display portion in response to a touching operation on the item, a selection unit that selects, based on an operation, one or more items from among a plurality of items to be displayed, and a display control unit that performs control such that from among items to be displayed in a first display area and a second display area, the items selected by the selection unit are displayed in the first display area and a plurality of predetermined items are displayed in the second display area. The first display area extends along a side nearest a grip portion for holding the device, and the second display area is further from the grip portion than the first display area. |
| US10158793B2 |
Processing survey data of an underwater scene
The present invention relates to a method of processing survey data of an underwater scene comprising acquiring an augmented image of each of a plurality of fields of view within the scene, wherein each augmented image comprises at least a scene image of the scene, a location tag associated with that scene image, and metadata associated with that scene image. |
| US10158778B1 |
Image forming system, terminal, and image forming method that control job by command in terminal
Provided is an image forming system that controls an image forming apparatus from a terminal with sufficient usability for a user. The image forming system includes the terminal and the image forming apparatus. The job accumulating part accumulates a job. The command acquiring part acquires the command for setting time and executing for the job accumulated by the job accumulating part. The command interpreting part interprets the command acquired by the command acquiring part. The command instructing part performs the instructions to execute the job in the image forming apparatus at the set time corresponding to the command interpreted by the command interpreting part. The job executing part executes the job with an instruction acquired from the command instruction part of the terminal. |
| US10158773B2 |
Input device
A control section allows a screen of a display section to display a plurality of numeric keys, detects a touch gesture on the individual numeric key through a touch panel to allow an input of a numeric number corresponding to the numeric key subjected to the touch gesture, and detects an action on each of hard keys to accept an instruction to perform a function corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action. When a predetermined action is performed on one or more individuals of the hard keys, the control section assigns numeric numbers to the respective hard keys and detects an action on the individual hard key to allow an input of the numeric number corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action. |
| US10158769B2 |
Data transmission system and data transmission method
The invention backups job data, and detects and predicts the occurrence of trouble in a storage device. A gateway registers job data registered in a HDD and vibration-detection information of a vibration-detection sensor received from a user terminal in a memory, and then transmits the job data to a MFP. The MFP registers the job data in a HDD, and according to a request from the gateway, transmits the job data registered in the HDD and vibration-detection information of a vibration-detection sensor to the gateway. The gateway compares the data amount of when the job data is registered in the memory and the data amount of the job data from the gateway, and when there is a difference, registers trouble information related to the HDD in the memory. |
| US10158768B2 |
System and method for diagnosising parts of a printing device to be replaced based on incident rate
A method to diagnosis an electro-mechanical part on an image forming device comprises: determining an incident count for a first time interval for the electro-mechanical part; determining if the incident count for the first time interval exceeds a first threshold level; marking the incident count as a high rate if the incident count exceeds the first threshold level; marking the incident count as a low rate if the incident count is more than 0 but equal to or less than the first threshold level; marking the incident count as a zero rate if the incident count is equal to 0; monitoring the electro-mechanical part for a second time interval, wherein the second time interval is a plurality of first time intervals; cumulating a number of first time intervals with the low rate during the second time intervals; and marking the electro-mechanical part as needing to be one of repaired or serviced when the number of first time intervals with the low rate during the second time intervals exceeds a second threshold level. |
| US10158766B2 |
Scanner, and image data generating method
Provided is a scanner having: multiple sensor chips; an optical unit that focuses an image of an A4 document on eighteen or more sensor chips; and a generator that synthesizes images of the A4 document read by the sensor chips, and generates image data. |
| US10158762B2 |
Systems and methods for accessing conference calls
Systems and methods notify an individual when the start time of a scheduled conference call is approaching. The systems and methods may also automatically connect the individual to the conference call. The systems and methods may obtain information about one or more scheduled conference calls directly from the individual's electronic calendar. The systems and methods may also receive a request from an individual to be connected to a conference call, and then act to automatically connect the individual to the conference call using information obtained from the individual's electronic calendar. |
| US10158760B1 |
Methods for simultaneous interaction on a web page by a customer and customer service representative
A computer-implemented method and system for enhancing interaction between a customer using a client computer and a customer service representative of a company using a workstation. A Web session is commenced on a Web site for the client computer of the customer, wherein the Web session includes displaying a first Web page to the customer. A telephonic interaction is commenced between the customer and the customer service representative and a split screen is displayed on the workstation. The split screen including the first Web page and a second Web page, wherein the second Web page is only viewable by the customer service representative. An application is caused to be moved from the second Web page to the first Web page for review and interaction by the customer via the client computer. |
| US10158759B2 |
System and method for performing circumstance-specific customer satisfaction monitoring in an ongoing call center interaction
A system and method for performing circumstance-specific customer satisfaction monitoring in an ongoing call center interaction are provided. At least one parameter of a message, the message including information regarding giving a signal by a customer of a call center indicating a dissatisfaction of the customer, is determined based on at least one of one or more characteristics of the customer and one or more conditions of the call center. The message is provided to the customer prior to an interaction between the customer and one of a plurality of agents of the call center. The interaction is began, including connecting the customer to one of the agents after the message is provided. Monitoring for a receipt of the signal from the customer during the interaction is performed. An action is taken after the receipt of the signal. |
| US10158753B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating voice call quality information in wireless communication system
A voice call quality information generation method and an apparatus of a server for use in a wireless communication system are provided. The voice call quality information generation method includes receiving log information from at least one base station and generating voice call quality information using muting information generated based on the log information. |
| US10158752B2 |
Apparatus and method for automatically detecting presence of external device in mobile terminal
An apparatus to control an external device includes a connector to electrically connect with the external device, a connection detector to determine whether the external device is electrically connected to the connector, and a controller to obtain level information corresponding to the external device from the connector, to deter mine a type of the external device based on the level information, and to control execution of a function of the apparatus based on the determined type, wherein the level information is different according to the type of the external device. |
| US10158751B2 |
Performing a notification event at a headphone device
A method of performing a notification event at a headphone device includes receiving, at the headphone device, a wireless notification signal. The wireless notification signal is received from a transmitting device including a camera sensor, a display and a touchscreen interface. The headphone device is selected to receive the wireless notification signal in response to a touchscreen event occurring at the transmitting device. An image including a representation of the headphone device is composed by the camera sensor and is presented on the display. The touchscreen event includes receiving a touch input via the touchscreen interface. The method further includes determining the notification event to be performed at the headphone device by decoding the wireless notification signal. The method further includes performing the notification event indicated by the wireless notification signal at the headphone device in response to receiving the wireless notification signal. |
| US10158746B2 |
Wireless communication systems and methods with vehicle display and headgear device pairing
A vehicle display apparatus for enabling use of a wireless portable electronic device with a vehicle includes a processor, and a display, a transceiver, and memory each coupled to the processor. The memory contains program instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive data at the transceiver over a first wireless connection with a wireless headgear apparatus. The wireless headgear apparatus is in communication with the wireless mobile device over a second wireless connection. The program instructions are further configured to cause the processor to display information related to the wireless mobile device on the display based on the received data, to receive a user selection related to operation of the wireless mobile device via a user interface in communication with the processor, and to transmit the user selection to the wireless headgear apparatus. |
| US10158743B2 |
Compute node cluster management
Disclosed aspects relate to managing a cluster of compute nodes in a shared pool of configurable computing resources using a set of Small Computer System Interface Persistent Reservation (SCSI-PR) commands. The set of SCSI-PR commands may be used to monitor the cluster of compute nodes for an error event. The error event may be detected based on a set of values derived from the set of SCSI-PR commands. An error event response action may be determined with respect to the error event. Performance of the error event response action may be initiated. |
| US10158742B2 |
Multi-stage acceleration system and method
A Multi-Stage Acceleration System improves performance, security, and reduces data transferred for mobile devices using wireless networks by transforming protocols and data into an encrypted form that consumes far less bandwidth, lowers latency, and improves throughput. The Multi-Stage Acceleration System includes multiple stages running on the mobile device and multiple stages running in the cloud that provide security and data reduction for all types of network traffic from and to the mobile client, including but not limited to TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SSL/TLS, IMAP, POP, SMTP etc. |
| US10158738B2 |
Optimal coding method for efficient matching of hierarchical categories in publish-subscribe systems
In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to determine a shortest code length of at least one category of a publish-subscribe system such that a length requirement of prefix code system for the at least one category is not exceeded; and assign a prefix code of the shortest code length to each of the at least one category of the publish-subscribe system. |
| US10158737B2 |
Real time event capture and analysis of transient data for an information network
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for monitoring, identifying and correlating changes to transient event data as a plurality of technology events are processed by a plurality of applications. The proctor module of the system is automatically triggered by addition of event data to transient memory locations associated with the plurality of applications. The proctor module is configured to capture the transient multiple-attribute event data, in real-time, before the data is dequeued. The technology event processing module is configured to format, log and index the captured data from the proctor module. The system then maps an event/record of formatted data associated with a first transient memory location with a second event to another event of formatted data from a second transient memory location, and subsequently analyzes the multi-attribute data to identify changes. |
| US10158735B2 |
Read-ahead on signed connections with unsigning, inline, transparent proxies
Innovative technologies for reducing network request response times over a server-signed connection are disclosed. The technologies may involve dynamically computing synchronized compression dictionaries using server responses to speculative or “read-ahead” client requests. The technologies operate even when the client is unable to accept the server responses due to server-signing constraints. A server proxy may receive a read-ahead request originating from a client proxy. After receiving a response to the read-ahead request from a server, the server proxy may populate a compression dictionary and forward the read-ahead request to the client proxy. The client proxy may populate its own synchronized compression dictionary using the forwarded read-ahead response. The server proxy and client proxy may use the compression dictionaries to respectively compress and decompress a response to an actual client request that matches or is highly similar to the earlier response to the read-ahead request. |
| US10158734B2 |
Trigger associated notification delivery in an enterprise system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting notifications in an enterprise system. In one aspect, a method include actions of obtaining a template that defines (i) trigger criteria for presenting a notification type and (ii) content rules for determining content to include in a notification of the notification type. Additional actions include accessing enterprise resources of an enterprise, the enterprise resources including data describing entities related to the enterprise and relationships among the entities. Further actions include, accessing user information specific to a user and determining that the trigger criteria is satisfied by the enterprise resources and the user information. Additional actions include generating a particular notification of the notification type based at least on the content rules and providing the particular notification to the user. |
| US10158733B2 |
Automated DPI process
Disclosed is a method for tracking usage of applications on a mobile device that includes a virtual private network (VPN) application. The VPN application includes a rule dictionary to store a rule for each application that is executable on the mobile device. A rule comprises an identifier for the application and an associated regular expression. To create a rule, a new application is installed on the mobile device and executed to create network traffic. The network traffic from the new application is inspected and a regular expression that matches the new application is created and stored in the rules dictionary. Once the rule is stored, a usage of the application can be identified based on monitoring the network traffic and searching the rule dictionary to identify a matching application. Once a matching application is found, the usage metric of the application is updated. |
| US10158730B2 |
Context based communication management
Methods and computer-readable media for providing a recommendation and for rerouting calls are disclosed. For example, a method detects updated status information regarding a contact of a user and determines whether the updated status information signifies an event of interest. When the updated information is determined to signify an event of interest, the method provides to a device of the user a recommendation that the user should communicate with the contact. The recommendation includes an indication of the event of interest. |
| US10158726B2 |
Supporting high availability for orchestrated services
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for orchestrating services in a service chain. Establishing a first group with a plurality of active services and a second group with a plurality of standby services. Upon receiving an error notification of a crash in a service, moving the plurality of active services from the first group to the second group, and moving the plurality of standby services from the second group to the first group. Upon receiving an updated service group of the plurality of active services of the first group, moving the plurality of active services from the first group into the second group, and moving the plurality of standby services from the second group to a repository. |
| US10158722B2 |
Method and systems for the scheduled capture of web content from web servers as sets of images
A method and system for the scheduled capturing of web content from a web server includes a capturing server establishing a link with a client device and receiving over the link from the client device a set of indications for web content to capture and schedule information for capturing the web content. The method further includes performing, in accordance with the schedule information, establishing a network connection with the web server hosting a web resource of the indicated web content, receiving the web resource over the network connection from the web server without the web resource being routed through the client device, and capturing the web resource as a set of images of the web resource loaded into a web browser executing on the capturing server. |
| US10158720B2 |
Cloud system for controlling outdoor grill with mobile application
A cloud computing system for use in remote cooking can receive a first input from a computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is permitted to communicate with a cloud computing platform. The computer system generates a notification that is to be sent to a software application, where the software application is configured to control functions of the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system transmits the generated notification to the software application, where the generated notification indicates that the cloud computing platform is communicably connected to the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system then receives a second input from the software application indicating that specified functions are to be performed on the electronically-controlled appliance, and transmits instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out by a hardware controller on the electronically-controlled appliance. |
| US10158713B2 |
Distributed storage systems and methods
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems, and methods of pre-loading (or caching) activatable content to several mobile devices for future use by at least one of the mobile devices. The mobile devices are communicatively coupled with each other to form a distribute storage network. The pre-loaded content can be used by applications executed in any one of the mobile devices within the network. A content server is configured to transmit portions of the content to the mobile devices upon detection that a subset of conditions within the multi-conditional content activation criteria has been satisfied. The content server is configured to transmit the entire content when all conditions within the multi-conditional content activation criteria has been satisfied. The content server then activates the content when a content activation event is detected. |
| US10158712B2 |
Source-side resource request network admission control
A technique for source-side memory request network admission control includes adjusting, by a first node, a rate of injection of memory requests by the first node into a network coupled to a memory system. The adjusting is based on an injection policy for the first node and memory request efficiency indicators. The method may include injecting memory requests by the first node into the network coupled to the memory system. The injecting has the rate of injection. The technique includes adjusting the rate of injection by the first node. The first node adjusts the rate of injection according to an injection policy for the first node and memory request efficiency indicators. The injection policy may be based on an injection rate limit for the first node. The injection policy for the first node may be based on an injection rate limit per memory channel for the first node. The technique may include determining the memory request efficiency indicators based on comparisons of target addresses of the memory requests to addresses of recent memory requests of the first node. |
| US10158711B2 |
Website framework
Techniques for hosting websites are disclosed. At least aspects of a website are defined in a framework of website resources. The at least aspects of the website are dependent on the website resources and their position in the framework. In response to a request concerning the website, the framework is parsed to determine at least one of the website resources for the request. A response to the request is provided in dependence on the at least one website resource. |
| US10158709B1 |
Identifying data store requests for asynchronous processing
A data storage system that implements identifying data store requests for asynchronous processing. A request may be received at a frontend task engine that processes requests for a network-based data store. The frontend task engine may evaluate the request to determine whether the request should be processed asynchronously. For a request identified for asynchronous processing, the task engine may initiate processing of the request at backend task engines for the network-based data store. Resources for processing the request at the frontend task engine may be reclaimed for processing other requests. A task sweeper that collects data for the network-based data store may detect that processing of the request has completed. The task sweeper may also provide an indication of the completion of the request. |
| US10158699B2 |
Method and apparatus for submitting user content in DCD service
Disclosed is a method for updating or sharing content by a terminal, including generating a request for updating or sharing content, transmitting the request to a server, wherein the server transmits a notification that the content is shared to the at least one terminal if a first element in an information element of the request indicates that the content is the public content, and receiving, from the server, updated content or an indication for displaying the content if the content is updated or is to be displayed on the terminal based on the condition. |
| US10158696B2 |
Image transmission method for transmitting image data between image transmission apparatus and a plurality of terminal devices
An object is to appropriately control the transmission of image data to a plurality of terminal devices such that the user's desired playback is performed when plural pieces of image data are replayed using the plurality of terminal devices on the user side. When predetermined identification information is received from a first terminal device, a management server apparatus transmits first image data to the first terminal device. Then, when predetermined identification information is received from a second terminal device different from the first terminal device, the management server apparatus transmits second image data related to the first image data to the second terminal device if the received predetermined identification information is the same as the identification information received from the first terminal device. |
| US10158692B2 |
System and method for zero latency browsing
A system replicates Internet websites on a large number of user computers having browsers. The system includes a gateway platform having a gateway server and a cache. In the broadcast mode, the gateway server periodically or continuously images broadcast data (e.g., popular websites), compresses the website images, and stores the compressed website images in the gateway cache. The gateway server then broadcasts all of the compressed broadcast data to all (millions) of the user computers over a broadcast device (such as a satellite), for subsequent display by the user in the browser. In the unicast mode, the user requests unicast data (e.g., less-popular websites or websites having highly user-customized information) at the browser. The gateway server images that one web page, compresses the unicast data, and transmits the compressed unicast data over the broadcast device substantially in real time to the one requesting user computer. |
| US10158691B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing network resources at intermediary server
A method for providing access to web content by an intermediary server is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a mobile terminal, a loading request for a web page; receiving, from a content server, document data of the web page after forwarding the web page loading request to the content server; dividing the received document data into a plurality of document data segments; identifying sub-resources included in the web page; associating the sub-resources with the document data segments; transmitting requests sequentially for the identified sub-resources to a resource server to start transmissions of at least some of the identified sub-resources from the resource server to the intermediary server; and transmitting, to the mobile terminal, a first document data segment of the plurality of document data segments after the transmissions of all of sub-resources associated with the first document data segment from the resource server to the intermediary server have completed. |
| US10158690B2 |
Method and system for streaming multimedia content in a wireless fidelity display network environment
A method and system for streaming multimedia content in a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Display (WFD) network environment are provided. The method includes establishing a Wi-Fi display session with at least one Wi-Fi sink device by a Wi-Fi source device prior to capability negotiation with the at least one Wi-Fi sink device; streaming multimedia content to the at least one Wi-Fi sink device using a basic codec format during the Wi-Fi display session; performing capability negotiation with the at least one Wi-Fi sink device substantially simultaneously with streaming the multimedia content using the basic codec format during the Wi-Fi display session; and seamlessly continuing to stream the multimedia content to the at least one Wi-Fi sink device using a codec format negotiated during the capability negotiation. |
| US10158679B2 |
Media session between network endpoints
A media session is established between a first endpoint and a second endpoint via a communication network based on connectivity checks performed by the endpoints. Depending on whether or not at least one of a set of one or more reduced connectivity check criteria is determined to be met, a full or a reduced set of candidate pairs is generated, each candidate pair of whichever set is generated comprising a first network address available to the first endpoint and a second network address available to the second endpoint. Connectivity checks are not performed for any candidate pair in the full candidate pair set that is not also in the reduced candidate pair set if it is determined that at least one of the reduced connectivity check criteria is met. |
| US10158676B2 |
Data processing systems and methods for performing privacy assessments and monitoring of new versions of computer code for privacy compliance
In various embodiments, a data map generation system is configured to: (1) enable a user to specify one or more criteria; (2) identify one or more data flows based at least in part on the one or more specified criteria; (3) generate a data map based at least in part on the identified one or more data flows; and (4) display the data map to any suitable individual (e.g., the user). In particular embodiments, the system is configured to display all data flows associated with a particular organization that are stored within the system. In other embodiments, the system is configured to display all data flows that are associated with a particular privacy campaign undertaken by the organization. |
| US10158673B2 |
Monitoring and controlling electronic activity using third party rule submission and validation
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for monitoring and controlling electronic activity. A policy service can be called for policies for controlling electronic activity occurring at one or more managed devices. The policies can include a number of rules, each of which can include a number of variables. The rules can be defined by a manager device and/or received from third parties. Third party rule submissions can be validated. If electronic activity at the managed device deviates from a rule, the manager device can be notified and the electronic activity can be blocked. The manager device can update the policy and/or issue exceptions, if desired. |
| US10158672B2 |
Context aware microsegmentation
Context aware microservice networks and contextual security policies for microservice networks are provided herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of microservices, each of the plurality of microservices having a plurality of distributed microservice components. At least a portion of the distributed microservice components execute on different physical or virtual servers in a data center or a cloud. The system also includes a plurality of logical security boundaries, with each of the plurality of logical security boundaries being created by a plurality of enforcement points positioned in association with the plurality of distributed microservice components. Each of plurality of microservices is bounded by one of the plurality of logical security boundaries. |
| US10158669B2 |
Dynamic application versioning system
A computer system authenticates a user of a mobile application. In response to authenticating the user, the computer identifies a user profile for the user. The user profile includes a current application state for the mobile application. The computer then selects an application version based on applying a set of rules to the current application state. The computer then sends a response to the mobile device indicating the selected application version, enabling performing an operation for the organization based on the selected version for the application selectively enabling access to services provided by the organization for people. |
| US10158667B2 |
Reliable timestamp credential
A process for generating an access credential by a communication device may include determining whether a communication device successfully executed a predetermined shutdown sequence when the communication device last transitioned to an inactive state, determining whether the communication device has synchronized with an authorization network subsequent to transitioning back to an active state, and generating the access credential including a timestamp. The access credential may indicate whether the access credential has reliable timestamp information. The access credential can be provided to an access device associated with an authorization network to authenticate the communication device. |
| US10158665B2 |
Anti-malware detection and removal systems and methods
An anti-malware system including at least one database, remote from a plurality of computers to be protected, which stores identification of computer applications resident on the computers to be protected and an application-specific communications footprint for the computer applications, and at least one server, remote from the plurality of computers to be protected, and being operative to calculate a reference computer-specific communications composite pattern based on multiple application-specific communications footprints for applications installed on the computer to be projected, calculate a current computer-specific communications composite pattern based on actual communications of at least one the plurality of computers to be protected, and provide an alert when the current computer-specific communications composite pattern of the at least one of the plurality of computers to be protected differs from the reference computer-specific communications composite pattern of the at least one of the plurality of computers to be protected. |
| US10158655B2 |
System and method for protecting service-level entities
Methods and systems for performing security functions in a service-oriented computer system are provided. The method includes acts of receiving, from one or more entities, a service request for a service provided by one or more server computers adapted to process the service request; providing a copy of the service request to a processor adapted to analyze the copy of the service request; storing the service request in a memory; determining, by the processor, if the service request should be processed by performing one or more analyzes of the copy of the service request to determine if the service request would be harmful to the one or more server computers; and if it is determined that the service request should be processed by the one or more server computers, forwarding the service request to the one or more server computers. |
| US10158654B2 |
Systems and methods for computer environment situational awareness
Systems and methods for monitoring states of operation of a computer environment can include one or more computer servers identifying a target asset of the computer environment and establishing a communication link with a computing device associated with the target asset. The one or more computer servers can determine a first set of parameters for profiling the target asset, transmit a first query for the first set of parameters to the computing device via the communication link, and receive one or more first parameter values corresponding to the first set of parameters responsive to the query. The one or more computer servers can compare the one or more first parameter values to one or more first criteria or threshold values, an determine a state of operation of the target asset based on the comparison. The state of operation can be indicative of an abnormal behavior associated with the target asset. |
| US10158652B2 |
Sharing model state between real-time and batch paths in network security anomaly detection
A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly. |
| US10158651B1 |
Verifying secure transactions through distributed nodes
An example client device includes a processor configured construct a key to be used to encrypt or decrypt data of a communication session between the client device and a server device, partition the key into a plurality of key partitions, send data representative of the key and a location of the client device to the server device, send data representative of each of the plurality of key partitions to a respective key verification server device of a plurality of key verification server devices, and after receiving an indication from the server device that the key has been verified using data representative of the key, the location of the client device, and the plurality of key partitions, encrypt or decrypt data exchanged with the server device using the key. |
| US10158645B1 |
Protecting against spam and over-representation in submission of confidential data
In an embodiment, a submission history table is maintained by tracking an identification of each user making a submission of a confidential data value and a timestamp of when the corresponding submission was made. A first confidential data value submission is received from a user having a first identification. Member usage information for the user having the first identification, are retrieved based on the first identification. The submission history table is referenced to determine a length of time since the user having the first identification last made a submission of confidential data. It is determined that the user having the first identification is not permitted to submit confidential information based on the member usage information and the length of time since the user having the first identification last made a submission of confidential data. In response to the determining, the first confidential data value is discarded. |
| US10158644B2 |
Token-based routing for out-of-network authorization
A token-based routing system that includes an out-of-network transfer processor configured to receive a transfer request, a sender token, and a receiver token and to identify an institution associated with a sender based on the sender token. The out-of-network transfer processor is configured to determine a membership for an institution associated with a receiver based on the receiver token. The out-of-network transfer processor is configured to facilitate a transfer from the institution associated with the sender to the receiver using service network resources in response to determining that the membership for the institution associated with the receiver indicates an in-network institution. The out-of-network transfer processor is configured to facilitate a transfer from the institution associated with the sender to the institution associated with the receiver using secondary network resources in response to determining that the membership for the institution associated with the receiver indicates an out-of-network institution. |
| US10158642B2 |
Coherent distributed logging
Log entries are provided with unique entry identifiers, which may be sequenced in an incremental or decremental order, to create or to update a distributed log which may be replicated and distributed to multiple servers in a network. The entry identifiers may be appended to their respective log entries. Files, records or data which are identified by their respective log entries may be transmitted regardless of the sequence of the entry identifiers. |
| US10158634B2 |
Remote document execution and network transfer using augmented reality display devices
An augmented reality user device includes a display, a physical identification verification engine, a gesture confirmation engine, and in interface. The display overlays a virtual file document onto a tangible object. The physical identification verification engine receives biometric data for a witness and confirms the witness's identity. The display displays a gesture motion from the signor. The gesture capture engine captures a gesture motion from the witness. The gesture capture engine generates a witness digital signature based on the captured gesture motion from the witness. The gesture capture engine generates a witness transfer token, the witness transfer token comprising the witness digital signature based on the captured gesture from the witness and the witness identity confirmation token. The interface communicates the witness transfer token to a server. |
| US10158633B2 |
Using the ability to speak as a human interactive proof
In one embodiment, a human interactive proof portal 140 may use a biometric input to determine whether a user is a standard user or a malicious actor. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive an access request 302 for an online data service 122 from a user device 110. The human interactive proof portal 140 may send a proof challenge 304 to the user device 110 for presentation to a user. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive from the user device 110 a proof response 306 having a biometric metadata description 430 based on a biometric input from the user. |
| US10158631B2 |
Digital identity card management
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, program products and systems to reduce mistakes in production and management of digital identification cards. Embodiments of the present invention can create a digital card template design using graphical icons in a user interface display and publish the created digital card template design to a server. Embodiments of the present invention can access the server to test the published digital card template design using sample data and deploy the published digital card template design to an issuing service. Embodiments of the present invention can, responsive to receiving an acquisition URL from the issuing service, build an instance of a digital identification card from information included in the acquisition URL. |
| US10158629B2 |
Preventing unauthorized access to secured information systems using multi-device authentication techniques
A computing platform may receive, from a client portal server, a request to authenticate a user to a user account associated with a client portal provided by the client portal server, as well as device selection input selecting a first registered device and a second registered device to receive one-time passcodes. The computing platform may generate a first one-time passcode for the first registered device and a second one-time passcode for the second registered device, and may send the first one-time passcode to the first registered device and the second one-time passcode to the second registered device. The computing platform may receive and validate one-time passcode input. Based on validating the one-time passcode input, the computing platform may generate a validation message directing the client portal server to provide the user with access to the user account, and may send the validation message to the client portal server. |
| US10158628B2 |
Preventing unauthorized access to secured information systems based on contextual login information
A computing platform may receive, from a client server, a request to authenticate a user to a user account, as well as device selection input selecting a registered device to receive a one-time passcode. The computing platform may evaluate the device selection input based on contextual login information associated with the user account, determine that the registered device selected to receive the one-time passcode is out of context, and execute a security procedure. Based on validating a response to the security procedure, the computing platform may generate a one-time passcode and may send the one-time passcode to the registered device selected to receive the one-time passcode. Thereafter, the computing platform may receive one-time passcode input, validate the one-time passcode input, generate a validation message directing the client server to provide the user with access to the user account, and send the validation message to the client server. |
| US10158622B2 |
System and method for a generic single sign-on function
A system and method are presented for providing generic single sign-on in an electronic device. Information is received that identifies one or more applications and associated identity authenticators and a whitelist of the identified applications and authenticators is created. A request for an access token is received from a requesting application. If the requesting application is listed in the whitelist, an authenticator associated with the requesting application is determined and a request for an access token is sent to the associated authenticator. In response to the request, an access token is received from the authenticator and the access token is sent to the requesting application. If the requesting application is not listed in the whitelist, a predefined response message is sent to the requesting application. |
| US10158621B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for providing a security check
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, apparatus, and system for providing a security check. The method includes receiving a security verification request sent from a terminal, obtaining first verification element information based at least in part on the security verification request, generating a digital object unique identifier based at least in part on the first verification element information, sending the digital object unique identifier to the terminal, receiving second verification element information from the terminal, and in the event that the first verification element information and the second verification element information are consistent, sending security check pass information to the terminal. |
| US10158616B1 |
Methods and systems for online access credential transition
Systems and methods for online access credential transition are described, including receiving a first string of elements associated with a subsequent online access credential, during a credential transition period, receiving a second string of elements associated with an attempted subsequent online access credential, performing a matching operation to determine a degree of matching between the first string of elements and the second string of elements, and based on the degree of matching between the first string of elements and the second string of elements, providing online feedback, and prompting another attempted subsequent online access credential. |
| US10158614B2 |
Database processing system for multiple destination payloads
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to electronic data transfer methods and systems for multiple recipient destination processing. A plurality of computer readable memory locations in a computer readable database associated with a first entity computer system is maintained. Electronically, via a computer-based data communications network, an instruction is received for electronic data transfer EDI data payload including a stored value data attribute, and data transfer request attribute, and a first recipient destination and a second recipient destination; wherein the first recipient destination and the second recipient destination are associated with different recipient virtual memory locations. Responsive to the data transfer request attribute request being extracted, EDI data payload associated with the stored value data attribute to the first recipient destination and the second recipient destination is transmitted. |
| US10158612B2 |
Imaging-based automatic data extraction with security scheme
A system and method for secure data transfer between two secure computer systems via display-based transfer in geometric form. A first computer network stores alphanumeric data. The alphanumeric data is encoded into a geometric data form, such as a bar code or matrix code representation or other non-text, non-numeric data form suitable for visual display. The bar code or matrix code, or other geometric data form, is displayed on a display monitor connected to the first computer network. The system and method then receives the displayed geometric data form on a second computer network. The second computer network has a camera which obtains a view of the bar code, matrix code, or other geometric data representation. The second computer network then decodes the geometric data representation to restore the data to its native form (such as text or numbers). The second computer network then stores the retrieved data. |
| US10158611B2 |
System for multiplexing and demultiplexing blockchain ledgers via a cryptographic hash
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for multiplexing and demultiplexing blockchain ledgers via a cryptographic hash. In particular, the invention uses cryptographic keys and hashes to combine and dissociate blockchain records from the private blockchains two or more entities. The system provides a mechanism by which blockchains owned by distinct entities may be multiplexed upon formation of a union between the entities, in order to securely share data records and establish an authentic, tamper-resistant timeline for said data records. Furthermore, the system provides a mechanism by which the blockchains may be demultiplexed upon dissolution of said union. |
| US10158609B2 |
User terminal device, communication system and control method therefor
A user terminal device is disclosed. A user terminal device that supports an instant messenger service includes: a display unit for providing an instant messenger service screen including an output message; and a control unit for, when the output message is an encrypted message, decrypting the encrypted message according to a predetermined event and providing the decrypted message to the screen or another screen separate from the screen. |
| US10158608B2 |
Key establishment for constrained resource devices
It is disclosed a method and a constrained resource device (502, 70, 90) for establishing a secret first key between a client device (506) and the constrained resource device. The invention also relates to a method and an authorization server (504, 60, 80) for enabling establishing a secret first key between a client device (506) and the constrained resource device. Based on a secret second key shared (508) between the constrained RD and the AS, the secret first key shared between the constrained resource device and the client device can be established. Devices having constrained resources cannot use protocols with which additional messages are required to share a secure identity. Embodiments of the present invention have the advantage that a secret identity can be established within an authentication protocol and that no additional messages are required to establish the secret identity. |
| US10158605B2 |
Delegated access control of an enterprise network
Presented herein are techniques for enabling delegated access control of an enterprise network. In particular, data representing a trust chain formed between a local domain and a remote domain is stored in an identity management system. The local domain has an associated secure enterprise computing network and wherein the trust chain identifies one or more outside entities associated with the remote domain that are authorized to access the secure enterprise computing network. The identity management system receives a request for access to the secure enterprise computing network by a first outside entity of the one or more outside entities associated with the remote domain. Access by the outside entity to the secure enterprise computing network is controlled/determined based on an analysis of the trust chain. |
| US10158600B1 |
Email handling for a contact center
This disclosure relates to handling email for a contact center. In one example, a contact center system can include an email interface to access an enterprise email system, inbound emails to and from each inbound mailbox in the contact center system being stored and maintained in the enterprise email system. An email tracking data structure can be stored in memory, the email tracking data structure programmed to store interaction data corresponding to each email interaction being processed by the contact center system. An email handling control can be programmed to control sending a reply email to a given incoming contact email from a contact based on the interaction data associated with the given incoming contact email, the reply email being sent to the contact through the enterprise email system via the email interface. |
| US10158597B2 |
Motor vehicle comprising an operating device for operating an internet portal of a social network service
A method controls an Internet portal for a social network service from a motor vehicle. The Internet portal provides functions that can be activated by sending a control command to the Internet portal. An immobile proxy device provides a module that receives a selection, which is made by a user in the motor vehicle, for one of the functions and then sends a control command, which is specific to the Internet portal, for activating the function to the Internet portal. The module also produces suitable display data for the motor vehicle from output data from the Internet portal. The module also receives additional data from an additional data source and produces an additional control command for the Internet portal and/or display data for the motor vehicle therefrom. |
| US10158596B2 |
Correction of online identifiers
Techniques are provided for proposing automatic corrections of online identifiers, such as an email address or a subject name of a directory entry or a certificate. In an embodiment, one or more computers store domain correction records. Each domain correction record comprises a misspelled domain name and candidate domain name corrections. The computers detect that an unprocessed online identifier is not contained in a plurality of known online identifiers. The unprocessed online identifier comprises a misspelled domain name. Each known online identifier of the plurality of known online identifiers comprises a domain name. The computers retrieve, based on the misspelled domain name of the unprocessed online identifier, from the plurality of domain correction records, a matching domain correction record having a same misspelled domain name as the unprocessed online identifiers. A client device displays the one or more candidate domain name corrections of the matching domain correction record. |
| US10158592B2 |
Selectively unmuting electronic messaging conversations
A first user muting a conversation, taking place among a plurality of users using an exchange of electronic messages, can be detected. Responsive to the first user muting the conversation, an electronic message inbox of the first user can be configured to prevent further electronic messages pertaining to the conversation from being visible in the electronic message inbox. At least one additional electronic message pertaining to the conversation can be received. Responsive to receiving the additional electronic message pertaining to the conversation, the additional electronic message can be analyzed and, based on the analysis, whether the conversation should be unmuted for the first user can be automatically determined. Responsive to determining that the conversation should be unmuted for the first user, the electronic message inbox of the first user can be configured to make visible at least the additional electronic message. |
| US10158591B2 |
Telecommunication and multimedia management method and apparatus
A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations. |
| US10158589B2 |
Interactive avatar in messaging environment
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to communicating via an avatar embedded in an email message. In some embodiments, the avatar can provide information associated with the email message. |
| US10158588B2 |
Providing supplemental contact information corresponding to a referenced individual
Providing supplemental contact information for an individual referenced in an electronic message typically includes receiving an electronic message, examining the electronic message, detecting an identifier for a referenced individual contained in the electronic message, and making supplemental contact information for the referenced individual available to a recipient of the electronic message. The supplemental contact information may include information that is in addition to information contained in the electronic message. The supplemental contact information may include at least one of an e-mail address, a screen name, a telephone number, a facsimile number, and a mailing address, each of which is associated with the referenced individual. |
| US10158586B2 |
Mobile terminal configured to selectively send messages while composing message, and method of controlling therefor
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a message inputted before or after a message reception can be selectively sent when a message is received from a counterpart while composing a message. The present invention includes the steps of if a counterpart message is externally received in the course of a message input to a message input window and a message is additionally inputted to the message input window, applying a visual effect to either a message inputted before receiving the counterpart message or the additionally inputted message and if a send command is received, sending a message corresponding to the send command to a counterpart, wherein the message corresponding to the send command is selected from a message having the visual effect applied thereto and a message not having the visual effect applied thereto among messages displayed on the message input window. |
| US10158585B2 |
Packet processing with reduced latency
Generally, this disclosure provides devices, methods and computer readable media for packet processing with reduced latency. The device may include a data queue to store data descriptors associated with data packets, the data packets to be transferred between a network and a driver circuit. The device may also include an interrupt generation circuit to generate an interrupt to the driver circuit. The interrupt may be generated in response to a combination of an expiration of a delay timer and a non-empty condition of the data queue. The device may further include an interrupt delay register to enable the driver circuit to reset the delay timer, the reset postponing the interrupt generation. |
| US10158581B2 |
Selective steering of media data streams
The invention relates to a method, by a control node (100, 150), for selecting one of a plurality of media forwarding elements (200, 250) in a network for forwarding an additional media data stream by the selected media forwarding element, the method comprising the steps of receiving (S21, S31, S100) a load message from one of the media forwarding elements, the load message containing information about a load level of said one media forwarding element and about how media data streams from a first area (300) of the network from which said one media forwarding element receives the media data streams contribute to the load level of said one media forwarding element. The received information is stored in a storage unit (130) of the control node. When a setup request for an additional media data stream is received, the setup request requesting a selection of one of the media forwarding elements for the second media data stream by the control node (100, 150). One of the media forwarding elements is selected for the additional media data stream taking into account the stored information, wherein, for the selection, it is checked based on the stored information whether the set up request for the additional media data stream is relating to a media data stream from the first area (300), wherein, if the second media data stream is relating to a media data stream from the first area (300), said one media forwarding element is excluded (S23, S105) from the selection of the media forwarding element for the additional media data stream. |
| US10158579B2 |
Resource silos at network-accessible services
Methods and apparatus for resource silos at network-accessible services are disclosed. A subset of resources used for a database service, including at least one resource from each of a plurality of data centers, is selected for membership in a resource silo based on grouping criteria. A silo routing layer node identifies the resource silo as the target silo to which a client work request is to be directed. The client work request is sent to a front-end resource of the target silo either by the client, or by the silo routing layer node on behalf of the client. The front-end resource of the target silo transmits a representation of the work request to a back-end resource of the target silo, where a work operation corresponding to request is performed. |
| US10158577B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for adaptive switching of multicast content delivery to optimize bandwidth usage
Systems, devices and methods for adaptive switching in multicast media streams are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a method for adaptively transmitting content to one or more users based on currently available bandwidth via internet protocol (“IP”) multicast protocol, includes: receiving a first content stream having a plurality of data packets, the first content stream encoded at a first bit rate; receiving a second content stream having a plurality of data packets, the second content stream encoded at a second bit rate, wherein the first bit rate is different than the second bit rate and wherein the first and second content streams represent the same content; transmitting the first content stream to a user; determining that the user could receive the second content stream based on available bandwidth for transmitting data to the user; and transmitting the second content stream to the user. |
| US10158576B2 |
Radio frequency module
A radio frequency module may include a transceiver positioned on a circuit board, a crystal positioned on the circuit board, an antenna positioned on the circuit board, and a shield positioned over the transceiver and crystal. The shield may include an upper surface and a plurality of legs coupling the upper surface to the circuit board. |
| US10158574B2 |
Dynamic max-min fair rate regulation apparatuses, methods, and systems
A processor-implemented method for regulating the flow rate of data packets in a network, including defining a global constant representing a regularly repeating time period common among flow sources in the network; transmitting current flow rate information from each of the flow sources, and for each flow, to the links traversed by each flow, exactly once during a current period; categorizing each of the flows passing through the links on the network into a category for the current period for each link by comparing the current flow rate information to a previously determined fair-share flow rate for the link; counting, in each link, the flows per category for the current period; determining a current fair-share flow rate for the current period in each link using the results of the categorizing and counting; and providing control instructions to each of the flow sources to regulate the rate of each flow. |
| US10158569B2 |
Dynamic access-point link aggregation
An access point that provides link aggregation is described. During operation, this access point receives a message that may include a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) response with an Internet protocol (IP) address of a gateway for an electronic device to access a network and a media access control (MAC) address of the electronic device. Based on the MAC address and/or at least a characteristic of the electronic device (such as a configuration, a capability and/or an operating system of the electronic device), the access point may determine a different IP address of another gateway for the electronic device to access the network. Moreover, the access point may modify the DHCP response by substituting the IP address of the other gateway for the IP address of gateway in a modified DHCP response. Next, the access point provides the modified DHCP response to the electronic device. |
| US10158568B2 |
Method and apparatus for service function forwarding in a service domain
Solutions to packet forwarding along a service function path (SFP) by using packet-based transport are provided, where the destination address field in the transport tunnel packet header designates the SFP and the source address field contains the service context. Forwarding of packet flows in different SFPs is simplified by using conventional packet routing and forwarding mechanisms and commercial off-the-shelf routers and switches. For example, route aggregation, load balancing, equal cost multipath routing, and fast path restoration can be applied to service function paths. |
| US10158566B2 |
Shortest path bridge with MPLS labels
A method is implemented by a node for enabling shortest path bridging in a network that is scalable to support sixteen million virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers using multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) encapsulation. The method comprises allocating a tunnel label using a distributed tunnel label allocation algorithm, allocating a source label using a distributed source label allocation algorithm, assigning a bridge instance a service label, and distributing the tunnel label, source label and service label to other nodes in the MPLS network. |
| US10158565B2 |
Network services across non-contiguous subnets of a label switched network separated by a non-label switched network
In a first enclave of a label switching network (LSN), a protocol data unit (PDU) of the LSN is formatted to include a network service field specifying a service to be applied to the PDU. The service field can be positioned between PDU data link layer and network layer fields. The PDU specifies PDU routing/forwarding information for a path in the LSN ending in an LSN second enclave, and routing/forwarding for a destination between path segments in a non-LSN. The PDU is communicated from the first enclave, via the non-LSN, to the second enclave in accordance with the routing/forwarding information for the destination between path segments in the non-LSN. In the second enclave, each network service specified for the PDU is determined and then applied to the PDU. The second enclave transmits the network serviced PDU from the second enclave in accordance with the routing/forwarding information of the PDU in the label switching network. |
| US10158564B2 |
Border leaf traffic convergence in a software defined network
A border leaf of a software defined computer network receives network traffic directed to a first endpoint from a second endpoint. The first endpoint is connected to the software defined network, and the second endpoint is external to the software defined network. If the border leaf determines that it does not have a stored network route for an active conversation between the first endpoint and the second endpoint, the border leaf determines a valid network route for the network traffic to reach the first endpoint. The border leaf stores the valid network route and forwards the network traffic to the first endpoint. The border leaf transmits a synchronization message to other border leaf nodes of the computer network. The synchronization message causes the other border leaf(s) to store the valid network route and an indication that the original border leaf is forwarding the network traffic in the active conversation. |
| US10158560B2 |
Communication apparatus, control method therefor, and computer-readable storage medium
The following processing is executed by a communication apparatus capable of performing wireless communication in a first communication mode in which communication is performed via an access point and a second communication mode in which communication is performed with a communication partner apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode. If communicating with the communication partner apparatus in the second communication mode, it is determined whether to concurrently execute operations in the first communication mode and the second communication mode. If it is determined to concurrently execute the operations in the first communication mode and the second communication mode, it is controlled to operate as a service providing source which provides a service in the second communication mode. |
| US10158556B2 |
Application-aware equal cost multipath discovery mechanism
One embodiment is a method including creating at an ingress node of a communications network a request message including an Application Specific Mapping (“ASM”) TLV identifying a hashing parameter for a network application, wherein the ASM TLV includes range of values for the identified hashing parameter to enable load balancing for packets associated with the network application; forwarding the created request message to a node associated with a next hop along a first path through the network between the ingress node and an egress node; and receiving a response message from the node associated with the next hop, wherein the response message includes load balancing information for the node associated with the next hop corresponding to the range of values for the identified hashing parameter. |
| US10158552B2 |
Device profile-driven automation for cell-based test systems
To test user equipment at a cell-based test system, a type of user equipment to be tested is determined. A device profile for the type of the user equipment to be tested is accessed. The device profile includes, for example, a test script that can be used to control the user equipment during the testing. A test of the user equipment is performed at the cell-based test system. During the test, the user equipment is controlled according to the device profile in response to the software executing on a computer system. |
| US10158548B2 |
Methods and systems for signing resource identifiers
Methods and systems for processing web pages by a server system (e.g., a proxy server) are disclosed. The proxy server is coupled to a user device and a plurality of web servers. The proxy server receives a first request for a first web page provided by a first web server from the user device. The first web page is zero-rated. In response to receiving the first request, the proxy server retrieves the requested first web page from the first web server. The proxy server then processes the retrieved first web page. The proxy server identifies one or more resource identifiers contained within the retrieved first web page and appends one or more signatures to the identified one or more resource identifiers respectively. Each identified resource identifier is associated with a content item that is zero-rated. The proxy server further forwards the processed first web page to the user device. |
| US10158542B2 |
Device-managing method, apparatus, and program product
A method is disclosed. The method may include a method for management of an electronic device. The method may include acquiring operation data of an electronic device. The method may include determining, based on the operation data of the electronic device whether to send a data-acquiring command to the electronic device. The method may include sending a data-acquiring command to the electronic device. The method may include receiving, from the electronic device, response data generated by the electronic device in response to the data-acquiring command. An apparatus and program product are also disclosed. |
| US10158541B2 |
Group server performance correction via actions to server subset
Business transactions and the nodes processing the transactions are monitored and actions are applied to one or more nodes when a performance issue is detected. A performance issue may relate to a metric associated with a transaction or node that processes the transaction. If a performance metric determined from data captured by monitoring does not satisfy a health rule, the policy determines which action should be performed to correct the performance of the node. When a problem is detected for multiple nodes, the present technology may address a subset of the multiple nodes rather than apply an action to each node experiencing the problem. When a solution is found to correct the problem with the subset of nodes, the solution may be applied to the other nodes experiencing the same problem. |
| US10158540B2 |
Computer system and computer-implemented method for load testing a service-oriented architecture service
A computer system for use in load testing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) service has a testing processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The testing processor is adapted to receive an XML message, an address for a service to be tested, an action compliant with a protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment and associated with the service; create and store in memory a template message package compliant with the protocol; create a populated message package compliant with the protocol by incorporating in the template message package the XML message, the address and the action; establish a connection to the service and furnish one or more documents to the service; and receive a response from the service. |
| US10158531B2 |
Leveraging and extending mobile operating system MDM protocol
In various embodiments, a device may include a communications interface configured to receive, from the device management server, an indication to perform an action that requires access to a privileged user space. The device may include a processor configured to use a bridge service to perform the action, where the bridge service runs in a security context that enables the service to operate in the privileged user space. In various embodiments, a server may include a communications interface and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an indication to perform a management action not within a native device management functionality. The processor may be further configured to invoke a bridge service running on the managed device to perform the action by sending a request via the communications interface, where the bridge service runs in a security context that enables the service to operate in the privileged user space. |
| US10158529B2 |
System and method for generic configuration management system application programming interface
The technology disclosed can query configuration management system data and includes cross table selection criteria and joined data return. |
| US10158522B2 |
Network monitor and method for event based prediction of radio network outages and their root cause
Various embodiments relate to a network monitor and method thereof for receiving a plurality of alarms during a baseline period from a plurality of network elements, establishing a baseline for at least one of the plurality of the network elements by determining a number of the plurality of alarms during the baseline period that occur during each of a plurality of sub-intervals within the baseline period, calculating a mean arrival rate for each of the plurality of alarms during the baseline period, generating a probability density function for an arrival rate for each of the plurality of alarms during the baseline period, calculating a probabilistic score for each of a plurality of alarms during a test period based on the probability density function for the arrival rate of each of the plurality of alarms during the baseline period, determining if the score for each of the plurality of alarms during the test period is greater than or equal to a probabilistic threshold, summing the number of the scores for each of the plurality of alarms during the test period that is greater than or equal to probabilistic threshold, generating a list by sorting the plurality of network elements in descending order based on the sum of the number of the scores for each of the plurality of alarms that generated a probabilistic score greater than or equal to probabilistic threshold or based on a sum of the probabilistic scores that are greater than or equal to probabilistic threshold, reporting first network elements of the generated list and reporting alarms for the first network elements of the generated list having probabilistic scores higher than the probabilistic threshold. |
| US10158521B2 |
Tone map selecting device and method
A tone map selecting device includes: a bit-number-per-symbol providing circuit, providing a plurality of bit numbers per symbol, each of which associated with a tone map; a calculating circuit, performing a predetermined calculation on the bit numbers per symbol to generate a calculation result; and a selecting circuit, identifying one of the bit numbers per symbol that satisfies a predetermined relationship with the calculation result, and selecting the tone map associated with the bit number per symbol satisfying the predetermined relationship as a default tone map. |
| US10158516B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting data block
Provided are method for transmitting a data block in a wireless LAN and an apparatus using the same. A transmitter transmits a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) in a transmission bandwidth. The PPDU includes a first part to which a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) size is applied and a second part to which a second FFT size is applied. The second FFT size increases by integer times as the size of the transmission bandwidth increases. |
| US10158512B2 |
Techniques to manage dwell times for pilot rotation
Techniques to manage dwell times for pilot rotation are described. An apparatus may comprise a memory configured to store a data structure with a set of modulation and coding schemes (MCS) available to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, each MCS having an associated pilot dwell time. The apparatus may further comprise a processor circuit coupled to the memory, the processor circuit configured to identify a MCS to communicate a packet using multiple subcarriers of the OFDM system, and retrieve a pilot dwell time associated with the MCS from the memory, the pilot dwell time to indicate when to shift a pilot tone between subcarriers of the multiple subcarriers during communication of the packet. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10158510B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals comprises an encoder for encoding service data corresponding to each of a plurality of data transmission path, wherein each of the data transmission path carries at least one service component, a mapper for mapping the encoded service data onto constellations, an encoder for encoding physical signaling data, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame including preamble data, the encoded physical signaling data, the mapped service data, wherein the preamble data is located before the encoded physical signaling data and the encoded physical signaling data is located before the mapped service data, a modulator for modulating the at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the at least one modulated signal frame, wherein the broadcast signals includes channel information data, wherein the channel information data includes binding information between the service data and the data transmission path. |
| US10158498B2 |
System for building condition sensor monitoring and control
Apparatus and systems for providing home and building security and condition monitoring include a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate dynamically with each other and a remote server. |
| US10158492B2 |
Blockchain-supported device location verification with digital signatures
Location data from one or more geolocation engines such as GPS, a system that determines location from relative signal strengths or transit times, etc., within and/or connected to a device, such as a mobile phone, vehicle, movable electronic device, computer, etc., is included in a digital record that submitted to obtain a digital signature such that the presence of the device at the particular location can later be proven. The digital record may include data that encodes a message, as well as other parameters such as time. The digital signature encodes recomputation parameters of a hash tree signature infrastructure to a highest level value, a function of which is submitted as a transaction in a blockchain. |
| US10158491B2 |
Qualified electronic signature system, method and mobile processing terminal for qualified electronic signature
A Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) system configured to exchange data with first processing means of the requester configured to allow a requester to generate requests requesting a qualified electronic signature through said system to a recipient. The system comprises second processing means of the recipient configured to allow the recipient of the request to sign with his qualified electronic signature. Said second processing means comprise a mobile processing terminal for qualified electronic signature of mobile type, adapted to receive request messages at least on a wireless network able to address said messages, through proximity or remote communications, on the basis of at least one terminal identifier of said mobile processing terminal to said user recipient; said second processing means are adapted to send qualified electronic signature at least on a wireless network suitable for proximity or remote communications in order to verify the signature of the recipient through said system and perform the request. |
| US10158490B2 |
Double authentication system for electronically signed documents
Disclosed is a double authentication system (“DAS”) for electronically signing a first data from a user having a smart card, where the smart card has a personal identification number (“PIN”). As an example, the DAS may include a client module, high assurance signing service (“HASS”) module, and hardware security module (“HSM”). |
| US10158489B2 |
Password-less authentication for access management
An access management system is disclosed that can provide access to resources by password-less authentication. The access management system can provide multiple layers of security for authentication taking into account risk factors (e.g., device, location, etc.) to ensure authentication without compromising access. Contextual details of a user based on a mobile device can be used for authentication based on possession of a device. Password-less authentication of a user may be enabled by registration of devices and/or a location (e.g., a geographic location) as trusted. Security data embedded with encrypted data can be sent to a first device for password-less authentication of a user at the device. A second device registered with the user can obtain the security data from the first device. The second device can decrypts the data and send the decrypted data to the access management system for verification to enable password-less authentication at the first device. |
| US10158486B1 |
Synchronization of key management services with cloud services
Presented herein are techniques for synchronizing a cloud service and a key management service via a single indirect synchronous message sent by a client device. In particular, a cloud service receives a service request message sent by a client device. Embedded into the service request message is an encrypted key management message. The cloud service is configured to extract the encrypted key management message from the service request message and then send the encrypted key management message to the key management service. |
| US10158485B2 |
Double affine mapped S-box hardware accelerator
A processing system includes a memory and a cryptographic accelerator module operatively coupled to the memory, the cryptographic accelerator module employed to implement a byte substitute operation by performing: a first mapped affine transformation of an input bit sequence to produce a first intermediate bit sequence, an inverse transformation of the first intermediate bit sequence to produce a second intermediate bit sequence, and a second mapped affine transformation of the second intermediate bit sequence to produce an output bit sequence. |
| US10158483B1 |
Systems and methods for efficiently and securely storing data in a distributed data storage system
The present disclosure discloses a method of storing data in a distributed data storage system, the distributed data storage system including a plurality of server and client nodes. The method includes receiving unencrypted data from a client node for storing at a server node. The received data is split into one or more data chunks of one or more sizes. Further, each data chunk is encrypted using a key based on the content of corresponding data chunk, and each encrypted chunk is stored at a memory of a server node using a unique data reference. Furthermore, an index chunk is formed that contains one or more data references of one or more encrypted chunks in a predefined order, along with one or more corresponding encryption keys of one or more encrypted chunks, which after being encrypted and stored, the corresponding data reference of this encrypted index chunk is provided to the client node. |
| US10158477B2 |
Method and apparatus for defining carrier aggregation group sets
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include receiving an enquiry regarding capability of the device to engage in a communication session over a network, identifying a plurality of component carriers available for carrier aggregation, and generating a group identifier for a group of combinations of the component carriers. The group identifier indicates the capability of the device to engage in the communication session using any of the combinations in the group. The operations can also include transmitting a message including the group identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10158476B2 |
Apparatus and method for cancelling inter-cell interference in communication system
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for canceling and/or suppressing inter-cell interference in a wireless communication. The method includes: establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a base station through a first serving cell; receiving, at a User Equipment (UE), an RRC message through the first serving cell, the RRC message comprising cell-specific reference signal (CRS) information of a neighbor cell and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) information of the neighbor cell, and the PDSCH information of the neighbor cell comprising a parameter relating to a power ratio of a CRS of the neighbor cell and a PDSCH of the neighbor cell; receiving the PDSCH through the first serving cell; performing a channel estimation for retrieving data from a PDSCH of the first serving cell; and retrieving the data from the PDSCH of the first serving cell based on the second channel estimation. |
| US10158472B2 |
Method for transmitting channel state information report and user equipment, and method for receiving channel state information report and base station
The user equipment and the base station according to the present invention determine differently whether a downlink subframe is a valid reference resource for a channel state information report, in accordance with whether an interference measurement resource is explicitly configured to the user equipment. |
| US10158466B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal for channel change measurement in wireless communication system
Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting a reference signal from a base station to a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes mapping the reference signal defined by a plurality of antenna ports to resource elements, applying precoding to the reference signal using different precoders according to the plurality of antenna ports, and transmitting the precoded reference signal to the UE. |
| US10158461B2 |
Uplink control information transmitting method and apparatus
An uplink control information (UCI) transmitting method is provided. In this method, a user equipment (UE) receives a configuration signaling, determines a candidate physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) set corresponding to an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) resource indication (ARI), receives a downlink grant signaling and downlink data corresponding to the downlink grant signaling, generates hybrid automatic repeat request ACK (HARQ-ACK) bits, performs processing for UCI bits including HARQ-ACK, determines the PUCCH used to transmit the UCI bits in the candidate PUCCH set according to an ARI in the downlink grant signaling, and transmits the UCI bits on the determined PUCCH. The present disclosure further provides an aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) transmitting method. In this method, a UE receives an uplink grant signaling, determines whether an A-CSI report is triggered according to a CSI request field in the uplink grant signaling, determines a CSI process to be updated after determining that the A-CSI report is triggered, and transmits A-CSI on an uplink component carrier (CC) carrying the A-CSI report. |
| US10158459B2 |
Multiple access method and system with adaptive frequency multiplexing of data send authorization requests
A method for multiple access to a frequency band of a communication channel of a communication network with carrier sensing and collision avoidance, including a division of the frequency band into a set of request-to-send sub-bands dedicated to the transmission, by source nodes to a destination node, of request-to-send messages for communicating data on the frequency band is provided. The method includes an evaluation of a communication channel load, and, as a function of the result of the evaluation, a re-division of the frequency band to modify the number of sub-bands of the set of request-to-send sub-bands. |
| US10158452B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
A method is provided for transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes encoding, by an encoder, service data, encoding, by a signaling encoder, signaling data based on modes of the signaling data, wherein the signaling data is categorized into each mode representing a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code rate and a modulation order for the signaling data, building, by a frame builder, at least one signal frame including the encoded service data in at least one data symbol and the encoded signaling data in at least one signaling symbol, modulating, by a modulator, data in the at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) scheme, and transmitting, by a transmitter, the broadcast signals carrying the modulated data in the at least one signal frame. One of the modes for the signaling data represents a 6/15 LDPC code rate and a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation. |
| US10158450B2 |
Method and first node for handling a feedback procedure in a radio communication
A method and a first node for handling a feedback procedure requiring transmission of feedback messages indicating either an acknowledgement, ACK, or a non-acknowledgement, NACK, of correct reception of data transmitted on a forward link in a radio communication with a second node in a radio network. The first node obtains a latency requirement of the radio communication corresponding to the time from transmission of the data until the data becomes outdated. The first node further applies a first transmission mode employing said feedback procedure when the latency requirement is above a latency threshold, and applies a second transmission mode omitting said feed back procedure when the latency requirement is below the latency threshold. |
| US10158447B2 |
Resilient optical networking
An optical communication system includes a plurality of optical system nodes, a plurality of optical space switches and a plurality of optical fibers. The plurality of optical system nodes each includes at least one reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM). The optical system nodes each have at least one client side port and at least one line side port. Each optical space switch is operatively coupled to the line side port of one of the plurality of optical system nodes. Each of the optical fibers couples one of the optical space switches to another of the optical space switches. |
| US10158443B1 |
Methods and apparatus for fine timing measurement with frequency domain processing
The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for fine timing measurement with frequency domain processing. In some aspects, a first device receives a frame that is transmitted by a second device via a wireless medium. A degree to which the frame is affected by multipath propagation in the wireless medium is determined based on frequency power and linear phase of the frame, which can be calculated using frequency domain processing. Based on the degree to which the frame is affected, a time of arrival calculation for the frame can be compensated for effects related to the multipath propagation. By so doing, the effects of multipath propagation can be addressed without time domain processing, which is typically complex and more expensive to implement. |
| US10158442B1 |
Reliable precision time architecture
Provided are systems and methods for a reliable precision time architecture in a network. In various implementations, the network can be configured with a first time synchronization tree, the first time synchronization tree providing a first network time to network devices in the network. Each network device can further synchronize to the first network time. The network can further be configured with a second time synchronization tree. The second time synchronization tree can provide a second network time to the network devices on the network. The network devices can also synchronize to the second network time. The network devices can further be configured to use the first network time as a current time. |
| US10158441B1 |
Securing time between nodes
Systems and methods are provided for validating time between a local clock included in the slave node of a network with a master clock included in the master node of the network. The master node determines a propagation delay between the master node and the slave node, sends a synchronization message to the slave node at a first time, determines an expected receipt time of the synchronization message at the slave node based on the first time, the determined propagation delay between the master node and the slave node, and a rate ratio of the master clock to the local clock, and sends a follow up message to the slave node, the follow up message including the first time and the expected receipt time. |
| US10158439B2 |
Level control apparatus and storage medium
When a name of a group level control section is tapped, the group level control section is expanded and a group expansion screen is displayed on a display. In the group expansion screen, the group level control section is expanded and images of channel level control sections for respectively controlling output levels of channels belonging to a group corresponded to the group level control section are displayed by juxtaposing next to the group level control section. In this case, each channel level control section belongs to a lower layer than that of the group level control section. Although the channel level control sections and the group level control section belong to the different layers, they are aligned in the same line on the same screen on the display. |
| US10158438B2 |
System and method for broadcast station adjacency
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for broadcasting a local signal B that corresponds to a coverage hole in a remote signal B. The system includes a first transmitter at a first location and a second transmitter at the first location that transmits local signal B corresponding to remote signal B transmitted from a remote transmitter. The second transmitter broadcasts the local signal B to at least part of a coverage hole in a coverage area of remote signal B. Also disclosed is a method for consolidating allocated wireless spectrum. The method includes identifying a guard band in an allocated band of wireless spectrum, reassigning an existing channel occupying a portion of the allocated band of wireless spectrum to the guard band via selective single frequency network infill to yield a reassigned channel, and freeing the portion of the allocated band of wireless spectrum. |
| US10158436B2 |
Receiver apparatus and reception method
A receiver apparatus 1 estimates a plurality of first electric-power delay profiles from a plurality of digital signals based on signals received via an array antenna; generates a synthesized electric-power delay profile q(m, l) by synthesizing these; generates an array process signal y(k) from the plurality of digital signals; estimates a second electric-power delay profile from the array process signal; generates a difference electric-power delay profile d(m, l) by subtracting the second electric-power delay profile from the synthesized electric-power delay profile; and creates a two-dimensional map indicating a relationship between delay times and arrival angles of incoming waves, on the basis of the difference electric-power delay profile and a direction of a null point. The receiver apparatus 1 changes the direction of the null point and repeats the above process, and estimates an arrival angle θ1 of a direct wave on the basis of the two-dimensional map. |
| US10158435B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting passive intermodulation sources using thermal imaging
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for detecting a passive intermodulation (PIM) source in a radio frequency (RF) device through analysis of a thermal image of the RF device. |
| US10158433B2 |
System and method for characterization of multi-element antenna
A system for measuring or characterizing a multi-element antenna having at least two antenna elements comprises a vector network analyzer with at least two input/output ports. Each input/output port of the vector network analyzer is connected to one antenna element of the multi-element antenna. The vector network analyzer has generator means for generating waves at each of its input/output ports, which are coherent to each other. |
| US10158431B2 |
Dynamic relay assignment for jamming mitigation in wireless networks
A method for mitigating the effect of a localized jamming attack on a secure, tactical wireless network implements a dynamic relay assignment (“DRA”) approach, whereby nodes are dynamically assigned to relay communications to “disadvantaged” nodes that are subject to the attack, the relay nodes being selected based on their communication reliability and their proximity to the disadvantaged nodes. In embodiments, the nodes share with each other performance statistics and, in embodiments, measured local noise levels. In various embodiments, each node provides data to a “strategy optimizer” which then dynamically makes relay assignments. In Link-16 embodiments support for a “DRA” relay mode is added, and the communication protocol is extended to support the required exchange of communication quality and local noise information via PPLI messages. |
| US10158429B2 |
Optical receiving apparatus
In order to suppress the deterioration of receiving characteristics, even in cases where a receiving band of an optical receiver is insufficient with respect to a bit rate of a received signal, an optical receiving apparatus 10 according to the present invention comprises an optical equalizer 20 that provides a light spectrum shaping for spreading an effective band width of an inputted optical signal and an optical receiver 30 that electrically converts and receives the optical signal provided with the light spectrum shaping. |
| US10158427B2 |
Celestial navigation using laser communication system
A laser communication system its integrated microradian-accuracy Acquisition and Tracking Sensor (ATS) to perform a celestial navigation fix to determine the attitude of the laser communications payload, including the integrated ATS and the co-boresighted laser beam, prior to establishing a laser communication link with a second vehicle such as a high-altitude aircraft or satellite. The laser communication system may use a legacy platform INS to initially point its narrow FOV ATS at one or more stars to obtain the vehicle's attitude therefrom. Then the precision payload attitude determined with the ATS star tracker fix is used to point the co-boresighted laser beam to establish a laser communications link with the second vehicle. |
| US10158425B2 |
Methods and systems for adjusting an orientation of a light sensor
Methods, systems, and devices are described for commissioning light fixtures. One method may include receiving, at a mobile device, an encoded light signal from a light fixture in a plurality of light fixtures. The encoded light signal may be decoded to obtain an identifier associated with the light fixture, and a correspondence between the identifier and a plurality of locations of the plurality of light fixtures may be determined. |
| US10158422B2 |
Apparatus and method for estimating optical transmission performance
There is provided an apparatus configured to estimate optical transmission performance in a transmission path of an optical signal, the apparatus including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to acquire a first index related to a first transmission performance of an optical signal transmitted through a span group between a first node and an n-th node and a second index related to a second transmission performance of an optical signal transmitted through a span or a span group between the first node and an m-th node, wherein n is an integer of 3 or more, and m is the integer satisfying m |
| US10158421B2 |
Rogue optical network interface device detection
Techniques are described for identifying a rogue network interface device whose laser is not under control of a controller of the network interface device. The techniques identify the rogue network interface device based on reception of a predefined data pattern in a timeslot that is not reserved for any of the network interface devices without needing to disable upstream data transmission from the network interface devices during their assigned timeslots. The techniques also relate to a network interface device determining whether the network interface device is transmitting optical signals at a wavelength different than the wavelength that the OLT to which the network interface device is associated receives. |
| US10158415B1 |
Macro base station to manage a frequency list
A method of operating a macro base station to manage a frequency list. The frequency list includes frequencies for the macro base station and a plurality of wireless relays that serve User Equipment (UEs). The method includes wireless relays monitoring the frequency list broadcasted by the macro base station to determine if their associated frequencies are included in the frequency list. The method further includes, if a wireless relay determines its associated frequency is not included in the frequency list, then the wireless relay transferring a message to the macro base station to add its associated frequency. |
| US10158408B2 |
Apparatus and method for channel information feedback in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A channel information feedback in a wireless communication system and a method of a receiving node of a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting an indication representing an indexing rule for channel values and block-wise quantized channel information, and receiving beamformed signals mapped to an antenna based on the indexing rule. |
| US10158404B2 |
Data transmission method, transmit end device, and receive end device
The present disclosure discloses a data transmission method, a transmit end device, and a receive end device. The method includes performing bit mapping processing on a first part of bits of a first data bit group, to generate a first modulation symbol and determining a first precoding matrix from multiple preset precoding matrices according to a second part of bits of the first data bit group. The method also includes performing precoding processing on the first modulation symbol according to the first precoding matrix, to obtain a first modulation symbol matrix and transmitting the first modulation symbol matrix to a receive end device by using at least two antennas. |
| US10158402B2 |
Wireless signal transmitting method and wireless apparatus
Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit. |
| US10158398B2 |
Integrated circuit
A wireless communication terminal apparatus wherein CoMP communication can normally be performed without increasing the overhead of an upstream line control channel. In this apparatus, a spreading unit primarily spreads a response signal by use of a ZAC sequence established by a control unit. A spreading unit secondarily spreads the response signal, to which CP has been added, by use of a block-wise spread code sequence established by the control unit. The control unit controls, in accordance with sequence numbers and a hopping pattern established therein, the circular shift amount of the ZAC sequence to be used for the primary spread in the spreading unit and the block-wise spread code sequence to be used for the secondary spread in the spreading unit. The hopping pattern established in the control unit is a hopping pattern common to a plurality of base stations that CoMP-receive the response signal. |
| US10158396B2 |
System for transporting sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic pathways
Infrastructure electronics equipment incorporates infrastructure Local-Site Transports (LSTs). LSTs convey payload sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic (EM) pathways whose physical properties are usually unknown when the equipment (e.g., Cameras, Displays, Set-Top Boxes) is manufactured. Prior LSTs hedge against EM pathway degradation in several ways: requiring high-quality cables (e.g., HDMI); restricting transmission distance, (e.g., HDMI); and/or reducing quality, via compression, to extend transmission distance somewhat (e.g., Ethernet). The subject of this disclosure is an infrastructure LST for sampled signals that causes the physical errors inevitably arising from propagation of sensory payloads over imperfect EM pathways to manifest in a perceptually benign manner, leveraging legacy infrastructure and reducing costs to achieve a favorable ratio of fidelity to transmission distance. |
| US10158394B2 |
Systems and methods for symplectic orthogonal time frequency shifting modulation and transmission of data
An alternative method of data communications using orthogonal time frequency shifting (OTFS) wireless waveforms configured so as to transmit data in a manner that is relatively insensitive to communications channel distortions and frequency shifts. In contrast to prior methods taught by applicant, the present disclosure teaches an alternative modulation scheme that maps data symbols intended for data transmission onto a symplectic-like 2D Fourier transform which operates on a form of the original data symbols. This 2D Fourier transform in turn is passed through a filter bank of narrow band filters, and the output in turn used to modulate transmitted waveforms according to various time slices until the entire 2D Fourier transform has been transmitted. At the receiver, and inverse of this process can be used to both characterize the data channel and correct the received signals for channel distortions, thus receiving a clear form of the original data symbols. |
| US10158393B2 |
Dynamic reconfiguration of uplink transmission in a TDD wireless communication system
Embodiments of the invention use signaling mechanisms that enable dynamic reconfiguration of the UL/DL resource partitioning by user equipment (UE) in a TDD wireless communication system, such as the 3GPP TDD Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) system. The dynamic reconfiguration of the UL/DL resource partitioning disclosed herein may also be applied to any other TDD wireless system employing dynamic reconfiguration of the TDD UL/DL configuration. |
| US10158385B1 |
Holster providing antenna coverage
A holster (100) formed a body wearable housing (102), a cable (120), and a holster antenna (104) provide retention for a portable communication device (202) along with remote antenna coverage to another portable communication device (302) via the holster antenna (104). |
| US10158383B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless communications to mitigate interference
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a wireless signal at a first network device and directing the wireless signal towards a second network device of another utility pole, which includes directing the wireless signal away from another network device of the other utility pole. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10158375B1 |
PDM bitstream to PCM data converter using Walsh-Hadamard transform
A decimation filter including a Hadamard-Walsh transform circuit, a comparator, and an inverse Hadamard-Walsh transform circuit. The Hadamard-Walsh transform circuit includes an input receiving a pulse density modulation bitstream and an output providing a stream of digital samples. The comparator replaces each digital sample that has a magnitude below a predetermined threshold value with a zero value and provides adjusted digital samples. The inverse Hadamard-Walsh transform circuit has an input receiving the adjusted digital samples and has an output providing pulse code modulation data values. The decimation filter may further include a down-sampler that down samples the adjusted digital samples by before being provided to the inverse Hadamard-Walsh transform circuit. The decimation filter may include a low pass filter and another down-sampler at the output. The Hadamard-Walsh transform circuits may be implemented according to the fast Hadamard-Walsh transform so that only digital additions and subtractions are performed. |
| US10158373B2 |
Reference disturbance mitigation in successive approximation register analog to digital converter
The disclosure includes a mechanism for mitigating charge related disturbances in a Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) by providing a fine reference connection and a rough reference connection. A switch array is activated to couple a current bit capacitor of a capacitor array to the rough reference connection while a current bit corresponding to the current bit capacitor is determined by a comparator. The switch array is further activated to couple a previous bit capacitor of the capacitor array to the fine reference connection while the current bit capacitor is coupled to the rough reference connection. This separates charge flow on the rough reference connection from capacitors coupled to the fine reference connection. |
| US10158371B2 |
Conditional correlated multiple sampling single slope analog-to-digital converter, and associated image sensor system and method
A conditional correlated multiple sampling (CCMS) single slope (SS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The CCMS SS ADC includes a comparator, arranged to compare an analog signal with a ramp signal and generate a comparison result; and a CCMS control circuit, arranged to determine a swing of the ramp signal according to a magnitude of the analog signal. An image sensor system using the CCMS SS ADC and a method of CCMS SS analog-to-digital conversion are also disclosed. |
| US10158369B2 |
A/D converter
An A/D converter is provided with: an integrator that includes an operational amplifier provided with a first input terminal and an output terminal, and an integration capacitor; a quantizer that outputs a quantization result obtained by quantizing an output signal from the operational amplifier; and a DAC that is connected to the first input terminal and determines DAC voltage. The integrator has a feedback switch between the integration capacitor and the output terminal of the operational amplifier. An analog signal as an input signal is inputted between the integration capacitor and the feedback switch. The integration capacitor samples the analog signal. The quantizer performs the quantization based on the output of the operational amplifier. The DAC sequentially subtracts electric charge accumulated in the integration capacitor to thereby change the analog signal to a digital value. |
| US10158362B2 |
Apparatus for providing shared reference device wherein an internal device is calibrated using reference device via calibrated circuit
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a reference device; and a processor having a plurality of circuit units, each circuit unit is operable to electronically couple with the reference device such that only one circuit unit of the plurality of circuit units is electronically coupled to the reference device at a given time while other circuit units of the plurality are electronically uncoupled to the reference device during that time. |
| US10158361B2 |
Ultrasonic and strain dual mode sensor for contact switch
A device for detecting a touch at a surface of a substrate comprises a piezoelectric element positioned at a back surface of the substrate to be touched. A drive circuit is configured to apply a frequency modulated drive signal to the piezoelectric element to detect resonance at the substrate. A first detector arrangement coupled to the piezoelectric element is configured to generate a first output signal indicative of a sensed touch or no touch condition according to detected voltage changes and responsive to the frequency modulated drive signal applied to the piezoelectric element. A second detector arrangement coupled to the piezoelectric element is configured to generate a second output signal indicative of a sensed touch or no touch condition according to a sensed strain on said piezoelectric element. A decision circuit including a processor is configured to identify a touch condition or no touch condition at the surface of the substrate according to the first and second output signals. |
| US10158359B2 |
Integrated magnetic field sensor-controlled switch devices
Embodiments relate to integrated magnetic field sensor-controlled switch devices, such as transistors, current sources, and power switches, among others. In an embodiment, a magnetic switch and a load switch are integrated in a single integrated circuit device. In embodiments, the magnetic switch is configured to sense a dynamic change in magnetic field caused by movement of a magnet in at least one of a linear, three-dimensional, and rotational direction. |
| US10158358B2 |
Low-power dissipation input circuit
An input circuit for an I/O module for an industrial controller or the like provides a shunt regulator for precisely controlling the maximum current through the LED of an optical isolator. Substantial improvement in the current regulation decreases power dissipation in the optical isolator element. A low voltage shunt circuit prevents leakage from the shunt regulator from activating the optical isolator at low voltages allowing more sensitive optical isolators providing additional power dissipation savings. |
| US10158355B2 |
System and method for inrush current control for power sources using non-linear algorithm
A method includes determining an initial voltage level and duration for an input voltage of a gate of each of multiple transistor devices. Each transistor device receives a power input and controls a current passing through the transistor device. The method also includes controlling the input voltage of the gate of each transistor device according to the initial voltage level and duration. The method further includes receiving real-time feedback including at least one of a present value of the current passing through each transistor device, a present voltage of the power input, and a present value of a capacitor voltage. The method also includes determining, based on the feedback, a subsequent voltage level and duration for the gate of each transistor device. In addition, the method includes controlling the input voltage of the gate of each transistor device according to the determined subsequent voltage level and duration. |
| US10158348B1 |
Tri-stable storage loops
A tri-stable storage loop useful in reciprocal quantum logic (RQL) gate circuits and systems has control and signal input lines. When alternating stable current storage states are induced in the storage loop by an alternating input provided to the control input line, provision of a positive SFQ pulse on the signal input line while the storage loop stores a positive current changes the storage loop from alternating between a positive-current state and a null-current state to alternating between a negative-current state and the null-current state, and provision of a negative SFQ pulse on the signal input line while the storage loop stores a negative current changes the storage loop from alternating between the negative-current state and the null-current state to alternating between the positive-current state and the null-current state. |
| US10158346B2 |
Pulse triggered flip flop
A pulse triggered flip flop circuit includes an exclusive OR clock generating stage that receives an input clock, data and produces an output clock pulse. The stage produces a output clock pulse that only goes away when the data is fully captured. The stage disables the output clock pulse only when the data is fully captured. Moreover, the circuit only toggles when the input data changes, reducing power consumption in some embodiments. |
| US10158344B2 |
Tunable bandpass filter
A single-chip tunable bandpass filter is provided having a bandpass filter circuit with all tuning components for the bandpass filter circuit formed on the single-chip to provide a programmed center frequency for the tunable bandpass filter. The bandpass filter circuit may include, but is not limited to, a plurality of serially coupled singe stage biquad filter circuits coupled to an input formed on the single-chip and configured to provide a bandpass filtered output signal to an output formed on the single-chip. The bandpass filtered output may be provided by an output buffer formed on the single-chip. The single-chip includes at least one tuning input to receive data for tuning stored in a data register formed on the single-chip. The data register provides control bits to the tuning components that include a programmable resistor responsive to the control bits to vary the programmable resistor to adjust programmed center frequency. |
| US10158340B1 |
Micromechanical devices based on piezoelectric resonators
A piezoelectrically transduced resonator device includes a wafer having a substrate, a buried oxide layer formed on the substrate, and a device layer formed on the buried oxide layer, and a resonator suspended within an air gap of the wafer above the substrate, the resonator including a portion of the device layer, a piezoelectric layer, and top and bottom electrodes contacting top and bottom sides of the piezoelectric layer, wherein the portion of the device layer is not directly connected to the wafer and wherein the resonator is configured to move relative to the substrate under electrostatic force to tune the frequency of the resonator device when a direct current voltage is applied between the substrate and the portion of the device layer of the resonator. |
| US10158339B2 |
Capacitive compensation structures using partially meshed ground planes
Techniques for reducing multi-reflection noise via compensation structures are described herein. An example system includes a capacitive component. The example system further includes a capacitive compensation structure coupled to two ends of the capacitive component. The example system includes a partially meshed ground plane coupled to one side of a dielectric substrate. The example system also includes one or more signal conductors coupled to another side of the dielectric substrate and electrically coupled to the capacitive component. The one or more signal conductors are located parallel to a meshed length of the partially meshed ground plane. |
| US10158338B2 |
Filter and layout structure thereof
A circuit structure is disclosed, wherein the circuit structure comprises: a substrate comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and lateral surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; a plurality of conductive layers disposed over the top surface of the substrate, wherein a dielectric layer is disposed between each two adjacent conductive layers, wherein at least one capacitor is formed by a first portion of the plurality of conductive layers with the dielectric layers therebetween, and wherein at least one first inductor is formed by a second portion of the plurality of conductive layers; and at least one conductive pattern layer disposed over at least one of the lateral surface to form at least one second inductor, wherein a third portion of the plurality of conductive layers electrically connects with said at least one capacitor, said at least one first inductor and said at least one second inductor. |
| US10158334B2 |
Fast settling capacitive gain amplifier circuit
A capacitive gain amplifier circuit amplifies an input signal by a pair of differential amplifier circuits couples in series. The first differential amplifier circuit is reset during an autozero phase while disconnected from the second differential amplifier circuit, and the first and second differential amplifier circuits are connected together in series during a chop phase. A set of feedback capacitors is selectively switched in between respective outputs of the second differential amplifier circuit and respective inputs of the first differential amplifier circuit during the chop phase. |
| US10158333B2 |
Systems, circuits and methods for correcting dynamic error vector magnitude effects
Systems, circuits and methods related to dynamic error vector magnitude (DEVM) corrections. In some embodiments, a power amplifier (PA) system can include a PA circuit having a plurality of amplification stages, and a bias system in communication with the PA circuit and configured to provide bias signals to the amplification stages. The PA system can further include a first correction circuit configured to generate a correction current that results in an adjusted bias signal for a selected amplification stage, with the adjusted bias signal being configured to compensate for an error vector magnitude (EVM) during a dynamic mode of operation. The PA system can further include a second correction circuit configured to change the correction current based on an operating condition associated with the PA circuit. |
| US10158325B2 |
Inspection apparatus and inspection method
An inspection apparatus inspects a solar cell. The inspection apparatus includes: a short-circuiting element that electrically connects an anode as a p-type semiconductor layer and a cathode as an n-type semiconductor layer of the solar cell to short-circuit the solar cell; an irradiation part that irradiates the solar cell short-circuited by the short-circuiting element with pulse light; and a detection part that detects an electromagnetic wave emitted from the solar cell in response to the irradiation of the solar cell with pulse light from the irradiation part. |
| US10158321B2 |
Photovoltaic mounting system
Methods and systems for mounting an array of photovoltaic modules atop a rooftop are disclosed. In particular the mounting hardware includes a photovoltaic module tray supported above the rooftop by a number of support structures fastened to the rooftop. The photovoltaic module trays include bottom and sidewalls configured to support and align photovoltaic modules along the rooftop. Since the bottom wall supports the weight of the photovoltaic module, the sidewalls can have a thin form-factor that allows the photovoltaic modules trays to be tightly spaced. In this way, the photovoltaic module tray can occupy very little area on the roof allowing the effective collection area of photovoltaic modules supported by the photovoltaic module trays to be significantly larger than photovoltaic modules using wider photovoltaic module frames. |
| US10158319B2 |
Power supply system
A power supply system is provided. The power supply system includes a power supply system comprises a first rectifier receiving an AC power from a first input AC power source, converting the AC power into a first DC power and outputting the first DC power to a connection node, one or more motors connected in parallel to the connection node, the motors being respectively connected to inverters converting the DC power provided from the connection node into an AC power to control the motors, and an auxiliary power source supplying a second DC power to the connection node when the supply of the first DC power is interrupted, or when an overload of the motors occurs. |
| US10158316B2 |
Motor control apparatus, power conversion device, auxiliary power source device, and method for controlling auxiliary power source device
A motor control apparatus includes an AC-DC converter, an auxiliary power source, and an inverter. The AC-DC converter converts AC power into DC power and feeds the DC power to a DC bus bar. DC power is fed from the auxiliary power source to the DC bus bar and from the DC bus bar to the auxiliary power source. The inverter converts the DC power of the DC bus bar into the AC power and feeds the AC power to a motor. The auxiliary power source includes a capacitor, a DC-DC converter, and circuitry. The DC-DC converter performs conversion between a first DC voltage of the DC bus bar and a second DC voltage applied between both terminals of the capacitor or inside of the capacitor. The circuitry is configured to control the DC-DC converter to maintain positive correlation between the second DC voltage and the first DC voltage. |
| US10158313B2 |
Current controller for cryogenically cooled motor
Current amplitudes in a motor can be controlled by summing a first signal indicative of an output current of the motor with a current command signal, integrating the current command signal with respect to time, and applying a first controller gain to a second signal indicative of the output current of the motor to obtain a gain-controlled signal indicative of the output current of the motor. The method further includes applying a second controller gain to the current command signal to obtain a gain-controlled current command signal, summing the gain-controlled signal indicative of the output current of the motor with the gain-controlled current command signal to obtain a voltage signal, and inputting the voltage signal to the motor such that current amplitudes in the motor are controlled. |
| US10158311B2 |
Electronic switch control method
An electronic switch control method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving the current working parameters of the electronic switch, then reading duty cycle parameters matching with the current working parameters; conducting a linear calculation with the duty cycle parameters and the working parameters to obtain a new duty cycle; adjusting the current control signal to obtain a PWM signal having the new duty cycle; and controlling the rotation speed of the motor in a load with the PWM signal. By reducing the volume of an electronic switch and achieving a long low-speed travel, the disclosure enables the user to work at an accurate working point with an electronic device. |
| US10158310B2 |
Electronic switch and electronic device
An electronic switch and an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic switch includes a trigger, a measurement device, a load control circuit, and the controller. The trigger switches on or off a circuit between a power supply and the electronic switch and generates the travel of the electronic switch. The measurement device is configured to measure working parameters of the power supply, the load and the trigger and to send the working parameters to the controller. The controller receives the working parameters and generates a control signal with a PWM signal. The PWM signal is obtained by adjusting the current control signal according to the working parameters. The control signal is sent to the load control circuit. The load control circuit controls the rotation speed of the motor in the load with the control signal. |
| US10158308B2 |
Identifying voltage to prevent motor integrated circuit damage
A motor control system, in some embodiments, comprises: a voltage divider circuit having an output node, a voltage on said output node representing a desired motor rotation direction; control logic configured to receive an indication of said voltage; and a motor controller coupled to the control logic, wherein, if said indication of the voltage on the output node falls outside of a predetermined range, the control logic is configured to issue a motor stop signal to the motor controller indicating that at least one resistor of the voltage divider circuit is defective or is missing from the voltage divider circuit. |
| US10158305B2 |
Inverter controller and motor driving system
An inverter controller according to an embodiment has an inverter main circuit, current detectors, a current command value calculator, a voltage command value calculator and an estimator. The inverter main circuit is capable of being electrically connected to a rotary drive target. The current detectors detect current values output from the inverter main circuit. The current command value calculator calculates current command values with which an output voltage output from the inverter main circuit becomes equal to or more than a target value. The voltage command value calculator calculates voltage command values with which the current values become equal to the current command values. The estimator calculates an estimated rotational phase angle of the rotary drive target, based on the voltage command values and the current values. |
| US10158304B2 |
Linear motor control apparatus and linear motor control system
A linear motor control apparatus has: a plurality of coil units; a plurality of position detecting units for detecting positions of a plurality of trucks which move over the plurality of coil units; a plurality of deviation calculating units for operating deviation information as differences between the detected truck positions and a target position of the detected truck; a plurality of position control units for operating current control signals based on the deviation information; a plurality of current control units for supplying driving currents to the coil units based on the current control signals; and a switching unit for switching the position control units to which the deviation information is transmitted or switching the current control units to which the current control signals are transmitted. |
| US10158297B1 |
Synchronous rectification control for flyback converter
A flyback converter includes a primary-side switch connected to a primary-side winding of a transformer and a secondary-side switch connected to a secondary-side winding of the transformer. The flyback converter is operated by controlling the primary-side switch to store energy in the transformer during ON periods of the primary-side switch, switching on the secondary-side switch synchronously with switching off the primary-side switch to transfer energy from the transformer to the secondary side, determining an off time of the secondary-side switch based on a reflected input voltage measured at the secondary-side winding when the primary-side switch is on, accounting for a settling time of the reflected input voltage when determining the off time of the secondary-side switch so that the settling time has little or no effect on the off time, and switching off the secondary-side switch based on the off time. |
| US10158296B1 |
Method and system for saturation control in a flyback switched-mode power supply (SMPS)
Embodiments of a saturation controller for a flyback switched-mode power supply (SMPS) and a method for saturation control for a flyback SMPS involve measuring a length related to a primary stroke in the flyback SMPS, comparing the length related to the primary stroke to a length related to a previous primary stroke in the flyback SMPS to generate a comparison result and adjusting a switching period time of the flyback SMPS based on the comparison result such that saturation of the flyback SMPS is reduced. |
| US10158291B1 |
DC/DC converter for high voltage applications with input voltage boost, input capacitor discharge and output capacitor compensation modes
A DC/DC converter is provided for operation within a narrow voltage range during normal conditions, while allowing for a wider input voltage range for short periods of time. A first switch is coupled across first and second input terminals, and a capacitor is coupled in parallel with the first switch and across the input terminals. A second switch is coupled in series with the first input terminal and between the first switch and the capacitor. Operation of the switches is regulated in accordance with a bypass mode of operation when received input power is within a defined range, and a boost mode of operation when received input power is less than a threshold value, wherein the received input power is boosted to a bulk output power within the defined range. Boost operations may in various embodiments be provided via, for example, a critical conduction scheme or continuous conduction scheme. |
| US10158288B2 |
Apparatus and method of a slope regulator and regulation slope of switching power FETs
In summary, a switching circuit comprising a high side (HS) switch coupled to the output, a low side (LS) switch comprising a MOSFET coupled to the output, and a slope regulator core coupled to the gate of said low side (LS) switch configured to provide control signals to said slope regulator core. In addition, a method of providing a method of a switch circuit comprising the steps the first step, (a) providing a circuit comprising a low side (LS) switch, a high side (HS) switch, and a slope regulator wherein said slope regulator comprises a fast mode, a slope regulator mode, and a hold mode, the second step (b) activating said slope regulator, the third step (c) choosing a fast mode or a slope regulation mode, the fourth step (d) applying either a fast mode or slope regulation mode; the fifth step (e) evaluating the polarity of the signal, the sixth step (f) toggle signal hold_on if the gate is low or toggle signal hold_off if the gate is high. |
| US10158287B2 |
Voltage regulator including a buck converter pass switch
A voltage driver includes a voltage input, a voltage regulation controller including an on/off input. The voltage regulation controller is configured to control a switching converter in a first mode, a second mode, and at least one additional mode. The switching converter is configured to operate as an open pass switch in the first mode, is configured to operate as a closed pass switch in the second mode, and is configured to operate as an overcurrent and overvoltage protection switch in the at least one additional mode. A discrete output driver control and monitoring circuit can be used to control the switching converter. The output driver control and monitoring circuit includes a controller coupled to a communication bus and is configured to provide high level control instructions to the communication bus. |
| US10158283B2 |
PFC signal generation circuit, PFC control system using the same, and PFC control method
A PFC signal generation circuit which generates a PFC signal to control a PFC circuit including a first inductor L1 connected to a first switch NM1 and a second inductor L2 connected to a second switch NM2 includes: a counter 101 whose count value is cleared based on a first timing when a zero current of the first inductor L1 is detected; a counter clear control circuit 202 that clears the count value after waiting until a cycle lower limit is reached, when the first timing is below the cycle lower limit; a first control signal output unit 109 that outputs a first PFC signal to turn on the first switch NM1 at a timing when the count value is cleared; and a second control signal output unit 117 that outputs a second PFC signal to turn on the second switch NM2 based on a second timing when a zero current of the second inductor L2 is detected. This leads to an improvement in power factor correction by the PFC circuit. |
| US10158280B2 |
Signal generation circuit
A charging-voltage generating unit generates voltage which charges a charge storage element from one input signal. An output-voltage generating unit generates voltage referenced to a signal output reference terminal and output at a signal output terminal from another input signal. A charging-voltage output terminal and first terminals of a first switching element and the charge storage element are connected at a first point. A charging-voltage output reference terminal is connected with a second terminal of the first switching element at a second point. An output-voltage output terminal, a first terminal of a second switching element, and the signal output terminal are connected at a third point. The output-voltage output reference terminal, a signal output reference terminal, and second terminals of the second switching element and the charge storage element are connected at a fourth point. The second and third points are interconnected. |
| US10158279B2 |
Armature for linear motor, linear motor, and method of manufacturing armature for linear motor
An armature includes: an integrated core with multiple split cores coupled to each other; a coupling member for coupling the multiple split cores; a coil attached to the integrated core; a block attachment part provide to a machine attachment side of the integrated core; a protection sheet having ability to be impregnated with resin and covering a surface of the integrated core and a surface of the block attachment part; a block attached to the block attachment part and having a machine attachment surface arranged at the block attachment side of the integrated core; and a resin layer covering the protection sheet covering the integrated core. The machine attachment surface of the block is exposed from the resin layer. |
| US10158278B2 |
Vibration motor
A vibration motor is provided in the present disclosure. The vibration motor includes a housing with a receiving space; a vibration module, received in the housing; elastic parts, used for suspending the vibration module in the housing; first voice coils, fixed on the housing and used for driving the vibration module to vibrate in the horizontal direction; and a second voice coil, fixed on the housing and used for driving the vibration module to vibrate in the vertical direction. |
| US10158277B2 |
Haptic actuator
The present invention relates to a haptic actuator, and the vibrating body includes a first magnet and a second magnet that are disposed on one end of the coil member in the vertical direction to be spaced apart from each other; a third magnet and a second magnet that are disposed on the other end of the coil member in the vertical direction to be spaced apart from each other; a first magnetic body that is mounted on one end of the first magnet and the third magnet in the horizontal direction; a second magnetic body that is mounted on the other end of the second magnet and the fourth magnet in the horizontal direction; and the first weight and the second weight that is mounted the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body respectively, the polarities of the first magnet and the second magnet having a north pole in the direction facing each other and a south pole in the opposite direction thereof, and the polarities of the third magnet and the forth magnet having a north pole in the direction facing each other and a south pole in the opposite direction thereof, a magnetic field lines emanating from the north poles of the first magnet, the second magnet, the third magnet, and the fourth magnet being to be converged to the coil member. |
| US10158276B2 |
Rotor production method
A rotor production method includes: a first step of arranging a plurality of sintered bodies side by side with an insulating lubricant applied to an interface of at least one of the sintered bodies adjacent to each other, and then housing the sintered bodies in a cavity of a molding die such that the sintered bodies are arranged side by side in the cavity, the sintered bodies being precursors of a plurality of split magnets constituting one rare-earth magnet; a second step of turning the sintered bodies into the split magnets by performing hot working to impart magnetic anisotropy to the sintered bodies arranged in the cavity, and producing an integrated magnet in which the split magnets are integrated together with the lubricant interposed therebetween; and a third step of producing a rotor of a motor by inserting the integrated magnet into a magnet slot of the rotor. |
| US10158273B2 |
Liquid-cooled motor device
A liquid-cooled motor device includes a motor casing, a motor, a coolant casing and an impeller. The motor casing receives the motor, and defines a cooling space surrounding the retaining space, a coolant intake hole, and a coolant draining hole. The coolant casing defines a drawing space, a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet. The impeller is disposed in the drawing space and connected to an output shaft of the motor, and is rotated by the output shaft to draw a coolant into the drawing space via the coolant inlet, and to force the coolant into the cooling space via the coolant outlet and the coolant intake hole, such that the coolant removes heat generated by the motor, and is expelled from the cooling space via the coolant draining hole. |
| US10158267B2 |
Electronically commutated motor
An electronically commutated motor has a rotor with a permanent magnet arrangement, a stator (30) with a bundle of laminations (32) and a winding (34). The bundle of laminations is, at at least at one axial end (32′), provided with an insulator (41) and the winding (34) has a plurality of coils (38A, 38B, 38C, 38D) that are wound from at least one winding wire (36); at least one winding wire contact element (50) which is attached to an insulator body (41) and mechanically and electrically conductive connected with at least one section (36A) of at least one winding wire (36); at least one contact track (60) with a first section (61) which is mechanically and electrically conductive connected to the winding wire contact element (50), a second section (62) which is arranged with an internal threaded part (65) with an internal thread (66) to enable an electrical connection of the winding (34) to the associated voltage source and a third section (63) which connects the first section (61) with the second section (62) electrically conductive. |
| US10158265B2 |
Embedded permanent magnet type rotating electric machine
An embedded permanent magnet type motor, which has one pole configured of two permanent magnets and has a plurality of poles of permanent magnets embedded in a rotor, includes a rotor whose magnet embedding holes communicate with a rotor outer periphery. The rotor has, between adjacent poles, a q-axis projection projecting in a direction away from a rotor rotation center. The magnet embedding holes are disposed so as to form an inverted V shape. An outer peripheral edge portion on the outer side of the permanent magnets has a curvature radius smaller than the distance from a rotation center axis to a rotor outermost peripheral portion. Circular intermediate plates of an outside diameter larger than the outside diameter of rotor steel plates are provided in intermediate positions in the rotor in a rotor rotation axis direction. |
| US10158264B2 |
Rotary electric machine for vehicles
Each of claw-shaped magnetic poles is formed with an air gap expanding portion formed on at least a portion of both side portions in a circumferential direction, and an air gap is formed between the air gap expanding portion and tip portions of teeth that is larger than another air gap formed between radial end portions and the tip portions of the teeth. When a circumferential distance between the radial end portion and the tip portion is indicated by τ, and when the air gap is indicated by δ, 3δ≤τ≤15δ is satisfied. When a claw-tip end face width is indicated by L1, and when a claw-root end face width is indicated by L2, the claw-shaped magnetic pole is formed in a range of 0.20≤L1/L2≤0.71. |
| US10158263B2 |
Motor cooling system utilizing axial cooling channels
A method of cooling an electric motor is provided utilizing axial cooling channels that are integral to the stator teeth, thus allowing direct contact between the circulating coolant and the lamination stack and providing an efficient means of removing motor assembly heat. Additionally, as the coolant flows out of the cooling channels it impinges on the end windings, thereby providing a secondary means of cooling the motor assembly. |
| US10158262B2 |
Stator for electric rotating machine
A stator for an electric rotating machine includes an annular stator core, an outer cylinder fitted on a radially outer surface of the stator core, and a stator coil mounted on the stator core. The stator core is comprised of a plurality of stator core segments that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the stator core so as to adjoin one another in the circumferential direction. The stator coil is fixed to the stator core by a thermosetting resin that is set by induction-heating the stator core. Each of the stator core segments is formed by laminating a plurality of steel sheets in an axial direction of the stator core and fixing at least some of the steel sheets by staking. The number of staking portions formed in one of the steel sheets is different from the number of staking portions formed in another one of the steel sheets. |
| US10158260B2 |
Wireless power transfer system, control method of wireless power transfer system, wireless power transmitting apparatus, control method of wireless power transmitting apparatus, and storage medium
A wireless power transfer system comprising a wireless power transmitting apparatus and a plurality of wireless power receiving apparatuses, the wireless power transmitting apparatus comprising: a power transmitting unit adapted to transmit power to the wireless power receiving apparatus; a recognition unit adapted to recognize the wireless power receiving apparatus; and a transmitting unit adapted to transmit predetermined charging delay information according to a recognition result of the recognition unit to the wireless power receiving apparatus recognized by the recognition unit, and the wireless power receiving apparatus comprising: a power receiving unit adapted to receive power transmitted from the power transmitting unit; a receiving unit adapted to receive the predetermined charging delay information transmitted from the transmitting unit; and a display unit adapted to make a display based on the predetermined charging delay information received by the receiving unit. |
| US10158259B1 |
Systems and methods for identifying receivers in a transmission field by transmitting exploratory power waves towards different segments of a transmission field
An example method includes: before receiving any communications from any device within a transmission field of a far-field transmitter, transmitting, by the transmitter, exploratory power waves towards different segments of the transmission field. The method also includes: receiving, by the transmitter and from a receiver, a communication signal including one or more parameters: (i) identifying a first location of the receiver within a segment of the different segments at which an exploratory power wave was received and (ii) providing feedback regarding the exploratory power wave. The method further includes, upon receiving the parameters: storing, by the transmitter, the one or more parameters into a mapping memory; and determining, based on the first location and the feedback, a set of characteristics for a plurality of power waves. The method additionally includes: transmitting, by the transmitter, the plurality of power waves with the determined set of characteristics to the first location. |
| US10158257B2 |
System and methods for using sound waves to wirelessly deliver power to electronic devices
Wireless charging systems, and methods of use thereof, are disclosed herein. As an example, a method includes: receiving, at a computer system, information identifying a location of a receiver device that requires charging, the location is within a predetermined range of the computer system; transmitting a first set of sound waves, via one or more transducer elements of a first pocket-forming transmitter that is coupled with the computer system, that converge in 3-D space proximate to the predetermined location of the receiver device to form a pocket of energy; while transmitting the first set of sound waves: (i) receiving a second set of sound waves from a second pocket-forming transmitter, distinct from the first pocket-forming transmitter; and (ii) charging the computer system by converting energy from the second set of sound waves into usable power. |
| US10158256B2 |
Contactless connector system tolerant of position displacement between transmitter coil and receiver coil and having high transmission efficiency
A contactless connector apparatus is provided with a first coil closely opposed to a second coil so as to be electromagnetically coupled thereto. The first coil includes: an inner transmitter coil wound around an axis passing through its center; and an outer transmitter coil wound around the axis and outside the inner coil. One end of the outer transmitter coil is connected to one end of the inner transmitter coil such that, when a current flows through the transmitter coils, a direction of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the inner transmitter coil is opposite to that of a loop current generated around the axis by a current flowing through the outer transmitter coil. A self-inductance of the outer transmitter coil is larger than that of the inner transmitter coil. |
| US10158253B2 |
Wireless power relay device and wireless power transmission system
The present invention is mainly directed to providing a wireless power relay device and a wireless power transmission system, which are capable of reinforcing a relay coil in which a high voltage is induced among a plurality of relay coils, thereby preventing the relay coil from being damaged due to the induction of the high voltage. |
| US10158250B2 |
Efficiency non-self tuning wireless power transfer systems
A primary resonant network for a wireless power transfer has a primary winding capable of being energized to provide a magnetic field, and a reactive component selected to constrain the reactive loading on a power supply which energizes the primary resonant network. The reactive component is selected dependent on a given variation in inductance or capacitance of the primary resonant network and a given variation in inductance or capacitance of a secondary resonant network coupled to the primary resonant network. |
| US10158249B2 |
Wireless temperature maintenance container
A wireless temperature maintenance container has an accommodating space accommodating a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The transmitter circuit comprises a first power processing circuit and a transmitter coil. The first power processing circuit receives a utility power and outputs a first direct current. The transmitter coil receives the first direct current and generates a magnetic field. The receiver circuit comprises a receiver coil, a second power processing circuit and a temperature controller. The magnetic field passes the receiver coil and an alternating current is generated. The second power processing circuit receives the alternating current and outputs a second direct current. The temperature controller receives the second direct current to control the temperature of the container. The transmitter circuit is on the first circuit board, and the receiver circuit is on the second circuit board. Distance between the first circuit board and the second board is 2 mm˜4 mm. |
| US10158243B2 |
Wireless charger having automatic alignment function and method thereof
A wireless charger having an automatic alignment function includes: a charge sensor sensing charging of a portable device disposed on a wireless charging pad within a vehicle; a position regulator regulating positions of the portable device and the charge sensor; and a position sensor sensing the position of the portable device. A controller is configured to move the portable device to a plurality of reference positions on the wireless charging pad sequentially, to detect a charging position on the wireless charging pad based on an induced voltage that is measured in each of the plurality of reference positions and to move the portable device to the charging position. |
| US10158239B2 |
Power supply stage of an electric appliance, in particular a battery charger for charging batteries of electric vehicles
The power supply stage (A) of an electric appliance, in particular battery chargers for charging batteries of electric vehicles or the like, comprises a power factor correction circuit (PFC), and overvoltage protection means equipped with: a switch (SW1) connected in series with a smoothing capacitor (C) of the power factor correction circuit (PFC); a control circuit (VD1) of the input voltage of the power supply stage (A) operatively connected to the switch (SW1). |
| US10158237B2 |
Battery pack and electric bike including the same
A battery pack includes a battery, a battery management system (BMS), a charge switch, a discharge switch, and a tilt sensor. The BMS monitors voltage and current states of the battery and control charge and discharge operations of the battery. The charge and discharge switches operate based on control signals from the BMS. The BMS measures a variation in tilt angle of the battery pack or a load based on tilt information sensed by the tilt sensor, and turns off the discharge switch when the tilt angle variation is equal to or less than a first critical value for a preset time period. The load may be an electric vehicle or another type of load. |
| US10158235B2 |
Non-contact power transmitting device
A non-contact power transmitting device includes a power receiving device that includes a rectification circuit, a voltage converting circuit, and a switching circuit for connecting or disconnecting the voltage converting circuit to or from a load circuit, and a power transmitting device that includes a power transmitting circuit, a detection circuit that detects a current that is supplied to the power transmitting circuit, and a determination circuit that compares the detected current value with a threshold current set in advance, and determines whether the load circuit of the power receiving device is in contact with the power transmitting device, where the power transmitting device transmits power to the power receiving device in a non-contact manner. |
| US10158232B2 |
Total harmonic control
A distributed control node enables total harmonic control. The control node measures current drawn by a load, including harmonics of the primary current. A metering device can generate an energy signature unique to the load including recording a complex current vector for the load in operation identifying the primary current with a real power component and a reactive power component, and identifying the harmonics with a real power component, a reactive power component, and an angular displacement relative to the primary current. The control node can control a noise contribution of the load due to the harmonics as seen at a point of common coupling to reduce noise introduced onto the grid network from the load. |
| US10158229B2 |
Distributed gradient descent for solving optimal power flow in radial networks
Node controllers and power distribution networks in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable distributed power control. One embodiment includes a node controller comprising a memory containing: a plurality of node operating parameters; and a plurality of node operating parameters describing operating parameters for a set of at least one node selected from the group consisting of at least one downstream node and at least one upstream node; wherein the processor is configured by the node controller application to: receive and store in memory a plurality of coordinator parameters describing operating parameters of a node coordinator by the network interface; and calculate updated node operating parameters using an iterative gradient projection process to determine updated node parameters using node operating parameters that describe operating parameters of node and operating parameters of the set of at least one node, where each iteration is determined by the coordinator parameters. |
| US10158228B2 |
Power supply device, method of supplying power, and power supply system
In one embodiment, there is provided a power interchange system for distributing direct current (DC) electrical power. The power interchange system comprises a plurality of nodes comprising a first node and a second node. The first node comprises a first communication device and a first power source to power the first communication device. The second node comprises a second communication device and a second power source to power the second communication device. The power interchange system further comprises a wired cable connecting the first node and the second node. The wired cable comprises at least one first wire to convey DC power from the first power source of the first node to the second node to power the second communication device or from the second power source of the second node to the first node to power the first communication device. |
| US10158222B2 |
Surge protective device and surge protective system
A surge protective device (SPD) includes a jack and a plug detachably attached by insertion to the jack. Inside the plug, a protection circuit which protects equipment to be protected against intruding lightning surge, a degradation detecting unit which detects a degradation state of the protection circuit, a display unit which displays the detection result, or the like, are provided. When a plurality of SPDs are installed together, a juncture plug which detachably connects between juncture terminals within the adjacent SPDs is provided. The detection result of the degradation detecting unit within the plug is output to an outside through a third connection terminal within the plug, a first connection terminal and the juncture terminal within the jack and the juncture plug. |
| US10158221B2 |
Vehicle or marina power pedestal including ground fault indicator
A power pedestal includes a pedestal member including a base structured to be fixed to a platform and an enclosure extending from said base, a plurality of input power terminals mounted to said pedestal member and structured to be electrically connected to a power source, a number of output power receptacles mounted to said enclosure, a number of circuit interrupters having a ground fault detection capability and being structured to output an alarm signal in response to detecting a ground fault, a relay structured to receive the alarm signal from the circuit interrupters and to output an indicator signal, and an indicator unit structured to receive the indicator signal from the relay, the indicator unit including an indicator and being structured to illuminate the indicator in response to receiving the indicator signal. |
| US10158215B1 |
System for protecting wall voids against construction debris
A void insert device for positioning in a wall void having void surfaces may have a perimeter with a perimeter surface configured to be positioned in contact with the void surface of the wall void, and the perimeter has a perimeter shape and a perimeter size. A portion of the insert device adjacent to the perimeter surface of the insert device may be formed of a compressible material permitting compression of the insert device to inset the insert device into the wall void, and the compressible material of the insert device may be characterized by having a degree of resiliency. The perimeter shape, size, and degree of resiliency of the compressible material may be configured to press the perimeter surface against the void surface of the wall void to resist movement of the insert device further into the void. |
| US10158213B2 |
Worksite power distribution box
A power distribution box apparatus and method for implementing a priority disconnect scheme and a network communication bridge at a worksite, where the power distribution box distributes temporary power. The power distribution box includes a housing portion and a base portion elevating the housing portion off of the ground or another surface. The power distribution box includes a communication module having a network connecting module operable to connect to an external communication network (e.g., the Internet), and a wireless network module operable to wirelessly communicate with an external device (e.g., a smart phone) to, thereby, connect the external device to the external communication network. The power distribution box may also include a priority disconnect module to selectively disconnect AC output receptacles in response to over-current situations based on a priority level associated with each receptacle. |
| US10158205B2 |
Electric connector and illuminating device comprising the electric connector
The present invention relates to an electric connector and an illuminating device comprising this electric connector, wherein the electric connector comprises a housing and an end cap connected to the housing, wherein an conductor which can be connected to a power supply is arranged in the end cap, wherein the conductor comprises a stationary part and a movable part, wherein the conductor is rotatable relative to the housing along with the end cap from a first position to a second position, wherein the movable parts at least partially retract into the stationary part in the first position, and at least one movable part extends out of the stationary part in the second position so as to be in electric connection with a power consumption component arranged in the housing. |
| US10158204B2 |
Fixing structure of conductor unit
A conductor unit includes a connection conductor directly or indirectly connected with at least one electrode terminal in an electrode terminal group of a plurality of battery cells arranged in the same direction, a linear conductor connected with a battery monitoring unit that monitors the battery conditions of the battery cells, a fusible body that is connected between the connection conductor and the linear conductor and fuses when an overcurrent flows between the connection conductor and the linear conductor, and an insulative resin-molded member that contains the fusible body therein. The connection conductor includes holding portions that are disposed inside the resin-molded member, and hold the resin-molded member. The holding portions are formed in at least two places spaced apart from each other. |
| US10158203B2 |
Power bus connection system with fusible conductive material
A fusible conductive material can be used to electrically connect or join power distribution bus bars that are placed on opposing sides of an electrically insulating bus support. The fusible conductive material can be placed in an opening or hole in the bus support with the bus bars abutting the fusible conductive material on opposing sides. The fusible conductive material can then be ignited, such as by applying a voltage drop, to produce a localized heat source suitable to electrically join the bus bars together. By electrically connecting the bus bars in this manner, the bus bars can better conduct, be less susceptible to separation and require less maintenance with respect to connectivity. |
| US10158201B2 |
Coaxial cable connector
A coaxial cable connector comprising an inner sleeve, a nut and an outer sleeve, wherein the inner sleeve includes a first outer flange, a first rear extension portion, and a first surface being between the first outer flange and the first rear extension portion; the nut includes an inner threaded surface, and a first inner flange being between the first outer flange and the first surface; the outer sleeve includes a second rear extension portion and a second inner flange being on the first surface and an annular space formed between the first and second rear extension portions, wherein the outer sleeve further comprises a second outer flange disposed on the out surface of the outer sleeve outside the annular space, wherein the second outer flange has a maximum diameter greater than an outer diameter of the second inner flange, and an axial distance between a front end of the second outer flange and a rear end of the outer sleeve is greater than twice of that between the front end of the second outer flange and a front end of the annular space. |
| US10158200B2 |
Coaxial electrical connector and manufacturing method thereof
A coaxial electrical connector connected to a circuit board having a metal outer conductor having a tubular portion and a metal center conductor equipped with a contact portion extending in the axial direction of said tubular portion within the interior space of said tubular portion, and in which said center conductor is secured in place by the outer conductor, with a dielectric interposed therebetween, the center conductor has a radial portion with a plate-shaped configuration extending radially outward from the base portion side of the contact portion, and a connecting portion placed in contact with a circuit board is formed on the bottom face of said radial portion, wherein the radial portion has grain flow lines formed by a flow of metallographic structure oriented parallel to two major surfaces opposing each other in the axial direction, and the contact portion has grain flow lines oriented, in the axial direction. |
| US10158194B2 |
Narrow width adapters and connectors with spring loaded remote release
Narrow width fiber optic connectors having spring loaded remote release mechanisms to facilitate access and usage of the connectors in high density arrays. A narrow width fiber optic connector comprises a multi-fiber connector, wherein a width of said narrow width fiber optic connector is less than about 12.4 mm, a housing configured to hold the multi-fiber connector and further comprising a connector recess, and a pull tab having a ramp area configured to disengage a latch of one of an adapter and an SFP from said connector recess. The pull tab may include a spring configured to allow the latch of one of the adapter and the SFP to engage with the connector recess. |
| US10158190B1 |
Type-c connector with improved performance
A Type-c connector with improved performance includes a main insulator, a hook member, a housing, an upper row of terminals, a lower row of terminals, and a shield casing. With creepage portions integratedly extended from front ends of upper and lower insulating members of the main insulator, creepage distances between the terminals and the shield casing are increased, thereby reducing the risk of short circuit. |
| US10158182B2 |
Electric field direction conversion structure and planar antenna
A first waveguide guides a first radio wave whose electric field is vibrated in a first direction along a second direction. A second waveguide guides the first radio wave along the second direction and is cascade connected to the first waveguide. An input and output end multiplexes the first radio waves from the first and second waveguides and outputs the multiplexed radio wave, and outputs the first radio wave branched off from a radio wave from outside to the first and second waveguides. A first waveguide shift portion is shifted from the first waveguide in the first direction. A second waveguide shift portion is shifted from the second waveguide in the first direction. The vibration directions of electric fields of radio waves passing through the end parts of the first and second waveguide shift portions are rotated by 90° about a third direction. |
| US10158180B1 |
Ultrawideband nested bowtie array
A wideband phased array including a plurality of nested sub-arrays each having a plurality of bowtie radiators and having a common aperture, where each sub-array covers a different frequency band. In one embodiment, a square high-band sub-array is positioned at a center of the phase array, a square mid-band sub-array surrounds the high-band sub-array, and low-band sub-array surrounds the mid-band sub-array. |
| US10158178B2 |
Low profile, antenna array for an RFID reader and method of making same
An antenna array, especially for use with a radio frequency identification reader, includes a ground plane and a pair of concentric, first and second, circular elements mounted at an elevation relative to the ground plane. First ports are arranged along the perimeter of the first element, and second ports are arranged along the perimeter of the second element. Each port conveys radio frequency signals in an operating band of frequencies. Each perimeter is substantially equal to an odd multiple of one-half of a guided wavelength at a center frequency of the respective operating band. Each adjacent pair of first ports, or adjacent pair of second ports, is successively spaced apart by a spacing constituting a whole multiple of one-half of the guided wavelength at the center frequency of the respective operating band. A polarized patch antenna may be positioned within the circular elements. |
| US10158175B2 |
Circular polarized antennas
An apparatus comprising at least one antenna for transmission and/or reception of circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation. The antenna includes a radiating element and a single feed line. The single feed line is coupled between the radiating element and a circuit that drives the antenna. The radiating element has a non-symmetrical outer perimeter shape. The radiating element may include an aperture. The antenna may further include a ground element and a supplemental ground feed structure, the supplemental ground feed structure located between the radiating element and the ground element. |
| US10158170B2 |
Two-dimensional scanning cylindrical reflector
A parabolic cylindrical reflector antenna that comprises two or more antenna feeds each directed towards a parabolic cylindrical reflector, wherein the antenna feeds are positioned in one or more line-arrays parallel to a focal line of the parabolic cylindrical reflector, and the line-array is substantially centered opposing the reflector. The antenna comprises a controller configured to scan along a straight edge of the reflector by electronically adjusting a phase of each of the antenna feeds, thereby changing the incident angle of an energy beam relative to the reflector. The controller is configured to scan along a curved edge of the reflector by moving, using a mechanical positioning mechanism, the antenna feeds in a direction parallel to a directrix of the reflector while maintaining the positioning or by electronically selecting one of two or more parallel line-arrays. |
| US10158169B1 |
Mobile antenna system
A mobile antenna system has a dome with an internal space for enclosing an antenna, and tabs spaced around and extending outward from the circular edge of the dome. A base supports the antenna and includes a side wall extending upward to define a circular edge abutting the edge of the dome. Tabs are spaced around and extend outward from the circular edge of the base in vertical alignment to contact the tabs of the dome. The dome and base are removably secured together by a locking ring having an inner diameter large enough to fit over the edges of the dome and base. This ring has a set of L-shaped slots, each having a vertical slot segment with a width to receive the aligned tabs, and a horizontal slot segment continuing from the vertical slot segment. |
| US10158168B2 |
Communication tower panel security device employing a flexible plastic tubing assembly and a ratchet-based connecting/tensioning assembly for safely securing radiation-transparent panels covering antenna service bays of a wireless telecommunication tower
Improved radio-transparent communication tower panel security devices that can be easily mounted to and strapped around the cover panels of communication towers, including flag-supporting cellular communication towers, so as to band and secure the cover panels thereto and prevent them from falling off in high winds and/or other adverse weather conditions, while preventing wear and tear of flags and their lanyards. Preferably, the communication tower panel security device employs a flexible plastic tubing assembly and a ratchet-based connecting/tensioning assembly for safely securing radiation-transparent panels covering antenna service bays of a wireless telecommunication tower. |
| US10158164B2 |
Handheld mobile device with hidden antenna formed of metal injection molded substrate
The disclosed embodiments include a housing of a handheld mobile device. The housing includes a ceramic layer forming a continuous outermost surface of the handheld mobile device, and an antenna layer adjacent to the ceramic layer. The antenna layer including conductive elements formed from a metal injection molded substrate, and an antenna break formed of non-conductive material electrically separating the conductive elements to collectively form an antenna of the handheld mobile device that is hidden by the ceramic layer from an exterior view of the handheld mobile device. |
| US10158161B2 |
Production line for making short run radio frequency identification tags and labels
The present invention is a method and apparatus for producing ready to use RFID devices in a convenient and economical manner. The apparatus of the present invention may be collocated with a manufacturer of consumer goods. |
| US10158159B2 |
Transmission-line conversion structure for millimeter-wave band
To provide a transmission-line conversion structure for a millimeter-wave band capable of being easily manufactured with a small size without easily causing non-uniformity in characteristics in a wide band. A transmission-line conversion structure for a millimeter-wave band that connects a microstrip line (10), which includes a main conductor (12) formed on one surface of a dielectric substrate (11) and a ground conductor (13) formed on the other surface thereof, with a waveguide (20) has a waveguide structure in which a transmission line (31) having a predetermined length is formed so as to be surrounded by metal walls (32). The transmission line is filled with a dielectric material having a relative permittivity of greater than 1. The transmission-line conversion structure allows electronic waves of a millimeter-wave band in a longitudinal direction of the main conductor. |
| US10158158B2 |
Waveguide device, and antenna device including the waveguide device
A waveguide device includes: a first conductive member having a first conductive surface; a first waveguide member having a first waveguide face opposing the first conductive surface; a plurality of first conductive rods on both sides of the first waveguide member; a second conductive member having a second conductive surface; a second waveguide member having a second waveguide face opposing the second conductive surface; and a plurality of second conductive rods on both sides of the second waveguide member. A first waveguide gap exists between the first waveguide face and the first conductive surface. A second waveguide gap exists between the second waveguide face and the second conductive surface. One end of the first waveguide gap is connected to the second waveguide gap, and at a connecting portion therebetween, the first waveguide face extends in a direction that intersects a plane which is parallel to the second conductive surface. |
| US10158154B2 |
Microwave filter having a fine temperature drift tuning mechanism
A microwave filter comprises at least one resonant filter element resonating at a resonant frequency and having a housing, a resonant filter cavity arranged in the housing and a resonator element arranged in the housing. At least two tuning elements are arranged on the housing of the resonant filter element and each extend into the cavity with a shaft portion, wherein the two tuning elements are movable with respect to the housing to adjust the length of the shaft portion extending into the housing and wherein the at least two tuning elements are constituted and designed such that by adjusting the length of the shaft portion of each tuning element extending into the housing a temperature drift of the resonant frequency is adjustable. |
| US10158152B2 |
Energy source system having multiple energy storage devices
System are described that include an energy storage device adapted to store and release energy and an ultracapacitor. The systems include a switching device coupled to the energy storage device to selectively connect and disconnect the energy storage device to a load, and a second switching device coupled to the ultracapacitor and adapted to connect and disconnect the ultracapacitor to the load. The systems may include a sensor adapted to sense the current draw at the load. The first switching device is activated to connect the energy storage device to the load when a rate of change of the current draw at the load is below a threshold, and the second switching device is activated to connect the ultracapacitor to the load when the rate of change of the current draw at the load is greater than or equal to the threshold. |
| US10158145B2 |
Flexible composite solid state battery
A solid state battery includes a flexible polymer sheet, and an array of solid state pillars supported by and extending through the sheet. Each of the pillars has an anode layer, a cathode layer adjacent, and an inorganic solid electrolyte (ISE) layer interposed between the anode and cathode layers. |
| US10158144B2 |
Solid electrolyte material and all solid lithium battery
A main object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte material with high Li ion conductivity and heat stability. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a solid electrolyte material comprising a composition of Li3PS4-xOx (1≤x≤3), a crystal phase A having a peak at a position of 2θ=17.80°±0.50°, 25.80°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, and a crystal phase B having a peak at a position of 2θ=22.30°±0.50°, 23.14°±0.50°, 24.80°±0.50°, 33.88°±0.50°, 36.48°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray. |
| US10158142B1 |
Lithium composite compounds with anionic framework isostructural to Laves Mg2Cu lattice as solid Li-ion conductors
A series of solid-state lithium ion composite electrolytes is described. The composite materials have lithium ions in an anionic framework wherein the anionic framework has lithium ion vacancies or interstitial Li+ sites. The anionic framework lattice is isostructural to a Laves Mg2Cu lattice and the lithium ion (Li+) conductivity of the solid state lithium ion electrolyte is at least 10−4 S/cm. The activation energy for lithium ion migration in the solid state lithium ion electrolyte is 0.36 sV or less. Composites of specific formulae are provided. |
| US10158138B2 |
Systems and methods for fuel desulfurization
A fuel cell system is provided. The fuel cell system includes a source of fuel, and a fuel desulfurization system fluidly coupled to the source of fuel to receive the fuel in a gaseous phase. The fuel desulfurization system includes a fuel condenser that condenses at least a portion of the fuel from the gaseous phase to a liquid phase. The fuel cell system includes a reformer fluidly coupled to the fuel desulfurization system that receives the fuel from the fuel desulfurization system in the liquid phase to generate hydrogen enriched fuel and a fuel cell stack fluidly coupled to the reformer to receive the hydrogen enriched fuel. |
| US10158130B2 |
High-pressure tank
In a high-pressure tank including a reinforcement layer and a protective layer, using the same resin for the reinforcement layer and the protective layer is likely to cause bubbles produced in the course of curing the resin to remain on the surface of the tank. There is also a possibility that cloudiness occurs on the surface of the tank during the use of the high-pressure tank. There is accordingly provided a high-pressure tank, comprising a liner; a reinforcement layer formed on the liner and including a thermosetting first resin and a fiber; and a protective layer formed on the reinforcement layer and including a thermosetting second resin. A second gelation temperature that is a gelation temperature of the second resin is higher than a first gelation temperature that is a gelation temperature of the first resin. A viscosity of the second resin is lower than a viscosity of the first resin at the first gelation temperature. |
| US10158125B2 |
Solid polymer fuel cell and separator
A fuel cell is formed by laminating a plurality of cells. Each cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and two separators, which hold the membrane electrode assembly in between. Each separator includes a base member made of a metal material. A first layer is provided on the surface of the base member. The first layer includes a resin film and conductive particles that have greater hardness than the oxide film of the base member. Between the separators that are adjacent to each other, the first layers are in contact with each other. |
| US10158124B2 |
Fuel cell electrode catalyst and method for activating catalyst
The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a core-shell catalyst capable of achieving, when evaluated for a fuel cell, the catalytic activity anticipated from the catalyst activity value obtained using a rotating disc electrode (RDE); and a method for activating a core-shell catalyst in said manner. The present invention relates to a fuel cell catalyst, which is an electrode catalyst having a core-shell structure and is characterized in that at least 99% of the core member is covered by the shell member and the halogen content is not more than 5000 ppm. The present invention also relates to a method for activating said core-shell catalyst, the method comprising: a process for dispersing the core-shell catalyst in a dispersion solvent; a process for separating impurities from said core-shell catalyst by blowing a gas that has reducing properties or a mixed gas comprising same into said dispersion solvent; and a process for removing said impurities. |
| US10158120B2 |
Amorphous metal current collector
The present invention concerns an electrochemical device comprising a cathode and an anode separated from each other by a separator, the battery further comprising two current collectors so that the anode and cathode are each arranged between the separator and a current collector, characterized in that at least one of the two current collectors is made of an at least partially amorphous material comprising at least one metallic element. |
| US10158110B2 |
Separators for electrochemical systems
In an aspect, the invention provides separator systems for electrochemical systems providing electronic, mechanical and chemical properties useful for a range of electrochemical storage and conversion applications. Separator systems of some embodiments, for example, provide structural, physical and electrostatic attributes useful for managing and controlling dendrite formation in lithium and zinc based batteries. In an embodiment, for example, separator systems of the invention have a multilayer, porous geometry supporting excellent ion transport properties while at the same time providing a barrier effective to prevent dendrite initiated mechanical failure, shorting and/or thermal runaway. |
| US10158109B2 |
Multi-phase electrolyte lithium batteries
Electrode assemblies for use in electrochemical cells are provided. The negative electrode assembly includes negative electrode active material and an electrolyte chosen specifically for its useful properties in the negative electrode. Such properties include reductive stability and ability to accommodate expansion and contraction of the negative electrode active material. Similarly, the positive electrode assembly includes positive electrode active material and an electrolyte chosen specifically for its useful properties in the positive electrode. These properties include oxidative stability and the ability to prevent dissolution of transition metals used in the positive electrode active material. A third electrolyte can be used as separator between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. A cell is constructed with a cathode that includes a fluorinated electrolyte which does not penetrate into the solid-state polymer electrolyte separator between it and the lithium-based anode. Such an assembly improves charge transport properties without compromising the strength and durability of the separator. |
| US10158105B2 |
Battery pack latch mechanism
A rechargeable battery pack including a housing, a plurality of battery cells at least partially positioned within the housing, and a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism including a first linkage member, a second linkage member in operable communication with the first linkage member, and a locking pawl directly coupled to the second linkage member and movable with respect to the housing between a locked position and an unlocked position. |
| US10158104B1 |
Power cell casing
A casing for a battery assembly may include a first casing portion having a first base portion and a pair of first leg portions extending generally perpendicularly to the first base portion. At least one of the first leg portions may have a flared end. The casing may further include a second casing portion with a second base portion and a pair of second leg portions extending generally perpendicularly to the second base portion. At least one of the second leg portions may have a flat end. The casing portions are attached at a joint including the flat end attached to the flared end. In some embodiments, a battery assembly may include at least one power cell and a casing including a first casing portion and a second casing portion attached together at a joint. The joint may be under tension. The casing applies pressure to the power cell. |
| US10158102B2 |
Portable electrical energy storage device with thermal runaway mitigation
Electrical energy storage device for powering portable devices such as vehicles or consumer electronics includes barriers to minimize migration of thermal energy and propagation of combustion in the rare event that electrical energy storage cells fail, burst and ignite. A burst structure is provided to vent gas from the device in a desired direction in the event pressure within the device exceeds a maximum value. Biased vents permit gases emanating from a portable electrical energy storage cell within an electrical energy storage module to escape and isolate other electrical energy storage cells from the gases. |
| US10158101B2 |
Power storage device
A power storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case that houses the electrode assembly, and an insulating sheet, which insulates the electrode assembly and the case from each other. The electrode assembly has a first end face, which is orthogonal to the stacking direction, two primary faces, which are located on both sides in the stacking direction, and a tab, which extends on the first end face in the direction orthogonal to the stacking direction. The insulating sheet has a folded box shape, and further has two primary face covering portions, which respectively cover the primary faces of the electrode assembly, and non-primary-face covering portions, which cover the first end face of the electrode assembly and faces other than the primary faces thereof and are continuous with the primary face covering portions. The non-primary face covering portions overlap at least partially with each other. |
| US10158096B2 |
Organic light emitting device
Disclosed is an organic light emitting device. |
| US10158091B2 |
Tetradentate platinum (II) and palladium (II) complexes, devices, and uses thereof
The complexes disclosed herein are cyclometalated metal complexes of Formula (I) that are useful for full color displays and lighting applications. |
| US10158089B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Novel heteroleptic iridium complexes are described. These iridium compounds contain alkyl substituted phenylpyridine ligands, which provide these compounds with beneficial properties when the iridium complexes are incorporated into OLED devices. |
| US10158086B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
Provided is an organic light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode; an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the emission layer including at least one specific light-emitting material; and a hole-transporting region disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer, the hole-transporting region including at least one specific hole-transporting material. |
| US10158085B2 |
Condensed cyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
A condensed-cyclic compound represented by Formula 1A or 1B: wherein in Formulae 1A and 1B, groups, substituents, and variables are the same as defined in the specification. |
| US10158084B2 |
Aromatic amine derivative and electroluminescence device using the same
Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at leas one layer of the above organic thin layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in form of a single component or a mixed component. Thus, the organic electroluminescence device is less liable to be crystallized in molecules, improved in a yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device and extended in a lifetime. |
| US10158082B2 |
Semiconducting component for electrographic device
A semiconducting component for an electrographic device, comprising a crosslinked body obtained by crosslinking a copolymer containing 9.9 to 39.9% by mole of structural units (a) originating from an epihalohydrin, 60 to 90% by mole of structural units (b) originating from an alkylene oxide, and 0.1 to 10% by mole of structural units (c) originating from a cyclic ether monomer having a (meth)acryloyl or alkoxysilyl group with use of reactivity of the structural units originating from the cyclic ether monomer having a (meth)acryloyl or alkoxysilyl group. |
| US10158081B2 |
Charge-transporting varnish
Provided is a charge-transporting varnish which includes a charge-transporting material including fluorine atoms, a charge-transporting material not including fluorine atoms, a dopant material comprising heteropoly acid, and an organic solvent, said charge-transporting material including fluorine atoms being a polymer of weight-average 1,000 to 200,000 molecular weight obtained by condensing a triarylamine compound, an aryl aldehyde compound including fluorine atoms, and a fluorine derivative having a carbonyl group, and said charge-transporting material not including fluorine atoms being an oligoaniline compound. The charge-transporting varnish provides a thin film which, even in a case of being used as a single layer in contact with and in between an anode and a luminescent layer, is capable of achieving an organic EL element having superior luminance characteristics and durability. |
| US10158080B2 |
Amino fluorene polymer and organic light-emitting device including the same
An amino fluorene polymer including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, A, F, F′, m1, n1, n2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are the same as described in the specification. |
| US10158078B2 |
Composition for insulator of thin film transistor, insulator and organic thin film transistor prepared thereby
The present invention relates to a composition for an insulator of a thin film transistor, an insulator and an organic thin film transistor comprising the same. The insulator of a thin film transistor prepared with the composition of the present invention displays an excellent permittivity along with a low surface energy, and the organic thin film transistor comprising the same displays an improved organic semiconductor morphology formed on the top surface of the insulator, so that it can bring the effect of reducing leakage current density, improving charge carrier mobility, and improving current on/off ratio. |
| US10158075B2 |
Patterning devices using fluorinated compounds
A method for producing a spatially patterned structure includes forming a layer of a material on at least a portion of a substructure of the spatially patterned structure, forming a barrier layer of a flourinated material on the layer of material to provide an intermediate structure, and exposing the intermediate structure to at least one of a second material or radiation to cause at least one of a chemical change or a structural change to at least a portion of the intermediate structure. The barrier layer substantially protects the layer of the material from chemical and structural changes during the exposing. Substructures are produced according to this method. |
| US10158074B2 |
Organic layer deposition assembly, organic layer deposition device including the same, and method of manufacturing organic light-emitting display device using the organic layer deposition assembly
An organic layer deposition assembly for depositing a deposition material on a substrate includes a deposition source configured to spray the deposition material, a deposition source nozzle arranged in one side of the deposition source and including deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction, a patterning slit sheet arranged to face the deposition source nozzle and having patterning slits in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a correction sheet arranged between the deposition source nozzle and the patterning slit sheet and configured to block at least a part of the deposition material sprayed from the deposition source. |
| US10158073B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor structure
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method for the semiconductor structure, including forming a bottom metal layer including copper, forming a planar memory layer over the bottom metal layer, forming an electrode over the planar memory layer by a self-aligning operation, and defining a memory cell by patterning the planar memory layer. |
| US10158072B1 |
Step height reduction of memory element
A semiconductor device includes an inter-metal dielectric layer, a memory cell, a transistor and a dielectric layer. The memory cell includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure over a top surface of the inter-metal dielectric layer. The transistor underlies the inter-metal dielectric layer. The dielectric layer extends over the transistor and along the top surface of the inter-metal dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is separated from the MIM structure. |
| US10158071B2 |
Semiconductor devices, memory devices, and related methods
Electrical contacts may be formed by forming dielectric liners along sidewalls of a dielectric structure, forming sacrificial liners over and transverse to the dielectric liners along sidewalls of a sacrificial structure, selectively removing portions of the dielectric liners at intersections of the dielectric liners and sacrificial liners to form pores, and at least partially filling the pores with a conductive material. Nano-scale pores may be formed by similar methods. Bottom electrodes may be formed and electrical contacts may be structurally and electrically coupled to the bottom electrodes to form memory devices. Nano-scale electrical contacts may have a rectangular cross-section of a first width and a second width, each width less than about 20 nm. Memory devices may include bottom electrodes, electrical contacts having a cross-sectional area less than about 150 nm2 over and electrically coupled to the bottom electrodes, and a cell material over the electrical contacts. |
| US10158069B2 |
Memory cell having resistance variable film and method of making the same
A manufacture includes a first electrode having an upper surface and a side surface, a resistance variable film over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the resistance variable film. The resistance variable film extends along the upper surface and the side surface of the first electrode. The second electrode has a side surface. A portion of the side surface of the first electrode and a portion of the side surface of the second electrode sandwich a portion of the resistance variable film. |
| US10158068B1 |
Resistive random access memory device and method for manufacturing the same
A ReRAM device is provided. The ReRAM device comprises a bottom electrode, a resistance switching layer disposed on the bottom electrode, a top electrode disposed on the resistance switching layer, a metal layer disposed on the top electrode, and a blocking layer covering the metal layer, wherein the blocking layer surrounds the metal layer and the top electrode. |
| US10158067B2 |
Memory device
A memory device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a variable resistance layer provided between the first and second conductive layers. The variable resistance layer includes a first layer having a semiconductor or a first metal oxide containing a first metal, and a second layer provided between the first layer and the second conductive layer, having a second metal oxide containing a second metal, and having crystal grains that are not in contact with at least one of an end face of the second layer on a side of the first conductive layer or an end face of the second layer on a side of the second conductive layer. |
| US10158061B2 |
Integrated superconductor device and method of fabrication
In one embodiment, a method to form a superconductor device includes depositing a crystalline layer having a preferred crystallographic orientation on a substrate and forming an oriented superconductor layer comprising an oriented superconductor material on the crystalline layer. A metallic layer is formed on the superconductor layer and a mask is provided proximate the substrate to define a protected portion of the oriented superconductor layer and an exposed portion of the oriented superconductor layer. The exposed portion of the oriented superconductor layer is removed without etching the protected portion of the oriented superconductor layer. |
| US10158059B2 |
Flow control device to be used in a thermoelectric generator and a thermoelectric generator comprising such a device
The invention relates to a flow control device intended to be used in a thermoelectric generator (10), said generator (10) allowing a temperature gradient to be created between a cold source and a heat source in at least two zones (A, B), characterized in that it comprises a valve (30), said valve (30) comprising a valve body (32) and a gate (34), said gate (34) being hinged relative to the valve body (32) and being capable of occupying an open position and a closed position, said valve (30) being configured to be positioned inside said generator (10), between said two zones (A, B), so as to modulate the quantity of a first fluid circulating through said thermoelectric generator (10). The invention further relates to a thermoelectric generator (10) comprising such a device. |
| US10158057B2 |
LED lighting devices
Packaged chip-on-board (COB) LED arrays are provided where a color conversion medium is distributed within a glass containment plate, rather than silicone, to reduce the operating temperature of the color conversion medium and avoid damage while increasing light output. A lighting device is provided comprising a chip-on-board (COB) light emitting diode (LED) light source, a light source encapsulant, a distributed color conversion medium, and a glass containment plate. The COB LED light source comprises a thermal heat sink framework and at least one LED and defines a light source encapsulant cavity in which the light source encapsulant is distributed over the LED. The glass containment plate is positioned over the light source encapsulant cavity and contains the distributed color conversion medium. The light source encapsulant is distributed over the LED at a thickness that is sufficient to encapsulate the LED and define encapsulant thermal conduction paths. |
| US10158054B1 |
LED lighting device
An LED lighting device is disclosed. The LED lighting device uses a violet LED chip as a light source for exciting quantum dots. The quantum dots excited by the light of the violet LED chip are mixed with each other to form white light. So, the LED lighting device not just has the effects of providing a high luminous efficiency and preventing the blue light from damaging human eyes only, but also provides a better color rendering ability. |
| US10158050B2 |
Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
A light-emitting diode package includes a frame portion with a chip-mounting region defined in an upper portion thereof, and first and second frames spaced apart from each other. A light-emitting diode is mounted on at least a portion of the chip-mounting region with a bonding layer interposed therebetween. The frame portion includes a depressed portion formed on an upper surface thereof, and the depressed portion includes the chip-mounting region defined on a bottom thereof. The depressed portion also includes a step portion disposed at an outer upper end thereof. |
| US10158049B2 |
Method of bonding a substrate to a semiconductor light emitting device
A method according to embodiments of the invention includes positioning a flexible film (48) over a wafer of semiconductor light emitting devices, each semiconductor light emitting device including a semiconductor structure (13) including a light emitting layer sandwiched between an n-type region and a p-type region. The wafer of semiconductor light emitting devices is bonded to a substrate (50) via the flexible film (48). After bonding, the flexible film (48) is in direct contact with the semiconductor structures (13). The method further includes dividing the wafer after bonding the wafer to the substrate (50). |
| US10158047B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device including: a plurality of semiconductor layers; a first non-conductive reflective film formed on the plurality of semiconductor layer to reflect light from the active layer, wherein the first non-conductive reflective film includes multiple layers and has a first incident angle as the Brewster angle; a second non-conductive reflective film formed on the first non-conductive reflective film to reflect light transmitted through the first non-conductive reflective film, wherein the second non-conductive reflective film includes multiple layers, with part of which being made of a different material from the first non-conductive reflective film, and has a second incident angle as the Brewster angle, different from the first incident angle; and an electrode electrically connected to one of the plurality of semiconductor layers. |
| US10158044B2 |
Epitaxy technique for growing semiconductor compounds
A solution for fabricating a semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a plurality of semiconductor layers grown over a substrate using a set of epitaxial growth periods. During each epitaxial growth period, a first semiconductor layer having one of: a tensile stress or a compressive stress is grown followed by growth of a second semiconductor layer having the other of: the tensile stress or the compressive stress directly on the first semiconductor layer. |
| US10158043B2 |
Light-emitting diode and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a light-emitting diode (LED) includes plural steps as follows. A first type semiconductor layer is formed. A second type semiconductor layer is formed on the first type semiconductor layer. An impurity is implanted into a first portion of the second type semiconductor layer. The concentration of the impurity present in the first portion of the second type semiconductor layer is greater than the concentration of the impurity present in a second portion of the second type semiconductor layer after the implanting, such that the resistivity of the first portion of the second type semiconductor layer is greater than the resistivity of the second portion of the second type semiconductor layer. |
| US10158041B2 |
Unit pixel of image sensor and photo detector using the same
Disclosed are a photo detector capable of adjusting sensitivity and a unit pixel of an image sensor using the photo detector. The photo detector includes a light-absorbing part that absorbs light; a source and a drain that are separated from the light-absorbing part by an oxide film; a channel that is formed between the source and the drain to generate a flow of electric current between the source and the drain; and a sensitivity adjustment terminal that applies a voltage to the light-absorbing part, in which the light-absorbing part is doped with a first type impurities, the source and the drain are doped with a second type impurities, the flow of electric current in the channel is adjusted based on a change in a quantity of electric charges of the light-absorbing part according to tunneling of an electron excited by the light incident to the light-absorbing part to the source or the drain, and the voltage applied through the sensitivity adjustment terminal is adjusted to adjust a threshold voltage of the channel. |
| US10158040B2 |
Polaritonic hot electron infrared photodetector
Polaritonic hot electron infrared photodetector that detect infrared radiation. In one implementation, the polaritonic hot electron infrared photodetector includes a first contact layer, a second contact layer, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a conductor layer. The first dielectric layer is coupled between the first contact layer and the second contact layer. The second dielectric layer is coupled between the first dielectric layer and the second contact layer. The conductor layer is coupled between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. Infrared radiation incident upon the conductor layer is operable to create hot carriers that are injected from a conduction band of the conductor layer to a conduction band of the second contact layer. |
| US10158034B2 |
Through silicon via based photovoltaic cell
An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a first photovoltaic cell; a first through silicon via (TSV) included in the first photovoltaic cell and passing through at least a portion of a doped silicon substrate, the first TSV comprising (a)(i) a first sidewall, which is doped oppositely to the doped silicon substrate, and (a)(ii) a first contact substantially filling the first TSV; and a second TSV included in the first photovoltaic cell and passing through at least another portion of the doped silicon substrate, the second TSV comprising (b)(i) a second sidewall, which comprises the doped silicon substrate, and (b)(ii) a second contact substantially filling the second TSV; wherein the first and second contacts each include a conductive material that is substantially transparent. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US10158031B2 |
Interconnect assembly
An interconnect assembly. The interconnect assembly includes a trace that includes a plurality of electrically conductive portions. The plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured both to collect current from a first solar cell and to interconnect electrically to a second solar cell. In addition, the plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured such that solar-cell efficiency is substantially undiminished in an event that any one of the plurality of electrically conductive portions is conductively impaired. |
| US10158027B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor device (100) includes a thin film transistor (5) provided on a substrate and including a gate electrode (12), a gate insulating layer (20) in contact with the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer (18) located so as to partially overlap the gate electrode with the gate insulating layer being located between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, a source electrode (14), and a drain electrode (16). The oxide semiconductor layer (18) includes a gate facing region (18g) overlapping the gate electrode as seen in a direction of normal to the substrate; and offset regions (18os, 18od) provided adjacent to the gate facing region, the offset regions not overlapping the gate electrode, the source electrode or the drain electrode as seen in the direction of normal to the substrate. The gate facing region has a carrier concentration in the range of 1×1017/cm3 or greater and 1×1019/cm3 or less. |
| US10158024B2 |
Array substrate and display device
An array substrate and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a gate metal layer, an active layer and a source/drain metal layer disposed on the base substrate; the gate metal layer includes a gate line and a storage electrode line that extends in parallel to the gate line; the active layer includes a first pattern taken as a channel region of a thin-film transistor (TFT) and a second pattern at least partially overlapped with the storage electrode line in a thickness direction of the base substrate, or the source/drain metal layer includes a data line pattern and a metal layer pattern at least partially overlapped with the storage electrode line in the thickness direction of the base substrate. |
| US10158020B2 |
Method of forming a semiconductor device with multiple etch stop layers and inter-layer dielectrics
An embodiment is a semiconductor device comprising a first gate structure over a semiconductor substrate, a first etch stop layer (ESL) over the semiconductor substrate and the first gate, the first ESL having a curved top surface, and a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) on the first ESL, the first ILD having a curved top surface. The semiconductor device further comprises a second ESL on the first ILD, the second ESL having a curved top surface, and a second ILD on the second ESL. |
| US10158018B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, including forming a plurality of fins on a semiconductor substrate, and forming source/drain regions on the fins. The source/drain regions have an uneven surface with a mean surface roughness, Ra, of about 10 nm to about 50 nm. A smoothing layer is formed on the source/drain regions filling the uneven surface. An etch stop layer is formed overlying the smoothing layer. A portion of the etch stop layer is removed to expose a portion of the smoothing layer. The exposed smoothing layer is removed, and a contact layer is formed on the source/drain regions. |
| US10158016B2 |
MOS devices with non-uniform p-type impurity profile
An integrated circuit structure include a semiconductor substrate, a gate stack over the semiconductor substrate, and a recess extending into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the recess is adjacent to the gate stack. A silicon germanium region is disposed in the recess, wherein the silicon germanium region has a first p-type impurity concentration. A silicon cap substantially free from germanium is overlying the silicon germanium region. The silicon cap has a second p-type impurity concentration greater than the first p-type impurity concentration. |
| US10158005B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object is to prevent an impurity such as moisture and oxygen from being mixed into an oxide semiconductor and suppress variation in semiconductor characteristics of a semiconductor device in which an oxide semiconductor is used. Another object is to provide a semiconductor device with high reliability. A gate insulating film provided over a substrate having an insulating surface, a source and a drain electrode which are provided over the gate insulating film, a first oxide semiconductor layer provided over the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a source and a drain region which are provided between the source electrode and the drain electrode and the first oxide semiconductor layer are provided. A barrier film is provided in contact with the first oxide semiconductor layer. |
| US10158004B2 |
Source/drain recess volume trim for improved device performance and layout dependence
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a method of forming a semiconductor device having a strained channel and an associated device. In some embodiments, the method includes performing a first etching process by selectively exposing a substrate to a first etchant to produce a recess defined by sidewalls and a bottom surface of the substrate. An implantation process is performed to form an etch stop layer along the bottom surface. A second etching process is performed by exposing the sidewalls and the bottom surface defining the recess to a second etchant to form a source/drain recess. The source/drain recess laterally extends past the etch stop layer in opposing directions. A semiconductor material is formed within the source/drain recess. |
| US10158000B2 |
Low-K dielectric sidewall spacer treatment
Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a semiconductor structure including sidewall spacers. An example semiconductor structure includes: a gate structure, a first sidewall spacer, and a second sidewall spacer. The gate structure is formed over a substrate. The first sidewall spacer is adjacent to the gate structure, a top part of the first sidewall spacer including a first dielectric material, a bottom part of the first sidewall spacer including a second dielectric material. The second sidewall spacer is adjacent to the first sidewall spacer, the second sidewall spacer including a third dielectric material. |
| US10157999B2 |
FinFET with a semiconductor strip as a base
A method includes forming a first hard mask over a semiconductor substrate, etching the semiconductor substrate to form recesses, with a semiconductor strip located between two neighboring ones of the recesses, forming a second hard mask on sidewalls of the semiconductor strip, performing a first anisotropic etch on the second hard mask to remove horizontal portions of the second hard mask, and performing a second anisotropic etch on the semiconductor substrate using the first hard mask and vertical portions of the second hard mask as an etching mask to extend the recesses down. The method further includes removing the vertical portions of the second hard mask, and forming isolation regions in the recesses. The isolation regions are recessed, and a portion of the semiconductor strip between the isolation regions protrudes higher than the isolation regions to form a semiconductor fin. |
| US10157994B2 |
High electron mobility transistor and method of forming the same
A semiconductor structure includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer and is different from the first III-V compound layer in composition. A dielectric passivation layer is disposed on the second III-V compound layer. A source feature and a drain feature are disposed on the second III-V compound layer, and extend through the dielectric passivation layer. A gate electrode is disposed over the second III-V compound layer between the source feature and the drain feature. The gate electrode has an exterior surface. An oxygen containing region is embedded at least in the second III-V compound layer under the gate electrode. A gate dielectric layer has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is under the gate electrode and on the oxygen containing region. The second portion is on a portion of the exterior surface of the gate electrode. |
| US10157990B2 |
Semiconductor device with capping structure and method of forming the same
A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a substrate, a shallow trench isolation (STI), a gate dielectric structure, a capping structure and a gate structure. The STI is in the substrate and defines an active area of the substrate. The gate dielectric structure is on the active area. The capping structure is adjacent to the gate dielectric structure and at edges of the active area. The gate structure is on the gate dielectric structure and the capping structure. An equivalent oxide thickness of the capping structure is substantially greater than an equivalent oxide thickness of the gate dielectric structure. |
| US10157988B1 |
Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure with dual spacers and method for forming the same
A FinFET device structure is provided. The FinFET device structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate and a first gate structure formed over the fin structure. The FinFET device structure includes a conductive plug formed over the first gate structure, and the conductive plug is electrically connected to the first gate structure. The FinFET device structure includes a first spacer layer formed on a sidewall surface of the conductive plug and a source/drain (S/D) contact structure formed over the fin structure and adjacent to the first gate structure. The FinFET device structure further includes a first insulation layer formed over the S/D contact structure and a second spacer layer formed on a sidewall surface of the first insulation layer. The conductive plug extends from a first position which is above the first spacer layers to a second position which is above the second spacer layer. |
| US10157987B1 |
Fin-based strap cell structure
Fin-based well straps are disclosed herein for improving performance of memory arrays, such as static random access memory arrays. An exemplary integrated circuit (IC) device includes a FinFET disposed over a doped region of a first type dopant. The FinFET includes a first fin structure doped with a first dopant concentration of the first type dopant and first source/drain features of a second type dopant. The IC device further includes a fin-based well strap disposed over the doped region of the first type dopant. The fin-based well strap connects the doped region to a voltage. The fin-based well strap includes a second fin structure doped with a second dopant concentration of the first type dopant and second source/drain features of the first type dopant. The second dopant concentration is greater than (for example, at least three times greater than) the first dopant concentration. |
| US10157985B2 |
MOSFET with selective dopant deactivation underneath gate
A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device includes a channel region comprising dopants of a first type. The MOSFET device further includes a gate dielectric over the channel region, and a gate over the gate dielectric. The MOSFET device further includes a source comprising dopants of a second type, and a drain comprising dopants of the second type, wherein the channel region is between the source and the drain. The MOSFET device further includes a deactivated region underneath the gate, wherein dopants within the deactivated region are deactivated. |
| US10157982B2 |
Charge compensation semiconductor devices
A field-effect semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a first side, an edge delimiting the semiconductor body in a direction substantially parallel to the first side, an active area, and a peripheral area arranged between the active area and the edge. A first metallization is arranged on the first side, and a second metallization is arranged opposite the first metallization and in Ohmic connection with the first semiconductor region. In the active area, the semiconductor body further includes: a plurality of drift portions of the first conductivity type alternating with compensation regions of a second conductivity type, the drift portions being in Ohmic connection with the first semiconductor region, the compensation regions being in Ohmic connection with the first metallization and having in a vertical direction perpendicular to the first side a vertical extension. |
| US10157980B1 |
Semiconductor device having diode devices with different barrier heights and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a Schottky diode. A substrate is provided. A first well region of a first conductive type is formed in the substrate. A first ion implantation of a second conductive type is performed on a first portion of the first well region while keeping a second portion of the first well region from being implanted. A first doped region is formed by heating the substrate to cause dopant diffusion between the first portion and the second portion. A metal-containing layer is formed on the first doped region to obtain a Schottky barrier interface. |
| US10157976B2 |
Capacitor and method for making same
A system-on-chip (SOC) device comprises a first capacitor in a first region, a second capacitor in a second region, and may further comprise a third capacitor in a third region, and any additional number of capacitors in additional regions. The capacitors may be of different shapes and sizes. A region may comprise more than one capacitor. Each capacitor in a region has a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a capacitor insulator. The top electrodes of all the capacitors are formed in a common process, while the bottom electrodes of all the capacitors are formed in a common process. The capacitor insulator may have different number of sub-layers, formed with different materials or different thickness. The capacitors may be formed in an inter-layer dielectric layer or in an inter-metal dielectric layer. The regions may be a mixed signal region, an analog region, a radio frequency region, a dynamic random access memory region, and so forth. |
| US10157975B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
A method includes determining an active region pattern density of a first region of an integrated circuit layout based on a total area of each active region in the first region and an area of the first region. The method includes determining an active region pattern density of a second region of the integrated circuit layout based on a total area of each active region in the second region and an area of the second region. The method includes determining an active region pattern density gradient between the first region to the second region. The method includes determining whether the first region or the second region includes a resistive device. The method includes modifying a portion of the resistive device to include an incremental resistor in response to the first region or the second region including the resistive device. |
| US10157974B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a main surface, a first insulating film formed on the main surface, a first coil formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the first coil and having a first main surface and first side surfaces continuous with the first main surface, a third insulating film formed on the first main surface of the second insulating film and having a second main surface and second side surfaces continuous with the second main surface, and a second coil formed on the second main surface of the third insulating film. The second insulating film and the third insulating film are formed as a laminated insulating film together. A thickness of the second coil is greater than a thickness of the first coil in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10157973B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
An organic light emitting display device comprises a driving transistor for driving an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor controlled by a scan signal and connected between a reference voltage line and a first node of the driving transistor; a second transistor controlled by the scan signal and connected between a data line and a second node of the driving transistor; a first plate with an improved conductive characteristic and connected to the semiconductor layer of the driving transistor and the semiconductor layer of the first transistor; a second plate positioned on the first plate, and connected to the semiconductor layer of the second transistor and a gate electrode of the driving transistor; and a pixel electrode of the organic light emitting diode, positioned on the second plate and connected to the first plate through a contact hole. |
| US10157968B2 |
Display device including white light-emitting layer
A display device according to an embodiment can include a plurality of pixel areas disposed on a lower substrate, each pixel area including a plurality of sub-pixel areas for displaying images. The display device further includes a plurality of light emitting structures disposed respectively in the sub-pixel areas of each pixel area and configured to output at least one color light, a plurality of color filters disposed correspondingly to the light emitting structures and configured to convert the at least one color light output from the light emitting structures into different color lights, and a white light emitting structure configured to output white color light, wherein the white light emitting structure covers all the light emitting structures and the color filters. |
| US10157966B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
An organic light emitting display device includes first and second electrodes facing each other on a substrate, a charge generation layer formed between the first and second electrodes, a first light emitting stack formed between the charge generation layer and the first electrode, and a second light emitting stack formed between the charge generation layer and the second electrode, wherein a hole injection layer of a light emitting stack to realize blue color of the first and second light emitting stacks is formed by doping a host formed of hexaazatriphenylene (HAT-CN) with 0.5% to less than 10% of a dopant formed of a hole transporting material based on a volume of the hole injection layer. |
| US10157965B2 |
Cross-point memory and methods for fabrication of same
The disclosed technology relates generally to integrated circuit devices, and in particular to cross-point memory arrays and methods for fabricating the same. In one aspect, a memory device of the memory array comprises a substrate and a memory cell stack formed between and electrically connected to first and second conductive lines. The memory cell stack comprises a first memory element over the substrate and a second memory element formed over the first element, wherein one of the first and second memory elements comprises a storage element and the other of the first and second memory elements comprises a selector element. The memory cell stack additionally comprises a first pair of sidewalls opposing each other and a second pair of sidewalls opposing each other and intersecting the first pair of sidewalls. The memory device additionally comprises first protective dielectric insulating materials formed on a lower portion of the first pair of sidewalls and an isolation dielectric formed on the first protective dielectric insulating material and further formed on an upper portion of the first pair of sidewalls. |
| US10157961B2 |
Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive element
Provided are a method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive element and a manufacturing system which are capable of manufacturing a magnetoresistive element achieving further downscaling, i.e., further increase in the degree of integration of the magnetoresistive element while having high magnetic properties. The method includes: preparing a stacked film including one of the two magnetic layers, a layer to form the tunnel barrier layer, and the other of the two magnetic layers, on a substrate; forming multiple separated stacked films on the substrate by separating the stacked film into the multiple stacked films by etching; irradiating side portions of the multiple separated stacked films with ion beams in a pressure-reducible process chamber; and after the irradiation with the ion beams, forming oxide layers or nitride layers on surfaces of the multiple stacked films by introducing an oxidizing gas or a nitriding gas into the process chamber. |
| US10157960B2 |
Light-emitting device with electrode extending layer
A light-emitting device includes a substrate; a light-emitting unit formed on the substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor; a second conductivity type semiconductor; an active layer formed between the first and the second conductivity type semiconductors; and an exposed region formed in the light-emitting unit, exposing the first conductivity type semiconductor; a first electrode extending layer formed on the first conductivity type semiconductor in the exposed region; a second electrode extending layer formed on the second conductivity type semiconductor; a transparent insulator, formed on the light-emitting unit and filled in the exposed region; a first electrode formed on the transparent insulator; and a plurality of conductive channel layers formed in the transparent insulator; wherein one of the plurality of conductive channel layers connects the first electrode and one of the first and the second electrode extending layers. |
| US10157957B2 |
Method of manufacturing a curved solid-state imaging element
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging element in which the cost reduction of a curved imaging element can be achieved, a method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging element, and an electronic apparatus. A curvature base is formed so as to be curved in a concave shape at a center leaving a small edge. The curvature base is divided into five portions of an element disposition portion and four peripheral portions. This element disposition portion is formed in a porous state. A pore (air bubble) in the porous state is smaller than a pixel size. A porous material such as a ceramic-based material, a metal-based material, or a resin-based material can be used as the porous material, for example. The present disclosure can be applied to a CMOS solid-state imaging element to be used for an imaging device, for example. |
| US10157956B2 |
Method of monolithic integration of hyperspectral image sensor
A method for monolithic integration of a hyperspectral image sensor is provided, which includes: forming a bottom reflecting layer on a surface of the photosensitive region of a CMOS image sensor wafer; forming a transparent cavity layer composed of N step structures on the bottom reflecting layer through area selective atomic layer deposition processes, where N=2m, m≥1 and m is a positive integer; and forming a top reflecting layer on the transparent cavity layer. With the method, non-uniformity accumulation due to etching processes in conventional technology is minimized, and the cavity layer can be made of materials which cannot be etched. Mosaic cavity layers having such repeated structures with different heights can be formed by extending one-dimensional ASALD, such as extending in another dimension and forming repeated regions, which can be applied to snapshot hyperspectral image sensors, for example, pixels, and greatly improving performance thereof. |
| US10157954B2 |
Wide spectrum optical sensor
An optical sensor including a semiconductor substrate; a first light absorption region formed in the semiconductor substrate, the first light absorption region configured to absorb photons at a first wavelength range and to generate photo-carriers from the absorbed photons; a second light absorption region formed on the first light absorption region, the second light absorption region configured to absorb photons at a second wavelength range and to generate photo-carriers from the absorbed photons; and a sensor control signal coupled to the second light absorption region, the sensor control signal configured to provide at least a first control level and a second control level. |
| US10157953B2 |
Image sensing device and manufacturing method thereof
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor. The back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor includes a semiconductive substrate and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a front side of the semiconductive substrate. The ILD layer includes a dielectric layer over the semiconductive substrate and a contact partially buried inside the semiconductive substrate. The contact includes a silicide layer including a predetermined thickness proximately in a range from about 600 angstroms to about 1200 angstroms. |
| US10157952B2 |
Imaging device including semiconductor substrate and unit pixel cell
An imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate and at least one unit pixel cell provided to a surface of the semiconductor substrate. Each of the at least one unit pixel cell includes: a photoelectric converter including a pixel electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer located on the pixel electrode, the photoelectric converter converting incident light into electric charges; a charge detection transistor that includes a part of the semiconductor substrate and detects the electric charges; and a reset transistor that includes a gate electrode and initializes a voltage of the photoelectric converter. The pixel electrode is located above the charge detection transistor. The reset transistor is located between the charge detection transistor and the pixel electrode. When viewed from a direction normal to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, at least a part of the gate electrode is located outside the pixel electrode. |
| US10157949B2 |
Isolation structure for reducing crosstalk between pixels and fabrication method thereof
An optical isolation structure and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The optical isolation structure includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a third dielectric layer and a dielectric post. The first dielectric layer includes a trench portion located in a trench of the semiconductor substrate. The second dielectric layer includes a trench portion covering the trench portion of the first dielectric layer and located in the trench of the semiconductor substrate. The third dielectric layer includes a trench portion covering the trench portion of the second dielectric layer and located in the trench of the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric post is disposed in the trench of the semiconductor substrate and covering the trench portion of the third dielectric layer. |
| US10157947B2 |
Photonic lock based high bandwidth photodetector
The technique introduced herein decouples the traditional relationship between bandwidth and responsivity, thereby providing a more flexible and wider photodetector design space. In certain embodiments of the technique introduced here, a photodetector device includes a first mirror, a second mirror, and a light absorption region positioned between the first and second reflective mirrors. For example, the first mirror can be a partial mirror, and the second mirror can be a high-reflectivity mirror. The light absorption region is positioned to absorb incident light that is passed through the first mirror and reflected between the first and second mirrors. The first mirror can be configured to exhibit a reflectivity that causes an amount of light energy that escapes from the first mirror, after the light being reflected back by the second mirror, to be zero or near zero. |
| US10157944B2 |
CMOS image sensor structure
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, light-sensing devices and a bonding layer. The substrate overlies the carrier, and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The substrate includes recesses in the second surface, and surfaces of each of the recesses are wet etched surfaces. The light-sensing devices are disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The bonding layer is disposed between the substrate and the carrier. |
| US10157943B2 |
Trenched-bonding-dam device and manufacturing method for same
Trenched-bonding-dam devices and corresponding methods of manufacture are provided. A trenched-bonding-dam device includes a bonding dam structure positioned upon a top surface of a substrate. The bonding dam structure has a bottom surface attached to a top surface of the substrate, an inner dam surrounded by an outer dam, and a trench between the inner and outer dams. The device may further include an optics system including a lens and an adhesive positioned within a bonding region between a bottom surface of the optics system and a top surface of at least one of the inner and outer dams. The trench may be dimensioned to receive a portion of the excess adhesive flowing laterally out of the bonding region during bonding of the substrate to the optics system, laterally confining the excess adhesive and reducing lateral bleeding of the adhesive. |
| US10157939B2 |
Semiconductor device including memory cell which includes transistor and capacitor
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device in which stored data can be held even when power is not supplied for a certain time. Another object is to increase the degree of integration of a semiconductor device and to increase the storage capacity per unit area. A semiconductor device is formed with a material capable of sufficiently reducing off-state current of a transistor, such as an oxide semiconductor material that is a wide-bandgap semiconductor. With the use of a semiconductor material capable of sufficiently reducing off-state current of a transistor, the semiconductor device can hold data for a long time. Furthermore, a wiring layer provided under a transistor, a high-resistance region in an oxide semiconductor film, and a source electrode are used to form a capacitor, thereby reducing the area occupied by the transistor and the capacitor. |
| US10157937B2 |
TFT array substrate
A TFT array substrate includes a display zone having data lines, scan lines, and sub-pixels arranged in an array. For the sub-pixels of the same row, each of the sub-pixels of the even columns is connected with the scan line above the row of the sub-pixels and each of the sub-pixels of the odd columns is connected with the scan line below the row of the sub-pixels. The non-display zone includes fan-out lines respectively corresponding to and connected with the scan lines. Each of the fan-out lines includes a horizontal line segment and a slanted line segment. The slanted line segments of the two fan-out lines respectively corresponding to and connected with two adjacent, upper and lower scan lines are arranged to intersect each other in a mutually isolated manner so as to change the sequence of driving the two adjacent, upper and lower scan lines. |
| US10157935B2 |
Nanosheet capacitor
Embodiments are directed to a method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures having a nanosheet capacitor by forming a first nanosheet stack over a substrate. The first nanosheet stack includes a first nanosheet vertically stacked over a second nanosheet. A second nanosheet stack is formed over the substrate adjacent to the first nanosheet stack. The second nanosheet stack includes a first nanosheet vertically stacked over a second nanosheet. Exposed portions of the first and second nanosheets of the second nanosheet stack are doped and gates are formed over channel regions of the first and second nanosheet stacks. |
| US10157931B2 |
Semiconductor memory and semiconductor memory manufacturing method
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory including a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a transistor. The first capacitor includes a first conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the first conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers. The second capacitor includes a second conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the second conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers. |
| US10157928B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof
A method of forming an SRAM cell includes forming a first vertical pull-down transistor, a second vertical pull-down transistor, a first vertical pass-gate transistor, and a second vertical pass-gate transistor over a semiconductor substrate. The method includes forming a first conductive trace over a top surface of the first vertical pull-down transistor and the first vertical pass-gate transistor, forming a second conductive trace over a top surface of the second vertical pull-down transistor and the second vertical pass-gate transistor, and forming a first vertical pull-up transistor over a first portion of the first conductive trace. The method also includes forming a second vertical pull-up transistor over a first portion of the second conductive trace. The method also includes forming a first via over the first conductive trace and forming a second via over the second conductive trace. |
| US10157926B2 |
Memory cells and memory arrays
Some embodiments include a memory cell having first and second transistors, and a capacitor vertically displaced relative to the first and second transistors. The capacitor has a first node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the first transistor, a second node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the second transistor, and capacitor dielectric material between the first and second nodes. Some embodiments include a memory cell having first and second transistors vertically displaced relative to one another, and a capacitor between the first and second transistors. The capacitor has a first node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the first transistor, a second node electrically coupled with a source/drain region of the second transistor, and capacitor dielectric material between the first and second nodes. |
| US10157921B2 |
Integrated circuit devices including FIN active areas with different shapes
An integrated circuit device can include a substrate having a first area and a second area and a pair of first fin-shaped active areas each having a first shape protruding from the first area in a first direction, adjacent to each other, and extending in a straight line. A fin separation insulating film can be between the pair of first fin-shaped active areas in the first area and a second fin-shaped active area can protrude from the second area in the first direction and have a second shape that is different from the first shape, wherein respective widths of each of the pair of first fin-shaped active areas are less than a corresponding width of the second fin-shaped active area. |
| US10157916B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
Provided is a semiconductor device includes a gate stack, a first doped region, a second doped region, a first lightly doped region and a second lightly doped region. The gate stack is disposed on a substrate. The first doped region is located in the substrate at a first side of the gate stack. The second doped region is located in the substrate at a second side of the gate stack. The first lightly doped region is located in the substrate between the gate stack and the first doped region. The second lightly doped region is located in the substrate between the gate stack and the second doped region. A property of the first lightly doped region is different from a property of the second lightly doped region. |
| US10157915B1 |
Capacitor with improved voltage coefficients
A microelectronic device includes a capacitor having a lower plate of interconnect metal, a capacitor dielectric layer with a lower silicon dioxide layer, a silicon oxy-nitride layer, and an upper silicon dioxide layer, and an upper plate over the upper silicon dioxide layer. The silicon oxy-nitride layer has an average index of refraction of 1.60 to 1.75 at a wavelength of 248 nanometers. To form the microelectronic device, the lower silicon dioxide layer, the silicon oxy-nitride layer, and the upper silicon dioxide layer are formed in sequence over an interconnect metal layer. An upper plate layer is patterned to form the upper plate, leaving the lower silicon dioxide layer and at least half of the silicon oxy-nitride layer over the interconnect metal layer. An interconnect mask is formed of photoresist over the upper plate and the silicon oxy-nitride layer, using the silicon oxy-nitride layer as an anti-reflection layer. |
| US10157914B2 |
Multi-layer semiconductor device structure
One embodiment of the instant disclosure provides a semiconductor structure that comprises: a first device layer including a first active layer disposed over a substrate and a first gate layer disposed on the active layer, where at least one of the first active layer and the first gate layer includes a first layer alignment structure; a first bounding layer disposed over the first device layer, the first bounding layer including an opening arranged to detectably expose the first layer alignment structure; and a second device layer disposed over the bounding layer including a second layer alignment structure, where the second layer alignment structure is substantially aligned to the first layer alignment structure through the opening. |
| US10157912B2 |
CMOS compatible fuse or resistor using self-aligned contacts
A semiconductor device includes dummy gate structures formed on a dielectric layer over a substrate and forming a gap therebetween. A trench silicide structure is formed in the gap on the dielectric layer and extends longitudinally beyond the gap on end portions. The trench silicide structure forms a resistive element. Self-aligned contacts are formed through an interlevel dielectric layer and land on the trench silicide structure beyond the gap on the end portions. |
| US10157906B2 |
Systems and methods for protecting a semiconductor device
Circuits and methods for protecting a device are provided. A first device to be protected includes a gate dielectric of a first thickness. A second device includes a gate dielectric of a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. A gate is shared by the first device and the second device. |
| US10157899B2 |
Packages and methods of forming packages
Various packages and methods of forming packages are discussed. According to an embodiment, a package includes a processor die at least laterally encapsulated by an encapsulant, a memory die at least laterally encapsulated by the encapsulant, and a redistribution structure on the encapsulant. The processor die is communicatively coupled to the memory die through the redistribution structure. According to further embodiments, the memory die can include memory that is a cache of the processor die, and the memory die can comprise dynamic random access memory (DRAM). |
| US10157898B2 |
Illumination devices, and methods of fabricating same
A light emitter, comprising a monolithic n-type layer (comprising at least first and second n-type regions), a monolithic p-type layer (comprising at least first and second p-type regions), at least a first isolation region and at least a first electrically conductive via that extends through at least part of the first isolation region. At least part of the first isolation region is between the first n-type region and the second n-type region, and/or least part of the first isolation region is between the first p-type region and the second p-type region. |
| US10157896B2 |
Method and apparatus for light diffusion
A display apparatus includes a substrate and a plurality of LEDs. Each LED is attached to the substrate via conductive pads on a side of the LED. A diffuser having light diffusing characteristics is aligned with the plurality LEDs against a surface of the substrate. The diffuser is aligned so as to nest around at least one LED of the plurality of LEDs. |
| US10157895B2 |
Seal-ring structure for stacking integrated circuits
A three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) die is provided. In some embodiments, a first IC die comprises a first semiconductor substrate, a first interconnect structure over the first semiconductor substrate, and a first hybrid bond (HB) structure over the first interconnect structure. The first HB structure comprises a HB link layer and a HB contact layer extending from the HB link layer to the first interconnect structure. A second IC die is over the first IC die, and comprises a second semiconductor substrate, a second HB structure, and a second interconnect structure between the second semiconductor substrate and the second HB structure. The second HB structure contacts the first HB structure. A seal-ring structure is in the first and second IC dies. Further, the seal-ring structure extends from the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate, and is defined in part by the HB contact layer. |
| US10157893B2 |
Package-on-package (PoP) structure including stud bulbs
Package-On-Package (PoP) structures including stud bulbs and methods of forming PoP structures are provided. A structure may include a first substrate, stud bulbs, a die, a second substrate, and electrical connectors. The stud bulbs are coupled to a first surface of the first substrate. The die is attached to the first surface of the first substrate. The electrical connectors are coupled to the second substrate, and respective ones of the electrical connectors are coupled to respective ones of the stud bulbs. |
| US10157890B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor structure includes: a first semiconductor workpiece; a second semiconductor workpiece, bonded to a first surface of the first semiconductor workpiece, wherein the second semiconductor workpiece includes two adjacent semiconductor dies; a dielectric material, disposed between the two adjacent semiconductor dies; a first electrically conductive via, formed in the dielectric material and extended to electrically connect the first semiconductor workpiece; a third semiconductor workpiece, bonded to a second surface of the first semiconductor workpiece, the second surface being opposite to the first surface; and a second electrically conductive via, extended into the first semiconductor workpiece and substantially aligned with the first electrically conductive via such that the first electrically conductive via connects the second electrically conductive via. |
| US10157888B1 |
Integrated fan-out packages and methods of forming the same
Integrated fan-out packages and methods of forming the same are disclosed. An integrated fan-out package includes a first chip, a redistribution layer structure, a plurality of connection pads, a plurality of dummy patterns, a plurality of micro-bumps, a second chip and an underfill layer. The redistribution layer structure is electrically connected to the first chip. The connection pads are electrically connected to the redistribution layer structure. The dummy patterns are at one side of the connection pads. The micro-bumps are electrically connected to the connection pads. The second chip is electrically connected to the micro-bumps. The underfill layer covers the plurality of dummy patterns and surrounds the micro-bumps. |
| US10157885B2 |
Package structure having magnetic bonding between substrates
A package structure and method for forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a first die, and the first die includes a first magnetic pad formed over a first substrate. The package structure includes a second die, and the second die includes a second magnetic pad formed over a second substrate. The package structure also includes a hybrid bonding structure formed between the first die and the second die of the second wafer. The hybrid bonding structure includes a magnetic bonding structure which is made of the first magnetic pad and the second magnetic layer. |
| US10157884B2 |
3D die stacking structure with fine pitches
A package includes package includes a first package component including a first plurality of electrical connectors at a top surface of the first package component, and a second plurality of electrical connectors longer than the first plurality of electrical connectors at the top surface of the first package component. A first device die is over the first package component and bonded to the first plurality of electrical connectors. A second package component is overlying the first package component and the first device die. The second package component includes a third plurality of electrical connectors at a bottom surface of the second package component. The third plurality of electrical connectors is bonded to the second plurality of electrical connectors. A fourth plurality of electrical connectors is at a bottom surface of the second package. The second and the fourth plurality of electrical connectors comprise non-solder metallic materials. |
| US10157883B2 |
Semiconductor package including stepwise stacked chips
A semiconductor package comprises a package substrate; a first chip stack and a second chip stack mounted side by side on the package substrate, wherein the first and second chip stacks each include a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on the package substrate, wherein each of the semiconductor chips includes a plurality of bonding pads provided on a respective edge region thereof, wherein at least some of the plurality of bonding pads are functional pads, and wherein the functional pads occupy a region that is substantially less than an entirety of the respective edge region. |
| US10157882B2 |
3D chip-on-wafer-on-substrate structure with via last process
Disclosed herein is a package comprising a first redistribution layer (RDL) disposed on a first side of a first semiconductor substrate and a second RDL disposed on a second semiconductor substrate, wherein the first RDL is bonded to the second RDL. First conductive elements are disposed in the first RDL and the second RDL. First vias extend from one or more of the first conductive elements through the first semiconductor substrate to a second side of the first semiconductor substrate opposite the first side. First spacers are interposed between the first semiconductor substrate and the first vias and each extend from a respective one of the first conductive elements through the first semiconductor substrate. |
| US10157875B2 |
Chip package and method for forming the same
A chip package including a first substrate is provided. The first substrate includes a sensing device. A second substrate is attached onto the first substrate and includes an integrated circuit device. A first conductive structure is electrically connected to the sensing device and the integrated circuit device through a redistribution layer disposed on the first substrate. An insulating layer covers the first substrate, the second substrate and the redistribution layer. The insulating layer has a hole therein and a second conductive structure is disposed under the bottom of the hole. A method for forming the chip package is also provided. |
| US10157872B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising forming interconnection structures by at least part performing a lateral plating process, and a semiconductor device manufactured thereby. |
| US10157871B1 |
Integrated fan-out package and manufacturing method thereof
An integrated fan-out package includes a die, an encapsulant, a redistribution structure, a plurality of conductive pillars, a seed layer, and a plurality of conductive bumps. The encapsulant encapsulates the die. The redistribution structure is over the die and the encapsulant. The redistribution structure is electrically connected to the die and includes a plurality of dielectric layers that are sequentially stacked and a plurality of conductive patterns sandwiched between the dielectric layers. A Young's modulus of the dielectric layer farthest away from the die is higher than a Young's modulus of each of the rest of the dielectric layers. The conductive patterns are electrically connected to each other. The conductive pillars are disposed on and electrically connected to the redistribution structure. The seed layer is located between the conductive pillars and the redistribution structure. The conductive bumps are disposed on the plurality of conductive pillars. |
| US10157870B1 |
Integrated fan-out package and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating an integrated fan-out package is described. The method includes the following steps. A carrier is provided. Through insulator vias are formed on the carrier, and at least one semiconductor die is provided on the carrier. The semiconductor die is attached to the carrier through a die attach film. An insulating encapsulant having a first region and a second region is formed on the carrier. The insulating encapsulant in the first region is encapsulating the semiconductor die, and the insulating encapsulant in the second region is encapsulating the plurality of through insulator vias. The carrier is debonded, and a trimming process is performed to remove portions of the insulating encapsulant in the second region, and a trench is formed in the insulating encapsulant in the second region. A plurality of conductive balls is disposed on the insulating encapsulant in the second region. The plurality of conductive balls surround the first region of the insulating encapsulant and the die attach film, and is electrically connected to the plurality of through insulator vias. |
| US10157866B2 |
Interconnect structure and method of forming same
A method includes depositing a dielectric layer over a substrate, patterning the dielectric layer to form a first opening and a second opening, wherein a width of the second opening is greater than a width of the first opening, forming a first metal layer over the dielectric layer, wherein a planar surface of the first metal layer in the second opening is lower than a top surface of the dielectric layer, forming a second metal layer in a conformal manner over the first metal layer, wherein a material of the first metal layer is different from a material of the second metal layer and applying a polishing process to the first metal layer and the second metal layer until the dielectric layer is exposed. |
| US10157863B2 |
Method for forming a lid structure for a semiconductor device package
A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate and a die structure formed over the substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a lid structure formed over the die structure. The lid structure includes a top portion with a top length and a bottom portion with a bottom length, and the top length is greater than the bottom length. The semiconductor device structure also includes a package layer formed between the lid structure and the die structure, and a sidewall of the bottom portion of the lid structure is not aligned with a sidewall of the die structure. |
| US10157861B2 |
Crack propagation prevention and enhanced particle removal in scribe line seals of semiconductor devices
Disclosed embodiments include an integrated circuit having a semiconductor substrate with insulator layers and conductor layers overlying the semiconductor substrate. A scribe region overlying the semiconductor substrate and a periphery of the integrated circuit includes a crack arrest structure and a scribe seal. The crack arrest structure provides first vertical conductor structure that surrounds the periphery of the integrated circuit. The scribe seal is spaced from and surrounded by the crack arrest structure and provides a second vertical conductor structure. The scribe seal includes first and second vias spaced from each other and connected to one of the conductor layers. The first via is a trench via and the second via is a stitch via, with the second via being located closer to the crack arrest structure than the first via. |
| US10157856B2 |
Seal ring structure and fabrication method therefor
A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a dummy structure over a semiconductor body. The method further includes depositing an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) over the semiconductor body. The method further includes removing a dummy material of the dummy structure to form an opening in the ILD. The method further includes filling the opening with a dielectric material to form a dielectric structure. The method further includes stacking a plurality of interconnect elements over the dielectric structure. |
| US10157855B2 |
Semiconductor device including electric and magnetic field shielding
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device package and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device package includes a carrier, at least one electronic component, a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer. The carrier has a top surface on which the electronic component is disposed. The first magnetic layer is disposed on the top surface of the carrier and encapsulates the electronic component. The second magnetic layer is disposed on the first magnetic layer and covers a top surface and a lateral surface of the first magnetic layer. A permeability of the first magnetic layer is less than a permeability of the second magnetic layer. |
| US10157849B2 |
Packages with molding structures and methods of forming the same
A method includes molding a device die in a molding material, wherein a metal pillar of the device die is exposed through a surface of the molding material. A substrate is adhered to the molding material. The substrate includes a redistribution layer that further includes redistribution lines. A plating is performed to fill a through-opening in the substrate to form a through-via. The through-via is plated on the metal pillar of the device die. An electrical connector is formed to electrically couple to the through-via. |
| US10157847B2 |
Semiconductor packages with embedded bridge interconnects
Semiconductor packages with embedded bridge interconnects, and related assemblies and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a semiconductor package may have a first side and a second side, and may include a bridge interconnect, embedded in a build-up material, having a first side with a plurality of conductive pads. The semiconductor package may also include a via having a first end that is narrower than a second end. The bridge interconnect and via may be arranged so that the first side of the semiconductor package is closer to the first side of the bridge interconnect than to the second side of the bridge interconnect, and so that the first side of the semiconductor package is closer to the first end of the via than to the second end of the via. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. |
| US10157846B2 |
Method for forming chip package involving cutting process
Structures and formation methods of a chip package are provided. The method includes disposing a semiconductor die over a carrier substrate and forming a protection layer over the carrier substrate to surround the semiconductor die. The method also includes forming a dielectric layer over the protection layer and the semiconductor die. The method further includes cutting an upper portion of the dielectric layer to improve flatness of the dielectric layer. In addition, the method includes forming a conductive layer over the dielectric layer after cutting the upper portion of the dielectric layer. |
| US10157845B2 |
Method for fabricating a local interconnect in a semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor having a first gate, a first source and a first drain, a second transistor having a second gate, a second source and a second drain, an isolation region separating the first transistor from the second transistor, and a local interconnect connecting at least one of the first source and the first drain to at least the second source and the second drain. The local interconnect is in contact with a surface of the at least one of the first source and the first drain, a surface of the at least the second source and the second drain and a surface of a part of the isolation region. |
| US10157843B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first dielectric layer is formed over a substrate, first recesses are formed in the first dielectric layer. Metal wirings extending is a first direction are formed in the first recesses. A mask layer is formed over the metal wirings and the first dielectric layer, which includes a first opening extending in the first direction and is located above a space between adjacent two metal wirings. A first groove corresponding to the first opening is formed between the adjacent two metal wirings by etching the first dielectric layer using the mask layer as an etching mask. A second dielectric layer is formed so that a first air gap is formed in the first groove. A width of the first opening in a perpendicular direction to the first direction is smaller than a space between the adjacent two metal wirings. |
| US10157839B1 |
Interconnect structure and manufacturing method thereof
An interconnect structure includes a first substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a cavity extended through the first substrate, and a first recess extended from the second surface towards the first surface; a second substrate disposed opposite to the second surface of the first substrate; an electronic device disposed within the cavity; a first polymeric layer disposed over the first surface and within the cavity of the first substrate; and a second polymeric layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and within the first recess. |
| US10157833B1 |
Via and skip via structures
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to via and skip via structures and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming a plurality of openings in a hardmask material; blocking at least one of the plurality of openings of the hardmask material with a blocking material; etching a skip via to a metallization feature in a stack of metallization features through another of the plurality of openings which is not blocked by the blocking material; and at least partially filling the skip via by a bottom up fill process. |
| US10157825B2 |
Dummy metal with zigzagged edges
A structure includes a metal pad, a passivation layer having a portion covering edge portions of the metal pad, and a dummy metal plate over the passivation layer. The dummy metal plate has a plurality of through-openings therein. The dummy metal plate has a zigzagged edge. A dielectric layer has a first portion overlying the dummy metal plate, second portions filling the first plurality of through-openings, and a third portion contacting the first zigzagged edge. |
| US10157823B2 |
High density fan out package structure
A high density fan out package structure may include a contact layer. The contact layer includes a conductive interconnect layer having a first surface facing an active die and a second surface facing a redistribution layer. The high density fan out package structure has a barrier layer on the first surface of the conductive interconnect layer. The high density fan out package structure may also include the redistribution layer, which has conductive routing layers. The conductive routing layers may be configured to couple a first conductive interconnect to the conductive interconnect layer. The high density fan out package structure may further include a first via coupled to the barrier liner and configured to couple with a second conductive interconnect to the active die. |
| US10157817B1 |
Chip-scale cooling device having through-silicon vias and flow directing features
A cooling structure includes a first substrate layer including an array of cooling channels, a second substrate layer including a nozzle structure, an outlet manifold, and an outlet, a third substrate layer including an inlet, and inlet manifold, and one or more flow directing features are disposed within the inlet manifold. The one or more flow directing features include one or more micro-pillars extending into the cooling fluid flow path from the inlet manifold, the first substrate layer includes one or more first substrate layer through-holes, the second substrate layer includes one or more second substrate layer-through holes, and the third substrate layer includes one or more third-substrate layer through holes. The first substrate layer through-holes, the second substrate layer through-holes, and the third substrate layer through-holes are aligned into one or more TSVs and metallized. |
| US10157816B2 |
Phase changing on-chip thermal heat sink
A method of forming an on-chip heat sink includes forming a device on a substrate. The method also includes forming a plurality of insulator layers over the device. The method further includes forming a heat sink in at least one of the plurality of insulator layers and proximate to the device. The heat sink includes a reservoir of phase change material having a melting point temperature that is less than an upper limit of a design operating temperature of the chip. |
| US10157813B2 |
3DIC packaging with hot spot thermal management features
A package includes a substrate having a conductive layer, and the conductive layer comprises an exposed portion. A die stack is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. A high thermal conductivity material is disposed over the substrate and contacting the exposed portion of the conductive layer. The package further includes a contour ring over and contacting the high thermal conductivity material. |
| US10157810B2 |
Systems and methods to enhance passivation integrity
Some embodiments relate to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a layer disposed over a substrate. A conductive body extends through the layer. A plurality of bar or pillar structures are spaced apart from one another and laterally surround the conductive body. The plurality of bar or pillar structures are generally concentric around the conductive body. |
| US10157809B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of making a semiconductor device with passivation layers providing tuned resistance
A semiconductor device and a method of making the same are disclosed. The device includes a substrate including an AlGaN layer located on a GaN layer for forming a two dimensional electron gas at an interface between the AlGaN layer and the GaN layer. The device also includes a plurality of electrical contacts located on a major surface of the substrate. The device further includes a plurality of passivation layers located on the major surface of the substrate. The plurality of passivation layers includes a first passivation layer of a first passivation material contacting a first area of the major surface and a second passivation layer of a second passivation material contacting a second area of the major surface. The first and second passivation materials are different passivation materials. The different passivation materials may be compositions of silicon nitride that include different proportions of silicon. |
| US10157808B2 |
Package structure and method of forming package structure
A package structure includes a semiconductor device, a first molding compound, a through-via, a first dielectric layer, a first redistribution line, and a second molding compound. The first molding compound is in contact with a sidewall of the semiconductor device. The through-via is in the first molding compound and is electrically connected to the semiconductor device. The first dielectric layer is over the semiconductor device. The first redistribution line is in the first dielectric layer and is electrically connected to the semiconductor device and the through-via. The second molding compound is in contact with a sidewall of the first dielectric layer. |
| US10157807B2 |
Sensor packages and manufacturing mehtods thereof
Sensor packages and manufacturing methods thereof are disclosed. One of the sensor packages includes a semiconductor chip and a redistribution layer structure. The semiconductor chip has a sensing surface. The redistribution layer structure is arranged to form an antenna transmitter structure aside the semiconductor chip and an antenna receiver structure over the sensing surface of the semiconductor chip. |
| US10157806B2 |
Power electronic submodule comprising a bipartite housing
A submodule comprising: a substrate, a power semiconductor component, a connection device, a terminal device and an insulating body. The substrate has conductor tracks electrically insulated from one another, and the component is electrically conductively connected to a track. The connection device is a film composite with a first surface facing the component and the substrate and an opposed second surface. The insulating body has: a first partial body, connected to an edge of the substrate, a first cutout for a terminal, a second partial body, embodied as a pressure body and a second cutout, with a pressure element projecting therefrom. The second partial body is movable relative to the first partial body in the direction of the substrate to press with the pressure element onto a section of the second surface. The section is within the area of the component in projection along the direction of the normal thereto. |
| US10157804B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining a critical dimension variation of a photolithographic mask
The invention relates to a method for determining a critical dimension variation of a photolithographic mask which comprises (a) using layout data of the photolithographic mask to determine at least two sub-areas of the photolithographic mask, each sub-area comprising a group of features, (b) measuring a distribution of a transmission of each sub-area, (c) determining a deviation of the transmission from a mean transmission value for each sub-area, (d) determining a constant specific for each sub-area, and (e) determining the critical dimension variation of the photolithographic mask by combining for each sub-area the deviation of the transmission and the sub-area specific constant. |
| US10157802B2 |
Workpiece evaluating method
A workpiece evaluating method evaluates the gettering property of a device wafer having a plurality of devices formed on the front side of the wafer and having a gettering layer formed inside the wafer. The method includes the steps of applying excitation light for exciting a carrier to the wafer, applying microwaves to a light applied area where the excitation light is applied and also to an area other than the light applied area, measuring the intensity of the microwaves reflected from the light applied area and from the area other than the light applied area, subtracting the intensity of the microwaves reflected from the area other than the light applied area from the intensity of the microwaves reflected from the light applied area to thereby obtain a differential signal, and determining the gettering property of the gettering layer according to the intensity of the differential signal obtained above. |
| US10157801B2 |
Detecting the cleanness of wafer after post-CMP cleaning
A method includes performing Chemical Mechanical Polish (CMP) on a wafer, placing the wafer on a chuck, performing a post-CMP cleaning on the wafer, and determining cleanness of the wafer when the wafer is located on the chuck. |
| US10157795B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first gate, a second gate, and an insulating structure. The substrate includes a first fin and a second fin. The first gate is disposed over the first fin. The second gate is disposed over the second fin. A gap is formed between the first gate and the second gate, and the gap gets wider toward the substrate. The insulating structure is disposed in the gap. The insulating structure has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other. The bottom surface faces the substrate. An edge of the top surface facing the first gate is curved inward the top surface. |
| US10157794B1 |
Integrated circuit structure with stepped epitaxial region
Embodiments of the disclosure provide integrated circuit (IC) structures with stepped epitaxial regions and methods of forming the same. A method according to the disclosure can include: removing a portion of a substrate to form a recess therein, the portion of the substrate being laterally adjacent to a semiconductor fin having a sidewall spacer thereon, to expose an underlying sidewall of the semiconductor fin; forming an epitaxial layer within the recess, such that the epitaxial layer laterally abuts the sidewall of the semiconductor fin below the sidewall spacer; removing a portion of the epitaxial layer to form a stepped epitaxial region adjacent to the semiconductor fin, the stepped epitaxial region including a first region laterally abutting the sidewall of the semiconductor fin, and a second region laterally adjacent to the first region; and forming a gate structure over the stepped epitaxial region and adjacent to the semiconductor fin. |
| US10157788B2 |
Self-aligned interconnection for integrated circuits
Methods and structures provide horizontal conductive lines of fine pitch and self-aligned contacts extending from them, where the contacts have at least one dimension with a more relaxed pitch. Buried hard mask materials permit self-alignment of the lines and contacts without a critical mask, such as for word-line electrode lines and word-line contacts in a memory device. |
| US10157781B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor structure using polishing process
Methods for forming semiconductor structures are provided. The method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a conductive material in the trench and over a top surface of the material layer and polishing the conductive material with a slurry to expose the top surface of the material layer and to form a conductive structure in the trench. The method for forming a semiconductor structure further includes forming a material layer over a substrate and forming a trench in the material layer. The method for forming a semiconductor structure further includes removing the slurry with a reducing solution. In addition, the reducing solution includes a reducing agent, and a standard electrode voltage of the conductive material is greater than a standard electrode voltage of the reducing agent. |
| US10157779B2 |
Multi-barrier deposition for air gap formation
A method includes forming a first conductive line and a second conductive line in a dielectric layer, etching a portion of the dielectric layer to form a trench between the first conductive line and the second conductive line, and forming a first etch stop layer. The first etch stop layer extends into the trench. A second etch stop layer is formed over the first etch stop layer. The second etch stop layer extends into the trench, and the second etch stop layer is more conformal than the first etch stop layer. A dielectric material is filled into the trench and over the second etch stop layer. An air gap is formed in the dielectric material. |
| US10157778B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a gate structure disposed over the substrate, a dielectric material disposed over the substrate and the gate structure, a conductive structure extending within the dielectric material, and a void extending within the dielectric material and disposed over the gate structure. |
| US10157775B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
In a pattern forming method, a stacked structure, including a bottom layer, a middle layer and a first mask layer, is formed. The middle layer includes a first cap layer, an intermediate layer and a second cap layer. The first mask layer is patterned by using a first resist pattern as an etching mask. The second cap layer is patterned by using the patterned first mask layer as an etching mask. A second mask layer is formed over the patterned second cap layer, and is patterned by using a second resist pattern as an etching mask. The second cap layer is patterned by using the patterned second mask layer as an etching mask. The intermediate layer and the first cap layer are patterned by using the patterned second cap layer as an etching mask. The bottom layer is patterned by using the patterned first cap layer as an etching mask. |
| US10157773B1 |
Semiconductor structure having layer with re-entrant profile and method of forming the same
A method of forming a semiconductor structure is provided. In this method, a semiconductor substrate is provided. A SoC layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. A hard mask layer is formed over the SoC layer. The hard mask layer is patterned to expose a portion of the SoC layer. At least one opening is formed on the portion of the SoC layer using an ALE operation, thereby enabling the remaining portion of the SoC layer adjacent to the at least one opening to have a re-entrant angle included between a sidewall of the SoC layer and a bottom of the SoC layer. |
| US10157771B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device are provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region, and forming a plurality of fins on the semiconductor substrate in the first region and the second region. The method also includes forming a first barrier layer on surfaces of the fins in the first region, and forming an isolation fluid layer on the semiconductor substrate to cover the first barrier layer in the first region and to cover the fins in the second region. Further, the method includes forming an isolation film and a by-product layer by an oxygen-containing annealing process respectively from the isolation fluid layer and sidewalls of the fins in the second region. |
| US10157767B2 |
Apparatus for picking semiconductor devices
An apparatus for picking up one or more semiconductor devices includes a body having an air chamber that communicates with surroundings outside of the body and at least a first supply line through which compressed air is supplied into the air chamber, a pickup cylinder penetrating through the body and movably installed in the body, a suction pad being provided at an end portion of the pickup cylinder, and a power transformer secured to the pickup cylinder and transforming an air pressure of the air chamber to a driving force for driving the pickup cylinder. |
| US10157766B2 |
Method of fabricating a semiconductor device
Provided are methods of fabricating a semiconductor device. According to the method, a first glue layer, a first release layer, a second glue layer, and a second release layer may be sequentially interposed between a carrier and a device wafer. All of the first glue layer, the first release layer, the second glue layer, and the second release layer may be formed of thermosetting resin. |
| US10157758B2 |
Work heating device and work treatment device
Provided are a work heating device which is capable of heating a work piece with high soaking properties as well as fine temperature control and which remains highly reliable over a long-term use by preventing the deformation or the like of a chuck member, and a work treating device that uses the work heating device. The work heating device is a work heating device in which the chuck member including a work attraction electrode for work attraction and a heater member including a heating element for work heating are layered, and which is capable of heating with the heater member the work piece stuck by attraction on the chuck member side, in which the heater member includes a chuck attraction electrode for causing the chuck member to stick by attraction, between a surface of the heater member that is opposed to the chuck member and the heating element, so that the chuck member and the heater member are layered detachably. The work treating device is obtained by putting the work heating device on a base platform. |
| US10157757B2 |
Gas-controlled bonding platform for edge defect reduction during wafer bonding
A wafer bonding method includes placing a top wafer on a top bonding framework including a plurality of outlet holes around a periphery of the top bonding framework. A bottom wafer is placed on a bottom bonding framework that includes a plurality of inlet holes around a periphery of the bottom bonding framework. The top bonding framework is in overlapping relation to the bottom bonding framework such that a gap exist between the top wafer and the bottom wafer. A gas stream is circulated through the gap between the top wafer and the bottom wafer entering the gap through one or more of the plurality of inlet holes and exiting the gap through one or more of the plurality of outlet holes. The gas stream replaces any existing ambient moisture from the gap between the top wafer and the bottom wafer. |
| US10157752B2 |
Systems and methods for in SITU maintenance of a thin hardmask during an etch process
Methods of patterning a target material layer are provided herein. The method includes steps of positioning a semiconductor wafer having the target material layer thereon in an etch chamber and of providing a flow of etch gases into the etch chamber, the flow of etch gases etchant gas comprising a plurality of gases. The semiconductor wafer has a patterned hardmask feature formed from a compound on the target material layer. The method also includes steps of etching the target material layer using the patterned hardmask feature as a mask feature, wherein one of the gases chemically alters the patterned hardmask feature and at least one of the gases chemically repairs the patterned hardmask feature so that the patterned hardmask feature retains its dimensions during the etching. Associated semiconductor wafer are also provided herein. |
| US10157750B2 |
Plasma processing method and plasma processing apparatus
The present invention provides a plasma processing method and a plasma processing apparatus. The plasma processing method enables consistent processing by realizing a high selectivity and a high etching rate when etching a laminated film using a boron-containing amorphous carbon film, realizes high throughput including prior and post processes by simplifying a mask forming process, and has shape controllability of vertical processing. In the present invention, in a plasma processing method for forming a mask by plasma-etching a laminated film including an amorphous carbon film containing boron, the boron-containing amorphous carbon film is plasma-etched by using a mixed gas of an oxygen gas, a fluorine-containing gas, a halogen gas, and a silicon tetrafluoride gas, or a mixed gas of an oxygen gas, a fluorine-containing gas, a halogen gas, and a silicon tetrachloride gas. |
| US10157748B2 |
Fin profile improvement for high performance transistor
A finFET semiconductor device and method for fabricating such a device are presented. The semiconductor device includes a first fin formed in a first semiconducting layer, a second fin formed in a second semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer disposed between the first fin and the second fin. The first fin, the second fin, and the insulating layer form a stacked structure above a substrate. Sidewalls of the first fin are substantially more vertical than sidewalls of the second fin. |
| US10157745B2 |
High aspect ratio gates
Embodiments are directed to a method of forming a feature of a semiconductor device. In one or more embodiments, the feature is a gate, and the method includes forming a substrate and forming a gate material extending over a major surface of the substrate. The method further includes forming a trench extending through the gate material and into the substrate in a first direction, wherein the trench further extends through the gate material and the substrate in a second direction. The method further includes filling the trench with a fill material and forming individual gates from the gate material, wherein the individual gates extend along a third direction. |
| US10157743B2 |
Methods of patterning a target layer
A method of forming patterns includes the steps of providing a substrate on which a target layer and a hard mask layer are formed; forming a plurality of first resist patterns on the hard mask layer; performing a tilt-angle ion implant process to form a first doped area and a second doped area in the hard mask layer between adjacent first resist patterns; removing the first resist patterns; coating a directed self-assembly (DSA) material layer onto the hard mask layer; performing a self-assembling process of the DSA material layer to form repeatedly arranged block copolymer patterns in the DSA material layer; removing undesired portions from the DSA material layer to form second patterns on the hard mask layer; transferring the second patterns to the hard mask layer to form third patterns; and etching the target layer through the third patterns. |
| US10157741B1 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes providing a first lot including a plurality of first wafers and a second lot including a plurality of second wafers; deriving a first processing time for processing the first lot; deriving a second processing time for processing the second lot; deriving a processing time difference between the first processing time and the second processing time; loading a first mask on a mask stage; processing the first lot on a wafer stage; removing the first mask from the mask stage; loading a second mask on the mask stage; and processing the second lot on the wafer stage, wherein a time interval between accomplishment of the processing of the first lot and beginning of the processing of the second lot is substantially greater than or equal to the processing time difference. |
| US10157739B2 |
Orientation layer for directed self-assembly patterning process
Disclosed is a method of forming a semiconductor device using a self-assembly (DSA) patterning process. The method includes forming a patterned feature over a substrate; applying an orientation material that includes a first polymer and a second polymer over the substrate, wherein the first polymer has a first activation energy and the second polymer has a second activation energy; baking the substrate at first temperature thereby forming a first orientation layer that includes the first polymer; baking the substrate at second temperature thereby forming a second orientation layer that includes the second polymer; and performing a directed self-assembly (DSA) process over the first and the second orientation layers. |
| US10157738B2 |
Method for manufacturing oxide
Provided is a method for manufacturing an oxide with a novel crystal structure, an oxide with high crystallinity, or an oxide with low impurity concentration by a sputtering method. The method comprises the steps of cleaving pellets and aggregates of atoms from a sputtering target containing indium, an element M (aluminum, gallium, yttrium, or tin), and zinc, depositing the pellets and the aggregates of atoms on a substrate, and then filling a gap between the pellets by the aggregates of atoms with lateral growths. |
| US10157733B2 |
Methods for igniting a plasma in a substrate processing chamber
Embodiments of method for igniting a plasma are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for igniting a plasma includes: flowing a process gas into a process chamber to increase a pressure within the process chamber to a first pressure; applying a first bias voltage from a collimator power source to a collimator disposed within the process chamber; and applying a second power to a sputtering source disposed in the process chamber above the collimator after the first pressure has been reached and the first bias voltage is applied to ignite the plasma. |
| US10157726B2 |
Cathodoluminescence detector including inner and outer tubes sealed from a vacuum chamber of an associated particle beam system
The invention relates to a cathodoluminescence detection system comprising: a collecting optic (112) collecting light radiation (108) from a sample illuminated by a beam of charged particles and reflecting said radiation (108) onto analysis means, said collecting optic (112) being placed in a chamber, called a vacuum chamber, wherein the pressure is below atmospheric pressure; and means (316) for adapting the light radiation, placed downstream of the collecting optic (112) and designed to adapt said light radiation (108) at the inlet of the analysis means. Said system is characterized in that all or part of the adapting means (316) is placed in an environment where the pressure is higher than the pressure in said vacuum chamber. |
| US10157724B2 |
Electron scanning microscope and image generation method
In a scanning electron microscope, an atmospheric pressure space having a specimen arranged therein and a vacuum space arranged on a charged particle optical system side are isolated from each other using an isolation film that transmits charged particle beams. The scanning electron microscope has an electron optical lens barrel, a chassis, and an isolation film. The electron optical lens barrel radiates a primary electron beam onto a specimen. The chassis is directly bonded to the inside of the electron optical lens barrel and has an inside that turns into a lower vacuum state than the inside of the electron optical lens barrel at least during the radiation of the primary electron beam. The isolation film isolates a space in an atmospheric pressure atmosphere having a specimen mounted therein and the inside of the chassis in a lower vacuum state, and transmits the primary charged particle beam. |
| US10157721B2 |
Electrical breaker rear side actuator
A breaker actuator includes a slide plate, at least one actuator lever, and a drive plate. The slide plate is linearly movable. The actuator lever is rotatable about a pivot. The actuator lever engages the slide plate and rotational movement of the actuator lever is actuatable by linear movement of the slide plate. The drive plate is moveable between an off position and an on position and is actuatable by rotational motion of the at least one actuator lever. A method for actuating a breaker includes moving a slide plate linearly from a first position to a second position, rotating at least one actuator lever about a pivot from a first position to a second position by the linear movement of the slide plate, and moving a drive plate in front of an electrical breaker from an off position to an on position by the rotational motion of the actuator lever. |
| US10157720B2 |
Integrated mechanical device with vertical movement
A device includes a thermally deformable assembly accommodated in a cavity of the interconnection part of an integrated circuit. The assembly can bend when there is a variation in temperature, so that its free end zone is displaced vertically. The assembly can be formed in the back end of line of the integrated circuit. |
| US10157718B2 |
Longitudinal switch for electric contact locking and position changing system
A longitudinal switch for an electric contact locking and position changing system was designed to position securely the movable switch elements (7), which are urged by springs (5) and a rack (1) and toothed gear (8) mechanism for moving a vertical shaft (9), acting upon fixed elements (contacts) (16) of an electrically insulating rail surface (15). Positions are changed by turning a control button (39) and the toothed gear (8), causing the vertical shaft (9) to rotate, thus moving the rack (1) and causing the movable elements (7) to slide on the semicircular surface (17) of the fixed elements (16), overcoming the force of the springs (5) and compressing them. Once the gap between the fixed elements (16) is located, the springs (5) push back, keeping the movable elements (7) locked and ensuring the effective electric contact with the electric current passing through these points of contact. |
| US10157709B2 |
Actuating element and electronic domestic appliance having at least one actuating element
An actuating element for an electronic domestic appliance has an electrically non-conductive carrier which defines at least one preferably substantially cylindrical detection portion. A plurality of electrically conductive measuring electrodes is spaced apart from one another along the detection portion of the carrier. A preferably substantially annular operating element is disposed at a first predefined distance from the measuring electrodes and is movable relative thereto. The operating element additionally has at least one sensor portion which is at least partially electrically conductive and is disposed at a second predefined distance from the measuring electrodes. The second predefined distance is different from the first predefined distance, so that a movement of the sensor portion and therefore of the operating element relative to the configuration of measuring electrodes can be detected. |
| US10157708B2 |
Wrapping method for common mode inductor
The present disclosure provides a wrapping method for the common inductor. The common mode inductor includes a first coil winding and a second coil winding. The wrapping method for a common mode inductor includes steps of: disposing two isolation blocking sheets at different positions of a magnetic core; wrapping the first coil winding around the magnetic core, wherein the first coil winding is divided into two wrapping areas by one of the isolation blocking sheets; wrapping the second coil winding around the magnetic core, wherein the second coil winding is divided into two wrapping areas by the other one of the isolation blocking sheets, wherein the first coil winding and the second coil winding are symmetrically wrapped. |
| US10157706B2 |
Inductor structure with magnetic material
An inductor structure is provided. The inductor structure includes a first dielectric layer formed over a substrate and a magnetic layer formed over the first dielectric layer. The magnetic layer has a planar top surface, a planar bottom surface, a protruding portion surrounding the planar top surface, and the protruding portion is higher than the planar top surface. |
| US10157702B2 |
Pulse transformer
A voltage converter comprises a second controller as a power switch of the secondary side of the transformer for comparing a detection voltage representing an output voltage and/or load current with a first reference voltage and generating a control signal, and a coupling element for transmitting the control signal generated by the second controller to the first controller on the primary side of the transformer enabling the first controller to generate a first pulse signal driving the power switch to control the on/off state of the primary side winding. |
| US10157701B2 |
R-T-B based permanent magnet
The present invention provides a R-T-B based permanent magnet, comprising a demagnetization curve having a slope ΔJ/Δ(H/HcJ) of less than 400 kG at a region where the value of magnetic field is Hk or less, wherein it is preferable that R in the composition of R-T-B is represented by (R11-xR2x), and T represents one or more transition metal elements containing Fe or a combination of Fe and Co as necessary, where: R1 represents the rare earth element(s) composed of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and R2 contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Ce and La, and 0.2≤x≤0.7. |
| US10157694B2 |
Copper alloy for electronic/electric device, copper alloy plastic working material for electronic/electric device, and component and terminal for electronic/electric device
This copper alloy for an electronic/electric device includes Mg at an amount of 3.3 atom % to 6.9 atom % with a remainder substantially being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein a strength ratio TSTD/TSLD is more than 1.02, and the strength ratio TSTD/TSLD is calculated from a strength TSTD measured by a tensile test carried out in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction and a strength TSLD measured by a tensile test carried out in a direction parallel to the rolling direction. |
| US10157691B2 |
Method for treatment of spent radioactive ion exchange resins
[A] method and an apparatus for the treatment of waste ion exchange resins containing radionuclides, and further relating to a method for the treatment of waste ion exchange resins containing radionuclides by the stepwise heat treatment and an apparatus to accomplish the method. |
| US10157687B2 |
Iron-based composition for fuel element
Disclosed embodiments include fuel assemblies, fuel element, cladding material, methods of making a fuel element, and methods of using same. |
| US10157686B1 |
Automated document filing
A document management device provides a user interface that receives an indication from a user of one or more series associated with an electronic document, such as a scanned or electronically completed medical-related form. In other embodiments, the document management device comprises document detection intelligence that determines a type of document and/or series for an electronic document. After determining a series associated with a document, one or more attributes that have previously been associated with the determined series are associated with the electronic document. The attributes associated with the electronic document may then be used to control user's rights to the document, indicate a type of viewer associated with the document, indicate a storage location for the document, and/or indicate a type of the electronic document, for example. |
| US10157685B2 |
Memory device and operating method thereof
A memory device may include a plurality of memory cells; one or more backup memory cells; a test circuit suitable for performing a backup operation and a test operation to a test target cell selected among the plurality of memory cells; and a control circuit suitable for accessing the backup memory cells instead of the test target cell during the performance of the test operation after completion of the backup operation for the selected test target cell, wherein, during the backup operation, the test circuit controls the control circuit to copy an original data of the test target cell to a corresponding backup memory cell selected among the backup memory cells, and wherein, during the test operation, the test circuit determines whether the test target cell is a pass or a fail. |
| US10157682B2 |
Data storage device and error correction method capable of adjusting voltage distribution by reading pages
The present invention provides a data storage device including a flash memory and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a first read operation to read a first page corresponding to a first word line of the flash memory according to a read command of a host, and perform a distribution-adjustment procedure when data read by the first read operation cannot be recovered by coding, wherein the controller is further configured to perform an adjustable read operation to read a second page corresponding to a second word line of the flash memory in the distribution-adjustment procedure. |
| US10157678B2 |
Memory card
A memory card is provided to include a substrate having two pairs of edges facing each other, a plurality of first row terminals that are arranged adjacent to an edge at an insertion side of the substrate and include a first voltage power terminal for applying a first voltage and a first ground terminal, a plurality of second row terminals that are spaced farther apart from the edge at the insertion side than the plurality of first row terminals and include a second voltage power terminal for applying a second voltage and first data terminals, and a plurality of third row terminals that are spaced farther apart from the edge at the insertion side than the plurality of second row terminals and include second data terminals. |
| US10157677B2 |
Background reference positioning and local reference positioning using threshold voltage shift read
A nonvolatile memory system, a nonvolatile memory controller and a method for reducing latency of a memory controller are disclosed. Upon the occurrence of one or more of an endurance event, a retention timer event and a read disturb event at a closed block, a background reference positioning circuit performs background reads of representative pages of each page group of a closed block at offsets to each threshold voltage that is required for reading the representative pages of each page group of the closed block to identify a set of updated threshold voltage offset values for each page group of the closed block. When a usage characteristic is determined to meet a usage characteristic threshold, a read circuit performs subsequent host-requested reads using a threshold voltage shift read instruction and reads of pages of the closed block are performed using the set of updated threshold voltage offset values corresponding to the page group of the page being read. |
| US10157676B2 |
Dynamic tuning of first read countermeasures
Techniques are provided for improving the accuracy of read operations of memory cells, where the threshold voltage (Vth) of a memory cell can shift depending on when the read operation occurs. Countermeasures are provided for a first read situation in which a memory is read after a power on event or after a long delay since a last read. Read voltages of lower or higher programmed data states are set according to a positive or negative temperature coefficient (Tco), respectively. Read voltages for error recovery can be set similarly. In another aspect, a wait period between a dummy voltage and a read voltage is a function of temperature. In another aspect, word line voltages of unselected blocks are set according to a negative Tco. In another aspect, pass voltages are set based on a Tco for each programmed data state. |
| US10157660B2 |
Multi-die memory device
A memory is disclosed that includes a logic die having first and second memory interface circuits. A first memory die is stacked with the logic die, and includes first and second memory arrays. The first memory array couples to the first memory interface circuit. The second memory array couples to the second interface circuit. A second memory die is stacked with the logic die and the first memory die. The second memory die includes third and fourth memory arrays. The third memory array couples to the first memory interface circuit. The fourth memory array couples to the second memory interface circuit. Accesses to the first and third memory arrays are carried out independently from accesses to the second and fourth memory arrays. |
| US10157652B2 |
Magnetic device configured to perform an analog adder circuit function and method for operating such magnetic device
A magnetic device configured to perform an analog adder circuit function and including a plurality of magnetic units. Each magnetic unit includes n magnetic tunnel junctions electrically connected in series via a current line. Each magnetic tunnel junction includes a storage magnetic layer having a storage magnetization, a sense magnetic layer having a sense magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer. Each magnetic unit also includes n input lines, each being configured to generate a magnetic field adapted for varying a direction of the sense magnetization and a resistance of the n magnetic tunnel junctions, based on an input. Each of the n magnetic units is configured to add said n inputs to generate an output signal that varies in response to the n resistances. |
| US10157651B2 |
Semiconductor device for driving data line by using different voltages
A semiconductor device may include an input/output block suitable for operating by using a first voltage in an input mode and a second voltage in an output mode, a common input/output line coupled to the input/output block, and a voltage level maintaining block suitable for driving the common input/output line to maintain a voltage level of a transmission signal by using the first voltage in the input mode and the second voltage in the output mode. |
| US10157650B1 |
Program operations in memory
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to program operations in memory. An example apparatus can perform a program operation on an array of memory cells by applying a first program signal to a first portion of the array of memory cells that are to remain in a first state in response to the program operation, wherein the first program signal programs memory cells to a second state and then to the first state. |
| US10157647B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for storing and writing multiple parameter codes for memory operating parameters
Apparatuses and methods for writing and storing parameter codes for operating parameters, and selecting between the parameter codes to set an operating condition for a memory are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first mode register and a second mode register. The first mode register is configured to store first and second parameter codes for a same operating parameter. The second mode register is configured to store a parameter code for a control parameter to select between the first and second parameter codes to set a current operating condition for the operating parameter. An example method includes storing in a first register a first parameter code for an operating parameter used to set a first memory operating condition, and further includes storing in a second register a second parameter code for the operating parameter used to set a second memory operating condition. |
| US10157645B2 |
Booster circuit and non-volatile memory including the same
To obtain a booster circuit capable of reducing voltage stress applied to a booster cell, provided is a booster circuit including a plurality of booster cells connected in series. Each of the plurality of booster cells includes a charge transfer transistor connected between an input terminal and an output terminal, and a boost capacitor connected between the input terminal and a clock terminal. Among the plurality of booster cells, a plurality of booster cells at least in a last stage are connected in parallel so that the plurality of booster cells connected in parallel are connected to a booster cell in a previous stage of the last stage by switching the plurality of booster cells in the last stage in accordance with a boosting operation. |
| US10157643B2 |
Active boundary quilt architecture memory
Methods, systems, and apparatus that increase available memory or storage using active boundary areas in quilt architecture are described. A memory array may include memory cells overlying each portion of a substrate layer that includes certain types of support circuitry, such as decoders and sense amplifiers. Active boundary portions, which may be elements of the memory array having a different configuration from other portions of the memory array, may be positioned on two sides of the memory array and may increase available data in a quilt architecture memory. The active boundary portions may include support components to access both memory cells of neighboring memory portions and memory cells overlying the active boundary portions. Address scrambling may produce a uniform increase in number of available data in conjunction with the active boundary portions. |
| US10157641B2 |
HDD holding device, HDD unit, and information processing apparatus
An HDD holding device includes a base portion, a plurality of buffer members, and an HDD mounting portion to which an HDD is mounted. The plurality of buffer members include a buffer member being a first buffer member interposed between the base portion and the HDD mounting portion so that a mounting axis direction of the first buffer member is set along a Y direction selected among a width direction, a depth direction and, a height direction of the base portion, and include a buffer member being a second buffer member interposed between the base portion and the HDD mounting portion so that a mounting axis direction of the second buffer member is set along the Z direction. |
| US10157636B2 |
Magnetic tape device and head tracking servo method
The magnetic tape device includes a TMR head (servo head); and a magnetic tape, in which a magnetic layer of the magnetic tape includes fatty acid ester, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, a difference between spacings before and after the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm, and ΔSFD (=SFD25° C.−SFD−190° C.) in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 0.50. |
| US10157634B2 |
Magnetic reader sensor with shield spacing improvement and better pin flip robustness
A process flow is disclosed for forming a MR sensor having an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer recessed behind a bottom shield to reduce reader shield spacing and improve pin related noise. An AP2/AFM coupling layer/AP1 stack that extends from an air bearing surface to the MR sensor backside is formed above the AFM layer. The AP2 layer is pinned by the AFM layer, and the AP1 layer serves as a reference layer to an overlying free layer during a read operation. The AP1 and AP2 layers have improved resistance to magnetization flipping because back portions thereof have a full cross-track width “w” between MR sensor sides thereby enabling greater pinning strength from the AFM layer. Front portions of the AP1/AP2 layers lie under the free layer and have a track width less than “w”. The bottom shield may have an anti-ferromagnetic coupling structure. |
| US10157630B2 |
Record stabilizer for multiple vinyl sizes
In some embodiments, a record stabilizer is configured to fit both common size spindle holes (e.g., as commonly found in 12″ singles or LPs) and larger hole types (e.g., as commonly found in 7″ 45 rpm singles, typically referred to as “45s”). In some embodiments, the stabilizer achieves this functionality using one side that is substantially flat (for common size spindle holes) and another side with a built-in adapter to protrude into larger spindle holes. In some embodiments, the record stabilizer also serves as an adapter, e.g., allowing 45s to be played on turntables with common size spindles without using any other adapter. |
| US10157628B1 |
Sound identification device with microphone array
A sound identification device is provided. The sound identification device includes a microphone array and a processing unit. The microphone array includes a plurality of microphones disposed within a microphone module mounted on a housing of the sound identification device. Each microphone receives an acoustic signal caused by a gesture performed on a surface of the microphone module and converts the received acoustic signal to a digital acoustic signal. The processing unit is configured to receive the digital acoustic signal from each microphone, and perform a sound identification process on the digital acoustic signal from each microphone to generate a sound identification result conveying information of the gesture. The processing unit controls at least one application program executed by the processing unit according to the sound identification result. |
| US10157627B1 |
Dynamic spectral filtering
Audio systems and methods are provided to increase relevant content of an audio signal relative to a noise level, and include filtering the audio signal to remove spectral content below a cutoff frequency, where the cutoff frequency is based upon a noise value. |
| US10157625B2 |
Mix buffers and command queues for audio blocks
The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology that may be used in an audio processing environment. Nodes of an audio flow graph are associated with virtual mix buffers. As the flow graph is processed, commands and virtual mix buffer data are provided to audio fixed-function processing blocks. Each virtual mix buffer is mapped to a physical mix buffer, and the associated command is executed with respect to the physical mix buffer. One physical mix buffer mix buffer may be used as an input data buffer for the audio fixed-function processing block, and another physical mix buffer as an output data buffer, for example. |
| US10157624B2 |
Apparatus and method for processing an audio signal using a combination in an overlap range
An apparatus for processing an audio signal including a sequence of blocks of spectral values includes: a processor for processing the sequence of blocks using at least one modification values for a first block to obtain aliasing-reduced or aliasing-free first result signal in an overlap range and using at least one second different modification value for a second block of the sequence of blocks to obtain an aliasing-reduced or aliasing-free second result signal in the overlap range; and a combiner for combining the first result signal and the second result signal in the overlap range to obtain a processed signal for the overlap range. |
| US10157622B2 |
Device and method for bandwidth extension for audio signals
An audio signal decoding apparatus is provided that includes a receiver that receives an encoded information, a memory, and a processor that demultiplexes the encoded information, including encoding parameters that are used for decoding a low frequency spectrum and index information that identifies a most correlated portion from a low frequency spectrum for one or more high frequency subbands. The processor also replicates a high frequency subband spectrum based on the index information using a synthesized low frequency spectrum, the synthesized low frequency spectrum being obtained by decoding the encoding parameters. The processor further estimates a frequency of a harmonic component in the synthesized low frequency spectrum, adjusts a frequency of a harmonic component in the high frequency subband spectrum using the estimated harmonic frequency, and generates an output signal using the synthesized low frequency spectrum and the high frequency subband spectrum. |
| US10157621B2 |
Audio signal decoding
An apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive at least one encoded signal that includes inter-channel bandwidth extension (BWE) parameters. The device also includes a decoder configured to generate a mid channel time-domain high-band signal by performing bandwidth extension based on the at least one encoded signal. The decoder is also configured to generate, based on the mid channel time-domain high-band signal and the inter-channel BWE parameters, a first channel time-domain high-band signal and a second channel time-domain high-band signal. The decoder is further configured to generate a target channel signal by combining the first channel time-domain high-band signal and a first channel low-band signal, and to generate a reference channel signal by combining the second channel time-domain high-band signal and a second channel low-band signal. The decoder is also configured to generate a modified target channel signal by modifying the target channel signal based on a temporal mismatch value. |
| US10157620B2 |
System and method to correct for packet loss in automatic speech recognition systems utilizing linear interpolation
A system and method are presented for the correction of packet loss in audio in automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems. Packet loss correction, as presented herein, occurs at the recognition stage without modifying any of the acoustic models generated during training. The behavior of the ASR engine in the absence of packet loss is thus not altered. To accomplish this, the actual input signal may be rectified, the recognition scores may be normalized to account for signal errors, and a best-estimate method using information from previous frames and acoustic models may be used to replace the noisy signal. |
| US10157614B1 |
Message playback using a shared device
Methods and systems for redirecting messages based on contextual information associated with the messages are described herein. In some embodiments, a first individual may speak an utterance including a message, where the utterance indicates a first recipient for the message. Audio data representing the utterance may be provided to a speech-processing system, which may performed automatic speech recognition processing, natural language understanding processing, and contextual recognition processing to the audio data. In some embodiments, the contextual recognition processing may determine that the message may be intended for a second recipient. If so, the speech-processing system may cause the message to be redirected to the second recipient, such that the second recipient may receive the message as opposed to the first recipient. |
| US10157603B2 |
Noise detector and sound signal output device
A noise detector and a sound signal output device are provided that can detect high accuracy various types of noise including composite noise. The noise detector (30) for detecting noise contained in an input signal (s1) includes a noise discrimination portion having a plurality of discrimination portions to which an input signal is input and a noise determination portion (35) determining noise based on individual discrimination results of the plurality of discrimination portions. The noise discrimination portion includes at least two of a frequency component discrimination portion (32) discriminating the presence or absence of noise based on a frequency component of the input signal, a temporal change discrimination portion (33) discriminating the presence or absence of noise based on a temporal change of the input signal and a high-frequency component discrimination portion (34) discriminating the presence or absence of noise based on a high-frequency component of the input signal The noise determination portion determines noise based on individual discrimination results of the plurality of discrimination portions. |
| US10157602B2 |
Musical instruments including keyboard guitars
A musical instrument, for example, a keyboard guitar, includes a body, an elongated neck coupled to the body, neck keys disposed on the elongated neck, and an output for transmitting an electrical signal generated by the musical instrument. Activation of each neck key generates an electrical signal at the output representing a pitch associated with a musical note. The musical instrument may also include body keys disposed on the body, and a strum bar that generates an electrical signal at the output representing a pitch associated with a musical note based on which of the body keys are activated during activation of the strum bar. Further, the musical instrument may include a continuous graphic image spanning the front face of the body and the body keys, forming a continuous pattern that is unbroken across a transition between key surfaces of the body keys and the front face of the body. |
| US10157600B2 |
Percussion accessory adapted for attachment to a drum tension rod
Percussion accessories for reversible and interchangeable attachment to the head of a drum tension rod are disclosed. |
| US10157595B2 |
Display control device
A display control device includes: a reception unit that receives an input for designating a first point on a first image, which is displayed on a display screen provided in a vehicle compartment and shows a peripheral environment of a vehicle at a first timing; a display processing unit that displays a first display object at the first point; a specifying unit that specifies a second point at which a first target, which is located at the first point, is located on a second image, which shows the peripheral environment of the vehicle at a second timing after the first timing; and an update unit that displays, along with the second image, the first display object at the second point on the second image. |
| US10157592B2 |
Optimizing light output profile for dual-modulation display performance
Techniques for optimizing light output profiles in display systems are described. A light output profile is defined in relation to a plurality of sample locations on an illuminated surface. Point spread functions that satisfy illumination performance values specified in the light output profile in aggregate are computed or derived. A design process that adds or removes optical components to a display light assembly derives an optimal design of a light illumination layer for display systems. Relationships and parameter values determined in the design process may be configured into display systems along with the optical components for the purpose of generating optimized light output profiles in the display systems. |
| US10157588B2 |
Systems and methods for image optimization
Images are optimized to reduce latency prior to being transmitted to requesting client devices. A request from a client device for an image is analyzed to obtain the attributes of the requesting client device and the network used by the client device for transmitting the request. The parameters of the image to be transmitted are determined based on the attributes in order to reduce data latency at the requesting client device. A requested image that meets the parameters or which has its parameters preset by a provider can be transmitted without any changes. A requested image that does not meet the parameters is transformed in accordance with the parameters so that it is optimized for the combination of the network and the requesting client device. |
| US10157583B2 |
Display apparatus and display control method thereof
A display apparatus includes a plurality of first pixel units and a plurality of second pixel units. Each of the first pixel units includes at least one first color sub-pixel, at least one second color sub-pixel, at least one third color sub-pixel and at least one fourth color sub-pixel arranged in a first configuration. Each of the second pixel units includes the at least one first color sub-pixel, the at least one second color sub-pixel, the at least one third color sub-pixel and the at least one fourth color sub-pixel arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration. The first pixel units and the second pixel units are alternately disposed to make all of the pixel units adjacent to each of the first pixel units be the second pixel units, and all of the pixel units adjacent to each of the second pixel units be the first pixel units. |
| US10157579B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
A display device is discussed, which includes: a light emitting diode to emit light; and a pixel circuit connected to the light emitting diode, the pixel circuit including; a data line; a driving power line; a sense signal line; a gate line; and a switch connected with the data line by a first terminal, a digital-to-analog converter by a second terminal, and an analog-to-digital converter by a third terminal, wherein the switch connects the data line to the digital-to-analog converter or the analog-to-digital converter on a basis of a switch control signal. |
| US10157576B2 |
Pixel driving circuit, driving method for same, and display apparatus
A pixel driving circuit and a driving method thereof, as well as a display apparatus. The driving circuit is realized by using one storage capacitor, one driving unit and five switching units, which may obtain a smaller pixel layout and facilitate improvement of display resolution. Also, a display effect of the pixels in a dark state may be improved, and the contrast be increased. |
| US10157574B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
Provided are a display device and driving method thereof. A display device comprises a display panel configured to display an image, a data driver configured to supply a data signal to the display panel, a gate driver configured to supply a gate signal to the display panel, a power supply unit configured to output a power voltage to the display panel, and a power saving unit configured to control the power supply unit to vary a level of the power voltage according to a display mode of the display panel. |
| US10157573B2 |
Display with redundant light emitting devices
An active matrix display where in one embodiment each cell comprises: a driving circuit for providing current to light emitting devices placed in the cell under the control of a data driver signal, a first light emitting device location connected to the driving circuit and a second light emitting device location connected in series to the first light emitting device location. A first thin-film transistor (TFT) is connected in parallel with the first light emitting device location and a second TFT is connected in parallel with the second light emitting device location, its gate node connected to the gate node of the first TFT. One terminal of a third TFT is connected to the gate nodes of the first and second TFTs and selectively connects a control signal to the first and second TFTs under the control of a scan driver signal. The control signal determines which of a first or second light emitting device placed in the cell emits light when the driving circuit provides current. |
| US10157571B2 |
Display panel, method for driving the same and display device
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for driving the same and a display device. A pixel circuit of the display panel includes a storage capacitor, a driving transistor, an initialization module configured to apply an initial voltage to a first end of the storage capacitor via a current-level gate scanning line within an initialization time period, a compensation module, a data writing module, a resetting module configured to enable the current-level gate scanning line to be electrically connected to a second end of the storage capacitor within a light-emitting time period, and a light-emitting control module. The driving transistor is in an on state within the light-emitting time period, so as to drive a light-emitting element to emit light. |
| US10157570B2 |
Pixel circuit and driving method thereof
A pixel circuit includes a driving unit, a light emitting unit having a second terminal receiving a second voltage, a compensation capacitor, and first, second and third switches. The first switch has a first terminal connected to the driving unit, and a control terminal for receiving a first control signal. The second switch has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first switch, a second terminal for receiving an initialization signal, and a control terminal for receiving the first control signal. The compensation capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first switch, and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the light emitting unit. The third switch has a first terminal connected to the driving unit, a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the light emitting unit, and a control terminal for receiving a light emission control signal. |
| US10157568B2 |
Image processing method, image processing circuit, and organic light emitting diode display device using the same
Embodiments relate to reducing a ghost image effect caused by fixed images. In a region of the image with an opaque fixed image, a use rate (or intensity) of a color component with a lower luminous efficacy is decreased while a use rate (or intensity) of a color component with a higher luminous efficacy is increased to maintain the luminance. By reducing an excessive use of sub-pixels corresponding to a color component of the lower luminous efficacy, the deterioration of these sub-pixels can be reduced despite presenting a fixed image on the same region of the display. |
| US10157567B2 |
Display apparatus and a method of operating the same
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, and a gate driving control circuit. The gate driver is connected to the display panel, and generates gate signals for driving the display panel using a gate clock signal. The gate driving control circuit generates the gate clock signal using a gate on voltage and a gate off voltage, determines whether an operation environment is an abnormal temperature environment by comparing a first feedback gate signal with a second feedback gate signal, and adjusts a voltage level of the gate clock signal in the abnormal temperature environment. The first feedback gate signal is retrieved from the display panel while a first frame image is displayed on the display panel. The second feedback gate signal is retrieved from the display panel while a second frame image subsequent to the first frame image is displayed on the display panel. |
| US10157565B2 |
Display substrate and display device including the same
A display substrate and a display device including the display substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixels formed in a substantially circular pixel area and a driving circuit formed in a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area and configured to drive the pixels. A boundary is formed between the pixel area and the peripheral area, and the boundary is substantially concentric with respect to an arc defining the substantially circular pixel area. The driving circuit comprises a conductive pattern having a first side which extends in a peripheral direction crossing the boundary. |
| US10157559B2 |
Scanned MicroLED array for waveguide display
A waveguide display includes a source assembly, an output waveguide, and a controller. The source assembly includes a light source and an optics system. The light source includes source elements arranged in a 1D or 2D array that emit image light. The optics system includes a scanning mirror assembly that scans the image light to particular locations based on scanning instructions. The output waveguide receives the scanned image light from the scanning mirror assembly and outputs an expanded image light. In some embodiments, the waveguide display includes a source waveguide and the 1D array of source elements. The source waveguide receives a conditioned image light from the source assembly. The controller generates the scanning instructions and provides the scanning instructions to the scanning mirror assembly. In some embodiments, the controller provides the scanning instructions to an actuator assembly of the source waveguide. |
| US10157558B2 |
Display device manufacturing method
A display device manufacturing method includes: lighting up a display device for a predetermined period; measuring, as first brightness, brightness of the display device at a start of lighting; measuring, as second brightness, brightness of the display device when the predetermined period has elapsed; calculating a deterioration rate of the second brightness with respect to the first brightness; and discriminating the display device as a defective item if the deterioration rate is greater than a threshold value. |
| US10157556B2 |
Flag and banner display system for motor vehicles and the like
In one embodiment, a flag system including a mounting sleeve and a flag. The mounting sleeve is adapted for attachment around a rod, such as a roll bar of an open-top off-road vehicle or an antenna. In one embodiment, the flag is adapted to be releasably fastened to the mounting sleeve. The mounting sleeve includes a section of material adapted for attachment around a rod by means of a zipper secured with hook-and-loop fastener, and a zipper for releasably fastening the flag to the mounting sleeve. The flag includes an ornamental portion, a zipper tape, and a transition strip having a first side coupled to the ornamental portion and a second side coupled to the zipper tape. |
| US10157553B2 |
Birth simulator for operative vaginal delivery
A birth simulator assembly for simulating operative vaginal delivery, said birth simulator assembly comprising a female pelvis with a sacrum portion of the spinal column and a symphysis pubis, a fetal head adapted for rotation and linear movement through the female pelvis an electrically-powered linear actuator connected to the fetal head, a force sensor connected with fetal head, wherein the force sensor communicates to the motion controller a signal indicating a force applied to the fetal head, and a motion controller for controlling the motion of the linear actuator, wherein the motion controller is adapted for communication with a computer. |
| US10157552B2 |
Educational lamp
A kit for assembling and decorating a lamp that educates children about scientific, engineering, and artistic principles. Assembling the lamp housing teaches children about fasteners, tools, and mechanisms. Assembling the electronics teaches children about electronic components. Controlling the lights teaches children about lighting, colors, and software. |
| US10157551B1 |
Instructional tool for teaching statistics concepts
A simulation tool or application for teaching statistics concepts. The tool utilizes various propensity and treatment inputs to simulate outcome responses for subject elements. In illustrated embodiments, the subject elements have the same or similar characteristics and outcome response while in other embodiments the subject elements have different characteristics and outcome response. The tool applies various propensity inputs to assign the subject elements to treatment or no-treatment to simulate treatments on different populations using different propensity mechanisms or inputs. |
| US10157548B2 |
Waypoint directory in air traffic control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles
A waypoint management method for an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) includes communicating with a plurality of UAVs via one or more wireless networks comprising at least one cellular network; receiving updates related to an obstruction status of each of a plurality of waypoints from the plurality of UAVs, wherein the plurality of waypoints are defined over a geographic region under control of the ATC system; and managing flight paths, landing, and take-off of the plurality of UAVs in the geographic region based on the obstruction status of each of the plurality of waypoints. |
| US10157542B2 |
User identification system and vehicular portable device
A user identification system is provided. In the user identification system, an in-vehicle apparatus specifies a position of a vehicular portable device with reference to a vehicle and determines whether the vehicular portable device exists in a predetermined identification area. Based on determining that the vehicular portable device exists in the identification area, the in-vehicle apparatus transmits an instruction signal instructing the vehicular portable device to specify a driver terminal. Based on reception signal strength detected during a time period determined by a time point of receipt of the instruction signal, the vehicular portable device determines the driver terminal. |