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| US10181631B2 |
Compact low loss signal coupler
A bi-directional coupler architecture that allows an entire radio frequency coupler to be fully integrated with other circuitry on a single IC substrate. Embodiments of the invention use a lumped component architecture instead of quarter-wave transmission lines to reduce area and limit loss on the primary signal line. In some embodiments, two directional couplers of opposite polarities are implemented at least in part using spiral secondary inductors electromagnetically coupled to a shared primary inductor signal line, thus providing a bi-directional coupler architecture. |
| US10181630B2 |
Directional coupler and a combiner
A directional coupler is described comprising two housing parts which define at least two hollow conductors and a separation wall positioned between both hollow conductors. Said separation wall comprises several holes ensuring a coupling of the at least two hollow conductors. Said several holes are arranged in two rows in an alternating manner such that a galvanic connection of both housing parts is provided between each neighbored holes. Further, a combiner is described. |
| US10181626B2 |
Resonator and filter including the same
A filter including a resonator formed of metal and including a first through hole in one direction, and a transmission line penetrating through the first through hole, wherein the transmission line is spaced apart from the first through hole. |
| US10181619B2 |
Method of manufacturing nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
An organic acid included in a nonaqueous electrolyte solution of a secondary battery is reduced. During preparation of a film-covered battery 1, the nonaqueous electrolyte solution is injected into an covering 5 of the film-covered battery 1 having an electrode including: the electrode active material, the binder, and the organic acid, the organic acid in the nonaqueous electrolyte solution is decomposed by electrical charging of a battery until a voltage level is equal to or above a decomposition voltage of the organic acid, and the gas that is produced by decomposition is degassed from the cut portion 6 of the covering 5. |
| US10181617B2 |
Patterned crimp for battery collector attachment
A battery module includes an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes a jelly roll having an anode sheet, a cathode sheet, and a separator rolled together to form the jelly roll. Further, the electrochemical cell includes a current collector. The current collector includes a patterned crimp impression therein that extends into and fixes the current collector to an end of the jelly roll. |
| US10181613B2 |
Fuel cell system and power generation monitoring method
A fuel cell system comprising: an acquirer that acquires a total value of cell voltages of two or more cells included in a fuel cell; and a determiner that determines, when the total value is a first voltage value, abnormal power generation in which power generation by at least a part of the two or more cells is abnormal, that determines, when the total value is a second voltage value higher than the first voltage value, normal power generation in which power generation by the two or more cells is normal and that determines, when the total value is a third voltage value higher than the first voltage value but lower than the second voltage value, the normal power generation if a cathode gas is deficient or the abnormal power generation if the cathode gas is not deficient. |
| US10181606B2 |
Fuel cell system and method of controlling fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes a compressor configured to adjust a flow rate of cathode gas to be supplied to a fuel cell and a pressure regulating valve configured to adjust a pressure of the supplied cathode gas. The fuel cell system further includes a controller programmed to calculate a target pressure of the supplied cathode gas while taking into consideration a load of the fuel cell and a heat protecting requirement of the fuel cell system, calculate a target flow rate of the supplied cathode gas in accordance with the load of the fuel cell and the target pressure of the cathode gas, and control the compressor and the pressure regulating valve in accordance with the target pressure and the target flow rate. The controller is further programmed to increase the target flow rate of the cathode gas as the target pressure of the cathode gas becomes lower. |
| US10181604B2 |
Fluid flow plate for a fuel cell
A bipolar fluid flow plate for an electrochemical assembly comprises a plurality of first fluid flow channels extending across a face of the flow plate to define a first fluid flow field of the fluid flow plate and a plurality of second fluid flow channels extending across a face of the flow plate to define a second fluid flow field of the fluid flow plate. The pluralities of first fluid flow channels and second fluid flow channels both occupying a common channel plane. An array of first fluid transfer points is disposed along an edge of the first fluid flow field for communicating fluid into or out of the first fluid flow channels. An array of second fluid transfer points is disposed along an edge of the second fluid flow field for communicating fluid into or out of the second fluid flow channels. A first fluid gallery has a first peripheral edge portion bounded by the array of first fluid transfer points and has a second peripheral edge portion forming a first fluid communication edge of the fluid flow plate. A second fluid gallery has a first peripheral edge portion bounded by the array of second fluid transfer points and has a second peripheral edge portion forming a second fluid communication edge of the fluid flow plate. The first fluid gallery occupies a first gallery plane and the second fluid gallery occupies a second gallery plane different from the first gallery plane. Both the first gallery plane and the second gallery plane are disposed within the channel plane. This structure enables the feeding of multiple different fluids into coplanar channels across the full width of a flow field. |
| US10181602B2 |
Redox catalyst, electrode material, electrode, membrane electrode assembly for fuel cells, and fuel cell
Provided is a redox catalyst wherein a catalytically active component is supported on carbon nanotubes whose average diameter (Av) and standard deviation (σ) of diameters satisfy the condition 0.60>3σ/Av>0.20, and at least a part of a surface of the carbon nanotubes, including a part on which the catalytically active component is supported, is covered with porous inorganic material. |
| US10181599B2 |
Microwave drying of lithium-ion battery materials
A method for making a lithium-ion cell includes depositing an electrode material as a coating on a substrate of the lithium-ion cell, irradiating the deposited electrode material with microwave radiation of varying frequency, wetting the irradiated electrode material with a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, and sealing the wetted electrode material in an air-tight enclosure. |
| US10181598B2 |
Lithium ion battery cathodes, methods of making, and methods of use thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for cathodes having a metal sulfide thin layer, devices including cathodes, lithium ion batteries including cathodes, methods of making cathodes, and the like. |
| US10181591B2 |
Pen battery mechanical shock reduction design
A device and a method for manufacturing of a printed circuit board for installing in a battery-powered device, the method including mounting on a printed circuit board (PCB) a PCB surface mount component comprising a planar mount configured to be mounted on the PCB and a kinetic energy absorption element with a battery contact on a distal end of the energy absorption element, and trimming the PCB out of a panel comprising the PCB and a border around the PCB, the border connected integrally with the PCB, wherein the border comprises supports configured to support corresponding ear extensions in the absorption element in order to align the battery contact with a PCB plane. |
| US10181588B2 |
Battery
A battery is provided with a lid member that closes a case, a collector terminal member having an insert-through part, an insulator that electrically insulates the lid member and the collector terminal member, and a gasket that provides a seal between the lid member and the collector terminal member. The lid member has a protrusion protruding downward in the vertical direction from the bottom. A gasket is in the same position as the protruding section in an inside-outside direction, which is perpendicular to the vertical direction, and has a sealing part pressed by the protruding section. At least one gap exists in the vicinity of the seal section in a different position to the seal section in the inside-outside direction, and at least portions of the gaps are enclosed by the gasket and the collector terminal member. |
| US10181585B2 |
Display device including a reflection preventing layer
A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, a second electrode, a phase matching layer, and at least one light-absorbing layer. The substrate includes a plurality of pixel regions and a non-pixel region. The non-pixel region is arranged between adjacent pixel regions. The first electrode is arranged in each pixel region. The organic light-emitting layer is arranged on the first electrode. The second electrode is arranged on the organic light-emitting layer. The phase matching layer is arranged on the second electrode. The at least one light-absorbing layer is arranged on the phase matching layer. A thickness of the second electrode in the non-pixel region is different than a thickness of the second electrode in the pixel regions. |
| US10181584B2 |
Display device with a plurality of phase retardation layers
A display device includes a light emitting diode disposed on a substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer covering the light emitting diode, a polarization layer disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer. The thin film encapsulation layer includes a plurality of phase retardation layers. |
| US10181580B2 |
Organic EL display device
An organic EL display device 1 includes a flexible plastic substrate 10, an organic EL element 4 on the plastic substrate 10, and to sealing film 2 provided on the plastic substrate 10 to cover the organic EL element 4. The sealing film 2 includes a first sealing layer 25 on a surface of the plastic substrate 10, a stress relief layer 26 on a surface of the first sealing layer 25, and a second sealing layer 27 on a surface of the stress relief layer 26. Compressive stress of the first sealing layer 25 is lower than compressive stress of the second sealing layer 27. |
| US10181579B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) encapsulation methods and OLED encapsulation structure
The present disclosure relates to an OLED encapsulation method and an OLED encapsulation structure. The OLED encapsulation method combines the frame glue encapsulation technology and the thin film encapsulation technology. By adopting the frame glue to block the organic layer and to limit the dimension of the organic layer, each of the organic layers can be completely covered by the inorganic layer arranged thereon. At the same time, the inorganic layers may be manufactured by the same mask, which reduces the number of the mask so as to reduce the cost. The OLED encapsulation structure combines the frame glue encapsulation technology and the thin film encapsulation technology. By adopting the frame glue to block the organic layer and to limit the dimension of the organic layer, each of the organic layers can be completely covered by the inorganic layer arranged thereon. At the same time, the inorganic layers may be manufactured by the same mask, which reduces the number of the mask so as to reduce the cost. |
| US10181572B2 |
Organic light-emitting device having electron transport region including lanthanide and alkali metal halide
An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, an anode on the substrate, a hole transport region on the anode, an emission layer on the hole transport region, an electron transport region on the emission layer, and a cathode on the electron transport region, wherein the electron transport region includes an electron injection layer including a first material including at least one of a halide of an alkali metal, and a second material including at least one of a lanthanide metal and a alkaline earth metal, and wherein the cathode contacts the electron injection layer and includes a first metal including at least one of silver, gold, platinum, copper, manganese, titanium, cobalt, nickel, and tungsten, and a second metal including at least one of a lanthanide metal and an alkaline earth metal, wherein an amount of the first metal is equal to or greater than that of the second metal. |
| US10181570B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer via a first contact hole, which is defined through the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the first conductive layer via a second contact hole, which is defined through the second insulating layer, where the first and second contact holes overlap each other, and a residual layer, which includes a portion of the second insulating layer, is disposed in the first contact hole. |
| US10181569B2 |
Two-terminal switching devices comprising coated nanotube elements
An improved switching material for forming a composite article over a substrate is disclosed. A first volume of nanotubes is combined with a second volume of nanoscopic particles in a predefined ration relative to the first volume of nanotubes to form a mixture. This mixture can then be deposited over a substrate as a relatively thick composite article via a spin coating process. The composite article may possess improved switching properties over that of a nanotube-only switching article. A method for forming substantially uniform nanoscopic particles of carbon, which contains one or more allotropes of carbon, is also disclosed. |
| US10181568B2 |
Flexible display panel and display device
A flexible display panel and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes: a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, and an inorganic layer located between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate; where there are a plurality of grooves and/or through-holes in the inorganic layer; and the first flexible substrate contacts the second flexible substrate through the grooves and/or the through-holes. In this way, the grooves and/or the through-holes are arranged in the inorganic layer so that the first flexible substrate can contact with the second flexible substrate through the grooves and/or the through-holes to thereby increase the contact area between the second flexible substrate and the inorganic layer so as to alleviate the risk of the organic layer being stripped off the inorganic layer in the flexible display panel being bent and deformed. |
| US10181567B2 |
Double-sided OLED display device
The present invention provides a double-sided organic lighting emitting diode (OLED) display device, which comprises a first display element, a second display element, a first encapsulation layer, and a second encapsulation layer. The first encapsulation layer extends from one side or two sides of the first baseplate, and curvedly overlaps on the first emitting portion. The second encapsulation layer extends from one side or two sides of the second baseplate, and curvedly overlaps on the second emitting portion. The first encapsulation layer and the second encapsulation layer both are closely encapsulated with at least one of the first baseplate and the second baseplate by sealant, respectively. |
| US10181561B2 |
Memory device
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a stacked body. The stacked body includes first and second electrodes, and an oxide layer provided between the first and second electrodes. The second electrode includes a semiconductor layer, and a metal-containing region including at least one of first or second metallic element and being provided between at least a portion of the semiconductor layer and at least a portion of the oxide layer. The first metallic element includes at least one selected from Pt, Pd, Ir, Ru, Re, and Os. The second metallic element includes at least one selected Ti, W, Mo, and Ta. The stacked body has first and second states. The first state is obtained by causing a current to flow in the stacked body from the second toward first electrode. The second state is obtained by causing a current to flow from the first toward second electrode. |
| US10181558B2 |
Magnetoresistive random access memory structure and method of forming the same
A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) structure includes a bottom electrode structure. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element is over the bottom electrode structure. The MTJ element includes an anti-ferromagnetic material layer. A ferromagnetic pinned layer is over the anti-ferromagnetic material layer. A tunneling layer is over the ferromagnetic pinned layer. A ferromagnetic free layer is over the tunneling layer. The ferromagnetic free layer has a first portion and a demagnetized second portion. The MRAM also includes a top electrode structure over the first portion. |
| US10181557B2 |
Thin film piezoelectric element and manufacturing method thereof
A manufacturing method of an epitaxial thin film piezoelectric element includes: providing a substrate; forming a bottom electrode layer on the substrate by epitaxial growth process; forming a first piezoelectric layer that has c-axis orientation on the bottom electrode layer by epitaxial growth process; forming a second piezoelectric layer that has c-axis orientation and different phase structure from the first piezoelectric layer on the first piezoelectric layer by epitaxial growth process; and forming a top electrode layer on the second piezoelectric layer. The thin film piezoelectric element has good thermal stability, low temperature coefficient and high piezoelectric constant. |
| US10181554B2 |
Piezoelectric thin film and piezoelectric thin film device
A piezoelectric thin film contains potassium sodium niobate represented by general formula (K1-xNax)NbO3 and CaTiO3, wherein the lattice spacing calculated from the diffraction peak of the (001) plane in an X-ray diffraction profile of the piezoelectric thin film is 3.975 Å or less, and the ratio I101/I001 of the diffraction peak intensity I101 of the (101) plane to the diffraction peak intensity I001 of the (001) plane in the X-ray diffraction profile of the piezoelectric thin film 3 satisfies the relationship log10(I101/I001)≤−2.10. |
| US10181553B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for producing the same
A semiconductor device directly joins electrodes of a semiconductor element to electrodes of a metal substrate and has good yield, connection reliability, good mass productivity, and superior heat dissipation efficiency. A method for producing the semiconductor device that directly joins the electrodes of the metal substrate to the electrodes of the semiconductor element includes forming an electrode separating groove in an element mounting position on a main surface of the metal substrate at a predetermined depth. The semiconductor element is mounted to extend over the electrode separating groove. The metal substrate is ground from a surface reverse to the main surface of the metal substrate up to a position reaching the electrode separating groove. |
| US10181548B2 |
Light emitting diode with high efficiency
A light emitting diode includes: a substrate; a semiconductor stack disposed on the substrate and including a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer and an active layer interposed between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer, the semiconductor stack having an isolation groove exposing the substrate through the upper semiconductor layer, the active layer and the lower semiconductor layer; a first electrode pad and an upper extension portion electrically connected to the upper semiconductor layer; a second electrode pad and a lower extension portion electrically connected to the lower semiconductor layer; a connecting portion connecting the upper extension portion and the lower extension portion to each other across the isolation groove; a first current blocking layer interposed between the lower extension portion and the lower semiconductor layer; and a second current blocking layer interposed between the second electrode pad and the lower semiconductor layer. |
| US10181547B2 |
Optoelectronic semiconductor chip and method for producing optoelectronic semiconductor chips
An optoelectronic semiconductor chip (1) is provided which has a semiconductor body comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (2) with an active region (20) provided for generating and/or receiving radiation, a first semiconductor region (21) of a first conduction type, a second semiconductor region (22) of a second conduction type and a cover layer (25). The active region (20) is arranged between the first semiconductor region (21) and the second semiconductor region (22) and comprises a contact layer (210) on the side remote from the active region. The cover layer (25) is arranged on the side of the first semiconductor region (21) remote from the active region (20) and comprises at least one cut-out (27), in which the contact layer (210) adjoins the first connection layer (3). The cover layer is of the second conduction type. Furthermore, a method is provided for producing optoelectronic semiconductor chips. |
| US10181545B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
An object is to provide a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor with excellent electrical characteristics and high reliability and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device with high mass productivity. A main point is to form a low-resistance oxide semiconductor layer as a source or drain region after forming a drain or source electrode layer over a gate insulating layer and to form an oxide semiconductor film thereover as a semiconductor layer. It is preferable that an oxygen-excess oxide semiconductor layer be used as a semiconductor layer and an oxygen-deficient oxide semiconductor layer be used as a source region and a drain region. |
| US10181540B2 |
Solar cell and method of manufacturing the same
An aspect of the invention provides a solar cell that comprises a semiconductor substrate having a light-receiving surface and a rear surface; a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type, the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer being formed on the rear surface, and a trench formed in the rear surface, wherein the first semiconductor layer is formed on the rear surface in which the trench is not formed, and the second semiconductor layer is formed on a side surface of the trench in an arrangement direction in which the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are alternately arranged and on a bottom surface of the trench. |
| US10181530B2 |
Semiconductor device
One of the objects is to improve display quality by reduction in malfunctions of a circuit. In a driver circuit formed using a plurality of pulse output circuits having first to third transistors and first to fourth signal lines, a first clock signal is supplied to the first signal line; a preceding stage signal is supplied to the second signal line; a second clock signal is supplied to the third signal line; an output signal is output from the fourth signal line. Duty ratios of the first clock signal and the second clock signal are different from each other. A period during which the second clock signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal after the first clock signal is changed from an H-level signal to an L-level signal is longer than a period during which the preceding stage signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal. |
| US10181527B2 |
FinFet having dual vertical spacer and method of manufacturing the same
A field effect transistor (FET) structure includes: a gate; a first spacer having a first dielectric constant at a first region adjacent to the gate; and a second spacer having a second dielectric constant that is greater than the first dielectric constant at a second region adjacent to the gate. |
| US10181526B2 |
Field effect transistor including multiple aspect ratio trapping structures
The present disclosure relates to a field-effect transistor and a method of fabricating the same. A field-effect transistor includes a semiconductor substrate including a first semiconductor material having a first lattice constant, and a fin structure on the semiconductor substrate. The fin structure includes a second semiconductor material having a second lattice constant that is different from the first lattice constant. The fin structure further includes a lower portion that is elongated in a first direction, a plurality of upper portions protruding from the lower portion and elongated in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a gate structure crossing the plurality of upper portions. |
| US10181520B2 |
Method of fabricating electrically erasable programmable non-volatile memory cell structure
A NVM cell structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a first well region having a second conductivity type, a floating gate transistor and an erase gate region. The first well region is disposed on a first OD region of the semiconductor substrate. The erase gate region disposed on a second OD region of the semiconductor substrate includes a first doped region and at least one second doped region having the second conductivity type. The first doped region is disposed in semiconductor substrate and covers the second OD region, and the second doped region is disposed in the first doped region. The first doped region encompasses the second doped region, and a doping concentration of the second doped region is larger than a doping concentration of the first doped region. |
| US10181516B2 |
Graphene FET with graphitic interface layer at contacts
A method for forming a graphene FET includes providing a graphene layer having a surface. A first metal layer having a work function <4.3 eV is deposited on the graphene surface. The first metal layer is oxidized to form a first metal oxide layer. The first metal oxide layer is etched to provide open surface contact regions including a first and a second region of the graphene layer for providing a graphene surface source and drain contact. A second metal layer is deposited including a second metal layer portion providing a source with a source contact over the graphene surface source contact and a second metal layer portion providing a drain with a drain contact over the graphene surface drain contact. A grown-in graphitic interface layer is formed at an interface between the source contact and graphene surface source contact and the drain contact and graphene surface drain contact. |
| US10181514B2 |
Vertical semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
In a case where a semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on a step shape formed due to CBL (current blocking layer) formation, the crystallinity of the semiconductor layer lowers. Also, a GaN layer that is epitaxially regrown on the CBL is not formed continuously by epitaxial growth, and therefore the crystallinity of the GaN layer lowers. A vertical semiconductor device manufacturing method is provided that comprises: a step of epitaxially growing a gallium nitride-based n-type semiconductor layer on a gallium nitride-based semiconductor substrate; a step of epitaxially growing a gallium nitride-based p-type semiconductor layer on the n-type semiconductor layer; and a step of ion-implanting p-type impurities to form a p+-type embedded region selectively in a predetermined depth range across the boundary between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer. |
| US10181508B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
Provided is a guard ring section to which a fine processing is easily applied. Provided is a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an active region formed in the semiconductor substrate; and a guard ring section formed more outside than the active region in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the guard ring section includes: a guard ring formed in a circular pattern on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; an interlayer insulating film formed above the guard ring; a field plate formed in a circular pattern along the guard ring and above the interlayer insulating film; and a tungsten plug formed in a circular pattern along the guard ring and penetrating the interlayer insulating film to connect the guard ring and the field plate. |
| US10181507B2 |
Display tile structure and tiled display
A display tile structure includes a tile layer with opposing emitter and backplane sides. A light emitter having first and second electrodes for conducting electrical current to cause the light emitter to emit light is disposed in the tile layer. First and second electrically conductive tile micro-wires and first and second conductive tile contact pads are electrically connected to the first and second tile micro-wires, respectively. The light emitter includes a plurality of semiconductor layers and the first and second electrodes are disposed on a common side of the semiconductor layers opposite the emitter side of the tile layer. The first and second tile micro-wires and first and second tile contact pads are disposed on the backplane side of the tile layer. |
| US10181505B2 |
Active matrix organic light emitting diode display panel structure
Disclosed is an AMOLED display panel structure, comprising a plurality of transversely scan lines which extend horizontally, a plurality of data lines which extend vertically and are insulated from the scan lines, switching lines of a same number of the scan lines which extend vertically, a plurality of row driving circuits coupled to the switching lines and a plurality of column driving circuits coupled to the data lines; one switching line is coupled to one scan line, one row driving circuit is coupled to a plurality of switching lines, one column driving circuits is coupled to a plurality of data lines; the row driving circuit and the column driving circuit are located in the lower border frame region; the left, right and upper frame regions are only used for package to achieve the ultra narrow border frames for all three sides of the AMOLED display panel. |
| US10181499B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
Discussed in an organic light emitting display device including a first pixel, and a second pixel being adjacent the first pixel, wherein each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a plurality of subpixels, wherein the plurality of subpixels include a green subpixel, a red subpixel, and a blue subpixel, and wherein the red subpixel and the blue subpixel are shared by the first pixel and the second pixel. |
| US10181498B2 |
Organic light emitting device
An organic light emitting device includes four sub-organic light emitting devices. The first device includes a first anode, a first common light emitting portion, and a first sub-light emitting portion. The second device includes a second anode, a second common light emitting portion, a first auxiliary layer, and a second sub-light emitting portion. The third device includes a third anode and a third common light emitting portion. The fourth device includes a fourth anode, a fourth common light emitting portion, and a light emitting layer emitting a first light. The first and second sub-light emitting portions have an integral structure and emit second light. The first, second, third, and fourth common light emitting portions have an integral structure and emit third light having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of at least one of the first or second lights. |
| US10181496B1 |
Programmable impedance memory device and related methods
A memory device can include at least one plate structure formed over a semiconductor substrate; an active region formed within the semiconductor substrate without lateral isolation structures; a plurality of bit line contact groups, each including bit line contacts to the active region disposed in a first direction; a plurality of storage contact groups, each including storage contacts to the active region disposed in the first direction; a plurality of gate structures, each including a main section extending in the first direction, and disposed between one bit line contact group and an adjacent storage contact group; and a two-terminal storage element disposed between each bit line contact and the at least one plate structure. |
| US10181495B1 |
Multi-color monolithic light-emitting diodes and methods for making the same
A process for producing a light emitting diode device, the process including: forming a plurality of quantum dots on a surface of a layer including a first area and a second area, the forming including: exposing the first area of the surface to light having a first wavelength while exposing the first area to a quantum dot forming environment that causes the quantum dots in the first area to form at a first growth rate while the quantum dots have a dimension less than a first threshold dimension; exposing the second area of the surface to light having a second wavelength while exposing the second area to the quantum dot forming environment that causes the quantum dots in the second area to form at a third growth rate while the quantum dots have a dimension less than a second threshold dimension; and processing the layer to form the LED device. |
| US10181490B2 |
Cross talk reduction for high dynamic range image sensors
A multi-color HDR image sensor includes at least a first combination color pixel with a first color filter and an adjacent second combination color pixel with a second color filter which is different from the first color filter, wherein each combination color pixel includes at least two sub-pixels having at least two adjacent photodiodes. Within each combination color pixel, there is a dielectric deep trench isolation (d-DTI) structure to isolate the two adjacent photodiodes of the two adjacent sub-pixels with same color filters in order to prevent the electrical cross talk. Between two adjacent combination color pixels with different color filters, there is a hybrid deep trench isolation (h-DTI) structure to isolate two adjacent photodiodes of two adjacent sub-pixels with different color filters in order to prevent both optical and electrical cross talk. Each combination color pixel is enclosed on all sides by the hybrid deep trench isolation (h-DTI) structure. |
| US10181487B2 |
High reliability housing for a semiconductor package
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a substrate coupled to one or more die and to one or more connectors, a glass lid coupled over one or more die by an adhesive and a housing comprising one or more sides and a bottom opening and a top opening. The substrate may be coupled to the housing at the bottom opening and the glass lid may be coupled under the housing at the top opening. |
| US10181484B2 |
TFT substrate manufacturing method and TFT substrate
The invention provides a TFT substrate manufacturing method and TFT substrate. The TFT substrate manufacturing method first etches the gate insulation layer to form two first through-holes and forming two bridging metal blocks inside the two first through holes; then etches the interlayer dielectric layer to form two second through-holes connecting respectively the two first through-holes, the source and drain connecting the two bridging metal blocks respectively through the two second through-holes. By changing a conventional etching process into two etching process to form the through-hole structure on the gate insulation layer and interlayer dielectric layer, able to improve uniformity of the active layer, reduce process difficulty, avoid the problem of etching stopped due to higher etching thickness, and improve the product quality. |
| US10181482B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for manufacturing the array substrate includes forming a first transparent conductive layer and a metallic layer successively on a base substrate, and forming a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a first transparent electrode by one patterning process. |
| US10181478B2 |
Radio frequency switch having field effect transistor cells
An electronic component made up of field-effect transistor (FET) cells is disclosed. Each FET cell includes a finger region having drain, gate, and source fingers disposed over a semiconductor substrate. An isolation region extends across a first end of the finger region. An off-state linearization region abuts the first end of the isolation region. A doped well is disposed within the off-state linearization region over the semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is disposed over the doped region. A first conductive stripe is disposed over the dielectric layer in longitudinal alignment with the drain finger. A second conductive stripe is disposed over the dielectric layer in longitudinal alignment with the drain finger. A drain finger electrode is aligned over and coupled to both the drain finger and the first conductive stripe. A source finger electrode is aligned over and coupled to both the source finger and the second conductive stripe. |
| US10181477B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
According to the embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a stacked body provided on the substrate and including a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed; a semiconductor pillar provided on the substrate and in the stacked body; a semiconductor body provided in the stacked body; and an insulating film including a charge storage film provided between the plurality of electrode layers and the semiconductor body, and extending in the stacking direction. The semiconductor body includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is surrounded with the plurality of electrode layers and extends in a stacking direction of the stacked body. The second portion is in contact with an upper surface of the semiconductor pillar. |
| US10181470B1 |
Mixed P/N MOS array layout and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor structure is disclosed that includes a p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) array having a first set of oxide diffusion layer (OD) structures, an n-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) array having a second set of OD structures, and a dummy buffer zone surrounding the PMOS and NMOS arrays. The semiconductor structure has a uniform spacing between OD structures in the first and second sets of OD structures and between the PMOS and NMOS array, such that no dummy buffer zone is included between the PMOS array and the NMOS array. |
| US10181469B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device having a standard cell which includes a fin
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a standard cell with a fin extending in a first direction. The fin and a gate line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and provided on the fin constitute an active transistor. The fin and a dummy gate line provided in parallel with the gate line constitute a dummy transistor. The active transistor shares a node as its source or drain with the dummy transistor. |
| US10181466B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection apparatus and applications thereof
An ESD protection apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, a first gate structure, a first doping region, a second doping region and a third doping region. The semiconductor substrate has a doping well with a first conductivity one end of which is grounded. The first gate structure is disposed on the doping well. The first doping region having a second conductivity, is disposed in the doping well and adjacent to the first gate structure, and is electrically connected to a pad. The second doping region having the second conductivity is disposed in the doping well and adjacent to the first gate structure. The third doping region having the first conductivity is disposed in the doping well and forms a P/N junction interface with the second doping region, wherein the second doping region and the third doping region respectively have a doping concentration substantially greater than that of the doping well. |
| US10181460B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device, semiconductor mounting device, and memory device manufactured by method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes laminating a plurality of semiconductor wafers via an adhesive, heating such that the adhesive reaches a specific viscosity, and pressing the semiconductor wafers under a provisional pressure bonding load such that a gap between solder of through-electrodes provided to chip parts and through-electrodes of an adjacent semiconductor wafer falls within a specific range that is greater than zero, to produce a provisional pressure-bonded laminate; cutting the provisional pressure-bonded laminate with a cutter to produce a provisional pressure-bonded laminate chip part; and heating the provisional pressure-bonded laminate chip part to at least curing temperature of the adhesive and at least melting point of the solder, and pressing the provisional pressure-bonded laminate chip part under a main pressure bonding load to produce a main pressure-bonded laminate chip part such that the solder comes into contact with the through-electrodes of adjacent chip parts. |
| US10181459B2 |
Method of manufacturing light-emitting device
A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device incudes providing a supporting member having a recess; disposing a light-emitting element at a bottom surface of the recess; disposing a first light-reflecting resin at the bottom surface of the recess; disposing a second light-reflecting resin in the recess, a viscosity of the second light-reflecting resin being higher than a viscosity of the first light-reflecting resin; and curing the first light-reflecting resin and the second light-reflecting resin to form a light-reflecting wall. |
| US10181458B2 |
Electronic package and fabrication method thereof
An electronic package is provided, including: a substrate having opposite first and second surfaces; at least a first electronic element disposed on the first surface of the substrate; a first encapsulant encapsulating the first electronic element; at least a second electronic element and a frame disposed on the second surface of the substrate; and a second encapsulant encapsulating the second electronic element. By disposing the first and second electronic elements on the first and second surfaces of the substrate, respectively, the invention allows a required number of electronic elements to be mounted on the substrate without the need to increase the surface area of the substrate. Since the volume of the electronic package does not increase, the electronic package meets the miniaturization requirement. The present invention further provides a method for fabricating the electronic package. |
| US10181453B2 |
Semiconductor sensor package
A package packaged with a cap. The package features trenches, through holes, and a non-conductive coupling element forming a locking mechanism integrated embedded or integrated within a substrate. The package has a cap coupled to the non-conductive coupling element through ultrasonic plastic welding. The package protects the dice from an outside environment or external stresses or both. A method is desired to form package to reduce glue overflow defects in the package. Fabrication of the package comprises drilling holes in a substrate; forming trenches in the substrate; forming a non-conductive coupling element in the through holes and the trenches to form a locking mechanism; allowing the non-conductive coupling element to harden and cure; coupling a die or dice to the substrate; and coupling a cap to the non-conductive coupling element to protect the die or dice from an outside environment or external stresses or both. |
| US10181449B1 |
Semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure including an insulating encapsulant, a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die and a redistribution circuit layer is provided. The first and the second semiconductor dies embedded in the insulating encapsulant and separated from one another. The first semiconductor die includes a first active surface accessibly exposed and a first conductive terminal distributed at the first active surface. The second semiconductor die includes a second active surface accessibly exposed and a second conductive terminal distributed at the second active surface. The redistribution circuit layer including a conductive trace is disposed on the first and the second active surfaces and the insulating encapsulant. The conductive trace is electrically connected from the first semiconductor die and meanderingly extends to the second semiconductor die, and a ratio of a total length of the conductive trace to the top width of the insulating encapsulant ranges from about 3 to about 10. |
| US10181447B2 |
3D-interconnect
A method of making a microelectronic package includes bonding a conductive structure to a carrier so that the conductive structure overlies a rear surface of a microelectronic element disposed on the carrier and an exposed top surface of the carrier. The conductive structure may be a monolithic structure having a base and a plurality of interconnections extending continuously away from the base toward the carrier. The plurality of interconnections may have free ends that overlie the carrier. The microelectronic element may be positioned between at least two adjacent interconnections of the plurality of interconnections. The plurality of interconnections and the microelectronic element may be encapsulated with an encapsulant. The carrier may be removed to expose the free ends of the interconnections and bond pads of the microelectronic element. The free ends of the interconnections and the bond pads of the microelectronic element may be conductively connected with the terminals of the microelectronic package. The conductive structure may be patterned to form external contacts. At least some of the external contacts may overlie the microelectronic element. |
| US10181446B2 |
Camera module, imaging apparatus, and electronic instrument
The present technology relates to a camera module capable of reducing the number of steps in the manufacturing process and reducing a black spot failure, a method for manufacturing the camera module, an imaging apparatus, and an electronic instrument. A frame and the rigid flexible substrate are adhered to each other by adhesive formed of thermosetting resin applied on an abutment surface excluding a portion of a range including a bonding section with the FPC drawer unit, thereby forming a vent hole in a site where adhesive has not been applied. At this time, the air of the space between the frame and the rigid flexible substrate is expanded by the heat and discharged from the vent hole. Subsequently, after adhesion is performed with thermosetting resin, reinforcement resin that reinforces the bonding section between the rigid flexible substrate and the FPC drawer unit or that reinforces the bonding section between the rigid flexible substrate and the frame is applied so as to close a portion of the range on which the adhesive has not been applied. This enables omitting the process of closing the vent hole. The present technology can be applied to a camera module. |
| US10181442B1 |
Three-dimensional memory device having L-shaped word lines and methods of making the same
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of L-shaped insulating layers and L-shaped electrically conductive layers located over a top surface of a substrate, such that each of the L-shaped insulating layers and the L-shaped electrically conductive layers includes a respective horizontally-extending portion and a respective non-horizontally-extending portion, memory stack structures extending through a memory array region of the alternating stack that includes the horizontally-extending portions of the L-shaped electrically conductive layers, such that each of the memory stack structures includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel, dielectric spacers non-horizontally extending between neighboring pairs of a non-horizontally-extending portion of an L-shaped insulating layer and a non-horizontally-extending portion of an L-shaped electrically conductive layer, and contact via structures that contact a respective one of the non-horizontally-extending portions of the L-shaped electrically conductive layers. |
| US10181441B2 |
Through via structure and manufacturing method thereof
A through via structure includes a conductive wiring, at least one dielectric layer over the conductive wiring, a via hole in the at least one dielectric layer and exposing the conductive wiring, and a conductive via in the via hole. The conductive via includes a conductive barrier layer in a bottom portion of the via hole, and a conductive layer in a top portion of the via hole. |
| US10181439B2 |
Substrate and method for fabrication thereof
A substrate and method of fabrication is disclosed. In one example, the substrate includes a first dielectric layer, a first and a second conductive trace arranged over the first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer arranged between the first and second conductive traces and partially covering the first and second conductive traces, wherein an exposed part of the first and second conductive traces is exposed from the second dielectric layer at an interface and wherein a shape of the interface between the first and second conductive traces includes one or more of an angle, an edge, a curvature, a bulge, a step and an indentation. |
| US10181438B2 |
Semiconductor substrate mitigating bridging
A semiconductor substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a dielectric layer, a circuit layer, a first protection layer and a plurality of conductive posts. The dielectric layer has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The circuit layer is embedded in the dielectric layer and is exposed from the first surface. The first protection layer covers a portion of the first circuit layer and defines a plurality of holes that expose a remaining portion of the first circuit layer. The conductive posts are formed in the holes. |
| US10181437B2 |
Package substrate and method of manufacturing package substrate
A package substrate includes a substrate, a first connection terminal mounted over the substrate, the first connection terminal including a first land and a second land on the substrate, a first solder resist surrounding the first land and the second land, and a first solder ball formed straddling the first land and the second land; and a second connection terminal which is mounted over the substrate and disposed adjacent to the first connection terminal, the second connection terminal including a third land and a fourth land on the substrate, a second solder resist surrounding the third land and the fourth land, and a second solder ball formed straddling the third land and the fourth land. |
| US10181435B2 |
Lead frame assembly
A leadframe assembly includes a leadframe having a die attach pad and a first plurality of leads. A first generally sine wave-shaped wire having a first end and a second end has a first end of thereof attached to a first one of the first plurality of leads and the second end thereof attached to a second one of the first plurality of leads. A method of making a leadframe assembly includes forming an inductor on a leadframe by bending a first wire into a generally sine wave-shaped configuration and attaching the first wire to a first set of leads of the leadframe. |
| US10181429B2 |
Method for the formation of transistors PDSO1 and FDSO1 on a same substrate
The present invention relates to a method for forming an electronic device intended to accommodate at least one fully depleted transistor of the FDSOI type and at least one partially depleted transistor of the PDSOI type, from a stack of layers (10) comprising at least one insulating layer (100) topped with at least one active layer (200) made of a semiconductor material, the method comprising at least one step of dry etching and one step of height adjustment between at least two etched elements. |
| US10181420B2 |
Devices with chamfer-less vias multi-patterning and methods for forming chamfer-less vias
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the semiconductor devices with chamfer-less via multi-patterning are disclosed. One method includes, for instance: obtaining an intermediate semiconductor device; performing a trench etch into a portion of the intermediate semiconductor device to form a trench pattern; depositing an etching stack; performing at least one via patterning process; and forming at least one via opening into a portion of the intermediate semiconductor device. An intermediate semiconductor device is also disclosed. |
| US10181418B2 |
Substrate position alignment device and control method of substrate position alignment device
A substrate position alignment device includes a plurality of rotary tables which hold a plurality of substrates to be vertically spaced apart from each other, a rotation drive device which synchronously rotates the plurality of rotary tables, a plurality of support elements which support the substrate on the rotary table, support element drive members which independently and horizontally move the plurality of support elements between inward positions and outward positions, and up-down devices which move up and down the plurality of support element drive members. The substrate position alignment device operates the rotation drive device, the support element drive members and the up-down device based on the positions of notches of the substrate, to align the notches of the plurality of substrates with a reference rotational angle position. |
| US10181415B2 |
3D IC bump height metrology APC
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of bump metrology The method is performed by forming a through-substrate-via within a substrate, forming a plurality of metal interconnect layers within a dielectric structure over the substrate, and forming a bump on the plurality of metal interconnect layers. One or more substrate warpage parameters of the substrate are measured and an initial position of a lens within a substrate metrology module is calculated based upon the one or more substrate warpage parameters. The lens is then moved to the initial position, and a height and a width of the bump are measured using the substrate metrology module after moving the lens to the initial position. |
| US10181414B2 |
Indicator used in electronic device manufacturing apparatus and method for designing and/or managing the apparatus
Provided is an indicator that can easily detect whether treatment with at least one member of plasma, ozone, ultraviolet rays, and radical-containing gas is uniformly performed on an entire substrate in an electronic device manufacturing apparatus; also provided is a method for designing and/or managing an electronic device manufacturing apparatus using the indicator. The indicator is used in an electronic device manufacturing apparatus, wherein (1) the indicator detects at least one member selected from the group consisting of plasma, ozone, ultraviolet rays, and radical-containing gas, (2) the indicator has a shape that is the same as that of a substrate used in the electronic device manufacturing apparatus, (3) the indicator contains a color-changing layer, and (4) the color-changing layer is formed by an ink composition whose color changes or disappears by reaction with at least one member selected from the group consisting of plasma, ozone, ultraviolet rays, and radical-containing gas. |
| US10181411B2 |
Method for fabricating a carrier-less silicon interposer
An insulating second element is provided and overlies a surface of a first element which consists essentially of a material having a CTE of less than 10 ppm/° C. and has a first thickness in a first direction normal to the surface. Openings extend in the first direction through the second element. The first element is abraded to produce a thinned first element having a second thickness less than the first thickness. Conductive elements are formed at a first side of the interposer coincident with or adjacent to a surface of the thinned first element remote from the second element. A conductive structure extends through the openings in the second element, wherein the conductive elements are electrically connected with terminals of the interposer through the conductive structure, and the terminals are disposed at a second side of the interposer opposite from the first side. |
| US10181409B2 |
Thermal processing apparatus
An optical system that is able to reliably deliver a uniform amount of energy across an anneal region contained on a surface of a substrate. The optical system is adapted to deliver, or project, a uniform amount of energy having a desired two-dimensional shape on a desired region on the surface of the substrate. An energy source for the optical system is typically a plurality of lasers, which are combined to form the energy field. |
| US10181404B2 |
Light irradiation type heat treatment method and heat treatment apparatus
A metal film is deposited on a front surface of a semiconductor wafer of silicon. After the semiconductor wafer is received in a chamber, the pressure in the chamber is reduced to a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. Thereafter, nitrogen gas is supplied into the chamber to return the pressure in the chamber to ordinary pressure, and the front surface of the semiconductor wafer is irradiated with a flash of light, so that a silicide that is a compound of the metal film and silicon is formed. The oxygen concentration in the chamber is significantly lowered during the formation of the silicide because the pressure in the chamber is reduced once to the pressure lower than atmospheric pressure and then returned to the ordinary pressure. This suppresses the increase in resistance of the silicide resulting from the entry of oxygen in the atmosphere in the chamber into defects near the interface between the metal film and a base material. |
| US10181401B1 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first patterned target layer on a substrate having a first region and a second region, the first patterned target layer having first openings along a first direction in the first region; forming a patterned hard mask layer over the first patterned target layer and having first recesses along a second direction in the first region and second recesses along the first direction in the second region; forming a patterned photoresist layer over the patterned hard mask layer and having stripe structures along the second direction in the first region and block structures along the first direction in the second region; and etching the patterned photoresist layer, patterned hard mask layer, and first patterned target layer to form a second patterned target layer. |
| US10181399B2 |
Method for manufacturing a wafer of semiconducting material based on a group 13 element nitride
A method for manufacturing a semi-conducting material including a layer of nitride of a group 13 element comprising active areas for manufacturing electronic components, and inactive areas, the active and inactive areas extending on a front face of the layer of nitride, the method comprising steps consisting of: using a mask comprising a plurality of apertures each defining an active area pattern on the initial substrate, growing the layer of nitride, receiving a theoretical pattern pitch corresponding to a desired distance between two adjacent active area patterns on the front face of the layer of nitride, calculating at least one mask pitch different from the theoretical pattern pitch for compensating shifts in the active area patterns, the mask pitch corresponding to a distance between two adjacent apertures of the protective mask. |
| US10181398B2 |
Strain-control heterostructure growth
A solution for fabricating a group III nitride heterostructure and/or a corresponding device is provided. The heterostructure can include a nucleation layer, which can be grown on a lattice mismatched substrate using a set of nucleation layer growth parameters. An aluminum nitride layer can be grown on the nucleation layer using a set of aluminum nitride layer growth parameters. The respective growth parameters can be configured to result in a target type and level of strain in the aluminum nitride layer that is conducive for growth of additional heterostructure layers resulting in strains and strain energies not exceeding threshold values which can cause relaxation and/or dislocation formation. |
| US10181395B2 |
Mass calibration kit and calibration method for low-mass region of high-resolution mass spectrometer in negative ion mode
A mass calibration kit and a calibration method for a low-mass area of a high-resolution mass spectrometer in negative ion mode. The mass calibration kit comprises semiconductor nanometer material suspension, a free fatty acid standard solution and a MALDI sample target cleaning liquid. The mass calibration method comprises: adjusting a voltage difference between a sample target of the mass spectrometer and a slit to be 20 V; dripping the semiconductor nanometer material suspension on the surface of the sample target till a solvent is completely volatilized and dried; dripping the free fatty acid standard solution on the surface of a semiconductor nanometer material till the solvent is completely volatilized and dried; and putting the sample target in the mass spectrometer for mass calibration, wherein calibration coefficients obtained after the instrument calibration can be used for correcting a sample mass spectrometric detection result. The calibration kit can effectively correct a low-mass area of a MALDI mass spectrometer in negative ion mode; mass spectrum signals are free of background interference; accurate measurement of the mass of a small molecule compound can be realized; and a relative error is less than 6 ppm. |
| US10181393B2 |
End block arrangement and socket arrangement
According to various embodiments, a socket arrangement for holding an end block on a process chamber may include the following: a first socket element with a first fastening arrangement for fastening the first socket element on a process chamber wall and with a second fastening arrangement; and a second socket element with a third fastening arrangement, for fastening the second socket element on the first socket element and with a fourth fastening arrangement for fastening an end block on the second socket element; wherein the second fastening arrangement of the first socket element and the third fastening arrangement of the second socket element may be formed for engaging in one another with play in such a way that the second socket element may be deflectable in relation to the first socket element. |
| US10181388B1 |
Crossed field device
A crossed field device for generating electromagnetic emissions includes an anode having a first slow-wave structure having a plurality of first vanes separated by cavities formed therebetween and a second slow-wave structure having a plurality of second vanes separated by cavities formed therebetween. At least one of the first vanes is laterally aligned with one of the second vanes. The first vanes are offset from the second vanes by an offset distance so that at least one of the first vanes is not laterally aligned with a second vane and at least one of the second vanes is not laterally aligned with a first vane. The device further includes a cathode disposed in a space located between first and second vanes. A magnetic element generates a magnetic field (B), which is oriented orthogonally to an electric field (E) formed by the anode and cathode to generate EM emissions. |
| US10181384B2 |
Network transformer primary disconnect assembly
A housing assembly for a network transformer primary disconnect assembly is provided. The housing assembly includes a visible break assembly and a number of sidewalls defining an enclosed space. The visible break assembly includes a number of viewing windows in at least one sidewall. The viewing windows are aligned with one of a contact assembly interface or a movable contact assembly distal end in the open, first position. |
| US10181383B2 |
Self-aligning actuator for door-operated switch
An actuator system for operating a switch is described herein. The actuator system can include a shaft of a handle assembly. The shaft couples to a handle and a male coupling element and has a number of positions. Further, a coupling body of a switch assembly can be positioned in the number of positions. The coupling body engages the switch and has a female coupling element, which has a slotted portion that receives the male coupling element and an angled terminus that aligns the shaft to a first position as the shaft couples to the coupling body. The slotted portion receives and engages the male coupling element when the shaft is coupled to the coupling body. The slotted portion prevents the male coupling element from disengaging when the coupling body is in a second position, and disengages the male coupling element when the coupling body is in the first position. |
| US10181382B2 |
Solid electrolytic capacitor
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and a plated layer. The capacitor element has a predetermined surface and outer peripheral surface other than the predetermined surface. The capacitor element includes an anode body, an anode lead wire and a cathode layer. The predetermined surface is perpendicular to a predetermined direction. The anode lead wire extends from the anode body along the predetermined direction through the predetermined surface. The cathode layer includes a solid electrolyte layer and forms the outer peripheral surface and a part of the predetermined surface. The plated layer completely covers the outer peripheral surface and the part of the predetermined surface. |
| US10181380B2 |
Multilayer electronic component having first and second internal elctrode patterns alternately stacked, and method of manufacturing the same
A multilayer electronic component includes a body, first and second external electrodes, and first and second side parts. The body includes a multilayer structure in which first and second internal electrode patterns are alternately stacked and contains a dielectric material. The first and second side parts are disposed on outer surfaces of the body to face each other. The first and second external electrodes are disposed on outer surfaces of the body to face each other. The first internal electrode patterns are exposed to a third surface and a fifth surface of the body on which the first external electrode and the first side part are disposed, respectively. Additionally, the second internal electrode patterns are exposed to a fourth surface and a sixth surface of the body on which the second external electrode and the second side part are disposed, respectively. |
| US10181377B2 |
Production method for rare earth permanent magnet
A production method for a rare earth permanent magnet, wherein: a sintered magnet body comprising an R1—Fe—B composition (R1 represents one or more elements selected from among rare earth elements, including Y and Sc) is immersed in an electrodeposition liquid obtained by dispersing a powder containing an R2 oxyfluoride and/or an R3 hydride (R2 and R3 represent one or more elements selected from among rare earth elements, including Y and Sc) in a solvent; an electrodeposition process is used to coat the powder onto the surface of the sintered magnet body; and, in the state in which the powder is present on the surface of the magnet body, the magnet body and the powder are subjected to a heat treatment in a vacuum or an inert gas at a temperature equal to or less than the sintering temperature of the magnet. |
| US10181375B1 |
High-density, folded electromagnetic coil
In accordance with one embodiment, a High-Density, Folded Electromagnetic Coil comprises a plurality of wire spirals that are folded into substantially semicircles, stacked against each other, and have a common centerline to form a substantially high-density, electromagnetic coil. The wire spirals are electrically connected such that electric current flows through each wire spiral in series and in the same direction through each wire spiral. |
| US10181374B2 |
Electronic component
In an electronic component, a primary coil is electrically connected between a first outer electrode and a fourth outer electrode, a secondary coil is electrically connected between a second outer electrode and a fifth outer electrode, a tertiary coil is electrically connected between a third outer electrode and a sixth outer electrode, and a first inter-layer connection conductor, a second inter-layer connection conductor, and a third inter-layer connection conductor are electrically connected to the end portions at an inner side of a first coil conductor layer, a second coil conductor layer, and a third coil conductor layer, respectively. The first inter-layer connection conductor, the second inter-layer connection conductor, and the third inter-layer connection conductor are not positioned at one side of a second perpendicular direction, compared with a magnetic core, when viewed from a laminating direction. |
| US10181373B2 |
Reversing linear solenoid
A reversing linear solenoid polarized in a permanent magnetic manner having a first and second end stroke position as well as at least one armature, wherein it has a spring system or is operated at such a spring system which exerts a force in the direction of the center stroke position on the armature or armatures in the end stroke position(s). The spring system and the reversing linear solenoid are coordinated with one another such that the armature or armatures are held in a permanent magnetic manner against the spring force in both end stroke positions. The spring system is configured such that the potential energy (elastically) stored by movement of the armature or armatures into its/their end stroke movements is of equal magnitude. If external restoring forces caused by the application are present, they must be taken into account in the design of the spring system. |
| US10181371B1 |
Apparatus for magnetostrictive sensor for guided-wave-based inspection, and its associated system and method
An apparatus for a magnetostrictive sensor for guided-wave-based inspection includes a flexible body with a conductor arranged to receive an alternating current for generating a magnetic field. During operation, the flexible body is arranged to be attached to an object to be inspected in such a way that a first part of the conductor arranged to generate a magnetic field parallel to a longitudinal direction of the object is arranged to surround the object and a second part of the conductor arranged to generate a magnetic field perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the object is disposed away from the object. |
| US10181367B2 |
Resistor element, method of manufacturing the same, and resistor element assembly
A resistor element includes a first terminal and a second terminal disposed on opposite end portions of a base substrate, respectively. A first resistance layer is connected to the first terminal and formed of a thick film resistor, and a second resistance layer is connected to the first resistance layer and the second terminal and is formed of a thin film resistor. |
| US10181366B2 |
Tape dispensing tool
A tape dispensing tool includes a hub, a fixed holder arm, and an adjustable holder arm. The hub extends through a core of a roll of tape. The fixed holder arm extends from the hub along a first side of the roll of tape and has a fixed orientation relative to the hub. The fixed holder arm includes a first cradle configured to receive a cable bundle therein. The adjustable holder arm extends from the hub along an opposite, second side of the roll of tape. The adjustable holder arm includes a second cradle configured to receive the cable bundle therein. The adjustable holder arm has an adjustable position relative to the hub and the fixed holder arm to select an angular position of the second cradle relative to the first cradle for setting an overlap amount as the tape is applied to the cable bundle. |
| US10181364B2 |
High reliability power cables for subsea application
A power cable for an electric submersible pump (ESP) includes an electrical conductor in the power cable; an elastomeric insulation layer around the electrical conductor; a fluoroplastic barrier layer around the elastomeric insulation layer; and a bonding layer between the elastomeric insulation layer and the fluoroplastic barrier layer, the bonding layer formulated to prevent a dielectric breakdown of the power cable and a rapid gas decompression breakdown of the power cable. |
| US10181360B1 |
Report links
A medical and/or clinical report includes one or more links to various external (and/or internal) data sources and/or systems that include information relevant to the medical report. In an embodiment, a medical report may be in a PDF format and include links to images associated with the exam, information regarding the patient, a scheduling application useful to schedule additional procedures for the patient, and/or any other information associated with the patient or exam. The medical report, including various links, may be generated based on information received from external medical data systems. For example, a medical report from an external system may be updated to include various links to systems and sources of data related to the medical report, as described herein. |
| US10181359B2 |
Shift register and display device
The shift register includes first to fourth flip-flops. A first clock signal which is in a first voltage state in a first period and in a second voltage state in second to fourth periods is input to the first flip-flop. A second clock signal which is in the first voltage state in the second period and in the second voltage state in the third period and the fourth period is input to the second flip-flop. A third clock signal which is in the second voltage state in the first, second, and fourth periods and in the first voltage state in the third period is input to the third flip-flop. A fourth clock signal which is in the second voltage state in the first and second periods and in the first voltage state in the fourth period is input to the fourth flip-flop. |
| US10181358B2 |
Sense amplifier
A sense amplifier for reading a via Read-Only Memory (Via-ROM) is provided. The sense amplifier includes a read circuit, an adaptive keeper circuit and a leakage monitor circuit. The read circuit is connected to the via-ROM. The adaptive keeper circuit is connected to the read circuit. The leakage monitor circuit is connected to the adaptive keeper circuit for forming a current mirror, such that the adaptive keeper circuit compensates a read voltage of a memory cell whose via is opened when a bit-line leakage is happened. |
| US10181356B2 |
Flash memory counter
A method of updating a counter in a flash memory includes a first phase where a set of values capable of being taken by the counter are programmed in at least one page of the flash memory. A second phase of updating the counter programs a state zero in the flash memory each time the counter is incremented/decremented. |
| US10181353B2 |
Memory control circuit and method thereof
This invention discloses a memory control circuit and a method thereof. The memory control method includes the steps of: transmitting a first clock to a serial peripheral interface (SPI) NOR flash memory; transmitting a read instruction to the SPI NOR flash memory; waiting for a read waiting time period, which is associated with a specification of the SPI NOR flash memory and a cycle of the first clock; waiting for a delay time period, which is associated with a delay setting value and a cycle of a second clock different from the first clock; receiving read data returned from the SPI NOR flash memory; and adjusting the delay time period according to whether the read data are correct or not. This invention improves the stability of read operation of the SPI NOR flash memory and has advantages of simple circuit and flexible adjustment. |
| US10181349B2 |
Nonvolatile memory cross-bar array
Provided in one example is a nonvolatile memory cross-bar array. The array includes: a number of junctions formed by a number of row lines intersecting a number of column lines; a first set of controls at a first set of the junctions coupling between a first set of the row lines and a first set of the column lines; a second set of controls at a second set of the junctions coupling between a second set of the row lines and a second set of the column lines; and a current collection line to collect currents from the controls of the first set and the second set through their respective column lines and output a result current corresponding to a sum of a first dot product and a second dot product. |
| US10181348B2 |
Memory device comprising resistance change material and method for driving the same
A resistive memory element or device includes: a first, main, memory cell area including a plurality of first resistive memory cells; and a second, buffer, memory cell area including a plurality of second resistive memory cells. The first resistive memory cells of the main memory cell area are configured to store data therein, and the second resistive memory cells of the buffer memory cell area are configured to temporarily store portions of the data therein for at least a stabilization time period while the portions of the data stabilize in the main memory cell area. |
| US10181347B2 |
Semiconductor device, adjustment method thereof and data processing system
A method includes resetting an output timing adjustment circuit in each of a plurality of DRAM devices to a default output timing data value, measuring a default delay from read command to read data for each of the plurality of DRAM devices, identifying a slowest DRAM device having a maximum default delay from read command to read data among the plurality of DRAM devices, writing an output timing data value to the output timing adjustment circuit in each of the plurality of DRAM devices to set the delay from read command to read data for each respective DRAM device to an amount substantially equal to the maximum default delay, and reading data from any one of the plurality of DRAM devices with a delay from read command to read data substantially equal to the maximum default delay. |
| US10181346B2 |
Semiconductor devices and operations thereof
A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a power-down signal generation circuit and a refresh signal generation circuit. The power-down signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a power-down signal which is enabled during a power-down operation period based on a multi-operation signal that is generated by decoding commands. The refresh signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a refresh signal which is enabled during a refresh operation period based on the multi-operation signal and an operation selection signal. |
| US10181344B1 |
Memory device write circuitry
Devices and methods include, for a memory device, generating a main input-output line signal on a main input-output line using driving circuitry. The main input-output line is coupled to multiple sensing amplifiers. Each of the sensing amplifiers each locally generate a local data line from the main data line. Each of the sensing amplifiers also includes multiple local sensing amplifiers that are selectively coupled to the generated local data line for overwriting data in the respective local sensing amplifiers. |
| US10181340B2 |
Electronic device and control method with instruction units based on a number of power supply off operations
An electronic device includes a storage device and a plurality of instruction units. The plurality of instruction units respectively instruct to turn off a power supply of the storage device. At least one instruction unit among the plurality of instruction units instructs to turn off power supply to the storage device in accordance with a total of the number of power supply off operations for the storage device respectively instructed by the plurality of instruction units. |
| US10181339B2 |
Smartphone-based methods and systems
Arrangements involving portable devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers) are disclosed. One arrangement enables a content creator to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another utilizes a device camera to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. |
| US10181338B2 |
Multimedia visual progress indication system
A multimedia visual progress indication system that provides a cache bar that is overlaid onto the program material or displayed on a dedicated display. A cache bar indicates the length of a recording session or the length of stored program material and expands to the right when material is being recorded. Index and/or bookmark indicators are displayed next to the cache bar. A position indicator moves within the cache bar and tells the user visually where his current position is within the program material. Numeric time or counter mark of the current position is displayed in the vicinity of the cache bar. The trick play bar and its associated components are displayed for a predetermined time period. |
| US10181334B1 |
Spin-orbit torque based magnetic recording
The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, and more specifically, to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The head includes a main pole, a spin Hall structure surrounding at least a portion of the main pole at a location that is recessed from a media facing surface (MFS), and a spin-torque structure surrounding at least a portion of the main pole at the MFS. Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is generated from the spin Hall structure. The spin-torque structure magnetization switching (or precession) is induced by the SOT. The SOT based head with the spin-torque structure increases both track density (tracks per inch) and linear density (bit per inch). The areal density capability (ADC), which is the product of tracks per inch and bit per inch, can be further improved by removing the side shield and the leading shield, when the spin-torque structure is utilized in the SOT based head. |
| US10181325B2 |
Audio-visual speech recognition with scattering operators
Aspects described herein are directed towards methods, computing devices, systems, and computer-readable media that apply scattering operations to extracted visual features of audiovisual input to generate predictions regarding the speech status of a subject. Visual scattering coefficients generated according to one or more aspects described herein may be used as input to a neural network operative to generate the predictions regarding the speech status of the subject. Predictions generated based on the visual features may be combined with predictions based on audio input associated with the visual features. In some embodiments, the extracted visual features may be combined with the audio input to generate a combined feature vector for use in generating predictions. |
| US10181322B2 |
Multi-user, multi-domain dialog system
A dialog system for use in a multi-user, multi-domain environment. The dialog system understands user requests when multiple users are interacting with each other as well as the dialog system. The dialog system uses multi-human conversational context to improve domain detection. Using interactions between multiple users allows the dialog system to better interpret machine directed conversational inputs in multi-user conversational systems. The dialog system employs topic segmentation to chunk conversations for determining context boundaries. Using general topic segmentation methods, as well as the specific domain detector trained with conversational inputs collected by a single user system, allows the dialog system to better determine the relevant context. The use of conversational context helps reduce the domain detection error rate, especially in certain domains, and allows for better interactions with users when the machine addressed turns are not recognized or are ambiguous. |
| US10181320B2 |
Computer-implemented method and apparatus for generating grapheme-to-phoneme model
A method and an apparatus for generating a g2p model based on AI are provided. The method includes: during performing a grapheme-to-phoneme conversion training by a neural network on each word in training data, screening nodes in a hidden layer of the neural network randomly according to a preset node ratio so as to obtain retaining nodes for training each word; training each word with a sub-neural network corresponding to the retaining nodes and updating a weight of each retaining node of the sub-neural network; and performing a mean processing on the weights of the retaining nodes of respective sub-neural networks, so as to generate the grapheme-to-phoneme model. |
| US10181319B1 |
Method and apparatus for voice recognition unit simulation
An apparatus and method apparatus and/or computer software to automate testing of a voice self service platform. In its software embodiment, the present invention comprises software that runs on the windows platform to simulate all the components of an Interactive Voice Recognition Unit (VRU). In addition this embodiment can also be used as a helper unit to test individual components of an interactive voice recognition (IVR). |
| US10181314B2 |
Portable electronic device directed audio targeted multiple user system and method
A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically modulating two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals according to output information to be transmitted as two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals from two or more portable electronic device emitters of a portable electronic device; and electronically projecting said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals from said portable electronic device emitters to produce a first set of one or more acoustic audio signals from a first set of said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals at a first location and to produce a second set of one or more second acoustic audio signals from of a second set of said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals at a second location. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. |
| US10181313B2 |
Electronic percussion instrument
There is provided an electronic percussion instrument including a struck surface and strike sensors. The strike sensors include a central sensor; a plurality of peripheral sensors; a first position calculation device configured to, when an initial half wave of a strike waveform of the central sensor is detected within a first predetermined time after the central sensor detects a strike, calculate a first strike position from the central sensor based on the initial half wave; a second position calculation device configured to calculate a second strike position based on a difference in strike detection by the plurality of peripheral sensors; and a sound production instruction device configured to instruct production of a striking sound based on the first and second strike positions respectively calculated by the first and second position calculation devices. |
| US10181312B2 |
Acoustic system, communication device, and program
An acoustic system comprises an output unit, a communication unit, a first output control unit, and a second output control unit. The output unit is configured to be capable of outputting a sound and an image. The communication unit is configured to be capable of communicating with an external device. The first output control unit is configured to receive, from a communication device that transmits a reproduction signal for acoustic data, the reproduction signal via the communication unit and to cause the output unit to output a sound based on the reproduction signal, to thereby perform reproduction of a series of sounds represented by the acoustic data. The second output control unit is configured to cause the output unit to output, as the image, a word corresponding to the sound outputted by the output unit among the series of sounds represented by the acoustic data. |
| US10181309B2 |
Electronic device control method and electronic device
An electronic device control method and system are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a first electronic device, a trigger event performed on a display content displayed by the first electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is a mirror device of a mirror system; generating, by the first electronic device, control information according to the trigger event; sending, by the first electronic device, the control information to a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is a source device of the mirror system; identifying, by the second electronic device, a target object according to the control information; and performing, by the second electronic device, an operation on the target object. |
| US10181303B2 |
Shift register circuit with two discharging modules
A shift register circuit is disclosed. The shift register circuit includes a first gate driving module, a second gate driving module, a first discharging module, and a second discharging module. The first gate driving module has a first node and a first output terminal. The second gate driving module has a second node and a second output terminal. The first discharging module is coupled to the first node, the second node, and the first output terminal respectively. The second discharging module is coupled to the second node, the first node, and the second output terminal respectively. Both the first discharging module and the second discharging module include ten transistors respectively. |
| US10181302B2 |
Drive method of liquid crystal display panel
The present invention provides a drive method of a liquid crystal display panel, in which the counter (21), and the pulse modulation module (22) are located in the sequence controller (2), and the counter (21) in the sequence controller (2) pluses 1 as the sequence controller (2) outputs the display data of each row, and as the counter (21) in the sequence controller (2) pluses to i×M/N, the pulse modulation module (22) in the sequence controller (2) sends one pulse control signal (CS) to the i+1th gate drive IC correspondingly driving the i+1th pixel display region (Zone(i+1)) to control the i+1th gate drive IC (GD(i+1)) to output the target TFT activation voltage corresponding to the i+1th gate drive IC (GD(i+1)) after the internal calculation and the conversion, and thus the TFT activation voltage can be dynamically adjusted in real time. |
| US10181299B1 |
Generating digital content overlays in relation to real-world objects via a display case with a multi-layered transmissive display
The present disclosure includes systems, methods, computer readable media, and devices that can generate and present a digital overlay over a view of a tangible object within a display case. In particular, the systems and methods described herein can synchronize a switchable diffuser element with a display screen and one or more light sources to alternate between a scatter state and a transparent state based on a display rate. In particular, the disclosed systems and methods can alternate the display screen between an emissive state (for displaying an emitted digital image) and an attenuating state (for displaying a transparency mask image). By synchronously toggling the display screen and the diffuser element between states, the disclosed systems can present a digital overlay superimposed over a view the inside of the display case. |
| US10181295B2 |
Semiconductor device and display panel comprising pixel having plurality of display elements
A display panel includes a first display element, a first conductive film electrically connected to the first display element, a second conductive film including a region overlapping with the first conductive film, an insulating film including a region sandwiched between the second conductive film and the first conductive film, a pixel circuit electrically connected to the second conductive film, a second display element electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and a third display element electrically connected to the pixel circuit. In the structure, the insulating film has an opening, and the second conductive film is electrically connected to the first conductive film through the opening. |
| US10181293B2 |
Display apparatus and method for driving the same
A display apparatus includes: a backlight to generate light; a display panel to display an image by utilizing the light; a driving part to provide image signals corresponding to the image to the display panel; and a timing controller to drive the backlight, to drive the driving part at a first frequency when the image is a moving image, and to drive the driving part at a second frequency lower than the first frequency when the image is a still image. The timing controller is to set the second frequency based on a value obtained by applying a reduction rate of a flicker index corresponding to a dimming index of the backlight to a flicker index of image signals of a previous frame. |
| US10181287B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance among pixels is suppressed. The light-emitting device includes a pixel; a first circuit configured to generate a signal containing information on a value of current extracted from the pixel; and a second circuit configured to correct an image signal in accordance with the signal. The pixel includes a light-emitting element; a transistor for controlling supply of the current to the light-emitting element in accordance with the image signal; a first switch configured to control connection between a gate and a drain of the transistor or between the gate of the transistor and a wiring; and a second switch configured to control extraction of the current from the pixel. |
| US10181282B2 |
Compensation for color variations in emissive devices
What is disclosed are methods and systems for color compensation in the context of emissive displays. A set of virtual sub-pixels are defined and color points allocated for the various types of virtual sub-pixels to enable color processing within a modified color gamut, shifting the color of pixels to the modified color gamut to improve a perceived quality color rendered by the display. |
| US10181279B2 |
Shift register and display device including the same
A shift register and a display device including the same are provided. The shift register includes a first stage sequentially outputting a gate pulse to first and second gate lines of a pixel array corresponding to a voltage of a first Q node and a second stage sequentially outputting the gate pulse to third and fourth gate lines of the pixel array corresponding to a voltage of a second Q node. The first stage includes a start controller charged with the voltage of the first Q node, a first pull-up transistor increasing a voltage of a first output terminal in response to the voltage of the first Q node and a first gate clock, and a second pull-up transistor increasing a voltage of a second output terminal in response to the voltage of the first Q node and a second gate clock. |
| US10181278B2 |
Display diode relative age
The description relates to display devices. One example can receive a first frame rendering that expresses color content with a defined number of bits that convey a set of color states that correspond to a first range of voltages for driving light emitting diodes (LEDs) of a display. The example can obtain information about degradation of the LEDs of the display. The example can also combine the defined number of bits that express the color content with additional degradation compensation overdrive bits relating to compensating for the degradation of the LEDs of the display. The example can map the combined defined number of bits and the additional degradation compensation overdrive bits to a second range of voltages for driving the display where individual values of the second range exceed the first range. |
| US10181275B2 |
Display device
A display device including pixels, a pad area, auto-probe test wires (AP wires), and switching transistors is discussed according to an embodiment. The pixels are located in a display area of a lower substrate. The pad area is located in a non-display area of the lower substrate. The non-display area is located outside the display area in which the pixels, gate lines connected to the pixels, data lines connected to touch sensors, and sensor lines connected to the touch sensors are placed. The AP wires are located in the non-display area and connected to the display area. The switching transistors are located in the non-display area, between one side and the other side of the AP wires. |
| US10181274B2 |
Waveguide based illuminated display system with remotely positioned light sources
A display system 10 comprising a remotely positioned light source 21 configured to produce ultra-violet, violet, or blue light, a first and second waveguides 14, 16, and a first propagation direction changing feature 20. The first waveguide 14 that receives the light from the remotely positioned light source 12. The second waveguide 16 is disposed at an angle relative to the first waveguide 14. The second waveguide 16 includes a photoluminescent printed image 18. The first propagation direction changing feature 20 reorients the direction of the light into the second waveguide 16, making image 18 visible. A visible light source may illuminate a translite graphic layer 26 or a physical object providing an image that is viewable from the display system when the second light source is illuminated and the first remotely positioned light source is not illuminated. |
| US10181273B2 |
Shelf clip with graphic holder
A shelf clip having a first display holder and a second display holder is provided. The clip is configured to clip onto the lip of a shelf of shelving display. |
| US10181272B2 |
Label for a container which is in a number of parts or can be divided into a number of parts
A label for a medication container that is in multiple parts or can be divided into multiple parts has a first label section, to be attached to a first container part, and a second label section, to be attached to a second container part. The first label part serves for being wrapped completely around the first container part, more than once, and is disposed within a first basic surface area region of the basic surface area of the label, intended to be wrapped around the first container part. The second label section includes a spare label having a first sub-section and a second sub-section. The first sub-section is disposed in the first basic surface area region, and the second sub-section is disposed in a second basic surface area region, which is intended for being attached to a second container part. The label is configured in such a manner that when the first and the second label section are pulled apart to open a container around which the label is adhesively applied, the first and the second label section tear apart from one another, and the first sub-section of the spare label forms a grip tab for pulling the spare label off a remainder of the second label section and/or off the second container part. |
| US10181269B2 |
Touch screen device having braille support function and control method therefor
The present invention relates to a touch screen device having a braille support function and a control method therefor, the touch screen device including: a touch screen sensing a touch location of a user; and a controller entering at least one of a first mode and a second mode according to a use direction of the touch screen, the controller recognizing the touch screen as one braille cell in the first mode, and recognizing the touch screen as two braille cells in the second mode, thereby receiving braille input depending on the touch location of the user. By using this, it is possible to easily and precisely input six-dot braille on a touch screen and to input abbreviations and symbols of a twelve-dot system. |
| US10181263B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for estimation of road traffic condition using traffic signal data
A method for improved traffic congestion estimation is provided using signal phase and timing data from traffic signals at intersections and probe data from vehicles traversing said intersections. An example method may include: identifying each of a plurality of paths through an intersection; identifying signal phase and timing data for each traffic light associated with each path through the intersection; receiving probe data for vehicles approaching or traversing the intersection; estimating a number of vehicles failing to traverse the intersection along a path through the intersection; estimating a congestion status of the path through the intersection based on the number of vehicles failing to traverse the intersection; and causing the congestion status to be provided to permit updating of a map to reflect the congestion status. |
| US10181262B2 |
Method for processing key value information of remote control, control device and remote control
A method for processing key value information of a remote control, a control device, and a remote control that avoid a problem of reduced operation efficiency and reduced operation reliability caused by the need of simultaneous operations on two remote controls. Using the technical solution provided by this embodiment of the present application, it may be implemented that another remote control is synchronously set by performing operations on one remote control and displaying, using a display device, a to-be-learned button on the another remote control, which is easy to operate and thereby improves operation efficiency and operation reliability. |
| US10181258B2 |
System and method for distribution of sensors for emergency response
A system and method for placement of sensors for sensing hazardous substances released from a plurality of hazard points. A processor identifies a location of a hazard point, a fenceline of the plant-site, and a toxic level of concern (LOC) for the hazardous substance. The processor calculates a minimum amount of the hazardous substance (Q) for which a concentration at a centerline of a plume carrying the hazardous substance reaches the toxic LOC at the fenceline, and simulates a release of the hazardous substance in the calculated amount Q from the hazard point. The processor further calculates a pair of sensor locations where the concentration of the plume is equal to the minimum detectable concentration level of sensor based on the simulated release. The pair of sensor locations is then output by the processor. |
| US10181256B2 |
Multiple target locating and alarming system
A multiple target locating and alarming system comprises a wireless sensor, a wireless base station, and a server. The wireless sensor is disposed on a target. The wireless sensor comprises a wireless communicating module and a sensor identity, and sends a wireless message including the sensing data and sensor identity. The wireless base station receives the wireless message and measures the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) of the wireless message to the server. The server includes the deploy information of the wireless base stations and receives the wireless messages with the RSSI for calculating a location of the wireless sensor, then monitoring whether the locating position matches an alarm criterion; if it matches, the server publish a warning notification. Compared to the prior art, the present invention can effectively shorten the react time while abnormal occurs. |
| US10181247B2 |
System and method for impact prediction and proximity warning
A system for predicting and warning of impacts includes a sensor located remote from a user and configured to acquire user data regarding motion of the user and object data regarding motion of the object; and a processing circuit configured to predict a potential impact between the user and the object based on the user data and the object data; and control operation of a user-wearable warning device to provide a warning output to the user in advance of a predicted time of the potential impact. |
| US10181246B1 |
Universal user variable control utility (UUVCU)
The Universal User Variable Control Utility (UUVCU) is a method and system provided to allow users increased variable control over electronic communication. This invention allows users to vary (not limited) symbols; color, movement rate, and add text. With this invention a child can manually or automatically signal a parent when in danger, a senior citizen or a Veteran can alert loved ones or caregivers in life threatening times of need. UUVCU in helping people provides real world value accomplished through practical application. |
| US10181244B1 |
Flame detector field of view verification via reverse infrared signaling
Embodiments relate generally to systems, devices, and methods for verifying operation of an optical flame detector. A system may comprise an optical flame detector, wherein the optical flame detector comprises: a digital infrared test signal source, wherein the digital infrared test signal source is configured to transmit a digital infrared test signal; and at least one of an ultraviolet light sensor, a visible light sensor, and an infrared sensor; and an portable infrared test receiver, wherein the digital infrared test signal is receivable by the portable infrared test receiver, wherein the portable infrared test receiver is positioned to indicate whether a location of potential fire is within a field of view of the optical flame detector. |
| US10181240B2 |
Information reading apparatus
An information reading apparatus is provided. The information reading apparatus enables stable contactless communication with a contactless communication medium even when the apparatus includes a display device for displaying information associated with reading results, in addition to an information reading device and a contactless communication device. The information stored in the contactless communication medium held over a reading surface is read by the contactless communication device according to transmission/reception of electromagnetic waves via an antenna. The reading surface includes a reading port on the inside of the antenna in plan view of the reading surface, and includes a mark arranged not to overlap the antenna. |
| US10181239B2 |
Method for assigning a wild symbol on a gaming device
A method of operating a gaming machine having a game controller includes receiving, via an input device of the gaming machine, a request from a player to play a game, generating, via a game controller and based on the request to play the game, a symbol combination comprising one or more symbols, wherein the symbol combination is associated with a first payout amount, displaying the symbol combination to the player via a display device, receiving, via the input device, a request from the player to assign a wild symbol, generating the wild symbol based on the request from the player and displaying the wild symbol to the player via the display device, determining whether any of the one or more symbols in the symbol combination matches the wild symbol and providing an indication to the player of any matching symbols via the display device, calculating a second payout amount for the symbol combination based on the matching symbols, wherein the second payout amount is at least equal to the first payout amount, and providing an indication of the second payout amount to the player. |
| US10181237B2 |
Verifying a gaming device is in communications with a gaming server by passing an indicator between the gaming device and a verification device
A system includes a verification server and a gaming server, which provides gaming activities and possibly other services to a player through a gaming device. The system further includes a verification device in communications with the verification server. The verification server passes an indicator between the verification device and gaming device via the gaming server and in this fashion, verification can be made that the gaming device is in communications with the gaming server. |
| US10181236B2 |
Externally hinged cabinet door for a gaming machine housing
Disclosed are a gaming terminal, a gaming cabinet and a gaming machine that include a housing having gaming components therein. The housing includes a door opening for accessing gaming components inside the housing and a door assembly having an open position that exposes the door opening, and a closed position that covers the door opening. At least one pair of externally mounted swing arms connect the door assembly to a biasing lift assembly within the housing. When the door assembly is in the closed position and a latching assembly is released, the biasing lift assembly urges the door assembly toward the open position. |
| US10181233B1 |
Digital seal security system for side mounted swing-out type vehicle cargo access doors
The system includes a digital counter adapted to display a number which is changed in response to an actuation signal. A lock assembly mounted to the cargo door is connected to the counter. The lock assembly has a hollow housing within which a member having a recess adapted to receive the handle is moveable by the handle between an unlocked position, wherein the door may be opened, and a locked position, in which the door is prevented from being opened. A magnetically actuated switch is mounted within the housing. The switch is adapted to generate an actuation signal to the digital counter in response to movement of the member within the housing from its locked position. The signal causes the counter to change the displayed number, indicating that the door may have been opened in transit. |
| US10181225B2 |
Scan tool with mobile broadband capability and method of operation thereof
A vehicle diagnostic tool that is configured to perform one or more diagnostic tests on one or more systems of a vehicle. Once the test has been performed and data collected, the data may be forwarded to a location outside of the diagnostic tool through a mobile broadband connection device that is inserted into the diagnostic tool through a designated port. Also, a method of performing a vehicle diagnostic test utilizing such a diagnostic tool. |
| US10181224B2 |
Assigning a test suite to test equipment using an execution graph
A device may receive a test scenario that includes actions to be performed by test equipment. The test scenario may be associated with a test suite. The device may receive availability information indicating a quantity, a type, or a status of the test equipment or a resource of the test equipment for performing the actions. The device may determine an order in which the actions are to be performed. The device may generate scheduling information for the actions based on the order and the availability information. The device may schedule the actions for execution by the test equipment. The device may transmit information that causes the actions to be performed by the test equipment based on the scheduling information. |
| US10181222B2 |
Method and device for augmented reality display of real physical model
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for augmented reality display of real physical model. By adopting the method and/or device of the present disclosure, the real physical model may be combined with its virtual physical model, and the display of the physical model may become more vivid with the help of AR technology. |
| US10181221B2 |
Display control apparatus, display control method, and program
Provided is a display control apparatus including a state detection unit configured to detect a state of a user who observes an image, and a display control unit configured to cause a display to display the image in which a plurality of display content items are superimposed on a photographed image, and to control a behavior of each of the display content items according to the state of the user. |
| US10181218B1 |
Virtual affordance sales tool
A system and method for modeling visual and non-visual experiential characteristics of a work space environment, the system comprising at least a first emissive surface useable to view a virtual world (VW) representation, a processor that is programmed to perform the steps of (a) presenting a VW representation via the at least a first emissive surface, the VW representation including an affordance configuration shown in the VW representation, (b) model at least one non-visual experiential characteristic associated with an environment associated with the VW representation and (c) present at least some indication of the non-visual experiential characteristic to the system user. |
| US10181215B2 |
Generating a virtual map
A method of generating and displaying a virtual map is provided. First and second images are obtained, each image representing a physical space, which may have an equirectangular projection. For each of these images, a projection is generated and output for display. These projections may be circular, and may have a smaller blank circle at the center. Indications are received, possibly via manual input, representing a point in each projection. These are stored in position data, which includes identifications of the points and an indication that the two points are connected. Multiple points in multiple projections may be identified and stored in the position data. First and second display projections of the images are rendered for display, each including a display element corresponding to the identified position within each image. These display projections are outputted for display as a virtual map. While viewing the virtual map, if manual input is received selecting a display element in one display projection, the display projection having the corresponding display element is automatically displayed. |
| US10181213B2 |
System for neurobehavioural animation
The present invention relates to a computer implemented system for animating a virtual object or digital entity. It has particular relevance to animation using biologically based models, or behavioral models particularly neurobehavioral models. There is provided a plurality of modules having a computational element and a graphical element. The modules are arranged in a required structure and have at least one variable and being associated with at least one connector. The connectors link variables between modules across the structure, and the modules together provide a neurobehavioral model. There is also provided a method of controlling a digital entity in response to an external stimulus. |
| US10181208B2 |
Custom heatmaps
Performance and capability improvements of computer devices that provide digital images of heatmap visualizations for datasets are provided via both systems and methods. A value-color spectrum is correlated to the dataset via a multi-pass rendering. The multi-pass rendering yields a two-channel mask, which is applied to a map to show the dataset in a heatmap visualization on that map, and may be continually used as the map is manipulated by a user. User interface tools are also provided to enable a user to specify a custom value-color spectrum, how the dataset is to be aggregated, the area of effect for a data point in the visualization, the strength of effect for a data point in the visualization, and which specifies how a dataset will be visually represented in a heatmap. |
| US10181207B2 |
Reconstructing image
Methods, devices, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for reconstructing an image are provided. An example method includes: acquiring Computed Tomography (CT) projection data of a subject, determining an image cutoff frequency Fimg according to a CT image matrix size for reconstructing a CT image and an imaging field of view size, obtaining a convolution kernel and a cutoff frequency Fker of the convolution kernel, using the convolution kernel as a reconstruction convolution kernel when Fker |
| US10181206B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing panorama image data
A method and an apparatus for providing panoramic image data by reconstructing frame images captured by a panoramic imaging apparatus, are disclosed. In reconstruction of images with multiple image layers, sizes of images reconstructed with an image layer or images to be used for a reconstruction are scaled. An image is selected by analyzing sharpness. A panoramic image is provided by combining selected image. According to the present invention, parts having unclear focal planes may be completely removed in a panoramic image and it is possible to provide an image including only with focused regions. |
| US10181204B2 |
Rendering semi-transparent user interface elements
Techniques of rendering user interface elements are described. An exemplary technique can include generating color values for a user interface element's pixels based on a relationship between the element's opacity and a characteristic feature of a background area for the element and rendering the user interface element using the generated color values. Other embodiments and/or techniques are possible. |
| US10181203B2 |
Method for processing image data and apparatus for the same
An image processing method that processes an image photographed by an electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of original images from the image photographed, analyzing the plurality of original images, and providing information for recommending an image processing mode based on at least a part of an analyzed result. |
| US10181200B1 |
Circularly polarized illumination and detection for depth sensing
A depth camera assembly (DCA) for depth sensing of a local area. The DCA includes a polarized light generator, an imaging device, and a controller. The polarized light generator modulates one or more optical beams emitted from an illumination source to generate modulated light, and projects the modulated light into the local area as polarized light having a first polarization. The imaging device receives light from the local area, the received light including ambient light and a portion of the polarized light reflected from the local area. The imaging device reduces an intensity of the received light having polarization different from a second polarization to generate filtered light substantially composed of light of the second polarization, and detects the portion of the polarized light having the second polarization using the filtered light. The controller determines depth information for the local area based on the detected portion of the polarized light. |
| US10181197B2 |
Tracking assistance device, tracking assistance system, and tracking assistance method
Included are tracking target setter that sets a person as a tracking target in response to designation by a monitoring person, confirmation video presenter that extracts a video of a moving object with the highest possibility of being the moving object which is the target, based on tracking information, and displays only the videos as confirmation videos, candidate video presenter that displays as a candidate video, a video of a moving object that may be the moving object set as the tracking target is the next highest of the moving object of the confirmation video having an error, where there is an error in the confirmation video, and causes selection of a corresponding candidate video by the monitoring person, and tracking information corrector that corrects the tracking information so that the moving object corresponding to the selected candidate video is associated with the moving object set as the tracking target. |
| US10181194B2 |
Pixel acquisition circuit, optical flow sensor, and image acquisition system
The invention discloses a pixel acquisition circuit, an optical flow sensor, and an image acquisition system. Therein, the optical flow sensor comprises a pixel acquisition circuit array, a waveform generator, a global control unit, and a readout unit. The pixel acquisition circuit array comprises the pixel acquisition circuits in accordance with the invention. The waveform generator is operative to output a periodic signal waveform to the time signal line coupled with each of the pixel acquisition circuits in the array. The global control unit is operative to output said global activation signal to each pixel acquisition circuit through the global trigger signal line, and output a reset signal to each pixel acquisition circuit through said reset signal line. The readout unit is operative to read the signals output by at least a part of the pixel acquisition circuits in that array. |
| US10181192B1 |
Background modelling of sport videos
A method of classifying foreground and background in an image of a video by determining a pitch color model of the image, the pitch color model comprising a pitch color, color shades of the pitch color, and the pitch color and the color shades under different shades of shadow. Then determining a pitch mask based on a pitch segmentation of the image of the video, determining a pitch background model based on the pitch mask and the pitch color model. The method may continue by classifying each of the elements of the pitch mask as background if a color of the element of the pitch mask matches the pitch color model and updating the pitch background model and the pitch color model using the colors of the elements that have been classified to match the pitch color model. |
| US10181191B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying spine or bone regions in computed tomography image sequence
A method and system for image processing is provided. The technique includes acquiring data related to the processing, performing a pre-processing of the data, performing a segmentation of a subject, performing a post-processing of the result of the segmentation and managing storage of the data. The post-process includes a calibrating and a rendering of the data. |
| US10181182B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for estimating point spread function
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method whereby a point spread function can be estimated with high precision. An exclusion unit excludes a repetitive pattern from a degraded image. An estimation unit estimates a point spread function by use of the degraded image from which the repetitive pattern has been excluded by the exclusion unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus or the like that estimates a point spread function (PSF) from a degraded image and that performs a blind deconvolution using the point spread function to generate a restored image from the degraded image. |
| US10181180B2 |
Method including generating and displaying a focus assist image indicating a degree of focus for a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing a frame of image signal
The present disclosure is directed to a computer system designed to (i) receive a series of images as input; (ii) compute a number of metrics derived from focus features and color separation features within the images; and (iii) evaluate the metrics to return (a) an identification of the most suitable z-layer in a z-stack, given a series of z-layer images in a z-stack; and/or (b) an identification of those image tiles that are more suitable for cellular based scoring by a medical professional, given a series of image tiles from an area of interest of a whole slide scan. |
| US10181179B2 |
Image shooting apparatus that extends depth of field by recovering blurred image and an image shooting method thereof
The invention provides an image shooting apparatus and an image shooting method that obtain a recovered image with high precision by using an optimal point spread function (PSF) without deriving an image shooting distance of a photographed object, an image shooting program, and a recording medium that records the image shooting program. An image shooting apparatus includes an optical system, an image shooting element configured behind the optical system; an image recovery processing portion configured to perform image processing and recovery processing on obtained image data; and a recovered image output portion configured to output a recovered image; and the image recovery processing portion includes a recovery filter storage memory configured to store multiple recovery filters pre-manufactured by using multiple point spread functions; a recovery filter processing portion configured to obtain multiple middle candidate images; and an image comment portion configured to output a middle candidate image with an optimal profile. |
| US10181177B2 |
Method for masking an item among a plurality of items
The invention relates to a method for masking an item among a plurality of items displayed on a touchscreen terminal, the method being such that it has, following an action (300) by a user, steps of display (301) of a masking symbol associated with an item at a first location; of detection (302) of contact with the screen on a non-masked item; of continuous movement (303) of the masking symbol on the item in correlation with movement of the contact detected on the screen and of masking of that portion of the item that is situated between the masking symbol and the first location; and of masking (304) of the whole of the item when the masking symbol is at a second location and the contact is no longer detected. The invention likewise relates to a device and a terminal that implement this method. |
| US10181169B1 |
Display response enhancement
Display enhancement improves performance of constrained display devices such as electrophoretic displays (EPDs). With display enhancement, a display controller rapidly writes area updates to the display, while a union of the area updates is maintained. Area updates which the display controller cannot present are discarded, while the union provides a representation of what area on the screen has been affected. A repair operation takes place which generates an area update encompassing the areas which may have been affected. |
| US10181168B2 |
Personal safety verification system and similarity search method for data encrypted for confidentiality
Disclosed is a system whereby it is possible to verify the safety of a person even if the person is not aware that the person is being searched for as a missing person. In this system, each verification requesting person who is searching for another person registers, in a database of a portal server (4), a set comprising a feature value of the face of the searched-for person and personal information (e.g., telephone number) about the searched-for person or the verification requesting person. A field server (2) constantly compares feature values of captured face images with the database, and if a close match is found between the feature value of a captured face image and the stored feature value of the face of a person, the field server (2) presents the registered personal information associated with that person to the person from which the captured face image was derived and requests verification from the latter person. Since the system is open to the public, the feature values stored in the database are protected by a template protection scheme. For example, random projections which differ with different locality-sensitive hash values of feature values are used so that it can be assumed that, in the vicinity of a target feature value, a local distance-preserving mapping is established between feature values and the corresponding protected feature values. |
| US10181167B2 |
Systems and methods for altering issue outcomes
A system for predicting and prescribing actions for impacting policymaking outcomes may include at least one processor configured to access first information scraped from the Internet to identify, for a particular pending policy, information about a plurality of policymakers slated to make a determination on the pending policy. The processor may parse the scraped first information to determine an initial prediction relating to an outcome of the pending policy. The processor may access second information to identify an action likely to change at least one of the initial prediction and the propensity of at least one policymaker, to thereby generate a subsequent prediction corresponding to an increase in a likelihood of achieving the desired outcome. The processor may display to the system user a recommendation to take the action in order to increase the likelihood of achieving the desired outcome. |
| US10181166B2 |
Secure content distribution system
A user selection of one or more of a plurality of content is received. The selected content is encrypted by a first encryption key that is remote and unknown to the distribution server. Payment information associated with the user selection is also received and verified. The selected content from is retrieved from a remote database. The first encryption key corresponding to the selected content to decrypt the encrypted content corresponding to the user selection is obtained. Decryption is performed by a hardware-based engine of the distribution server that is isolated from a host processor of the distribution server. The content corresponding to the user selection is encrypted according to a second encryption key that is known to the distribution server. |
| US10181161B1 |
Autonomous communication feature use
Methods and systems for determining collision risk associated with operation of autonomous vehicles using autonomous communication are provided. According to certain aspects, autonomous operation features associated with a vehicle may be determined, including features associated with autonomous communication between vehicles or with infrastructure. This information may be used to determine collision risk levels for a plurality of features, which may be based upon test data regarding the features or actual collision data. Expected use levels and autonomous communication levels may further be determined and used with the collision risk levels to determine a total collision risk level associated with operation of the vehicle. The autonomous communication levels may indicate the types of communications, the levels of communication with other vehicles or infrastructure, or the frequency of autonomous communication. |
| US10181159B1 |
Determining and initiating insurance claim events
A computer device and method for processing loss related data to detect and initiate insurance claim events. Data is received from one or more sensor devices relating to insured property. Analysis is performed on the received data to determine one or more claim events regarding the insured property. An insurance policy, other product, or service contract associated with the insured property is received and analyzed to determine coverage for the insured property as prescribed by the insurance policy, other product, or service contract. Predefined business rules are applied using the determined one or more claim events and the determined coverage to determine if the insurance policy, other product, or service contract supports a claim regarding the one or more claim events. Notification of the claim is provided if it is determined supported by the insurance policy, other product, or service contract. |
| US10181158B2 |
Methods and systems for depicting psychological analysis
Systems and methods are presented for providing a psychological analysis of financial products in an investor's financial portfolio. In some example embodiments, a method is presented. The method may include accessing, in a device comprising one or more processors, a psychometric data of a financial product, the psychometric data quantifying a decision-making tendency used in managing the financial product. The method may also include generating a psychological behavioral characteristic score of the financial product based on the accessed psychometric data, the psychological behavioral characteristic score indicating a degree to which the financial product exhibits a psychological characteristic relative to other financial products, generating an image of a graph that depicts the psychological behavioral characteristics score of the financial product relative to an axis that represents a range of degrees to which the psychological characteristic is exhibited by the other financial products, and causing display of the image of the graph. |
| US10181155B2 |
Evaluation device, evaluation method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
An evaluation device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and an evaluation unit. The acquisition unit acquires information related to an enterprise among information which is based on user behavior on a communication network. The evaluation unit evaluates credit of the enterprise based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit. For example, the acquisition unit acquires, as the information which is based on user behavior on the communication network, information transmitted from a user in utilization of a service which is provided by various websites and which is related to the enterprise. |
| US10181153B2 |
Method and system for electronic advertising
A method of delivering advertising in an online environment includes determining a context of a user operating a client computer to interact with an e-commerce website, where the determined context representing an intent of the user to locate a product for purchase, defining a relation between one or more of a plurality of advertisements and the product based on at least one of a plurality of relevance types, and displaying, to the user, at least one of the advertisements having the relation to the product. |
| US10181147B2 |
Methods and systems for arranging a webpage and purchasing products via a subscription mechanism
In some embodiments of methods and systems of purchasing products via a subscription mechanism, a method comprises, presenting a subscription mechanism corresponding to a first user, wherein the subscription mechanism is associated with a set of products. In many embodiments, the method further comprises receiving a notification from a second user selecting the subscription mechanism corresponding to the first user, determining that one or more conditions are satisfied, and causing at least a portion of the set of products associated with the subscription mechanism to be purchased by the second user. Other embodiments also are disclosed herein. |
| US10181145B1 |
Method and computer readable medium for facilitating asynchronous communication between a server and client computer
A request for information relating to a commodity is sent to a server using a client computer. The requested commodity information is received at the client computer and rendered on a display. A client action with respect to the commodity information is detected, and, using the client computer, a determination is made whether communication with the server is required to respond to the client action and, if the communication is not necessary, responding to the client action without communicating with the server regarding the response. |
| US10181142B2 |
Real-time internet capable device information interchange for coordinated queuing at locations
Among other things, a central server maintains information representative of requests communicated through the Internet from devices at request locations. Each of the requests represents a proposed reservation for services to be managed by devices at delivery locations. |
| US10181139B2 |
Automated workspace usage management methods and apparatus
Automated workspace usage management methods and apparatus associate one or more users with membership plans for usage of at least one workspace resource. Workspace usage data is collected from the one or more automated monitoring devices for monitoring workspace resource usage by one or more users. The collected workspace usage data is first measured and then compared against the membership plans associated with the users. A billing- and/or reporting-related action is performed, according to the measurement of collected workspace usage data compared against the membership plan. |
| US10181138B2 |
System and method for determining retail-business-rule coefficients from current prices
Business rules can govern a single price or they can define relationships between different products involving two or more decision prices. One problem that retailers can face is that business rules are generally not codified and are rarely followed consistently, and thus it can be difficult to articulate existing business rules or generate new business rules. However, existing price information inherently contains industry knowledge and experience, even if retailers find it difficult to express that knowledge. The disclosed technology generates business rules by reverse engineering rule bounds and coefficients from existing price information. The reverse engineered rule bounds and coefficients can be used in price optimization to generate recommended prices for retail products that optimize revenue and profit while complying with a set of business rules. |
| US10181136B2 |
System and method for providing people-based audience planning
Systems and methods for targeted advertising to specific consumers are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instruction to: receive, over a network, client-provided data from a client device; identify at least one consumer by comparing the client-provided data against consumer data recorded in an electronic consumer database; obtain at least one unique consumer identifier for the identified at least one consumer, the at least one unique consumer identifier not including personal identifiable information; generate a target audience pool based on the at least one unique consumer identifier; and deliver, over a network, the target audience pool to the client device to facilitate targeted advertising to specific consumers. |
| US10181132B1 |
Method for providing personalized, targeted advertisements during playback of media
A media player is provided. The media player comprises a communications interface, a memory store containing a plurality of personalized advertisements, and a media playback component. The targeted advertisements are refreshed by receiving updates from the communications interface during some of the intervals when the media player is connected to a network. The targeted advertisements are indexed by a plurality of characteristics, the first characteristic being a creation date of the targeted advertisements. The media playback component is configured to play a media content, wherein the media content is stored separately from the targeted advertisements, and to play one of the targeted advertisements in the memory store selected based on the characteristics of the one of the targeted advertisements. |
| US10181130B2 |
Real-time updates to digital marketing forecast models
Techniques are disclosed for automatically creating or updating predictive models, including digital marketing forecast models. A predictive model is updated in real-time or near real-time using a stochastic gradient descent optimization method based on one or more predictive values associated with an advertising impression that is won in an online advertising auction. Each predictive value, which is obtained from the predictive model, is encoded as an argument in a uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to the ad impression being auctioned. If and when the ad impression is won, the predictive value(s) and other information can be tracked and immediately available for updating the model using information encoded in the URL. |
| US10181128B2 |
Initiating a promotional benefit by user-actionable link
An advertisement, including a description of a promotion and a link, are included in a shipment of a sales item to a buyer from an online shopping site. The promotion is crafted to entice the buyer to respond to the link and trigger a further shopping opportunity based on the initial purchase. Upon responding to the link, the buyer is presented with a further promotion that includes the most recent consideration of buying incentives which are based on knowledge of selling considerations such as inventory and the marketplace that a seller may use to generate enticing content in the promotion. The seller may also take advantage of knowledge about the shopping and purchasing history of the buyer at the online shopping site in tailoring the promotion. |
| US10181125B2 |
System for creating a social-networking online community
A system and method are provided for creating a social-networking community and enabling the social-networking community to interoperate with other social-networking communities within a network of social-networking communities. The method includes creating a core profile that links a user member's identify to plurality of social-networking communities of the network. The system enables user identity information, content, and friend information to be shared across social-networking communities of the network. The system also enables community content to be shared and tracked across social-networking communities of the network. |
| US10181122B2 |
Mobile authentication for web payments using single sign on credentials
Systems and methods for mobile authentication for web payments are disclosed. In some implementations, a proxy server receives, from a computing device different from a mobile device, a request from a user to process a web payment via a payment account associated with the mobile device, the web payment being associated with an online merchant. The proxy server verifies that the mobile device is associated with the user. The proxy server transmits, to a commerce server of the online merchant, payment information for the web payment in response to verifying that the mobile device is associated with the user. |
| US10181120B1 |
Methods and systems of EMV certification
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an EMV certification system including a credit card simulator configured to program a probe with credit card data, a point of sale simulator configured to send transaction data to a payment terminal, a robotic arm configured to perform an action on the payment terminal, and a robot controller communicatively coupled to the robotic arm. The robot controller is configured to instruct the robotic arm to perform the action. The EMV certification system further includes a test coordinator communicatively coupled to the credit card simulator, the point of sale simulator, and the robot controller. The test coordinator is configured to request the robot controller instruct the robotic arm based on reading a response from the payment terminal. |
| US10181119B2 |
Methods and systems for self-service checkout
Methods and systems for self-service checkout. In an embodiment, a mobile device processor of a consumer's mobile device receives input data of an item selected for a purchase transaction, displays information concerning the item on a display screen, and receives an indication from a consumer that shopping is completed. The method includes transmitting checkout data for the purchase transaction to a self-service checkout computer, receiving a transaction authorization message and merchant instructions from the self-service checkout computer, and then displaying on the display screen the transaction authorization message and the merchant instructions, wherein the merchant instructions direct the consumer to exit the particular merchant store in a particular manner. |
| US10181116B1 |
Apparatuses, systems and methods for data entry correlation
This disclosure details the implementation of systems, methods and apparatuses for providing an integrated process tracking and management. The disclosure provides solutions for initiating, tracking, correlating and managing complex processes. In particular, the disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for process tracking and management particularly suited to job listing matching and management. In an implementation, the system may be configured to receive and extract base data entry metrics from a user designated input, for example a user's resume or a user designated saved job listing. The base data entry metrics may be correlated with user correlation metrics to derive search parameters for identifying supplemental data entries for a particular user. |
| US10181114B2 |
System and method for generating an interaction request
A method and system are provided for generating an interaction request to initiate a first interaction session using a first interaction channel between a request recipient and a request service provider. The method includes determining an identifier of the interaction request to be generated, determining a task associated with the interaction request, obtaining context data of a plurality of other interaction sessions associated with the identifier, determining a subset of the context data of the plurality of other interaction sessions and generating the interaction request using the subset of the context data. The interaction request may be a modified version of an initial interaction request. |
| US10181112B2 |
System for determining a relative location of a plurality of items upon a plurality of platforms
A system is described for determining a relative location of a plurality of items upon a plurality of platforms. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store a first item, a second item, a first period of time and a second period of time. The interface may be operative to communicate with a user and an antenna. The antenna may be able to detect an item for a period of time. The processor may be operative to receive from the antenna, via the interface, the first item, the first period of time, the second item and the second period of time. The processor may determine whether the periods of time overlap. If the periods of time overlap the processor may communicate to the user that the items are upon the same platform, otherwise that the items are on consecutive platforms. |
| US10181111B1 |
Electronic device communications for item handoffs
In some examples, a service provider may determine a courier placement location for a service area and a courier inventory for the service area. Based on the inventory, the service provider may order first items from a first merchant and second items from a second merchant. The service provider may dispatch a first courier to pick up the first items and a second courier to pick up the second items. Further, a third courier may go to a handoff location to receive the courier inventory made up of first items picked up by the first courier and second items picked up by the second courier. In some examples, the handoff location is determined dynamically based on the current locations of the first, second, and third couriers and predicted courier travel times. Additionally, or alternatively, the handoff location may be determined based in part on the courier placement location. |
| US10181110B1 |
Systems and methods for mail piece interception, rescue tracking, and confiscation alerts and related services
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would project a route and a delivery schedule for relevant mail pieces and would monitor carrier-recorded tracking events for those mail pieces to determine whether or not actual tracking events are following the projected route and the projected schedule, and/or whether or not issues that might impact their delivery and/or their delivery schedule, may have arisen along their projected route; such exemplary embodiments would provide an alert to the relevant user(s) and/or other authorized parties and/or relevant carrier(s) and would facilitate user interaction by the relevant user(s) and/or parties to provide intercept and/or rescue and/or confiscation instructions; exemplary embodiments would facilitate automatic interfaces with the relevant carriers and delivery services for the subject mail piece to resolve rescue, item loss, insurance coverage, postage refund, intervention and/or confiscation instructions and issues. |
| US10181103B2 |
Routing preferred traffic within a reservation system
A method for managing inbound user traffic to a reservation system. The method includes receiving messages from one or more users and determining, by one or more computer processors, at least one of the one or more users is not a preferred user, based on the messages received. The method further includes sending the messages from the at least one user to a limiting component, wherein the limiting component slows the messages from the at least one of the one or more users to the reservation system. |
| US10181102B2 |
Computer implemented classification system and method
Computer implemented system and method for classifying users is provided. The method includes obtaining a data set from one or more sources corresponding to one or more users; segmenting the data set into segments, each segment comprising one or more data points, wherein each data point is specific and unique to a user; identifying difficult regions from one or more segments; computing a standard deviation of distances between the data points within each of the identified difficult regions for each of the identified difficult regions; selecting a radial basis function (RBF) kernel based on the standard deviation computed for each of the identified difficult regions; generating a support vector machine model on each of the identified difficult regions based on the selected RBF kernel to obtain a hyper plane comprising support vectors and weight assigned to the vectors; and classifying the users into a category based on the hyper plane. |
| US10181101B2 |
Support vector machine enhanced models for short-term wind farm generation forecasting
Systems and methods for forecasting wind farm power generation are disclosed. Via use of a support vector machine (SVM) enhanced Markov model, short-term wind power generation forecasts may be generated. Exemplary approaches accurately account for wind ramp-up and ramp-down, as well as diurnal non-stationarity and seasonality of wind power generation. Via use of the disclosed forecasting approaches, utilities and grid managers can make improved decisions relating to electrical power generation and transmission, thus reducing costs and reducing pollution. |
| US10181100B1 |
Hierarchical clustering method and apparatus for a cognitive recognition system based on a combination of temporal and prefrontal cortex models
Described is system and method for cognitive recognition. The system receives a multi-dimensional scene array as input data. A foveation module divides the multi-dimensional scene array into a plurality of sub-arrays and outputs contents of a currently selected sub-array. The contents are clustered with a hierarchical clustering module to generate a spatially invariant hierarchical cluster of the contents comprising a plurality of components which are based on a statistical distribution of co-occurrence of features across the currently selected sub-array. Task-relevant components are selectively gated and robustly maintained into a component memory location of a pattern bank with a working memory module with an input gating module. If the task-relevant components activate an abstract category module based on pattern matching, then a category recognition label is generated for the contents of the currently selected sub-array with an executive control module. |
| US10181095B2 |
Preparation operation for image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus performs a first preparation operation in a full color mode when power is supplied. The apparatus performs, when an image formation request is inputted after the first preparation operation completes, a second preparation operation in a designated color mode in accordance with the image formation request. When an image formation request is inputted during the first preparation operation, the apparatus skips the second preparation operation and performs image formation after the first preparation operation completes. |
| US10181094B2 |
Recording apparatus and control method thereof
A recording apparatus includes a head including a wire and performing recording on a medium by allowing the wire to strike the medium, a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of the head, a driving circuit for driving the wire, and a control unit that controls an energization state of the driving circuit. The control unit switches the energization state of the driving circuit between an ON state and an OFF state at each time determined by the control unit, based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit such that a current flowing in the driving circuit is kept constant, when the head performs recording on the medium. |
| US10181093B2 |
Scanning device
A scanning device includes a base, an upper cover pivotally covered to the base, a motor mounted to the base, two roller assemblies, a sensor mounted in the first channel, and a card supporting mechanism. A first channel, a scanning channel and a second channel are formed between the upper cover and the base. The scanning channel has a scanning read line. The first channel, the scanning channel and the second channel are communicated with one another. The two roller assemblies are connected with and driven by the motor. The card supporting mechanism is mounted to the base. The card supporting mechanism includes a blocking board movably disposed behind the second channel along the longitudinal direction, and a front surface of the blocking board is parallel to the scanning read line and orthogonal to the second channel. |
| US10181091B2 |
Fine-grained image similarity
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for determining fine-grained image similarity. In one aspect, a method includes training an image embedding function on image triplets by selecting image triplets of first, second and third images; generating, by the image embedding function, a first, second and third representations of the features of the first, second and third images; determining, based on the first representation of features and the second representation of features, a first similarity measure for the first image to the second image; determining, based on the first representation of features and the third representation of features, a second similarity measure for the first image to the third image; determining, based on the first and second similarity measures, a performance measure of the image embedding function for the image triplet; and adjusting the parameter weights of the image embedding function based on the performance measures for the image triplets. |
| US10181088B2 |
Method for video object detection
A system and method for performing foreground/background separation on an input image. The method identifies a corresponding model visual element in a scene model associated with the input image, the model visual element being associated with a set of element models, each element model including a plurality of visual data sets. Select an element model from the set of element models, dependent upon a visual distance between the input visual element and a visual data set of the selected element model satisfying a predetermined criterion. The method classifies the input visual element as one of foreground and background, dependent upon the selected element model, and then updates each visual data set in the selected element model, dependent upon the input visual element and at least first and second different methods of updating a visual data set. |
| US10181087B1 |
Vehicle identification number capture
An image processing system may process an image of indicia positioned behind a reflective surface. The indicia may be a vehicle identification number and the reflective surface may be a windshield of a vehicle. The image processing system may receive an initial image of the indicia positioned behind a reflective surface and process the initial image to produce a resulting image. In processing the initial image, the image processing system may identify an interest region of the initial image, where the interest region identifies a portion of the initial image affected by glare caused by the reflective surface, texturize the interest region to account for the glare, and remove a defocusing effect from the initial image to account for blur, reflection, or both, caused by the reflective surface. Then, the image processing system may extract data, such as the vehicle identification number, from the resulting image. |
| US10181085B2 |
Augmented object detection using structured light
Systems and methods are provided for imaging a region of interest. A structured light source is configured to provide a substantially two-dimensional light curtain within a field of view of the camera formed by at least one projected laser beam at a wavelength detectable by the camera. An image analysis component is configured to detect objects within the region of interest from at least a position of the at least one projected laser beam within the image. |
| US10181083B2 |
Scene change detection and logging
A computer implemented method of detecting scene changes in a stream of frames by analyzing content differences between consecutive frames, comprising: (a) Identifying a content of each of a plurality of frames of a frames stream by applying a plurality of visual classification functions to each frame. The content comprises one or more of a plurality of visual elements. (b) Determining a content difference between every two consecutive frames of the plurality of frames by comparing the content of the two consecutive frames. (c) Detecting a scene change between the two consecutive frames when the content difference exceeds a pre-defined threshold. The scene change defines a separation between consecutive scenes of a plurality of scenes in the frames stream wherein each of the scenes comprises a subset of the plurality of frames. |
| US10181082B2 |
Method and system for automated behavior classification of test subjects
The method and system includes a plurality of test subject containers, each having a test subject therein. A plurality of video cameras is focused on the test subject containers to capture video of the behavior of each of the test subjects. The system and method also includes a storage system for storing the plurality of video from the cameras. The storage system may be local or cloud-based as is known in the art. The system further has one or more computers with a neural network configured to (a) retrieve the video from the storage system of the test subjects, (b) analyze the video to identify a plurality of observable behaviors in the test subjects, (c) annotate the video with the observed behavior classifications, and (d) store the annotated video in the storage system. |
| US10181081B2 |
Unmanned aircraft structure evaluation system and method
A computerized system, comprising: a computer system having an input unit, a display unit, one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable medium, the one or more processors executing image display and analysis software to cause the one or more processors to: receive an identification of a structure from the input device, the structure having multiple sides, an outline, and a height; obtain characteristics of a camera mounted onto an unmanned aircraft; generate unmanned aircraft information including: flight path information configured to direct the unmanned aircraft to fly a flight path around the structure that is laterally and vertically offset from the structure, the lateral and vertical offset being dependent upon the height of the structure, an orientation of the camera relative to the unmanned aircraft, and the characteristics of the camera; and, store the unmanned aircraft information on the one or more non-transitory computer readable medium. |
| US10181080B2 |
Unmanned aircraft structure evaluation system and method
Methods and systems are disclosed including a computer storage medium, comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors included in an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), cause the UAV to perform operations, comprising: receiving, by the UAV, a flight plan configured to direct the UAV to fly a flight path having a plurality of waypoints adjacent to and above a structure and to capture sensor data of the structure from a camera on the UAV while the UAV is flying the flight path; adjusting an angle of an optical axis of the camera mounted to a gimbal to a predetermined angle within a range of 25 degrees to 75 degrees relative to a downward direction, and capturing sensor data of at least a portion of a roof of the structure with the optical axis of the camera aligned with at least one predetermined location on the structure. |
| US10181077B1 |
Document image orientation assessment and correction
The present invention relates to methods and systems for automated processing of document images using mobile and desktop communications devices. Systems and methods are provided for expediting analysis of the accuracy and quality of captured images by such devices before transmission to a server for processing. The processes use on-device software to provide immediate feedback to the user as to whether the quality of the document photograph is sufficient for processing, without the need for intermediate communication with a server. The processes utilize component labeling, MICR character recognition methods, automatic image rotation, and weighted image scaling. The invention increases speed of processing, reduces rates of rejection, increases processor efficiency, limits memory use, identifies images with likely errors, and provides the opportunity for correction of errors at the earliest possible time. |
| US10181073B2 |
Technologies for efficient identity recognition based on skin features
Technologies for efficient identity recognition based on skin features include a compute device. The compute device includes an image capture device and an image acquisition module to obtain, with the image capture device, an image that depicts the skin of the person. The compute device also includes a skin feature determination module to identify pixels in the obtained image that are associated with the skin of the person, and determine one or more features of the skin based on the identified pixels. Additionally, the compute device includes an identity determination module to generate a feature vector that includes the determined features of the skin, and analyze the feature vector with reference data to determine an identity of the person. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10181070B2 |
Low profile illumination in an optical fingerprint sensor
An optical fingerprint sensor includes: cover glass for receiving a finger; a transparent electrode layer below a bottom surface of the cover glass; an organic light emitting diode layer (OLED) below the transparent electrode layer; and a metal electrode layer below the OLED layer. Multiple openings extend through each of the transparent electrode layer, OLED layer, and metal electrode layer, and transmit reflected light reflected from a top surface of the cover glass when a finger is positioned over the top surface of the cover glass. A collimator or pinhole filter is below the metal electrode layer, and includes multiple apertures for transmitting the reflected light after the reflected light is transmitted through the multiple openings. An imager is below the bottom surface of the collimator or pinhole filter, and includes an array of pixels that detects the reflected light after the reflected light is transmitted through the multiple apertures. |
| US10181069B2 |
Fingerprint identification apparatus
A fingerprint identification apparatus including a light-transmitting device, an image-capture device disposed opposite to the light-transmitting device, and a collimator disposed between the light-transmitting device and the image-capture device is provided. The collimator includes a plurality of light-shielding layers and a plurality of light-transmitting layers that are alternately stacked. Each of the light-shielding layers has a plurality of openings respectively corresponding to a plurality of pixel regions of the image-capture device. Openings of the plurality of light-shielding layers corresponding to one pixel region are arranged along an oblique direction. The oblique direction and a normal direction of a pressing surface of the light-transmitting device have an included angle θ, and 0°<θ<90°. |
| US10181066B2 |
Smart harbor device for intelligent updating and selection for use of transaction processing terminal devices
There are provided systems and methods for a smart harbor device for intelligent updating and selection for use of transaction processing terminal devices. A smart harbor device may be used to provide updating, servicing, and other maintenance of transaction processing terminal devices, such as EMV terminals used in retail transaction processing. The smart harbor device may include a port where the transaction processing terminal devices may be places, and the smart harbor device may connect to each of the transaction processing terminal devices. Once connected, the smart harbor device may run diagnostics to determine the statuses and conditions for each of the transaction processing terminal devices and maintenance the transaction processing terminal devices. The maintenance may be performed at times where the transaction processing terminal devices are not required for use. Additionally, the smart harbor device may intelligently select one based on statuses and device capabilities. |
| US10181065B2 |
Unclonable environmentally-sensitive chipless RFID tag with a plurality of slot resonators
Chipless RFID tags and methods of using the same are provided. Each RFID tag provided herein can generate a unique and unclonable (unclonable chipless RFID, or UCR) identifier from its intrinsically random manufacturing process. The UCR device can monitor increase in storage temperature beyond that which is appropriate for a specific commodity to which the device is attached. |
| US10181064B2 |
Composite pressure tank identification and tracking
A device, a system, and methods for tracking conductive composite pressurized gaseous storage tanks. The system including anchoring an RFID device in a non-conductive blind boss, wherein the anchor material has a low dielectric and has minimal reflection of RF energy. |
| US10181062B2 |
Reading device and control program for reading device
A reading device includes an antenna having a signal radiating surface and configured to output a linearly polarized wave from the radiating surface, a movable and rotatable stage supporting the antenna and configured to move the antenna along a first direction parallel to the radiating surface of the antenna and rotate the antenna on an axis that is normal to the radiating surface of the antenna, and a tag reader connected to the antenna and configured to supply signals to the antenna for reading information from a wireless tag and to receive signals from the antenna including information read from the wireless tag. |
| US10181060B2 |
Methods and systems for real time RFID locating onboard an aircraft
An aircraft communications and item tracking system is described. The system includes an RFID reader and a communications device located at fixed locations within the aircraft, a plurality of passive RFID tags operable for association with items within the aircraft, and a distributed antenna system comprising a plurality of antenna units and a wireless distribution system. The wireless distribution system is communicatively coupled to an aircraft communications network. The antenna units are communicatively coupled to the wireless distribution system and disbursed about the aircraft such that the RFID tags within the aircraft may be activated by signals output by at least one of the antenna units. The RFID reader and communications device are communicatively coupled to the wireless distribution system. The distributed antenna system is operable for transmission and reception of signals associated with the RFID reader and RFID tags. The distributed antenna system is further operable for transmission and reception of signals associated with the communications device. |
| US10181055B2 |
Data security system with encryption
A data security system, and a method of operation thereof, includes a data security transceiver or receiver; an authentication subsystem operatively connected to the data security transceiver or receiver; and a storage subsystem connected to the authentication subsystem. |
| US10181054B1 |
System and method for secure file management by a local client device
A system and method is provided for secure file and document management and editing by local client devices. An exemplary method includes receiving by a server, an identifier of a data block and a portion of the data block from a client device, encrypting the first portion of the data block, and generating an encryption key based on the identifier of the data block. The method further includes transmitting, by the server, the encrypted first portion of the data block to the client device to be stored locally in memory of the client device, and causing a second portion of the data block to be encrypted by the client device using the encryption key. A as result, the encrypted second portion of the data block can be stored in the memory of the client device in connection with the encrypted first portion of the data block. |
| US10181049B1 |
Method and apparatus for secure and privacy-preserving querying and interest announcement in content push and pull protocols
Described is a process for secure and privacy-preserving data retrieval operations in a network having a plurality of nodes. The process includes receiving a query at a querying node. The query is encrypted to generate an encrypted metadata query record. The encrypted metadata query record is transmitted to each queried node that is to be searched for data. A secure pattern matching protocol is used to search a database of metadata records to match a query answer to the metadata query record. The query answer is then encrypted. A query policy is verified for the querying node, with the encrypted answer being further encrypted based on the query policy. The further encrypted answer is transmitted to the querying node, which removes the outer layer of encryption, resulting in the original encrypted answer. The original encrypted answer is then decrypted to recover the query answer. |
| US10181047B2 |
Managing access of information using policies
An information management system approves or denies user requests to access information of the system. The information includes all types of information including documents and e-mail. The information management system is driven using a policy language having policies and policy abstractions. The information management system may approve or deny many different types of requests including opening a document or file, copying a file, printing a file, sending an e-mail, reading an e-mail, cut and paste of a portion of a document, saving a document, executing an application on a file, and many others. |
| US10181044B2 |
System and method for monitoring encrypted data and preventing massive decryption thereof
The present invention is a system for monitoring encrypted data and preventing the encrypted data from being decrypted in large quantities, the system comprising: an access control unit which stores information of a decryption; a crypto-unit which receives the information of the decryption from the access control unit and decrypts the encrypted data; a counter which counts the number of the process of the decryption processed by the crypto-unit; an event logger which stores the number of the process of the decryption counted by the counter; and a monitoring server which receives the information of the number of the decryption and displays it. |
| US10181040B2 |
Alternate content playlist for locked media content
Systems, and methods disclosed herein include systems and methods for providing alternative content playlists for locked media content. Media content may be locked according to certain pre-conditions, such as a release date. Prior to the pre-conditions being met, e.g., on a date earlier than the release date, the content may be locked to prevent user access. During such locked period, a user may be presented with an alternative content playlist with media content that is available to be accessed by the user. |
| US10181038B2 |
Deployment assurance checks for monitoring industrial control systems
This disclosure provides an apparatus and method for deployment assurance checks for monitoring industrial control systems and other systems. A method includes identifying, by a risk manager system, a plurality of connected devices that are vulnerable to cyber-security risks. The method includes determining devices to be monitored from the plurality of connected devices. The method includes evaluating system resource usage, by the risk manager system, on each device to be monitored. The method includes providing recommendations to a user as to whether or not the user should proceed with the monitoring, based on the evaluation. |
| US10181037B2 |
Secure creation of encrypted virtual machines from encrypted templates
Booting a machine in a secure fashion in a potentially unsecure environment. The method includes a target machine beginning a boot process. The method further includes the target machine determining that it needs provisioning data to continue booting. The target machine contacts a secure infrastructure to obtain the provisioning data. The target machine provides an identity claim that can be verified by the secure infrastructure. As a result of the secure infrastructure verifying the identity claim, the target machine receives a request from the secure infrastructure to establish a key sealed to the target machine. The target machine provides the established key to the secure infrastructure. The target machine receives the provisioning data from the secure infrastructure. The provisioning data is encrypted to the established key. The target machine decrypts the encrypted provisioning data, and uses the provisioning data to finish booting. |
| US10181034B2 |
Virtual machine security
A virtual machine transmits local files to a secure virtual machine hosted by a hypervisor for malware detection. When malware is detected, the secure virtual machine can responsively provide remediation code to the virtual machine on a temporary basis so that the virtual machine can perform suitable remediation without a permanent increase in size of the virtual machine. |
| US10181033B2 |
Method and apparatus for malware detection
An approach is provided for providing an offline malware detection, and in addition a real-time malware detection. The offline malware detection may comprise: detecting at least one of function calling map of the application offline, wherein a function calling map records relationships of callings among functions called by the application; extracting patterns of the function callings of the application from the at least one function calling map; and comparing the extracted pattern with at least one basic pattern of normal applications. The real-time malware detection may comprises: running an application in a real environment; recording behaviors of the application at runtime of the application; extracting behavior patterns from the recorded behaviors; and comparing the extracted behavior patterns with at least one of basic patterns of normal applications or patterns previously recorded for the application. |
| US10181032B1 |
System and methods for digital account threat detection
Systems and methods include: collecting digital event data for the digital account; using a trained machine learning model to extract account takeover (ATO) risk features from the collected digital event data; evaluating the extracted ATO risk features of the collected digital event data of the digital account against a plurality of ATO risk heuristics; identifying one or more of the plurality of ATO risk heuristics that is triggered by the extracted ATO risk features, wherein one or more of the plurality of ATO risk heuristics may be triggered if at least a subset of the extracted ATO risk features matches requirements of the one or more ATO risk heuristics; and generating an ATO risk assessment for the digital account using the one or more triggered ATO risk heuristics. |
| US10181031B2 |
Control device, control system, control method, and control program
A cloud controller performs, when an attack on a VM in any of data centers in a system is detected, setting of NAT of a private IP address of a VM(A), for a boundary router of each data center other than a data center that the VM(A) belongs to, the VM(A) being a victim. Next, the cloud controller performs setting for a redirecting device in the same data center as the VM(A), such that the redirecting device redirects access from a user terminal to a host under a boundary router of any of the respective data centers other than the data center. Thereafter, the cloud controller changes a private IP address of the VM(A) in a NAT setting of a boundary router of the data center to a private IP address of the redirecting device. |
| US10181029B1 |
Security cloud service framework for hardening in the field code of mobile software applications
A method for hardening in the field code of mobile software applications is described that includes receiving, by a cloud service framework, an application via a user interface over a network. The method also includes generating, by the cloud service framework, a representation of the code of the application and determining, by the cloud service framework, changes to code of the application based at least in part on the representation, wherein the changes to the code preclude the application from performing one or more unwanted behaviors. The method also includes instrumenting, by a static instrumentation unit within the cloud service framework, the application with the changes to the code to create an instrumented application that does not perform the one or more unwanted behaviors. |
| US10181023B2 |
Verification method, method to open a web page and method to open an electronic file
A verification method includes displaying a selected pattern set on a display device electrically connected with a user apparatus. One of a first selected pattern and a second selected pattern as an as-selected pattern is selected. The as-selected pattern is used as a first target pattern, and the other is used as a second target pattern. A match object area and a target object area on the display device are displayed. The selected pattern is displayed in the match object area, and the first and second object patterns are displayed in the target object area. A user operates the user apparatus or a connected wearable device to control and select the as-selected pattern in the match object area on the display device or on another display device. When the as-selected pattern conforms to the first object pattern, the verification is finished. |
| US10181021B2 |
Method and apparatus for off-body detection for wearable device
A method and apparatus for capacitive off-wrist detection for wearable device are disclosed. In one aspect, the wearable device includes one or more biometric sensors including a capacitive sensor. The method may involve measuring, based on output of the capacitive sensor, a capacitance value indicative of proximity of the wearable device to a user. The method may also involve detecting a change in the capacitance value within a defined time interval, the change being greater than or equal to a threshold change indicative of the wearable device not being proximate to the user's skin. The method may further involve determining that the wearable device has been removed from the user in response to detecting that the change in the capacitance value within the defined time interval is greater than or equal to the threshold change. |
| US10181020B2 |
Systems and methods for gesture based biometric security
A system receives a source and a metadata layer that describes the source. The source may comprise source records with fields containing source data, and the metadata layer may include metadata comprising at least one of a field data type, a field data length, a field description, or a record length. The processor may further validate the metadata layer against the source and write results to a log. The processor may further be configured for transforming the source records into transformed records for a load ready file. The processor may further balance a number of records in the source against a number of transformed records in the load ready file to generate a transformation failure rate. |
| US10181015B2 |
System for identifying content of digital data
A processor receives a first list comprising a plurality of events from a portion of digital data of an unknown work and one or more metrics between each pair of adjacent events from the plurality of events. The processor compares the first list to a second list comprising events and metrics between events for a known work to determine a first quantity of hits and a second quantity of misses. The processor determines whether the first list matches the second list based on the first quantity of hits and the second quantity of misses. The processor determines that the unknown work is a copy of the known work responsive to determining that the first list matches the second list. |
| US10181012B2 |
Extracting clinical care pathways correlated with outcomes
Systems and methods for data analysis include constructing patient traces as a set of medical events for each patient of a patient population, the patient population being segmented based on patient outcomes. Medical events in one or more of the patient traces are reduced to provide processed patient traces. The processed patient traces are clustered to identify a cluster of patient traces. A process model is mined, using a processor, representing an aggregation of treatment pathways in the patient traces from the cluster. Patterns from patient traces are identified that are discriminative of patient outcomes. At least one of the patterns is represented with respect to the process model to identify treatment pathways correlated with the patient outcomes. |
| US10181010B2 |
System for genetic surveillance and analysis
A genetic surveillance system comprises a communications network and at least one reader-analyzer instrument. The reader-analyzer instrument has a communication interface to communicate over the network. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to perform genetic assay analysis of a sample obtained from a member of a population and to generate detection-related data based upon the analysis. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to associate qualifying information with the detection-related data and to communicate the associated qualifying information and detection-related data over the network. |
| US10181009B2 |
Methods and systems for predicting cancer outcome
The invention provides a molecular marker set that can be used for prognosis of colorectal cancer in a colorectal cancer patient. The invention also provides methods and computer systems for evaluating prognosis of colorectal cancer in a colorectal cancer patient based on the molecular marker set. The invention also provides methods and computer systems for determining chemotherapy for a colorectal cancer patient and for enrolling patients in clinical trials. |
| US10181008B2 |
Gene expression profile algorithm for calculating a recurrence score for a patient with kidney cancer
The present invention provides algorithm-based molecular assays that involve measurement of expression levels of genes from a biological sample obtained from a kidney cancer patient. The present invention also provides methods of obtaining a quantitative score for a patient with kidney cancer based on measurement of expression levels of genes from a biological sample obtained from a kidney cancer patient. The genes may be grouped into functional gene subsets for calculating the quantitative score and the gene subsets may be weighted according to their contribution to cancer recurrence. |
| US10181004B1 |
Systems and methods for identifying wires for adjustment
Systems and methods are provided for identifying a wire of a plurality of wires to be adjusted to mitigate effects of electromigration. A method includes identifying a plurality of wires of a circuit, each wire comprising a one or more wire segments. An electromigration stress is determined for each wire path of each wire, a wire path being made up of one or more wire segments. For each wire, a highest determined electromigration stress is assigned for wire paths of that wire as the wire electromigration stress for that wire. An identification of the wire having the highest wire electromigration stress is stored, where the wire having the highest wire electromigration stress is a candidate for adjustment to mitigate electromigration effects. |
| US10181002B2 |
Efficient integrated circuits configuration data management
Circuitry for an efficient configuration data management is presented. The circuitry includes an encoding circuit that compares configuration data of a circuit design with base configuration data of a base circuit design. The encoding circuit compresses a difference between the configuration data and the base configuration data to produce compressed configuration data. The compressed configuration data can be stored in a storage circuit. For a purpose of implementing the circuit design in an integrated circuit, a decoding circuit can retrieve the compressed configuration data from the storage circuit, decompress the compressed configuration data, and compare a result of the decompression operation with the base configuration data to restore the configuration data. The restored configuration data can serve to program configuration memory bits on the integrated circuit, thereby implementing the circuit design. |
| US10180997B2 |
Apparatus for simulating wind power farm
An apparatus for simulating a wind power farm includes a wind power generator simulator configured to act as a virtual wind power generator to dynamically generate an attribute value and provide the attribute value to a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to be tested; a wind power generator simulation platform configured to generate and manage a plurality of wind power generator simulators within one system, monitor the system, monitor operation states of the plurality of wind power generator simulators, and transmit a result of monitoring the operation states; and a wind power farm controller configured to generate a wind power farm by grouping a plurality of wind power generator simulation platforms into a single cluster, and manage a simulation environment of the wind power farm. |
| US10180996B2 |
Multi-component computational fluid dynamics simulations
A method of Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD simulation for a product including a plurality of individual components, the method comprising creating a library of known components, including their component geometry and modeling properties needed for simulation, the components being individually meshed within the library; using a graphical user interface GUI to select and place a plurality of components from the library in a desired configuration to make up a CFD model of a product; and CFD simulating the model by scheduling a plurality of solvers, each solver modeling a component group comprising part or all of at least one component, to manage the time of action of the solvers and data exchange between the solvers. |
| US10180991B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method for displaying transition state of web pages
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a page switching unit for switching a display screen from a first Web page screen displayed on a display unit to a second Web page screen, and a switching information notification unit for notifying a page switching information on a notification screen before the second Web page screen is displayed while switching between the pages by the page switching unit, the page switching information is based on information included in at least the second Web page of the first and second Web pages, and the notification screen is a different screen from the first Web page. |
| US10180988B2 |
Persona-based conversation
An approach is provided to provide communication between a user and a question answering (QA) system using a persona. A persona-based profile is identified to utilize in a conversation between the user and the QA system with the persona being relevance and/or sentiment based. A question is received at the QA system from the user. The QA system retrieves candidate answers which are compared to the persona-based profile. The candidate answers are scored based on the comparison. One or more of the candidate answers are selected based on the scores and these candidate answers are provided to the user. |
| US10180974B2 |
System and method for generating content corresponding to an event
Systems and methods for generating content corresponding to an event are provided. A method for generating content corresponding to an event, comprises defining a plurality of sub-events of the event, classifying one or more actual occurrences in the event into one or more of the sub-events, monitoring behavior of one or more users to determine areas of the event of interest to the one or more users, linking the one or more users to the one or more classified actual occurrences based on the areas of the event of interest, and generating content for the one or more classified actual occurrences. |
| US10180973B2 |
System and method for efficient connection management in a massively parallel or distributed database environment
A system and method is described for database split generation in a massively parallel or distributed database environment including a plurality of databases and a data warehouse layer providing data summarization and querying functionality. A database table accessor of the system obtains, from an associated client application, a query for data in a table of the data warehouse layer, wherein the query includes a user preference. The system obtains table data representative of properties of the table, and determines a splits generator in accordance with one or more of the user preference or the properties of the table. The system generates, by the selected splits generator, table splits dividing the user query into a plurality of query splits, and outputs the plurality of query splits to an associated plurality of mappers for execution by the associated plurality of mappers of each of the plurality of query splits against the table. |
| US10180970B2 |
Data processing method and data processing apparatus
A data processing method is executed by a computer to perform distributed processing of a first query and a second query. The data processing method includes calculating a first value indicating a dependency between a first partitioning key and a second partitioning key, the first partitioning key specifying a categorical attribute extracted from syntax of the first query, and the second partitioning key specifying a numerical attribute holding numerical values associated with the second query; generating a query group made of the first query and the second query based on the first value; and performing distributed processing of the first query and the second query based on the query group when executing the first query and the second query. |
| US10180969B2 |
Entity resolution and identity management in big, noisy, and/or unstructured data
In an environment containing big data, noisy data, and/or unstructured data, it is desirable to identify an entity referenced by input data. The entity can be identified by generating records corresponding to characteristics of the entity based on the input data. These records can be merged when it is determined that more than one record corresponds to the same entity. By doing so it is possible to more easily identify and classify information related to an entity, though such information may have been obtained in a manner that might otherwise be deemed unstructured or noisy. The method can be applied across large sets of data (“big data”) to obtain meaning from data that may otherwise be unclassifiable to a human observer. |
| US10180968B2 |
Gaussian ranking using matrix factorization
In one embodiment of the present invention, a training engine teaches a matrix factorization model to rank items for users based on implicit feedback data and a rank loss function. In operation, the training engine approximates a distribution of scores to corresponding ranks as an approximately Gaussian distribution. Based on this distribution, the training engine selects an activation function that smoothly maps between scores and ranks. To train the matrix factorization model, the training engine directly optimizes the rank loss function based on the activation function and implicit feedback data. By contrast, conventional training engines that optimize approximations of the rank loss function are typically less efficient and produce less accurate ranking models. |
| US10180966B1 |
Reputation report with score
An online reputation assessment of an individual is performed. A reputation score is determined based on the performed online reputation assessment. The reputation score is provided as output. In some cases, the reputation score is provided to an entity that is not the individual, for example, based on the receipt of an authorization from the individual to disclose the score to the entity. |
| US10180965B2 |
User attribute resolution of unresolved terms of action queries
User attribute data associated with a user may be used to resolve unresolved entities in connection with the performance of computer-based actions, e.g., actions resulting from action queries generated based at least in part on content being accessed on a computing device. |
| US10180963B2 |
Load shedding in a data stream management system
A data stream management system (DSMS) receives an input data stream from data stream sources and respective location information associated with sets of the data stream sources. A continuous query is executed against data items received via the input data streams to generate at least one client output data stream. A load shedding process is executed when the DSMS is overloaded with data from the input data streams. When the DSMS is not overloaded and for the location information associated with each of the data stream source sets, a respective utility value is determined indicating a utility to the client of data from the data stream source sets. The location information is stored in association with the corresponding data utility value. The location information received when the DSMS is overloaded is used, together with the data utility values, to identify input data streams whose data items are to be discarded. |
| US10180957B2 |
Automatic detection of problems in a large-scale multi-record update system and method
A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, a change to at least one record of a plurality of records in a multi-record update. At least one problem condition associated with the change to the at least one record is determined, wherein the at least one problem condition is determined via at least one problem definition object before the change is saved. The at least one problem condition is organized on a display. An action is executed on the at least one problem condition displayed. |
| US10180954B2 |
Disconnected operation within distributed database systems
Techniques are disclosed for disconnected operation in a distributed database system. In an embodiment, the distributed database system implements a disconnected mode of operation allowing isolated regions of database nodes to provisionally commit transactions, with the global requirements of those transactions later satisfied by a transparent healing process after network connectivity is reestablished between the regions. The healing process, in turn, enables the distributed database system to construct a consistent global state of the database that accounts for the transactions provisionally-committed in each isolated region during the disconnected mode. Once the healing process completes, database clients “see” a healed version of the database that simulates or otherwise closely approximates a state of the database had the distributed database system performed the transactions during a normal, fully-connected, mode of operation. |
| US10180952B2 |
Search engine
A search engine to index web content with user content. A server computer receives, from a first client computer operated by a first user, an identification of first web content displayed by a web browser of the first client computer in a main browser window. The identification of the first web content is transmitted by the first user to the server computer via a user interface separate from the main browser window. The server computer then indexes the first web content. In response to receiving a search query from a web browser of a second client computer operated by a second user, the server computer transmits search results to the web browser of the second client computer. The search results include the first web content identified by the first user in a position relative to identifications of other web content received from other users. |
| US10180949B2 |
Method and apparatus for information searching
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for information searching. The method includes: displaying a shooting interface for image search, and displaying guide information in the shooting interface; obtaining an image shot according to the guide information; and obtaining a search result according to the image shot and displaying the search result. With the present method for information searching, an accuracy rate of the image search may be improved, and requirements of a user may be better satisfied. |
| US10180948B2 |
Data storage with a distributed virtual array
A data storage system includes a plurality of hosts, each of which includes at least one processor and communicates over a network with a plurality of storage nodes, at least one of which has at least one storage device, at least one storage controller, and at least one non-volatile memory. At least one process within a host issues data storage read/write requests. At least one of the hosts has a cache for caching data stored in at least one of the storage nodes. The host writes data corresponding to a write request to at least one remote non-volatile memory and carries out at least one storage processing function; data in the written-to node may then be made available for subsequent reading by a different one of the hosts. Examples of the storage processing function include compression, ECC computation, deduplicating, garbage collection, write logging, reconstruction, rebalancing, and scrubbing. |
| US10180945B2 |
Data replication from a cloud-based storage resource
A local computing device replicates data stored in a cloud-based storage resource in a way that is substantially transparent to end users. A counter generation module provides a source for sequentially increasing counter indices, each of which is associated with a creation timestamp. When a data record managed by the cloud-based storage resource is created, updated or deleted, an address of the modified data record is recorded in a journal, along with unique counter index and timestamp values. Later, when data records stored in the cloud-based storage resource are to be replicated at the local computing device, data records corresponding to the sequential counter indices listed in the journal are sent to the local computing device. Only those data records which correspond to blocks of uninterrupted sequential counter indices are transmitted to the local computing device, thereby ensuring consistency of the replicated data. |
| US10180942B2 |
System and method for generation of concept structures based on sub-concepts
A method and system for method for generating concept structures are disclosed. The method comprises receiving a request to create a new concept structure, wherein the request includes at least a multimedia data element (MMDE) related to the new concept structure; querying a deep-content-classification (DCC) system using the MMDE to find at least one sub-concept, wherein a sub-concept is a concept structure that partially matches the received MMDE; checking if the at least one sub-concept satisfies at least one predefined logic rule; generating one or more sub-concepts from the at least MMDE; and generating the new concept structure using one or more sub-concepts out of the at least one sub-concepts that satisfies the predefined logic rule. |
| US10180941B2 |
GeoRadio
Systems, methods, and computer-program products are described for determining current location information which includes determining whether an object is moving by comparing the current location information with previous location information. Future location information is calculated and a point of interest is filtered using the future location information. A media asset is then matched to the filtered point of interest and a current score is determined for the matched media asset. Determining a current score includes determining a window in which the matched media asset is geographically relevant to the future location information, and updating the matched media asset score when the future location information changes. An ordered playlist is dynamically generated according to the future location information by repeatedly prioritizing and sequencing matched media assets according to the current score for each matched media asset, and matched media assets are played or displayed in the ordered playlist. |
| US10180940B2 |
Method and system of performing a translation
A translation method is disclosed herein. The method includes determining a target object to be translated, the target object including a plurality of elements; dividing the target object to be translated according to a language correspondence relationship to obtain at least one element set; determining a weight value of a second object corresponding to each first object in each element set according to the language correspondence relationship; determining a comparison value associated with each element set according to the determined weight value and selecting an element set with the maximum comparison value; determining a second object with the maximum weight value corresponding to each first object in the selected element set according to the correspondence relationship, combining all the determined second objects to form a translation content of the target object. |
| US10180938B2 |
Assisted free form decision definition using rules vocabulary
A method of decision definition using a rules vocabulary includes: receiving free form input; identifying terms contained within the free form input; searching the rules vocabulary objects for terms; responsive to the term being found, obtaining input from a user as to whether to use the found term; responsive to the term not being found; searching the rules vocabulary attributes for terms having attributes corresponding to the term; responsive to the term being found, obtaining input from a user as to whether to use the found term; and refactoring the free form input with the found term accepted by the user. The method also includes updating the rules vocabulary with the term identified in the free form input as a synonym for the term found in said rules vocabulary. One embodiment further provides a method of determining semantic equivalence between a plurality of rules using a rules database having preferred terms. |
| US10180936B2 |
Human readable mechanism for communicating binary data
A mechanism is provided for representing information, such as binary sequence, in a manner that is easier to read and less likely to generate errors when interacted with by human. A dictionary is seeded with two or more set of words, the words being selected from distinct categories. Symbols may be created by combining words from the distinct categories. A mapping of symbols to corresponding values may then be generated. The generated mapping may be used to translate bit values to symbols and symbols to bit values. |
| US10180928B2 |
Heterogeneous hardware accelerator architecture for processing sparse matrix data with skewed non-zero distributions
Heterogeneous hardware accelerator architectures for processing sparse matrix data having skewed non-zero distributions are described. An accelerator includes sparse tiles to access data from a first memory over a high bandwidth interface and very/hyper sparse tiles to randomly access data from a second memory over a low-latency interface. The accelerator determines that one or more computational tasks involving a matrix are to be performed, partitions the matrix into a first plurality of blocks that includes one or more sparse sections of the matrix, and a second plurality of blocks that includes sections of the matrix that are very- or hyper-sparse. The accelerator causes the sparse tile(s) to perform one or more matrix operations for the computational task(s) using the first plurality of blocks and further causes the very/hyper sparse tile(s) to perform the one or more matrix operations for the computational task(s) using the second plurality of blocks. |
| US10180926B2 |
Controlling data storage devices across multiple servers
A system includes multiple servers, each server including a host bus adapter (HBA) and multiple data storage devices. The system further includes a controller including a switch, wherein the switch has first ports and second ports, each first port being coupled to a HBA of one server, and each second port being coupled to one of the data storage devices, and wherein communications between any of the HBAs and any of the data storage devices are directed through the switch. A method is also provided including coupling multiple host bus adapters to first ports of a controller, wherein multiple servers each include one of the HBAs, coupling multiple data storage devices in each of the servers to second ports of the controller, and directing communications between any of the HBAs and any of the data storage devices through the controller. |
| US10180922B2 |
Methods and systems for devices with self-selecting bus decoder
Disclosed are methods and devices, among which is a device including a self-selecting bus decoder. In some embodiments, the device may be coupled to a microcontroller, and the self-selecting bus decoder may determine a response of the peripheral device to requests from the microcontroller. |
| US10180919B1 |
Broadcasting reads to multiple modules
A bus controller is configured to transmit a broadcast read request on at least one bus. The broadcast read request includes an address. A first logic module determines that the broadcast read request is targeting the first logic module. The first logic module reads a first value from a first register included in the first logic module. The first register is specified by the address included in the broadcast read request. The first value is transmitted onto the at least one bus. A second logic module determines that the broadcast read request is targeting the second logic module. The second logic module reads a second value from a second register included in the second logic module. The second register is specified by the address included in the broadcast read request. The second value is transmitted onto the at least one bus. |
| US10180916B2 |
Managing copy operations in complex processor topologies
A copy subsystem within a processor includes a set of logical copy engines and a set of physical copy engines. Each logical copy engine corresponds to a different command stream implemented by a device driver, and each logical copy engine is configured to receive copy commands via the corresponding command stream. When a logical copy engine receives a copy command, the logical copy engine distributes the command, or one or more subcommands derived from the command, to one or more of the physical copy engines. The physical copy engines can perform multiple copy operations in parallel with one another, thereby allowing the bandwidth of the communication link(s) to be saturated. |
| US10180915B2 |
Method and apparatus for accessing physical resources
A method and an apparatus for accessing physical resources, is used to restrict access to physical resources of other light system kernel Light OSs by a first Light OS in a multi-kernel operating system and ensure security of accessing physical resources among the Light OSs. A method, executed by secure firmware, includes: receiving a physical address corresponding to a physical resource to be accessed by the first Light OS; determining whether the physical address corresponding to the physical resource is out of bounds; and if the physical address corresponding to the physical resource is within bounds, sending an access continuity signal to the first Light OS; or if the physical address corresponding to the physical resource is out of bounds, sending an access error signal to the first Light OS. |
| US10180914B2 |
Dynamic domain name service caching
In one aspect, a system for controlling domain name service (DNS) caching is disclosed, the system includes a processor; a memory; and one or more modules stored in the memory and executable by a processor to perform various operations. The various operations include maintain a hard cache on a local disk that includes a file of DNS entries that persists and available for access by an application after a reboot of a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) system running the application; populate a runtime positive soft cache with the entries from the hard cache, wherein the positive soft cache represents DNS entries assumed to be successful for resolving DNS client calls from the application that persists until the reboot of the JVM system running the application; and load entries into the runtime positive soft cache populated from the hard cache in response to an application making DNS client calls. |
| US10180909B2 |
Host-based resetting of active use of guest page table indicators
A marking capability is used to provide an indication of whether a block of memory is being used by a guest control program to back an address translation structure. The marking capability includes setting an indicator in one or more locations associated with the block of memory. In a further aspect, the marking capability includes resetting the one or more indicators to indicate that the block of memory is no longer being used by the guest control program to back the address translation structure. |
| US10180907B2 |
Processor and method
A processor includes an arithmetic processing circuit, a cache memory including a plurality of ways, a usage information register storing usage information indicating whether to use each of the plurality of ways, a purge control circuit performing purge processing on a basis of rewriting of the usage information within the usage information register according to an instruction executed by the arithmetic processing circuit, the purge processing including processing of deleting, from the cache memory, target data retained in a target way to be stopped and processing of writing back part of the target data, the part of the target data being data rewritten in the cache memory, to a main memory at a lower level than the cache memory, and an access control circuit controlling accessing the cache memory on a basis of a memory access request received from the arithmetic processing circuit and status of the purge processing. |
| US10180906B2 |
HBM with in-memory cache manager
A system and method for using high bandwidth memory as cache memory. A high bandwidth memory may include a logic die, and, stacked on the logic die, a plurality of dynamic read-only memory dies. The logic die may include a cache manager, that may interface to external systems through an external interface conforming to the JESD235A standard, and that may include an address translator, a command translator, and a tag comparator. The address translator may translate each physical address received through the external interface into a tag value, a tag address in the stack of memory dies, and a data address in the stack of memory dies. The tag comparator may determine whether a cache hit or cache miss has occurred, according to whether the tag value generated by the address translator matches the tag value stored at the tag address. |
| US10180905B1 |
Unified prefetch circuit for multi-level caches
In an embodiment, a processor may implement an access map-pattern match (AMPM)-based prefetch circuit for a multi-level cache system. The access patterns that are matched to the access maps may include prefetches for different cache levels. Centralizing the generation of prefetches into one prefetch circuit may provide better observability and controllability of prefetching at various levels of the cache hierarchy, in an embodiment. Prefetches at different levels may be controlled individually based on the accuracy of those prefetches, in an embodiment. Additionally, in an embodiment, access patterns that are longer that a given threshold may have the granularity of the prefetches change so that more data is prefetched and the prefetches occur farther in advance, in some embodiments. |
| US10180902B2 |
Pauseless location and object handle based garbage collection
Garbage collection processing is facilitated. Based on execution of a load instruction and determining that an address of an object pointer to be loaded is located in a pointer storage area and the object pointer indicates a location within a selected portion of memory undergoing garbage collection, processing control is obtained by a handler executing within a processor of the computing environment. The handler obtains the object pointer from the pointer storage area, and determines whether the object pointer is to be modified. If the object pointer is to be modified, the handler modifies the object pointer. The handler may then store the modified object pointer in a selected location. |
| US10180901B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for managing space in a storage device
Aspects of the present disclosure disclose systems and methods for managing space in storage devices. In various aspects, the disclosure is directed to providing more efficient method for managing free space in the storage system, and related apparatus and methods. In particular, the system provides for freeing blocks of memory that are no longer being used based on the information stored in a file system. More specifically, the system allows for reclaiming of large segments of free blocks at one time by providing information on aggregated blocks that were being freed to the storage devices. |
| US10180891B2 |
Monitoring processes running on a platform as a service architecture
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for monitoring processes running on a platform as a service architecture. One example method includes storing a received sample of monitored attributes of a computer process in a sample memory buffer that includes other stored samples. A determination is made that the sample memory buffer is full. The sample memory buffer is compressed. A starting position in a compressed sample file store at which to store the compressed sample memory buffer is determined. The compressed sample memory buffer is stored at the determined starting position in the compressed sample file store. The starting position of the stored compressed sample memory buffer is stored at a particular location in a file position index. A collection timestamp for the sample in a timestamp index is stored at a timestamp index location that matches the particular location in the file position index. |
| US10180889B2 |
Network failover handling in modular switched fabric based data storage systems
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for data storage systems are provided herein. In one example, a data storage system is provided that includes a first processor configured to establish a network connection with an external system, and receive first storage operations transferred by the external system over the network connection, the first storage operations related to storage and retrieval of data on at least one storage drive. The first processor is configured to transfer information describing the network connection for delivery to at least a second processor. The second processor is configured to identify when the first processor has failed, responsively establish the network connection with the external system based at least on the information describing the network connection, and receive second storage operations transferred by the external system over the network connection. |
| US10180879B1 |
Inter-device and intra-device protection data
A system and method for offset protection data in a RAID array. A computer system comprises client computers and data storage arrays coupled to one another via a network. A data storage array utilizes solid-state drives and Flash memory cells for data storage. A storage controller within a data storage array is configured to store user data in a first page of a first storage device of the plurality of storage devices; generate intra-device protection data corresponding to the user data, and store the intra-device protection data at a first offset within the first page. The controller is further configured to generate inter-device protection data corresponding to the first page, and store the inter-device protection data at a second offset within a second page in a second storage device of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the first offset is different from the second offset. |
| US10180878B2 |
Memory system for recording data and memory control method for recording data
A memory system according to an embodiment includes a non-volatile memory that performs multi-value recording using a plurality of pages and a controller. The controller performs bit inversion for any page of first symbols in a data string. The first symbols are a certain code sequence in the data string. The controller dispersedly allocates bits to be inverted to the plurality of pages. The controller records substitution position information indicating a position of the bit inversion in redundant data of the bit-inverted page. |
| US10180875B2 |
Pool-level solid state drive error correction
A method for performing error correction for a plurality of storage drives and a storage appliance comprising a plurality of storage devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a first set of parity bits from a first set of data of at least one of the plurality of storage devices, the first set of parity bits capable of correcting a first number of error bits of the first set of data. The method further includes generating a second set of parity bits from a concatenated set of the first data and a second set of data from at least another of the plurality of storage devices, the second set of parity bits capable of correcting a second number of error bits of the first set of data, the second number being greater than the first number. The method further includes reading the first set of data and (i) correcting error bits within the first set of data with the first set of parity bits where a number of error bits is less than the first number of error bits; and (ii) correcting error bits within the first set of data with the second set of parity bits where the number of error bits is greater than the first number. |
| US10180869B2 |
Automated ordering of computer system repair
Monitoring the health of a computer system and suggesting an order of repair when problems within the computer system have been identified. Problem(s) and problem entity(s) within the computer system are identified during monitoring. Relationship(s) of the problem entities with other entities in the computer system are identified. A relationship type for each of the identified relationship(s) is determined. A combination of the identified problem(s), the identified problem entity(s), and the determined relationship type(s) is analyzed to determine an order in which repairs of one or more user-visible entities of the computing system should occur in order to address the identified problem(s). An alert comprising the determined order of the repairs is then presented to a user. |
| US10180867B2 |
System and method for bruteforce intrusion detection
Systems and methods are shown for detecting potential attacks on a domain, where one or more servers, in response to a failure event, obtain a lambda value from a baseline model of historical data associated with a current time interval corresponding to the failure event, determine a probability of whether a total count of failure events for the current time interval is within an expected range using a cumulative density function based on the lambda value, and identify a possible malicious attack if the probability is less than or equal to a selected alpha value. |
| US10180865B2 |
Memory device with unidirectional cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code transfer for both read and write data transmitted via bidirectional data link
A memory device includes a first interface that is to couple to a bidirectional link and a second interface to couple to a unidirectional link. An encoder generates first error-detection information corresponding to write data received via the bidirectional link for a write operation. An encoder generates second error-detection information corresponding to read data transmitted via the bidirectional link for a read operation. A transmitter coupled to the unidirectional link transmits the both the first and second error-detection information. A controller may receive the first and second error-detection information. Based on at least one of the first and second error-detection information, the controller may command the memory device to retry an operation. |
| US10180864B2 |
Increasing efficiency of an event processing system
Systems and methods of increasing the efficiency of an event processing system are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises identifying a first group of computing events from a plurality of computing events in an execution pipeline based on a similarity between the computing events of the first group, and merging the computing events of the first group into a single representative computing event of the first group in the execution pipeline. In some example embodiments, the identifying of the first group of computing events comprises calculating a corresponding identifier using a hash function on at least one attribute of the corresponding computing event for each one of the plurality of computing events in the execution pipeline, and determining that the computing events of the first group have corresponding identifiers that match each other. |
| US10180863B2 |
Determining system information based on object mutation events
A consumer transmits a set of system updates corresponding to an initial set of events retrieved from an event stream. The consumer determines that acknowledgement of the transmission of the initial set of events has not been received. The consumer executes another retrieval operation to retrieve events from the event stream which results in retrieving an updated set of events. The updated set of events includes the initial set of events and one or more additional events. The consumer trims the updated set of events to remove the one or more additional events and obtains the initial set of events. The consumer re-determines and re-transmits the system updates corresponding to the initial set of events that were obtained by trimming the updated set of events. |
| US10180862B1 |
System and method for integrating multiple applications operating on a shared platform
A method and system for interoperability between a first and second mark-up language application, both executable within a browser container, includes accessing a first exchange script in the first application and a second exchange script in the second application. The method and system includes executing a desktop services module in communication with the applications, the module disposed between the applications and the browser container. The method and system includes communicating between the first application and the desktop services module using the first exchange script and communicating between the second application and the desktop services module using the second exchange script. Therein, the method and system determines an interaction in the first application via desktop services module, generates an action command for the second application via an interoperability function in the desktop services module, and performs a processing operation in the second application based on the action command. |
| US10180856B2 |
Method and apparatus to avoid deadlock during instruction scheduling using dynamic port remapping
A method for performing dynamic port remapping during instruction scheduling in an out of order microprocessor is disclosed. The method comprises selecting and dispatching a plurality of instructions from a plurality of select ports in a scheduler module in first clock cycle. Next, it comprises determining if a first physical register file unit has capacity to support instructions dispatched in the first clock cycle. Further, it comprises supplying a response back to logic circuitry between the plurality of select ports and a plurality of execution ports, wherein the logic circuitry is operable to re-map select ports in the scheduler module to execution ports based on the response. Finally, responsive to a determination that the first physical register file unit is full, the method comprises re-mapping at least one select port connecting with an execution unit in the first physical register file unit to a second physical register file unit. |
| US10180847B2 |
Circuitry for configuring entities
A method disclosed herein includes operating a processor of a system on a chip in a configuration mode until completion of a set of tasks, and operating the processor in a normal operation mode after completion of the set of tasks. During the configuration mode, the method includes performing steps of sending by the processor of configuration information to a configuration programming block, sending by the configuration programming block of the configuration information to one or more electronic components to thereby complete a first subset of the set of tasks, while permitting the processor to complete a second subset of the set of tasks, and sending by the configuration programming block of a notification to the processor after completing the first subset of the set of tasks. |
| US10180838B2 |
Multi-register gather instruction
A processor fetches a multi-register gather instruction that includes a destination operand that specifies a destination vector register, and a source operand that identifies content that indicates multiple vector registers, a first set of indexes of each of the vector registers that each identifies a source data element, and a second set of indexes of the destination vector register for each identified source element. The instruction is decoded and executed, causing, for each of the first set of indexes of each of the vector registers, the source data element that corresponds to that index of that vector register to be stored in a set of destination data elements that correspond to the second set of identified indexes of the destination vector register for that source data element. |
| US10180837B2 |
Version control and management
Methods and apparatuses for version management. Information corresponding to multiple versions of a file is maintained in a database. The information includes one or more versions of the file and change data associated with the one or more versions of the file. In response to a request, a graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that includes a timeline with entries corresponding to one or more versions of the file. The entries have at least a graphical representation of changes made. |
| US10180836B1 |
Generating source code review comments using code analysis tools
Technologies are disclosed herein for generating comments in a source code review tool using code analysis tools. A producer module can be executed in order to obtain source code from a source code review tool. One or more source code analysis modules can then be executed in order to analyze the source code. A reporter module can then store the output of the source code analysis modules as comments in the source code review tool for use by a developer of the source code. The producer, reporter, and source code analysis modules can be executed in response to a request from the source code developer to perform a source code review, by a job scheduler, or in another manner. An application programming interface (API) exposed by the source code review tool can be utilized to obtain the source code and to store the comments associated with the source code. |
| US10180835B2 |
Centralized management of mobile-assisted motor vehicle software upgrading and vehicle data analytics
In an example, a system is provided and the system includes a motor vehicle component client, a server located in the cloud, and an application to be installed on a personal portable device, such as mobile phone or other portable, mobile electronic device. In some examples, the system enables efficient vehicle software updates to the Engine Control Unit (ECU), the head unit, or the like, or combinations thereof, and/or enables efficient wireless transmission of vehicle data analytics associated with diagnostic information, location information, or the like, or combinations thereof. |
| US10180832B2 |
Application matching method for mobile device and accessory method
This invention relates to an application matching method for a mobile device and an accessory device. The mobile device installs a plurality of applications. When the mobile device is connected to the accessory device, the accessory device can receive an application list from the mobile device. The application list should be a list of applications installed on the mobile device. Thus, the accessory device is able to install or reload part of or all applications installed on the mobile device according to the application list. |
| US10180831B2 |
Terminal device for downloading and installing an application and method thereof
An application installation method of a mobile device is provided. The method includes installing an application on the mobile device; presenting, if the application is installed, an icon corresponding to the application and a mark to indicate that the application is installed, such that at least a portion of the mark is located on the icon; executing the application; and presenting, after the application is executed, the icon without the mark. |
| US10180829B2 |
System and method for modulo addressing vectorization with invariant code motion
A processing device includes a target processor instruction memory to store a plurality of memory access instructions, and a compiler. A vector invariant candidate detection module of the compiler to determine whether the memory access instruction is to be replaced by vector invariant access code, and in response: the complier to generate first replacement code that vectorizes the memory access instruction using vector invariant access code, and to replace the memory access instruction with the first replacement code. A vector modulo addressing candidate detection module of the compiler to determine whether the memory access instruction is to be replaced by vector modulo addressing access code, and in response: the complier to generate second replacement code that vectorizes the memory access instruction using vector modulo addressing code, and to replace the memory access instruction with the second replacement code. |
| US10180827B2 |
Suppressing storing of context information
Optimizations are provided for sibling calls. A sibling caller is marked to indicate that it may call a sibling routine or that it may call an external sibling routine. Based on the marking, certain processing is performed to facilitate use of sibling calls, particularly when the sibling routine being called is external to the caller. |
| US10180825B2 |
System and method for using ubershader variants without preprocessing macros
Ubershaders may be used in a graphics development environment as an efficiency tool because many options and properties may be captured in a single shader program. Each selectable option of property in the shader code may be tagged with an attribute to indicate the presence of the selection. The single shader program embodying the many selectable options and properties may be compiled to an intermediate version that also embodies the many options and properties, along with at least remnants of the tagging attributes. Upon a request for executable code including indications of the desired selectable options or properties, generation of the executable code may proceed such that it includes only the desire selectable options and properties and not other selectable options and properties embodied in the source code. |
| US10180823B2 |
Systems and methods for building applications using building blocks linkable with metadata
Systems and methods relate to creating applications using building blocks linked together with metadata. A user interface can enable a user to create an application. Creating the application can include defining a new building block configured to generate output data. The new building block can include one or more existing building blocks and the metadata associated with the existing building blocks. For example, a building block can include at least one input/output (I/O) feature configured to receive inputs and/or generate outputs. Further, the existing building block can correspond to a data structure including external I/O features. The new building block can be linked to an existing building block by mapping an external I/O feature of the existing building block to an open I/O feature of the new building block. The mapping can be stored in metadata associated with the new building block. |
| US10180822B2 |
Development environment for real-time application development
According to certain embodiments, a development environment for mobile applications includes a design environment executed by a computing system in communication with a group of viewing applications operating on a group of mobile devices. The viewing applications correspond to version(s) of an application under development. In some embodiments, the design environment is capable of receiving inputs from a designer to modify the application under development. In some embodiments, the design environment provides to the viewing applications, during run-time and in real time, dynamic instructions based on the designer's modifications. In some embodiments, each viewing application executed by each mobile device includes localized features corresponding to features of the application under development, each localized feature optimized for the mobile device. In some embodiments, each viewing application is capable of receiving a dynamic instruction, and modifying, during run-time and in real time, the corresponding localized feature based on the received dynamic instruction. |
| US10180816B1 |
Methods and systems for segregating printouts of large print jobs and minor print jobs
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for segregating large print jobs and minor print jobs. The method includes detecting a trigger event caused by receiving a new high priority job while an old print job is already under printing by a printer. The printer includes a paper collection tray installed in a paper collection area for receiving printouts of the high priority jobs. After receiving, printing of the old print job is paused and printing of the high priority is initiated. Then, a collection tray is moved to an extended position for receiving printouts of the high priority job into the collection tray. After successful printing of the new high priority job, printing of the old print job is resumed. Thereafter, the collection tray is moved back to the retracted position for receiving printouts in the collection area. |
| US10180809B2 |
Secure application acceleration system, methods and apparatus
An improved storage controller that enables the acceleration of datacenter software, by making it easier to deploy application software portions (applets) onto storage devices, in a manner that best supports runtime performance acceleration of storage-network-latency-throttled applications. Means are defined for how server hosted applications cause to have provisioned, initiate execution of, and work with a multitude of applets on a multitude of storage devices, proximate to storage contents. This invention supports the multi-exabyte growth of data storage, by scaling performance acceleration linearly with the growth in the number of storage devices. This in turn supports the evolving cloud and Enterprise Cognitive Computing datacenter by providing the infrastructure necessary for accelerating applications that face enormous heterogeneous datasets. This includes Big Data Analytics of problems that have eluded successful analysis. |
| US10180806B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
An information processing apparatus is connected to a plurality of online storages through a network. The apparatus includes a circuitry to divide a file into a plurality of pieces of segment data, encrypt each of the plurality of segment data with an encryption key, and generate a plurality of final generated files, each including the encryption key and at least one piece of the plurality of segment data encrypted with the encryption key, and a transmitter to transmit each one of the plurality of final generated files to a corresponding one of the plurality of online storages. The circuitry manages folder and file management information that associates a folder path of each of the folders stored in the online storages with a virtual folder path, and associates a file path of each of the final generated files stored in the online storages with a virtual file path. |
| US10180805B2 |
Memory system and operating method thereof
Memory systems may include a memory device with multiple dies, a first super block, and a second super block, the first super block including a first meta-page stored at a location on a die and the second super block including a second-meta page stored at a location on a die; and a controller suitable for reading the meta-pages in the super blocks, wherein the stored location of the first meta-page is staggered with respect to the stored location of the second meta-page such that the first meta-page and the second meta-page are read by the controller during a single read. |
| US10180795B2 |
Memory system utilizing a page buffer for prioritizing a subsequent read request over a pending write
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory and a memory controller. The memory includes a first buffer and a memory cell array. The memory controller includes a second buffer for receiving first data from a host. The memory controller transfers the first data to the first buffer without accumulating a predetermined size of the first data in the second buffer. The memory controller creates second data in the first buffer and programs the second data created in the first buffer into the memory cell array. The second data is formed of a plurality of third data. The third data is first data received from the memory controller by the memory. The size of the second data is equal to a size of a unit in which to program into the memory cell array. |
| US10180793B2 |
Performance attributes for memory
An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a plurality of memory segments corresponding to at least one memory channel of a computing system that is to receive a memory module. A performance attribute of an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) table is set to indicate performance of at least one of the plurality of memory segments, and is usable for memory allocation by an operating system memory manager. |
| US10180791B2 |
Compression sampling in tiered storage
A method for data steering in tiered storage is described. In one embodiment, the method includes ranking a plurality of storage areas of a storage device according to at least one property of the plurality of storage areas. In some embodiments, the plurality of storage areas include at least a first storage area and a second storage area. The method includes obtaining a sample of data at the storage device, passing the sample of data through one or more compression codecs, and analyzing a result of passing the sample of data through the one or more compression codecs. In some embodiments, the result includes a score of compression savings associated with the sample of data. The method includes storing the data in one of the plurality of storage areas based at least in part on the analyzing the result of passing the sample of data through the one or more compression codecs. |
| US10180790B1 |
Efficient cloning and migration of data objects
A technique for copying a source data object within a data storage system to a destination includes ingesting data portions of the source object into respective pages of a cache. The cache associates the pages with respective descriptors and writes into the descriptors locations of storage elements that have been provided for storing the respective data portions at the destination. When later flushing these cache pages, each page is flushed to the location at the destination that is provided in the respective descriptor. |
| US10180788B2 |
Data storage device having internal tagging capabilities
A data storage device includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes a first partition and a second partition. The controller includes a pattern detector that is configured to detect one or more tags in data from an access device to be stored in the first partition. The controller is configured to generate, in the second partition, one or more links to the data that is stored in the first partition, the one or more links organized according to metadata associated with the one or more tags. |
| US10180785B2 |
Global and contextual vehicle computing system controls
A system may include global controls, each associated with a different one of a plurality of user interface screens of a vehicle; contextual controls, each associated with a command function available from a selected one of the plurality of user interface screens; and a vehicle processor configured to display a current one of the plurality of user interface screens, and update command functions associated with the contextual controls responsive to user input to the global controls. A method may include, responsive to receiving an indication of a user input press of a global control, updating command functions associated with contextual controls in accordance with command function available from a user interface screen associated with the global control; and upon receiving a user input release of the global control within a predetermined threshold period of time, navigating to the user interface screen associated with the global control. |
| US10180775B2 |
Method and system for displaying recorded and live video feeds
A computing system device with processor(s) and memory displays a video monitoring user interface on the display. The video monitoring user interface includes a first region for displaying a live video feed and/or a recorded video feed from the video camera and a second region for displaying an event timeline. The event timeline includes a plurality of time indicators each indicating a specific time and a current video feed indicator indicating the temporal position of the video feed displayed in the first region. The temporal position includes a past time and a current time. The current video feed indicator is movable relative to the time indicators to facilitate a change in the temporal position of the video feed displayed in the first region. |
| US10180772B2 |
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback
An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts: displays a first user interface that includes objects of a first type and objects of a second type; detects a first portion of a first input that includes an increase in characteristic intensity of a first contact above an intensity threshold while a focus selector is over a respective user interface object; in response, displays supplemental information associated with the respective user interface object; while displaying the supplemental information, detects an end of the first input; and, in response: if the respective user interface object is the first type of object, ceases to display the supplemental information; and, if the respective user interface object is the second type of object, maintains display of the supplemental information after detecting the end of the first input. |
| US10180762B2 |
Surface protection film, capacitive touch panel, and image display device
Provided are a surface protection film which would stably display an image, and would stably attain a mirror state, and which would be stably operated without inhibiting display operability.Disclosed is a surface protection film including a resin film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which the relative permittivity of the resin film is of 1.0 to 5.0, the reflectance is set to a value within the range of 20% to 80%, and the transmittance for light is of 20% to 80%. |
| US10180757B2 |
In-cell touch type display device to reduce capacitive load and driving IC thereof
An in-cell touch type display device includes a touch electrode that is in a touch panel and arranged at each touch block; a sensing line that is connected to the touch electrode, and transfers a touch driving signal from a source driving circuit during a touch sensing period; a gate-in panel (GIP) circuit that is in an array substrate, and outputs a gate signal to a gate line crossing and overlapping the sensing line, during a display period; and a load reduction circuit that outputs the touch driving signal to the gate line during the touch sensing period. |
| US10180748B2 |
Touch sensor assembly and method of manufacturing same
A touch sensor assembly may include a sensor mounting portion formed at a insulating substrate, and a soldering spot provided at the sensor mounting portion, wherein a touch sensor is stably fixed to the sensor mounting portion by the soldering spot. In addition, the touch sensor assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a copper coating film coated on a insulating substrate, and a top layer printed on the copper coating film, wherein the copper coating film is protected by the top layer. |
| US10180746B1 |
Hardware enabled interpolating sensor and display
A hardware enabled interpolating sensor allows for anti-aliased acquisition of data. Electrodes coupled with resistive material are disposed on either side of a transducer material, such that an impinging signal varies the electrical characteristics of the transducer material. A controller scans the electrodes and analyzes the variation in the electrical characteristics to generate data. Based upon the known characteristics of the resistive material, an interpolated image is generated from the data which is inherently anti-aliased. Additionally, an interpolating display comprising electrodes disposed on either side of an emission material is described, which allows for emission regions of varying intensity, area, and so forth. |
| US10180745B2 |
Display panel and display device with narrow bezel
Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes touch lines each extending in a first direction; data signal lines each extending in the first direction; touch connection lines, display connection lines; and a driver chip having touch signal terminals and display signal terminals. The touch signal terminals and the plurality of display signal terminals are arranged in one or more rows with one of the one or more rows having n touch signal terminals and m display signal terminals, the one or more rows extend in a second direction. Two adjacent ones of the n touch signal terminals in the one row are spaced apart by one or more of the m display signal terminals, and where n and m are positive integers. |
| US10180743B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel, liquid crystal display apparatus, and controlling method thereof
The present application discloses a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixels for image display, each of which includes a subpixel region and an inter-subpixel region. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate, a package substrate facing the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the package substrate; a pixel electrode layer and a common electrode layer for applying an electric field for driving the liquid crystal layer, the pixel electrode layer including a plurality of pixel electrodes, the common electrode layer including a plurality of common electrodes; a first electrode signal line layer including a plurality of first electrode signal lines; and a plurality of circuits, each of the plurality of circuits having an output terminal electrically connected to a first electrode signal line of the first electrode signal line layer, an input terminal configured to receive an input voltage, and a control terminal configured to receive a control voltage; at least a portion of the first electrode signal line electrically connected to the output terminal is in the inter-subpixel region of the liquid crystal display panel. The portion of the first electrode signal line in the inter-subpixel region of the liquid crystal display panel is configured to generate an additional electric field with at least one of the common electrode, the pixel electrode, a touch electrode, and another first electrode signal line; the additional electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer for enhancing light transmittance of the liquid crystal layer. |
| US10180741B2 |
Electronic apparatus including emissive display and transparent display and method of controlling same
An electronic apparatus, including an emissive display configured to provide a first image having a first image quality; a transparent display disposed on the emissive display and configured to provide a second image having a second image quality; and a controller configured to control the emissive display to provide the first image in according to first mode and control the transparent display to provide the second image according to a second mode. |
| US10180737B2 |
Thin electromagnetic handwriting pen and method of manufacturing the same
A thin electromagnetic handwriting pen includes a casing unit, a circuit unit, an electromagnetic unit and a pen core unit. The casing unit includes a thin pen-shaped casing structure. The circuit unit includes a circuit substrate disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure. The electromagnetic unit includes a hollow holder and an electromagnetic coil wound around the hollow holder. Both the hollow holder and the electromagnetic coil are embedded in the thin pen-shaped casing structure, and the electromagnetic coil is fixed between the thin pen-shaped casing structure and the hollow holder and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The pen core unit includes a pen core structure movably disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure and passing through the hollow holder, and one portion of the pen core structure is exposed outside the thin pen-shaped casing structure. |
| US10180735B1 |
Navigation methods for three dimensional (3D) models in mixed reality (MR) environments
A mixed reality (MR) system that implements navigation methods for 3D models in MR environments. The navigation methods allow a user to navigate themselves about a 3D model (such as an MR environment including one or more buildings/structures) while in an MR environment. The navigation methods include an elevator feature or navigation mode that allows the user to move accurately between “floors” of the 3D model used to provide the MR environment (move to a next upper or lower floor from their present position). The navigation techniques include a jump feature or navigation mode. The jump feature allows the user to move to any point in an MR environment created using a 3D model that they can presently see in the display of the MR environment or a location that may be partially obscured from the user's view. |
| US10180730B1 |
Keyboard having fingerprint identification modules
A keyboard includes key caps, bridge structures, a circuit board, resilient members, fingerprint identification modules, a microprocessor, and an aluminum board. Each key cap is disposed on top of the bridge structure. Each bridge structure is pivotably disposed on top of the aluminum board. The circuit board is disposed between the bridge structures and the aluminum board. Each resilient member is disposed between the key cap and the circuit board. Each fingerprint identification module is disposed on the key cap and electrically connected to the circuit board. The microprocessor is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the fingerprint identification modules. The aluminum board is configured to support the circuit board from below and includes a plurality of pivotal seats on a top, each pivotal seat passing through the circuit board to fasten the bridge structure, the circuit board, and the aluminum board together. |
| US10180726B2 |
Keyboard
A keyboard that can yield a favorable keying feeling to a user is disclosed. The keyboard includes multiple keys, a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure used for pressing a key, a haptic device configured to generate haptic feedback that involves a micro vibration, and a feedback control unit configured to issue a signal used for driving the haptic device according to the pressure that the pressure sensor has sensed. In response to one-time key pressing, the feedback control unit issues a drive signal for generating a first haptic feedback when the pressure that the pressure sensor has sensed reaches a first threshold value, and a drive signal for generating a second haptic feedback when the pressure that the pressure sensor has sensed reaches a second threshold value. |
| US10180721B2 |
Fabric-based devices with force sensing
A fabric-based item such as a fabric glove may include force sensing circuitry. The force sensing circuitry may include force sensor elements formed from electrodes on a compressible substrate such as an elastomeric polymer substrate. The fabric may include intertwined strands of material including conductive strands. Signals from the force sensing circuitry may be conveyed to control circuitry in the item using the conductive strands. Wireless circuitry in the fabric-based item may be used to convey force sensor information to external equipment. The compressible substrate may have opposing upper and lower surfaces. Electrodes for the force sensor elements may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces. Stiffeners may overlap the electrodes to help decouple adjacent force sensor elements from each other. Integrated circuits can be attached to respective force sensing elements using adhesive. |
| US10180717B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and program
There is provided an information processing device, information processing method, and program capable of realizing the authentication with high security using the movement of line of sight, the information processing device including: a line-of-sight movement identification unit configured to identify movement of line of sight of a user to a body of the user on a basis of an image of an eye of the user and an image of the body of the user positioned in a line-of-sight direction of the user, captured by an imaging unit; and a user authentication unit configured to authenticate the user on a basis of the identified movement of line of sight. |
| US10180716B2 |
Providing last known browsing location cue using movement-oriented biometric data
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for providing a last known browsing location cue using movement-oriented biometric data are presented. Movement-oriented biometric data is received and used to detect that a user is distracted from a computer interface. A visual cue is provided indicating a last known browsing location. The visual cue may be provided after a certain amount of time or in response to detecting that the user's attention is returned to the computer interface. The visual cue may be removed after a certain amount of time or in response to detecting that the user's attention is returned to the computer interface. An inattention time corresponding to the user distraction may be determined and used to identify the last known browsing location. The biometric data may be compared to thresholds and profiles to determine whether the user is attentive or distracted. |
| US10180714B1 |
Two-handed multi-stroke marking menus for multi-touch devices
A user interface provides for multi-stroke marking menus and other uses, for use on multitouch devices. One variant of multi-stroke marking is where users draw strokes with either both hands simultaneously or alternating between the hands. Alternating strokes between hands doubles the number of accessible menu items for the same number of strokes. Other inputs can be used as well, such as timing, placement, and direction. |
| US10180713B2 |
Method and system for utilizing proximity lighting and plug controls for real time location sensing
The invention pertains to a method and system which utilizes individual lighting fixtures and electrical plug controls to provide a rigorous and ubiquitous grid of sensors within or around a facility or facilities. The system utilizes a variety of parameters at the tag, lighting and plug controllers and central processor level to provide unique location and tracking information on objects, equipment, and personnel in the facility. The unique aspects of the system provide higher spatial and temporal accuracy and the ability to track high spatial densities of devices. |
| US10180711B2 |
Semiconductor device
There is provided a semiconductor device that can follow a fast voltage change such as a large voltage drop occurring at the time of rapid load fluctuation. The semiconductor device includes a voltage sensor which monitors a power supply voltage at a sampling speed higher than the assumed frequency of power supply voltage fluctuation and outputs a voltage code value, a voltage drop determination circuit which determines, from the voltage code value, that a voltage drop causing a malfunction of a system occurs, and outputs a clock stop signal, and a clock control circuit which controls clock stop, restart, and frequency change. |
| US10180708B2 |
Curved circuit board
A curved printed circuit board (PCB) of a computing device is described herein. The computing device includes a housing and a PCB positioned in or on the housing. The computing device also includes a plurality of connectors physically connecting the PCB to a surface of the housing or another surface, such that at least a portion of the PCB is bent. |
| US10180702B2 |
Handheld computing device
A minimum Z height handheld electronic device and methods of assembly is described. The electronic device includes a single seamless housing having a front opening and a cover disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel. |
| US10180701B2 |
Portable information device
A portable information device is provided. The portable information device includes a first chassis and a second chassis, a back part, a display and a supporting base. The back part pivotally connects the first and second chassis. The display, which can be folded in half, is disposed over inner faces of the first and second chassis. The supporting base is located on the inner face of at least one of the first and second chassis and at a position between the back part and an open end that is opposite to the back part. The supporting base supports a rear face of the display. |
| US10180700B2 |
Display device
Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a display panel, which includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a panel driver connected to the display panel in the non-display area of the display panel. The display panel includes an outer substrate configured to include a gate line and a data line that intersect with each other, an inner substrate coupled to a bottom of the outer substrate, and a reflection reduction member formed on the outer substrate to overlap at least one selected from the gate line and the data line, and configured to reduce a reflectivity of external light by a line. |
| US10180699B1 |
System, apparatus and method for pedal control
An apparatus, method, and system for controlling motion in six degrees of freedom is described. The apparatus includes a support structure, a first pedal and a second pedal. A first set of three independent articulating mechanisms is operatively connected to the support structure and the first pedal. The first set of three independent articulating mechanisms, in combination, enable motion of the first pedal in three control axes corresponding to three discrete degrees of freedom. A second set of three independent articulating mechanisms, operatively connected to the second pedal, enable motion, in combination, in three control axes corresponding to a discrete second set of three degrees of freedom. The apparatus may also include first and second sensors configured to detect the motion of the first and second pedals. |
| US10180698B2 |
Knob structure
A knob structure includes a base, a rotational element, a clicking plate and a clicking sheet. The rotational element is rotatably disposed on the base and includes inner peripheral surfaces. The clicking plate is joined to the inner peripheral surfaces of the rotational element and includes a plurality of first engaging members. The clicking sheet is joined to the base and includes at least one second engaging member. The clicking plate is held between the base and the clicking sheet to force the clicking sheet against the clicking plate. The rotational element is configured to rotate the clicking plate with respect to the clicking sheet so that the second engaging member continuously engages with the first engaging members. |
| US10180695B1 |
Dropout recovery with overshoot and inrush current reduction
In a power management device, a hiccup mode is implemented by using, for example, a counter to count the number of cycles for which a current limiting event has occurred and forcing the power management device to hiccup when a certain number of current limiting events have been counted. A soft start circuit is typically employed to ramp up the output voltage when the power management device is turned back on. By resetting the soft start voltage to the feedback voltage of the load of the power management device upon the first detection of a current limiting event, hiccup can be avoided because resetting the soft start voltage to the feedback voltage will reduce the current in proceeding cycles thereby avoiding additional current limiting events. |
| US10180686B2 |
Concurrent station keeping, attitude control, and momentum management of spacecraft
An operation of a spacecraft is controlled using an inner-loop control determining first control inputs for momentum exchange devices to control an orientation of the spacecraft and an outer-loop control determining second control inputs for thrusters of the spacecraft to concurrently control a pose of the spacecraft and a momentum stored by the momentum exchange devices of the spacecraft. The outer-loop control determines the second control inputs using a model of dynamics of the spacecraft including dynamics of the inner-loop control, such that the outer-loop control accounts for effects of actuation of the momentum exchange devices according to the first control inputs determined by the inner-loop control. The thrusters and the momentum exchange devices are controlled according to at least a portion of the first and the second control inputs. |
| US10180681B2 |
Graphical process variable trend monitoring with zoom features for use in a process control system
A process control monitoring system for a process control plant uses graphic trend symbols to assist in detecting and monitoring trends of process variables within the process control plant. A graphic display application within the process control monitoring system may implement and display each graphic trend symbol to graphically indicate or encapsulate current trend and value information of a process variable within the process control plant. The graphic display application may display the graphic trend symbol in a spatially realistic location within a graphical representation of the process control plant while maintaining the hierarchical structure or each hierarchical level of the process plant. The graphic display application may also include a zoom feature that enables a user to quickly drill down through tend data to obtain more information and to support problem identification and diagnosis tasks. |
| US10180678B2 |
Method for improved 3-D printing system and system thereof
A method for an improved 3-D printing system and a system thereof is disclosed. The method is able to blur and sharpen pattern images, and the system is flexible in assembly in order to benefit the convenience of printing, the speed of printing, and the cost of hardware and manufacturing. |
| US10180675B2 |
Machine tool control device and machine tool
A machine tool for machining a workpiece includes a control device for moving a rotating tool relative to the workpiece. The device includes an input information-reading unit and a path-setting unit. The input information-reading unit reads input information, which relates to a path along the contour of the workpiece or the tool path of a first rotating tool that follows the external form of the workpiece. The path-setting unit converts the input information read by the input information-reading unit to generate a tool path for performing the machining using the end cutting edge of a second rotating tool. |
| US10180669B2 |
Control device design method and control device
The present invention relates to a control device design method for a control device that determines a manipulation amount of a control object having a dead time by feedback control so as to bring a control amount of the control object closer to a target value. The method according to the present invention includes a step of designing a feedback loop that computes a correction amount for the manipulation amount using a plurality of controllers including a prediction model of the control object, a step of deriving the same number of delay elements as the plurality of controllers from a dead time element of the prediction model, and a step of allocating the plurality of controllers associated with the delay elements to a plurality of arithmetic units so that the computation of the feedback loop is performed by parallel computation by the plurality of arithmetic units that operate in parallel. |
| US10180666B2 |
Cognitively operated system
The present subject matter provides: a server and a method thereof; a communication device and a method thereof; and a controlled device and a method thereof. The present subject matter provides capturing of modification caused by the neural signals on a first signal. The present subject matter provides generation and broadcasting of the first signal which interacts with the neural signal. The neural signals correspond to instructions to operate a controlled device. The interaction between the first signal and neural signal causes modification of some characteristics of the first signal, resulting in a second signal. The second signal is than captured and analyzed for generating a command corresponding to the second signal. The command is reflective of the instructions to operate the controlled device and the subject matter provides causing the controlled device to operate according to the command. |
| US10180664B2 |
CO2 generator and controller for monitoring, generating, and therby enriching CO2 gas concentrations in the atmosphere surrounding agricultural crops, and/or horticultural and pharmaceutical plants in a controlled environment agriculture (“CEA”) facility
A CO2 generation and control system for controlling ambient gas CO2 concentrations in a controlled environment agriculture facility, including a housing, a controller disposed within said housing, a CO2 gas supply electronically coupled to said controller so as to receive control signals from said controller; wherein said controller includes a plurality of data ports for connection to one or more environmental condition sensors, and further includes software, which when executed receives and responds to signals from said one or more data ports and adjusts gas output from said gas supply in response thereto, the adjustments being infinitely adjustable between no gas output to high gas output. |
| US10180662B2 |
Electronic timepiece and program
An electronic timepiece includes a first display unit and a second display unit that display time. A receiving unit receives a time modification command including time information for modifying a first time displayed by the first display unit. A control unit outputs a first change command for automatically changing the first time displayed by the first display unit into a modified time different from a second time displayed by the second display unit based on the received time information, and outputs a second change command for changing the second time displayed by the second display unit into the first time displayed by the first display unit before the first time is changed into the modified time. A display drive unit changes the first time and the second time based on the first change command and the second change command, respectively, from the control unit. |
| US10180659B2 |
Device for assembling and adjusting a balance spring
A device for assembling and adjusting a balance spring, including a base joined to a balance bridge with an adjustable angular orientation, and having a bearing surface and a bearing plate adjacent to the bearing surface, both defining a service position of the end turn of the balance spring. A first arm extends from the base and bears a locking member for the end turn, the locking member being designed to keep the terminal coil in abutment against the bearing surface. A second arm of the device extends from the base and bears a shoe that is able to be arranged at a predefined distance from the bearing surface so as to cooperate with the end turn. A movable control member is able to act on the second arm in order to deform it elastically and move the shoe with respect to the base in order to free the end turn. |
| US10180655B2 |
Apparatus and method for stably detaching a developing unit on an image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a supporting member configured to support a developing unit and be movable between a first position and a second position, an opening/closing member configured to open and close an opening through which the developing unit passes when the developing unit is attached to or detached from the supporting member, and a restriction member configured to restrict a movement of the supporting member from a third position different from the first and second positions, wherein in case where the opening/closing member is opened when the supporting member is at the first position, the restriction member presses the supporting member to move to the third position, and in case where the opening/closing member is opened when the supporting member is at the second position, the restriction member presses the supporting member to move to the third position. |
| US10180653B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus is provided with: an apparatus body; a photosensitive member; a developing cartridge configured to have a developer supporting body; a cleaner configured to collect developer remaining on the photosensitive member; and a waste developer container configured to contain developer collected by the cleaner. The apparatus body is configured to have an installment passage, through which the developing cartridge passes when the developing cartridge is installed into and removed from the apparatus body. The waste developer container is configured to be movable between a first position at which at least a part of the waste developer container is located within the installment passage and a second position at which the waste developer container is located away from the installment passage. |
| US10180646B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An image forming apparatus obtains a number of pixels to be developed on a downstream side in a sub-scanning direction from each one of the predetermined pixels, in order to correct a density increase that occurs at the trailing edge of an image to be formed in accordance with a peripheral speed difference between a photosensitive drum and a developing roller, determines a correction amount of light amount for each one of the predetermined pixels in accordance with the obtained number of pixels, and generates image formation data. |
| US10180641B2 |
Image forming apparatus controlling conditions of applied bias based on test image
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a toner image forming device; an image transferring device; a transfer bias applying device; an image fixing device; a sensor for detecting light reflected by the toner image fixed on the sheet; a controller for controlling a leading portion bias applied to the leading portion of the sheet with respect to a sheet feeding direction and a central portion bias applied to the central area of the sheet. The controller forms first and second test images on the leading and central portions, respectively, and sets conditions of the leading and central portion biases on the basis of an output of the sensor, in correlation with a kind of the sheet. A toner deposition amount per unit area of the first test image is smaller than that of the second test image. |
| US10180640B2 |
Toner cartridge attachable to image forming apparatus
Toner cartridge includes a housing, an agitator, an auger, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. The housing includes a first toner accommodating portion having and a second toner accommodating portion. The auger is rotatable about a second axis extending in a first direction and is configured to convey toner from a first toner accommodating portion to the second toner accommodating portion. The first protrusion is positioned at a first side of the second toner accommodating portion. The first protrusion extends in the first direction. The second protrusion is positioned at a second side of the second toner accommodating portion and extends in the first direction. |
| US10180635B2 |
Liquid developer
A liquid developer is characterized in that it includes toner particles and an insulating liquid, the toner particles include a resin and a pigment, the pigment includes a first pigment and a second pigment, the first pigment is carbon black, the second pigment is C.I. Pigment Brown 23 and/or C.I. Pigment Brown 25, and 20 to 60% by mass of the pigment is included relative to the toner particles. |
| US10180634B1 |
Multilayered toner particle having a borax coupling agent and method of preparing the same
A chemically prepared multilayered toner composition, according to one example embodiment, includes a core having a first polymer binder, a second polymer binder, a colorant, and a release agent. A first layer is formed around the core wherein the first layer includes the same second polymer binder that is in the toner core. A second layer is formed on the surface of the first layer, wherein the second layer includes a third polymer binder. A borax coupling agent is between the first and second layers. In an embodiment the ratio of the second polymer in the core to second polymer in the first layer is about 50:50. The second layer can also be referred to as a shell that is formed over the toner particle having a center core, first layer and borax coupling agent. In another embodiment, the core does not contain a second polymer binder. |
| US10180622B2 |
Mask blank, phase-shift mask, method of manufacturing mask blank, method of manufacturing phase-shift mask and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
Provided is a mask blank in which uniformity of the composition and optical characteristics of a phase-shift film in the in-plane direction and direction of film thickness is high, uniformity of the composition and optical characteristics of the phase-shift film between a plurality of substrates is also high, and defectivity is low even if a silicon-based material is applied to the material that forms the phase-shift film.A mask blank is provided in which a phase-shift film is provided on a transparent substrate, the phase-shift film having a function to transmit ArF exposure light therethrough at a predetermined transmittance and generate a predetermined amount of phase shift in the ArF exposure light that is transmitted therethrough, wherein the phase-shift film comprises a structure in which a low transmission layer and a high transmission layer are laminated, the low transmission layer and the high transmission layer are formed from a material consisting of silicon and nitrogen or a material consisting of silicon, nitrogen and one or more elements selected from semi-metallic elements, non-metallic elements and noble gases, and the low transmission layer has a relatively low nitrogen content in comparison with the high transmission layer. |
| US10180618B2 |
Coherent upconversion of light
Embodiments include an apparatus and method. An apparatus includes a metasurface that coherently upconverts light waves having a first frequency f1. A substrate forms a first plasmonic surface. A plasmonic nanoparticle forms a second plasmonic surface. A layer of a second-order nonlinear dielectric material is disposed between the first plasmonic surface and the second plasmonic surface. The metasurface has at least three plasmonic resonant modes including a first plasmonic resonant mode having a first frequency f1, a second plasmonic resonant mode having a second frequency f2, and a third plasmonic resonant mode having a third frequency f3 that is a sum of the first frequency f1 and the second frequency f2. The apparatus includes a second light propagation path from a source of pumped monochromatic coherent light waves having the second frequency f2 to the metasurface. A digital image capture device captures the generated light waves having the frequency f3. |
| US10180617B1 |
Optical modulating apparatus and method for controlling optical modulator
An optical modulating apparatus according to an example aspect of the invention includes an optical modulator including a plurality of Mach-Zehnder interferometers each of which including a pair of waveguides; a storage configured to store waveguide characteristic information indicating a relationship between a bias electrical signal applied to the waveguide and an optical characteristic of the waveguide; a calculation part configured to calculate, depending on a variation in the bias electrical signal applied to the waveguide included in one Mach-Zehnder interferometer of the plurality of Mach-Zehnder interferometers, a correction electrical signal applied to the waveguide included in the other Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on the waveguide characteristic information; and a signal application part configured to apply the correction electrical signal to the waveguide included in the other Mach-Zehnder interferometer. |
| US10180616B2 |
Optical processing
A modular routing node includes a single input port and a plurality of output ports. The modular routing node is arranged to produce a plurality of different deflections and uses small adjustments to compensate for wavelength differences and alignment tolerances in an optical system. An optical device is arranged to receive a multiplex of many optical signals at different wavelengths, to separate the optical signals into at least two groups, and to process at least one of the groups adaptively. |
| US10180613B2 |
Optical device
An optical device (100) includes a first substrate (10), a second substrate (20) and an optical layer (30). The optical layer includes a medium (31) containing a liquid crystal material, and shape-anisotropic particles (32). At least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a film provided on the side of the optical layer, the film having a surface energy of 40 mJ/m2 or less, or having a contact angle with pure water of 75 degrees or greater or a contact angle with CH2l2 of 40 degrees or greater. Alternatively, at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a vertical alignment film (15, 25) provided on the side of the optical layer. |
| US10180612B2 |
Array substrate, semiconductor device containing the same, control method thereof, and fabrication method thereof
The present disclosure provides an array substrate. The array substrate includes a display region and a plurality of control lines, the display region being divided into a plurality of sub-regions, each sub-region comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a common electrode. Common electrodes in pixels in a sub-region are electrically connected together; common electrodes in two sub-regions are connected by a switching unit; and a control line is connected with the common electrodes in the sub-region to provide a common voltage signal to the common electrodes. |
| US10180610B2 |
Thin film transistor array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate (200), gate lines (210), data lines (220), a common electrode layer (25), a plurality of pixels formed by intersecting the gate lines (210) and the data lines (220) formed on the base substrate (200), and an organic film insulation layer (260) located between the common electrode layer (250) and a layer on which the data lines (220) are located. Each of the pixels includes a light transmission area and a light shielding area, in a pattern of the organic film insulation layer (260), no organic film insulation material exists in the light transmission area, but the organic film insulation material at least remains in areas corresponding to the data lines (220). With the array substrate, the transmission of the display device is improved without influencing the display quality. |
| US10180605B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing the same
A high-image-quality display device having a transmissive mode and a reflective mode is provided. Furthermore, the display device is manufactured with higher yield and higher productivity. In the display device, a transistor used for a transmissive liquid crystal display element, the transmissive liquid crystal display element, a transistor used for a reflective liquid crystal display element, and the reflective liquid crystal display element are stacked in this order between a pair of substrates. In a manufacturing process, one or two manufacturing substrates are used in addition to the pair of substrates included in the display device. The display device is manufactured in such a manner that a second liquid crystal and a second sealant provided to surround the second liquid crystal are bonded to a first liquid crystal sealed using a first sealant. The bonding process is performed such that the first sealant and the second sealant overlap with each other. Moreover, an end portion of the first sealant which is in contact with the first liquid crystal is substantially aligned with or positioned closer to the inner side of the display device than an end portion of the second sealant which is in contact with the second liquid crystal. |
| US10180599B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a sealing element. The sealing element is disposed on a non-active area of a liquid crystal cell. The sealing element has at least four sealing sections having beginnings and ends connected to each other. The sealing sections have at least one sealant segment and at least one color resist segment. The at least one sealant segment and the at least one color resist segment are integrated with each other. A narrow frame of the display panel is achieved. |
| US10180598B2 |
In-plane switching liquid crystal display
An in-plane switching liquid crystal display having a plurality of protrude electrodes of a special shape is disclosed. Each of the protrusion electrodes has a protrusion body with a surface coated with an electrically conductive material. The protrusion body has flat side located on the lower substrate of the liquid crystal display, defining the basewidth of the protrusion electrodes. The protrusion body has a top portion with a round head and a bottom portion with a waist portion, smaller than the basewidth. It has been found that, the round head of the top portion and the waist portion of the bottom portion can improve the efficiency of the optical transmissivity of the liquid crystal layer as well the contrast between the bright state and the dark state of the display. |
| US10180592B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes a first color pixel area, a second color pixel area, and a first boundary area disposed between the first color pixel area and the second color pixel area is provided, the LCD including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first color filter disposed in the first color pixel area and the first boundary area on the first substrate, a second color filter disposed in the second color pixel area and the first boundary area on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a first overlapping portion where the first color filter overlaps the second color filter in the first boundary area is disposed closer to the second color pixel area than to the first color pixel area. |
| US10180589B2 |
Display unit process control method and system
This application provides a display unit process control method and system. Before a first substrate and a second substrate enter a display unit process, according to quantities of uncertified chips on a first substrate and a second substrate, a first substrate and a second substrate which quantities of uncertified chips are less than preset quantities are selected as a certified first substrate and a certified second substrate; the certified first substrate and the certified second substrate are divided into a plurality of sorting levels according to locations of the uncertified chips on the first substrate and the second substrate; pairing and combination are performed on the first substrate and the second substrate according to the sorting levels in the display unit process; and a paired combination with a high matching degree is selected to enter an assembly process. |
| US10180588B1 |
Reduced-cross-talk coherent optical transmitter
An electro-optical modulator includes a substrate comprising a first Mach-Zehnder modulator comprising a first waveguide and a second waveguide and a second Mach-Zehnder modulator comprising a first waveguide and a second waveguide. A first positive signal electrode is positioned on the substrate over the first waveguide of the first Mach-Zehnder modulator and a first negative signal electrode is positioned on the substrate over the second waveguide of the first Mach-Zehnder modulator. The first positive signal electrode and the first negative signal electrode are connected to a first differential signal input. A second positive signal electrode is positioned on the substrate over the first waveguide of the second Mach-Zehnder modulator and a second negative signal electrode positioned on the substrate over the second waveguide of the second Mach-Zehnder modulator. The second positive signal electrode and the second negative signal electrode are connected to a second differential signal input. A first ground electrode is positioned on the substrate between the first and second Mach-Zehnder modulators connected to ground potential. A second ground electrode is connected to ground potential and positioned on the substrate adjacent to the first Mach-Zehnder modulator such that the first positive signal electrode and the first negative signal electrode are between the second ground electrode and the first ground electrode. A third ground electrode is connected to ground potential and positioned on the substrate adjacent to the second Mach-Zehnder modulator such that the second positive signal electrode and the second negative signal electrode are between the third ground electrode and the first ground electrode. A plurality of first electrical connectors connect the first ground electrode to the second ground electrode and a plurality of second electrical connectors connect the first ground electrode to the third ground electrode. A spacing between at least two of the plurality of first electrical connectors is chosen to achieve a desired cross talk between an optical signal generated by the first Mach-Zehnder modulator and an optical signal generated by the second Mach-Zehnder modulator. |
| US10180585B2 |
Single microstructure lens, systems and methods
Systems and methods for providing enhanced image quality across a wide and extended range of foci encompass vision treatment techniques and ophthalmic lenses such as contact lenses and intraocular lenses (IOLs). Exemplary IOL optics can include a circular surface structure which acts as a diffractive or phase shifting profile. In some cases, a single ring IOL includes an anterior face and a posterior face, where a profile can be imposed on the anterior or posterior surface or face. The profile can have an inner portion such as a microstructure or central echelette, and an outer portion. Between the inner portion and the outer portion, there may be a transition zone that connects the inner and outer portions. |
| US10180582B2 |
Integrated prism and method of configuring integrated prism
In order to obtain an optical module which has few components and is simple to assemble and miniaturize, and a method of configuring same, an integrated prism is provided with: a polarization rotating unit which is formed on the external surface of the prism and converts the polarization of first input light into third light having a polarization perpendicular to the polarization of second input light; and a polarization multiplexing unit which is formed on the inner surface of the prism and multiplexes the polarizations of the second and third light to output fourth light including the second and third light. |
| US10180580B2 |
Beam splitting for laser power monitoring in molded optical coupling units
An optical module can include a beam steering portion and a first side defining an inner surface that faces the beam steering portion. The optical module can further include a second side that defines an inner surface adjacent to the inner surface of the first side. The inner surface of the second side can face the beam steering portion. The optical module can be configured to direct an initial light beam from the first side to the beam steering portion along a first direction. The optical module, and in particular the beam steering portion that can include a beam splitter, can divide the initial beam into a signal light beam and a fractional light beam. |
| US10180578B2 |
Methods that integrate visible light eye tracking in scanning laser projection displays
Systems, devices, and methods that integrate eye tracking capability into scanning laser projector (“SLP”)-based wearable heads-up displays are described. At least one narrow waveband laser diode is used in an SLP to define one or more portion(s) of a visible image. At least one corresponding narrow waveband photodetector is aligned to detect reflections of the portion(s) of the image from features of the eye. A holographic optical element (“HOE”) may be used to combine the image and environmental light into the user's “field of view.” Three narrow waveband photodetectors each responsive to a respective one of three narrow wavebands output by the RGB laser diodes of an RGB SLP are aligned to detect reflections of a projected RGB image from features of the eye. |
| US10180576B2 |
Virtual image display device
A half mirror layer has an angle dependency in which when an angle of incidence becomes larger than the angle of incidence range of image light, reflectance increases, such that it is possible to prevent unintended light, which is emitted to a light transmitting member from a light guiding member and is reflected inside a light transmitting member, from being returned to a Eight emission portion of the light guiding member after passing through the half mirror layer as a reflective film at a relatively large angle of incidence. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the image light passed through the light transmitting member from becoming ghost light while mitigating the demand for increasing processing accuracy of the light transmitting member, and bonding accuracy between the light guiding member and the light transmitting member, to provide a high quality virtual image displayed by a virtual image display device. |
| US10180574B2 |
Image display apparatus
An image display apparatus includes an image forming device, a collimating optical system, and an optical device. The optical device includes a light guide plate, a first deflecting member that deflects light incident on the light guide plate, and a second deflecting member that deflects the light, which propagates in the light guide plate by total reflection, a plurality of times. The first and second deflecting members are provided in the light guide plate. Light having one wavelength emitted from at least one pixel satisfies the following condition: 2t·sin θ−2≤WY≤2t·sin θ+2 where an axial direction of the light guide plate is the Y-direction, WY prepresents the width in the Y-direction of the light incident on the light guide plate, t represents the thickness of the light guide plate, and θ represents the total reflection angle. |
| US10180573B2 |
Micro display appatatus
A micro display apparatus reduces weight and volume of a head-mounted display (HMD) terminal and simplify components used in the HMD terminal by embedding HMD terminal devices such as a differential signal receiver, a light source control unit on a driving substrate (backplane) for HMD display in the form of a head-mounted display. The apparatus includes a terminal control unit for receiving a video signal from outside, converting the video signal into a video data and a video control signal for displaying an image, storing the video data and the video control signal, converting the converted video data and video control signal into differential signals and outputting the differential signals; and a HMD terminal unit worn by a user, for receiving the differential signals from the terminal control unit, converting the video data and the video control signal into TTL or LVCMOS signals and displaying the video data. |
| US10180570B2 |
Head-up display device and illumination unit for head-up display device
An illumination unit includes a plurality of sets of illumination modules each having a light source placed at a conjugate position and a plurality of stages of condenser lenses that collect light from the light source toward a display device, a magnifying optical system being between the conjugate position and a viewing area. Each illumination module set includes an initial stage lens as a condenser lens closest to the light source and a final stage lens as a condenser lens farthest from the light source. In each illumination module set, assuming a composite focal point of a composite lens combined from all stages of condenser lenses, a gap between a principal plane of the initial stage lens and the light source is set to be equal to or less than a gap between the principal plane and the composite focal point. |
| US10180569B2 |
Display for displaying a virtual image in the field of vision of a driver, and device for generating images for said display
A display device for displaying a virtual image within the visual field of a driver, said display device including an image generation device, and at least one light sensor, said image generation device being configured for producing with said light sensor a measurement of the ambient light intensity within an area, referred to as ambient background, located in the direction where said image is formed in order to allow the brightness of said image to be adapted to said ambient background. An image generation device for such a display device, said device comprising said sensor are also disclosed. |
| US10180560B2 |
Optical projection device and projector that corrects the inclination of the movable lens frame with respect to the optical axis
A optical projection device that projects an image with excellent image quality while achieving miniaturization is provided. The optical projection device includes a first lens frame holding a first lens group L1 and including a cam pin, a guide barrel including a straight movement groove, a cam barrel including a cam groove, and an urging portion that urges the first lens frame in a direction intersecting with the direction along an optical axis. The cam pin is formed at a position spaced apart from a center of gravity including the first lens frame and members attached to the first lens frame in the direction along the optical axis Ax and the urging portion urges the first lens frame at a position closer than the cam pin with respect to the center of gravity in the direction along the optical axis. |
| US10180559B2 |
Lens cell preloading systems and methods
Various embodiments of the present disclosure may include an imaging system with an optical device. The optical device may include a cam tube and a lens cell. The lens cell may be pre-loaded and centered within the cam tube by a plurality of springs and a plurality of bearings. The bearings may form a bearing surface to allow the lens cell to translate within the cam tube. The bearing may include a connector that stabilizes the bearing. The connector may allow for smoother translation of the lens cell within the cam tube. |
| US10180555B2 |
Shade and camera module having same
A shade for a camera module is disclosed. The shade includes an optical aperture; a deformed portion extending outward from a wall of the optical aperture; and a fixed portion extending outward from the deformed portion. The deformed portion includes a body and a plurality of notches communicating with the optical aperture, and the notches pass through an upper surface and a lower surface of the shade. |
| US10180554B2 |
Track for routing an optical fiber
A track system for routing an optical fiber includes a track for selectively retaining the optical fiber therein, a cover piece which is mounted to the track, and a corner piece which is mounted to the track. The track is formed as an elongated member and includes a pair of legs that are spaced apart from each other to define a slot and an internal channel into which the optical fiber is received. The cover piece is mountable to the track to help retain the optical fiber in the track. |
| US10180553B2 |
Terminal assemblies, end cap assemblies, and fiber optic enclosures incorporating the same
Fiber optic enclosures, terminal assemblies, end cap assemblies, and methods of sealing fiber optic enclosures are disclosed. The terminal assembly of a fiber optic enclosure may include an input fiber sealing assembly and an output fiber sealing assembly. The input fiber sealing assembly may include an input fiber insert positioned in an input fiber channel of the cap body, an input fiber compression plate positioned in the input fiber channel, and an input fiber compression member for compressing the insert between the fiber compression plate and the base plate. The output fiber sealing assembly may include an output fiber insert positioned in the output fiber channel of the cap body, an output fiber compression plate positioned in the output fiber channel, and an output fiber compression member for compressing the insert between the fiber compression plate and the base plate. |
| US10180544B2 |
Micro-optical systems and assemblies using glass tubes and methods of forming same
The micro-optical systems disclosed herein employ a glass tube having a body, a front end, a back end, an outer surface, and a bore that runs through the body between the front and back ends and that has a bore axis. The outer surface has a maximum outer dimension between 0.1 mm and 20 mm and includes at least one flat side. At least one optical element is inserted into and operably disposed and secured within the bore. The micro-optical assemblies are formed by securing one or more micro-optical systems to a substrate at the flat side of the glass tube. The glass tube is formed by a drawing process that allows for the dimensions of the glass tube to be small and formed with relatively high precision. An example of a compact WDM micro-optical assembly that employs micro-collimators is disclosed. |
| US10180543B2 |
Optical path control system and optical module
An optical path control system is provided. The optical path control system includes a converging lens used to converge a plurality of light beams passing through the converging lens, and an optical path assembly used to control propagation directions of the plurality of light beams passing through the optical path assembly. When the plurality of light beams pass through the optical path assembly and the converging lens sequentially, the optical path assembly converges the plurality of light beams, and the converging lens converges each of the plurality of light beam into a point of light. |
| US10180542B2 |
Control device and method for controlling biasing of multiple light sources of multiple channels of a multi-channel optical communications module
A control device that may be implemented in a single IC chip is provided that is capable of controlling EAM bias voltages and DFB bias currents and of monitoring the EAM photocurrents and received signal strength indicators (RSSIs) in a multi-channel optical transceiver module. The control device IC chip can be manufactured at relatively low cost with relatively high yield, and can be implemented in a relatively small area. To implement the control device in a single IC chip, multiple supply voltage domains are used in the IC chip, one of which is a negative supply voltage domain and one of which is a positive supply voltage domain. In order to provide these different supply voltage domains, a level shift circuit is employed in the IC chip that converts signals from the positive to the negative supply voltage domain, and vice versa, and changes the voltage levels, as needed. |
| US10180541B2 |
Hardened fiber optic connector with pre-compressed spring
A fiber optic connector is disclosed that includes a plug body having a plug end and a connector core that mounts within the plug body. The connector core includes a ferrule subassembly including a ferrule, a ferrule hub that attaches to the ferrule, a spring holder and a connector spring. The ferrule sub-assembly is assembled with the connector spring pre-compressed to an initial compressed state prior to mounting the connector core within the connector body. The plug body and the core are configured such that the connector spring is moved from the initial compressed state to a final compressed state when the connector core is loaded in the plug body. In certain examples, tuning features can be integrated into the connector core. |
| US10180539B2 |
Field-installable fiber optic connectors and related cable assemblies
Field-installable mechanical splice connectors for making optical and/or electrical connections in the field are disclosed. One embodiment is a hybrid mechanical splice connector having an electrical portion and an optical portion that includes at least one electrical contact, a shell, and at least one body for receiving at least one field optical fiber and securing the electrical contact. The connector includes a mechanical retention component for securing at least one optical field fiber to the at least one body. Another embodiment is directed to a mechanical splice connector having at least one body for receiving at least one field optical fiber, a mechanical retention component for securing at least one optical field fiber to the at least one body, and at least one lens attached to the at least one body. |
| US10180538B1 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
Good optical properties can be achieved in an optical waveguide made of polycrystalline silicon.A semiconductor layer that constitutes each of a first optical signal line, a second optical signal line, a grating coupler, an optical modulator, and a p-type layer of a germanium optical receiver is formed by a polycrystalline silicon film. Crystal grains of polycrystalline silicon exposed on an upper surface of the semiconductor layer include crystal grains having flat surfaces parallel to a first main surface of a semiconductor substrate, and crystal grains of polycrystalline silicon exposed on side surfaces (including side surfaces of a protrusion of a protruding portion) of the semiconductor layer include crystal grains having flat surfaces perpendicular to the first main surface of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10180536B2 |
Light guide plate and display device having the same
A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area; a light guide plate which guides light to the display panel, including: an upper surface including a first area overlapped with the display area and a second area which is disposed adjacent to the first area and overlapped with the non-display area, a lower surface facing the upper surface, a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface to each other, and a plurality of protrusions arranged at the upper surface to be disposed in the second area of the upper surface; a light source which generates and provides the light the side surface of the light guide plate; and an optical sheet between the display panel and the upper surface of the light guide plate, contacting the protrusions in the second area, and spaced apart from the first area. |
| US10180526B2 |
Front light module and display device
A front light module including a light guide plate, a light source, a transparent cover lens and an annular connecting unit is provided. The light guide plate includes a first surface, a plurality of micro-structure groups, a second surface and a light entering surface. The first surface includes a first area and a second area surrounding the first area. The micro-structure groups are disposed on the first surface and within the first area. The micro-structure groups have a plurality of adjacent micro-structures, and the micro-structures groups are separate from each other. The light entering surface connects the first surface and the second surface. The light source is disposed beside the light entering surface. The annular connecting unit connects the second area of the first surface and the transparent cover lens, and keeps a gap between the micro-structure groups and the transparent cover lens. A display device is also provided. |
| US10180523B2 |
Grating and lens system for coupling light
An optical coupling device can couple incident light, propagating orthogonal to a layered structure, into a layer of the layered structure. The device can include a lens having a lens central axis. The lens can focus a first beam to form a converging second beam. The first beam can have a first beam central axis that is offset from the lens central axis. The second beam can have a second beam central axis that is angled with respect to the first beam central axis. A planar grating can redirect the second beam to form a converging third beam. The third beam can have a third beam central axis that is parallel to a plane of the grating. Offsetting the first beam central axis from the lens central axis in this manner can help relax wavelength, manufacturing, and/or alignment tolerances, compared to a configuration in which there is no offset. |
| US10180513B2 |
Method for mapping the propagation of earth fractures
A method is provided for determining whether a change in a subsurface formation, such as fractures produced within the earth during a fracturing process, has reached and/or crossed a given boundary. The method provides near real time assessment of fracture propagation that can be used to guide a fracturing, particularly a hydrofacturing process. |
| US10180512B2 |
Circuits and methods for monitoring current in geophysical survey systems
The present disclosure provides a current monitoring circuit for monitoring current in a geophysical survey system. The circuit may be utilized in dipole-dipole systems including one or more electrode stations or in loop systems. The circuit includes a transmitter configured to generate an output current. One or more current monitors are positioned to detect current at or near the electrode stations or at positions along the one or more loops. Measured current data is transmitted back to the transmitter, which may be shut down if necessary. Methods for monitoring current in a geophysical survey system are also provided. |
| US10180508B1 |
Enhanced neutron detector and electron amplifier structure and a method of fabricating the enhanced neutron detector and electron amplifier structure
An enhanced electron amplifier structure includes a substrate configured to amplify a signal of an incident particle by causing a cascade of secondary electron emissions and an enhancement layer configured to increase a sensitivity of the substrate to the incident particle. The enhancement layer is provided on an upper surface of the substrate. |
| US10180507B2 |
System and method for gain regulation
Disclosed herein is a system for fast gain regulation in a gamma-ray spectroscopy instrument. The system includes a detector configured to generate a signal indicative of energy arriving at the detector, and a processor configured to determine one or more system performance indicators. The system also includes a controller configured to compute a first gain correction term based on one of more system performance indicators and change the device gain based on the computed first gain correction term. |
| US10180506B2 |
Multi-spectral x-ray detection apparatus
An x-ray X-ray imaging apparatus includes an x-ray detector (3) that is configured to convert incident x-ray wavelength photons directly into electronic signals, a position for a material under test (2), an x-ray source (1), and a structure (4) configured to perturb an x-ray energy spectrum, each lying on a common axis. The x-ray source (1) is arranged to direct an x-ray energy spectrum along the common axis to impinge upon the member, the structure (4) configured to perturb the x-ray energy spectrum, and positioned material under test (2). The structure (4) lies between the x-ray source (1) and the member to one side of the position for material under test (2) intersecting the common axis, and the structure (4) includes at least three adjacent regions, each region different to immediately adjacent regions and configured to perturb the x-ray energy spectrum differently. |
| US10180505B2 |
Systems and methodologies for proton computed tomography
Disclosed are systems, devices and methodologies relating to proton computed tomography. In some implementations, detection of protons can yield track information before and after an object for each proton so as to allow determination of a likely path of each proton within the object. Further, measurement of energy loss experienced by each proton allows determination that a given likely path results in a given energy loss. A collection of such data allows characterization of the object. In the context of energy loss, such a characterization can include an image map of relative stopping power of the object. Various reconstruction methodologies for obtaining such an image, including but not limited to superiorization of a merit function such as total variation, are disclosed. In some implementations, various forms of total variation superiorization methodology can yield excellent results while being computationally efficient and with reduced computing time. In some implementations, such a methodology can result in high quality proton CT images using relatively low dose of protons. |
| US10180504B2 |
Adaptive detection sensor array and method of providing and using the same
Some embodiments include a system having a detection sensor array, which includes multiple detection sensors with each detection sensor having an enabled state and a disabled state, and having a control module configured to operate the detection sensor array. Under the enabled state, each detection sensor is configured to detect and identify electromagnetic radiation, and under the disabled state, each detection sensor is configured not to detect and identify electromagnetic radiation. Further, the detection sensor array comprises a test state and an operational state. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10180502B2 |
Radiometric detector for detecting a measurement variable
A radiometric detector is provided for detecting a measurement variable. The detector is particularly failsafe with, simultaneously, a simple, space-saving and cost-effective design, without having losses in the signal-to-noise ratio. |
| US10180500B2 |
Signal processing
A method of processing signal data including an unencrypted portion and an encrypted portion, the method including: receiving, at a receiver, the signal data; processing a sample of the signal data to provide a processed signal sample including data relating to the encrypted portion of the signal data and data relating to the unencrypted portion of the signal data, comparing the unencrypted signal data with at least one reference signal to determine information including at least one of (i) the time at which the signal was sent from the source and (ii) the identity of the source; requesting, based on the determined information, and from a source remote to the receiver, a set of encrypted reference signal samples; comparing, on a processing device remote to the receiver, the set of encrypted reference signal samples with the received encrypted signal data to identify any matching signal samples. |
| US10180499B2 |
Location information system, using vehicle and smart device and method of controlling the same
A method of controlling a location information system in a vehicle includes: establishing a communication path between a control unit equipped in the vehicle and a smart device; acquiring, by the control unit of the vehicle, first data including a first heading value and first location information; transmitting, by the control unit of the vehicle, the measured first data to the smart device; receiving, at the smart device, the first data from the control unit of the vehicle via the communication path; acquiring, by the smart device, second data including a second heading value and second location information; comparing, by the smart device, the first data with the second data; and updating, by the smart device, information of a navigation function of the smart device based on the first data or the second data depending on the comparing of the first data with the second data. |
| US10180496B2 |
Laser radar with remote local oscillator
Laser radar systems include a pentaprism configured to scan a measurement beam with respect to a target surface. A focusing optical assembly includes a corner cube that is used to adjust measurement beam focus. Target distance is estimated based on heterodyne frequencies between a return beam and a local oscillator beam. The local oscillator beam is configured to propagate to and from the focusing optical assembly before mixing with the return beam. In some examples, heterodyne frequencies are calibrated with respect to target distance using a Fabry-Perot interferometer having mirrors fixed to a lithium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic tube. |
| US10180489B2 |
MPERS with remote conversion of GPS
A unit transmits a call initiate signal over a communication network in response to the switch moving from the inactive position to the active position to establish a call with a 911 emergency service operator directly and enable voice communication. The unit is equipped to send a message indicative of ascertained location information of the unit to the 911 emergency service operator at an end of the established call. The unit contacts remote source to ascertain the location information and form the message. The unit maintains establishment of the call at least until the message is sent to the 911 emergency service operator. The unit itself lacks any GPS tracking module. |
| US10180482B2 |
Channel by channel artifact reduction in parallel MRI
An imaging system (5) includes a plurality of coil channel receivers (26) and one or more processors or modules (38). The plurality of coil channel receivers (26) demodulate magnetic resonance data from a multi-channel coil (10) which includes a plurality of coil elements (16) spatially separated, each element transmitting magnetic resonance data on a corresponding channel (25). The one or more processors or modules (38) are configured to detect (26) artifacts in the magnetic resonance data on each channel individually. The one or more processors or modules (38) are further configured to select (27) the magnetic resonance data from the channels which include detected artifacts at or below a threshold artifact level and reconstruct (32) one or more images using the selected magnetic resonance data. |
| US10180477B2 |
Two-dimensional J-resolved laser and semi-laser spectroscopy
J-resolved LASER and semi-LASER sequences for localized two-dimensional magnetic resonance spectroscopy are disclosed. After a delay time Δ1 from application of an excitation RF pulse, a first pair of slice-selective adiabatic full-passage (AFP) pulses, separated by an inter-pulse interval Δ2, is applied. At the end of the sequence a final pair of slice-selective AFP pulses, separated by a time of Δ2/2+Δ1+t1/2 is applied, where t1 is the duration of an incremental evolution period corresponding to the indirect dimension of a 2D J-resolved spectrum. In the case of J-resolved LASER, an additional intermediate pair of slice-selective AFP pulses, separated by an inter-pulse interval Δ2, is applied prior to the final pair of AFP pulses. An echo signal is acquired at time t1/2 from the application of the last AFP pulse. The method suppresses chemical shift artifacts, J-refocused artifactual peaks, and sensitivity to RF field inhomogeneity, each being caused, at least in part, by the use of a 3 T or higher main magnetic field. |
| US10180476B2 |
Systems and methods for segmented magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary matching
Systems and methods for producing a quantitative parameter map using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes providing magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) data acquired with an MRI system from a subject. The MRF data represents a plurality of different signal evolutions acquired using different acquisition parameter settings. The method also includes providing a database comprising a plurality of sub-dictionaries, each sub-dictionary including a plurality of signal templates, sequentially comparing the MRF data to each of the sub-dictionaries to estimate quantitative parameters, and generating a quantitative parameter map of the subject using the estimate quantitative parameters. |
| US10180474B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and quantitative magnetic susceptibility mapping method
Provided is a technique in calculating a magnetic susceptibility distribution by using an MRI, for reducing artifacts and noise and improving precision in the magnetic susceptibility distribution being calculated. According to this technique, a magnetic field distribution is obtained via a phase image from a complex image acquired through MRI. Under the constraint based on a relational expression between the magnetic field and the magnetic susceptibility, smoothing process is performed iteratively on the magnetic susceptibility distribution calculated from the magnetic field distribution. Specifically, a minimization process for minimizing through the iterative operation, an error function defined by a predetermined initial magnetic susceptibility distribution and the magnetic field distribution is performed, thereby calculating the magnetic susceptibility distribution. At this time, an updated magnetic susceptibility distribution calculated based on the error function during the minimization process is smoothed, every time the updated magnetic susceptibility distribution is calculated. |
| US10180471B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
There are provided a magnetic resonance imaging device and a method of controlling a MRI device. The MRI device includes an RF transmitting coil configured to transmit an RF to an object on a table; an object scanning unit including a position detecting unit configured to detect a position of the object and a thickness detecting unit configured to detect a thickness of the object, and configured to recognize a body shape of the object; and a control unit configured to regulate the RF to be transmitted, thereby compensating an RF field based on the recognized body shape of the object. |
| US10180463B2 |
Surgical apparatus configured to assess whether a performance parameter of the surgical apparatus is within an acceptable performance band
A surgical apparatus is disclosed which comprises a handle module that is attachable to a detachable shaft module for collectively performing a surgical procedure. The handle module comprises a rotary drive system for driving the detachable shaft module, an electric motor coupled to the rotary drive system for powering the rotary drive system, one or more sensors for sensing the performance of the electric motor, and a handle module processor circuit in communication with the one or more sensors. The handle module processor circuit is programmed to monitor a performance parameter of the handle module based on input from the one or more sensors by monitoring whether the performance parameter is outside an acceptable performance band. |
| US10180461B2 |
Battery internal state estimation apparatus
A battery internal state estimation apparatus including: an internal state estimation unit, which inputs at least one of measured values obtained by a battery measurement unit at preset sampling intervals including a current flowing through a battery, an inter-terminal voltage, a temperature of the battery, and an ambient air temperature, for estimating, based on the measured values, at least one of a state of charge, internal temperature, capacity, and internal resistance of the battery as an internal state of the battery; and an internal state correction unit for correcting estimated values of the internal state obtained by the internal state estimation unit so that the estimated values are not contradictory at least to qualitative properties of the battery, and outputting the corrected values to an output unit. |
| US10180458B2 |
Measuring system and measuring method with power calibration
A measuring system for performing measurements on a device under test is provided. The measuring system comprises a measuring device, a probe connected to the measuring device, a power sensor and a positioning unit. The positioning unit is adapted to connect the probe to the power sensor in a first configuration and to the device under test in a second configuration. The measuring device is adapted to generate a first signal. The probe is adapted to supply the first signal to the power sensor and the first configuration and to supply the first signal to the device under test and the second configuration. The power sensor is adapted to determine the power of the first signal and the first configuration. The measuring device is adapted to regulate the power of the first signal in the second configuration based upon the power determined by the power sensor. |
| US10180457B1 |
System and method performing scan chain diagnosis of an electronic design
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for performing scan chain diagnosis of an electronic design. The method may include identifying, at a computing device, at least one failing scan chain associated with the electronic design. The method may also include selecting a plurality of defect locations associated with the at least one failing scan chain, wherein the plurality of defect locations corresponds to a number of parallel patterns that a simulator is configured to process. The method may further include selecting a sliced failing pattern set and generating a plurality of copies of a pattern associated with the sliced failing pattern set, wherein each of the plurality of copies corresponds to one of the plurality of defect locations. The method may also include simulating the plurality of copies of the pattern in parallel. |
| US10180456B2 |
Testing architecture of circuits integrated on a wafer
A testing architecture for integrated circuits on a wafer includes at least one first circuit of a structure TEG realized in a scribe line providing separation between first and second integrated circuits. At least one pad is shared by a second circuit inside at least one of the first and second integrated circuits and the first circuit. Switching circuitry is coupled to the at least one pad and to the first and second circuits. |
| US10180455B2 |
Burn-in testing of circuits
Circuits and methods are provided for a signal path between circuit parts. During normal operation, a delay is deactivated. During a burn-in test, the delay is activated. In the deactivated state, a delay component may be disconnected from a supply voltage. |
| US10180452B2 |
Doorbell camera test tool
A test tool for a low voltage devices is described. The test tool comprises a voltage sensor, a current sensor, a diode sensor, a testing module, and an indicator. The voltage sensor determines a voltage between a first and second electrical wire from an alternating current (AC) transformer. The current sensor determines a current between the first and second electrical wires. The diode sensor determines a presence of a diode connected to the first and second electrical wires based on the current and the voltage. The testing module identifies one or more installation diagnostics related to a device to be coupled with the AC transformer. The indicator generates a visual or audible indicator corresponding to the one or more installation diagnostics. |
| US10180451B2 |
Electric power system monitoring using high-frequency signals
A system for monitoring an electric power delivery system by obtaining high-frequency electric power system measurements and displaying event information is disclosed herein. The system may use the high-frequency electric power system information to detect traveling waves. The system may generate a display showing fault location on the electric power system, and timing of traveling waves received at locations on the electric power system. The display may include time on one axis and location on another axis. The display may include a waterfall display. |
| US10180447B2 |
Electric fuse current sensing systems and monitoring methods
Electrical current sensing and monitoring methods include connecting sensing a voltage across a conductor having a non-linear resistance such as a fuse element. The current flowing in the conductor is calculated based on at least a first detected state of the sensed voltage and a thermal equilibrium characterization of the conductor. |
| US10180446B2 |
Device and method for determining a voltage
The invention relates to a device and to a method for determining a voltage. The voltage to be determined is a direct voltage at the input of a flyback converter. The flyback converter comprises at least a flyback-converter transformer and a switching element on the primary side of the flyback-converter transformer. In order to determine the voltage at the input of the flyback converter, a voltage on the secondary side of the flyback-converter transformer is sensed and evaluated in correlation with the switching state of the switching element on the primary side. |
| US10180444B2 |
Slow speed signal detection for ABS sensors with adaptive time watchdog concept for 0Hz capability
The present disclosure relates to a rotation speed sensor, including at least one sensor element to detect a magnetic input signal of the rotation speed sensor, a time watchdog with a programmable time constant and an output control circuit. The time watchdog generates a time-out event when no minimum or maximum or no output switching event of a magnetic input signal of the rotation speed sensor is detected within a time-interval equal to a programmed time constant of the time watchdog. Further, the output control circuit changes the output signal of the rotation speed sensor from a first value to a second value, when a minimum or a maximum or output switching event of the magnetic input signal is detected within the time interval and a change of the magnetic input signal is greater than a predetermined value. |
| US10180443B2 |
Speed sensor ring
The invention relates to a signal inducing device (1, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20), comprising a first material (2, 3, 13, 14) and a second material (4, 16). The first material (2, 3, 13, 14) and the second material (4, 16) show a different magnetic behaviour. The first material (2, 3, 13, 14) and the second material (4, 16) are arranged in a way that the resulting magnetic behaviour of the signal inducing device (1, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20) varies over a magnetic interaction surface (5, 10) of the signal inducing device (1, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20). The signal inducing device (1, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20) is designed in a way that the magnetic interaction surface (5, 10) shows an essentially smooth surface, in particular with respect to the standard moving direction of the magnetic interaction surface (5, 10). |
| US10180442B2 |
Sample consumable and loader
A sample consumable that carries a microvolume of sample to a sample loader. The consumable is precisely aligned utilizing a double-alignment feature to the loader. The loader is based on a crank-slider geometry and allows for simple, one-handed operation for the user. Overall, the consumable and sample loader increase reproducibility of in-line sample loading and offers ease-of-use. |
| US10180440B1 |
Method for automating instrument tests
A method of operating a data processing system to operate a first instrument and a second instrument connected to the data processing system is disclosed. The method includes displaying a measurement table. The data processing system receives user input defining a first parameter that is to be varied during a testing procedure by the first instrument and a first measurement to be made by the second instrument during the test procedure, a plurality of first parameter values to be used in the testing procedure. The data processing system causes the first instrument to provide each of the first parameter values and the second instrument to make the measurement and enter the measurement in a corresponding cell of a second row in the measurement table when the first instrument provides each of the first parameter values. |
| US10180438B2 |
Kit for predicting implantation success in assisted fertilization
A method is described to obtain a class of embryos having a higher implantation potential than from morphology selection alone by selecting from a plurality of embryos, obtained by fertilizing the plurality of oocytes, a class of embryos having a high implantation potential. The selection is determined from a level of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) present in the follicular fluid (FF) of each oocyte in the plurality of oocytes. |
| US10180436B2 |
Diagnosis of liver pathology through assessment of anti-gal IgG glycosylation
Methods for diagnosing pathology of the liver in subject suspected of having such pathology by measuring the glycosylation of anti-gal IgG in various biological fluids of the subject. |
| US10180428B2 |
Systems and methods for electronic detection with nanofets
There is disclosed a system for electrical charge detection comprising a nanoFET device. Also disclosed is a method of electrical charge detection for single molecule sequencing. The method includes attaching a macromolecule or assemblies thereof to a gate of a nanoFET device and flowing in a solution of charge tags, where a charge tag includes a nucleotide attached to a charge complex. The method also includes incorporating one charge tag into the macromolecule or assemblies thereof and cleaving the charge tags from the macromolecule or assemblies thereof. The method further includes detecting at least one of current and voltage from the nanoFET device. |
| US10180427B2 |
Grafted dinuclear metal complexes, and use thereof as cellular microparticle sensors
Novel grafted dinuclear metal complexes having formula (I) or of formula (II) wherein M represents a metal ion, and also the use thereof as sensors in a method for detecting and/or characterising cellular microparticles. |
| US10180422B1 |
Methods of treating a neuroendocrine tumor
Disclosed herein, are methods of treating a neuroendocrine tumor (NET) in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that inhibits a tropomyosin receptor kinase (Trk) protein, wherein the NET is associated with a Trk protein that has undergone a genetic translocation or is an NTRK gene fusion protein. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating a neuroendocrine tumor (NET) in an individual in need thereof, comprising: (a) obtaining a sample of NET genetic material from the individual; (b) determining whether the NET tumor comprises a NTRK translocation or gene fusion; and (c) administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that inhibits a tropomyosin receptor kinase (Trk) protein. |
| US10180421B2 |
Methods and systems to collect a biological sample
Sample processing methods and systems to collect a biological sample. A device may be configured collect a predetermined volume of a sample in sample chamber, and seal the chamber upon activation. The device may be further configured to mix the mix the sample with a predetermined volume of a reagent and/or mix the sample and the reagent in a pre-determined ration. |
| US10180419B2 |
Cuvette-based apparatus for blood coagulation measurement and testing
An apparatus for measuring blood clotting time includes a blood clot detection instrument and a cuvette for use with the blood clot detection instrument. The cuvette includes a blood sample receptor-inlet; a channel arrangement including at least one test channel for performing a blood clotting time measurement, a sampling channel having at least one surface portion that is hydrophilic, communicating with the blood sample receptor-inlet and the at least one test channel, and a waste channel having at least one surface portion that is hydrophilic, communicating with the sampling channel; and a vent opening communicating with the sampling channel. The sampling channel, the vent opening and the waste channel, coact to automatically draw a requisite volume of a blood sample deposited at the blood receptor-inlet, into the sampling channel. |
| US10180416B2 |
Methods of characterizing ion-exchanged chemically strengthened glasses containing lithium
Methods of characterizing ion-exchanged chemically strengthened Li-containing glasses include: a) measuring a mode spectrum of the glass sample; b) using the mode spectrum, estimating a first contribution to the center tension associated with a spike region and estimating a second contribution to the center tension due to a deep region only, wherein the deep region is assumed to follow a power-law stress profile; and c) determining a total center tension by adding of the first and second contributions to the center tension. The methods can be used for quality control during manufacturing of glass samples by comparing the total center tension to a center tension specification that provides optimum strength and durability. |
| US10180415B2 |
Scrim substrate material with functional detectable additives for use with nonwoven fabric and composite material
An article is provided with a web of polymer fibers forming a scrim with openings between the polymer fiber elements. A particulate is distributed in, or on the polymer fiber in a quantity to make the scrim detectable by X-ray detection or magnetic detection. One or more layers are laminated to the scrim. A process for detecting a multi-layered laminated scrim-containing article with magnetic or X-ray detection equipment in a production setting is also provided. With process implementation article loss in a product can be detected thereby reducing precautionary product discard. |
| US10180412B2 |
Supercritical fluid device
Provided is a supercritical fluid device equipped with a back pressure regulator for creating a pressurized state in which a mobile phase in a separation/extraction unit of an analysis flow passage is kept in a supercritical fluid state. One end of a pipe is connected to an outlet side of the back pressure regulator, and the other end of the pipe is open to the atmosphere. A heating unit is provided on the pipe, and the heating unit includes a plurality of electrically independent heaters arranged on mutually different portions of the pile along the pipe. A power supply controller is connected to the heaters, and the power supply controller is configured to supply heating power to one or more heaters selected among the plurality of heaters, but to not supply heating power to the other heaters. |
| US10180405B2 |
Method for quantitative analysis of heavy metals
Disclosed is a method for quantitative analysis of heavy metals, particularly lead, arsenic, antimony or cadmium, in a liquid sample. Also disclosed is a method for quantitative analysis of heavy metals, particularly lead, arsenic, antimony or cadmium, in a powdery sample. |
| US10180403B1 |
Shearography for sub microcellular substrate nondestructive inspection
Provided is a method and system for dynamic shearographic inspection. The dynamic shearographic method allows nondestructive inspection of layered materials, in particular, those including a porous material. The method uses a load profile that increases and decreases the load, for example in a saw-tooth manner, without decreasing the load back down to the initial loading state, usually zero loading. Using the load profile in this manner constantly refreshes the reference speckle images to minimize background noise and allows defects to be distinguished from the noise. |
| US10180402B2 |
Method and apparatus for conducting automated integrated circuit analysis
A method and apparatus for scanning an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of time-synchronized laser microscopes, each of which is configured to scan the same field of view of an integrated circuit under test that generates a plurality of images of the integrated circuit under test, a data processor, coupled to the laser scanning microscope, for processing the plurality of images, comprising, a netlist extractor (NE) that produces one or more netlists defining structure of the integrated circuit under test. |
| US10180401B2 |
Surface defect detecting method and surface defect detecting apparatus
A surface defect detecting method of optically detecting a surface defect of a steel material includes: an irradiation step of irradiating an examination target part with illumination light beams from different directions by using two or more distinguishable light sources; and a detection step of obtaining images by reflected light beams of the respective illumination light beams and detecting a surface defect in the examination target part by executing subtraction processing between the obtained images. |
| US10180400B2 |
Device for digital reading of quick tests
A device for photometric qualification of lateral flow quick tests by means of camera imaging includes an arrangement which manages with a pinhole aperture with a slot-shaped opening, which has been integrated into the basic housing body, in which the imaging has been optimized with a view to diffraction, imaging scale and integration behavior and in which the illumination and all the components are arranged in a housing which can be produced at a reasonable price, with the result that the quantifiability of customary LFA quick tests is made possible for the user with a sufficient precision. The device can transmit test-specific data automatically and contact-free with the help of electromagnetic waves via a transponder (RFID) and is thus suited for various tests and for quantification of LFA's. The device may work autonomously with an internal microcontroller (embedded system). The figures can be stored and optionally transmitted to a computer via an interface. |
| US10180398B2 |
Trajectory-based triggering system for hyperspectral imaging flow cytometer
A hyperspectral imaging flow cytometer can acquire high-resolution hyperspectral images of particles, such as biological cells, flowing through a microfluidic system. A trajectory-based triggering system can be used that will only trigger the acquisition of a hyperspectral image when an appropriate particle or cell is crossing an imaging line, thereby saving valuable resources and time. The hyperspectral imaging flow cytometer can provide detailed spatial maps of multiple emitting species, cell morphology information, and state of health. An optimized system can image about 20 cells per second. The hyperspectral imaging flow cytometer enables many thousands of cells to be characterized in a single session. |
| US10180397B2 |
Laser system for imaging and materials analysis
A THz quantum cascade laser is used to investigate a target by directing a first beam of laser radiation from the laser at the target to thereby produce a second beam of laser radiation by interaction of the first beam with the target. Self-mixing of the first and second beams occurs within the laser and causes variations in a signal such as the operating voltage of the laser. An operating parameter of the laser that affects the interaction of the first beam with, the target is varied. The operating voltage is monitored and processed to determine phase and amplitude changes associated with material properties of the target. Consequently in one embodiment the invention provides for processing the variations in the signal to produce various images of the target. |
| US10180396B2 |
Method and apparatus for speciating hydrocarbons
A method for analyzing a gas sample conveyed in a drilling fluid involves liberating the gas sample from the drilling fluid, irradiating the gas sample with infrared radiation spanning a wavelength range in the near-infrared range, detecting absorption spectra associated with irradiating the gas sample, and determining a composition of the gas sample from the absorption spectra. The gas sample includes one or more of methane, ethane, propane, and butane, the detected absorption spectra are associated with irradiating each of the one or more of methane, ethane, propane, and butane, and the composition includes a concentration of any one or more of the methane, ethane, propane, and butane. |
| US10180395B2 |
Functional water concentration sensor
A functional water concentration sensor includes: a container used to contain functional water; a light source that emits ultraviolet light; a phosphor that emits fluorescence when excited by ultraviolet light emitted from the light source and transmitted through the container; and a light-receiving element that receives the fluorescence, wherein a peak wavelength of the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source is in a predetermined range that includes an absorption peak specific to the functional water. |
| US10180393B2 |
Sample cell
An optical cell comprises first and second opposed reflecting elements, an entrance aperture in the first reflecting element and an exit aperture in the second reflecting element, wherein the entrance and exit apertures are configured such that, in operation, light introduced into the cell via the entrance aperture is reflected at least once by the second reflecting element and at least once by the first reflecting element before leaving the cell via the exit aperture. |
| US10180391B2 |
Devices and methods for conducting accelerated aging tests of a coating with several types of stresses
A device for conducting accelerated aging tests of a coating, notably an outer coating for an aircraft, in particular allowing the testing of the durability of the coating after having been subject to all kinds of stresses, is desired. An object of the disclosure thus relates to such a device including test chambers subject to different and/or independently controllable test parameters, and including light for generating photo-oxidation, the device including a support for a sample of the coating, displaceable between the chambers for generating mechanical stresses by thermal shocks. The disclosure herein finds applications in many fields of industry, and preferentially in the field of aeronautics. |
| US10180387B2 |
Identification device and identification method
The identification apparatus includes a quantitative phase image acquisition unit, a feature quantity extraction unit, a learning unit, a storage unit, and an identification unit. The feature quantity extraction unit extracts a feature quantity of a quantitative phase image of a cell. The learning unit performs machine learning for a quantitative phase image of a known cell of which a type is known based on the feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit. The storage unit stores a result of the machine learning by the learning unit. The identification unit determines, based on the feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit for the quantitative phase image of an unknown cell of which a type is unknown, the type of the unknown cell using the learning result stored by the storage unit. |
| US10180386B2 |
Mass spectrometry based multi-parametric particle analyzer
A method for cellular analysis of cellular particles tagged with elemental tags, such as lanthanide-based elemental tags. Particles or element tags associated with particles can be vaporized, atomized, and ionized, such as with an inductively coupled plasma device or a glow discharge device. The vaporized, atomized, and ionized particles or element tags can be analyzed using mass spectrometry, such as using a time of flight mass spectrometer or a magnetic sector mass spectrometer. The amount of at least one element in individual particles can be measured through mass analysis. The amount of many different tags, for example at least five different tags, can be measured at the same time to facilitate multi-parametric analysis of cells and other particles. The vaporized, atomized, and ionized particles or element tags can be pretreated in an ion pretreatment system to filter out low mass ions, such as using a high-pass mass filter or a bandpass mass filter, to allow the elemental tags to pass therethrough. |
| US10180384B2 |
Automated HEPA filter integrity testing
HEPA filter integrity testing apparatus including an automated mover, a scan module connected to the automated mover, and scan probes disposed along the length of the scan module. Assemblies also include HEPA filters and the filter integrity testing apparatus. A method of determining the integrity of HEPA filters with the filter integrity apparatus is disclosed. |
| US10180377B2 |
Electric wheel test bed
A test bed for electric wheel comprehensive performance is characterized in that the test bed comprises a foundation, a portal frame set on the foundation and including a cross beam and two columns supporting both ends of the cross beam individually, a main pin arm movably connected to the portal frame, and a main rotation shaft revolvably and perpendicularly mounted on the top of the main pin arm, wherein the electric wheel is mounted on the main pin arm and is located inside of the portal frame and right below the main rotation shaft. The test bed further comprises at least one of a road simulation mechanism, an inertia simulation mechanism, a driving power mechanism, a perpendicular loading mechanism, and a steering mechanism which take the simulation test on the electric wheel. |
| US10180374B1 |
Test device and method for testing contact lens and test device for testing hydrous element
A test device for testing a first contact lens classified as a specific type of contact lens is disclosed. The test device includes a light emitting unit and a detection unit. The light emitting unit emits a first incident light to the first contact lens to generate a first reflected light having a first light intensity, and the detection unit receives the first reflected light, in response to the first light intensity generates a first light intensity value, and implements a specific water content algorithm based on the first light intensity value to estimate an actual water content associated with the first contact lens, wherein the specific water content algorithm is constructed based on a water content reference data associated with the specific type of contact lens and a corresponding light intensity measurement data associated with the water content reference data. |
| US10180366B2 |
Torque detection device
A torque detection device including a multipolar ring-shaped magnet fixed to a first shaft, a yoke holder configured to be fixed to a second shaft coaxially linked to the first shaft via a torsion bar and have a cylindrical portion surrounding the magnet, a pair of magnetic yokes each having a plurality of claw portions opposing the magnet and are fixed to the yoke holder, and a sensor part that detects a difference in rotational phase between the first shaft and the second shaft, wherein the pair of magnetic yokes are each provided with a plurality of swaging pieces swaged on the cylindrical portion, the swaging piece disposed at a position that overlaps in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion a specific claw portion selected from the plurality of claw portions and being formed so as to have a smaller width than a width of the claw portion. |
| US10180365B2 |
Non-intrusive stress measurement system un-lensed probe seating locking device
In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a probe seating and locking device comprising a main body and a sleeve disposed at least partially concentrically about a probe. In various embodiments, the main body comprises a relief cut, a probe channel in communication with the relief cut, and a probe housing extending from the main body, wherein the probe housing has a probe passage in communication with the probe channel. In various embodiments, the probe passage comprises a first end, a second end, and a sensing aperture, wherein the probe housing is coupled to the main body at the first end. In various embodiments, the probe is disposed in the probe channel and is in contact with the seating step. |
| US10180363B2 |
Pressure detection structure and terminal device
The present application discloses a pressure detection structure and a terminal device. The pressure detection structure includes a cover, a display screen, a pressure sensor and a middle frame, the display screen and the cover being sequentially stacked in the middle frame from bottom to top; wherein: the pressure sensor is fixed to the display screen; the display screen includes a lower glass layer, an LED light emitting layer and an upper glass layer which are sequentially stacked from bottom to top; and the pressure sensor is positioned beneath the lower glass layer. Thus, the tolerance to be controlled mainly lies in the thickness of the gap layer inside the display screen, and the flatness of the pressure sensor. Hence, the assembling tolerance is reduced, and the stability, reliability and consistency of pressure detection by the terminal device are improved. |
| US10180360B1 |
Distributed temperature sensor probe
A distributed temperature sensor probe for measuring temperature at multiple depths. The probe includes a plurality of temperature sensors connected in series inside a sensor housing. The temperature sensors are distributed at various points along the length of the sensor housing. Each temperature sensor has an internal storage and an internal battery. A probe head is connected to a top of the sensor housing, and a probe tip is connected to a bottom of the sensor housing. |
| US10180359B2 |
Method and system for calibrating thermal imaging systems
A method for determining change in temperature of different parts of an electronic or optoelectronic device between un-energized and energized states without contacting the device. The method includes establishing a reference image form an unexcited device by illuminating the device with an optical signal and capturing the reference image from the device in an un-energized state, illuminating the device with an optical signal during an energization pulse having a predetermined pulse width and pulse magnitude and capturing a plurality of on images from the device at different time delays, determining a transient temperature profile, calibrating the temperature profile for one or more regions of the device with unknown thermoreflectance coefficient based on the determined transient temperature profile for the one or more regions of the device with known thermoreflectance coefficient. |
| US10180353B2 |
Determination and correction of frequency registration deviations for quantitative spectroscopy
A frequency registration deviation is quantified for a field spectrum collected during analysis by a spectroscopic analysis system of a sample fluid when the spectroscopic analysis system has deviated from a standard calibration state. The field spectrum is corrected based on the frequency registration deviation using at least one spectral shift technique, and a concentration is calculated for at least one analyte represented by the field spectrum using the corrected field spectrum. Related systems, methods, and articles are described. |
| US10180348B2 |
Method and device for detecting infrasound
A method and an apparatus for detecting infrasound that determines the direction and position of an infrasound source.The detection method includes a container exposed to an infrasound source and partially filled with a mist (N) which is embedded in a carrier medium so that the resulting pressure change over time results in the formation of a directed front at the mist surface that can be optically detected. |
| US10180347B2 |
Acoustic wave acquiring apparatus and control method therefor
An acoustic wave acquiring apparatus is used that includes: an array light source including a plurality of elements emitting measurement light; a controller controlling the wavelength of the measurement light, for each of or the plurality of elements; a Fabry-Perot interferometer including a first mirror upon which the measurement light is incident and a second mirror upon which an acoustic wave from a subject is incident; an optical sensor measuring a light quantity of reflected light by the first and the second mirror; and a processor acquiring an intensity of the acoustic wave on the basis of a change of the light quantity of the reflected light, which is a distance between the first mirror and the second mirror, occurring due to the incidence of the acoustic wave. |
| US10180346B2 |
Weight measurement system and method using robot
A weight measurement system and a weight measurement method using a robot, by which a weight greater than a weight capacity of the robot can be measured. The system has a robot, a robot controller for controlling the motion of the robot, and an arithmetic processing unit for calculating the weight of an article to be measured. The robot is configured to apply a force to a working point connected to a tank so that at least one of support points or a part of a support surface of the tank is lifted, and simultaneously, the remaining support point or the remaining part of the support surface of the tank is grounded. The weight of the tank containing processing fluid can be measured based on a relationship between the force applied to the working point by the robot and a lever ratio. |
| US10180344B2 |
Electric discharge machine
A machining liquid is supplied to a predetermined level when a workpiece is on a table. A volume of the workpiece is obtained from a difference between the machining liquid amount at the predetermined level when a previous workpiece is not on the table, and the machining liquid amount when the workpiece is on the table. A weight of the workpiece is obtained from the obtained volume and a previously stored density of the workpiece. A weight of a mounting jig is obtained in the same procedure. A total volume of the jig and workpiece is obtained when the jig is on the table and the workpiece is fixed to the jig. The volume of the workpiece is obtained by a difference with respect to the volume of the jig. The weight of the workpiece fixed to the jig is obtained from the obtained volume and the previously stored density. |
| US10180341B2 |
Multi-layer wireless sensor construct for use at electrically-conductive material surfaces
A multi-layer wireless sensor construct is provided. The construct includes a first dielectric layer adapted to be attached to a portion of a first surface of an electrically-conductive material. A layer of mu metal is provided on the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is provided on the layer of mu metal. An electrical conductor is provided on the second dielectric layer wherein the second dielectric layer separates the electrical conductor from the layer of mu metal. The electrical conductor has first and second ends and is shaped to form an unconnected open-circuit that, in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, resonates to generate a harmonic magnetic field response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth. |
| US10180338B1 |
Optical deformation detection sensor and system
An optical sensor and a deformation detection system in which the optical sensor is used. The optical sensor includes an optical fiber, an elongated hollow housing having an interior portion, and a material disposed on an inner surface of the housing that produces a persistent change in an optical signal transmission property of the optical fiber when the optical fiber contacts the material. The optical fiber elastically extends between opposing ends of the housing such that a bending deformation of the housing beyond a threshold radius of curvature causes a contact to occur between the material and the optical fiber. The contact results in persistent change in the optical signal transmission property of the optical fiber, which can be detected to determine whether deformation of the device occurred beyond a predetermined threshold value. The deformation detection system can use one or more of the optical sensors attached to the device. |
| US10180337B1 |
Optical deformation detection sensor and system having a material disposed on the inner surface of an elongated hollow housing
An optical sensor and a deformation detection system in which the optical sensor is used. The optical sensor includes an optical fiber, an elongated hollow housing having an interior portion, and a material disposed on an inner surface of the housing that produces a persistent change in an optical signal transmission property of the optical fiber when the optical fiber contacts the material. The optical fiber elastically extends between opposing ends of the housing such that a bending deformation of the housing beyond a threshold radius of curvature causes a contact to occur between the material and the optical fiber. The contact results in persistent change in the optical signal transmission property of the optical fiber, which can be detected to determine whether deformation of the device occurred beyond a predetermined threshold value. The deformation detection system can use one or more of the optical sensors attached to the device. |
| US10180335B2 |
Apparatus and method for estimating direction of vehicle
An apparatus for estimating a direction of a vehicle includes: a vehicle position calculator calculating a current position of the vehicle and a current time using a received satellite signal; a satellite candidate predictor predicting satellite candidates that are observable at the calculated current position of the vehicle using ALMANAC data in which information about positions and azimuths of satellites is included and using the calculated current position of the vehicle and current time; a road candidate searcher searching road candidates positioned around the vehicle based on the calculated current position of the vehicle; and a direction estimator estimating the direction of the vehicle using information about the predicted satellite candidates and the searched road candidates. |
| US10180331B2 |
Transit navigation
Some embodiments provide a map application that identifies a transit route that includes one or more transit legs between a starting location and a destination location. In response to a request to start navigating the identified transit route, the map application of some embodiments provides a first display area for displaying a set of navigation instructions, each of which describes a transit maneuver that is associated with a transit leg of the transit route. The map application also provides a second display area for displaying a map region presentation associated with the navigation instruction that is displayed in the first display area. |
| US10180327B1 |
Methods and apparatus for navigational aiding using celestial object tracking
Methods and computer products for establishing at least one of attitude, direction and position of a moving platform. At least one skymark of known ephemeris is imaged at each of a first set of discrete instants by means of an optical sensor coupled to the platform. A measurement is also obtained of the attitude of the platform at each of a second set of discrete instants by means of an inertial navigation system. A recursive of estimation filter is then applied to successive skymark position vectors to update an estimate of platform navigation state, with the measurement of attitude of the platform tightly coupled to the estimate of platform navigation state as updated by the recursive estimation filter. Various techniques of frame stacking and multi-hypothesis tracking may be applied to improve the robustness of navigation solutions. |
| US10180320B2 |
Low cost position sensor and mobility device using the same
A low cost position sensor and a mobility device using the same are provided. The low cost position sensor comprises a rollable object, a container and a control circuit. The rollable object comprises a specific material. The container has a non-planar inner bottom portion. At least one sensor for detecting coordinates is disposed inside the container. The rollable object is disposed in the container. The sensor can detect the specific material. The control circuit is coupled to the sensor. The sensor detects the specific material to determine a coordinate position of the rollable object, and sends the coordinate position of the rollable object back to the control circuit. The control circuit determines a tilt angle of the container according to the coordinate position of the rollable object. |
| US10180317B2 |
Pattern-measuring device and computer program
In order to provide a pattern-measuring device and a computer program that quantitatively evaluate the effects brought about by the presence of pattern deformations in a circuit, this invention proposes a pattern-measuring device that measures first distances between first edges in pattern data being measured and second edges that correspond to said first edges in a benchmark pattern that corresponds to the pattern being measured. Said pattern-measuring device computes a score for the first edges or the pattern being measured on the basis of the first distances and second distances between the first edges and/or the second edges and third edges that are adjacent to but different from the first and second edges. |
| US10180315B2 |
Apparatus for measuring three-dimensional shape using prism
The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus for obtaining height information of a measurement target object using a prism. The three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus includes an illumination unit irradiating light on the measurement target object, a prism unit receiving reflective light reflected from the measurement target object and directing the reflective light to an image formation lens, an imaging unit receiving the reflective light from the prism unit and capturing an image of the reflective light, and a height measurement unit measuring a height of the measurement target object based on the image captured by the imaging unit. |
| US10180314B1 |
Balanced multi-magnet sensor array
An end-sensing sensor assembly for proximity sensing including one or more sensing devices positioned between two axially magnetized ring magnets having like poles facing one another such that the magnetic fields emanating from the two axially magnetized ring magnets define a moveable balanced zone therebetween. The one or more sensing devices may be positioned within the balanced zone or outside the balanced zone, or combinations thereof. The balanced zone shifts in response to the approach of a magnetic, permeable, and/or ferrous material which cause the sensing device to actuate in response to a sufficient shift in the balanced zone. Upon removal or departure of the magnetic, permeable, and/or ferrous material, the balance zone shifts back to the initial position prior to the approach of the magnetic, permeable, and/or ferrous material. |
| US10180310B2 |
Mobile target carrier for gun range with coupled mobile projector
A system for projecting an image of a target is provided. In one embodiment, the system comprises a rail having a longitudinal axis; a target carrier coupled to the rail such that the target carrier can translate along the longitudinal axis of the rail; a motor and motion controller coupled to the target carrier wherein the motor is configured to cause the target carrier to translate along the longitudinal axis of the rail; a projector carrier coupled to the rail and held in fixed relational position to the target carrier; and a projector affixed to the projector carrier and oriented to point back towards the target carrier. In some embodiments, one or more cameras may also be added to the target carrier, projector carrier, or both. |
| US10180308B2 |
Ballistic shield with boltless viewport
A ballistic shield has a strike face and a body side and includes a ballistic panel and a viewport. Plies of ballistic material are formed together as the ballistic panel. A pocket in the ballistic panel is recessed into the strike face of the panel, and is at least partially defined by a pocket wall that is offset from a main body portion of the ballistic panel in a direction away from the strike face. The pocket wall has an opening forming a viewing area that is circumscribed by a frame section of the pocket wall. A viewport is secured in the pocket with a first section of the viewport overlying the frame section of the pocket wall and a second section of the viewport overlying the viewing area. |
| US10180301B2 |
Firearm beavertail grip sleeve
A firearm beavertail grip sleeve has a tubular body having a front wall, a left side wall, and a rear wall, the body being of an elastomeric material, the body having a lower end associated with the lower free end of the pistol grip, and an opposed upper end, the upper end of the body having a front edge portion at the front surface at a limited first vertical distance above the lower end, the upper end of the body having a rear edge portion at the rear surface at a second vertical distance above the lower end greater than the first vertical distance, and at least a upper guard element at the upper end of the rear edge portion curving back in an upward and rearward direction. The upper guard element may have a guard surface facing in a direction angularly rearward and downward. |
| US10180296B2 |
Firearm adapted to use linked ammunition and kit for converting magazine-fed firearm to same
A firearm is adapted to use linked ammunition, either as a stand-alone firearm or a kit for the firearm. A belt feed lever is actuated by a drive roller in communication with the firearm recoil assembly. The belt feed lever turns a vertical drive shaft. The drive shaft operates a lower pawl, the manipulation of which advances the next round of linked ammunition to a position above the feed ramp. The firearm feeds linked ammunition “upside down,” that is, with the links facing downward. A box mount is fitted in place of the standard box magazine when the firearm is used to fire linked ammunition, thereby providing a feed tray and feed follower. To convert back to the use of ammunition fed from magazines, the user need only remove the box mount and replace it with a traditional box magazine. |
| US10180294B2 |
Device for dispensing jets of cryogenic fluid, including a plenum chamber
The invention relates to a device for dispensing one or more jets of cryogenic fluid comprising a fluid supply pipe supplying one or more fluid-dispensing nozzles arranged downstream of said pipe, in which the fluid flow section of the fluid supply pipe has a first diameter. According to the invention, the device for dispensing one or more jets of cryogenic fluid also comprises at least one plenum chamber which is arranged between the fluid supply pipe and the fluid-dispensing nozzle(s) and which is fluidly connected to both the pipe and the nozzle(s). The fluid flow section of each plenum chamber has a second diameter greater than the first diameter of the fluid flow section of the fluid supply pipe. |
| US10180285B2 |
Air terminal for heating or air conditioning system
An air terminal for a heating or air conditioning system including a housing, a fresh air inlet in the housing to supply a fresh airflow to the air terminal, an outlet diffuser at the housing to allow airflow from the air terminal into a conditioned space, an inlet diffuser located at the housing to allow return airflow from the conditioned space into the air terminal, a coil located in the housing to condition the fresh airflow and/or the return airflow prior to the fresh airflow and/or the return airflow flowing into the conditioned space. A fan is located in the housing to urge return airflow through the inlet diffuser and across the coil. The fan and the inlet diffuser are located at a first side of the coil and the outlet diffuser and the fresh air inlet are located at a second side of the coil opposite the first side. |
| US10180284B2 |
In-feed hopper and meter for carbon-based feedstock processing system
A meter for controlling the flow of feedstock from an in-feed hopper to a distillation unit, including a cylindrical roller having a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter, the roller defining a recess that extends helically substantially from the first end to the second end, a sleeve circumscribing a portion of the outer diameter of the cylindrical roller, the sleeve having an open first side that allows the passage of feedstock into the recess of the roller, and an open second side that allows the passage of feedstock out of the recess of the roller as the roller rotates relative to the sleeve, and a housing fixedly attached to the sleeve and capable of attachment to the in-feed hopper and the distillation unit such that feedstock most pass through the housing to get from the in-feed hopper to the distillation unit. |
| US10180282B2 |
Parallel compression in LNG plants using a positive displacement compressor
A system and method for increasing the capacity and efficiency of natural gas liquefaction processes by debottlenecking the refrigerant compression system. A secondary compression circuit comprising at least one positive displacement compressor is provided in parallel fluid flow communication with at least a portion of a primary compression circuit comprising at least one dynamic compressor. |
| US10180277B2 |
Vehicle air conditioner
An exterior heat exchanger is provided with first to fourth paths. The flow rate of the air being blown by an exterior blower to pass through the first path closer to a refrigerant inlet of the exterior heat exchanger is set to be higher than that of the air being blown by the exterior blower to pass through the fourth path closer to a refrigerant outlet of the exterior heat exchanger. |
| US10180274B2 |
Rapid cooling dock
A method of and apparatus for accelerating the cooling of a beverage can and/or ice tray utilizing at least one body that presents a density and thermal conductivity, defines a standard beverage can and/or ice tray receiving receptacle configured to form a minimum contact surface area of engagement with at least one can and/or tray, and preferably further defines a series of thru-holes, so as to promote accelerated cooling through conduction, convection within a compartment. |
| US10180273B2 |
Ice making system and method for a refrigerator
An ice making system includes an ice making unit that makes ice cubes; a cold air generator unit that cools air inside a cooling duct so as to produce cold air, a cold air circulation unit that supplies the cold air from the cold air generator to the ice making unit and discharges the cold air from the ice making unit to the cold air generator, and a drainage unit that drains defrost water produced from the cooling duct to an outside. |
| US10180272B2 |
Refrigerant charge detection for ice machines
A system includes a compressor driven by a motor. A condenser receives working fluid from the compressor. An evaporator is in fluid communication with the condenser and the compressor. A first sensor produces a first signal, and a second sensor produces a second signal. A processing circuitry processes the first signal and the second signal to determine a new baseline freeze time. The processing circuitry determines the new baseline freeze time for a predetermined time following an installation event, a service event, or a power outage of the compressor. |
| US10180268B2 |
Energy chassis and energy exchange device
Systems, methods and devices for utilizing an energy chassis device designed to sense, collect, store and distribute energy from where it is available using devices that harvest or convert energy to locations requiring energy such as but not limited to HVAC (heating, ventilation and cooling) systems. The systems, methods and devices can also be used with a next generation geothermal heat exchanger that achieves higher energy harvesting efficiency and provides greater functionality than current geothermal exchangers. |
| US10180257B2 |
Air conditioning systems for at least two rooms using a single outdoor unit
A high-efficiency air conditioning system for conditioning a plurality of rooms within an interior of a building, the air conditioning system including: two separate rooms within a building, a single outdoor unit a refrigerant flow pathway that includes a plurality of refrigerant conduits having a common refrigerant flow path portion and at least two divergent flow path portions, a first divergent flow path where the first evaporator and second evaporator are in parallel with one another; at least one throttling device and at least a first indoor air handling unit positioned within and providing cooling to the first room and a second indoor air handling unit positioned within and providing cooling to a second room. The compressor is incapable of simultaneously supplying both the first evaporator and the second evaporator at their full cooling capacity. |
| US10180252B2 |
Steam generator coolant header with U-shaped tubes of a horizontal heat-exchange bundle and methods of its manufacture
This invention relates to electric power industry, and can be used in horizontal steam generators for nuclear power plants (NPP) with a water-water energetic reactor (VVER). We claim a steam generator primary circuit coolant header with U-shaped tubes of a horizontal heat-exchange bundle designed as a thick-wall welded vessel with a perforated central cylindrical part designed so as to allow installation and fastening of a U-shaped heat-exchange tube bundle in the same, wherein the tubes are grouped into banks and separated by vertical inter-tubular tunnels, a lower cylindrical part designed so as to allow welded connection with the steam generator vessel connection pipe, and an upper cylindrical part with a conical adapter to the flange connection of the manhole with a lid, wherein primary circuit header outer diameter Dhead in the central part is selected based on formula.The technical result of the invention involves assurance of strength of the header wall bridges between holes for fastening of heat-exchange tubes and leaktightness of heat-exchange tube connections with the header assuming that the outer surface of the perforated header part is more efficiently (fully) used for tubing. |
| US10180250B2 |
User interface for a household appliance
A user interface assembly for a household appliance is designed and adapted to provide good lighting execution maintaining a directly coupled touch field unit. The user interface includes a decorative overlay, a structural light box, and a printed circuit board with an integrated touch field unit and plurality of top-fire LED. The printed circuit board is mounted to a mounting frame extending from the inner surface of the structural light box without the use of adhesive. The structural light box is box includes a conical light aperture and dimensioned to maximize thickness to improve lighting diffusion, but keeping the overall thickness of the structural light box within the maximum range acceptable for optimal functionality and sensitivity of the touch field unit through direct coupling. |
| US10180241B1 |
Conversion device for linking cord
A conversion device for converting a linking cord for electrically linking two linkable LED lighting fixtures together to a power cord, the conversion device having a body portion with a portion for receiving a plug of a linking cord, and a portion with prongs for insertion into an electrical outlet for transmitting electricity to a linkable LED lighting fixture to which the lighting cord is connected. |
| US10180240B2 |
Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements
Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements configured to provide a variable illumination pattern of an area are described. The adjustable optical elements of the illumination devices can be traversed relative to a surface (e.g., a ceiling of a room) to vary the light distribution and/or intensity to the surface. |
| US10180237B2 |
Light emitting device and wavelength conversion member
A light emitting device includes a laser light, a wavelength conversion member, a base member and a lid. The wavelength conversion member includes a plurality of projected portions each extending along a first direction on an upper surface side thereof and arranged side by side in a second direction. Each of the plurality of projected portions has a first surface extending along the first direction. The first surface is inclined with respect to a reference surface. The laser light source and the wavelength conversion member are arranged so that an optical axis of first light from the laser light source extends along the second direction when viewed from above and is inclined with respect to the reference surface, and light directly incident to the first surface along a direction parallel to the optical axis of the first light is regularly reflected toward an upward direction. |
| US10180235B2 |
Optical module, in particular opto-electronic module, and method of manufacturing the same
The optical module (1) comprises—a first member (O) having a first face (F1) which is substantially planar;—a second member (P) having a second face (F2) facing the first face (F1), which is substantially planar and is aligned substantially parallel to the first face;—a third member (S) comprised in the first member (O) or comprised in the second member (P) or distinct from and located between these, which comprises an opening (4);—a mirror element (31′; 31′″) present on the second face (F2); and—an active optical component (26) present on the second face (F2) and electrically connected to the second member (P); wherein at least one of the first and second members comprises one or more transparent portions (t) through which light can pass. The method for manufacturing the optical module (1) comprises the steps of a) providing a first wafer; b) providing a second wafer on which the mirror elements (31′. . . ) are present; c) providing a third wafer, wherein the third wafer is comprised in the first wafer or is comprised in the second wafer or is distinct from these, and wherein the third wafer comprises openings (4); e) forming a wafer stack comprising these wafers; wherein at least one of the first wafer and the second wafer comprises transparent portions (t) through which light can pass. |
| US10180234B2 |
Illumination optical system, illumination apparatus, and illumination optical element
An illumination optical system includes an illumination optical element that irradiates a predetermined area of an illumination target surface with light in a planar manner. The illumination optical element has an optical surface directed toward the illumination target surface. The optical surface has, in a perpendicular direction which is perpendicular to an optical axis, a plurality of refractive surfaces each of which refracts light toward the predetermined area and which are formed at a constant pitch determined by the predetermined area. |
| US10180230B2 |
Vehicle lamp
A lamp chamber (110) includes: a first lamp chamber (110A) located in a forward direction from a first reference plane (P1) and inwardly of a second reference plane (P2) in a width direction of a vehicle; and a second lamp chamber (110B) located in a rearward direction from the first reference plane (P1) and outwardly of the second reference plane (P2) in the width direction of the vehicle. A headlamp (101) includes: a first vent member (105) attached to a first opening portion (102A) provided in a region of a housing (102) facing the first lamp chamber (110A); and a second vent member (106) attached to a second opening portion (102B) provided in a region of the housing (102) facing the second lamp chamber (110B). The vent members (105, 106) each include a waterproof air-permeable body. The air permeability value of the first vent member (105) is higher than the air permeability value of the second vent member (106). |
| US10180228B2 |
Vehicle lighting fixture
Provided is a vehicle headlight for forming a high-beam additional light distribution pattern overlaid on a high-beam light distribution pattern. The vehicle headlight is capable of making a driver feel the sense of turning-on of the headlight when the high-beam additional light distribution pattern is additionally formed. The vehicle lighting fixture can be configured to further form a turning-on perceptible light distribution pattern for causing a driver to feel a sense of turning-on together with the high-beam additional light distribution pattern. |
| US10180227B2 |
Apparatus for driving headlamp shield
An apparatus for driving a headlamp shield is provided, which simplifies the operation structure of a bi-functional headlamp shield to reduce costs and improve quality. The apparatus includes a shield that rotates integrally with a rotary shaft thereof, and a coil section formed to cylindrically surround the rotary shaft, and that is configured to generate an electromagnetic force for moving the rotary shaft in a linear trajectory when a current is applied to the coil section. Further, a motion direction switching component adjusts the linear axial movement of the rotary shaft to axial rotation thereof. |
| US10180226B1 |
High/low beam switching device and headlamp comprising the same
A high/low beam switching device generally includes a fixing plate, a solenoid device, a shielding member, and a coil spring. The fixing plate defines an opening which is divided into three zones including an upper space, a middle space, and a lower space. The solenoid device is horizontally disposed in a frame fixed on a shelf extending from the fixing plate. The shielding member, which can cover the middle space of the fixing plate, is pivotally connected to the fixing plate. The solenoid device when being energized can turn the shielding member to uncover the middle space, so that a high beam illumination pattern can be provided. When the solenoid device is de-energized, the shielding member can be turned back to the fixing plate to cover the middle space, so that a low beam illumination pattern can be provided. Also, the present invention provides a headlamp including the switching device. |
| US10180224B2 |
Quasi-sparse optical illumination
In described examples, a DMD includes micromirrors. A first light source generates a first beam profile illuminating a first set of micromirrors of the DMD. A second light source generates a second beam profile illuminating a second set of micromirrors of the DMD. The first and second beam profiles partially overlap on at least some micromirrors of the DMD. The first light source is source-modulated independently of the second light source for adjusting power and brightness in response to a sensed driving condition. The micromirrors of the DMD are modulated in response to the sensed driving condition. |
| US10180222B2 |
Optical unit
An optical unit includes a first light source, a second light source, a rotary reflector rotating around its rotation axis while reflecting a first light emitted from the first light source, and a projection lens configured to project the first light reflected by the rotary reflector in a light irradiation direction of the optical unit. The second light source is disposed such that a second light emitted from the second light source is incident on the projection lens without being reflected by the rotary reflector. The projection lens is configured to project the second light in the light irradiation direction of the optical unit. |
| US10180221B1 |
Modular solar-powered lighting devices and components thereof
Modular solar devices and kits of various components for assembling such devices are described. The kit may include a lighting component, one or more lights, a power storage component, and/or a solar component. The lighting component may include a control circuit and at least one light connector operably coupled to the first control circuit, wherein the light(s) may be configured to electrically connect to the light connector(s). The power storage component may include a control circuit and at least one rechargeable battery operably coupled to the control circuit. The solar component may include a solar panel, e.g., the solar component being configured to supply electricity generated by the solar panel to the power storage component and/or the lighting component to illuminate the light(s). |
| US10180220B2 |
Architectural lighting methods and apparatus
An enclosed lighting unit for use with light strips is provided to enable installation of architectural lighting. The lighting unit has cooperating base and cover which are assembled by hand. The unit encloses a channel supporting the light strips which maintain a clearance distance between the light sources and the cover. |
| US10180218B2 |
Lighting arrangement and method for constructing a lighting arrangement
A lighting arrangement has a housing having an interior and a light outlet region, and at least one light-providing device. The light-providing device is configured such that it can be arranged within the interior to emit light during operation through the light outlet region to the outside. The light-providing device can be coupled to the housing and can be freely positioned at least within one region of the interior. A second lighting arrangement has a housing having an interior and a light outlet region, the housing having an opening, which is set up to guide at least one line through the opening out of the interior. The second lighting arrangement has at least one brush, which is provided with hairs or fibers or bristles, which are arranged in the opening and/or cover the opening at least in portions. |
| US10180216B2 |
Light emitting apparatus, back light unit and display apparatus
This disclosure provides a light emitting apparatus, the apparatus may comprise a middle component, a first end component and a second end component. The middle component may comprise a light emitting device and the middle component has a recess and a protrusion at its two ends respectively. One of the first and second end components has a recess, and the other of the first and second end components has a protrusion. The middle component can be connected with the first and the second end components respectively by corresponding protrusion and recess so that adjacent components can rotate relative to each other in a plane perpendicular to a light exit direction of the light emitting device. The light emitting apparatus can be applied to a back light unit of a display apparatus to realize curved surface display of the display apparatus. |
| US10180214B2 |
Adjustable size LED fixture
An adjustable LED lighting fixture which accommodates LED lights of varying lengths. The LED fixture has a central body element, and two movable end elements movably attached to two opposing sides of the central body element and extend in a direction normal to a length of the fixture. The two end elements face each other with LED pin sockets facing each other whereby an LED tube light is able to be operationally inserted into the LED pin sockets. Two slidable elements are attached to the end elements and extending in a direction in a direction along the length of the fixture and toward the other of the end elements and through a retention element. The slidable elements permit the expansion and contraction of the length of the LED fixture, by sliding relative movement toward and away from the other of the end elements, to hold LED light tubes of varying lengths. |
| US10180212B2 |
Method and system for controlling fluid flow from a storage tank through a supply line to an end user
A method and a system control flow of fluid from a storage tank through a supply line to an end user. The system includes a valve that in its open position allows fluid flow from the storage tank to the end user and closes when the pressure in the fluid supply line drops below a predetermined set point. The storage tank is thereby isolated because the valve prevents fluid from flowing from the storage tank to the supply line when the pressure in the supply line is lower than a predetermined upper limit of the storage tank pressure. An end use that is particularly suited to the present system and method is a fuel storage and supply system for a natural gas powered internal combustion engine. |
| US10180211B2 |
Supply method for liquid and supply apparatus
A solution having a predetermined concentration is stably supplied to a use point, at which the amount of use of the solution changes, by only modifying currently-used equipment at a low cost and in a space-saving manner. In order to supply a solution containing a solute at a predetermined concentration from a preparation portion of the solution to a use point through a supply pipe, a retention portion that has no gas-liquid interface and at which the solution is retained is provided at an intermediate portion of the supply pipe. Even when the amount of use of the solution at the use point changes, the change is absorbed by the retention portion, whereby a solution having a predetermined concentration can be stably supplied to the use point. |
| US10180209B2 |
Expandable multi-display support apparatus
The invention of the present application is an extendable, modular device (10) for supporting multiple displays. The modular display support device comprising: a column (18), being linear and extending along a longitudinal axis; a plurality of beam members comprising a center beam member (24) and a side beam member (46a, 46b), each of the plurality of beam members having identical front and rear channels (42a, 42b), each of the front and rear channels including opposing top and bottom rails (40a, 40b); a hinge joint (60a) adapted to connect the side beam member to the center beam member and enable the side beam member to pivot about a pivot axis; a beam attachment bracket adapted to secure either of the plurality of beam members to the column; and at least one display mounting assembly comprising a pair of rail mounting brackets that mate together within one of the front and rear channels of one of the plurality of beam members. |
| US10180205B2 |
Sewer rehabilitation method
The invention relates to a sewer rehabilitation method, wherein a rehabilitation tool (5) is introduced, by means of a robot (2) that can be moved in a sewer main line (3) of a sewerage system, into a house sewer line (9) leading into said sewer main line (3), rehabilitation work is carried out in the house sewer line (9) by means of the rehabilitation tool (5), and the rehabilitation tool (5) is removed from the house sewer line (9) by means of the robot (2) once rehabilitation work is completed. The aim of the invention is to provide a viable and cost-effective sewer rehabilitation method and corresponding system enabling sewer rehabilitation work being carried out in the house sewer line (9) starting from the sewer main line (3). For this purpose, the robot (2) picks up the rehabilitation tool (5) and transports it through the sewer main line (3) to the mouth of the house sewer line (9), introduces the rehabilitation tool (5) into the house sewer line (9) and puts it down, advances the rehabilitation tool (5) in the house sewer line (9) up to a defective point (10) and retracts the tool from the house sewer line (9) and picks it up again once rehabilitation work is completed. The invention further relates to a sewer rehabilitation system comprising a robot (2) that can be moved in a sewer main line (3) of a sewerage system and a rehabilitation tool (5) that can be introduced into a house sewer line (9), the robot (2) having a remotely controllable gripping member (4) with which the rehabilitation tool (5) can be gripped. |
| US10180203B2 |
Underwater pipe and connector assembly and method of assembling an underwater pipe and a connector
An underwater pipe and connector assembly includes an underwater pipe having a pipe body and an annular connecting end section, a connector fixed in the connecting end section, and at least one reinforcing layer having a first fixed cover section fused to and fixedly covering the connecting end section, and a second fixed cover section fused to and fixedly covering an outer circumferential surface of the pipe body immediately adjacent the connecting end section. An outer coil is embedded between the first fixed cover section and the connecting end section and between the second fixed cover section and the outer circumferential surface of the pipe body immediately adjacent the connecting end section. |
| US10180201B2 |
Electrostatic bonding of coaxial tubing
A method and apparatus for electrostatically bonding coaxial tubing. An outer tube comprises an electrically conductive material and has an inner surface. An inner tube comprises material and has an outer surface. The inner tube and the outer tube are positioned to define a channel. A bridging structure comprising an electrically conductive material is positioned such that the bridging structure forms mechanical contact and an electrostatic connection between electrically conductive material on the tubes. The bridging structure is in mechanical contact with the inner surface of the outer tube at a first plurality of points and in mechanical contact with the outer surface of the inner tube at a second plurality of points. |
| US10180197B1 |
Protective housing for configuring a programming module of an industrial product
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a housing having a deformable membrane configured to interface with a programming module of an industrial product, where the deformable membrane includes a waved surface designed to deform under the finger pressure of a human user. In an illustrative example, the housing may be formed of a rigid material (e.g., polyamide) to serve as a protective barrier for the industrial product. The waved surface may have one or more waves (e.g., 7) that may possess certain dimensions and deformation parameters that are designed to allow a user to engage a programming switch via the deformable membrane. A user may advantageously provide input to the programming module via the deformable membrane without having to access the internal areas of the industrial product, thus avoiding the risk of damaging or interfering with the internal mechanisms and systems of the industrial product. |
| US10180194B2 |
Closed center pressure flow control valve
A servovalve comprising a motor, a motor bias mechanism, a first stage valve having a first position, a second stage valve movable with movement of the first valve, a reference member in fluid communication with the second valve, a transfer link acting between the first valve and the reference member, an eccentric drive acting between the motor and transfer link, wherein movement of the motor causes the transfer link to move the first valve, movement of the first valve causes the second valve member to move, movement of the second valve applies on the reference member a pressure differential from a load, the pressure differential on the reference member causes movement of the reference member, and movement of the reference member causes the transfer link to move the first valve back to the first position. |