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| US10206319B2 |
Support table for inspecting and/or orienting an electronic component
A support table (1) for inspecting and/or orienting electronic components (B) prior to the assembling of a printed circuit board with these components, onto which support table the components, which are initially held at a nozzle end (7) by means of negative pressure, are set down following release by the nozzle end, wherein the table (1) has a transparent support plate (2), preferably a glass plate, and a delimiting edging (5, 6p, 6z, 12) preventing a displacement of a component (B) deposited temporarily on the support plate caused by air exiting the nozzle is provided, and an optical inspection device is arranged below the support table (6u) and an optical inspection device is arranged above the support table (6o). |
| US10206314B2 |
Power module assembly and manifold
A vehicle power module assembly including a stacked array of module frames, a manifold, and a pair of endplates is provided. The stacked array of module frames may each define a passthrough in registration with other of the passthroughs to define a manifold cavity, a power stage cavity, and a plurality of outlets open to the respective passthroughs and oriented relative to the power stage cavities to deliver coolant therebetween. The manifold may be disposed within the manifold cavity and defines a manifold inlet open to an inlet chamber and manifold ports for alignment with the plurality of outlets. One of the endplates may define an inlet open to the manifold inlet and another one of the endplates may define an outlet open to a manifold outlet. The inlets, outlets, and ports are arranged with one another to provide a coolant path between the endplate inlet and endplate outlet. |
| US10206309B2 |
Electronic control apparatus for vehicle
The present disclosure relates to an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle, and the electronic control apparatus includes: an electronic control board which has a top side on which a heating element is mounted; a heat sink which radiate heat generated from the heating element to the outside; at least one screw which couples the electronic control board and the heat sink; and a heat radiating pad which transfer heat of the heating element to the heat sink, in which a stepped portion having a predetermined depth is formed on the contact surface of the heat sink so that the heat radiating pad is inserted thereto, and the depth of the stepped portion is formed to be smaller than a thickness of the heat radiating pad so that the heat radiating pad is pressed and inserted between the electronic control board and the heat sink. |
| US10206308B2 |
Module for cooling a heat generating component
The present invention relates to a module for cooling heat generating components, in particular for cooling electronic components of a computer device, such as processors, memory modules, storage modules, that may be arranged on a motherboard. The method according to the invention, comprises at least one heat generating component, a gastight chamber having an interior volume having arranged therein a heat-transfer fluid in liquid phase that is in heat transfer contact with at least part of the heat generating component and a heat exchanging surface for transferring heat from the heat-transfer fluid out of the gastight chamber, wherein the gastight chamber comprises a displaceable wall by means of which the interior volume of the gastight chamber is variable, and wherein the interior volume of the gastight chamber is in pressure equilibrating connection with the ambient pressure outside the gastight chamber via the displaceable wall of the gastight chamber. The displaceable wall is at least partly in contact with the heat-transfer fluid in liquid phase. |
| US10206303B2 |
Universal aisle containment column adapter
An aisle containment system installed around a pre-existing building column in a data center. The aisle containment system includes a frame defined by wall beams, header frames, and a plurality of posts. A plurality of cabinets are positioned within the frame. Mid-span posts are positioned adjacent building columns located within the frame. The mid-span posts support the wall beams on one side of the frame. A containment column adapter is secured to one of the wall beams and one of the mid-span posts. The containment column adapter seals the gaps between the building column and the wall beam within the frame of the aisle containment system. |
| US10206298B2 |
Witness layers for glass articles
Glass articles having a base layer formed of glass and having a first compressive stress, an adjacent compression layer formed in the glass and having a second compressive stress, and a witness layer formed in the glass adjacent the compression layer and having a third compressive stress. The first, second and third compressive stresses all differing from one another. The witness layer also having a higher index of refraction than an index of refraction for the base or compression layers. Methods for manufacturing and methods of quality control that include the use of the witness layer are also disclosed. |
| US10206294B2 |
Charge capacitor circuit card assembly
An electronic apparatus comprising: 1) a first circuit board; 2) a second circuit board substantially parallel to the first circuit board; and 3) an electrical assembly coupled between the first and second boards. The electrical assembly comprises: i) a housing; ii) a plurality of pogo pin connectors disposed within and projecting from the housing and configured to make electrical contact with the first and second circuit boards; and iii) a plurality of capacitors disposed within the housing and configured to form electrical connections with selected ones of the plurality of pogo pin connectors. |
| US10206292B2 |
Backshell guard for an avionics unit
A guard for a backshell of an aircraft avionics unit is disclosed herein. The guard includes a guard body having a first feature formed therein to slidably receive a first portion of the backshell, a second feature formed therein to slidably receive a second portion of the backshell and a third feature formed therein to protectively cover a mating connector area when the backshell has been slid into the guard body. |
| US10206286B2 |
Embedding into printed circuit board with drilling
In one example, a method includes drilling a cavity into each contact pad of one or more contact pads of a first printed circuit board to form one or more cavities. The first printed circuit board includes an embedded integrated circuit and one or more metal layers. The method further includes forming one or more first metal layers for a second printed circuit board below a bottom surface of the first printed circuit board. The method further includes forming an electrically conductive material in the one or more cavities. The electrically conductive material electrically couples the one or more contact pads of the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board. The method further includes forming one or more second metal layers for the second printed circuit board above a top surface of the first printed circuit board. |
| US10206281B2 |
Multilayer substrate
A multilayer substrate includes plural layers of circuit patterns. Each circuit pattern includes a ground conductor surrounding a wiring region provided with a conductive wiring pattern. Each ground conductor includes a slit connecting between the outside of the multilayer substrate and the wiring region. In the multilayer substrate, the slit of the ground conductor provided at one of adjacent two layers of the circuit patterns and the slit of the ground conductor provided at the other circuit pattern are formed at positions not overlapping with each other. That is, these slits are formed at such positions that a view in an upper-to-lower direction is blocked. The shape of the slit of each ground conductor is in such a shape that a view from an end side of the multilayer substrate to a wiring region side is blocked. |
| US10206280B2 |
Mounting structure, ultrasonic device, ultrasonic probe, ultrasonic apparatus and electronic apparatus
A mounting structure includes a first substrate on which an elastic core section is provided, a conductive film that is provided over the first substrate from an upper part of the core section, and a second substrate on which a wiring portion connected to the conductive film on the core section is provided, in which the conductive film has a notch that partially exposes an end part of a surface of the core section which is in contact with the first substrate. |
| US10206277B2 |
Gradient encapsulant protection of devices in stretchable electronics
In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for gradient encapsulant protection of devices in stretchable electronic. For instance, in accordance with one embodiment, there is an apparatus with an electrical device on a stretchable substrate; one or more stretchable electrical interconnects coupled with the electrical device; one or more electrical components electrically coupled with the electrical device via the one or more stretchable electrical interconnects; and a gradient encapsulating material layered over and fully surrounding the electrical device and at least a portion of the one or more stretchable electrical interconnects coupled thereto, in which the gradient encapsulating material has an elastic modulus greater than the stretchable substrate and in which the elastic modulus of the gradient encapsulating material is less than the electrical device. Other related embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10206270B2 |
Switch module for controlling lighting fixtures in a lighting network
A lighting fixture having a light source, a light sensor, a communication interface, and circuitry is described. In addition to controlling the light source, the circuitry is adapted to monitor for a light signal provided from a handheld device via the light sensor; upon receiving the light signal, measure a signal level associated with the light signal; and effect transmission of the signal level to the handheld device via the communication interface. In one embodiment, the circuitry is further configured to receive an instruction to monitor for the light signal from the handheld device via the communication interface such that the circuitry begins monitoring for the light signal upon receiving the instruction. |
| US10206266B2 |
Methods and devices for auto-calibrating light dimmers
An automated dimming load controller automatically measures the relationship between the current draw and the dimmer setting for each light or group of lights connected to the load controller. Once measured, the relationship between the current draw and the dimmer setting can be used to enable the dimmer controller to adjust the lights between their minimum and maximum effective illumination. This automatic setting of the dimmer controller may be performed regularly to accommodate changes in performance or replacement of any of the connected lights, drivers or ballasts. |
| US10206262B2 |
Flexible LED lighting element
A flexible LED lighting module includes a flexible housing and flexible PCB to which LED units are mounted. An encapsulant fills a channel of the flexible housing and has a same or similar optical refractive index value as is used in the LED unit to hold phosphorous particles used for coloring of the LED. Use of the encapsulant changes the color of the light ultimately emitted from the flexible LED lighting module, and this factor is corrected for in calibration processes associated with the flexible LED lighting module. |
| US10206260B2 |
Control device having buttons with multiple-level backlighting
A control device may have a plurality of buttons that may be backlit to multiple levels, such as first, second, and third adjacent buttons positioned in order, and first, second, and third LEDs positioned to illuminate a respective button. The control device may be configured to illuminate the first LED to a first LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a first surface illumination intensity; illuminate the third LED to a second LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a second surface illumination intensity; and illuminate the second LED to a third LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to the second surface illumination intensity. The third LED illumination intensity may be less than the second LED illumination intensity, which may be less than the first LED illumination intensity, and the second surface illumination intensity may be less than the first surface illumination intensity. |
| US10206257B2 |
Stepless dimming control method of lighting system
A stepless dimming control method of a lighting system is applicable to the situations where a light source for a lighting terminal is a fluorescent lamp and/or an LED lamp. A pulsating voltage regulating device is connected in series with a main power supply circuit of a terminal light source. A dimming control unit is configured for a fluorescent lamp electronic ballast/LED driving unit. The specific method includes: at first, fluctuating a supply voltage value at an input end of the electronic ballast/LED driving unit for a short time by the pulsating voltage regulating device, and then regulating, by the dimming control unit, an output frequency of the electronic ballast and an output current of the LED driving unit according to fluctuation parameters and also in combination with preset system settings, so as to realize dimming. The method can realize remote and stepless dimming, is applicable to the terminal light sources of both fluorescent lamps and LED lamps, has good interference resistance and relatively low system construction/improvement costs, and is extremely suitable for newly-built lighting systems and for use in upgrading existing lighting systems. |
| US10206256B2 |
LED lighting device
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes a circuit for receiving an input power from a power source and outputting a rectified power, an LED unit including a plurality of LED channels connected in series, each LED channel having a front end and a rear end, a current sensing resistor, and a switch circuit unit. The switch circuit unit includes a plurality of switches, and an Nth switch is connected to the rear end of an Nth LED channel so as to control an operation of the nth LED channel, and is controlled by a sum of a current of the Nth switch and a current of an (N+1)th switch, which flows through the current sensing resistor. Forward voltages of the LED channels are unevenly redistributed so as to keep power consumption between the Nth switch and the (N+1)th switch substantially same, and N is a positive integer. |
| US10206253B2 |
Power converter controller
A controller for a power converter to convert electrical power at an input voltage into electrical power at an output voltage and a method of operating such controller is presented. The controller for controlling a power converter has an input port to receive a voltage representative of the input voltage; an input voltage measuring unit to sample a measuring voltage and to determine a measurement value that is representative of the input voltage; a switch; and a diode connectable with a storage unit to provide a supply voltage for the controller during operation of the controller. The switch controls the charging of the storage unit from the voltage at the input port. |
| US10206251B2 |
Modular light fixture with power pack
A light fixture includes a fixture body, a support structure, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) a driver, a cover, and a connector. The fixture body includes a first raceway, a second raceway, and a channel. The second raceway is substantially parallel to the first raceway. The channel is coupled to the first raceway and the second raceway such that the channel is substantially orthogonal to the first raceway and the second raceway. The support structure is coupled to the first raceway and the second raceway. The plurality of LEDs is coupled to the support structure and spaced apart along a length of the support structure between the first raceway and the second raceway. The driver is positioned within the channel and electrically coupled to the plurality of LEDs. The cover is detachably coupled to the channel and extends from the first raceway to the second raceway. |
| US10206246B2 |
Overlapping basic service set (OBSS) indication in a high-efficiency wireless local-area network (HEW)
An apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for overlapping basic service set (OBSS) indication in a high-efficiency wireless local-area network (HEW). An apparatus of a high-efficiency wireless local-area network device is disclosed. The apparatus including transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry configured to receive a frame and determine whether the frame is a frame transmitted from a basic service set (BSS) or a frame transmitted from an OBSS based on one or more media access control (MAC) addresses of the frame. The MAC address may include an indication of a BSS of the HE wireless device. If the HE wireless device is an access point, then a second part of the MAC address may be a predetermined pattern, the second part of the MAC address may be a formula applied to a first part of the MAC address, or an individual/group bit of the MAC address may be set. |
| US10206244B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining TDD UL-DL configuration applicable for radio frames
A method and an apparatus are provided for determining a configuration for a radio frame. A transition from a period of inactivity to a period of activity is detected in a configured discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. A category of at least one subframe of the radio frame that is likely to be encountered during the period of activity is determined, if a dynamic reconfiguration of time division duplex (TDD) uplink (UL)—downlink (DL) configurations is enabled. The category of the least one subframe includes one of a flexible subframe and a fixed subframe. |
| US10206241B2 |
Session management
The invention relates to a solution for controlling of a mobile terminal to request an establishment of a packet data network connection to a public land mobile network. A method according to the solution comprises: receiving (310), in a network element, a packet data network connection re-quest from the mobile terminal (150); generating (320), by the network element, a response message rejecting the packet data network connection request, wherein the response message comprises information element indicating if the rejection is applicable in at least one other public land mobile network than the one into which the mobile terminal (150) is registered to; and transmitting (330) the generated message to the mobile terminal (150). The invention also relates to a network element and a system implementing at least part of the method. |
| US10206240B2 |
Method for conducting interaction on information in environment of small evolved node B, evolved node B, and mobility management entity
A method for information interaction under small cell deployment, includes: a master evolved node B adding a candidate secondary evolved node B for a user equipment (S10); the master evolved node B interacting local home network information with the candidate secondary evolved node B via an inter-evolved node B interface (S20); the master evolved node B determining whether to use the candidate secondary evolved node B to provide the user equipment with a dual connectivity service (S30). The embodiments of the present document can provide a guarantee for selecting a standalone gateway to support a selected Internet Protocol (IP) traffic offload at local network (SIPTO@LN) service aiming at the dual connectivity service feature under small cell deployment. The embodiments of the present document further disclose an evolved node B working under small cell deployment |
| US10206234B2 |
D2D communication control method, D2D communication method, and apparatuses thereof
A device to device (D2D) communication control method, a D2D communication method, and apparatuses thereof are provided. A method comprises: in response to that at least one party in both parties of communication has a directional transmission capability, determining to establish a D2D communication link using directional transmission; and determining a power control strategy associated with the directional transmission of the D2D communication link. Possible directional D2D transmission can be considered according to directional transmission capability of at least one party in both parties of communication, and a power control strategy specific to the directional D2D transmission can be made, thereby having higher flexibility, and being conducive to suppressing interference more effectively. |
| US10206232B2 |
Initial access and radio resource management for integrated access and backhaul (IAB) wireless networks
Establishment of integrated links comprising integrated wireless backhaul communications links and access communications links is facilitated by transmitting multiplexed sync signals to enable synchronization between the relay transmission point devices, and using a random access channel procedure to complete the establishment. The integrated wireless backhaul communications links and access communications links can be maintained by measuring channel characteristics of the backhaul communications links using a measurement reference signal. |
| US10206230B2 |
Method for transmitting frame in wireless local area network and wireless terminal using the same
A method for transmitting a frame, performed by a first wireless terminal, in a WLAN system according to one embodiment includes: receiving, from a second wireless terminal, a beacon frame including first parameter set information for first channel access of a plurality of user terminals participating in multi-user uplink transmission, timer information indicating an allowed time allowed for the first parameter set information, first TWT information for a first TWT service period, and second TWT information for a second TWT service period; performing a countdown operation based on a backoff counter set according to the first parameter set information when a trigger frame for individually allocating a plurality of radio resources is received in the first TWT service period; suspending the countdown operation when the countdown operation is not completed until the first TWT service period expires; and resuming the countdown operation when the second TWT service period starts. |
| US10206227B2 |
Device and method of setting clear channel assessment threshold
Aspects of the disclosure include a device that operates within a network service set. The device includes a transceiver configured to receive signals in a primary channel and in a secondary channel and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to store a first clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold associated with signals from outside the network service set that are decodable by the device (OBSS_PD level), set a secondary channel CCA threshold to be equal to a level based on the OBSS_PD level, the secondary channel CCA threshold being associated with signals in a secondary channel, and determine whether a reception power level of a received secondary channel signal exceeds the secondary channel CCA threshold. |
| US10206222B2 |
Method of operating relay station in wireless communication system
A method of operating a relay station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes operating in a first mode comprising a first sub-mode and a second sub-mode, in the first sub-mode a first downlink and a first uplink between a base station and the relay station being simultaneously activated, in the second sub-mode a second downlink and a second uplink between the relay station and a mobile station being simultaneously activated, and operating in a second mode comprising a third sub-mode and a fourth sub-mode, in the third sub-mode the first downlink and the second uplink being simultaneously activated, in the fourth sub-mode the first uplink and the second downlink being simultaneously activated. |
| US10206221B2 |
Terminal device, integrated circuit, and wireless communication method
A terminal device transmits a signal to a base station apparatus through an uplink, the terminal device including an information generator that considers a priority level for multiple MAC control elements in the logical channel prioritization procedure for the uplink, where initial transmission is performed, in which at least a first MAC control element and a second MAC control element are included in the multiple MAC control elements. The first MAC control element provides the base station apparatus with information on an amount of first data available for transmission within a first buffer for the uplink, and the second MAC control element provides the base station with information on amount of second data available for transmission within a second buffer for a first link that is used for communication between the terminal device and a different terminal device, and in which the first MAC control element has a higher priority level than the second MAC control element except when being included for padding. |
| US10206220B2 |
Scheduling method, access point, scheduling server, and scheduling system
Embodiments disclose a scheduling method. The method includes sending, by an access point, a scheduling request to a first scheduling server according to a data transmission requirement, where the scheduling request includes frequency band bandwidth information of a contention frequency band that is applied for and frequency band use time information of the contention frequency band that is applied for. The method also includes receiving, by the access point, a contention frequency band that is allocated by the first scheduling server to the access point according to a spectrum list and the scheduling request, where the spectrum list includes at least frequency band use information and interference information of the access point. The method also includes performing, by the access point, scheduling transmission by using the allocated contention frequency band. |
| US10206218B2 |
WiFi channel selection and subchannel selective transmissions
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement data transmission, comprising: receiving a first signal from an access point (AP) indicating that a primary channel is associated with a first frequency band associated with a first period of time; determining by an IEEE 802.11 station (STA) that a channel condition associated with a secondary channel is better than a channel condition associated with the primary channel; reserving the primary channel associated with the first frequency, wherein the reserving of the primary channel comprises occupying or reserving the primary channel during the first period of time; and sending data over the secondary channel while the primary channel is occupied or reserved. |
| US10206211B2 |
Device, network, and method for wideband long-term evolution (LTE) uplink transmission
A method for receiving wideband (WB) LTE uplink signals. A base station may signal a first frequency tone assignment to a first user equipment (UE), the first frequency tone assignment scheduling at least a first set of subcarriers allocated to the first UE, subcarriers in the first set of subcarriers being non-contiguous in the frequency domain. Subcarriers in the first set of subcarriers may be interleaved with subcarriers in a second set of subcarriers. The first UE may perform a first single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) uplink transmission over the first set of subcarriers. A second UE may perform a second SC-FDMA uplink transmission, the second SC-FDMA uplink transmission spanning the second set of subcarriers. |
| US10206208B2 |
Device and method of handling channel access procedures
A communication device of handling channel access procedures comprises a storage device storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise receiving a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signal indicating a first channel access procedure and a first priority class of the first channel access procedure from a network; performing the first channel access procedure with the network, after receiving the first PDCCH signal; receiving a second PDCCH signal indicating a second channel access procedure and a second priority class of the second channel access procedure from the network; and determining to continue or terminate the first channel access procedure with the network according to a comparison of the first priority class and the second priority class, after receiving the second PDCCH signal. |
| US10206203B2 |
Control signaling transmission and demodulation method, system and terminal
The present document discloses control signaling transmission and demodulation method, system and terminal. The control signaling transmission method includes: a base station transmitting control signaling using different transmission technologies on available transmission resources in the second control signaling transmission area in the same RB. With present document, by configuring a pilot frequency port and dividing the transmission resources in the second control signaling transmission area in the RB, the control signaling of a plurality of UEs using different transmission technologies can be transmitted on the available transmission resources in the same RB, thus fully utilizing the transmission resources in the RB, improving resource utilization rate, enhancing control signaling capacity, and supporting the control signaling of more users. |
| US10206195B2 |
Base station identification based location quality data determination
Determining a location quality based on base station identification is disclosed. The location quality can be based on an error attributed to a location determined based on historical data related to an identified base station. Application of supplemental data to the historical base station data can improve location quality by reducing the error. Supplemental data can comprise Voronoi data, geographic data, historical UE density data, historical UE timing advance data, or combinations thereof. Voronoi data can be associated with an area less than a service area of the base station. Geographic data can indicate areas where UEs are not likely to be located. UE density data can indicate probably UE locations. Timing advance data can indicate annular regions where a UE should be located. As such, the supplemental data can constrain a location determined for a UE and correspondingly can reduce error associated with the location. |
| US10206194B1 |
Narrowband single base location system
Methods and apparatuses for device location are described. In one example embodiment, an apparatus and method for determining a location of a mobile device is presented using a single narrowband radio system. In one implementation, Bluetooth is utilized. Using the single base operating with the narrowband radio, the location of the mobile device is found by applying both angle determination and distance determination. Using phased array antennas, the angle between receiver and base is determined. The distance is determined using a time-of-flight method based on phase comparison and phase lock loop techniques which can be applied in narrowband radio transceivers. |
| US10206192B2 |
Method and device for detecting LTE frame synchronization, and relay device applying the same
There is provided a device for detecting LTE frame synchronization, including: a CP correlator calculating a correlation of a cyclic prefix (CP) included in each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of an LTE signal processed digital conversion; a frequency offset compensation unit compensating a frequency offset for a synchronization signal in the LTE signal by using a symbol frequency offset calculated based on the CP correlation; a synchronization signal correlation calculation unit performing a correlation calculation in a time domain with respect to the synchronization signal, of which the frequency offset is compensated, by considering a symbol start timing obtained based on the CP correlation; and a frame synchronization detection unit detecting the frame synchronization of the LTE signal based on a result of the correlation calculation for the synchronization signal. |
| US10206179B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer program for a base station transceiver
Embodiments relate to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for a base station transceiver (100) for a mobile communication system (300). The base station transceiver (100) is operable in a coverage area (205) of another base station transceiver (200). The other base station transceiver (200) is operable to transmit radio signals in a repetitive sequence of radio frames, wherein in at least one of the radio frames in the sequence the other base station transceiver (200) is operable to transmit with a reduced transmission power or to suspend transmission compared to at least one other of the radio frames in the sequence. The apparatus (10) comprises an interface (12) operable to receive sequence information on the at least one of the radio frames in the sequence, during which the other base station transceiver (200) is operable to transmit with the reduced transmission power or to suspend transmission compared to the at least one other of the radio frames in the sequence. The apparatus (10) further comprises a controller (14) operable to determine configuration information on a measurement configuration for a mobile transceiver (400) associated to the base station transceiver (100), wherein the configuration information comprises information on a signal quality measurement at the mobile transceiver (400) on radio signals received from the base station transceiver (100). The signal quality measurement is performed during a time interval with a duration being predetermined by the mobile transceiver (400). The controller (14) is further operable to determine duration information on the duration of the time interval and the controller (14) is operable to determine the configuration information based on the sequence information and the duration information. |
| US10206174B2 |
Delayed device activation
The disclosure relates to methods, devices, and computer programs in mobile communications. More specifically, the proposed technique relates to delayed device activation. In particular the disclosure relates to enabling a communication module in a wireless node in response to receiving a sensor output. The disclosure proposes a method, performed in a first wireless node comprising a disabled communication module, for initiating communication with a second wireless node. The method comprises providing access to a sensor, receiving, from the sensor, a sensor output indicating that wireless communication is required, enabling, in response to receiving the sensor output, the communication module in the wireless node, and initiating an initial communication with the second wireless node using the enabled communication module. |
| US10206173B2 |
Wi-fi low energy preamble
This disclosure relates to low energy communication techniques. According to some embodiments, a wireless transmission may be received by a wireless device. The wireless transmission may include a physical layer (PHY) preamble and PHY data. The PHY preamble may include destination information indicating a destination and length information indicating a length (or duration) of the wireless transmission. The destination and length information may be included prior to a portion of the PHY preamble configured for channel estimation. The wireless device may determine whether the wireless transmission is destined to the wireless device based on the destination information. If the wireless transmission is not destined to the wireless device, the wireless device may drop a remainder of the wireless transmission. |
| US10206165B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for enabling a machine type communication (MTC) coverage enhancement mode
The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for switching to a machine type communication (MTC) coverage enhancement mode on a network. An exemplary method comprises determining a signal quality for a signal from the network; determining the signal quality is below a threshold quality level for using Long-Term Evolution (LTE) protocol to communicate with the network; in response to determining the signal quality is below the threshold quality level, switching the device to the MTC mode and communicating with the network using MTC specification of the LTE protocol, wherein the device comprises a non-MTC device. |
| US10206162B2 |
Mechanisms for the addition of new system information block (SIB) types in telecommunication message(s)
System information is transmitted over an air interface (32) between a node of a telecommunications network and a user equipment unit (30). The system information includes system information blocks which use extended system information block types, e.g., system information block type values which are outside a range of nominal system information block type values. The use of the extended system information block types is facilitated by embodiments of system information extension utility functions at the network node, by method of operating the network nodes, and by corresponding embodiments of system information processing functions provided at the user equipment unit (30). |
| US10206159B2 |
Display generating device to display multi-hop network
A display generating device includes a display screen generator generating a display screen showing connection status between each wireless communication device in a wireless network in which a plurality of the wireless communication devices operate in an autonomous and distributed manner, and a detector detecting an operation of changing connection status performed by a user via the display screen generated by the display screen generator, wherein, when the operation of changing connection status is detected by the detector, the display generating device performs a change process of reflecting the content of the operation of changing connection status. |
| US10206158B2 |
Techniques for improved allocation of network resources using geolocation and handover management
Techniques for improved allocation of network resources using geolocation and handover management are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for optimizing a mobile communications network. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a mobile communications network. The one or more processors may be configured identify a neighbors table comprising a handover priority list of target base stations prioritized based on relative signal strength or quality of service of the target base stations apparent to mobile devices in a footprint of a source base station. The one or more processors may also be configured to determine a non-obvious handover plan based on at least one of geolocation data of a mobile device, user information associated with the mobile device, and network resources data. The one or more processors may further be configured to update the handover priority list in the neighbors table based on the non-obvious handover plan to provide improved allocation of network resources and improved signal strength or quality of service to a plurality of mobile devices within the mobile communications network over a sustained period of time. |
| US10206157B2 |
RAN for Multimedia Delivery
A method is disclosed for avoiding unnecessary keepalive data transfers, comprising: receiving, at an upstream TCP connection endpoint in a radio access network (RAN) from an operator core network, an Internet Protocol (IP) packet; performing, at the upstream TCP connection endpoint, shallow packet inspection on the IP packet; and forwarding the IP packet to the downstream TCP connection endpoint in the RAN if the IP packet is not a keepalive packet, based on the performed shallow packet inspection. The upstream TCP connection endpoint in the RAN may be one of a nodeB, an eNodeB, a base transceiver station (BTS), a coordinating server, and a mobile edge computing (MEC) gateway. The downstream TCP connection endpoint in the RAN may be one of the nodeB, the eNodeB, or the base transceiver station (BTS). |
| US10206156B2 |
Radio access management system
A radio access management system includes a radio access network including a number of base stations; a backhaul network to which the base stations are connected via backhaul links, and a backhaul resource controller configured to acquire information about both the load of the radio access network and of the backhaul network and to at least one of suggest or enforce handovers of user terminals connected to the base stations based on the acquired load information. The backhaul resource controller is connected via a first interface to a local cluster of base stations, wherein the local cluster of base stations includes at least a subset of the base stations. |
| US10206154B2 |
Mobile device WiFi/cellular seamless roaming, seamless session continuity, always connected switching controller
A nomadic server and a related system provides seamless roaming for a mobile communication device between different types of wireless networks, such as WiFi and cellular networks for voice, data and video communication. Use of the nomadic server enables a combination of WiFi and cellular networks for providing access to the cellular phones and make use of the VOIP networks for switching the calls wherever possible. The nomadic server is a telephone communication processing and switching server that will “hold” the present, in-progress telephone communications without dropping, while roaming without losing the present, in-progress communication. For example, a telephone communication can be seamlessly switching between VOIP and cellular telephone networks using the nomadic server. Nomadic server resources interface with the VOIP and cellular network switches to provide the hand-off between networks. This approach enables switching of telephone communications over a VOIP network wherever possible either through WiFi or through cellular networks. |
| US10206151B2 |
Device and method for handling a cellular-wireless local area network aggregation
A communication device for handling a CWA comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise receiving a radio bearer configuration configuring a radio bearer as a CWA bearer and a CWA configuration, from a cell of a cellular network; configuring the radio bearer as the CWA bearer according to the radio bearer configuration; enabling data handling for the CWAAP entity in response to the CWA configuration; communicating a plurality of CWAAP PDUs associated to the CWA bearer with a WLAN at the CWAAP entity; receiving a handover command from the cell or performing a RRC connection reestablishment procedure; and disabling the data handling for the CWA bearer at the CWAAP entity, and determining that the radio bearer is a cellular-only bearer. |
| US10206148B2 |
Preserving core network interfaces after selective handovers in a wireless network
Methods and apparatus for providing a handover of fewer than all bearers associated with a user equipment are disclosed. An example method includes establishing a connection for fewer than all bearers associated with the user equipment, via a selective handover procedure, and receiving, from a source base station or a user equipment, a handover completion message for the fewer than all bearers associated with the user equipment. The example method further includes sending, to a core network node, a request to switch a path for the fewer than all bearers, the request comprising an information element providing an indication of whether or not a control interface connection between the source base station and the core network node should continue to be maintained, and thus not switched to the target base station. In some embodiments, but not all, an acknowledgement message is subsequently received, in response to the request. |
| US10206147B2 |
Serving gateway relocation and secondary node eligibility for dual connectivity
Systems and methods for wireless communication are described herein. In one aspect, a method may include establishing, by a first base station, a connection to a User Equipment (UE) and identifying a second base station to which the UE can also connect, determining whether dual connectivity of the UE to the base stations is permitted, and selecting, based on the determining, handing over the UE to the second base station or initiating dual connectivity for the UE. In another aspect, a method may include receiving a request for modifying bearers routed via a first gateway node for dual connectivity of a UE to a master base station and a secondary base station, determining that the modification requires bearers to relocate to a second gateway node, and rejecting the request or relocating all bearers associated with the UE to the second gateway node, based on the determining. |
| US10206142B2 |
Flow control in multi-RAT 5G wireless networks
Traffic flow control is facilitated in a multi-radio access technology wireless network infrastructure. A qualification threshold value can be determined for a slave node device, as a function of the qualification threshold value, a data volume threshold value can be determined for the slave node device, and, as a function of the data volume threshold value, transmission of data to a user equipment device can be facilitated by the slave node device. |
| US10206138B2 |
SSID to QCI mapping
Systems and methods are disclosed for assigning a quality of service to a data packet in a communications network by mapping a Wi-Fi access layer identifier such as an SSID to a value in a datagram header, and subsequently using the datagram header to assign an appropriate data bearer for the datagram, the data bearer having a quality of service class identifier appropriate for the type of traffic expected to be sent over the particular Wi-Fi access layer. |
| US10206137B2 |
Communication apparatus, control apparatus, communication system, communication method, control method, and program
A technique enabling diverse communication quality control for a communication service is provided. A communication apparatus according to the present invention is a communication apparatus that performs communication over a communication path set up in a network, including: a first means for identifying the communication path corresponding to a packet; and a second means for adding quality information to the packet, wherein the quality information is selected from among a plurality of pieces of quality information associated with a quality class of the identified communication path. |
| US10206136B2 |
Communication apparatus, control apparatus, communication method, control method, and program
A technique enabling diverse communication quality control for a communication service is provided. A communication apparatus includes a first means for storing a parameter notified from a control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus can send a control signal related to the communication path to the communication apparatus; and a second means that can perform communication quality control on a packet, based on a quality class of the communication path corresponding to the packet and the parameter corresponding to the communication path. |
| US10206135B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling RAN assistance information for roaming user equipments in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for handling radio access network (RAN) assistance information in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives first RAN assistance information for a roaming UE and second RAN assistance information for a nonroaming UE. According to whether the UE is the roaming UE or the non-roaming UE, the UE applies one of the first RAN assistance information or the second RAN assistance information. If the UE is the roaming UE, the UE applies the first RAN assistance information, and if the UE is the non-roaming UE, the UE applies the second RAN assistance information. |
| US10206134B1 |
Brownout prevention for mobile devices
In one embodiment, an apparatus of a mobile device includes memory comprising instructions and processing circuitry coupled to the memory to implement the instructions to: process messages from a network device indicating a scheduling of network traffic for the mobile device, determine an estimated peak power consumption associated with the scheduling of network traffic based on the messages, and execute a time-based throttling scheme for a modem of the mobile device based on the estimated peak power consumption. |
| US10206131B2 |
System and method for programmable native analytics in 5G mobile networks
Various embodiments relate to a system and method for performing programmable native analytics on a 5G mobile network, the system comprising a plurality of programmable native analytics agents configured to produce data digests by reducing, aggregating and binning source data, and a central analytics engine configured to collect the data digests from each of the plurality of programmable native analytics agents wherein the central analytics engine includes a plurality of enginelets which are configured to perform analytics on the data digests received by the central analytics engine. |
| US10206120B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A computer is caused to perform a communication environment information acquisition procedure; a procedure that acquires position information; a procedure that, when the computer is located in a positioning-difficult area or in a positioning-inaccurate area, acquires movement information; and a procedure that identifies a position at which the communication environment information acquisition procedure was performed in the positioning-difficult area or the positioning-inaccurate area, based on the movement information and the position information that is measured by the positioning means in a positioning-possible area where the positioning accuracy of the positioning means is higher than a predetermined value after the computer has moved from the positioning-difficult area or the positioning-inaccurate area to the positioning-possible area. |
| US10206117B2 |
Radio shared spectrum access procedures
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for accessing shared spectrum in new radio (NR). An apparatus of a first operator may determine a synchronization configuration for the first operator and at least a second operator that share spectrum, identify, based on the synchronization configuration, at least a first channel reserved for contending for access to the spectrum, and reserve the access to the spectrum in the first channel to access at least a second channel for communications. |
| US10206115B2 |
Wi-Fi virtualized network operator
A Wi-Fi virtualized network operator (WVNO) function can be created by offering resources of a wireless access point (AP), for example, a Wi-Fi access point, to one or more third party service providers. In one aspect, the AP can broadcast two or more service set identifiers (SSIDs) that are linked to respective service provider over the same frequencies. End user devices (EUDs) located within the coverage area of the AP can select a SSID corresponding to a preferred network and connect to the preferred network via the access point. A routing device can be employed to direct traffic to/from the EUDs and a device of an appropriate network based on the SSID that has been selected. |
| US10206114B2 |
Mobile system including firmware verification function and firmware update method thereof
Provided are a method of updating firmware of a device, a device, and a mobile system including the device. The method includes: receiving, from a host, a first hash value and a signature, the first hash value corresponding to a firmware image at the host; performing a pre-verify operation for at least one of integrity verification and signature certification on the firmware image using the received first hash value and the received signature; receiving the firmware image from the host according to a result of the pre-verify operation; and obtaining a second hash value from the received firmware image to perform a post-verify operation for at least one of integrity verification and signature certification on the received firmware image. |
| US10206113B2 |
Sharing timed fingerprint location information
Sharing timed fingerprint location information is disclosed. In an aspect, timed fingerprint location information can be associated with a location of a user equipment. This timed fingerprint location information can be shared with other devices. As such, with proper analysis, these other devices can employ the shared timed fingerprint location information to determine their location. In an aspect, the other devices can determine that they are located at the same location as the user equipment. However, a level of error can be inherent in the location determined from shared timed fingerprint location information. In some embodiments, this error can be compensated for. |
| US10206112B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods providing diagnostic and programming access to intelligent electronic devices in electrical power installations
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing a remote user computing system with secure wireless diagnostic and programming access to an IED operatively coupled with electrical substation equipment are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus comprises a portable computer system comprising a processor and one or more non-transitory memory media storing executable instructions and a cellular modem in operative communication with one another. An antenna external to the portable computer system is adapted to be operatively coupled with the cellular modem and physically positionable independently from the portable computer system. A communication interface adapted to establish a physical electronic communication link between the portable computer system and the IED. The portable computer system, the antenna and the communication interface being provided in a human portable kit. The executable instructions comprise remote user computing system access control instructions, IED access control instructions, and a set of IED diagnostic and programming instructions. |
| US10206109B2 |
Offline access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) provisioning using near field communications (NFC)
Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for obtaining a subscriber policy by a no-data-connectivity portable device to have wireless connectivity using a non-3GPP network. |
| US10206107B2 |
Secure offline data offload in a sensor network
Methods and systems for secure data offload in a sensor network. The method comprises offloading data indicative of sensor measurements from a wireless sensing device to a gateway device through a first secure communication channel; and storing the data at the gateway device if there is not currently a second secure communication channel established between the gateway device and the management server. The method continues with offloading the data to the management server when the second secure communication channel is established; and reconciling the data at the management server to generate reconciled sensor measurements in which duplicates have been removed. |
| US10206104B2 |
Session completion through co-browsing
A method, system and computer program product for session completion through co-browsing is claimed. The method can include establishing a content browsing session between a first computing device and a content server serving access to content to the first computing device and maintaining state data for the content browsing session. A co-browsing arrangement of the content can be created as between the first computing device and a second computing device and at least a subset of the state data can be cloned for use by the second computing device during co-browsing of the content. Thereafter, a modified form of the subset of the state data can be received from the second computing device resulting from the co-browsing of the content by the second computing device and the modified form of the subset of the state data can be provided to the first computing device for use during the content browsing session. |
| US10206101B2 |
Portable communication apparatus, vehicle control apparatus, and vehicle control system
A portable communication apparatus, which communicates with vehicle control apparatuses that respectively control vehicles to achieve authentication with respect the vehicle control apparatuses, includes an authentication information change section and a post-change communication section. The authentication information change section communicates with a first vehicle control apparatus, by using a first communication technique, to change authentication information that is used in the first vehicle control apparatus to authenticate the portable communication apparatus. Upon receipt of a notice indicative of having changed the authentication information from the first vehicle control apparatus, the post-change communication section communicates with a second vehicle control apparatus, by using a second communication technique. |
| US10206099B1 |
Geolocation-based two-factor authentication
Techniques disclosed herein provide a geolocation-based two-factor authentication process. An authentication service receives a first authentication factor associated with an account. Upon validating the first authentication factor, the authentication service requests a second authentication factor from an application executing on a mobile device associated with the account. The second authentication factor identifies at least a location of the mobile device. The authentication service determines a location of the client device. Upon determining that the locations of the mobile device and of the client device are within a specified proximity of one another, the authentication service grants access to the account. |
| US10206096B2 |
Device querying of service entitlement status
Device querying of service entitlement is presented herein. A method can comprise receiving a provisioning rule representing that a barred service is to be excluded from a group of available services that are available to a subscriber, receiving, from a user equipment, a first message representing that the user equipment is equipped to facilitate a performance of the barred service, in response to receiving, from the user equipment, a second message comprising a request for the group of available services, and in response to determining, based on the first message, that the user equipment is equipped to facilitate the performance of the barred service, excluding the barred service from the group of available services resulting in a modified group of available services, and sending a third message comprising the modified group of available services directed to the user equipment. |
| US10206095B2 |
System and method for handling inactive SIM cards
A method in a cellular communication network comprising the steps of: marking a SIM card as inactive when said SIM card has not been used for at least a quarantine duration, provisioning a recycler node by backing up managing parameters related to said inactive SIM card, in a database. |
| US10206091B2 |
Method for monitoring UE reachability in wireless communication system, and device for same
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for monitoring User Equipment (UE) reachability in a wireless communication system. More specifically, a method for monitoring UE reachability in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, by a Mobile Management Entity (MME), a message for monitoring the UE reachability including UE reachability related indication from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS); and allocating, by the MME, an Active Time to a UE, wherein the UE reachability related indication is used for setting the Active Time of the UE and wherein the UE reachability indication is used for the UE to stay reachable so that downlink data that a server wants to transmit to the UE can be transmitted to the UE. |
| US10206084B2 |
Power-efficient, balanced, and reliable true wireless bluetooth stereo audio solution
A power-efficient, balanced, and reliable true wireless Bluetooth stereo audio solution is provided. Two audio sink devices are used to render audio content received from an audio source. One sink device is connected to the audio source via a primary link. The other sink device sniffs communication on the primary link. The two sink devices are connected via a hybrid link. In some embodiments, a token is passed dynamically between the two sink devices. The sink device that has the token acts as a primary sink device on a primary link with the source. The other sink device acts as a slave to the primary link. |
| US10206078B2 |
Group based PDCCH capability for LTE
A group-based PDCCH capability in LTE. Information common to a group of UEs, such as those common to a virtual carrier, may be signalled in a group search space within the PDCCH. This common information may include the location of a further control region embedded in the virtual carrier which contains UE-specific information for access the resources of the virtual carrier. Additional methods assign UEs a group identity by implicit signalling, and determine an aggregation level of the group-based PDCCH search space. |
| US10206075B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for processing incoming calls
The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, and system for processing incoming calls. The method includes: determining whether a current state of a mobile terminal where a caller number is located meets an incoming call transfer condition in response to detecting that an incoming call is calling the caller number; and transferring the incoming call to a server in response to determining that the current state of the mobile terminal meets the incoming call transfer condition, for the server to send incoming call reminder information to a designated target application. |
| US10206074B2 |
Remote access to a mobile communication device over a wireless local area network (WLAN)
A method and arrangement is provided which allows a PC or other client device to be used to communicate with third parties through a mobile communication device when a user and the mobile communication device are not in the vicinity of one another. The arrangement allows the user to control operation of the mobile communication device over a WLAN so that the user can send or receive messages such as voice and text messages to a remote party from the client device through the mobile communication device over the WLAN and the mobile communication network employed by the mobile device. |
| US10206070B2 |
Space division multiple access for wireless LAN, and channel estimation for the same
A method of transmitting data in a wireless local access network, the method includes transmitting, by an access point (AP), a request-to-send (RTS) frame to a plurality of receiving stations, the RTS frame including recipient information and channel information, the recipient information indicating the plurality of receiving stations, the channel information indicating a plurality of subchannels allocated to the plurality of receiving stations; receiving, by the AP, a plurality of clear-to-send (CTS) frames from the plurality of receiving stations as a response to the RTS frame, each CTS frame being received through at least one subchannel allocated to a corresponding one of the plurality of receiving stations; and transmitting, by the AP, a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) to the plurality of receiving stations, the PPDU including address information indicating the plurality of receiving stations and a plurality of Aggregate-Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (A-MPDUs) for the plurality of receiving stations. |
| US10206069B2 |
Electronic device, server, and method for determining presence or absence of user within specific space
An example method for determining, at an electronic device, a presence or absence of the electronic device in a specific space may include estimating a current location based on strength of signals received from a plurality of wireless communication devices; correcting the estimated location by using movement information acquired through a sensor to generate a first corrected location; correcting the first corrected location by using information about a boundary area of a predefined presence determination area to generate a second corrected location; and determining the presence or absence in the presence determination area, based on the second corrected location. |
| US10206058B2 |
Determining location via current and previous wireless signal attributes
Determining a location of a user device comprises a wireless system supported by wireless access points receiving signals from a user device. The wireless system estimates a location of the user device based on a coarse calculation based on an angle of arrival of the received signal and determines if the user device is in an area under an access point. The wireless system identifies received signal strength indicator values for the user device and uses the values and the calculated location of the user device to improve calibration of a received signal strength location model. If the system determines that the user is not in the area under the access point, the wireless system combines the coarse calculation location, a received signal strength determined location, and a previous received signal strength determined location, and estimates a location based on the combined calculations. |
| US10206055B1 |
Methods and systems for generating spatialized audio during a virtual experience
A spatialized audio presentation system identifies an orientation of a virtual avatar, associated with a user engaged in a virtual experience, with respect to a virtual sound source within a virtual space. Within the virtual space, the virtual sound source generates a sound to be presented to the user while the user is engaged in the virtual experience. Based on the identified orientation of the virtual avatar, the system selects a head-related impulse response from a library of head-related impulse responses corresponding to different potential orientations of the virtual avatar with respect to the virtual sound source. The system then generates respective versions of the sound for presentation to the user at the left and right ears of the user by applying, respectively, a left-side component and a right-side component of the selected head-related impulse response to the sound. Corresponding methods are also disclosed. |
| US10206054B2 |
Compatible multi-channel coding/decoding
In processing a multi-channel audio signal having at least three original channels, a first downmix channel and a second downmix channel are provided, which are derived from the original channels. For a selected original channel of the original channels, channel side information are calculated such that a downmix channel or a combined downmix channel including the first and the second downmix channels, when weighted using the channel side information, results in an approximation of the selected original channel. The channel side information and the first and second downmix channels form output data to be transmitted to a decoder, which, in case of a low level decoder only decodes the first and second downmix channels or, in case of a high level decoder provides a full multi-channel audio signal based on the downmix channels and the channel side information. Since the channel side information only occupy a low number of bits, and since the decoder does not use dematrixing, an efficient and high quality multi-channel extension for stereo players and enhanced multi-channel players is obtained. |
| US10206045B2 |
Sound transducer for insertion in an ear
The invention relates to a sound transducer for producing sound vibrations, which can be inserted in an ear and can be used in particular for an implantable hearing aid. The sound transducer has at least one carrier layer and at least one piezoelectric layer, as a result of which a deflection via a bimorph principle is achieved, or a deflection can be detected by picking up a voltage. |
| US10206044B2 |
Display structure having a visual display and an audio output
A display surface structure comprises a deformable transparent surface layer, a visual display layer visible through the deformable transparent surface layer, a piezo-electric layer in mechanical communication with the deformable transparent surface layer, and a drive circuit in electrical communication with the piezo-electric layer. The drive circuit sends a drive signal to the piezo-electric layer to cause the piezo-electric layer to deform the deformable transparent surface layer and generate an audio output. |
| US10206041B2 |
Dummy head that captures binaural sound
A dummy head has facial features that resemble a human face and includes a microphone inside a left ear and a microphone inside a right ear. A configuration of the facial features of the dummy head changes to enable the dummy head to capture binaural sound with different head related impulse responses (HRIRs). |
| US10206040B2 |
Microphone array for generating virtual sound field
Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include generating a virtual sound field based on data from an ambisonic recording device. The ambisonic device records sound of a surrounding environment using at least four microphones having a tetrahedral orientation. An omnidirectional microphone having an audio-isolated portion can be used to isolate sound from a particular direction. Sound received from the plurality of microphones can be used to generate a virtual sound field. The virtual sound field include a dataset indicating a pressure signal and a plurality of velocity vectors. The ambisonic recording device can include a wide angle camera and generate wide angle video corresponding to the virtual sound field. |
| US10206026B2 |
Pure wireless headphone with ground reflector
The present invention relates to a pure wireless headphone with a ground reflector, pertaining to the field of communication technology, including an in-ear headphone shell and an RF signal generating device arranged in the in-ear headphone shell. The RF signal generating device includes an antenna, a main RF PCB, a battery and a charging PCB, wherein the helical antenna is used, the top tail end of which is connected with a laterally extending metal tail line. The RF signal generating device further includes a metal frame and a metal ground ring. The main RF PCB is arranged at the top of the metal frame, the metal ground ring is located under the helical antenna, and a gap is reserved between a bottom coil of the helical antenna and the top of the metal ground ring. The metal ground ring can change a radiation ground current, and adjust the angle of the radiation direction. The radiation direction of the antenna inclines about 15 degrees. A change in radiation direction ensures more stable transmission and reception of the wireless signal between the earbuds and between the main device and the audio frequency source, such that the wireless connection is more stable and reliable. |
| US10206019B2 |
Optoelectronic switch
A switch module and optoelectronic switch incorporating the same. The optoelectronic switch includes an N-dimensional array of switch modules arranged in a topology in which each switch module is a member of N sub-arrays, the sub-arrays defined with reference to the coordinates of the constituent switch modules, and wherein all of the members of each sub-array are connected by an active switch, which in some embodiments may be an optical active switch or an electronic active switch. |
| US10206015B2 |
System and method for vehicle data communication
A system within an environment of a vehicle in which one or more electronic control unit(s) (ECU) having its own communications protocol stack (e.g., a TCP/IP stack) can communicate with an ECU gateway that functions as a component of an infotainment system. Each ECU can thereby publish its own data in real time, through an Internet (or similar) connection in the infotainment system, to a broker that can store the data from all connected ECUs of a plurality of vehicles. A backend system can subscribe to certain published data feeds (e.g., all ECU-2 and ECU-3 data from every 2010 model vehicle, or all ECU-2 data from every vehicle) via the broker to pull a specific subset of available data for analysis and/or visualization. The present invention enables users of a backend system to query for data from vehicles that are not connected to the Internet in real time. |
| US10206012B2 |
Queue-based head-end advertisement scheduling method and apparatus
In one embodiment, a method of transmitting streaming media and advertisements to viewers at a plurality of viewer nodes is disclosed in which a plurality of viewer groups are created. Each viewer node is assigned to one of the plurality of viewer groups, wherein the assigning includes creating an advertising group map disclosing an advertising group to which each viewer belongs and transmitting the advertising group map to each viewer node. At the head end, at least one media stream is received including media content. A plurality of presentation streams is formed, each presentation channel corresponding to one of the viewer groups, by replicating the at least one media stream, each presentation channel including the media content and advertisements, wherein the advertisements replace previously scheduled advertisements. Each of the presentation channels is transmitted to at least one viewer node in said viewer group corresponding to said presentation channel. |
| US10206009B2 |
Contents processing device and contents processing system
There is provided a contents processing device of a contents processing system having a plurality of contents input units including network input units, a plurality of contents output units that is related to a plurality of zones and outputs the contents to the plurality of zones, respectively, an NET selector for outputting the contents input into the network input units to a specific contents output unit of the plurality of contents output units, and an NET selector controller for, when a receiving unit receives the contents reproduction notification, controlling an operation of the NET selector according to a predetermined NET selector procedure so that a user's estimated reproduction requirement is satisfied. |
| US10206007B2 |
Enabling programming of recordings
Enabling a first user to send to a second user a promotional program icon used to enable recording of a program promoted by the icon includes enabling the first user to access a display of content accessible via a network environment. The display of content includes the promotional program icon, and the first user is able to select the promotional program icon and request presentation of the icon to a second user. |
| US10206006B2 |
Rules-based content management
Techniques for rules-based content management are provided. Video on demand content is collected from a variety of sources. Business rules embedded within metadata can be retrieved where the business rules control processing and delivery of the video on demand content. The video on demand content may be selectively packaged in response to the business rules and the metadata to generate packaged video on demand content. A server can distribute the packaged video on demand content to devices. A priority for processing the packaged video on demand content can be based on a quality of service parameter and based on the metadata, the business rules, and a license embedded within the metadata where the license describes the priority. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10206002B2 |
IPTV follow me content system and method
Tools are provided for distributing access-restricted content in an internet protocol television (“IPTV”) environment based on portable entitlement keys. Such tools can include a decoder, an encoder, and a network entitlement handler. The decoder may be configured to receive a key associated with entitlement information, and transmit the entitlement information over a network. The encoder may be configured to receive content from content providers, and to encode the content to create IP-compatible content, with access restrictions based on entitlement. The network entitlement handler may be configured to receive a request for requested content from the decoder; receive the access-restricted content (including the requested content) from the encoder; and transmit the requested content over the network to the decoder using IP, when the decoder is entitled to receive the requested content. |
| US10206000B2 |
Receiving apparatus, receiving method, and program
Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a program which are configured to provide application programs to be executed in response to AV content. The receiving apparatus includes: a receiving block; a trigger acquisition block; an application acquisition block; and a control block. The control block acquires trigger information and, on the basis of a command obtained from the acquired trigger information, acquires a data broadcast application from an application server on the Internet or a data broadcast application transmitted as NRT content of an NRT service using a FLUTE session by referencing an FDT identified by an SMT and an NRT-IT. In accordance with a command obtained from the acquired trigger information, the control block controls an operation of the acquired application program. The present technology is applicable to television receivers configured to receive digital television broadcast signals. |
| US10205994B2 |
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions
A disclosed example method involves obtaining a third-party device identifier or user identifier corresponding to a client device; obtaining an opt-out flag indicative of whether a user of the client device has elected not to participate in third-party tracking corresponding to online activities; sending the third-party device identifier or user identifier, the opt-out flag, and a media identifier to an audience measurement entity, the media identifier corresponding to media accessed via the Internet; and receiving, from the audience measurement entity, an impression report corresponding to the media. |
| US10205993B2 |
Controlling projection of a screen
A projection device includes a projection unit configured to project a screen, a distance detection unit configured to detect a projection distance of the screen, and a control unit configured to control the amount of information on the screen according to the projection distance detected by the distance detection unit. |
| US10205991B2 |
Hidden replaceable media slots
Determining and hiding a replaceable period of a MP (Media Presentation). A method for determining includes receiving a first MPD (Media Presentation Description) that identifies a predetermined period and at least one media segment of the MP to be presented during the predetermined period. A determination is made as to whether the first MPD includes additional data to be resolved by an application. The additional data is provided to the application when the first MPD is determined to include the additional data. Additional period information is received from the application. A second MPD is generated based on the received additional period information. The MP is output for display to a user based on the second MPD. Each of a subset of the at least one media segment for a replaceable sub-period of the MP is replaceable with an alternate media segment. |
| US10205990B2 |
Device for sending or receiving video, method for controlling device, and computer program
A device for sending or receiving a video according to a video wireless transmission standard for transmitting a video via one-to-one wireless communication, includes: a connection control unit which controls establishment of connection according to the video wireless transmission standard between the device and a connection destination device; and a state changing unit which changes the state of one of the device and the connection destination device prior to the establishment of the connection, if both of the device and the connection destination device are in a sending-side state of functioning as a sending-side device of the video, or if both of the device and the connection destination device are in a receiving-side state of functioning as a receiving-side device of the video. |
| US10205988B1 |
Systems and methods for automatically resuming appropriate paused content when there are multiple users at a media device
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for presenting, when there are multiple users at a media device, content that is associated with a user, of the multiple users, with the highest priority level, and upon detecting that only one user is left at the media device, automatically resuming content that the one user was previously consuming. For example, media guidance application may track playback positions in content A and B that users A and B are respectively consuming at different locations. Upon user A joining, while user B is still consuming content B, user B at location B, media guidance application may determine that user B has higher priority level than user A and accordingly, continue playing content B. When the media guidance application detects that user B, but not user A, has left location B, the media guidance application may automatically present content A from a point where the user A left off. |
| US10205987B2 |
Interactive video distribution system and video player utilizing a client server architecture
An interactive video distribution system and video player are described. A client server arrangement may be used for providing a video player and video content to a client device. The video player may display navigation images enabling navigation to specific portions of the video content by activating a corresponding navigation image. The video player may also enable the sharing of a segment of the video with other video players, enabling the video players to play the streamed segment of the video without having to play the entire video, thereby reducing network bandwidth usage. The video player may be embeddable. The server may associate searchable tags with respective video segments. |
| US10205986B2 |
Streaming video selection system and method
A system and method of broadcasting images in a communications network. Methods according to the invention include providing image content from at least one mobile content provider, coupling the image content from the mobile content provider to a network, presenting the image content from the mobile content provider for selection, and selecting the image content from the mobile content provider. |
| US10205985B2 |
Management of the channel bar
Videos may be loaded to an electronic device at any of a plurality of bitrates, each bitrate corresponding to a certain video quality level. The bitrate selected may be based on, for example, bandwidth capabilities and/or video quality standards. However, bandwidth capabilities may be taxed or exceeded if multiple videos are loaded simultaneously to the electronic device. Examples of the disclosure can be used to manage bandwidth, adjust bitrates, and/or selectively load video and audio in accordance with bandwidth capabilities to provide uninterrupted video playback at a relatively high quality. Further, video players may be allocated in memory and re-used as a user scrolls and switches through a number of videos playing onscreen concurrently. |
| US10205975B2 |
Trick mode operation with multiple video streams
Systems, methods and apparatuses for handling trick mode operation using multiple video streams are provided. A media server presents a first video stream having a first level of a video characteristic for display. The media server, in response to receiving a first command, presents a second video stream having a second level of the video characteristic for display while stopping presenting the first video stream for display based on a determination determined using the first level of the video characteristic and the second level of the video characteristic. The first video stream and the second video stream are directed to the same video content. |
| US10205968B2 |
Method and apparatus for palette index coding in video and image compression
A method of palette index map coding of blocks in a picture by grouping coded symbols of the same type is disclosed for video encoder and decoder. In one embodiment, all syntax elements corresponding to the pixel index are grouped into a pixel index group, and all syntax elements corresponding to the escape pixel are grouped into an escape pixel group. All syntax elements corresponding to the run type and run length are grouped into an interleaved run type/run length group, or grouped into separate run type group and run length group. In another embodiment, the system parses from the video bitstream a last-run mode syntax element for a current block, where the last-run mode syntax element indicates whether a last run mode is a copy-index mode or a copy-above mode. Information associated with the last-run mode syntax element is used for reconstructing palette index map. |
| US10205965B2 |
Video encoding and decoding
There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding. In some embodiments pictures are encoded into a bitstream. The bitstream comprises at least two scalability layers and pictures being associated with access units. A first indication and a second indication are encoded into the bitstream. The first indication is configured to indicate an output layer. And the second indication is configured to indicate at least one alternative output layer. A first picture of said at least one alternative output layer is output by a decoding process of the bitstream when no picture of the output layer is in an access unit containing said first picture of said at least one alternative output layer. |
| US10205955B2 |
Method and system for transcoding a digital video
The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for transcoding a digital video. The method and system includes a decoder, a hierarchical motion sampling and re-estimation engine, a resizing engine and an encoder. The decoder extracts a plurality of pre-determined decoder information pertaining to each macroblock of a plurality of macroblocks of each of a decoded frame of a plurality of decoded frames of the digital video. The decoder information includes syntax elements. The hierarchical motion sampling and re-estimation engine evaluates hierarchically the syntax elements pertaining to the each macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks of the plurality of decoded frames. The resizing engine resizes each of the macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks based on evaluated hierarchical syntax elements. The encoder encodes each of re-sized macroblock based on the evaluated hierarchical syntax elements. |
| US10205954B2 |
Carriage of video coding standard extension bitstream data using MPEG-2 systems
In one example, a device for processing video data includes a memory for storing an enhancement layer of video data coded according to an extension of a video coding standard, and one or more processors configured to decode a hierarchy extension descriptor for an elementary stream including the enhancement layer, wherein the hierarchy extension descriptor includes data representative of two or more reference layers on which the enhancement layer depends, wherein the two or more reference layers include a first enhancement layer, conforming to a first scalability dimension, and a second enhancement layer, conforming to a second scalability dimension, and wherein the first scalability dimension is different than the second scalability dimension, and to process the video data based at least in part on the data representative of the two or more reference layers. |
| US10205947B2 |
Apparatus of encoding an image
An apparatus of encoding an image can include an intra prediction unit that determines an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit and generates one or more prediction blocks using the intra prediction mode, an inter prediction unit that determines motion information and generates a prediction block using the motion information, a transform unit that transforms residual signals generated using an original block and the prediction block to generate a transformed block, a quantization unit that determines a quantization parameter and quantizes the transformed block using a quantization matrix and the quantization parameter to generate a quantized block, a scanning unit that determines a scan pattern and applies the scan pattern to the quantized block to generate one-dimensional coefficient information, and an entropy coding unit the entropy-codes one-dimensional coefficient information from the scanning unit, intra prediction information from the intra prediction unit, and motion information from the inter prediction unit. |
| US10205946B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus comprising, an acquiring unit configured to acquire an encoding target block having a plurality of groups each including a predetermined number of pixels, a deciding unit configured to decide for each group a quantization parameter used to quantize image data of the group and an encoding scheme so that a code length of the encoding target block does not exceed a predetermined value, and an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by encoding image data of the encoding target block in accordance with the quantization parameters and the encoding schemes decided for the respective groups by the deciding unit. |
| US10205938B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for monitoring and/or testing network communications
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for monitoring and/or testing network communications are disclosed. A method for monitoring network communications includes receiving packets from a network connected device, determining features associated with either the network connected device or a communications network to which the network connected device is connected by actively or passively monitoring or testing the packets, and automatically switching between passively monitoring or testing the packets and actively monitoring or testing the packets in response to receiving a packet carrying instructions. |
| US10205937B2 |
Controlling lens misalignment in an imaging system
An imaging method includes imaging a scene using an imaging system, which includes an array of radiation sensing elements, including first sensing elements with symmetrical angular responses and second sensing elements with asymmetrical angular responses, interspersed among the first sensing elements, and optics configured to focus radiation from the scene onto the array. The method further includes processing first signals output by the first sensing elements in order to identify one or more areas of uniform irradiance on the array, and processing second signals output by the second sensing elements that are located in the identified areas, in order to detect a misalignment of the optics with the array. |
| US10205936B2 |
Fixed broadhead
Fixed broadheads may be provided having main blades connected to a tip and secured within a slot or chamber in the body of the broadhead. Secondary blades may interlock with the main blades inside of a ferrule, thereby forming a fixed broadhead with an advanced and strong retention system. The main blades may be pinned to the tip of the broadhead through blade pins and the secondary blades may interlock with the main blades, thereby improving the strength and precision of the fixed broadhead in its movement toward a target. |
| US10205925B2 |
White balance enclosure for use with a multi-viewing elements endoscope
The specification describes a white balance enclosure for use with a tip of a multi-viewing elements endoscope. The white balance enclosure is used to provide a reference white background to the plurality of viewing elements when the tip is positioned within the white balance enclosure and a white balance circuit is used to calculate and store reference white balance values based on white field/test feed signals generated by the plurality of viewing elements exposed to the reference white background. |
| US10205924B2 |
Method and system of lens shading color correction using block matching
A system, article, and method to provide lens shading color correction using block matching. |
| US10205921B2 |
Image processing device, control method for image processing device, and storage medium storing program
An image processing device causing a projection unit to project an image includes: a detection unit that detects an operation mode of the image processing device; and a projection control unit that causes the projection unit to project a menu image with brightness corresponding to the operation mode detected by the detection unit so that, if the operation mode detected by the detection unit is a first operation mode in which alignment of projection regions of a plurality of projection units is performed for a multi-screen display, of the menu image projected by the projection unit, a portion corresponding to an overlapping region where the projection regions of the plurality of projection units overlap each other in the multi-screen display is made brighter than the portion in a case where the operation mode detected by the detection unit is a second operation mode in which the alignment has been completed. |
| US10205920B2 |
Projection video display apparatus with variable light adjustment for multi-screen projection mode
A projection video display apparatus includes a video input unit, a light source, a display element, a projection optical system, and a variable light adjusting function which changes the amount of light incident on the display element. Display modes using the variable light adjusting function are prepared, and one display mode of the display modes can be selected from a menu screen. Further, the display modes of the display video using the variable light adjusting function includes: a first display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with light adjusting control information, which is input from external equipment and is capable of controlling the variable light adjusting function in unit of frame of a projected video; and a second display mode where the input video is displayed while changing a light adjusting amount in accordance with the input video. |
| US10205915B2 |
Integrating data from multiple devices
A recording system for an emergency response unit includes a first data collection device configured to record a first video, audio or data segment with an incident identifier and transmit a message including the incident identifier. A second data collection device may receive the message and, as appropriate, record at least a second video, audio or data segment with the incident identifier, allowing the first segment and the second segment to be associated using the incident identifier. In other embodiments, a first recording device may begin recording video, audio or legal evidence data with an incident identifier, and a control system may receive a message including the incident identifier from the first recording device, identify one or more additional recording devices located within a certain distance of the first recording device, and obtain recordings from the one or more additional recording devices. |
| US10205909B2 |
Audio/video recording and communication devices in network communication with additional cameras
Audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in network communication with additional cameras in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device is provided comprising: a first camera configured to capture image data at a first resolution; a communication module; and a processing module operatively connected to the first camera and the communication module, wherein the processing module is in network communication with a backend server, the processing module comprising: a processor; and a camera application that configures the processor to: maintain the first camera in a low-power state; receive a power-up command signal from the backend server based on an output signal from a second camera; power up the first camera in response to the power-up command signal; and capture image data using the first camera in response to the power-up command signal. |
| US10205907B2 |
System and method for providing co-delivery of content
Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for providing co-deliver of primary and secondary content, including, video and video chat content. A first electronic device includes a transceiver that receives the secondary content from a second electronic device. The first electronic device also includes components capable of outputting aspects of the primary and secondary content in a synchronized fashion. Further, the first electronic device includes circuitry coupled to the transceiver and components, and the circuitry executes instructions in order to perform functions. One such function is to synchronize local primary content to be output by the components, with delivered primary content to be provided by the second electronic device. Another such function is to signal the components to output aspects of the local primary or the secondary content. |
| US10205905B2 |
Image sensor having multiple operation modes
An image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels, first and second row selection lines separated from each other, and first and second column lines separated from each other are disposed and a column selecting circuit configured to connect the first and second column lines using a column selection signal. The pixel array includes a first pixel which is connected to the first row selection line and the first column line and a second pixel which is disposed in the same row as the first pixel and connected to the second row selection line and the second column line. |
| US10205904B2 |
Image sensor capable of correcting noise caused by dark charge of a floating diffusion portion, control method therefor, and image capturing apparatus
An image sensor has a plurality of unit pixels each provided with a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a floating diffusion portion, and an analog-digital converter. The analog-digital converter is controlled to: convert a reset level of the floating diffusion portion by counting in a first or second direction to acquire a first noise signal, acquire a first optical signal by counting in the first direction an analog signal of a first photo charge accumulated in a first photoelectric conversion portion, acquire a second noise signal by counting in the second direction a potential that the floating diffusion portion has after the first optical signal is acquired, and acquire a second optical signal by counting in the first direction an analog signal of a second photo charge accumulated in a second photoelectric conversion portion. |
| US10205898B2 |
Minimizing a data pedestal level in an image sensor
A pedestal level for an image sensor can be dynamically adjusted based on one or more parameters. The parameters include one or more operating conditions associated with the image sensor, pre-determined image sensor characterization data, the number of unused digital codes, and/or the number of clipped pixel signals. The operating conditions can include the temperature of the image sensor, the gain of at least one amplifier included in processing circuitry operably connected to at least one pixel, and/or the length of the integration period for at least one pixel in the image sensor. Based on the one or more of the parameters, the pedestal level is adjusted to reduce a number of unused digital codes in a distribution of dark current. Additionally or alternatively, the variance of the pixel signals can be reduced to permit the use of a lower pedestal level. |
| US10205895B2 |
Capacitive image sensor with noise reduction feature and method operating the same
A capacitive image sensor with noise reduction feature and a method operating the capacitive image sensor are provided. The capacitive image sensor includes: a number of capacitive sensing units, arranged in a form of an array, wherein each of the number of capacitive sensing units switches between three states: sensing state, idle state, and emitting state; a driving source, for providing a driving signal to an adjacent finger overlying the number of capacitive sensing units through the number of capacitive sensing units which are in the emitting state; a number of driving switches, each connected between one of the number of capacitive sensing units and the driving source; and a control and timing logic, connected to each of the number of driving switches, for controlling the state of each of the number of capacitive sensing units. |
| US10205890B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for rendering in-vehicle media content based on vehicle sensor data
A system for providing media content in a vehicle includes a content component, a noise component, and a closed captioning component. The content component is configured to receive content from a content provider, wherein the content is configured for rendering by the media system of a vehicle. The noise component is configured to determine a noise level within a cabin of the vehicle. The closed captioning component is configured to, in response to determining that the noise level exceeds a threshold, trigger display of closed captioning for the content. |
| US10205885B2 |
Image capturing apparatus for controlling shutter speed during panning shooting and method for controlling the same
An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image sensor that shoots a subject image that is incident thereon via an imaging optical system; a setting unit that sets a background flow amount in panning shooting; a calculation unit that calculates, in panning shooting, an exposure period of exposing the image sensor from the background flow amount, an angular velocity detected by a detection unit that detects an angular velocity of vibration, and a focal length of the imaging optical system, so as to obtain the background flow amount set by the setting unit; and a limitation unit that, if the exposure period calculated by the calculation unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, limits the exposure period to the threshold value. |
| US10205884B2 |
Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a terminal body, a memory; a display; a camera located at one side of the terminal body and having at least a first lens and a second lens; and a controller configured to activate both the first and second lenses to capture a subject via the first lens in a first capture direction and capture the subject via the second lens in a second capture direction concurrently in response to an input for operating the camera; cause the memory to store a first image captured in the first capture direction and a second image captured in the second capture direction; and cause the display to display at least one of the stored first or second image based on an actual capture direction corresponding to an orientation of the camera when the input is received. |
| US10205879B2 |
Electronic image stabilization frequency estimator
Disclosed are a system and a method for determining enabling or disabling electronic image stabilization (EIS) for a video frame. An image sensor of a camera system captures a video stream that comprises a plurality of video frames. An image processor determines availability of a computational resource that may process application of EIS on each video frame. Simultaneously, the image processor receives motion data of the camera system from a gyroscope. Based on the computational resource availability, a motion frequency threshold is determined. Based on the gyroscope motion data, a motion frequency of each video frame is estimated. The estimated motion frequency is compared to the determined motion frequency threshold. If the estimated motion frequency is greater than the determined motion frequency threshold, application of EIS is disabled. If the estimated motion frequency is less than or equal to the determined motion frequency threshold, application of EIS is enabled. |
| US10205871B1 |
Focus specification and focus stabilization
An imaging device may be configured to monitor a field of view for various objects or events occurring therein. The imaging device may capture a plurality of images at various focal lengths, identify a region of interest including one or more semantic objects therein, and determine measures of the levels of blur or sharpness within the regions of interest of the images. Based on their respective focal lengths and measures of their respective levels of blur or sharpness, a focal length for capturing subsequent images with sufficient clarity may be predicted. The imaging device may be adjusted to capture images at the predicted focal length, and such images may be captured. Feedback for further adjustments to the imaging device may be identified by determining measures of the levels of blur or sharpness within the subsequently captured images. |
| US10205870B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof
An image capturing apparatus reads out a signal from pixels of an image sensor, sets a region in which a plurality of signals having different viewpoints are read out from each pixel of the image sensor, acquires first depth information for detecting an object using a signal read out from a first signal readout region, acquires evaluation information for detecting a focus state of an object using a read signal, and controls a signal readout amount of the first signal readout region based on the focus state determined based on the evaluation information. |
| US10205863B2 |
Plastic barrel, camera module, and electronic device
A plastic barrel including an object-end portion, a holder portion, and a tube portion is proposed. The object-end portion includes an outer object-end surface, an object-end hole, and an inner annular object-end surface. A part of the inner annular object-end surface is connected with the outer object-end surface and surrounding the object-end hole. The holder portion includes a bottom surface, a bottom hole, and an outer bottom side. The bottom surface surrounds the bottom hole and is connected with the outer bottom side. The holder portion further includes cut traces formed by partially removing gate portions. The tube portion includes inner annular surfaces and connects the object-end portion with the holder portion. |
| US10205862B2 |
Methods and apparatus relating to a camera including multiple optical chains
Camera methods and apparatus are described where the camera device includes multiple optical chains. In various embodiments two or more of the optical chains include light redirection devices such as mirrors or prisms. Sensors corresponding to multiple different optical chains, but not necessarily all optical chains, are parallel to each other. In some embodiments sensors corresponding to different optical chains are located in the same plane at the front or rear of the camera. However other sensor mounting positions are also possible. |
| US10205855B2 |
System and method of improving audio time stretching using timeline
Method for improving audio time stretching starts with processor receiving input media file and rate schedule. Rate schedule includes identification of portions of input media file and playback output rates associated with each of the portions of input media file. Writer thread being executed by processor generates timeline that is linked list including segments that respectively represent portions of input media file and associated playback output rates as desired playback rate curves. Generating timeline include writing each segment in linked list to end of linked list. Processor then performs time scaling of media file based on rate schedule to generate output media file. Performing time scaling of media file includes identifying by reader thread being executed by processor a segment in timeline corresponding to desired output time, and translating by reader thread desired output time to corresponding input time based on identified segment. Other embodiments are described. |
| US10205851B2 |
Image processing system and image processing apparatus for sending image data
An image processing system receives an input of authentication information from a user, and authenticates the user based on the received authentication information. The image processing system further selects a folder setting method in a case where an operation key for setting a folder of the user as a destination of image data is operated, sets the folder according to the selected folder setting method in response to the operation of the operation key, and sends the image data to the set folder as the destination. |
| US10205850B2 |
Image processor and storage medium storing program
An image processor sets the dot value to a value for forming a dot in a case where the dot forming condition is satisfied; sets the dot value to a value for forming no dot in a case where the dot forming condition is not satisfied and the target pixel is not the edge pixel; sets the dot value to a value for forming a dot in a case where the dot forming condition is not satisfied and a particular condition is satisfied; and sets a distribution error value to a smaller value than another error value in a case where the dot forming condition is not satisfied and the particular condition is satisfied and thereby the dot value is set to the value for forming a dot. |
| US10205846B1 |
System to dynamically apply printer control preference settings
A printer control system correlates a user identity with a hierarchy of persistent printer control settings, and adapts the hierarchy according to stored policies by disabling changes to particular printer control settings of the hierarchy. The system forms a network response communication that includes different types of graphical user interface control settings, a first type to control the operation of a printer, and a second type to control a position of the settings to control the printer in the hierarchy of persistent printer control settings. |
| US10205842B2 |
Information processing system in which an information processing apparatus sends updated setting information to a connected device, information processing apparatus, control method of information processing apparatus, and storage medium
In a case where data synchronization between a server and a client is performed by difference synchronization, when the data of the server is restored by backup data, a mismatch occurs between the data held in the client and the data held in the server. If the previous synchronization with the client has been performed before restoring, the client is synchronized with all the data held in the server. If the previous synchronization with the client is after restoring, the server notifies the client of data update contents in the server since the previous update with the client and causes the client to update the held data. |
| US10205839B2 |
Image reading apparatus and image reading method
In a case in which a carrier sheet including transparent sheet portions of two pieces which can interpose a document therebetween, and a bonding portion which bonds sheet portions to each other is transported in a state in which the bonding portion is located on the downstream side in the transport direction, a reading unit is caused to start reading, after an upstream end of the bonding portion passed through the reading unit. |
| US10205838B2 |
Image forming apparatus including upper casing which opens and closes relative to lower casing
An image forming apparatus includes a lower casing, an upper casing, an arm, and a brake member. The lower casing includes a photosensitive body. The upper casing includes an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive body. The upper casing is configured to pivot on a predetermined axis relative to the lower casing between a closed position where the upper casing covers an upper portion of the lower casing and an open position where the upper casing exposes the upper portion of the lower casing. The slider is attached to the upper casing and is configured to slide in a sliding direction orthogonal to the predetermined axis. The arm includes a first end pivotably connected to the lower casing and a second end pivotably connected to the slider. The brake member is configured to control a speed of the slider when the slider slides in the sliding direction. |
| US10205833B2 |
Graphical user interface and method for mobile device activation
Methods, systems and graphical user interfaces that facilitate activation of mobile devices, such as communication devices or multi-function devices, via computers are disclosed. According to one embodiment, activation of a mobile device with respect to a wireless service provider can be performed by users through use of a computer (e.g., personal computer) that communicate with a remotely located activation server. According to another embodiment, graphical user interfaces can be presented to users so as to enable end users to easily activate mobile devices. |
| US10205832B2 |
Charging control method, charging trigger apparatus, and online charging system
The present invention provides a charging control method, a charging trigger apparatus, and an online charging system. The method includes: generating, by a CTF, a resource quota request according to a trigger condition; and sending the resource quota request to an online charging system (OCS), so that the OCS determines a quota type and number after receiving the resource quota request, and allocates a quota for the resource quota request according to the quota type and number determined by the OCS, where the quota type and number are determined by the OCS according to the resource quota request. In the foregoing method, a problem that in the prior art, a charging control error occurs due to different determining bodies of a quota type is solved. |
| US10205829B1 |
Method and system for a scalable computer-telephony integration system
When an incoming call is received from a customer, various aspects of a scalable computer-telephony integration system may include receiving an indication of availability from several call agents within the computer-telephony integration system and presenting the indications of availability and identification information for each of the call agents on a display. A user control for searching the call agents may also be presented on the display for use by a first call agent to view an indication of availability for a particular call agent. The customer call may then be transferred from the first call agent to the particular call agent in response to the indication of availability identifying the particular call agent as available. |
| US10205826B1 |
Inbound calls to intelligent controlled-environment facility resident media and/or communications devices
Inbound call processing systems and methods for processing inbound calls to controlled-environment facility resident media and/or communications devices employ an inbound resident call server configured to host inbound calling accounts established by non-residents, receive inbound calls from the non-residents, route the inbound calls to an authenticating server, confirm that the resident device is active, and connect the inbound resident call system with the resident device if active or inform the non-resident the resident is not available if not. The inbound resident call server also connects the non-resident inbound call with the resident device if the non-resident is associated with the inbound calling account, the inbound calling account is associated with an address identifier of the resident device and the resident's personal identification number is associated with the address identifier of the resident device, all of which may be authenticated by the authenticating server. |
| US10205825B2 |
System and method for processing an automated call based on preferences and conditions
A system can be operable to receive an automated call from a communications device, determine whether preferences associated with a called party identity), is applicable to the automated call, and determine whether a condition that precludes acceptance of the automated call is present. The determination of whether the condition is present can be based on information received from a sensory device coupled to the user device. In response to the condition being determined to be present, the automated call can be denied. |
| US10205823B1 |
Systems and methods for cluster-based voice verification
Systems for caller identification and authentication may include an authentication server. The authentication server may be configured to receive audio data including speech of a plurality of telephone calls, use audio data for at least a subset of the plurality of telephone calls to store a plurality of known characteristics each associated with a specific demographic, and/or use audio data for at least one of the plurality of telephone calls to identify the telephone caller making the telephone call based on determining a most similar known characteristic of the plurality of known characteristics to the audio data of the caller. |
| US10205822B2 |
Recording detection during a communication session
A method of identifying recording of a conversation during a communication session, including establishing a communication session between a first participant and one or more remote participants, transmitting audio packets from a communication device of the first participant to the one or more remote participants, receiving audio packets from the one or more remote participants, including echo packets responsive to the transmitted audio packets, analyzing the received audio packets by an analysis application to identify delays in the echo packets relative to the transmitted packets providing an indication of the presence of a recording application at a communication device of a remote participant, notifying the communication device of the first participant. |
| US10205821B2 |
Mobile phone, display control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A mobile phone of the feature-phone type comprises a controller configured to display an active Heads-Up Notification in a display and, after a predetermined time period, hide the active Heads-Up Notification and, display a passive Heads-Up Notification in the display and, after a predetermined time period, forcibly hide the passive Heads-Up Notification. |
| US10205820B2 |
Multifunction wireless device
A communication device and system are disclosed for providing communication and data services to residents of a controlled facility. The device can be restricted to communicating only using an internet protocol so as to restrict the device communication to an internal intranet. Wireless access points may be disposed throughout the environment to route calls and data between the device and a central processing center. By converting a protocol of the communications received from the device to a protocol used by the central processing center, minimal modifications to the central processing center are needed to support a wireless communication infrastructure. Many restrictions and safeguards may be implemented within the phone and system in order to prevent improper use. |
| US10205819B2 |
Detecting the location of a phone using RF wireless and ultrasonic signals
A system and method for determining a presence of a mobile device located in a predetermined detection zone within a vehicle may include a plurality of transmitters located within the vehicle, in which each of the plurality of transmitters is configured to transmit an acoustic signal into an acoustic environment within the vehicle, and in which each of the acoustic signals comprises at least one ultrasonic pulse, a mobile device configured to periodically record sounds in the acoustic environment, and a processor configured to determine that a periodically recorded sound by the mobile device comprises each of the acoustic signals transmitted by the plurality of transmitters, determine a location of the mobile device within the vehicle based on the acoustic signals recorded by the mobile device, and determine that the location of the mobile device matches the predetermined detection zone. |
| US10205817B2 |
Method, device and storage medium for controlling screen state
The present disclosure relates to a method, device and storage medium for controlling a screen state. The method includes: transmitting an ultrasonic transmission-signal for N times within a preset time period when detecting that an ultrasonic sensing function of the terminal is enabled, N being an integer greater than 1; receiving an ultrasonic receipt signal; generating N determination results of whether the terminal is covered, wherein each of the N determination results is based on one of the N times transmission of the ultrasonic transmission-signal and receipt of the corresponding ultrasonic receipt signal; and determining that the terminal is covered and switching the screen state of the terminal from a turn-on state to a turn-off state, when at least one of the N determination results indicates that the terminal is covered. In the technical solution, whether the terminal is covered is determined by obtaining a value of the determination result for successive multiple times within a certain time period. Thus, it may improve the accuracy of the determination, and overcome the defects in the related art where incorrect determination causes misjudgment operation such as a screen flickering. As a result, user experience can be improved. |
| US10205814B2 |
Wireless earpiece with walkie-talkie functionality
A method of audio messaging between users of earpiece wearables includes connecting an earpiece wearable associated with a first user with an earpiece wearable associated with a second user and sending and receiving audio messages between the earpiece wearable associated with the first user and the earpiece wearable associated with the second user, wherein the sending of the audio messages is activated by head movement sensed with an inertial sensor of the earpiece wearable performing the sending. The method further includes maintaining a record of the audio messages stored on a machine readable memory. |
| US10205809B2 |
Electronic device and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing an electronic device, according to the present disclosure, may include: detecting positions of one or more heat sources, which are disposed in a printed circuit board or in a display of the electronic device, or a path of the heat that is diffused from the heat sources; selecting a heat radiating structure to correspond to the positions of the heat sources or the diffusion path; selecting an adiabatic member or a heat radiating member, which is disposed based the selected heat radiating structure to block or radiate the heat transferred from the heat source; and forming the selected heat radiating structure or disposing the selected adiabatic member or heat radiating member on the periphery of the heat source or on the diffusion path. According to various embodiments of the disclosure, the heat radiation improvement can be maximized and/or improved by improving the structure of a heat radiation path of the electronic device and by selecting and disposing heat radiating members in appropriate positions. |
| US10205806B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring redundancy solution in cloud computing architecture
The present invention relates to the field of communications and information technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for configuring a redundancy solution in a cloud computing architecture, so as to solve a problem that a manner of manually planning a redundancy solution has poor flexibility and is unfavorable to overall management of a system. The method in the present invention includes: receiving a redundancy solution configuration request; determining, according to the redundancy solution configuration request, redundancy capability information and redundancy constraint requirement information of an application object to be configured; and determining, according to infrastructure information, infrastructure manager information, and application object information in an established redundancy capability information base, and the redundancy capability information and the redundancy constraint requirement information of the application object to be configured. |
| US10205804B2 |
Methods and systems for enhanced support of TCP options in a TCP spoofed system
Methods and systems utilizing receiving, at a first proxy node, a first TCP SYN segment from a first endpoint to establish a TCP connection with a second endpoint, the first TCP SYN segment including a first TCP option having a first option-kind value; transmitting a first spoofed connection request message corresponding to the first TCP SYN segment from the first proxy node to a second proxy node associated with the second endpoint; including, in response to the first TCP option having the first option-kind value, an indication in the first spoofed connection request message that a TCP option having the first option-kind value was included in the first TCP SYN segment; receiving, at the first proxy node, a second TCP SYN segment from a third endpoint to establish a TCP connection with a fourth endpoint, the second TCP SYN segment including a second TCP option having a second option-kind value different from the first option-kind value; transmitting a second spoofed connection request message corresponding to the second TCP SYN segment from the first proxy node to a third proxy node associated with the fourth endpoint; and not including, in response to the second TCP option having the second option-kind value, an indication in the second spoofed connection request message that a TCP option having the second option-kind value was included in the second TCP SYN segment. |
| US10205803B1 |
System for determining improper port configurations
Described are techniques for determining causes of failed connections, such as a mismatch between a protocol associated with a request and the protocol associated with a port to which the request is provided. The port may be configured to process requests having a particular protocol, while monitoring and recognizing protocols used by other ports. If the request is determined to be associated with a different protocol supported by another port, a notification of the error may be provided to the client associated with the request. Based on characteristics of the request, the client, and the port, a control action may be taken, which may include rejecting the request or processing the request at the received port using a different protocol. Commonalities between failed requests may be analyzed to determine sources of error. |
| US10205798B2 |
Merging multiple system trees over a data exchange layer
In an example, there is disclosed a method or system for merging multiple system trees of different resources based in multiple locations over a data exchange layer. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a system for merging assets of different types within one or more tree-based locations. For example, an end node may be represented in a single location, a single message broker may provide services for and be represented in multiple locations. The asset to asset relationships within merged trees may be used to ensure availability of services and visualization of the system for management purposes. |
| US10205797B2 |
Application service delivery through an application service avatar
Some embodiments include a method of operating an avatar server. The method can include implementing an application service avatar in an avatar server that has at least an intermittent network access to an application service server for providing an application service to client applications. The avatar server can establish a service group by maintaining profiles of one or more end-user devices connected to the avatar server to access the application service. The avatar server can provide a localized application service by emulating at least a subset of functionalities provided by the application service to the end-user devices, for example, by locally processing, at least partially, a service request from at least one of the end-user devices at the avatar server. The avatar server can asynchronously communicate with the application service server to complete the service request. |
| US10205791B2 |
Method and system for speed and directional control of responsive frame or asset
Disclosed are method and apparatus either of which enables a user to capture a burst of photographs or other asset, such as for example collections of audio recordings, and subsequently display the captured burst of photographs and/or other asset such as sound (which together may form content) on a mobile device. The user interacts with the content by way of gesture or action, controlling the speed and directional movement of the collection of frames and/or other assets. Through the interaction of a user, content can be consumed with greater accuracy and finer detail. A variety of gestures or other actions can achieve a same end result, although the process of the interaction may be different. For example, swiping a finger and rotating the phone are two distinct interactions. Yet, both interactions achieve a same end result. |
| US10205789B2 |
Determining a physical location of a device
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for determining a physical location of a device by obtaining a first address of a device; and determining, based on a first mapping between the first address of the device and a location identifier of a physical location, the physical location of the device. |
| US10205788B2 |
Run-time actionable information exchange system in a secure environment
Systems and methods of implementing features in session border controllers at runtime after deployment. The systems can include a session border controller (SBC), and a user computer communicably coupled to the SBC by a network. The systems and methods can enable a user to introduce, via the user computer, actionable information (Al) into the SBC, which can store the Al in an Al registry. The SBC can expose or otherwise make available the Al stored in the Al registry to the user, allowing the user to generate and/or modify, using at least some of the Al, one or more policies and/or rules that can be implemented and/or executed by the SBC for introducing one or more features in the SBC. In this way, such features can be implemented in the SBC at runtime after deployment, without having to undergo a separate design and development cycle for the SBC. |
| US10205787B2 |
Method, system, and apparatus for reducing the size of route updates
The disclosed method may include (1) establishing a communication session between a plurality of network nodes to enable the plurality of network nodes to exchange route updates with one another, and then during the communication session, (2) detecting, at one of the network nodes, at least one route update to send to another one of the network nodes, (3) compressing, at the network node, the route update to reduce an amount of data included in the route update, and then upon compressing the route update, (4) sending the compressed route update to the other network node to enable the other network node to forward traffic along a path whose route is advertised in the compressed route update. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed. |
| US10205786B2 |
Multi-user application executing in user privilege mode
A method and system for providing a multi-user application executing in a user privilege mode with access to resources of multiple users is described. The multi-user application identifies a first user and a second user of the multi-user application. The multi-user application retrieves an access token for the first user and an access token for the second user. Each access token provides evidence of authorization to access a resource in accordance with access rights of the user. The multi-user application accesses resources by providing one of the access tokens as evidence of authorization to access the resource in accordance with the access rights of the user. The multi-user application can thus access resources of multiple users without having to execute in a system privilege mode. |
| US10205783B2 |
Identifying a task execution resource of a dispersed storage network
A computing device includes memory, an interface, and a processing module. The processing module is operable to, for a plurality of dispersed storage network (DSN) units of a DSN, determine to perform a DSN level task for a range of DSN addresses. The processing module is also operable to execute a scoring function for the plurality of DSN units using one or more properties of the range of DSN addresses and one or more properties of each of the plurality of DSN units to produce a scoring resultant. The processing module is also operable to identify a DSN unit of the plurality of DSN units to execute the DSN level task based on the scoring resultant. The processing module is operable to instruct the identified DSN unit to execute the DSN level task for the range of DSN addresses. |
| US10205779B2 |
Information sharing method, information sharing apparatus, and electronic device
Embodiments of the present invention provide an information sharing method, an information sharing apparatus, and an electronic device. The method is implemented by a first electronic device. The method includes: when it is detected that an electronic device binding option built in a browser is triggered, retrieving a dialog box built in the browser, where at least one electronic device binding function option may be set in the dialog box; when it is detected that an electronic device binding function option is triggered, executing a corresponding electronic device binding function in the background, and sending first information to a server; and after the server determines that a preset correspondence exists between second information sent by a second electronic device and the first information and establishes a binding relationship between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, sharing information between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. Embodiments of the present invention implement information sharing between electronic devices in a browser interface, thereby implementing convenient information sharing, and moreover ensuring accuracy of information sharing. |
| US10205778B2 |
Method and apparatus for sharing application data
A method for sharing application data includes sending a sharing request to a server by a first terminal for sharing application data to be shared from a first application; receiving a user information list and an application list returned by the server; from the user information list, selecting a user identification for receiving the application data to be shared; from the application list, selecting an application identification, for receiving the application data to be shared; and sending the application data to be shared to a second terminal based on the user identification and the application identification, such that the application data to be shared is received and displayed by the second terminal through a second application corresponding to the application identification. |
| US10205764B2 |
Custom content insertion
Provided are methods and systems for inserting custom content. An example method can comprise receiving, at a first computing device, an insertion instruction over a first non-packet-switching protocol information stream. The method can also comprise querying, by the first computing device, a second computing device in response to receiving the insertion instruction. The method can further comprise receiving, at the first computing device, content over a packet-switching protocol information stream in response to querying the second computing device. The content can be customized for an end-user associated with the first computing device. |
| US10205761B2 |
Forward error correction recovery and reconstruction
A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provides to receive multicast protocol packets, wherein each of the multicast protocol packets includes one of a slice of program data of a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (MPEG-DASH) segment and a header of the slice that indicates sequence information of the slice relative to other slices, or forward error correction data; order, in response to the receipt of the multicast protocol packets, each slice received based on the sequence information; determine whether any slice is missing that is a part of the MPEG-DASH segment; determine, in response to a determination that there are missing slices, whether the missing slices can be recovered; and use, in response to a determination that the missing slices can be recovered, the forward error correction data to recover the missing slices. |
| US10205760B2 |
Task coordination in distributed systems
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing approaches to enhanced task coordination in distributed systems. The methods and systems may include receiving, by a first computing device, a command for a client device and determining whether the first computing is connected to the client device. The methods and systems may include that if the first computing device is not connected to the client device, then transmitting, from the first computing device, a first message to a database associated with the cluster, the first message including the command and a device state of the first computing device, transmitting, from the database, a second message to a second computing device of the cluster, the second message including the command and the device state of the first computing device, and transmitting, from the second computing device and based on the device state of the second computing device, the command to the client device. |
| US10205757B2 |
Communications methods, apparatus and systems for correlating registrations, service requests and calls
The present invention relates to communications methods, apparatus and systems for correlating registrations with subsequent requests for service, e.g., calling or other services or active calls. In one embodiment requests and corresponding registrations are determined through a method of operating a session border controller (SBC) which includes the assignment of a registration instance identifier by the SBC to each registration request, sending a first message including the registration instance identifier to each user device in response to each registration request, and determining if subsequent requests correspond to the registration instance based on the registration instance identifier being included in subsequent requests. In another embodiment, after a SBC switchover, the new SBC forks a mid-dialog request received for a first call to all active registered devices having the same address of record and determines based on the responses which device has an active dialog corresponding to the first call. |
| US10205751B2 |
System, method and computer program product for sharing content via links
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for sharing content via links. These mechanisms and methods for sharing content via links can enable customizable features associated with the operations related to those links. These features may include generating customized reports on usage of the links, and/or exposing one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) enabling applications to access the links and/or logic associated with operations related to those links. |
| US10205750B2 |
Policy-based secure web boot
A system, device, and method for providing policy-based secure cloud booting include a mobile computing device and a web server. The mobile computing device determines a remote boot address specifying the location of a boot resource on the web server. The mobile computing device opens a secure connection to the web server and maps the boot resource to a local firmware protocol. The mobile computing device executes the boot resource as a firmware image using the local firmware protocol. The boot resource may be a compact disc or DVD image mapped through a block I/O protocol. The boot resource may be a remote file system mapped through a file system protocol. The remote boot address may be configured using a manageability engine capable of out-of-band communication. The remote boot address may be determined based on the context of the mobile computing device, including location. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10205740B2 |
Cyber-semantic account management system
Systems, methods, and apparatus for identifying anomalous behavior are provided. For example, a method may include receiving raw data, generating a behavior profile for the entity based on the raw data, receiving comparison data, determining whether the comparison data deviates from a pattern of behavior defined in the behavior profile, and identifying the comparison data as anomalous behavior when the comparison data deviates from the pattern of behavior. In one embodiment, the raw data includes recorded activity for the entity. In one embodiment, the behavior profile defines a pattern of behavior for the entity. In one embodiment, a countermeasure is performed upon identifying anomalous behavior. The countermeasure may include at least one of revoking the entity's credentials, denying the entity access to a resource, shutting down access to a port, and denying access to the entity. The method may further include providing a report of the anomalous behavior. |
| US10205739B2 |
Security protocol monitoring
Preventing unintentional communication of data over a network by monitoring an outbound memory buffer of a computer system, the outbound memory buffer storing outbound network messages, and in response to a detection of an outbound network message corresponding to a heartbeat response message, overwriting at least a portion of a payload of the heartbeat response message. |
| US10205736B2 |
Behavioral baselining of network systems
Systems and methods for behavioral baselining of network systems. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing, in an asset attribute database, information regarding assets, wherein each asset comprises at least one attribute; storing, in a relationship database, information regarding relationships, wherein each relationship comprises at least one attribute; selecting, from the asset attribute database, assets based on at least one attribute value; selecting, from the relationship database, one or more relationships based on at least one attribute value, the selected relationships including a first relationship; creating a baseline, wherein the baseline comprises the selected assets and the selected relationships; connecting a first event stream to the baseline, wherein the first event stream comprises a set of events, and each event comprises attributes; and detecting a drift from the baseline, wherein the drift is determined using the first event stream and is based on a failure of at least one attribute value in a first event of the first event stream to match at least one attribute value of the first relationship. |
| US10205733B1 |
Cyber signal isolator
A cyber signal isolator system and a cyber signal isolator method for protecting a component of an Industrial Control System are described. The cyber signal isolator system includes one or more devices configured to monitor physical-level signal information to determine a cyber security threat or breach event based on activity occurring with physical signals present at one or more components of an Industrial Control System. |
| US10205732B2 |
Method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory medium for protecting a file
A file protection method may include receiving a package that includes files for installing and executing an application, adding a protection file for an operation of a file protection module to the package, and providing the package to which the protection file is added over a network. In response to execution of a control command for a desired file that is controlled by the application through a service code of the application at an electronic device on which the application is installed and executed through the package, a protection command included in the file protection module is called and control of the desired file and integrity verification associated with data stored in the desired file are processed in response to the called protection command. |
| US10205728B2 |
Systems and methods for objective-based scoring using machine learning techniques
Certain aspects and features of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that generate machine-learning models to predict whether user devices are likely to meet defined objectives. For example, a machine-learning model can be generated to predict whether or not a user device is likely to access a resource. In some implementations, a semi-supervised model can be used to determine to what extent user devices are predicted to satisfy the defined objective(s). For example, a resource-affinity parameter can be generated as a result of inputting various data points into a semi-supervised model. The various data points can be access from a plurality of data sources, and can represent one or more activities or attributes associated with a user. The value of the resource-affinity parameter can be evaluated to determine the extent to which the user is likely to meet an objective. |
| US10205722B2 |
Mechanism for facilitating remote access of user and device credentials for remoting device activities between computing devices
A mechanism is described for facilitating remote access of device and user credentials for at computing devices according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes remotely accessing, by a first computing device, credentials of a second computing device. The credentials may facilitate the first computing device to perform one or more tasks. The method may further include performing, at the first computing device, the one or more tasks based on the accessed credentials and according to capabilities of the first computing device. |
| US10205721B2 |
System and method for distributing personal identification numbers over a computer network
The present invention comprises a system and method for providing a personal identification number (PIN) to a client terminal over a computer network. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a host connection manager receives a request for a PIN, which is associated with a particular monetary value. The host connection manager transmits the request for the PIN to a server, and the host connection manager receives the PIN from the server. In addition, the host connection manager is adapted to receive a client request indicative of the particular monetary value. The client request is generated at the client terminal and is transmitted from the client terminal to the host connection manager. In response to the client request, the host connection manager sends the PIN associated with the particular monetary value to the client terminal. |
| US10205719B2 |
Network function virtualization-based certificate configuration method, apparatus, and system
The invention discloses a network function virtualization-based certificate configuration method, apparatus, and system. A virtualized network management entity obtains initial credential information of a virtualized network function entity; and installs the initial credential information onto the virtualized network function entity during or after instantiation of the virtualized network function entity, so that the virtualized network function entity obtains, from a certificate authority by using the initial credential information, a formal certificate issued by a network operator of the virtualized network function entity. The invention not only can apply to a network function virtualization scenario, but also can resolve a problem of a security risk in network function virtualization. |
| US10205716B2 |
System, apparatus, and method for authenticated request to be placed in a changed folder structure
An information processing system includes a terminal apparatus and an information processing apparatus that is connected to the terminal apparatus via a network. The terminal apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a first application program configured to provide another application program executed in the terminal apparatus with an interface for transmitting request information to the information processing apparatus, wherein the first application program includes authentication information for using the information processing apparatus, and a second application program configured to transmit the request information including identification information of an application program to the information processing apparatus in response to a predetermined user's operation, wherein the identification information of the application program is recorded in the second application program. The information processing apparatus includes an authentication unit configured to authenticate the request information transmitted from the terminal apparatus, and an information provision unit configured to change folder structure information. |
| US10205715B2 |
System and method of providing personal content
Provided is a personal content providing system for providing customized content according to a personalization context. The personal content providing system includes a context reader configured to receive a context beacon including the personalization context from one or more of a context terminal and a context tag, a content generation device configured to generate personal content, based on the personalization context, a content service device including a content output device that outputs the generated personal content, a local space switch configured to connect the context terminal, the context tag, the context reader, and the content service device which are disposed in a predetermined local space, and an infrastructure management device configured to manage the context terminal, the context tag, the context reader, and the content service device which are disposed in the predetermined local space. |
| US10205709B2 |
Key pair infrastructure for secure messaging
Embodiments of the present invention use a limited-use public/private key pair to encrypt and decrypt messages sent through an intermediary. The messages may contain sensitive information and may be transmitted between entities over one or more networks. In some embodiments, the entities and/or the networks may be untrusted. Nevertheless, the content of the messages may remain protected by virtue of the limited-use key pair infrastructure. |
| US10205708B1 |
Systems and methods for digital content protection and security in multi-computer networks
Computer-implemented systems and methods for digital content protection and security in multi-computer networks are provided. In one embodiment, a system for cryptographic digital content protection and security is disclosed. The system may include at least one processor, and a storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, configure the at least one processor to determine specifications of a computer terminal, determine a status of the computer terminal as a public terminal or a private terminal, identify sensitive information in a data transmission, generate output instructions associated with the sensitive information, and provide the data transmission and the output instructions to the computer terminal over a network. |
| US10205701B1 |
Cloud network automation for IP address and DNS record management
Techniques for cloud network automation for IP address and DNS record management are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for cloud network automation for IP address and DNS record management includes receiving at a cloud platform appliance (e.g., a virtual or physical IP address and/or DNS management appliance) a cloud request related to a resource (e.g., a virtual or physical resource) in a cloud environment from a global cloud manager; and processing the cloud request at the cloud platform appliance to determine whether to proxy the cloud request to another cloud platform appliance or a grid master or to locally process the cloud request, wherein a storage of infrastructure metadata information for IP address and/or DNS record management is updated based on the cloud request. |
| US10205698B1 |
Source-dependent address resolution
Systems and method are provided for source-dependent address resolution. Multiple computing devices may be associated with identifiers, such as network names. These computing devices may further be associated with both internally and externally accessible network addresses. A source-dependent address resolution component may resolve a network identifier into an internal or external address based on a network of a requesting device. Specifically, a request for address resolution may be received from a source network, and be resolvable into an address of a target network. If the source network and target network are the same, an internal address of that shared network is returned. If the source network and the target network are different, an external address enabling external communication with the target network is returned. In some embodiments, determination of a source network may be facilitated based on a source port of a request. |
| US10205695B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing intelligent chat communication within an email environment
An online system and an online method that enables intelligent chat messaging within an email environment based on email communication data includes collecting by an email integration server email communication data relating to an inbound email communication; extracting by one or more processing circuits chat data features from the email communication data; providing the extracted chat data features, as input, into a chat messaging circuit; using the extracted chat data features to generate by the chat messaging circuit chat communication parameters that define one or more configurations for a chat communication relating to the inbound email communication; and implementing the chat communication within the email environment based on the generated chat communication parameters. |
| US10205694B2 |
Dynamic inclusion thresholds for social network conversations
A social network conversation dynamic inclusion threshold causes a first subset of social network group members of a social network group to be included in a social network conversation earlier than at least one other social network group member. In accordance with the social network conversation dynamic inclusion threshold, social network posts of the social network conversation are distributed to the first subset of social network group members while delaying distribution of the social network posts of the social network conversation to the at least one other social network group member. Upon satisfaction of the social network conversation dynamic inclusion threshold, the social network posts of the social network conversation are distributed to the at least one other social network group member. |
| US10205688B2 |
Online chat questions segmentation and visualization
A computer monitors communications between at least two users on the electronic communication platform. The computer associates the monitored communications with one or more communication segments, while each communication segment being associated with a corresponding graphical user interface (GUI) component of a communication program. The computer identifies a question within the monitored communications and associates the identified question with at least one question component of the GUI of at least one of the one or more communication segments. |
| US10205687B2 |
Apparatus and method for managing user chat experiences with businesses
A computer-implemented method of managing a chat experience of a user desiring to chat with a selected one of a plurality of businesses or chat hosts utilizes in various aspects a chat management server running computer processes for communicating with user devices. In another aspect, a computer-implemented method of providing a chat experience to a user having a user device and desiring to chat with a selected one of a plurality of businesses utilizes computer processes running on the user device. Corresponding embodiments similarly provide an apparatus performing any of the foregoing methods. Other corresponding embodiments similarly provide a computer readable medium storing instructions, which when loaded into a computer, perform processes corresponding to any of the foregoing methods. |
| US10205683B2 |
Optimizing buffer allocation for network flow control
Communication apparatus includes a memory, which is configured to hold data packets, having respective packet sizes, for transmission over a data link, and a transmitter, which is configured to transmit the data packets over the data link at a bit rate determined by a wire speed of the data link. A shaper is coupled to throttle transmission of the data packets by the transmitter responsively to the respective packet sizes, whereby some of the data packets are transmitted over the data link at a transmission rate that is less than the bit rate. |
| US10205680B2 |
Network switch and method of operating a communication network
A network switch includes: a plurality of communication ports, each communication port of the plurality of communication ports having a first electrical output terminal and a second electrical output terminal configured for providing an electrical output signal between the first electrical output terminal and the second electrical output terminal. The network switch is configured to electrically switch off the electrical output signal of at least one communication port of the plurality of communication ports. |
| US10205676B2 |
RSCN method and system, related device and computer storage medium
Disclosed are a RSCN method and system, a related device and a computer storage medium. The RSCN method applied to an Ethernet Node (ENode) device includes that: an RSCN message is received; and when it is determined that destination Media Access Control (MAC) contained in the RSCN message is ENode MAC, the RSCN message is distributed to a corresponding Virtual Node Port (VN_Port). The RSCN method applied to a Fiber Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) Forwarder (FCF) includes that: network detection is performed; and when it is detected that a state to which attention is paid in a network changes, a first RSCN message is sent to an ENode device which pays attention to such a state change and succeeds in centralized notification capability negotiation with the FCF, destination MAC contained in the first RSCN message being ENode MAC. Disclosed are an ENode device, an FCF and an RSCN system. |
| US10205671B2 |
Method and apparatus for adding token in traffic shaping
A method and an apparatus for adding tokens in traffic shaping are provided. According to the method, a weight of each data stream is configured, and each data stream is added to corresponding token schedulers based on the weight of the each data stream. Based on a weight of each token scheduler, each token scheduler is sequentially added to corresponding token scheduler groups, and all the token scheduler groups are aggregated into a token scheduler of a total data stream. The token scheduler of the total data stream is added to a top token scheduler. Based on a preset cycle, a token is assigned to the token scheduler of the total data stream in the top token scheduler, and the assigned token is delivered to each token scheduler group or to a respective data stream. |
| US10205670B2 |
Selective storage and deletion in mobile content delivery networks
Methods, systems, and devices are described for storing and deleting received data packets over combined vehicular and wireless communications networks. In one example, an apparatus in a vehicular communication network may receive a data packet and may determine whether to store or delete the received data packet based on a ratio of distances between the data packet and its destination address as well as the data packet's source address and its destination address. |
| US10205666B2 |
End-to-end flow control in system on chip interconnects
Provided is an end-to-end flow control management for a system on chip interface. As tokens are injected into agents arranged in a computer network the input point for the token is dynamically changed such that tokens are not always injected into the same agent. Additionally or alternatively, as tokens are injected into a token ring, the tokens are initially not activated until a predetermined event occurs (e.g., after a specific number of hops). Additionally or alternatively, also provided is a free pool manager that can keep at least some high priority slots available by consuming lower priority slots first. |
| US10205664B2 |
System and method for routing
A system and method for routing. A packet includes a stack of one or more headers, such as a stack of Multiprotocol Label Switching headers, that determines the path that the packet will take, through a sequence of switches, from its source to its destination. Each header in the stack contains an output port identifier that identifies an output port of a corresponding switch in the path. Each switch, upon receiving the packet, removes the first header to form a shortened packet, and routes the shortened packet to the output port identified by the output port identifier. |
| US10205662B2 |
Prefix distribution-based table performance optimization in SDN
Exemplary methods in a first network device in a control plane include generating a prefix distribution list comprising of prefix lengths and corresponding prefix counts, each prefix count identifies a total number of prefixes of each corresponding prefix length. In one embodiment, the methods include generating a priority distribution list comprising of priorities and corresponding rule counts, each rule count identifies a total number of rules of each corresponding priority. In one embodiment, the methods include sending the prefix distribution list to a second network device in a forwarding plane, causing the second network device to generate a forwarding table based on the prefix lengths and corresponding prefix counts. In one embodiment, the methods include sending the priority distribution list to the second network device causing the second network device to generate a forwarding table based on the priorities and corresponding rule counts. |
| US10205650B2 |
Routing system with learning functions and routing method thereof
The present disclosure illustrates a routing system with learning functions and a routing method thereof. By detecting a raw packet's packet header and an entry port receiving the raw packet, a routing message is queried from a path table by the packet header and the entry port. When there is not the routing message, the raw packet is routed by a kernel and the routing result is recorded in the path table to be the routing message. When there is the routing message, the packet header of the raw packet is replaced with a modified packet header recorded in the routing message, to form a modified packet, and the modified packet is transmitted from the transmission port recorded in the routing message, to achieve the technical effect of improving the routing performance for the packets with the same packet headers and the same entry ports. |
| US10205644B2 |
Managing network data display
Systems and methods for monitoring performance associated with fulfilling resource requests and determining optimizations for improving such performance are provided. A processing device obtains and processes performance metric information associated with processing a request corresponding to a set of resources. The processing device uses the performance metric information to identify a subset of the resources corresponding to a display location associated with a visible portion of a display and to assess performance related to processing of the identified subset of the resources. In some embodiments, the processed performance data may be used to identify timing information associated with the subset of the embedded resources. Aspects of systems and methods for identifying and testing alternative resource configurations corresponding to the content associated with the original set of resources and for determining whether to recommend a resource configuration for improving performance of subsequent client requests for the content are also provided. |
| US10205643B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring and analyzing performance in a computer system with severity-state sorting
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that displays performance data for a computing environment. During operation, the system first determines values for a performance metric for entities that comprise the computing environment. Next, the system displays the computing environment as a tree comprising nodes representing the entities and edges representing parent-child relationships between the entities. While displaying the tree, the system displays the child nodes for each parent in sorted order based on values of the performance metric associated with the child nodes. |
| US10205641B2 |
Inspection of traffic via SDN
A method and related apparatus for performing inspection of flows within a software defined network includes identifying a security appliance within a software defined network, identifying candidate traffic flows flowing in the software defined network to be inspected, selecting one of the candidate traffic flows for security inspection, and communicating with a software defined network controller to cause the one of the candidate traffic flows to be redirected towards the security appliance for inspection or to cause the one of the candidate traffic flows to be copied and a resulting copy thereof forwarded to the security appliance for inspection. |
| US10205637B2 |
Impact analyzer for a computer network
Network management technology as disclosed herein performs an impact analysis of actual or hypothetical network commands, and presents the impact analysis results to facilitate the user's understanding of the predicted consequences of the actual or hypothetical commands on network operations, management, or security. |
| US10205636B1 |
Two-stage network simulation
In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus, having: one or more logic elements, including at least a processor and a memory, providing a network simulation engine to: periodically perform a network traffic simulation; cache at least one network traffic simulation in a traffic state cache; receive a quest for additional network demand; and compute a network delta based at least in part on a difference between the request for additional network demand and the traffic state cache. |
| US10205635B2 |
System and method for diagnosing database network integrity using application business groups and application epicenters
Example methods, apparatuses, and user interfaces are presented for generation of Application Business groups and determining system health and integrity based thereon. An Application Business group is a correlated group of Applications forming a business process or business service. Each application typically has one or two central application services referred here as an Application Epicenter. After determining an Epicenter, all correlated and important application services one hop away can become part of the Application. Interfaces allow for expansion or shrinking the Application by selecting a number of hops from the Epicenter. Once these Epicenters are defined, additional graphical user interfaces display health and status data of the Application centered around the Epicenter, including any fault data to diagnose problems in the Application. |
| US10205630B2 |
Fault tolerance method for distributed stream processing system
A fault tolerance method is provided for a distributed stream processing system. The method includes: obtaining, by a working node, information of a failed node, and receiving retransmission data sent by an upstream node, where the retransmission data is originally sent by a source node to the failed node; determining, according to the information of the failed node, whether the failed node is related to the working node; and if the failed node is related to the working node, processing the received retransmission data, and sending the processed retransmission data to a downstream node. In the present application, retransmission data sent by an upstream node is received by a working node, and after it is determined that a failed node is related to the working node, the received retransmission data is processed, so that the retransmission data sent by the upstream node is processed only when the failed node is related to the working node. |
| US10205625B1 |
Multiplexers with protection switching
The present invention is directed to data communication. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides switching mechanism for choosing between redundant communication links. Data received from a first set of communication links are processed to have alignment markers removed, and first figure of merit value is determined based on the data without alignment markers. Similarly, a second figure of merit value is determined for the data received from the second set of communication links. A switch selects between the first set of communication links and the second set of communication links based on their respective figure of merit values. Alignment markers are inserted into the data transmitted through the selected set of data links. There are other embodiments as well. |
| US10205621B2 |
Differential signal mapping for cell-edge and cell-center user equipments
A transmitting apparatus and a transmitting method are provided. The transmitting apparatus comprises: an encoder configured to encode data for a plurality of user equipments into corresponding encoded signals, respectively; a modulator configured to perform a joint modulation on the encoded signals for the plurality of user equipments to generate modulated signals, wherein the modulator performs the joint modulation by mapping bits of the encoded signals for the plurality of user equipments to a symbol corresponding to each constellation point of a constellation map of the modulated signals so that respective constellation points satisfy a Gray mapping rule; a transmitter configured to transmit the modulated signals. |
| US10205615B2 |
Receiving method and system for digital simultaneous information and energy transfer
A method is provided for digital Simultaneous Information and Energy Transfer (SIET), comprising the steps of receiving a serial SIET analog signal, and converting the serial SIET analog signal received into a parallel SIET analog signal, extracting an analog information signal and an analog energy signal from the parallel SIET analog signal, performing analog-to-digital conversion on the analog information signal to obtain a digital information signal, and performing information demodulation, parallel-to-serial conversion and decoding on the digital information signal in digital domain, and pre-processing the analog energy signal in analog domain and storing the preprocessed analog energy signal. As the information signal is processed in the digital domain and the energy signal is processed in the analog domain, the energy in the SIET signal can be full collected in receiving side. |
| US10205613B2 |
Data relaying apparatus and method of relaying data
A data relaying apparatus includes a first input port, a first output port, and a processor configured to select, based on a destination of a data frame received by the first input port, one of a first process and a second process, the first process including removing first header information of the data frame and transmitting, to the first output port, the data frame from which the first header information is removed, and the second process including adding second header information to the data frame received by the first input port and transmitting, to the first output port, the data frame to which the second header information is added, and perform the selected one of the first process and the second process on the data frame received by the first input port, wherein the first output port outputs the data frame for which the selected process is performed. |
| US10205607B2 |
Online incremental scheduling method for deterministic networks
A method for transmitting messages in a computer network, e.g., a TTEthernet network, the network including nodes and at least one star coupler, which are connected in a multi-hop fashion, the nodes periodically exchanging time-triggered (TT) messages according to a pre-defined transmission schedule, and wherein nodes exchange, according to the schedule, messages via scheduled time-triggered flows, wherein adding a new time-triggered flow into the running computer network includes: 1. determining, for each hop in the new flow path of the new time-triggered flow, a free transmission gap in the transmission cycle of the corresponding port, 2. modifying, if a sufficiently long transmission gap is not free in a transmission cycle, said transmission cycle, wherein 3. modifying transmission cycles occurs iteratively, and 4. if a sufficient transmission gap is found in each transmission cycle along the flow path, the new transmission is incorporated into each of the cycles and executed periodically. |
| US10205604B2 |
Multicast to unicast conversion technique
A technique allows stations to utilize an equal share of resources (e.g., airtime or throughput). This prevents slow stations from consuming too many resources (e.g., using up too much air time). Fairness is ensured by selective dropping after a multicast packet is converted to unicast. This prevents slow stations from using more than their share of buffer resources. Multicast conversion aware back-pressure into the network layer can be used to prevent unnecessary dropping of packets after multicast to unicast (1:n) conversion by considering duplicated transmit buffers. This technique helps achieve airtime/resource fairness among stations. |
| US10205602B2 |
ECMP parent group selection for multidestination traffic in DCE/TRILL networks
Consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods are disclosed for providing per-group ECMP for multidestination traffic in a DCE/TRILL network. Embodiments enable per-group load balancing of multidestination traffic in DCE/L2MP networks by creating a new IS-IS PDU to convey the affinity of the parent node for a given multicast group. For broadcast and unknown unicast flooded traffic, the load balancing may be done on a per-vlan basis. |
| US10205597B2 |
Composite document referenced resources
According to one example, a method is described in which a computer system receives a composite document with at least one referenced resource location. The computer system decrypts the referenced resource location, determines if the referenced resource location requires loading, and determines if the referenced resource location is editable. In the event that the referenced resource location requires loading, the referenced resource may be loaded from the referenced resource location and decrypted. In the event that the referenced resource location is editable, the referenced resource location may be edited. |
| US10205596B2 |
Authenticating a consumable product based on a remaining life value
Authenticating a consumable product based on a remaining life value includes determining whether an identifier stored in memory of a consumable product is listed in a device history and concluding that the consumable product is not authentic if the device is determined to have used the consumable product previously based on the device history and a current remaining life value associated with the consumable product indicates less use than a recorded remaining life value for the consumable product associated with the identifier in the device history. |
| US10205592B2 |
Physical layer key distribution for long distance repeated networks using random environmental instability
Aspects of the present disclosure describe methods and systems for improved secure key generation and distribution employing environmental instability induced signal phase fluctuations that are compatible with commercial wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical systems and associated optical amplifiers for long-haul transmission. |
| US10205589B2 |
Encryption processing device and encryption processing method
An encryption processing system includes an encryption processing circuit that executes a round calculation on input data and generates output data, and a key schedule circuit that outputs key data used in the encryption processing circuit to the encryption processing circuit. Each round calculation executed by the encryption processing circuit includes a linear conversion process executed by a linear conversion circuit, and the linear conversion circuit changes a linear conversion mode of the linear conversion process according to a round transition. |
| US10205588B2 |
Device keys protection
A method to protect a device key in a device comprising at least one secure element locally connected to at least one time programmable memory storing a global value in form of a bit string comprising locked bits and unlocked bits. The locked bits are irreversibly pre-programmed in the one-time-programmable memory during an initialization phase of the device while the unlocked bits remaining in an initial state may be programmable by the secure element. The secure element is configured to generate, at initialization of the device, a device specific value by using the global value, program the device specific value previously obtained in the one time programmable memory, and erase the global value by programming the unlocked bits of the corresponding bit string. A further object of the disclosure includes a device configured to carry out the method. |
| US10205585B2 |
Systems and methods for analog cancellation for division free duplexing for radios using MIMO
System and method embodiments are provided for analog cancellation for division free duplexing for radios using MIMO. In an embodiment, a system for minimizing transmitted signals from a transmitter appearing at a co-located receiver in a division free duplexing radio includes a transmitter to transmit an analog transmitted signal; an antenna; a circulator coupled to the transmitter and the antenna; a tuning algorithm component configured to receive a copy of the analog transmitted signal from the transmitter and a sampled analog received signal from a received signal path from the circulator, wherein the sampled analog received signal is sampled at a point in the received signal path before the analog received signal is provided to a receiver; and a multitap cancellation component configured to provide a cancellation signal to couple to the analog received signal such that an amount of the analog transmitted signal appearing at the receiver is reduced. |
| US10205583B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control channel depending on UE capability in intra-cell carrier aggregation system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting a control channel when cells have different duplex structures in an intra-cell carrier aggregation system are provided. The method of transmitting and/or receiving a control channel by an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system includes receiving capability information of a User Equipment (UE) from the UE, transmitting scheduling information to the UE, transmitting downlink data according to the transmitted scheduling information, and receiving an uplink control channel for the downlink data from the UE based on the capability information of the UE. |
| US10205581B2 |
Flexible slot architecture for low latency communication
Systems and methods are disclosed in which the start time of a downlink transmission to a user equipment (UE) is more flexible. For example, instead of beginning at predetermined starting points in a frame or subframe, a downlink transmission may instead possibly begin every x OFDM symbols, where x may be as small as one OFDM symbol. |
| US10205578B2 |
Acknowledgement procedure in WLAN
A method and apparatus for a first station (STA) to transmit an acknowledgement (ACK) signal to a second STA in a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. For this end, the first STA receive a first type frame aggregated with a second type frame from the second STA, wherein the first type frame does not include a quality of service (QoS) control field while the second type frame includes the QoS control field. Then, the first STA transmits an ACK signal for the first type frame to the second STA based on an ACK policy of the QoS control field of the second type frame. |
| US10205575B2 |
Methods for sending and receiving ACK/NACK information, base station, and terminal
Provided are methods for sending and receiving ACK/NACK information, a base station, and a terminal, wherein the method for sending ACK/NACK information includes that ACK/NACK information of a plurality of terminals is divided into X groups according to a preset indication parameter, wherein X is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; joint coding is performed on ACK/NACK information corresponding to each group in the X groups, so as to obtain X first bit blocks; and the X first bit blocks are mapped to a predetermined ACK/NACK physical resource and sent. By means of the disclosure, reliable transmission of HARQ-ACK information of a terminal on an NCT is implemented, the reliability of transmission of UL data in a Low Cost terminal is improved, and problems such as a conflict of PHICH resource allocation and ICIC of a frequency domain in a small cell are solved. |
| US10205571B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing communication based on hybrid beamforming in wireless communication system
Provided are a method and an apparatus for performing communication based on hybrid beamforming in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a user equipment (UE) transmits a dedicated scheduling request to a base station (BS). The dedicated scheduling request indicates a first scheduling request that is a request to transmit beam state information, multiplexed on an uplink data channel, or a second scheduling request that is a request to allocate a resource for a reference signal for beam refinement information. When the dedicated scheduling request indicates the first scheduling request, the UE receives an uplink grant including a response to the first scheduling request from the BS. The UE feeds the BSI back multiplexed on the uplink data channel to the BS. |
| US10205568B2 |
Method and device for generating inter-cell information for cancelling inter-cell interference
Provided is a method for transmitting and receiving inter-cell information for cancelling inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting and receiving inter-cell information may comprise the steps in which: a base station of a victim cell transmits, to a base station of an adjacent aggressor cell, a first PMI set which is a set of PMIs of a signal corresponding to an area partitioned in a predetermined direction; the base station of the aggressor cell transmits, to the victim cell, the signal of the PMIs by using a specific resource; the base station of the victim cell receives, from a terminal in the victim cell, a feedback signal on the signal of the PMIs; the base station of the victim cell transmits, to the base station of the aggressor cell, the feedback information; and the base station of the aggressor cell updates the first PMI set to a second PMI set on the basis of the feedback information, and transmits, to the base station of the victim cell, the updated second PMI set. |
| US10205563B2 |
Method for performing a HARQ operation in a carrier aggregation with at least one SCell operating in an unlicensed spectrum and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a HARQ process in a carrier aggregation, the method comprising: configuring with a plurality of cells, wherein each of the plurality of cells belongs to one of a first cell group and a second cell group; receiving two sets of maximum number of Hybrid-ARQ (HARQ) transmission, wherein a first set is related to a first cell group and a second set is related to a second cell group; applying the first set to a HARQ process if the HARQ process is assigned to the first cell group; and applying the second set to the HARQ process if the HARQ process is assigned to the second cell group. |
| US10205561B2 |
Method and arrangement of processing a packet of a HARQ system
A method for an electronic receiver of processing a packet of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a first transmission of the packet, wherein the first transmission comprises a first plurality of soft symbol values and determining whether the first plurality of soft symbol values meets a stop criterion. If it is determined that the first plurality of soft symbol values does not meet the stop criterion, a subject of the first plurality of soft symbol values is determined, wherein the subset comprises a number of soft symbol values of the first plurality of soft symbol values, the number being greater than zero and less than the first plurality. The subset of the first plurality of soft symbol values is stored in a HARQ buffer. A second plurality of soft symbol values, comprised in a second transmission of the packet received by the electronic receiver, is combined with the stored subset of the first plurality of soft symbol values to produce a third plurality of combined soft symbol values. Corresponding arrangement, receiver, device, and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10205560B2 |
Methods and systems for HARQ protocols
Methods described herein are for wireless communication systems. One aspect of the invention is directed to a method for a HARQ process, in which the HARQ process includes a first transmission of an encoder packet and at least one retransmission. The method involves allocating a transmission resource for each respective transmission. The method involves transmitting control information from a base station to a mobile station for each respective transmission. The control information includes information to uniquely identify the HARQ process and an identification of one of a time resource, a frequency resource and a time and frequency resource that is allocated for the transmission. In some embodiments of the invention, specific control information is signalled from a base station to a mobile station to enable RAS-HARQ operation. In some embodiments of the invention, retransmission signaling in included as part of regular unicast signaling used for both first transmission and retransmissions. In some embodiments of the invention, a 3-state acknowledgement channel and associated error recovery operation enables the base station and mobile station to recover from control signaling error and reduce packet loss. |
| US10205559B2 |
System and method for increasing network efficiency using dynamic repeat requests adjustment
A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a communication session associated with a wireless communication device; determine a service requirement for the selected communication session; determine an end-to-end latency for the selected communication session; and compute a repeat requests adjustment based on the determined service requirement and the determined end-to-end latency. The processor may be further configured to instruct a base station device associated with the communication session to adjust the maximum number of repeat requests transmissions based on the determined repeat requests adjustment. |
| US10205558B2 |
Signal reception apparatus, block decoding unit and method thereof in radio communication system
A method for decoding a channel signal in a signal reception apparatus is provided. The method includes performing a block decoding operation on a channel signal block, and if the block decoding for the channel signal block fails, re-performing a block decoding operation on the channel signal block using a preset pattern. |
| US10205557B2 |
Wireless receiver for turbo loop multiuser detection incorporating reuse of QR component
An improved receiver design implements a method for modeling users in SIC turbo loop multiuser detection architectures that reduces the number of implementation cycles, and thereby reduces the computational overhead associated with computing the inverse of the received signal covariance matrix, by efficiently reusing components of a QR decomposition. By reusing some of the computational results from the previous turbo loop's equalizer calculation, the disclosed receiver significantly reduces the computational burden of updating the linear equalizer on each turbo loop. Depending on the embodiment, this reduction can be accomplished in at least two different ways, depending on the dimensionality and other aspects of the implementation. |
| US10205554B2 |
Multiplex communication system and work machine
In an electronic component mounting device, a first multiplexing device of a head section which is attachable to and detachable from a Y-axis slider is connected to a second multiplexing device through an electric communication cable. The first multiplexing device, from which the cable is likely to be removed, is connected through the electric communication cable for which the communication failure due to dust or the like is relatively unlikely to occur. Second and third multiplexing devices, from which cables are less likely to be removed, are connected through the optical communication cable. The second multiplexing device separates data directed to the input and output device, among frame data received from the third multiplexing device, multiplexes only data directed to the first multiplexing device from the second multiplexing device, and transfers the multiplexed data to the first multiplexing device by the electric communication cable. |
| US10205548B2 |
Apparatus, method and system of communicating acoustic information of a distributed microphone array between mobile devices
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of communicating acoustic information of a distributed microphone array between mobile devices. For example, an audio processor may determine source information of one or more acoustic sources based on acoustic information sensed by a distributed microphone array including a first microphone of a first mobile device and a second microphone of a second mobile device. |
| US10205546B2 |
Method for operating a radio system, radio system and motor vehicle having a radio station
The invention relates to a method for operating a radio system of a motor vehicle. In one embodiment, the method comprises: specifying an area surrounding the motor vehicle, determining which digital radio stations within this area can be received error-free using a receiving device of the radio system, and displaying only those digital radio stations which can be received error-free within this area. The invention furthermore relates to a radio system for a motor vehicle and to a motor vehicle with a radio system. |
| US10205540B2 |
Signal detection device, wireless communication device, and wireless communication terminal
A signal detection device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a memory and processing circuitry. The memory is configured to store a program. The processing circuitry is for executing the program and is configured to calculate a first signal level indicative of a signal level of a digital complex signal; calculate a first variation indicative of a temporal variation of the first signal level; calculate a statistic in a predetermined first time period on the basis of the first variation within the first time period; and determine, on the basis of the statistic in the first time period, whether or not an interference source signal indicative of a signal of a radio wave coming from an interference source is included in the digital complex signals within the first time period. |
| US10205539B2 |
Magnetic circuit for high speed automotive ethernet over UTP channels
The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses for preventing significant amounts of common mode noise from a PHY transceiver, such as an Ethernet PHY transceiver, from coupling to an unshielded twisted-pair cable. The apparatuses can provide common mode noise isolation, while limiting any common mode noise to differential mode noise (CM-DM) conversion. Common mode noise is generally ignored by a PHY transceiver that receives a differential data signal because of differential signaling. However, when common mode noise is converted to differential mode noise, then data errors can result. Thus, limiting any CM-DM conversion is important. |
| US10205536B2 |
Modular backplanes
An example modular backplane device that transforms signals is described. The example disclosed herein comprises a plurality of interface connectors evenly distributed on a first side of a housing of the modular backplane to transfer a plurality of first signals. The example further comprises one or more aggregation point connectors on an edge of the first side of the housing of the modular backplane to transfer data, transfer management information, and receive electrical power. The modular backplane device example also comprises a logic board coupled to the plurality of interface connectors and to the one or more aggregation point connectors. The logic board is to transform signals and comprises signal transformation logic and a management processor. |
| US10205532B2 |
Laser power controller
A laser power controller employs: selection circuitry configured to select one of a data input value, a logical high value or a logical low value such that the selection circuitry selects the data input value during a data transmission period during a defined burst period and selects one of the logical high value and the logical low value during an extension time period during the defined burst period and immediately following the data transmission period; drive circuitry configured to apply, to a laser diode, a current corresponding to the value selected by the selection circuitry during the defined burst period or a zero value otherwise, the current being such that the laser diode is configured to provide an optical output; an optical sensor module configured to provide a sensor module output corresponding to the optical output of the laser diode, and configured to provide an electrical output proportional to the laser diode's optical output corresponding to the logical high value or the logical low value; and a controller configured to receive desired values regarding minimum and maximum optical output power levels of the laser diode and to receive the electrical output from the optical sensor module proportional to the optical output power level corresponding to the logical high and the logical low values; the controller being configured to use the received information to provide control values for the drive circuitry. |
| US10205524B2 |
Method and apparatus for setting quiet window in passive optical network system
A method and an apparatus for setting a quiet window in a passive optical network system are provided. A first response time from a time after an optical line terminal (OLT) transmits a serial number request up to a time in which the OLT receives a first response signal to the serial number request is measured, and a second response time up to a time in which the OLT receives a final response signal to the serial number request is measured. In addition, distance information of an optical network unit (ONU) including the first response time and the second response time is acquired. |
| US10205521B2 |
Network of extremely high burst rate optical downlinks
Traditional satellite-to-earth data transmission systems are constrained by inefficient relay schemes and/or short-duration data transfers at low data rates. Communication systems described herein achieve extremely high burst rate (e.g., 10 Gbps or greater) direct-to-Earth (DTE) data transmission over a free-space optical link between a spacecraft and a remote terminal, which may be a ground terminal or another space terminal. The optical link is established, for example, when the remote terminal is at an elevation of 20° with respect to a horizon of the remote terminal. In some embodiments, a data transmission burst contains at least 1 Terabyte of information, and has a duration of 6 minutes or less. The communication system can include forward error correction by detecting a degradation of a received free-space optical signal and re-transmitting at least a portion of the free-space optical signal. |
| US10205515B2 |
System and method for communicating over an 802.15.4 network
A method of reducing data transfer while increasing image information over an 802.15.4 network includes obtaining an image with a sensor, modulating a representation of the image using a first 802.15.4 modem, sending the representation of the image to a coordinator, demodulating the representation of the image using a second 802.15.4 modem, and digitally enhancing at least one of the representation of the image and the image. A system for communication over an 802.15.4 network includes a sensor for obtaining data, the size of the data being at least an order of magnitude greater than the size of an 802.15.4 packet, a first 802.15.4 modem coupled to the sensor, a buffer for temporarily storing the data to allow transmission of portions of the data; the buffer being coupled to the sensor, a coordinator coupled to the sensor, the coordinator being capable of communicating with a computer, and a second 802.15.4 modem coupled to the coordinator. |
| US10205513B1 |
System and method for improved beyond line-of-sight communications using natural phenomena
A method of optimizing BLoS communications between a first asset and a second asset using at least one of atmospheric troposcatter and ducting signal propagating phenomena includes transmitting a plurality of test signals from multiple antenna elements of the first asset into the atmosphere. At least a portion of the test signals are received at multiple antenna elements of the second asset. The second asset is configured to calculate a gain and phase shift of the channel between each transmitting and receiving antenna element, calculate optimized antenna weights for the transmitting and receiving antenna elements, and estimate a communication channel coherence time and coherence bandwidth. These parameters may be transmitted to the first asset and applied thereto for optimizing communications between the first and second assets. |
| US10205511B2 |
Multi-beam phased array for first and second polarized satellite signals
Systems and methods disclose a satellite communication system including a plurality of antenna elements, an interface circuit, and a transceiver circuit. Each antenna element communicates a first polarization signal and a second polarization signal. The interface circuit receives, amplifies, and splits the first polarization signals into a first polarization primary signal and a first polarization secondary signal. The interface circuit also receives, amplifies, and splits the second polarization signals into a second polarization primary signal and a second polarization secondary signal. A first summer circuit generates a first beam signal via a sum of the first and second polarization primary signals. A second summer circuit generates a second beam signal via a sum of the first and second polarization secondary signals. The transceiver includes a first splitter circuit that receives and splits the first beam signal into a first signal and a second signal, a second splitter circuit that receives and splits the second beam signal into a third signal and a fourth signal, a first beamformer that synthesizes a first beamformed signal, and a second beamformer that synthesizes a second beamformed signal. |
| US10205507B2 |
Relay architecture, relay node, and relay method thereof
In an aspect, the present disclosure relates to a relay node (RN) operatively coupled with user equipment (UE), wherein the RN is configured to create one or more tunnels to enable transmission of data messages and control messages from the UE directly to a packet data network gateway (PGW). The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for tunneling user equipment (UE) traffic by creating one or more tunnels between a relay node (RN) and packet data network gateway (PGW) to prioritize control messages over data messages, wherein the one or more tunnels are created when the UE gets attached to the relay node (RN). Further, tunneling of the one or more control/non-access stratum (NAS) messages to the PGW can be performed over one of the higher priority tunnels such that when the NAS messages are received at the PGW or HGW, they can be forwarded to a mobility management entity (MME). |
| US10205505B2 |
Communications methods and apparatus
Methods and apparatus for supporting efficient communications of time varying data are described. A wireless device monitors to detect receipt of a first identifier, e.g., an LTED OTACode, via a first network interface, said first identifier corresponding to first information that is available via the first network, said first information indicating a source of first time varying data and a description of the first time varying data. The wireless device monitors to detect receipt of a second identifier, e.g., a hash value, via a second network interface, e.g., a WIFI, interface. The wireless device determines if the first identifier was received on the first interface and if a second identifier, corresponding to the first identifier, was received on the second interface. The wireless device makes a decision whether or not to retransmit the second identifier. The wireless device retrieves, uses and/or supplies the first time varying data to other devices. |
| US10205502B2 |
Aircraft-antenna controlling device, aircraft, aircraft-antenna selecting program, and aircraft-antenna controlling method
A control unit of an aircraft includes a computer that predicts the current position of a wingman aircraft based on a temporal change in wingman-aircraft position information indicating the position of the wingman aircraft; an antenna selector that selects, from among multiple antennas, an antenna with which the elongation φt with respect to the center axis of the antenna at the predicted current position of the wingman aircraft predicted by the computer falls within a coverage angle θ; and a beam controller that executes communication with the wingman aircraft via the antenna selected by the antenna selector. Thus, the control unit of the aircraft can select an optimal antenna for communication with the wingman aircraft from among the multiple antennas. |
| US10205500B2 |
Data transmission method and data transmisiion device
A precoding matrix determination method and a precoding matrix determination device are provided. The precoding matrix determination method includes: dividing each of the groups of vertical-dimension beams into a plurality of subgroups of vertical-dimension beams, and dividing each of the groups of horizontal-dimension beams into a plurality of subgroups of horizontal-dimension beams; determining a first stage codebook in accordance with a Kronecker product of each subgroup of vertical-dimension beams acquired by dividing each of the groups of vertical-dimension beams and each subgroup of horizontal-dimension beams acquired by dividing each of the groups of horizontal-dimension beams; and selecting a plurality of columns of beams from the determined first stage codebook using a second stage codebook, and performing phase adjustment to determine a precoding matrix. |
| US10205499B2 |
Systems and methods for adapting a codebook for use with multiple antenna configurations
According to certain embodiments, a method by a network node for adapting a codebook for use with multiple antenna configurations is provided. The method includes configuring a wireless device to provide CSI feedback using a precoding codebook. Each one of a plurality of codebook entries within the precoding codebook corresponds to a potential position of an antenna element. The method further includes transmitting, by the network node, an indication of a subset of codebook entries to be combined when calculating CSI feedback by the wireless device. |
| US10205496B2 |
Transmission device and transmission method
A transmission device comprising: a weighting circuity which, in operation, generates transmission signals of n streams (n is an integer of 3 or more) by weighting modulated signals of the n streams using a predetermined fixed precoding matrix; a phase changing circuity which, in operation, regularly changes each phase of a symbol series included in each of the transmission signals of the n streams; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the transmission signals of the n streams from different antennas, the phases of each of the transmission signals of the n streams being changed in each symbol, wherein the transmission signal of an i-th stream has an mi kind of phase change value yi(t) (i is an integer between 1 and n (inclusive), 0≤yi<2π, and mi is set in each stream, t is an integer of 0 or more, and indicates a symbol slot), and the phase changing circuity changes the phase in one or more u (u=m1×m2× . . . ×mn) symbol periods using all patterns of a set of phase change values yi(t) different from each other in each symbol. |
| US10205489B2 |
Rear cover and portable terminal having same
Provided are a rear cover of a portable terminal, which is formed from a metallic material and is capable of operating as an auxiliary radiator of a near-field communication antenna pattern by forming slits thereon, and a portable terminal having the same. The provided rear cover is formed from a metallic material, has a slit part, allows a near-field communication antenna and the slit part to form an overlapping area when the rear cover is mounted on the rear surface of the portable terminal, and operates as the auxiliary radiator of the near-field communication antenna through the coupling of the near-field communication antenna and the slit part in the overlapping area. |
| US10205486B2 |
Parallel testing of a controller area network bus cable
A computer program product according to one embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processing system to cause the processing system to perform a method that includes sending a data testing signal through a data lead of a cable via a first interface, sending a power signal through a power lead of the cable via the first interface, receiving and analyzing the data testing signal from the data lead of the cable via a second interface, and receiving and analyzing the power signal passing through the power lead of the cable via the second interface. |
| US10205483B2 |
Line simulator
Simulation devices for simulating communication lines are provided. In some embodiments, different parameters are used along a line length. |
| US10205481B2 |
Broadband distributed antenna system with non-duplexer isolator sub-system
Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system. |
| US10205476B2 |
Vehicle-to-X communication system, vehicle, and method for transmitting vehicle-to-X messages
A vehicle-to-x communication system, a vehicle including a vehicle-to-x communication system and a method for transmitting vehicle-to-x messages. Instead of having to diversify transmission as is customary when at least two antennae are used, signals are emitted in a suitably split manner via a first antenna or a second antenna. |
| US10205469B2 |
Low latency soft decoder architecture for generalized product codes
Techniques for reducing the latency for decoding product codewords with minimal hardware architecture changes are described. In an example, a system accesses and decodes a generalized product code (GPC) codeword by using at least one of a plurality of Chase decoding procedures available on the system. A first Chase decoding procedure is configured according to first values for a set of decoding parameters. A second Chase decoding procedure is configured according to second values for the set of decoding parameters. The second values are different from the first values. The first Chase decoding procedure has a smaller latency and a higher bit error rate (BER) relative to the second Chase decoding procedure based on the first values and the second values for the set of decoding parameters. |
| US10205468B2 |
Decoding method, apparatus, and algorithm for nonbinary LDPC codes
Provided is a method for decoding a non-binary (NB) low density parity check (LDPC) code at a user equipment (UE) that implements at least one variable nodes that receive a received signal of a wireless channel and deliver an input message to a check node and the check node that checks the input message and outputs an output message. The method includes receiving at least one input messages, generating a temporary vector by using the at least one input messages, searching for an element having a dominant value by checking the temporary vector, generating a configuration set, which is a check target, by using the element having the dominant value, and generating the output message by performing comparison with respect to the generated configuration set. |
| US10205466B2 |
Electronic device with flexible processing of compressive sensing samples
An electronic device has a transmit circuit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit outputs a first portion of compressive sensing (CS) samples corresponding to a signal segment to another electronic device via the transmit circuit, and selectively outputs a second portion of the CS samples corresponding to the signal segment to another electronic device via the transmit circuit according to a response of another electronic device. In this way, a balance between the compression ratio and the reconstruction quality/speed can be achieved. Moreover, the signal reconstruction performed at the processing circuit may employ a multi-resolution/multi-scale reconstruction scheme to achieve a balance between the dictionary size and the reconstruction quality/speed, and/or may employ a multi-stage reconstruction scheme to achieve a balance between the reconstruction algorithm control setting and the reconstruction quality/speed. In addition, dictionary weighting, online dictionary update, and/or point constraints may be used to improve the reconstruction quality. |
| US10205464B2 |
Analog video signal supply circuit
An analog video signal supply circuit includes a processing circuit that supplies first and second digital video signals. First and second digital-to-analog converters convert digital signals to analog signals. A control circuit controls operation in a first configuration where the first digital video signal is applied to an input of the first digital-to-analog converter and the second digital video signal to an input of the second digital-to-analog converter. The control circuit further controls operation in a second configuration where the first digital video signal is simultaneously applied to the inputs of the first and second digital-to-analog converters. |
| US10205459B2 |
Multi-phase fractional divider
Described is an apparatus comprising: a multi-modulus divider; and a phase provider to receive a multiphase periodic signal and operable to rotate phases of the multiphase periodic signal to generate an output which is received by the multi-modulus divider. |
| US10205458B2 |
Run-time output clock determination
In a first clock frequency multiplier, multiple injection-locked oscillators (ILOs) having spectrally-staggered lock ranges are operated in parallel to effect a collective input frequency range substantially wider than that of a solitary ILO. After each input frequency change, the ILO output clocks may be evaluated according to one or more qualifying criteria to select one of the ILOs as the final clock source. In a second clock frequency multiplier, a flexible-injection-rate injection-locked oscillator locks to super-harmonic, sub-harmonic or at-frequency injection pulses, seamlessly transitioning between the different injection pulse rates to enable a broad input frequency range. The frequency multiplication factor effected by the first and/or second clock frequency multipliers in response to an input clock is determined on the fly and then compared with a programmed (desired) multiplication factor to select between different frequency-divided instances of the frequency-multiplied clock. |
| US10205455B2 |
Universal oscillator
The disclosure provides a universal oscillator. The oscillator includes an amplifier array. The amplifier array includes one or more amplifiers. A control logic unit is coupled to the amplifier array and activates the one or more amplifiers. A self-clock generating circuit is coupled to the control logic unit and generates a fixed clock. A counter receives the fixed clock from the self-clock generating circuit and provides a controlled clock to the control logic unit. |
| US10205451B1 |
Methods and apparatuses for dynamic step size for impedance calibration of a semiconductor device
Methods and apparatuses are provided for dynamic step size for impedance calibration of a semiconductor device. An example apparatus includes a resistor, and a chip including a driver impedance calibration circuit configured to determine an impedance of the driver based on an impedance of the resistor. During a calibration operation, the driver impedance calibration circuit is configured to adjust an impedance code that controls an impedance of the driver to provide a next impedance code based on a comparison of a driver output voltage with a reference voltage. An adjustment step size of the impedance code is determined based on a value of the impedance code. |
| US10205450B2 |
Backlighting appliance deadfronted user interfaces
A capacitive touch switch is disclosed which includes a transparent insulating panel, a filtering layer having an opaque color, a transparent icon being defined in the filtering layer, a transparent substrate including a capacitive electrode, the transparent substrate being tinted to substantially match the opaque color of the filtering layer, and a light source configured to transmit light through the transparent substrate, the transparent icon, and the transparent insulating panel when energized. A user interface and a method of manufacturing a capacitive touch switch are also disclosed. |
| US10205448B2 |
Switch control circuit and switch circuit
This invention provides a switch control circuit and a switch circuit. When a main transistor on-time reaches a constant on-time, whether an inductor current reaches an instruction current is detected; if the inductor current fails to reach the instruction current, the main transistor on-time is prolonged; the main transistor is turned off and the auxiliary transistor is turned on until the inductor current reaches the instruction current or exceeds the instruction current by a certain threshold; when the main transistor is turned off and the auxiliary transistor is turned on, the inductor current is detected in real time to check whether the inductor current is smaller than the instruction current, and the auxiliary transistor is turned off and the main transistor is turned on again if yes. |
| US10205447B1 |
Pulse driven power FET
A power drive circuit is disclosed. The power circuit includes: a pulse detector, configured to generate first and second control signals in response to first and second pulse signals, respectively. The power drive circuit also includes a state storage device, configured to generate first and second driver input signals in response to the first and second control signals, respectively. The power drive circuit also includes a driver configured to generate first and second gate drive signals in response to the first and second driver input signals, respectively. The power drive circuit also includes a power switch, configured to receive the first and second gate drive signals, where the first and second gate drive signals control the power switch to selectively conduct or not conduct current between first and second terminals. |
| US10205445B1 |
Clock duty cycle correction circuit
A duty cycle correction (DCC) circuit includes first and second pluralities of logic gates, a low pass filter, an error amplifier, and a differential amplifier. The DCC circuit receives first and second clock signals from the VCO. The first and second pluralities of logic gates receive first and second superimposed clock signals and generate first and second output clock signals, respectively. The error amplifier rectifies a common error of the first and second output clock signals, and generates a common mode error voltage signal. The differential amplifier generates first and second error signals based on the common mode error voltage signal. The first and second error signals converge the duty cycles of the first and second output clock signals to a 50% duty cycle. |
| US10205444B2 |
PWM control method for five-level inverting circuit, control circuit and inverter
A pulse width modulation (PWM) control method for a five-level inverting circuit is provided. The five-level inverting circuit includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor and first to eighth switch branches. In this PWM control method, the control logic is set to enable the first and fourth switch branches to be turned on in a complementary manner, the second and fifth switch branches to be turned on in a complementary manner, the third and sixth switch branches to be turned on in a complementary manner, and the seventh and eighth switch branches to be turned on in a complementary manner, and enable the first and second switch branches to be turned on in an interlocking manner, and the sixth and fifth switch branches to be turned on in an interlocking manner. |
| US10205441B1 |
Level shifter having constant duty cycle across process, voltage, and temperature variations
A level shifter includes a level shifting circuit, a variable bias voltage generator, and a bias voltage generator controller. The level shifting circuit is configured to level shift an input signal at a first voltage level to an output signal having a second voltage level. The second voltage level is higher than the first voltage level. The level shifting circuit includes a current mirror, an input circuit for receiving the differential input signals, and a coupling circuit for coupling the current mirror to the input circuit in response to a variable bias voltage. The variable bias voltage generator is configured to provide the variable bias voltage at one of a plurality of voltage levels. The bias voltage generator controller provides a select signal to select the voltage level from the plurality of voltage levels in response to measuring the duty cycle of the output signal to maintain the duty cycle of the output signal at a predetermined duty cycle. |
| US10205439B2 |
Digital step attenuator with reduced relative phase error
An apparatus for selectively providing attenuation with minimal relative phase error. A Digital Step Attenuator (DSA) is implemented on an integrated circuit (IC). Each cell of the DSA has a series compensation inductance that is introduced between an input to the cell and a resistor on the cell. The series compensation inductance allows the location of a pole present in the transfer function of the cell to be manipulated. By controlling the location of the pole in the transfer function of the DSA, the relative phase error of the cell can be controlled. In another disclosed embodiment, the capacitance of a shunt compensation capacitor is increased to manipulate a pole in the transfer function of a DSA cell. |
| US10205435B2 |
Surface acoustic wave device
A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a dielectric film, IDT electrodes, and a resin member. The surface acoustic wave device includes a resin contact region where the piezoelectric substrate and the resin member are in direct contact with each other. The resin contact region has a shape surrounding the IDT electrodes. Because the resin member exhibits a strong adhesion force with respect to the piezoelectric substrate, peeling-off between the piezoelectric substrate and the resin member is significantly reduced or prevented, and an airtight condition is maintained in the interior of the surface acoustic wave device. |
| US10205430B2 |
Resonator circuit having greater degrees of freedom, filter with improved tunability, and duplexer with improved tunability
A resonator circuit, a filter with improved tunability, and a duplexer with improved tunability are disclosed. In an embodiment, the resonator circuit includes a resonator, a Z transformer and an impedance circuit, wherein the impedance circuit has an impedance Z and includes an impedance element, wherein the Z transformer is interconnected between the resonator and the impedance circuit, and wherein the Z transformer transforms the impedance Z to a new impedance Z′≠Z and comprises a transformation circuit selected from: a generalized impedance converter (GIC), an negative impedance converter (NIC), a generalized impedance inverter (GII) and an negative impedance inverter (NII). |
| US10205428B1 |
Variable audible-alert device
A method and device for variable audible-alerts based on a vehicle environment are disclosed, in which vehicle sensor data relating to a vehicle environment may be received and processed to produce vehicle-environment recognition data. Audible alert data is selected from a plurality of audible alert data corresponding to the vehicle-environment recognition data, from which a command message is generated based on the audible alert data. The command message is transmitted to effect an audible alert via an audible device. |
| US10205426B2 |
Multistage amplifier linearization in a radio frequency system
A linearization circuit reduces intermodulation distortion in an amplifier that includes a first stage and a second stage. The linearization circuit receives a first signal that includes a first frequency and a second frequency and generates a difference signal having a frequency approximately equal to the difference of the first frequency and the second frequency, generates an envelope signal based at least in part on a power level of the first signal, and adjusts a magnitude of the difference signal based on the envelope signal. When the amplifier receives the first signal at an input terminal, the first stage receives the adjusted signal, and the second stage does not receive the adjusted signal, intermodulation between the adjusted signal and the first signal cancels at least a portion of the intermodulation between the first frequency and the second frequency from the output of the amplifier. |
| US10205423B1 |
Rail-to-rail source follower
A source follower method, system, and apparatus provide rail-to-rail capability to an output voltage terminal of a voltage follower feedback biased CMOS output circuit by providing a control circuit which includes first and second bypass transistors that are connected in parallel between first and second control circuit input/output terminals and controlled, respectively, by first and second control circuit inputs, and which also includes first and second current sources for injecting source and sink currents in the output node as a function, respectively, of a first bypass current through the first bypass transistor which turns ON when the output voltage rises above a top threshold voltage level and of a second bypass current through the second bypass transistor which turns ON when the output voltage falls below a bottom threshold voltage level. |
| US10205421B2 |
Photovoltaic modular system
A photovoltaic modular system is disclosed. One or more photovoltaic (PV) modules are connected together with embedded parallel wiring that facilitates the sharing of power from a plurality of PV modules to power one or more electrical devices. Control electronics within each individual PV module allows the isolation of PV modules that are shaded or otherwise not productive. No external connecting wiring, or devices are required to make the system functional. All wiring, connectors and electronics are integral and embedded within each individual PV module. The PV modules have adhesive on the back to allow them to be installed without additional mounting hardware. All PV module system components are completely encapsulated together in one modular component. |
| US10205420B2 |
Photovoltaic module and photovoltaic system comprising the same
A photovoltaic module and a photovoltaic system including the same are disclosed. The photovoltaic module includes a solar cell module, a converter unit to convert levels of direct current (DC) power from the solar cell module, an inverter unit to convert the DC power into alternating current (AC) power, a cable electrically connected to the inverter unit and to output the AC power to an outside, a communication unit to exchange data with another photovoltaic module, and a controller to control outputting of at least one of phase information and amplitude information of the photovoltaic module for adjusting at least one of a phase and an amplitude of the another photovoltaic module, when the photovoltaic module is set as a master. Consequently, the phase and/or the amplitude of AC power output from another photovoltaic module may be adjusted to be equal. |
| US10205418B2 |
Attachment system and nut for solar panel racking system
An attachment system for a solar panel racking system is provided. The attachment system comprises a rail, a nut and a fastener. The rail includes a receiver to releasably receive the nut. The receiver has an arcuate channel and a retainer. The nut has an arcuate portion sized and dimensioned to be receivable within the arcuate channel, and a flange for releasable engagement with the retainer. Upon receipt of the arcuate portion within the arcuate channel, the flange releasably engages the retainer to releasably engage the nut within the receiver. The fastener secures the nut within the receiver and thereby secures the rail to the structure. The arcuate channel assists in the releasable engagement between the nut and the rail by assisting in cooperatively orienting and positioning the nut to guide the nut into the receiver. |
| US10205416B2 |
Electric driving apparatus and electric power steering apparatus
A control unit for driving a motor mainly includes an input circuit for inputting various kinds of information pieces, an output circuit for driving the coil windings of the motor, an MPU for calculating a control amount based on the information from the input circuit and outputting a control signal to the output circuit; the control unit has two pieces each of the input circuit, the output circuit, and the, and can supply respective electric currents to the windings of the motor or can cut off the supply; the MPUs each have a CPU incorporated therein, a trigger circuit for a trigger signal having a predetermined period; the two CPUs synchronize at least control commands in accordance with the trigger signal and output the control commands. |
| US10205411B2 |
Control method for starting a synchronous electric motor
A control method implemented in a variable speed drive for starting a synchronous electric motor, said method including the application, as input, of a reference speed according to a predefined speed profile, the determination of a reference position based on the reference speed that is applied as input, the determination of a voltage in a rotating frame of reference, based on the reference speed that is applied as input, the determination of control voltages to be applied to each output phase depending, on the one hand, on the determined reference position and, on the other hand, on said voltage determined in the rotating frame of reference, and the application of the control voltages to each output phase to obtain an alignment of the position of the rotor of said motor with the reference position. |
| US10205410B2 |
Insulating sheet having electrostatic charges causing attraction
Disclosed is a sheet repositionable that is attracted to a nearby object by electrostatic charges. The sheet requires no pressure sensitive adhesive to stick to the object. The sheet is attracted to the nearby object by electrostatic charges on the sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. The electrostatic charges may be on the first surface, on the second surface, or on both the first surface and the second surface. The electrostatic charges have both a magnitude and a polarity that can be either positive or negative. The charges on the sheet may be all positive, the charges may be all negative, or the sheet may have regions of positive electrostatic charges and regions of negative electrostatic charges. In each case, the magnitude of the charges is sufficient to attract the sheet to the nearby object. Once the sheet is in contact with the object, electrostatic charges causes the sheet to stick to the object. |
| US10205409B1 |
Power generating tile assembly
A power generating tile assembly includes a tile cover plate that is coupled to a rigid base plate to define an interior region therebetween. The tile cover plate vibrates in response to either sounds waves contacting the tile cover plate or an external force being applied to the tile cover plate. The power generating tile assembly includes a vibrationally-activated power generating device that is coupled to the tile cover plate within the interior region. The vibrationally-activated power generating device generates a first voltage in response to vibrations in the tile cover plate. |
| US10205408B2 |
Converter for converting energy to be recovered and electricity generator
A converter including a transducer layer which moves anchoring points to deform a piezoelectric diaphragm by bending. The converter includes a rigid arm between each anchoring point and a point for securing to the piezoelectric diaphragm to which it is attached, the rigid arm being tensioned between the anchoring point and the securing point and configured to transform movement of the anchoring points into a movement that deforms the piezoelectric diaphragm between bent and less bent positions. The securing point is located at the mid-point when the ends of the piezoelectric diaphragm are secured, with no degree of freedom, in a frame, and the securing point is located at one end of the piezoelectric diaphragm when the mid-point is secured, with no degree of freedom, in the frame. |
| US10205407B2 |
Inverter device, energy storage system and method of controlling an inverter device
An inverter device, an energy storage system comprising such an inverter device, and a method of controlling such an inverter device are provided. The inverter device has a split-phase, transformer-less configuration and is connectable between a battery and a power grid for transferring power in a bidirectional manner between said battery and said power grid. The inverter device further comprises: an inverter circuit comprising switching elements arranged in a multilevel clamped topology; and a control unit controlling said switching elements, wherein said control unit is configured to control said switching elements such that direct current (DC) power from said battery is transformed into alternating current (AC) power and supplied to said power grid during a discharging period, and AC power from said power grid is transformed into DC power and supplied to said battery during a charging period. |
| US10205405B2 |
Turn-off overvoltage limiting for IGBT
A turn-off overvoltage limiting for IGBT is described herein. The injection of a sample of the overvoltage across the IGBT in the gate drive to slow down the slope of the gate voltage decrease only during the overvoltage above a predetermined value is described herein. Techniques to increase the parasitic inductance to allow the control to limit an overvoltage at turn off of the second IGBT are also described herein. |
| US10205404B2 |
Power converter control system and method
A power converter control system includes a first power converter, at least one additional power converter, a first control module, and an additional control module. The first power converter receives direct current and outputs alternating current as a first power output. The additional power converter receives direct current and outputs alternating current as an additional power output. The first control module controls timing of events of the first power converter. The additional control module is associated with the additional power converter and controls timing of events of the additional power converter. The first control module communicates first information regarding the timing of the first power converter to the additional control module. The additional control module is configured to adjust the timing of the additional power converter to correspond with the timing of the first power converter. |
| US10205403B2 |
Cascaded H-bridge inverter and method for handling fault thereof
A cascaded H-bridge inverter and a method for handling a fault thereof are provided. An output voltage or an output power of each of N solar panels is detected by a controller. In a case that the output voltage of at least one of the N solar panels is lower than a preset voltage, or that the output power of at least one of the N solar panels is lower than a preset power, the controller controls a corresponding switching device to be switched off, and changes a set value of a voltage across a capacitor in the direct current side. Then, the controller controls a corresponding H-bridge module to perform inverting by taking the set value of the voltage across the capacitor in the direct current side as an input value, so that a total output modulation voltage of the cascaded H-bridge inverter meets a preset condition. |
| US10205402B2 |
Power conversion device for converting power between a DC circuit and an AC circuit by performing a non-linear operation
In a control device of a power conversion device, an AC control portion generates a first voltage command value representing an AC voltage component to be output from a plurality of chopper cells of each leg circuit. A DC control portion generates a second voltage command value representing a DC voltage component to be output from the plurality of chopper cells of each leg circuit. A circulating current control portion generates a third voltage command value to be output from the plurality of chopper cells of each leg circuit in order to suppress a circulating current. The circulating current control portion performs a non-linear operation with the first, second, and third voltage command values. The plurality of chopper cells of each leg circuit operate in accordance with a result of the non-linear operation. |
| US10205401B1 |
Controllers for regulated power inverters, AC/DC, and DC/DC converters
The present invention relates to methods and corresponding apparatus for regulation, control, and management of DC-to-AC, AC-to-DC, and/or DC-to-DC switching power conversion. |
| US10205396B2 |
Method and device for controlling a galvanically isolated DC converter
The invention relates to a method (300) for controlling a galvanically isolated DC converter (100). The DC converter (100) comprises a full bridge (110) for converting an input DC voltage (UinDC) into an input AC voltage (UinAC), a transformer (120) for converting the input AC voltage (UinAC) into an output AC voltage (UoutAC), and a rectifier (130) for converting the output AC voltage (UoutAC) into an output DC voltage (UoutDC). The method comprises the steps: determining (320) the duty cycle (D) of the full bridge (110); comparing (330) the determined duty cycle (D) with a duty cycle threshold value (Dth); calculating (340) an input DC voltage (UinDCcalc) according to an input current (I_in), the output DC voltage (UoutDC), a transformation ratio (U) of the transformer (120) and an adapted value (D_ad) of the duty cycle of the full bridge (110). |
| US10205394B2 |
Switched mode power converter controller with ramp time modulation with jitter frequency
A controller for use in a power converter includes a drive circuit coupled to generate a drive signal to control switching of a power switch to control a transfer of energy from a power converter input to a power converter output. An input is also included to receive an enable signal including enable events responsive to the power converter output. The drive circuit is coupled to turn ON the power switch in response to the enable events, and turn OFF the power switch in response to a power switch current reaching a current limit threshold. A current limit threshold generator is coupled to receive the drive signal from the drive circuit to vary the current limit threshold at a variable rate in response to the enable events of the enable signal. |
| US10205391B2 |
Current sensing with RDSON correction
Current sensing with RDSON correction is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method comprises: measuring an approximate temperature of a MOS transistor switch by a temperature sensor to yield a measured temperature; calculating a corrected temperature from the measured temperature using a stored temperature sensor gain and offset correction function; measuring a gate drive voltage for the MOS transistor; calculating a voltage correction factor using a stored voltage correction function, wherein the stored voltage correction function is a function of the corrected temperature and the gate drive voltage; measuring a RDSON voltage drop across the MOS transistor switch to yield a measured RDSON voltage drop; and calculating the current using the measured RDSON drop and the voltage correction factor. |
| US10205386B2 |
Apparatus for integrated circuit interface and associated methods
An apparatus includes an integrated circuit (IC) adapted to be powered by a positive supply voltage. The IC includes a charge pump that is adapted to convert the positive supply voltage of the IC to a negative bias voltage. The IC further includes a bidirectional interface circuit. The bidirectional interface circuit includes an amplifier coupled to the negative bias voltage to accommodate a bidirectional input voltage of the IC. The bidirectional interface circuit further includes a comparator coupled to the negative bias voltage to accommodate the bidirectional input voltage of the IC. |
| US10205385B2 |
Circuit and method of a switching converter with adaptive pulse insertion
A circuit and method for a switching converter that modifies the clock frequency when the panic comparator is activated is proposed. This solution for a switching converter is achieved by increases in the switching frequency in response to an undershoot condition. In summary, a switching converter circuit, comprising at least one phase functional block configured to provide an output voltage, a panic comparator configured to evaluate voltage excursion conditions of the output voltage, and a clock generator with pulse insertion function wherein the pulse insertion function is configured to increase the switching frequency during a voltage excursion condition to minimize or mitigate voltage excursions. In addition, a switching converter circuit, comprising a clock generator with a pulse width extender configured to provide a signal to said pulse insertion function logic. |
| US10205377B1 |
Active clamp flyback converter control with reduced current
A method and controller for controlling a converter are provided. The converter is operated in a first phase in which controller logic asserts a first gate drive signal to cause a first transistor of the converter to be conductive and deasserts a second gate drive signal to cause a second transistor of the converter to be non-conductive. In a first deadtime phase and a second phase, the controller logic deasserts both the first and second gate drive signals to cause leakage energy from a leakage inductance of a primary winding of the converter to be transferred to a clamp capacitance of the converter. After the leakage energy is transferred, the converter is operated in a third phase in which the logic asserts the second gate drive signal and deasserts the first gate drive signal. |
| US10205375B1 |
Automated power supply sense line selection
An embodiment includes a circuit block configured to distribute a power signal to a plurality of voltage sense signals, and a voltage regulator configured to generate a regulated voltage level on the power signal. The embodiment also includes a sensing circuit configured to perform a sequence of comparisons of respective voltage levels of the plurality of voltage sense signals using a selection criterion. To perform the sequence of comparisons, the sensing circuit may be configured to select either a first voltage sense signal or a second voltage sense signal to generate a first output voltage sense signal. The sensing circuit may also be configured to select either a third voltage sense signal or a previously generated output voltage sense signal to generate a feedback signal. The voltage regulator circuit may be further configured to modify the regulated voltage level using the feedback signal. |
| US10205374B2 |
Tran principles, methods of DC pulse electric device without moving parts
A time-varying current from a DC voltage-source, flows through a primary winding of a magnetic circuit containing permanent magnets, induces more inductive voltages across different windings. The windings are wrapped around the main, sub-magnetic paths of different forms and constructions of the Tran-generators.The invention when combined with any one of recovering the utilized electric charge, using the (hybrid) soft magnetic wires, applying the Voltage-Doubler circuits, and using the transfer of high-potential electric charge to generate more electric energy, make the tran-generators useful. |
| US10205373B2 |
Self-alignment protection device for permanent-magnet coupling
The present invention relates to the technical field of design and manufacture of magnetic couplings and provides a self-alignment protection device for permanent-magnet coupling, the self-alignment protection device comprises a first rotor and a second rotor respectively in fixedly connection with a load shaft (8) and a driving shaft (9), the first rotor and the second rotor being respectively mounted with permanent magnets that are mutually coupled to transmit torque, the first rotor and the second rotor are respectively configured with an inner conical surface and an outer conical surface that are coaxial and have mutually matching tapers, the self-alignment protection device further comprises an axial adjustment mechanism for adjusting the relative axial position between the first rotor and the second rotor. This technical solution solves the technical problem that the existing magnetic couplings are inconvenient to install and adjust. |
| US10205371B2 |
Voice coil motor
A voice coil motor includes a housing having a cavity; a movable assembly received in the cavity; a fixing assembly configured outside of the movable assembly; and a first spring plate and a second spring plate configured at an upper surface and a lower surface of the movable assembly respectively. The fixing assembly comprises at least two magnetic elements connected with the first spring plate and a spacer member configured on the second spring plate to connect the second spring plate to the magnetic elements or the housing. The voice coil motor is served as an actuator of electronic products such as digital cameras, mobile phones, and digital cameras, which has thin thickness, good performance and strong applicability. |
| US10205366B2 |
Electric compressor
Disclosed herein is an electric compressor. The electric compressor includes an inverter cover which is mounted to an outer surface of a compressor housing in which compression of refrigerant is implemented, and a printed circuit board which is disposed inside the inverter cover and mounted with a plurality of heat generating elements that come into surface contact with one surface of the compressor housing and perform heat transfer with low-temperature refrigerant supplied into the compressor housing. |
| US10205365B2 |
Brushless motor for a power tool
A brushless direct current motor for a power tool. The motor includes a stator assembly including a stator core having stator laminations with an annular portion and inwardly extending stator teeth. The motor also includes a rotor assembly including a rotor core having rotor laminations and defining a central aperture that receives an output shaft. The rotor assembly also includes a rotor end cap on a first side of the rotor core having a bearing holder and defining a channel, wherein the channel is open on a side of the rotor end cap facing the rotor core. The motor further includes a bearing provided in the bearing holder that couples the rotor end cap to the output shaft and a position sensor board assembly provided in the channel of the rotor end cap and configured to provide position information of the rotor core to a motor controller. |
| US10205360B2 |
Rotor assembly and motor including the same
The present invention relates to a motor for a vehicle and a rotor applied to the motor, and the rotor may include a rotor housing including a magnet mounting portion; a magnet inserted in the magnet mounting portion; and a ferromagnetic bonding layer which fills between the magnet mounting portion and the magnet. |
| US10205349B2 |
Wireless power controller and wireless power transmitter using the same
A wireless power transmitter includes a wireless power controller configured to receive an alternating current (AC) voltage, to convert the AC voltage into a direct current (DC) voltage, and to generate an induced current from the DC voltage according to a switching control for a transformer; and a resonator configured to be resonated by the induced current to wirelessly output charging power. |
| US10205344B2 |
Power display system, image processing apparatus, and user interface
A power display system includes an electronic apparatus and a server connected to an electronic apparatus group including the electronic apparatus. Further, the power display system includes a calculation unit totaling consumption power by the electronic apparatus group and calculating a ratio of the totaled consumption power to a target value of the consumption power, and a display control unit displaying a display part, which indicates a use status of power, in a display area of the electronic apparatus in a display manner which corresponds to the ratio. |
| US10205343B2 |
Smart power node
A portable electrical energy power node is provided. The power node includes first and second input power terminals and first and second output power terminals. The input power terminals are adapted for receiving a source of electrical power and the output terminals are adopted for connecting to a load. A first power line connects the first input terminal to the first output terminal, a second power line connects the second input terminal to the input side of a circuit interrupter and a third power line connects the output side of the circuit interrupter to the second output terminal. The circuit interrupter selectively interrupts the connection between the second input terminal and the second output terminal in accordance with a fault sensor and a control unit. |
| US10205340B2 |
Un-interruptible power supply with indication of battery internal resistance
An un-interruptible power supply (UPS) with indication of battery internal resistance includes a processor, a display, a sensing module and a battery pack. The sensing module is connected to the processor and the battery pack. The processor is connected to the display, generates a reference internal resistance according to multiple internal resistances detected by the sensing module within a stable time after installation, generates a stable internal resistance according to an internal resistance of the battery pack detected by the sensing module after the stable time, compares the stable internal resistance with the reference internal resistance to generate a status of internal resistance of the battery pack, and instructs the display unit to display the status for user's timely awareness of the condition of the battery pack and prompt action when the performance of the battery pack deteriorates. |
| US10205338B2 |
Illuminated vehicle charging assembly
A wireless vehicle charging system is provided herein. The charging system includes a charging station having a power source and a charging station interface operably coupled to a primary coil assembly. The primary coil assembly includes a primary coil therein for generating a magnetic field. An illumination system is disposed within the primary coil assembly and includes a passive illumination system and an active illumination system. A first photoluminescent structure is disposed within the passive illumination system and is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by an incident light. A vehicle has a secondary coil assembly thereon operably coupled with a rectifier and configured to transmit electrical current from the secondary coil assembly to a battery. A second photoluminescent structure is disposed on a vehicle component and is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by a light source on the primary coil assembly. |
| US10205337B2 |
Wireless battery charger with wireless control system
A wireless electrical charging system and a method of operating same wherein operating parameters from a remote portion of the system are wirelessly transmitted to a system controller controlling the output voltage of an alternating power supply. The system controller executes an adaptive model control algorithm that allows the system controller to update the output voltage at a greater rate than the transmission rate of the operating parameters from the remote portion of the system. |
| US10205336B2 |
Switched-mode power supply having at least one power circuit and at least one auxiliary power supply unit
A switched-mode power supply is provided which has at least one power circuit for supplying a first electrical consumer, and at least one auxiliary power supply unit for generating a first transformer-coupled output voltage for a switching controller for controlling or regulating the power circuit, and at least one further transformer-coupled output voltage for at least one further electrical consumer in a first operating mode. The first and the at least one further transformer-coupled output voltage of the at least one auxiliary power supply unit are variable in comparison with the first operating mode in a further operating mode of the switched-mode power supply. |
| US10205333B2 |
Battery controlling device
A battery controlling device includes: a voltage detecting unit configured to detect a closed-circuit voltage of a secondary battery; an open-circuit-voltage computing unit configured to compute an open-circuit voltage of the secondary battery; and an assembled-battery controlling unit configured to discriminate whether a computed value computed based on a voltage difference between the closed-circuit voltage and the open-circuit voltage of the secondary battery in a continuous predetermined period is exceeding a permissible value determined in advance or not. If the computed value is exceeding the permissible value determined in advance, the assembled-battery controlling unit outputs a signal that carries out charge/discharge restriction of the secondary battery. |
| US10205331B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells each extending in a first direction and a battery management system (BMS) configured to control a charging/discharging operation of the battery cells. The BMS is placed at one of exterior surfaces of the battery cells and extends in a direction crossing the first direction. |
| US10205328B2 |
Bicycle power control apparatus
A bicycle power control apparatus is basically provided with a rectifier, a storage battery, a detection unit and a controller. The rectifier is configured to rectify power generated by an AC generator that is mounted on a bicycle. The storage battery is configured to store DC power outputted by the rectifier. The storage battery is configured to supply the DC power to an electric component that is mounted to the bicycle. The detection unit is configured to detect an electrical signal from the AC generator. The controller is configured to control a ratio of a distributed amount of the DC power to the electric component with respect to a distributed amount of the DC power to the storage battery according to the detection result of the detection unit. |
| US10205327B2 |
Battery system and energy storage system including distribution controller for selecting battery banks for charging/discharging
A battery system includes: a plurality of battery banks connected in parallel with each other; and a distribution controller coupled to the battery banks and configured to: receive a command comprising a target charging/discharging amount; determine a priority order between the battery banks based on a state of charge (SOC) and a state of health (SOH) of each of the battery banks; select at least some of the battery banks to be charged or discharged according to the target charging/discharging amount based on the priority order; and perform a charging or discharging on the at least some of the battery banks according to the target charging/discharging amount so that others of the battery banks are paused. |
| US10205324B2 |
Remotely controlled photovoltaic string combiner
A remote-controlled photovoltaic string combiner is described that selects strings to be combined to a first photovoltaic output circuit or to a second photovoltaic output for the purpose of either controlling the charging of a battery connected to the first photovoltaic output circuit or for diverting current to a diversion load such as a grid-tie inverter. Strings are selected by energizing relays from one or other inverter such that when neither inverter is operating, all strings are deselected and both photovoltaic output circuits are de-energized. |
| US10205321B2 |
Electrical accumulators for multilevel power systems
An electrical accumulator arrangement includes a plurality of energy storage modules having source and return leads. The source lead of a first energy storage module is connected to the return lead of a second energy storage module. The return lead of the first energy storage module is electrically isolated from the source lead of the second energy storage module to pulse voltage across rails of a multi-level direct current power bus. |
| US10205317B2 |
Management of grid-scale energy storage systems for multiple services
Systems and methods for energy distribution for one or more grid-scale Energy Storage Systems (ESSs), including generating one or more time series models to provide forecasted pricing data for one or more markets, determining battery life and degradation costs for one or more batteries in or more ESSs to provide battery life and degradation costs, optimizing bids for the one or more markets to generate optimal bids based on at least one of the forecasted pricing data or the battery life and degradation costs, and distributing energy to or from the one or more ESSs based on the optimal bids generated. |
| US10205314B2 |
Rectifier including MOSFET and hold circuit that boosts gate voltage of MOSFET, and alternator using the same
A rectifier includes a rectification MOSFET that performs rectification, a comparator formed by connecting a drain of the rectification MOSFET to a non-inverting input terminal and a source to an inverting input terminal, and a control circuit that performs an on/off control of the rectification MOSFET using an output of the comparator. The control circuit includes a shut-off MOSFET that disconnects a drain of the rectification MOSFET and a non-inverting input terminal of the comparator from each other, and a shut-off circuit that turns off the shut-off MOSFET to electrically disconnect the drain of the rectification MOSFET and the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator from each other when the drain voltage of the rectification MOSFET is equal to or higher than a predetermined first voltage. |
| US10205312B2 |
Power transmission tower
A power transmission tower comprises a tower body (100) longitudinally arranged and cross arms (120) transversely arranged on the tower body. The tower body (100) is provided with a first transverse direction (Y) and a second transverse direction (X), which are perpendicular to each other, in the horizontal direction. A supporting piece (110), which extends outwards from the tower body (100) in the first transverse direction (Y), is arranged on the power transmission tower. One end of the supporting piece (110) is fixed to the tower body (100) and the other end of the supporting piece (110) is a free end (111, 112). The cross arms (120) extend in the second transverse direction (X). One end of each cross arm (120) is connected to the free end (111, 112) and the other end of each cross arm (120) is used for arranging overhead wires. The power transmission tower reduces corridor width and occupies less area. |
| US10205306B2 |
Method for producing spark plug
A method for producing a spark plug, including an inspection step for an insulator includes: (a) a step of preparing an assembly; (b) a step of attaching the assembly to a pressure vessel; (c) a step of attaching an insulating member to the assembly so as to cover at least a part of a surface of a portion of the insulator that is exposed at the rear side; and (d) a step of pressurizing an interior of the pressure vessel and applying a predetermined voltage between the metal terminal and the metal shell. The producing method further includes a step of adhering a lubricant to at least one of a surface of the insulator and an inner surface of the insulating member. |
| US10205301B2 |
Tunable waveguide devices
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a laser including a layer having first and second regions, the first region including a void; a mirror section provided on the layer, the mirror section including a waveguide core, at least part of the waveguide core is provided over at least a portion of the void; a first grating provided on the waveguide core; a first cladding layer provided between the layer and the waveguide core and supported by the second region of the layer; a second cladding layer provided on the waveguide core; and a heat source configured to change a temperature of at least one of the waveguide core and the grating, where an optical mode propagating in the waveguide core of the mirror section does not incur substantial loss due to interaction with portions of the mirror section above and below the waveguide core. |
| US10205300B1 |
Gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode dazzling devices and methods of use
Laser dazzler devices and methods of using laser dazzler devices are disclosed. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide laser dazzling devices power by one or more green laser diodes characterized by a wavelength of about 500 nm to 540 nm. In various embodiments, laser dazzling devices according to the present invention include non-polar and/or semi-polar green laser diodes. In a specific embodiment, a laser dazzling device includes a plurality of green laser diodes. |
| US10205299B2 |
External cavity laser comprising a photonic crystal resonator
A laser comprising: at least one wavelength selective reflector that comprises a waveguide vertically coupled to at least one photonic crystal resonator, the waveguide and photonic crystal resonator being arranged to provide wave-vector matching between at least one mode of the photonic crystal resonator and at least one mode of the waveguide; an optical gain medium for generating light for coupling into the waveguide, and a reflector at an end of the optical gain medium, the reflector and the photonic crystal resonator defining a laser cavity. Light generated by the optical gain medium is coupled into the waveguide and coupled into the photonic crystal resonator, and partially reflected back to the optical gain medium. |
| US10205298B2 |
Packaging structure for four-channel integrated tunable laser array chip
A packaging structure for a four-channel integrated tunable laser array chip (100) comprises a carrier (200), a cryogenic refrigerator (300), a lens assembly (400), an isolator assembly (500), a package (600), a transition ring (700), and a thermistor. The packaging structure for the four-channel integrated tunable laser array chip (100) can realize a flexible tuning upon an active coupling of optical paths and ensure a reasonable switching of optical paths between optical assemblies, thereby improving a coupling efficiency for the optical paths and increasing a transmission distance of a digital signal. Furthermore, a design of a radio frequency circuit ensures integrity of a transmitted signal and reduces loss during the transmission. |
| US10205297B2 |
Narrow band excimer laser apparatus
A narrow band excimer laser apparatus includes a line narrowing module that narrows the spectral line width of laser light, a nitrogen gas introducing unit, a first valve that restricts the flow of nitrogen gas from the introducing unit into a casing of the module, an exhaust unit that causes gas to flow out from the casing, an exhaust pump for exhausting the gas from the casing, a second valve that restricts the exhausting of gas from the exhaust unit, an atmosphere discharge unit that discharges the gas within the casing into the atmosphere, a third valve that restricts the discharge of gas into the atmosphere, and a control unit that closes the second valve while opening the first and third valves, supplies nitrogen gas into the casing, then closes the third valve while opening the first and second valves, drives the exhaust pump, and causes laser oscillation thereafter. |
| US10205295B2 |
Chirped Bragg grating elements
Apparatus and methods for altering one or more spectral, spatial, or temporal characteristics of a light-emitting device are disclosed. Generally, such apparatus may include a volume Bragg grating (VBG) element that receives input light generated by a light-emitting device, conditions one or more characteristics of the input light, and causes the light-emitting device to generate light having the one or more characteristics of the conditioned light. |
| US10205294B2 |
Hand-actuatable crimping tool
A hand-actuated crimping tool for manipulating electrical cables includes a pair of crimping grips which are pivotally connected for movement between open and closed positions and a crimping head for gripping a cable. An electronic counter including an electronic circuit and a signaling device is connected with one of the grips and is operable to count each time the crimping tool is operated. |
| US10205292B2 |
Socket contact techniques and configurations
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards socket contact techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a socket substrate having a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side, an opening formed through the socket substrate, an electrical contact disposed in the opening and configured to route electrical signals between the first side and the second side of the socket substrate, the electrical contact having a cantilever portion that extends beyond the first side, wherein the first side and surfaces of the socket substrate in the opening are plated with a metal. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10205288B2 |
Apparatuses for maintaining electrical grounding at threaded interface ports
An electrical continuity apparatus for a coaxial cable interface port including an interface port, a cable connector, and a resilient member. The interface port includes a first end having a threaded outer surface, and the cable connector includes a coupler having a threaded inner surface. The coupler is configured to rotatably couple the threaded inner surface with the threaded outer surface of the first end of the interface port. The resilient member is arranged between the interface port and the cable connector and urges threads of the threaded inner surface of the coupler into engagement with threads of the threaded outer surface of the interface port to provide electrical continuity between the coupler and the threaded outer surface of interface port even when coupler is loosely tightened to the interface port. |
| US10205284B1 |
High-low frequency mixed connector
The present invention relates to a high-low frequency mixed connector, includes an insulator and high frequency pins and low frequency pins set on the insulator, the low frequency pins includes large current pins and small current pins; wherein, the high frequency pins are installed on the insulator by means of shrapnel or hot bar welding, the low frequency pins are installed on the insulator by means of crimping, and the high frequency pins and the low frequency pins are arranged in different directions. The high-low frequency mixed connector in the present invention contains the high frequency pins and the low frequency pins in the terminal, and the high frequency pins and the low frequency pins are arranged in different directions, thus, it is convenient for users to use high frequency and high current connectors with low cost and high efficiency. |
| US10205281B2 |
Apparatus for retaining a plug within a receptacle
The apparatus for retaining a plug within a receptacle may include a receptacle body and a release device. In one embodiment, the receptacle body may include at least one tab, and the at least one tab may include at least one barb. When a plug is inserted into the receptacle body, the plug may cause the at least one tab to extend toward an exterior side of the receptacle body while the at least one tab remains in contact with the plug. The plug may be retained within the receptacle body with the pressure applied by the at least one tab to the plug. In order to release the plug, the release device may come into contact with the at least one tab, cause the at least one tab to extend away from the plug, and allow the plug to be released from the receptacle body. |
| US10205279B2 |
Interface apparatus, interface unit, probe apparatus, and connection method
In an interface apparatus, when a load is applied to a base member and a connector part is pushed onto an external connector, a spring contracts so that an interval between the base member and a holder is reduced. An inclined surface of a coupling member is separated from an inclined surface of the holder so that fixing of the holder by the coupling member is released and the coupling member can move freely inside a hollow section. As a result, the holder and the connector part can move freely in X-Y directions relative to the base member, and a terminal of a connector can be finely adjusted in the X-Y direction, thus being precisely aligned with the external connector. |
| US10205270B2 |
Sealing gasket for electrical connector pins
A sealing gasket for use in electrical connector comprises a planar base and a plurality of bosses extending in a direction away from the planar base. The plurality of bosses each include a first opening portion extending from the base in a direction towards an opposed end of the bosses, and a second opening portion extending from the opposed end of the bosses in a direction towards the base. An intermediate membrane is formed between the first and second opening portions. An electrical connector is also disclosed. |
| US10205264B2 |
Joint connector
A joint connector includes shorting members (30) and a shorting member accommodating portion (50) for holding the shorting members (30). The shorting member holding portion (50) includes clamping portions (52, 54, 56 and 58) capable of clamping the shorting members (30) from both sides in a clamping direction and a clamping/fixing portion for constraining these clamping portions (52, 54, 56 and 58) to each other to fix the clamping portions at clamping positions where the clamping portions clamp the shorting members (30). At least some of the clamping portions are constraining clamping portions including shorting member constraining portions for constraining the shorting members (30) to restrict relative displacements of the shorting members (30) in a terminal projecting direction at the clamping positions. |
| US10205263B2 |
Connector
A connector (10) disclosed by this specification includes a potting material (50), a housing (20) having a recess (21), the potting material (50) being accommodated in the housing (20), a plurality of terminals (40), and a plurality of separation walls (26, 27). The separation walls (26, 27) each located between a pair of adjacent ones of the terminals (40) include passing portions (21B, 21C, 21D) allowing the passage of the potting material (50) at positions deviated from straight lines each connecting a pair of adjacent ones of the terminals (40) when viewed from a projecting direction of the terminals (40), and the passing portions (21B, 21C, 21D) are located closer to the bottom surface (22) of the recess (21) than projecting ends of the separation walls (26, 27). |
| US10205261B2 |
Connection terminal
A connection terminal includes a contact member including a first contact unit having an arcuate outer periphery that is formed along an inner periphery of the female connector and is electrically connected to a female connector, and a second contact unit that is connected to the first contact unit and pushed outward in a radial direction by the male connector inside the internal space so as to be electrically connected to the male connector, and an uplift prevention unit that is locked not to move inward in the radial direction at an outer wall surface of the female connector and is configured to prevent an uplift of the first contact unit from the inner periphery of the female connector. |
| US10205259B2 |
Flat flexible cable connector structure
A connector structure includes a first metal housing, a flexible flat transmission component and a second metal housing. The first metal housing includes an installation portion and two guiding portions disposed on two sides of the installation portion. Each guiding portion includes a bottom section, a top section opposite to the bottom section, and a bending section connected to the bottom section and the top section. A slot is formed on the bottom section, and an extending section extends from the top section and toward the bottom section to engage inside the slot. The flexible flat transmission component is disposed on the installation portion and includes a plurality of contacts. The second metal housing is assembled with the first metal housing and covers the flexible flat transmission component, and the plurality of contacts exposes out of the second metal housing. |
| US10205258B1 |
Industrial input and output device with series connectors
The disclosure illustrates an industrial input/output device with series connectors. The industrial input/output device includes a circuit board, a male connector and a female connector respectively electrically connected to both sides of the circuit board, and pin guides configured to guide electrical connection pins of the male connector of another industrial input/output device to slide, so that the male connector of the another industrial input/output device can be electrically connected to the female connector of the industrial input/output device, and the technical effect of providing electrical connection timing control for series connection between the male connector and the female connector can be achieved. |
| US10205256B2 |
Plug and electrical connector component
Provided are a plug and an electrical connector component. The plug includes an insulating body, a circuit board fixed to the insulating body, and a cable electrically connected with the circuit board and extending backwards from the insulating body. The insulating body includes a body part and a mating part which extends forwards from the body part; the circuit board has an inserting part that protrudes forwards out of the mating part; metal contact pieces are distributed on upper and lower surfaces of the inserting part; the insulating body is provided with a pair of baffle plates extending forwards from the body part; a pair of the baffle plates are respectively arranged on left and right sides of the mating part; and a limiting groove configured to guide the insertion of the plug with the socket is formed between each of the baffle plates and the mating part. |
| US10205255B2 |
Battery terminal stopper and battery terminal unit
A battery terminal unit includes a battery terminal that is assembled on a battery post and also includes a battery terminal stopper. The battery terminal stopper includes a first rotation preventing portion that abuts against a first abutment surface formed on a side surface of a battery housing in a state where the battery terminal is assembled on the battery post so as to be able to restrict rotation of the battery terminal about the battery post as the rotating center. The battery terminal stopper also includes a second rotation preventing portion that abuts against a second abutment surface formed on the battery housing along a direction intersecting with the first abutment surface in the assembled state so as to be able to restrict rotation of the battery terminal about the battery post as the rotating center. |
| US10205254B2 |
Electrical connector and method of making the same
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion; plural contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue portion; a metal shielding plate affixed to the insulative housing; and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing; wherein at least one of the plurality of contacts, the metal shielding plate, and the shielding shell is covered by thermostable conductive adhesives. |
| US10205253B2 |
Grounding terminal fitting
A grounding terminal fitting (A) includes a base terminal fitting (10) having mounting holes (12, 13) and a base-side locking portion (14, 15), and a combined terminal fitting (20) separate from the base terminal fitting (10) and to be fixed while being overlapped on the base terminal fitting (10) by being locked to the base-side locking portion (14, 15). The combined terminal fitting (20) includes at least one wire connecting terminal fitting (21) formed with a through hole (23) to be aligned with the mounting hole (12, 13) for the passage of a bolt (35). A wire connecting portion (29) for connecting a grounding wire (32) and a combining locking portion (25, 26, 27, 28). When the combining locking portions (25, 26, 27, 28) are locked together, the wire connecting terminal fittings (21) are overlapped and fixed and the through holes (23) are aligned with one another. |
| US10205247B2 |
Antenna modules having ferrite substrates
An antenna module (22) has an antenna (21) that is formed on a ferrite substrate (31), and the ferrite substrate is positioned within a small direct current (DC) magnetic field. The magnetic loss tangent of the ferrite is controlled by application of the small DC magnetic field, thereby improving antenna radiation efficiency and increasing the bandwidth of the antenna. |
| US10205245B2 |
Protection apparatus for a hollow conductor and method for producing a protection apparatus
A housing apparatus is described which comprises a hollow conductor which is adapted for guiding an electromagnetic wave having a predeterminable wavelength and which comprises an edge surface which extends substantially perpendicularly to the propagation direction of an electromagnetic wave guided by the hollow conductor, wherein the housing apparatus comprises both a wall element and a protection apparatus having a bearing surface. The wall element holds the protection apparatus on an end of the hollow conductor by means of a pressing force. |
| US10205238B1 |
Systems and methods for providing vibration transduction and radio-frequency communication in proximity to an electrically conductive structure
Systems and methods are provided for providing vibration transduction and radio-frequency communication in proximity to an electrically conductive structure. The system may comprise an antenna element, an electrically conductive structure in proximity to the antenna element, and a vibration transducer comprising a material. The material may comprise a ferromagnetic material with piezoelectric properties. The vibration transducer may be positioned between the antenna element and the conductive structure. |
| US10205236B2 |
Antenna system
The present invention discloses an antenna system, where the antenna system includes an antenna module, configured to: receive and/or transmit at least one first radio frequency signal, and at least one second radio frequency signal; a power-split phase-shift network module, configured to control an amplitude and a phase of each radio frequency signal in the antenna module, where control parameters for controlling an amplitude and a phase of each first radio frequency signal are configured according to a beam pointing direction and a beam width that are required by a three-dimensional building region, and control parameters for controlling an amplitude and a phase of each second radio frequency signal are configured according to a beam pointing direction and a beam width that are required by a ground region. Therefore, a problem of high costs and difficulty in obtaining an antenna site and maintaining an antenna is resolved. |
| US10205233B2 |
Dual polarization antenna including isolation providing device
The present invention relates to a dual-polarization antenna including an isolation providing device including: a transmission antenna element outputting a transmission signal provided via a feeder through a first port; a receiving antenna element receiving a reception signal so as to provide same to the second port; a first coupler distributing part of the transmission signal; an equalizer equalizing the distributed signal from the first coupler to a preset waveform; a second coupler receiving the output of the equalizer so as to couple same to a signal output to the second port; and a conductor forming a signal delivery path between the first coupler, the equalizer, and the second coupler. The coupling performance of the first and second couplers, the length of the conductor, and the functional characteristics of the equalizer are designed to allow a signal coupled to the second port through the signal delivery path using the conductor to have substantially identical amplitudes and a 180 phase difference, and an identical shape in an overall operating frequency band in contrast to a signal falsely inputted to a receiving antenna from the transmitting antenna element. |
| US10205230B2 |
Antenna system coupled to an external device
An antenna system is integrated into a cover or accessory and adapted to couple to an antenna in a host device to improve transmission and reception of signals. The antenna system can be passive or active, with the active antenna system designed to amplify coupled signals on the integrated antenna elements in the cover or accessory. Single or multiple frequency bands can be improved with the integrated antenna system, and multiple antennas in the host device can be coupled to and improved. The antenna system can couple to the existing antennas in the host device by capacitive coupling, i.e. no physical contact required, or a connector can be designed into the cover or accessory containing the integrated antenna system that makes contact to electrical ground of the host device or power supply signals or other control signals. |
| US10205227B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device configured to be used at or in proximity to a user, the antenna device includes: an antenna structure having a conducting element, the conducting element extending over a length of between 1/16 of a wavelength and a full wavelength in a direction substantially orthogonal to a surface of the user, when the antenna device is provided in an intended operational position. A device includes: a housing having an operational position with respect to a user of the device; and an antenna structure coupled to the housing and having a conducting element, wherein the antenna structure is configured to emit an electromagnetic field so that the electromagnetic field propagates in a direction having a major directional vector that corresponds with a surface of a user using the device when the housing is at the operative position. |
| US10205222B2 |
Electronic module
The present disclosure provides an electronic module. The electronic module comprises an IC, a substrate and an antenna. The substrate has a top surface, a bottom surface and a lateral surface. The IC is electrically connected to the bottom surface. The antenna is disposed on at least two of the top surface, the bottom surface and the lateral surface. |
| US10205221B2 |
Multiband antenna structure and wireless communication device using the same
A multiband antenna structure includes a matching portion, a first radiator, and a second radiator. The first radiator and the second radiator extend from a first edge of the matching portion. The second radiator and the matching portion resonate a first mode. The first radiator and the matching portion resonate a second mode. The slot, the first radiator, and the matching portion resonate a third mode. The second radiator includes a first connection section, a second connection section, a third connection section, and a fourth connection section. The first connection section is perpendicularly connected to a first end of the first edge. The second connection section is perpendicularly connected to the first connection section and extends parallel to the first edge. The third connection section is parallel to the first connection section. The fourth connection section is parallel to the second connection section. |
| US10205219B2 |
Radio transmitter system and method
A radio transmitter system includes: a transmitter for deriving a carrier frequency modulated by an input; an electrically short antenna system, and a matching network between the transmitter and antenna system. The matching network includes: a primary circuit responsive to the transmitter, a secondary circuit including the antenna system, and magnetic or capacitive coupling between the primary and secondary circuits. The magnetic coupling is an air core transformer having first and second windings respectively included in the primary and secondary circuits. The matching network has a voltage versus frequency response including at least two horns spaced from each other such that the matching network has a pass band approximately equal to the modulation bandwidth. |
| US10205216B2 |
Thin film antenna to FAKRA connector
A connector assembly that provides a proper impedance connection between a CPW antenna mounted on automotive glass to a FAKRA-type connector. The connector assembly includes a PCB having a top surface and a bottom surface and being adhered to the glass. Vias are provided through the PCB to make electrical contact between metallization planes on the top surface and the bottom surface of the PCB. Terminals that are part of the connector extend through some of the vias, where ground terminals provide mechanical stability and make electrical contact with the metallization planes on the bottom surface of the PCB and a signal terminal provides an electrical connection to the antenna radiating element. The PCB is adhered to a substrate on which the antenna is mounted so that the metallization planes and microstrip lines make electrical contact with a CPW feed structure that feeds the antenna. |
| US10205213B2 |
Antenna formed from plates and methods useful in conjunction therewith
An antenna array configuration is provided with h-plane splitters between ends of a feeding network and radiating elements e.g. horns, thereby to reduce the distance between the centers of the horns to less than one wavelength which results in a better side lobe level. A method of manufacturing upper and lower plates together constituting an antenna is also provided, typically making each plate in a single operation, by dividing the feeding network's waveguides at the center where there are no cross currents so as not to disturb propagation in the feeding network. The radiating elements, h-plane splitters and upper half of the feeding network may be fabricated in one plate without undercuts hence simplifying manufacture of the plate which may for example be formed using a simple molding machine or a 3 axis-CNC machine. |
| US10205212B2 |
Methods and apparatus for adjusting a phase of electromagnetic waves
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a first hollow waveguide coupled to a first dielectric coupler, a first electromagnetic wave that couples onto a transmission medium, generating, by a second hollow waveguide coupled to a second dielectric coupler, a second electromagnetic wave that couples onto the transmission medium, combining the first electromagnetic wave and the second electromagnetic wave combine to form a combined electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and adjusting a first phase of the first electromagnetic wave, a second phase of the second electromagnetic wave, or both to adjust a wave mode of the combined electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10205211B2 |
Thermal insulation waveguide and wireless communication device
A thermal insulation waveguide between a high-temperature unit and a low-temperature unit in a vacuum, chamber of an embodiment, the thermal insulation waveguide includes, a first substrate including a first line in the high-temperature unit, a second substrate including a second line in the low temperature unit, and a thermal insulation element connecting the substrates, and including a third line including an inductance component and connecting the first and second lines. The first substrate includes a first capacitor unit connected with the first line. The second substrate includes a second capacitor unit connected with the second line. |
| US10205209B2 |
Multi-band bandpass filter
A triple-band bandpass filter with at least one cavity resonator. Each cavity resonator has the same three orthogonal resonances modes corresponding to three unique resonance frequencies. The three unique resonance frequencies define the passbands of the filter. The filter has an input probe coupled to an input cavity resonator. The filter has an output probe coupled to an output cavity resonator. The input and output probes are shaped to concurrently couple signal waveforms in each of the resonance modes. Coupling probes that can be used as input or output probes are also provided. An inter-cavity coupling operable to concurrently transmit signal waveforms in each of the resonance modes is also provided. The inter-cavity coupling can be used to transmit signals between adjacent cavity resonators in the filter. |
| US10205207B2 |
Ionic liquid electrolyte and fluorinated carbon electrode
The invention relates to an electrolyte for a metal air battery, and in particular, to an ionic liquid electrolyte for a metal air battery. The ionic liquid electrolyte includes an additive to improve oxygen solubility thereof. The invention also define a method of impregnating a fluorinated carbon compound into an electrode comprising depositing onto the electrode a dispersion comprising the fluorinated carbon compound dissolved in an organic solvent and placing the electrode in an inert environment. |
| US10205203B2 |
Cooling system for battery pack
The present invention provides a cooling system for a battery pack, comprising: a housing, an air passage, a fan and at least two air holes; the housing comprises an upper cover and a box, the upper cover is connected with the box; the air passage is arranged on the box and comprises an airflow cavity, an air channel and an air hole; the airflow cavity is arranged at a bottom of the box; the air channel is arranged on a side wall of the box, and the bottom of the air channel is communicated with the airflow cavity; all the air holes are arranged on the housing and communicated with the air passage, wherein at least one air hole is arranged on the upper cover and corresponds to a top end of the air channel; and the fan is arranged inside the air passage. |
| US10205201B2 |
Cooling system for battery
A cooling system for a battery reduces a cooling package space using a duplex pipe and can reinforce mechanical strength of the duplex pipe by forming reinforcement ribs in the duplex pipe. The cooling system includes a duplex pipe, and an internal unitary pipe connected to the duplex pipe and arranged at a side of a battery cell, the internal unitary pipe including an internal inlet to flow a cooling fluid into the internal unitary pipe and an internal outlet to flow the cooling fluid from the internal unitary pipe. |
| US10205200B2 |
Method for recycling lithium-ion battery
Provided herein is a method for recycling lithium-ion batteries in a polar solvent such as an aqueous media or water. The method disclosed herein isolates a mixture of anode and cathode materials from waste lithium-ion batteries. The separated electrode materials can easily be collected with high recovery rate, providing a rapid, efficient and low-cost method for recycling electrode materials from waste lithium-ion batteries. |
| US10205199B2 |
Portable rechargeable power supply device
Provided is a portable rechargeable power supply device such that major accidents such as from overcharging due to a hazard prevention means being damaged by rain water, or the like can be prevented from occurring. This portable rechargeable power supply device comprises a lithium-ion battery (11), an assembled circuit board (20), and a case (40). Two terminals (31a, 31b), a hazard prevention circuit unit (26), and the like, are provided on the assembled circuit board (20). A terminal housing case portion (416) of the case (40) houses a first portion of the assembled circuit board (20), which is provided with the two terminals (31a, 31b). A main body housing case portion (417) of the case (40) houses the lithium-ion battery (11), and a second portion of the assembled circuit board (20), which is provided with the hazard prevention circuit unit (26), and the like. The terminal housing case portion (416) and the main body housing case portion (417) are separated by a divider plate (414) and a shelving plate (415a). A gap between the divider plate (414) and the assembled circuit board (20) is closed by a gasket member (61). |
| US10205192B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte compositions comprising cyclic sulfates and lithium borates
Described are electrolyte compositions containing a non-fluorinated carbonate, a fluorinated solvent, a cyclic sulfate, at least one lithium borate salt selected from lithium bis(oxalato)borate, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, or mixtures thereof, and at least one electrolyte salt. The cyclic sulfate can be represented by the formula: wherein each A is independently a hydrogen or an optionally fluorinated vinyl, allyl, acetylenic, propargyl, or C1-C3 alkyl group. The electrolyte composition may further comprise a fluorinated cyclic carbonate. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries. |
| US10205190B2 |
Composite electrolyte including polymeric ionic liquid and inorganic particles and lithium battery including the same
A composite electrolyte including a polymeric ionic liquid; a plurality of inorganic particles; and an organic electrolyte. |
| US10205188B2 |
Manufacturing method for secondary battery and secondary battery
A manufacturing method for a secondary battery according to the invention includes an assembling step in which an insulating member having an insulating property is assembled to an electrode body, the insulating member having a first inclined portion and a second inclined portion provided so as to face each other in one end of the insulating member, as well as a gap provided between the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion. In the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion, inclined surfaces are formed on surfaces of the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion on sides facing each other, and are inclined in a direction in which the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion are separated from each other as the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion extend to tip sides. |
| US10205187B2 |
Constrained anode fiber for rechargeable battery
Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices and methods for extending charge cycle life of rechargeable batteries through the use of constrained anode fibers. A battery may include a porous anode fiber configured to produce electrons during discharge of the battery. The battery may also include and an anode current collector layer, configured to provide a conductive path to a first terminal of the battery, wherein the anode current collector layer is concentrically disposed on the anode fiber to constrain expansion of the anode fiber during charging of the battery. The porosity of the anode fiber allows for the constrained expansion to be directed radially inward, decreasing the volume of the porous regions of the anode fiber. |
| US10205186B2 |
Fuel cell electrode assembly
An exemplary fuel cell electrode assembly includes a membrane. A first electrode is on the first side of the membrane. A second electrode is on a second side of the membrane. A first gas diffusion layer is adjacent the first electrode. At least a portion of the first gas diffusion layer is at least partially impregnated by a first plastic material that bonds the portion of the first gas diffusion layer to the first electrode. A second gas diffusion layer is adjacent the second electrode. At least a portion of the second gas diffusion layer is at least partially impregnated by a second plastic material that bonds the second gas diffusion layer to the second electrode. A third plastic material is between at least one of the gas diffusion layers and the adjacent electrode for electrically isolating the first gas diffusion layer from the second gas diffusion layer. |
| US10205185B2 |
Method for controlling fuel cell system
A method for controlling a fuel cell system includes supplying an oxidant gas, via an oxidant gas supply channel, to a cathode electrode of a fuel cell. The oxidant gas is moistened to be supplied to the cathode electrode with a humidifier. An opening degree of a bypass channel valve is decreased via a feedforward control to a first opening degree when an impedance has reached a lower limit value. The opening degree of the bypass channel valve is increased via the feedforward control to a second opening degree when the impedance has reached an upper limit value. The first opening degree is smaller than the second opening degree. |
| US10205184B2 |
System and method for controlling performance of fuel cell stack
A system and method of controlling a performance of a fuel cell stack is provided. In particular, the output performance of the fuel cell stack is determined by comparing the difference between an initial voltage and a voltage after a predetermined time lapses with the difference between the initial voltage and a preset minimum voltage. |
| US10205181B2 |
Exhaust gas system and motor vehicle having an exhaust gas system
An exhaust system is provided for a device having at least one fuel cell. The exhaust system includes at least one exhaust duct for transporting anode-side and/or cathode-side exhaust gas of the fuel cell, at least one air inlet for supplying air, at least one air feeding device for feeding in the supplied air, at least one heat exchanger for heating up the supplied air, a mixing region for mixing exhaust gas of the fuel cell transported by way of the exhaust duct with the supplied air and forming a mixed exhaust gas, and a mixed exhaust gas outlet for carrying the mixed exhaust gas away from the exhaust system. |
| US10205180B2 |
Passive direct liquid fuel cell and its preparing method
A passive direct liquid fuel cell is provided, which relates to a fuel cell field, including a current-collector-integrated fuel tank unit and a sealing-fastening-integrated current-collector which are prepared via a three-dimensional (3D) printing technology. The current-collector-integrated fuel tank unit is fastened with the sealing-fastening-integrated current-collector, and a membrane electrode assembly is sandwiched between the current-collector-integrated fuel tank unit and the sealing-fastening-integrated current-collector. Because of designs of current collectors, a fuel tank and a sealing fastening manner, an integration of the current collectors, the fuel tank and fasteners is realized. The current-collector-integrated fuel tank unit and the sealing-fastening-integrated current-collector are rapidly formed via the 3D printing technology, so that the whole fuel cell has a compact and simple structure, a lighter weight and a smaller volume. |
| US10205179B2 |
Electrically insulating gasket for SOC unit
A sandwiched gasket is used for an SOC stack system to provide flexible, yet electrically insulation properties to the sealing between mounting interfaces of the system. |
| US10205177B2 |
Porous metal body, method for manufacturing porous metal body, and fuel cell
A porous metal body is provided that is inexpensive, usable for an electrode of a fuel cell or the like, and has excellent corrosion resistance. There is provided a porous metal body for a fuel cell, which is a sheet-shaped porous metal body, including at least nickel, tin, and chromium, in which the chromium concentration of at least one surface of the porous metal body is 3% to 50% by mass. In the porous metal body, preferably, the chromium concentration of one surface is higher than the chromium concentration of another surface. |
| US10205176B2 |
Cell module for solid oxide fuel cell, and solid oxide fuel cell using same
A cell module for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a cell substrate (1) having gas permeability, one electrode (2) among a fuel electrode and an air electrode formed on the cell substrate, a solid electrolyte (3) formed on the one electrode, and the other electrode (4) formed on the solid electrolyte, wherein in the case of counter-flow of the fuel gas and the oxidant gas flow, the gas permeability of a central portion (1b) of the cell substrate in the gas flow direction is lower than the gas permeability of an inlet portion (1a) and an outlet portion (1c) of the cell substrate. |
| US10205175B2 |
Water battery
A water battery includes a housing and at least one battery cell mounted in the housing, capable of operating by injecting water into the housing at the time of use. The at least one battery cell includes an anode made of a metal material with a lower ionization tendency than that of a magnesium, an anode drawer electrode electrically connected to the anode, a cathode made of a magnesium material, a cathode drawer electrode electrically connected to the cathode, a collector electrode mounted between the anode and the cathode, a sheet member with water absorptivity and water retention, closely attached to the collector electrode, and a fixing member for pressing to each other and fixing together the anode, the collector electrode, the sheet member and the cathode. The sheet member includes an electrolyte containing nitrophenol, sodium, citric acid and polyvinyl alcohol. |
| US10205173B2 |
Cathode design for electrochemical cells
A membrane electrode assembly comprises an anode electrode comprising an anode gas diffusion layer and an anode catalyst layer; a cathode electrode comprising a cathode gas diffusion layer and a cathode catalyst layer; and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer; wherein the cathode catalyst layer comprises: a first cathode catalyst sublayer adjacent the polymer electrolyte membrane, the first cathode catalyst sublayer comprising a first catalyst supported on a first carbonaceous support and a second catalyst supported on a second carbonaceous support; and a second cathode catalyst sublayer adjacent the cathode gas diffusion layer, the second cathode catalyst sublayer comprising a third catalyst supported on a third carbonaceous support; wherein the first carbonaceous support is carbon black and the second and third carbonaceous supports are graphitized carbon. |
| US10205172B2 |
Electrode for lithium secondary battery, manufacturing method thereof, and lithium secondary battery including the same
Disclosed are an electrode for a lithium secondary battery, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium metal matrix layer, and a support that is formed in a net-shape and impregnated into the lithium metal matrix layer. |
| US10205171B2 |
Negative electrode for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same
A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative current collector; a negative active material layer on the negative current collector; and a negative electrode tab on an uncoated region of the negative current collector, the uncoated region not having a negative active material coated thereon, wherein the negative electrode tab has a three-layered structure of a nickel layer-copper layer-nickel layer. A rechargeable lithium battery includes the negative electrode. |
| US10205168B2 |
Sodium transition metal silicates
The present invention is directed to an electrode comprising one or more sodium-containing transition metal silicate compounds of the formula: AaM1bM2cXdOe wherein A comprises sodium or a mixture of sodium with lithium and/or potassium M1 comprises one or more transition metals, wherein M1 is capable of undergoing oxidation to a higher oxidation state, M2 comprises one or more non transition metals and/or metalloids, X comprises at least 40 mol % silicon, a is >0, b is >0 c is ≥0, d is ≥1, e is ≥2, wherein the values of a, b, c, d, and e are selected to maintain the electroneutrality of the compound; and further wherein the one or more sodium-containing transition metal silicate compounds does not include Na2MnSiO4. |
| US10205165B2 |
Negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a large battery capacity and excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative electrode including a particulate negative electrode active material (33), a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The particulate negative electrode active material (33) includes a plurality of two-phase regions (34) in the particle wherein the two-phase regions include a first phase (A) containing silicon and a second phase (B) containing silicon oxide disposed on the periphery of the first phase, the negative electrode active material being such that the ratio of the intensity at 480 cm−1 wavelength to the intensity at 510 cm−1 wavelength in a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectroscopy is not more than 0.1 and the ratio of the intensity at 2θ=21.6 to the intensity at 2θ=28.4 in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffractometry is not more than 0.1. |
| US10205163B2 |
Battery with anode active material with oxide coating on active particles
A battery including an anode with an anode active material layer that includes anode active material particles made of an anode active material including at least one of silicon and tin as an element. An oxide-containing film including an oxide of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium and tin is formed in a region of the surface of each anode active material particle in contact with an electrolytic solution by a liquid-phase method such as a liquid-phase deposition method. The region in contact with the electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle is covered with the oxide-containing film. The thickness of the oxide-containing film is preferably within a range from 0.1 nm to 500 nm both inclusive. |
| US10205160B2 |
Graphene composite oxide layered electrode for lithium-ion secondary batteries
To provide a lithium-ion secondary battery having higher discharge capacity and higher energy density and a manufacturing method thereof. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided over the positive electrode current collector. In the positive electrode active material layer, graphenes and lithium-containing composite oxides are alternately provided. The lithium-containing composite oxide is a flat single crystal particle in which the length in the b-axis direction is shorter than each of the lengths in the a-axis direction and the c-axis direction. Further, the lithium-containing composite oxide is provided over the positive electrode current collector so that the b-axis of the single crystal particle intersects with a surface of the positive electrode current collector. |
| US10205153B2 |
Battery cell assembly of enhanced safety and battery module comprising the same
Disclosed herein is a battery cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells stacked while being electrically connected to each other, wherein one or more of the battery cells are mounted in each cell housing member in a state in which opposite sides of the battery cells are surrounded by each cell housing member excluding electrode terminals of the battery cells, an expansion opening part, through which a portion of a main body of each of the battery cells is exposed outward when the battery cells expand, is formed at one surface or opposite surfaces of each of the at least two cell housing members and the battery cells are stacked such that the at least two expansion opening parts face each other. |
| US10205152B2 |
Bushing forming a terminal for a lithium storage battery and related storage battery
The present invention relates to a bushing forming a terminal for a storage battery, made through an opening connecting to either side of a wall comprising two opposing surfaces, which comprises: two electrically insulating washers, each comprising a bearing portion resting by the surface thereof under pressure against one of the surfaces of the wall and a guiding portion projecting from the bearing portion and resting under pressure against the edge of the opening; two electrically conductive parts, in which a male part is adjusted clamped inside the female part, each one of the parts comprising a bearing portion resting by the surface thereof under pressure against a bearing portion of the washers, the female part resting by the surface thereof under pressure against the guiding portions of the washers. The material(s) of the parts is/are fitted, and the section(s) thereof is/are sized so as to enable the flow of an electric current with a value of no less than 100 A. |
| US10205150B2 |
Battery pack bus bar assembly with shaped interconnect mounting platforms
A battery assembly utilizing a compact and robust bus bar configuration is provided. The batteries within the assembly are divided into groups with each group formed from at least two rows of batteries. The batteries within each battery group are connected in parallel and the groups are connected in series. The batteries are interconnected using a plurality of non-overlapping bus bars configured in an alternating pattern with the plurality of battery groups, where each of the bus bars includes multiple interconnect mounting platforms. The interconnect mounting platforms simplify coupling multiple rows of batteries to each bus bar while minimizing bus bar current density variations and insuring that individual interconnect resistance remains relatively low and at about the same level per battery. |
| US10205149B2 |
Manufacturing method of porous multilayered polyolefin
Provided is a manufacturing method of a polyolefin-based multilayer composite porous film, including: a) forming a composition including a polyolefin resin and diluent to a sheet; b) stretching the sheet and extracting the diluent to manufacture a film; c) performing heat-treatment on the manufactured film; and d) coating one surface or both surfaces of the heat-treated film with a coating solution containing a heat resistant resin, wherein step c) and step d) are continuously performed. |
| US10205148B2 |
Rechargeable lithium battery
A rechargeable lithium battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode including a positive current collector, a first separator on the positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative current collector on the first separator, and a second separator on the negative electrode. The positive current collector and the negative current collector each have respective uncoated regions at two sides thereof. The first separator includes a first substrate including a polyolefin-based resin particle, and a coating layer on a side of the first substrate the coating layer being an inorganic layer or an organic layer. The second separator includes a second substrate including a polyolefin-based resin particle, and an outermost region and/or a central region of the electrode assembly includes one of the uncoated regions of the positive current collector, the first separator, one of the uncoated regions of the negative current collector and the second separator. |
| US10205146B2 |
Rod-shaped battery assembly and electronic cigarette having the same
The present invention discloses a rod-shaped battery assembly (001) and an electronic cigarette having the rod-shaped battery assembly (001). The rod-shaped battery assembly (001) is configured for connecting a rod-shaped vaporizer assembly (002) of an electronic cigarette and providing the rod-shaped vaporizer assembly (002) with power. The rod-shaped battery assembly (001) comprises a hollow battery tube (1), a light cap (2) sheathed in one end of the battery tube (1), and a negative pole connecting piece (3) sheathed in the other end of the battery tube (1). The battery tube (1) sheathes an air sensor (4), a circuit board (6), and a battery (7); the negative pole connecting piece (3) sheathes an electrical insulation ring (8) and a positive pole connecting piece (9). The battery tube (1) further sheathes a moisture isolation means (10). |
| US10205144B2 |
Case for battery pack
A case for a battery pack includes a case member configured to accommodate a plurality of battery cells therein and a heat exchange member on any one surface of the case member, the heat exchange member being integrally formed with the case member. |
| US10205143B2 |
Battery pack
Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a battery module assembly; a first end plate and a second end plate respectively installed at the battery module assembly; a first pressure adjustment bar fixed to the first end plate; and a second pressure adjustment bar fixed to the second end plate, wherein the first pressure adjustment bar includes an accommodation space formed so that the second pressure adjustment bar is slidably inserted therein; and a plurality of hook holes formed along a sliding direction of the second pressure adjustment bar, wherein the second pressure adjustment bar has an elastic hook elastically coupled to any one of the hook holes selectively so that when the second pressure adjustment bar slides along the accommodation space, the second pressure adjustment bar is released from any one of the hook holes and then coupled to another one of the hook holes. Since the interval between the end plates is automatically adjusted step by step, the pressure between the battery module assembly and the end plates may be automatically maintained consistently. |
| US10205142B2 |
Battery, battery pack, and method of manufacturing battery
A battery including a plurality of cells housed in a battery container, wherein the battery container is formed of an insulating material and includes a plurality of housing portions formed by an inner wall portion of the battery container, each of the housing portions housing an associated one of the cells, and a conductive member for use in connecting the plurality of cells is embedded in a wall portion of the battery container. The housing portion has a shape conforming to an outer face of the cell and is in contact with the outer face of the cell. |
| US10205137B2 |
Secondary battery to which electrolyte can be additionally supplied
Disclosed is a secondary battery to which an electrolyte can be additionally supplied. More particularly, provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a porous elastic body that can contain an electrolyte, which are installed in a battery case. |
| US10205134B2 |
Packaging method and display device
A packaging method and a display device are disclosed. The packaging method includes: packaging a display element on a substrate having the display element disposed thereon to form a package covering the display element, wherein a first substance is disposed on at least a part of the substrate inside the package, the first substance including thermite; and initiating the first substance to obtain a second substance including a product of the thermite reaction. |
| US10205130B2 |
Laser sintering device and laser sintering method
The laser sintering device includes a laser sintering head configured to output a laser beam toward a material to be sintered on a device to be sintered, so as to sinter the material to be sintered, and a heating unit configured to, prior to and/or subsequent to sintering the material with the laser sintering head, heating the material to be sintered and/or the sintered material. The material to be sintered is preheated by the heating unit prior to sintering the material to be sintered, and/or the sintered material is annealed by the heating unit subsequent to sintering the material to be sintered, so as to reduce a difference between a temperature before the sintering and a temperature during the sintering, and/or reduce a cooling rate after the sintering, thereby to reduce a shrinkage stress applied to the material to be sintered and the device to be sintered. |
| US10205129B2 |
Organic light emitting display panel comprising a quantum material layer, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
The invention provides an organic light emitting display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. In the organic light emitting display panel and the manufacturing method thereof, and the display device of the invention, since a quantum material layer exhibiting quantum size effects is arranged on a side of a color filter substrate close to an array substrate or on a side of an array substrate close to a color filter substrate, and can convert a part of light emitted thereinto from the organic light emitting unit into light with a same color as that of a corresponding sub-pixel, the utilization rate of light emitted from the organic light emitting unit is increased, brightness is improved, and power consumption is reduced. |
| US10205125B2 |
Method of manufacturing package assembly, package assembly, and display device
This invention discloses a method of manufacturing a package assembly, a package assembly, and a display device. The method includes: providing a base substrate, provided with a first pattern layer and a second pattern layer located outside the first pattern layer; forming a first cladding layer on the base substrate, the first cladding layer covering a second pattern layer and a region surrounded by the second pattern layer; forming a second cladding layer on the first cladding layer, the second cladding layer covering a top portion of the first pattern layer and a region surrounded by the first pattern layer; forming an organic layer on the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer, the organic layer covering the first pattern layer and a region surrounded by the first pattern layer; and forming a third cladding layer on the organic layer and the first cladding layer. |
| US10205117B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display substrate having auxiliary electrodes to mitigate an internal resistance drop, method for manufacturing the same and display device
The present disclosure provides an OLED display substrate, its manufacturing method and a display device. The OLED display substrate includes a base substrate, and a TFT and an OLED driven by the TFT on the base substrate and. The OLED includes, in a direction away from the base substrate, an anode, an organic layer and a cathode in turn. The OLED display substrate further includes an auxiliary electrode connected in parallel to a part of the cathode. |
| US10205104B2 |
Polycyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
A polycyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device, the compound being represented by Formula 1: |
| US10205101B2 |
Light-emitting material for organic electroluminescent device, organic electroluminescent device using same, and material for organic electroluminescent device
Disclosed is a light-emitting material for organic electroluminescent (EL) devices which is composed of an asymmetric anthracene derivative of a specific structure. Also disclosed are a material for organic EL devices and an organic EL device wherein an organic thin film layer composed of one or more layers including at least a light-emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode. At least one layer composed of the organic thin film layer contains the material for organic EL devices by itself or as a component of a mixture. Consequently, the organic EL device has a high efficiency and a long life. Also disclosed are a light-emitting material for organic EL devices and material for organic devices which enable to realize such an organic EL device. |
| US10205100B2 |
Anthracene compound, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic appliance, and lighting device
An organic compound having a high T1 level is provided. An element emitting phosphorescence in the blue and green regions is provided. An organic compound having a high glass-transition temperature is provided. A light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic appliance, or a lighting device having high heat resistance is provided. A light-emitting element includes at least a hole-transport layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer between an anode and a cathode. An anthracene compound represented by General Formula (G1) is contained in at least one of the hole-transport layer, the light-emitting layer, and the electron-transport layer. |
| US10205096B2 |
Nano-heterostructure
The present disclosure relates to a method for making nanoscale heterostructure. The method includes: providing a support and forming a first carbon nanotube layer on the support, and the first carbon nanotube layer comprises a plurality of first source carbon nanotubes; forming a semiconductor layer on the first carbon nanotube layer; covering a second carbon nanotube layer on the semiconductor layer, and the second carbon nanotube layer comprises a plurality of second source carbon nanotubes; finding and labeling a first carbon nanotube in the first carbon nanotube layer and a second carbon nanotube in the second carbon nanotube layer; removing the plurality of first source carbon nanotubes and the plurality of second source carbon nanotubes; and annealing the multilayer structure. |
| US10205093B2 |
Vertical hall effect element with improved sensitivity
A vertical Hall Effect element includes a low voltage P-well region disposed at a position between pickups of a vertical Hall Effect element to result in an improved sensitivity of the vertical Hall Effect element. A method results in the vertical Hall Effect element having the improved sensitivity. |
| US10205085B2 |
Method for manufacturing piezoelectric device
A lower electrode and an adhesive layer made of an insulator are formed on a back surface on the ion implantation layer side of a piezoelectric single crystal substrate. A supporting substrate in which sacrificial layers made of a conductive material have been formed is bonded to the surface of the adhesive layer. By heating the composite body including the piezoelectric single crystal substrate, the lower electrode, the adhesive layer, and the supporting substrate, a layer of the piezoelectric single crystal substrate is detached to form a piezoelectric thin film. A liquid polarizing upper electrode is formed on a detaching interface of the piezoelectric thin film. A pulsed electric field is applied using the polarizing upper electrode and the sacrificial layers as counter electrodes. Consequently, the piezoelectric thin film is polarized. |
| US10205075B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device including cap structure and method of making same
A light emitting device and method of forming the same, the light emitting device including: a substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a semiconductor mesa disposed on the buffer layer and including a first semiconductor layer, a light emitting active layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a contact layer disposed on an upper surface of the mesa, a passivation layer covering sidewalls of the mesa and the contact layer, and a cap structure including a reflective layer covering an upper surface of the contact layer, and a solder layer including a recess in which the reflective layer is disposed. |
| US10205068B2 |
Illumination method and light-emitting device
To provide an illumination method and a light-emitting device which are capable of achieving, under an indoor illumination environment where illuminance is around 5000 lx or lower when performing detailed work and generally around 1500 lx or lower, a color appearance or an object appearance as perceived by a person, will be as natural, vivid, highly visible, and comfortable as though perceived outdoors in a high-illuminance environment, regardless of scores of various color rendition metric. Light emitted from the light-emitting device illuminates an object such that light measured at a position of the object satisfies specific requirements. A feature of the light-emitting device is that light emitted by the light-emitting device in a main radiant direction satisfies specific requirements. |
| US10205058B2 |
Light-emitting device package and light-emitting apparatus comprising same
A light-emitting device package of embodiments comprises: a substrate; a light-emitting structure which is arranged below the substrate comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer; a first electrode which is connected to the first conductive type semiconductor layer; a first insulation layer which is arranged on the side section of the light-emitting structure and the side and lower sections of the first electrode; a first pad which passes through the first insulation layer and is connected to the first conductive type semiconductor layer; a second electrode which passes through the first insulation layer, the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the active layer and is connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer; a second pad which is connected to the second electrode; and a protective layer which extends from the top of the first insulation layer arranged on the side section of the light-emitting structure to the top of the first insulation layer arranged on the top of the first electrode, and is arranged so as to cover a bent part of the first insulation layer. |
| US10205057B2 |
Flip-chip light emitting diode and fabrication method
A flip-chip light-emitting diode structure includes a substrate; an epitaxial layer over the substrate, which includes a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer; a first electrode structure over the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode structure over the second semiconductor layer; wherein, the first electrode structure includes a first electrode body and a first electrode ring; the second electrode structure includes a second electrode body and a second electrode ring; the thickness of the first electrode ring is greater than or equal to that of the first electrode body and the thickness of the second electrode ring is greater than or equal to that of the second electrode body. As barrier structures, the first and the second electrode rings are used for avoiding short circuit during packaging and usage of the light-emitting diode due to overflow of solid crystal conductive materials, thus improving reliability. |
| US10205050B2 |
Separating a wafer of light emitting devices
A method of separating a wafer including rows of light emitting devices is described. Dicing streets are provided on the wafer such that a respective one of the dicing streets is provided between each of the rows of light emitting devices on the wafer. The wafer is broken along a first one of the dicing streets to separate a first portion of the wafer from a remaining portion of the wafer. The first portion of the wafer includes more than one of the rows of light emitting devices. The first portion of the wafer is broken along a second one of the dicing streets to separate a second portion of the wafer from the first portion of the wafer. |
| US10205045B2 |
Solar cell and method of manufacturing the same
A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method comprises: forming a first electrode layer on a substrate; forming a semiconductor film of first conduction type on the first electrode layer; forming a germanium film on the semiconductor film of first conduction type, and topologizing the germanium film by using a functionalization element so as to obtain a semiconductor film of second conduction type having characteristics of topological insulator, the semiconductor film of first conduction type mating with the semiconductor film of second conduction type having characteristics of topological insulator to form a p-n junction; and forming a second electrode layer on the semiconductor film of second conduction type. The solar cell manufactured according this method has higher electric energy conversion efficiency. |
| US10205040B2 |
Solar cell, method for manufacturing same, solar cell module and wiring sheet
A method for manufacturing a solar cell comprises forming a first conductivity-type silicon-based thin-film on a first surface of a substrate; forming a second conductivity-type silicon-based thin-film different from the first conductivity-type silicon-based thin-film, on a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface of the substrate; forming a first transparent electrode layer on the first conductivity-type silicon-based thin-film; and forming a second transparent electrode layer on the second conductivity-type silicon-based thin-film; forming a first metal seed layer on a first transparent electrode layer; forming a second metal seed layer on a second transparent electrode layer; forming a third metal seed layer on a peripheral edge and on an end-edge of the second conductivity-type silicon-based thin-film; forming a first plating layer on the first metal seed layer and a third plating layer on the third metal seed layer simultaneously by an electroplating method. |
| US10205039B2 |
Solar panel
A solar panel includes a protection plate, a back cover, photovoltaic battery cells, a conductive member that electrically connects the photovoltaic battery cells to one another, and an encapsulant that is integrated with and located between the protection plate and the back cover. The encapsulant encapsulates the photovoltaic battery cells and the conductive member and fixes the photovoltaic battery cells and the conductive member to the protection plate and the back cover. The protection plate includes a resin transparent member, which is translucent from a front surface to a rear surface, and a resin opaque member, which is located at an outer side of each of the photovoltaic battery cells, shields the conductive member, and is arranged on the rear surface of the transparent member and integrated with the transparent member. |
| US10205037B2 |
Photodiode device and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a photodiode device, which includes a semiconductor substrate, a well region in the semiconductor substrate of a first dopant type, a first doped region of the first dopant type in the well region, and a second doped region of a second dopant type disposed in the well region and over the first doped region. The second doped region comprises first recesses exposed through a surface of the second doped region, and a first portion of the second doped region on the surface comprises a first doping concentration of the second dopant type greater than a second doping concentration of a second portion of the second doped region away from the first recesses. |
| US10205033B1 |
ESD protected semiconductor photomultiplier
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor photomultiplier which comprises one or more microcells on a substrate having at least one terminal. At least one ESD protection element is operably coupled to the at least one terminal. |
| US10205032B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for making same
One or more embodiments relate to a method of forming a semiconductor structure, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming an opening within the substrate; forming a conductive layer within the opening; and forming a semiconductor layer over the conductive layer. |
| US10205030B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
To provide a method by which a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor with excellent electric characteristics and high reliability is manufactured with a small number of steps. After a channel protective layer is formed over an oxide semiconductor film containing In, Ga, and Zn, a film having n-type conductivity and a conductive film are formed, and a resist mask is formed over the conductive film. The conductive film, the film having n-type conductivity, and the oxide semiconductor film containing In, Ga, and Zn are etched using the channel protective layer and gate insulating films as etching stoppers with the resist mask, so that source and drain electrode layers, a buffer layer, and a semiconductor layer are formed. |
| US10205027B2 |
Coplanar double gate electrode oxide thin film transistor and manufacture method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a coplanar double gate electrode oxide thin film transistor, includes a substrate, a bottom gate electrode, a first gate electrode insulating layer, a oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode contact area and a drain electrode contact area, a second gate electrode insulating layer and a top gate electrode, wherein, the upper surface of the substrate is recessed toward the inside of the substrate to form a groove, the bottom gate electrode is formed in the groove, so that the upper surface of the bottom gate electrode and the upper surface of the substrate are in the same horizontal plane. The thin film transistor of the present disclosure has the characteristics of the double gate electrode and the coplanar structure, and is capable of improving the stability of the thin film transistor, optimizing the response speed thereof, and lowering the driving voltage. |
| US10205015B2 |
Reduced gate charge field-effect transistor
In one implementation, a reduced gate charge field-effect transistor (FET) includes a drift region situated over a drain, a body situated over the drift region, and source diffusions formed in the body. The source diffusions are adjacent a gate trench extending through the body into the drift region and having a dielectric liner and a gate electrode situated therein. The dielectric liner includes an upper segment and a lower segment, the upper segment extending to at least a depth of the source diffusions and being significantly thicker than the lower segment. |
| US10205014B2 |
Method and apparatus for power device with multiple doped regions
A semiconductor device is provided. The device includes a substrate having a first conductivity type. The device further includes a drain region, a source region, and a well region disposed in the substrate. The well region is disposed between the drain region and the source region and having a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. The device further includes a plurality of doped regions disposed within the well region. The doped regions are vertically and horizontally offset from each other. Each of the doped regions includes a lower portion having the first conductivity type, and an upper portion stacked on the lower region and having the second conductivity type. |
| US10205012B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first trench portions formed at a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate and extending in a predetermined extending direction in a planar view; an emitter region of a first conductivity type formed between adjacent trenches of the plurality of first trench portions at the front surface side of the semiconductor substrate; a first contact region of a second conductivity type formed between the adjacent trenches of the plurality of first trench portions, the first contact region and the emitter region being arranged alternately in the extending direction; and a second contact region of a second conductivity type formed above the first contact region to be apart from the emitter region and having a higher doping concentration than the first contact region. |
| US10205010B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is provided, the semiconductor device including a base layer of a first conductivity type having a MOS gate structure formed on a front surface side thereof, a collector layer of a second conductivity type formed on a rear surface side of the base layer, and into which a first dopant and a second dopant which is different from the first dopant are implanted, and a collector electrode formed on a rear surface side of the collector layer, wherein an impurity concentration peak of the second dopant is at a deeper position from the rear surface of the collector layer than an impurity concentration peak of the first dopant, and magnitude of the impurity concentration peak of the second dopant is larger than 1/100 of magnitude of the impurity concentration peak of the first dopant. |
| US10205007B2 |
Separation method and manufacturing method of flexible device
A low-cost separation method with high mass productivity is provided. A first layer with a thickness of 0.1 μm or more and 3 μm or less can be formed by using a photosensitive and thermosetting material over the formation substrate, a resin layer comprising an opening is formed by forming an opening in the first layer by using a photolithography method, a silicon layer or an oxide layer is formed so as to overlap with the opening of the resin layer, a transistor including a metal oxide is formed over the resin layer, a conductive layer formed in the same manufacturing steps as the source or drain of the transistor is formed over the silicon layer or the oxide layer, the resin layer and one of the silicon layer and the oxide layer are irradiated with the laser light, and the transistor and the conductive layer are separated from the formation substrate. |
| US10205005B1 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure is provided in the present invention. The method includes the steps of forming a plurality of fins in a first region, a second region and a dummy region, forming a first solid-state dopant source layer and a first insulating buffer layer in the first region, forming a second solid-state dopant source layer and a second insulating buffer layer in the second region and the dummy region, and performing an etch process to cut the fin in the dummy region. |
| US10205003B1 |
Surface roughness of III-V fin formed on silicon sidewall by implementing sacrificial buffers
A method for use in forming a fin of a field-effect transistor includes: patterning a mandrel into a substrate at least by recessing portions of the substrate; forming dielectric material at least on the recessed portions of the substrate, wherein the dielectric material partially covers exterior sidewalls of the mandrel; forming a first buffer at least on a portion of the exterior sidewalls of the mandrel not covered by the dielectric material; forming a second buffer at least on exterior sidewalls of the first buffer; forming a semiconductor channel at least on the dielectric material, wherein at least the second buffer is between the channel and the mandrel; exposing interior sidewalls of at least the first buffer at least by removing the mandrel; and removing the first buffer and the second buffer without removing the channel. |
| US10205000B2 |
Semiconductor device with improved narrow width effect and method of making thereof
A device and a method for forming a device are disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate prepared with a device region. A device well having second polarity type dopants is formed in the substrate. A threshold voltage (VT) implant is performed with a desired level of second polarity type dopants into the substrate. The VT implant forms a VT adjust region to obtain a desired VT of a transistor. A co-implantation with diffusion suppression material is performed to form a diffusion suppression (DS) region in the substrate. The DS region reduces or prevents segregation and out-diffusion of the VT implanted second polarity type dopants. A transistor of a first polarity type having a gate is formed in the device region. First and second diffusion regions are formed adjacent to sidewalls of the gate. |
| US10204998B2 |
Heterostructure device
A heterostructure device includes a channel layer, a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the barrier layer, respectively. The second electrode includes a p-type semiconductor structure and a raised section disposed on the p-type semiconductor structure, the second electrode includes a Schottky contact and an ohmic contact, the Schottky contact is formed between a top surface of the p-type semiconductor structure and a first bottom surface of the raised section, the ohmic contact is formed between a second bottom surface of the raised section and the barrier layer. |
| US10204997B2 |
Thin film transistor, display substrate and display panel having the same, and fabricating method thereof
The present application discloses a thin film transistor, a display substrate and display panel having the same, and a fabricating method thereof. The thin film transistor includes a base substrate; an active layer on the base substrate having a channel region, a first electrode contact region, and a second electrode contact region; and a first electrode on a side of the first electrode contact region distal to the base substrate; and a second electrode on a side of the second electrode contact region distal to the base substrate; the first electrode and the second electrode being made of an amorphous carbon material. |
| US10204996B2 |
Metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor and method of forming gate layout
A method of forming a gate layout includes providing a gate layout design diagram comprising at least one gate pattern, disposing at least one insulating plug pattern in the gate pattern for producing a modified gate layout in a case where any one of a length and a width of the gate pattern is greater than or equal to a predetermined size, and outputting and manufacturing the modified gate layout onto a photomask. The predetermined size is determined by a process ability limit, and the process ability limit is a smallest gate size causing gate dishing when a chemical mechanical polishing process is performed to a gate. |
| US10204995B2 |
Normally off HEMT with self aligned gate structure
A heterostructure body with a buffer region, and a barrier region disposed on the buffer region is provided. A gate trench is formed in the barrier region. A layer of doped semiconductor material that fills the gate trench is formed. The doped semiconductor material in the gate trench locally depletes a subjacent section of the two-dimensional charge carrier gas channel at zero bias. A layer of electrically conductive material is formed on the doped semiconductor material. The layer of doped semiconductor material is structured to form a gate structure that includes a narrower portion of the doped semiconductor material that is disposed in the gate trench, a wider portion of the doped semiconductor material that is above the trench, and a gate electrode portion of the electrically conductive material that completely covers the wider portion of the doped semiconductor material. |
| US10204989B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor structures on dissimilar substrates
Techniques are disclosed for forming a defect-free semiconductor structure on a dissimilar substrate with a multi-aspect ratio mask. The multi-aspect ratio mask comprises a first, second, and third layer formed on a substrate. The second layer has a second opening wider than a first opening and a third opening in the first and third layers, respectively. All three openings are centered along a common central axis. A semiconductor material is grown from the top surface of the substrate and laterally onto the top surface of the first layer within the second opening. The semiconductor material disposed within and vertically below the third opening is etched by using the third layer as an etch mask so that the remaining material that laterally overflowed onto the top surface of the first layer forms a remaining structure. |
| US10204978B2 |
Crystalline multilayer oxide thin films structure in semiconductor device
Provided is a highly conductive crystalline multilayer structure including a corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin film whose resistance has not increased even after annealing (heating). The crystalline multilayer structure includes a base substrate and the corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin film disposed directly on the base substrate or with another layer therebetween. The crystalline oxide thin film is 1 μm or more in a thickness and 80 mΩcm or less in an electrical resistivity. A semiconductor device includes the crystalline multilayer structure. |
| US10204977B2 |
Making electrical components in handle wafers of integrated circuit packages
Each of a first and a second integrated circuit structures has hole(s) in the top surface, and capacitors at least partially located in the holes. A semiconductor die is attached to the top surface of the second structure. Then the first and second structures are bonded together so that the die becomes disposed in the first structure's cavity, and the holes of the two structures are aligned to electrically connect the respective capacitors to each other. A filler is injected into the cavity through one or more channels in the substrate of the first structure. Other embodiments are also provided. |
| US10204975B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display
An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of light emitting pixels disposed in a display region and including a first light emitting pixel and a second light emitting pixel, and a plurality of dummy pixels disposed in a dummy region and including a first dummy pixel and a second dummy pixel. The display also includes a plurality of repair lines including i) a first repair line configured to connect the first dummy pixel and the first and second light emitting pixels and ii) a second repair line configured to connect the second dummy pixel and the first and second light emitting pixels. A connection line is configured to connect the first and second repair lines, the first and second dummy pixel having layouts that are symmetrical. |
| US10204970B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
An organic light emitting display device includes a scan line, a data line, a power supply line, and a pixel. The scan line extends in one direction. The data line crosses the scan line. The power supply line crosses the scan line and the data line. The pixel is electrically coupled to the scan line, the data line, and the power supply line. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode including a first electrode on a substrate, an organic layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic layer. The pixel further includes at least two domains configured to radiate light in directions different from each other. |
| US10204967B2 |
Display device and electrical device using the same
A display device includes: a substrate comprising a first region and a second region bent relative to the first region; a plurality of first pixels at the first region, each of the first pixels comprising a first light-emitting diode (LED), the first LED comprising a pixel electrode, an emission layer for emitting light of a first color, and a counter electrode; a plurality of second pixels at the second region, each of the second pixels comprising a second LED, the second LED comprising a pixel electrode, an emission layer configured to emit the first color, and a counter electrode; and an optical resonance layer at the second region corresponding to the second LED. |
| US10204960B2 |
Method of forming polysilicon gate structure in image sensor device
A method of fabricating polysilicon gate structure in an image sensor device includes depositing a gate dielectric layer on a surface of a substrate. Then a polysilicon layer is deposited over the gate dielectric layer. Next, a protection film is deposited over the polysilicon layer. A hard mask is formed over the protection film, and the polysilicon gate structure is patterned. Following that, the hard mask is stripped off. The protection film exhibits etching selectivity against the polysilicon layer and has a thickness of between 40 and 60 angstroms. The hard mask is removed by phosphoric acid solution wet etching process. |
| US10204956B2 |
Semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductive substrate includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, a radiation sensing device disposed in the semiconductive substrate, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) disposed over the first side of the semiconductive substrate, and a conductive pad disposed in the semiconductive substrate and the ILD, wherein a thickness of the conductive pad is less than a sum of a thickness of the semiconductive substrate and a thickness of the ILD. |
| US10204955B2 |
Back illuminated photo detector and optical receiver module having a center portion of an exposed contact portion located on an optical axis of light
Provided is a back illuminated photo detector enabling easy determination of whether or not the radius of a beam spot on a light absorption layer is an appropriate size. The back illuminated photo detector includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface for receiving light; a semiconductor layer that is laminated on a second surface and includes a light absorption layer; a passivation film so as to expose a contact portion that is part of an upper surface of the semiconductor layer; and an electrode that is in contact with the semiconductor layer in the contact portion, and has a reflectance lower than that of the passivation film. The contact portion includes a center portion located on an optical axis, and an area of the center portion is smaller than a design cross-sectional area of a beam spot. |
| US10204950B1 |
SPAD image sensor and associated fabricating method
A single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image sensor is disclosed. The SPAD image sensor includes: a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a trench isolation in the substrate, the trench isolation extending from the front surface of the substrate toward the back surface of the substrate, the trench isolation having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface being coplanar with the front surface of the substrate, the second surface being distanced from the back surface of the substrate by a distance greater than 0; wherein the substrate includes: a first layer doped with dopants of a first conductivity type, the first layer extending from the back surface of the substrate toward the trench isolation and laterally surrounding at least a portion of sidewalls of the trench isolation. |
| US10204934B2 |
Thin film transistor, array substrate, methods for fabricating the same, and display device
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an array substrate, a thin film transistor, methods for fabricating the same, and a display device. The method for fabricating the array substrate provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: forming an active layer on a substrate; forming a gate on the active layer; forming a first insulation layer on the gate; forming a light blocking portion on the first insulation layer, the light blocking portion being arranged above an edge portion of the gate, so that the light blocking portion blocks light entering the active layer from the edge portion of the gate. |
| US10204932B2 |
Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, display panel and display device
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The array substrate includes a display area (02) and a fan-out area (01) disposed at the periphery of the display area (02), the manufacturing method comprising forming a line pattern (212) disposed in at least one of the display area (02) and the fan-out area (01), wherein forming a line pattern disposed in at least one of the display area and the fan-out area includes the following steps: forming a metal layer (210); forming an intermediate pattern (211) by performing a first patterning process on the metal layer; and forming the line pattern disposed in at least one of the display area (02) and the fan-out area (01) by performing a second patterning process on the intermediate pattern. The manufacturing methods provided by the respective embodiment of the present disclosure are capable of narrowing of the lines in the fan-out area, and compared with the existing one exposure method, can effectively reduce the risk of open-circuit and short-circuit. |
| US10204929B2 |
Array substrate and display device
An array substrate and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; gate lines and data lines disposed on the base substrate; and display units defined by intercrossing of the data lines and the gate lines, in which each display unit is provided with a thin-film transistor, a sub-pixel electrode and a common electrode line; and the common electrode line comprises a main electrode line, an extension direction of which is the same as an extension direction of the gate lines, and branch electrode lines connected with the main electrode line. The present disclosure reduces the overall resistance of common electrode lines by branch electrode lines connected with main electrode lines, effectively reduces the phenomenon of common electrode signal delay and improves the display quality of a display panel. |
| US10204928B2 |
Display substrate, liquid crystal display panel and display apparatus having the same, and fabricating method thereof
The present application discloses a display substrate comprising a base substrate; a first electrode on the base substrate; a first insulating layer on a side of the first electrode distal to the base substrate; a thin film transistor on a side of the first insulating layer distal to the first electrode; a second insulating layer on a side of the thin film transistor distal to the first insulating layer; an organic layer on a side of the second insulating layer distal to the thin film transistor; and a second electrode on a side of the organic layer distal to the second insulating layer. |
| US10204927B2 |
Display substrate, display device containing the same, and method for fabricating the same
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, including: a wiring mounting region. The wiring mounting region includes first wires and second wires, each of the first wires intersecting with one or more of the second wires, thereby defining one or more intersectional regions; and a semiconductor pattern between the first wire and the one or more second wires, the semiconductor pattern having at least one cross-sectional width covering at least a portion of at least one of the intersectional regions. |
| US10204912B2 |
Micro-pattern forming method, capacitor and method of manufacturing the same, semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic system including semiconductor device
A method of forming a micro-pattern including forming a mold layer and a supporting material layer on a substrate, patterning the mold layer and the supporting material layer to form recess patterns, forming conductor patterns in the recess patterns, removing a portion of an upper portion of the supporting material layer for causing upper portions of the conductor patterns to protrude, forming a block copolymer layer on the supporting material layer, processing the block copolymer layer to phase-separate the block copolymer layer into a plurality of block parts, selectively removing some of the phase-separated plurality of block parts, and removing the supporting material layer to expose the mold layer at a position corresponding to each of the removed block parts may be provided. |
| US10204908B2 |
Compact semiconductor memory device having reduced number of contacts, methods of operating and methods of making
An integrated circuit including a link or string of semiconductor memory cells, wherein each memory cell includes a floating body region for storing data. The link or string includes at least one contact configured to electrically connect the memory cells to at least one control line, and the number of contacts in the string or link is the same as or less than the number of memory cells in the string or link. |
| US10204907B2 |
Metal-insulator-metal capacitor analog memory unit cell
A memory device including a plurality of memory unit cells arranged in a crossbar configuration for a neural network is provided. Each of the memory unit cells includes a readout transistor, a charging transistor, a discharging transistor, and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor connected to one of source/drain regions of each of the charging transistor and the discharging transistor and a functional gate of the readout transistor for storing analog information. |
| US10204901B2 |
Semiconductor devices including resistors
A semiconductor device is provided including a resistor structure on a semiconductor substrate. The resistor structure includes pad portions and a resistor body connecting the pad portions. The pad portions each have a width greater than a width of the resistor body. The pad portions each include a pad pattern and a liner pattern covering a sidewall and a lower surface of the pad pattern. The resistor body extends laterally from the liner pattern. The pad pattern includes a different material from the resistor body and the liner pattern. |
| US10204899B2 |
Semiconductor device with first and second chips and connections thereof and a manufacturing method of the same
In a non-insulated DC-DC converter having a circuit in which a power MOS⋅FET high-side switch and a power MOS⋅FET low-side switch are connected in series, the power MOS⋅FET low-side switch and a Schottky barrier diode to be connected in parallel with the power MOS⋅FET low-side switch are formed within one semiconductor chip. The formation region SDR of the Schottky barrier diode is disposed in the center in the shorter direction of the semiconductor chip, and on both sides thereof, the formation regions of the power MOS⋅FET low-side switch are disposed. From the gate finger in the vicinity of both long sides on the main surface of the semiconductor chip toward the formation region SDR of the Schottky barrier diode, a plurality of gate fingers are disposed so as to interpose the formation region SDR between them. |
| US10204896B2 |
Vertical double diffusion metal-oxide-semiconductor power device
A vertical double diffusion metal-oxide-semiconductor power device with thermal sensitivity unit includes a vertical double diffusion metal-oxide-semiconductor power transistor and at least one thermal sensitivity unit. The vertical double diffusion metal-oxide-semiconductor power transistor includes a first metal layer, a substrate layer, an epitaxy layer, a second metal layer, and a plurality of first polysilicon layers, wherein each first polysilicon layer of the plurality of first polysilicon layers corresponds to a first oxide layer, a first doping well and a second doping well with second conductivity type, a first doped region and a second doped region with first conductivity type, and a second oxide layer. The at least one thermal sensitivity unit is used for detecting a temperature when the vertical double diffusion metal-oxide-semiconductor power transistor operates, and the vertical double diffusion metal-oxide-semiconductor power transistor and the at least one thermal sensitivity unit share a same process. |
| US10204895B2 |
Integrated circuit having spare circuit cells
Aspects of the disclosure include an integrated circuit that includes a plurality of functional circuit cells and a plurality of inactive spare functional circuit cells. Ones of the functional circuit cells respectively includes a set of first electrically interconnected transistors that define a first logic component and a first power rail configured to carry a first supply voltage. Ones of the inactive spare functional circuit cells respectively includes a set of second electrically interconnected transistors configured to define a second logic component. The set of electrically interconnected transistors is interconnected through a second set of conductive lines formed in the first conductive layer. The set of second electrically interconnected transistors is not connected to any power rail. |
| US10204894B2 |
Via placement within an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit layout includes a routing layout of routing conductors and routing connection vias formed prior to a power grid connection which forms power connection vias between power grid conductors and standard-power cell conductors within the standard cells. This enables a minimum via spacing requirement to be met while permitting an increased flexibility in the positioning of the routing connection vias. |
| US10204891B2 |
Semiconductor module
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor module includes a first semiconductor element, a second semiconductor element, a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element. The first semiconductor element is provided with a first light receiving circuit and a first output circuit. The second semiconductor element is provided with a second light receiving circuit and a second output circuit. The first light emitting element is electrically connected to the second output circuit and mounted on the first semiconductor element such that first light emitted from the first light emitting element is received by the first light receiving circuit. The second light emitting element is electrically connected to the first output circuit and mounted on the second semiconductor element such that second light emitted from the second light emitting element is received by the second light receiving circuit. |
| US10204890B2 |
Substrate for system in package (SIP) devices
Methods, systems, and devices for enabling the use of a special, generic, or standard substrate for similar system SIP assemblies are disclosed. The required customization, which is defined by a system's interconnecting scheme, is done during package assembly by creating appropriate connections using wire bonds on pads that are placed on the substrate and intentionally left open for purpose of customization. The wire bond links can be changed as required for a given system design. |
| US10204889B2 |
Package structure and method of forming thereof
A package structure includes a semiconductor device, a first dielectric layer, a redistribution line and a conductive bump. The first dielectric layer is over the semiconductor device and has first and second openings on opposite surfaces of the first dielectric layer, wherein the first and second openings taper in substantially opposite direction. The redistribution line is partially in the first opening of the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the semiconductor device. The conductive bump is partially embeddedly retained in the second opening and electrically connected to the redistribution line. |
| US10204888B2 |
LED-based light sources for light emitting devices and lighting arrangements with photoluminescence wavelength conversion
An LED-based light source for generating light having a selected dominant wavelength λds comprises a package housing a plurality of LEDs consisting of LEDs from first and second wavelength bins. The first wavelength bin comprises LEDs having a dominant wavelength λd1 that is within a first wavelength range and the second wavelength bin comprises LEDs having a dominant wavelength λd2 that is within a second wavelength range. The first wavelength bin can comprise LEDs having a dominant wavelength that is shorter than the selected dominant wavelength while the second wavelength bin comprises LEDs having a dominant wavelength that is longer than the selected dominant wavelength. The wavelength bins and number of LEDs are selected such that in operation the dominant wavelength of the combined light emitted by the source is the selected dominant wavelength. Lighting arrangements and light emitting devices incorporating such light sources are disclosed. |
| US10204887B2 |
Reflective solder mask layer for LED phosphor package
A mounting substrate (40) has a patterned metal layer defining a plurality of top metal bond pads for bonding to bottom metal bond pads of LED dies. A solder mask layer (52) is formed over the mounting substrate, where the mask has openings that expose the top metal bond pads and protects metal traces on the substrate. The mask layer is a highly reflective white paint. The exposed top metal bond pads are then wetted with solder. The LED dies' bottom metal bond pads are then soldered to the exposed top metal bond pads, such that the mask layer surrounds each LED die to reflect light. A reflective ring (60) is affixed to the substrate to surround the LED dies. A viscous phosphor material (62) then partially fills the ring and is cured. All downward light by the LED dies and phosphor is reflected upward by the ring and solder mask layer. |
| US10204886B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes semiconductor chips fixed to a board, an insulating plate having a through-hole formed therein, a first lower conductor including a lower main body formed on the lower surface of the insulating plate and soldered to any of the semiconductor chips, and a lower protrusion portion that connects with the lower main body, and extends to the outside of the insulating plate, a second lower conductor formed on a lower surface of the insulating plate and soldered to any of the semiconductor chips, an upper conductor including an upper main body formed on the upper surface of the insulating plate, and an upper protrusion portion that connects with the upper main body and extends to the outside of the insulating plate, and a connection portion provided in the through-hole and connects the upper main body and the second lower conductor. |
| US10204881B2 |
Power overlay structure and reconstituted semiconductor wafer having wirebonds
A power overlay (POL) structure includes a power device having at least one upper contact pad disposed on an upper surface of the power device, and a POL interconnect layer having a dielectric layer coupled to the upper surface of the power device and a metallization layer having metal interconnects extending through vias formed through the dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the at least one upper contact pad of the power device. The POL structure also includes at least one copper wirebond directly coupled to the metallization layer. |
| US10204880B2 |
Device and method for producing a device
A device and a method for producing a device are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a first component, a second component and a connecting element directly arranged between the first component and the second component, wherein the connecting element includes at least a first metal, which is formed as an adhesive layer, a diffusion barrier and a component of a first phase and a second phase of the connecting element, wherein the adhesive layer is arranged on the first component and/or the second component, wherein the first phase and/or the second phase includes, besides the first metal, further metals different from the first metal, wherein a concentration of the first metal in the first phase is greater than a concentration of the first metal in the second phase, and wherein the connecting element includes a layer of a silicide of the first metal. |
| US10204874B2 |
Integrated circuit chip with reverse engineering prevention
An integrated circuit chip with reverse engineering prevention includes: a signal generator part configured to generate a first signal; a metal line part configured to receive the first signal generated at the signal generator part and generate a second signal; a comparison logic part configured to compare the first signal generated at the signal generator part and the second signal generated at the metal line part; and a signal routing part formed on both sides of the metal line part to connect the signal generator part with the metal line part at one side and connect the metal line part with the comparison logic part at the other side, where the signal routing part is a shift register. |
| US10204871B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method
Provided is a semiconductor device including an insulating plate; a first conducting portion formed on a first surface of the insulating plate; a semiconductor element mounted on the first conducting portion; and a mold material that seals the first conducting portion and the semiconductor element on the first surface side of the insulating plate. A material of the insulating plate has higher adhesion with respect to the mold material than a material of the first conducting portion, and the first conducting portion includes a gap that is filled with the mold material between the first conducting portion and the insulating plate in a portion thereof. |
| US10204858B2 |
Semiconductor device having a multilayer wiring structure
A semiconductor device having a plurality of first wirings (X-direction) which include a first power supply line and a second power supply line, a plurality of third wirings (X-direction) which include a third (fourth) power supply line that is located above the first (second) power supply line and is electrically connected to the first (second) power supply line. The semiconductor device also has a plurality of second wirings (Y-direction) that include a first (second) connection wiring located above the first (second) power supply line and below the third (fourth) power supply line that is electrically connected to the first (second) power supply line and to the third (fourth) power supply line. |
| US10204856B2 |
Interconnect structures with fully aligned vias
A structure having fully aligned via connecting metal lines on different Mx levels. The structure may include a first metal line and a second metal line in a first ILD, a cap covering the first ILD, the second metal line and a portion of the first metal line, a second ILD on the cap, and a via that electrically connects the first metal line to a third metal line, wherein the third metal line is above the first metal line and runs perpendicular to the first metal line, the via is fully aligned to the first metal line and the third metal line, and the via electrically connects the first metal line to the third metal line. |
| US10204855B2 |
Bendable and stretchable electronic devices and methods
Generally discussed herein are systems and methods that can include a stretchable and bendable device. According to an example a method can include (1) depositing a first elastomer material on a panel, (2) laminating trace material on the elastomer material, (3) processing the trace material to pattern the trace material into one or more traces and one or more bond pads, (4) attaching a die to the one or more bond pads, or (5) depositing a second elastomer material on and around the one or more traces, the bonds pads, and the die to encapsulate the one or more traces and the one or more bond pads in the first and second elastomer materials. |
| US10204854B2 |
Packaging substrate and method of fabricating the same
The packaging substrate according to the present invention is a packaging substrate including: a core substrate; an insulating layer formed on one surface or each of both surfaces of the core substrate; and one or more wiring layers formed on the insulating layer and/or embedded in the insulating layer. The packaging substrate has a thin layer portion where the insulating layer is partially thinned at an outer peripheral portion of the insulating layer. |
| US10204850B1 |
Semiconductor package with partial plating on contact side surfaces
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a semiconductor package with partial plating on contact surfaces. The semiconductor package includes a top surface, a bottom surface that is opposite the top surface, and side surfaces between the top surface and the bottom surface. Each of the side surfaces includes a step such that the area of the bottom surface is smaller than the area of the top surface. The semiconductor package includes a plurality of contacts that is located at peripheral edges of the bottom surface. Each of the plurality of contacts includes a first surface that is flush with the bottom surface, a second surface that is flush with one of the side surfaces, and a curved surface located at a corresponding step. In some embodiments, the first surface and the curved surface are plated, while the second surface is exposed (not plated). |
| US10204848B2 |
Semiconductor chip package having heat dissipating structure
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor chip package having a heat dissipating structure. The semiconductor chip package including: a semiconductor chip configured such that a plurality of terminals protrudes from the upper surface thereof; lead frames connected to the terminals located on the upper surface of the semiconductor chip; and a package body configured to protect the semiconductor chip and the lead frames and to form the outside shape of the semiconductor chip package, and formed by molding. The lower surfaces of the lead frames are exposed to the outside. The lower surface of the package body is partially cut out such that the bottom surface of the semiconductor chip is exposed to the outside. |
| US10204845B2 |
Semiconductor chip package having a repeating footprint pattern
A semiconductor chip package includes a semiconductor chip disposed over a main surface of a carrier. An encapsulation body encapsulates the chip. First electrical contact elements are electrically coupled to the chip and protrude out of the encapsulation body through a first side face of the encapsulation body. Second electrical contact elements are electrically coupled to the chip and protrude out of the encapsulation body through a second side face of the encapsulation body opposite the first side face. A first group of the first electrical contact elements and a second group of the first electrical contact elements are spaced apart by a distance D that is greater than a distance P between adjacent first electrical contact elements of the first group and between adjacent first electrical contact elements of the second group. The distances D and P are measured between center axes of electrical contact elements. |
| US10204839B2 |
Prevention of charging damage in full-depletion devices
Methods and systems method for checking a semiconductor device for compliance with a rule include determining whether a fully depleted semiconductor on insulator (FDSOI) device complies with a first design rule that considers antenna area connected to the gate and the source/drain region of the FDSOI device. It is determined whether the FDSOI device complies with a second design rule that considers antenna area connected to the well and the source/drain region of the FDSOI device. The chip layout is modified, if the FDSOI devices fails to comply with the first and second design rules, to bring the non-compliant FDSOI device into compliance. |
| US10204836B2 |
Porous silicon relaxation medium for dislocation free CMOS devices
A method for forming CMOS devices includes masking a first portion of a tensile-strained silicon layer of a SOI substrate, doping a second portion of the layer outside the first portion and growing an undoped silicon layer on the doped portion and the first portion. The undoped silicon layer becomes tensile-strained. Strain in the undoped silicon layer over the doped portion is relaxed by converting the doped portion to a porous silicon to form a relaxed silicon layer. The porous silicon is converted to an oxide. A SiGe layer is grown and oxidized to convert the relaxed silicon layer to a compressed SiGe layer. Fins are etched in the first portion from the tensile-strained silicon layer and the undoped silicon layer and in the second portion from the compressed SiGe layer. |
| US10204829B1 |
Low-resistivity metallic interconnect structures with self-forming diffusion barrier layers
Methods for fabricating low-resistivity metallic interconnect structures with self-forming diffusion barrier layers are provided, as well as semiconductor devices comprising low-resistivity metallic interconnect structures with self-formed diffusion barrier layers. For example, a semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer disposed on a substrate, an opening etched in the dielectric layer, a metallic liner layer covering sidewall and bottom surfaces of the opening in the dielectric layer, copper material filling the opening to form an interconnect structure, and a self-formed diffusion barrier layer formed in the sidewall surfaces of the opening of the dielectric layer. The self-formed diffusion barrier layer includes manganese atoms which are diffused into the sidewall surfaces of the dielectric layer. |
| US10204828B1 |
Enabling low resistance gates and contacts integrated with bilayer dielectrics
A method for forming a semiconductor structure using first and second conductive materials, and having first and second trenches with first and second critical dimensions. The second conductive material exhibits a lower resistivity than the first conductive material at a film thickness corresponding to the second critical dimension and the second conductive material exhibits a higher resistivity than the first conductive material at a film thickness corresponding to the first critical dimension. An initial semiconductor structure has the first trench having the first critical dimension and the second trench having the second critical dimension. The second critical dimension is larger than the first critical dimension. A first conductive structure made from one of the first and second conductive materials is formed in the first trench. A second conductive structure made from another of the first and second conductive materials is formed in the second trench. |
| US10204825B2 |
Semiconductor device having air gap spacers and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate including a cell region including a bit line structure, a bit line spacer and a lower electrode and a peripheral circuit region including first to third impurity regions, forming an interlayer insulating film on the peripheral circuit region, forming a first metal layer on the interlayer insulating film, forming a first trench and a second trench in the first metal layer between the first and second impurity regions, the second trench is disposed between the second and third impurity regions and exposes the interlayer insulating film, forming a first capping pattern on the first trench to form an air gap in the first trench, filling the second trench with a first insulating material, and forming, on the first metal layer, a contact connected to the third impurity region. |
| US10204824B2 |
Method for producing SOI wafer
A method for producing a SOI wafer that includes implanting at least one type of gas ion selected from a hydrogen ion and a rare gas ion from a surface of a bond wafer formed of a silicon single crystal to form an ion implanted layer, bonding the ion-implanted surface of the bond wafer to a surface of a base wafer formed of a silicon single crystal through a silicon oxide film formed on the base wafer surface, delaminating the bond wafer at the ion implanted layer by performing delamination heat treatment to fabricate a SOI wafer having a buried oxide film layer and a SOI layer on the base wafer, and performing flattening heat treatment on the SOI wafer in an atmosphere containing argon gas. |
| US10204820B2 |
Multi-size adaptable spin chuck system
A novel interchangeable spin chuck system is provided that allows the user to quickly change substrate sizes and spin chuck styles without any extra tools. This system has a two-piece design and overcomes many of the drawbacks of previous spin chuck designs, such as difficulty in seating the spin chuck and ensuring that the spin chuck is at a consistent flatness and height. Furthermore, this spin chuck system allows the spin chucks to be manufactured at a lower cost. Thus, rather than restricting users to “make do” with incorrect spin chucks due to budget limitations, this economical design gives users access to a wider range of spin chuck sizes and styles. |
| US10204815B2 |
Vacuum adsorption system, method and packaging device for mother substrate to be packaged
Vacuum adsorption system of the invention includes: vacuum adsorption platform; carrying platform, which is provided on vacuum adsorption platform and edges thereof are sealed with edges of vacuum adsorption platform, configured to carrying mother substrate to be packaged and provided thereon with a plurality of adsorption units used for adsorbing and fixing, in cooperation with vacuum adsorption platform, mother substrate to be packaged; detection unit, configured to detect positional relationships between adsorption units on carrying platform and packaging areas on mother substrate to be packaged; and adjustment unit, configured to adjust position of carrying platform when detection unit detects that positions of adsorption units on carrying platform are overlapped with packaging areas on mother substrate to be packaged, so that positions of at least part of adsorption units on carrying platform are not overlapped with packaging areas on mother substrate to be packaged. |
| US10204814B1 |
Semiconductor package with individually molded leadframe and die coupled at solder balls
According to principles as taught herein, a leadframe array for a semiconductor die is prepared having locations to receive solder balls. Solder balls are then applied to the leadframe array, after which the leadframe array and solder ball combination is placed in a first mold and encased in a first molding compound. After the molding compound is cured, a layer of molding compound is removed to expose the solder balls. After this, a semiconductor die is electrically connected to the exposed solder balls. The combined semiconductor die and leadframe are placed in a second mold, and a second molding compound injected. The second molding compound flows around the semiconductor die and leadframe combination, fully enclosing the electrical connections between the leadframe and the semiconductor die, making the final package a twice-molded configuration. After this, the twice-molded semiconductor package array is cut at the appropriate locations to singulate the packages into individual products. |
| US10204813B2 |
Wafer de-bonding device
A wafer de-bonding device comprises a stage (1) for holding a device wafer and a carrier wafer bonded together, and a tool (2) with a gas outlet (2.2) disposed in proximity to the stage (1) through an adjustment device for control the tool (2) to move towards or away from the stage (1), the tool (2) being provided with a bit (2.1) to cut a notch into a film or an adhesive layer at a junction of the bonded wafers, the gas outlet (2.2) being provided on the tool bit (2.1), the tool (2) being further provided with a gas inlet (2.3) in communication with the gas outlet (2.2), the gas inlet (2.3) being connected to a gas jet generator so as to direct a gas jet towards the junction of the bonded wafers on the stage (2). The wafer de-bonding device has a high degree of automation and simple operations. |
| US10204812B2 |
Method for aligning substrates before bonding
A method and corresponding device for the alignment of a first substrate comprising at least two first alignment marks with a second substrate comprising at least two second alignment marks. By means of a first assignment, the first alignment marks are assigned to at least two first characteristic alignment features of the first substrate in an X-direction and in a Y-direction. By means of a second assignment, the second alignment marks are assigned to at least two second characteristic alignment features of the second substrate in an X-direction and in a Y-direction, and by means of an alignment, the first and second alignment marks are aligned in relation to one another in an X- and Y-direction by means of the first and second characteristic alignment features. |
| US10204811B2 |
Substrate transport apparatus with active edge gripper
In accordance with one aspect of the exemplary embodiments, a substrate transport apparatus is provided comprising a drive mechanism, a movable arm assembly connected to the drive mechanism, an end effector connected to the arm assembly. A chuck for holding a substrate is mounted on the end effector and having a movable edge gripper with a contact surface and an edge of the substrate may be gripped by actuating the movable edge gripper to engage the substrate with the contact surface. The apparatus further comprising a motion sensor for providing a signal to actuate the movable edge gripper to close and open the moveable edge gripper for capturing and releasing the substrate. |
| US10204808B2 |
Micro pick and bond assembly
Micro pick-and-bond heads, assembly methods, and device assemblies. In, embodiments, micro pick-and-bond heads transfer micro device elements, such as (micro) LEDs, en masse from a source substrate to a target substrate, such as a LED display substrate. Anchor and release structures on the source substrate enable device elements to be separated from a source substrate, while pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) enables device elements to be temporarily affixed to pedestals of a micro pick-and-bond head. Once the device elements are permanently affixed to a target substrate, the PSA interface may be defeated through peeling and/or thermal decomposition of an interface layer. |
| US10204806B2 |
Modular heater
A modular heater includes multiple heater modules. The heater modules can include mating features, such as a tongue and groove seal, and/or soft seal, to prevent radiation, thermal convection and thermal conduction leakage. The heater module can also include heater elements, together with supports and expansion room for the heater elements. |
| US10204796B2 |
Methods for selective etching of a silicon material using HF gas without nitrogen etchants
The present disclosure provides methods for etching a silicon material in a device structure in semiconductor applications. In one example, a method for etching features in a silicon material includes performing a remote plasma process formed from an etching gas mixture including HF gas without nitrogen etchants to remove a silicon material disposed on a substrate. |
| US10204793B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing slurry, method for chemical mechanical polishing and manufacturing method of semiconductor structure
A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry, a method for CMP, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure are provided. The CMP slurry includes a pH-adjustor for providing an alkaline environment in the CMP slurry and a silicon inhibitor for lowering a removal rate of silicon. The CMP slurry is used in a planarization operation to remove portions of a semiconductor region and portions of a silicon region. The semiconductor region comprises at least one semiconductor material different from silicon. The semiconductor region is formed in a recess adjacent to the silicon region. The particle defect condition may be improved by applying the alkaline CMP slurry, and the silicon inhibitor may be used to modify the removal rate selectivity between the semiconductor region and the silicon region in the planarization operation. |
| US10204792B2 |
Production of a thin substrate layer
A method for producing a thin substrate layer having a thickness of at most 100 μm by detaching a substrate layer from the ingot by producing a tensile stress induction on an ingot, and wherein the tensile stress induction is effected by a stressor layer structure integrally bonded to a first surface of the ingot. The stressor layer structure and the ingot have different thermal expansion coefficients, and the stressor layer structure is removed from the substrate layer after detachment of the substrate layer from the ingot. The stressor layer structure has at least one layer sequence with a first titanium-containing layer and a nickel-containing layer. The titanium-containing layer adjoins with a bottom side a first surface of the ingot and the nickel-containing layer adjoins with a bottom side a top side of the titanium-containing layer. |
| US10204789B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor device
Over a semiconductor substrate, a memory gate electrode for a nonvolatile memory cell is formed via a first insulating film having an internal charge storage portion. A dummy control gate electrode is formed so as to be adjacent to the memory gate electrode via a second insulating film. The memory and the dummy control gate electrodes are made of different materials. A third insulating film is formed so as to cover the memory and the dummy control gate electrodes and then polished to expose the memory and the dummy control gate electrodes. Then, etching is performed under a condition in which the memory gate electrode is less likely to be etched than the dummy control gate electrode to remove the dummy control gate electrode. Then, in a trench as a region from which the dummy control gate electrode is removed, a control gate electrode for the memory cell is formed. |
| US10204786B2 |
Device for connecting at least one nano-object and method of manufacturing it
Manufacturing of a device to connect at least one nano-object to an external electrical system, comprising a support provided with a semiconducting layer in which the first doped zones are formed at a spacing from each other, an external electrical system being connectable to the first doped zones, each first doped zone (8a, 8b) being in contact with a second doped zone on which a portion of the nano-object is located, the second doped zones being separated from each other and with a thickness less than the thickness of the first doped zones. |
| US10204783B1 |
Method of forming fine island patterns of semiconductor devices
A method of forming fine island patterns of semiconductor devices includes: forming first mask pillars on a hard mask layer on a substrate; forming an upper buffer mask layer on the hard mask layer to cover the first mask pillars; forming first linear patterns each extending along a first direction, second linear patterns each extending along a second direction, and third linear patterns each extending along a third direction in the hard mask layer by at least one patterning process; etching the upper buffer mask layer to form second mask pillars on the hard mask layer; etching an exposed portion of the hard mask layer exposed by the first mask pillars and the second mask pillars until portions of the substrate are etched; and removing the first mask pillars, the second mask pillars, and remaining portions of the hard mask layer. |
| US10204778B2 |
Method and system for vertical power devices
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing an engineered substrate. The engineered substrate includes a polycrystalline ceramic core, a barrier layer encapsulating the polycrystalline ceramic core, a bonding layer coupled to the barrier layer, and a substantially single crystalline silicon layer coupled to the bonding layer. The method further includes forming a Schottky diode coupled to the engineered substrate. The Schottky diode has a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is coupled to the substantially single crystalline silicon layer. The method further includes forming a Schottky contact coupled to the top surface of the Schottky diode, forming a metal plating coupled to the Schottky contact, removing the engineered substrate to expose the bottom surface of the Schottky diode, and forming an ohmic contact on the bottom surface of the Schottky diode. |
| US10204773B2 |
Ion guide and mass spectrometer using same
A first rod electrode set has a first center axis, into which ions and air current are introduced. A second rod electrode set has a second center axis at a distance from the first center axis, from which the ions are discharged. A power supply applies voltages to the first rod electrode set and the second rod electrode set. The first rod electrode set and the second rod electrode set have a region where the sets overlap each other in the longitudinal direction, and form a single multipole ion guide by being combined to each other in the region. Different offset DC voltages are applied to the first rod electrode set and the second rod electrode set, respectively, and a DC potential for moving the ions to the second rod electrode set in the region is formed, the ions having been guided by the first rod electrode set. |
| US10204770B2 |
Method to improve MS/MS spectral quality from MRM triggered IDA
Systems and methods are provided for enabling or disabling a DMS device during an IDA method. Each cycle of the method includes a survey scan step, producing a precursor ion mass spectrum, and an MS/MS scan step. During the MS/MS scan step, one or more user-defined MS/MS scans are performed that correspond to compounds of interest found in the precursor ion mass spectrum. With each user-defined MS/MS scan, a DMS enable parameter that determines if the DMS device is enabled or disabled and one or more DMS parameters necessary to enable the DMS device for the corresponding compound of interest are received. During the MS/MS scan step, for each user-defined MS/MS scan, the DMS device is enabled or disabled according to the DMS enable parameter and one or more parameters of the DMS device are set according to the one or more DMS parameters. |
| US10204769B2 |
Wire electric discharge machine
To provide a wire electric discharge machine capable of suitably and simply performing thermal displacement correction on upper and lower guides. Provided are a storage unit that stores temperatures of machine elements and actual values for relative positions of upper and lower guides to be associated with each other as associated data; and a relational expression calculation unit that infers and calculates a relational expression between the temperature of the machine element and the relative positions of the upper and lower guides by way of machine learning with this associated data as training data. Additionally provided are a position estimation unit that substitutes temperatures of the machine element into the relational expression and calculates an estimated value for the relative position of the upper and lower guides; and a correction amount calculation unit that calculates a correction amount for the upper and lower guides, based on the estimated value for the relative position. Further provided is a correction execution unit that performs correction of the relative position of the upper and lower guides based on this correction amount. |
| US10204766B2 |
Ion beam irradiation apparatus and substrate processing apparatus
Disclosed is an ion beam irradiation apparatus including: a plurality of plate-like grid electrodes arranged in a beam irradiation direction so as to overlap each other and each having a plurality of apertures; a power supply unit that applies a voltage to each of the grid electrodes; and a controller that controls the voltage applied to each of the grid electrodes by the power supply unit. The plurality of grid electrodes include first to fourth grid electrodes. Central axes of apertures of the first grid electrode and apertures of the second grid electrode are coaxial along the beam irradiation direction, and a central axis of apertures of the third grid electrode is offset in a direction orthogonal to the beam irradiation direction with respect to the central axes of the apertures of the first grid electrode and the second grid electrode. |
| US10204765B2 |
Non-thermal plasma gate device
A plasma gate device comprises a housing, a gas inlet, first and second dielectrics, and first, second, and third electrodes. The housing includes an internal reactor chamber. The gas inlet receives a source gas that flows to the reactor chamber. The first and second dielectrics are spaced apart from one another, with each dielectric including an upper surface and a lower surface. The two dielectrics are oriented such that the lower surface of the first dielectric faces the upper surface of the second dielectric. The first and second dielectrics form boundaries of the reactor chamber. The first electrode receives a first electric voltage. The second electrode receives a second electric voltage. The first and second electric voltages in combination generate an electric field in the reactor chamber through which the source gas flows creating a positive ion plasma and a cloud of electrons. The third electrode attracts the electrons. |
| US10204764B2 |
Methods for forming a metal silicide interconnection nanowire structure
Methods and apparatus for forming a metal silicide as nanowires for back-end interconnection structures for semiconductor applications are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a metal silicide layer on a substrate by a chemical vapor deposition process or a physical vapor deposition process, thermal treating the metal silicide layer in a processing chamber, applying a microwave power in the processing chamber while thermal treating the metal silicide layer; and maintaining a substrate temperature less than 400 degrees Celsius while thermal treating the metal silicide layer. In another embodiment, a method includes supplying a deposition gas mixture including at least a metal containing precursor and a reacting gas on a surface of a substrate, forming a plasma in the presence of the deposition gas mixture by exposure to microwave power, exposing the plasma to light radiation, and forming a metal silicide layer on the substrate from the deposition gas. |
| US10204762B2 |
Endpointing for focused ion beam processing
To expose a desired feature, focused ion beam milling of thin slices from a cross section alternate with forming a scanning electron image of each newly exposed cross section. Milling is stopped when automatic analysis of an electron beam image of the newly exposed cross section shows that a pre-determined criterion is met. |
| US10204759B2 |
Composite beam apparatus
A composite beam apparatus includes an electron beam column for irradiating an electron beam onto a sample, a focused ion beam column for irradiating a focused ion beam onto the sample to form a cross section, and a neutral particle beam column having an acceleration voltage set lower than that of the focused ion beam column for irradiating a neutral particle beam onto the sample to perform finish processing of the cross section. The electron beam column, the focused ion beam column, and the neutral particle beam column are arranged such that the beams of the columns cross each other at an irradiation point. A controller controls the electron beam column to irradiate and scan the electron beam on the sample during cross section processing by the focused ion beam column and during finish processing by the neutral particle beam column. The composite beam apparatus is capable of suppressing the influence of charge build-up, or electric field or magnetic field leakage from an electron beam column, when subjecting a sample to cross-section processing with a focused ion beam and then performing finishing processing with another beam. |
| US10204758B1 |
Positive and negative ion source based on radio-frequency inductively coupled discharge
The present invention discloses a positive and negative ion source based on radio-frequency inductively coupled discharge, comprising a tube, a middle portion of which is communicated with an intake pipe; discharge coils electrically connected to a matched network and a radio-frequency power supply successively are wound on the tube; one end of the tube is connected to a first cover plate in a sealed manner, and the first cover plate is connected with a positive ion extraction gate via an insulating medium; the positive ion extraction gate is electrically connected to a negative pole of a DC power supply; the other end of the tube is connected to a second cover plate in a sealed manner, the second cover plate is connected to a third cover plate in a sealed manner via a sidewall, and the third cover plate is connected with a negative ion extraction gate via an insulating medium; and the negative ion extraction gate is electrically connected to a positive pole of the DC power supply. In the present invention, the positive ions and the electrons and negative ions can be extracted simultaneously, and the problems of contamination of the ion source by particles sputtered from the backplane and overheating of the backplane are thus solved. |
| US10204753B2 |
Using organic light emitting diode (OLED) film to illuminate keycaps of keys in a keyboard
In some examples, a computing device may include a first housing and a second housing. The first housing may include a first set of components, such as a display device. The second housing may include a second set of components, such as a keyboard having a plurality of keys. An individual key of the plurality of keys may include a keycap, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) film (or sheet), a key mechanism, and a base. When power is provided to contacts on the base of the individual key, the power may travel across conductive traces (or wires) in the key mechanism to pads on the OLED film, causing the OLED film to emit light. The light from the OLED film may illuminate a character or symbol embedded into the keycap or the OLED film may be shaped into the character or the symbol and embedded into the keycap. |
| US10204748B2 |
Contact mechanism and switch using the same
A contact mechanism includes an opening/closing fixed contact, an opening/closing movable contact opposed to the opening/closing fixed contact, and a permanent magnet configured to extend an arc that occurs between the opening/closing fixed contact and the opening/closing movable contact in a predetermined direction. In particular, an arc that occurs from contact surface regions where the opening/closing fixed contact and the opening/closing movable contact make contact with each other is extended by a magnetic force of the permanent magnet and moved to non-contact surface regions where the opening/closing fixed contact and the opening/closing movable contact make no contact with each other. |
| US10204747B2 |
Serrated electrical contacts
Provided is a solenoid switch of a motor including a solenoid case, a solenoid having at least one control terminal for connection to at least one external control cable, two power terminals for connection to external power cables, two stationary serrated electrical contacts mounted within the solenoid case, where each serrated electrical contact is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the power terminals, two movable electrical contacts coupled to the solenoid and electrically connected to windings of the motor, where each movable electrical contact corresponds to one of the two serrated electrical contacts, and is movable by applied force of the solenoid. In response to a control signal received by the at least one control terminal, the solenoid is energized and moves the two movable electrical contacts to mate with the corresponding two serrated electrical contacts resulting in an electrical connection between the power cables and the motor windings. |
| US10204743B2 |
Capacitor with charge time reducing additives and work function modifiers
A capacitor, and method for making the capacitor, is provided with improved charging characteristics. The capacitor has an anode, a cathode comprising a conductive polymer layer and a work function modifier layer adjacent the conductive polymer layer and a dielectric layer between the anode and the cathode. |
| US10204742B2 |
Variable capacitance element
A variable capacitance element includes a variable capacitance layer made of a dielectric material, an electrode to obtain electrostatic capacitance in the variable capacitance layer, insulating elements that face each other via the variable capacitance layer, and a lead element extending from the electrode, wherein the insulating elements are made of an insulating material which contains Sr and at least one of Ti and Zr. |