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| US10206031B2 |
Switching to a second audio interface between a computer apparatus and an audio apparatus
An audio apparatus is configured to switch, when there exists a first audio interface between the audio apparatus and a computer apparatus, to using a second audio interface between the audio apparatus and the computer apparatus, the second audio interface being different from the first audio interface. The switching comprises: receiving, via the first audio interface, combined audio data and non-audio data, the non-audio data comprising a request to switch to using the second audio interface; obtaining the request from the data; and, in response to obtaining the request, transmitting to the computer apparatus a confirmation of switching to using the second audio interface. The audio apparatus and the computer apparatus are described and claimed. |
| US10206030B2 |
Microphone array system and microphone array control method
A microphone array system includes a camera that images a picture for a target place, and a microphone array that picks up sound. A sound source position is calculated based on the picked up sound. An image is displayed on a display, the image including an imaged target place picture and a sound source position mark indicative of the sound source position. An instruction of a specified spot is received in the target place picture displayed on the display. Sound directivity is formed in a direction from the microphone array toward the specified spot based on the picked up sound, and sound data is generated by emphasizing sound in the direction in which the sound directivity is formed. The generated sound data is output to the speaker to reproduce the sound data. |
| US10206029B2 |
Omnidirectional speaker
An omnidirectional speaker includes a speaker module configured to generate sound, a main body having a circular cross section and configured to accommodate the speaker module, and a control panel configured to cover an upper side of the main body and allow a user to select an operation. The control panel includes a display for displaying a state of the operation and a touch unit configured to receive an input of the user as a touch input. |
| US10206028B2 |
Damper and speaker apparatus
A damper and a speaker apparatus includes the damper, which suppresses damage to an oscillatory system from an excessive input signal, enabling an efficiency increase of the speaker apparatus. As a damper has a planar surface, undue deformation of the oscillatory system due to an excessive input signal is suppressed, and damage to the oscillatory system can be suppressed. Furthermore, since the deformation of a corrugation portion by a normal input signal is hardly prevented, a reduction in sound pressure of the speaker apparatus with respect to an input signal is suppressed, enabling an increase in efficiency. Furthermore, the planar surface is extended at a height in a thickness direction different from that of an attachment portion. Thus, rising portions are deformed when a voice coil bobbin is oscillated, enabling suppression of rupture of the damper in the vicinity of a boundary between the planar surface and the attachment portion. |
| US10206027B2 |
Speakers and headphones related to vibrations in an audio system, and methods for operating same
A speaker assembly includes a support structure and a tactile vibrator coupled to the support structure. The tactile vibrator includes a plurality of rigid members coupled to a plurality of suspension members. Each rigid member of the plurality of rigid members has at least one magnetic member coupled thereto for generating tactile vibrations during operation of the speaker assembly. A headphone includes the speaker assembly. A method of operating a speaker assembly includes driving a tactile vibrator having a plurality of magnetic members coupled to a plurality of rigid members and a plurality of suspension members to cause tactile vibrations in the speaker assembly. |
| US10206024B2 |
Remotely controlling a hearing device
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media are provided for remotely controlling a hearing device. A hearing device configured to communicate with a control device transmits status data, including settings, to the control device. The control device displays the status data in an interface configured to receive input specifying new settings, upon which a command is sent to the hearing device to change the current setting. The control device can automatically change the settings based on a determined current environment to be a stored program optimized to the current environment. The current environment can be determined based on the location of the hearing device or another device connected to the control device. Quick mode allows settings to be viewed and changed quickly by displaying multiple related settings as one and overriding interface buttons. Remote listen mode receives audio data from a microphone and transmit it to the hearing device. |
| US10206014B2 |
Clarifying audible verbal information in video content
A method at a server includes: receiving a user request to clarify audible verbal information associated with a media content item playing in proximity to a client device, where the user request includes an audio sample of the media content item and a user query, and the audio sample corresponds to a portion of the media content item proximate in time to issuance of the user query; in response to the user request: identifying the media content item and a first playback position in the media content corresponding to the audio sample; in accordance with the first playback position and identity of the media content item, obtaining textual information corresponding to the user query for a respective portion of the media content item; and transmitting to the client device at least a portion of the textual information. |
| US10206013B2 |
Systems and methods for graphical data presentation during a sporting event broadcast
Systems and methods for graphical data presentation during a sporting event broadcast are disclosed. A server platform is constructed and configured in network communication with at least one input device and at least one display device. The at least one input device transmits input data with time code related to the sporting event to the server platform in real time or near real time. The server platform processes the input data according to a production sequencing of the sporting event, thereby creating processed data. The server platform creates and integrates the processed data with a video presentation of the sporting event based on the production sequencing of the sporting event. The at least one display device displays a customized graphical presentation of the processed data with the video presentation. |
| US10206011B2 |
Systems and methods for generating media content using microtrends
In accordance with the present invention, a media generation application that allows a user to create and customize a commercial based on microtrend information and/or feedback information is provided. |
| US10206010B2 |
Method of sharing personal media using a digital recorder
A method and apparatus for sharing personal media using a digital recorder transfers multimedia content via email to a digital video recorder. |
| US10206008B2 |
Electronic programming guide with selectable categories
An electronic content guide may organize content such as television programs into categories and subcategories. The categories and subcategories may be topical as well as time-based. As a result, the user can select a given time-based criteria and within that time-based criteria select topical subcategories. As a result, the number of programs that may be displayed in any given graphical user interface may be reduced to a manageable level. This may be done without requiring a great deal of scrolling to view selected categories, subcategories and particular programs. |
| US10206004B2 |
Systems and methods of providing a media-on-demand-based programming channel
An exemplary method includes a computer-implemented media service system 1) establishing a set of one or more conditions for a media-on-demand-based programming channel, 2) selecting, from a repository of on-demand media content and based on the set of one or more conditions, a set of on-demand media programs for inclusion in the media-on-demand-based programming channel, and 3) mapping the selected set of on-demand media programs to the media-on-demand-based programming channel to represent a scheduled, linear playback of the set of on-demand media programs on the media-on-demand-based programming channel in accordance with a linear playback schedule. |
| US10206003B1 |
Identifying media channels that have a high likelihood of multiple consumptions by one or more users
A computer system identifies a subset of a plurality of channels as candidates for repeat visits by a plurality of users of a content sharing platform. The identifying of the subset of the plurality of channels as candidates for repeat visits includes determining, for a channel of the plurality of channels, a repeat visit score indicating whether the channel is a candidate for repeat visits by the plurality of users, wherein the repeat visit score for the channel is based on activity of the plurality of users with respect to one or more media items of the channel, and selecting, from the plurality of channels, the subset of channels that are candidates for repeat visits, the selecting being based on repeat visit scores of the plurality of channels. The computer system then causes promotion content for one or more of the subset of channels to be provided to one or more users of the plurality of users to facilitate repeat visits of the one or more channels by the one or more users. |
| US10205998B2 |
Enhanced video programming system and method utilizing user-profile information
Example embodiments of compiling and maintaining information for use in transmitting content to a machine via a network are presented. In an example embodiment, a request for information regarding a user of a client device is received at the client device via a communication network from a server storing a user profile. An input including a user response to the request for information is received at the client device. The user response to the request for information is transmitted from the client device via the communication network to the server for updating the user profile. Selected content pushed by the server based on the updated user profile is received at the client device via the communication network from the server. |
| US10205996B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method which graft and standardize interface technologies to peripheral apparatuses is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a first signal processor configured to process a content image and output the processed content image using a differential pair method through a transmission lane, a second signal processor configured to convert a signal format of the processed content image of the first signal processor into a signal format supportable by an image display apparatus and output the converted content image to the image display apparatus, and a controller configured to change the output features of the first signal process based on a resolution of the image display apparatus. |
| US10205995B2 |
Program guide application interface system
A program guide system is provided that supports a program guide application and multiple non-guide applications. The program guide system has a program guide application interface that allows the non-guide applications to use both device resources and program guide resources. The application interface maintains a list of registered applications and directs control requests from various applications to the current primary application. The application interface also has a user interface input director that directs keystrokes and other user input commands to the appropriate application. If a keystroke for the program guide application is detected while a non-guide application is running, the program guide application is invoked. |
| US10205992B2 |
Video decoding method, server, and mobile terminal
This application discloses a video decoding method for a mobile terminal. The method includes receiving a video file from a server; based on a hardware-decoding model whitelist and a hardware-decoding operating-system blacklist, obtained from a server, and locally obtained type information of the mobile terminal, determining whether a decoding method of the video file is hardware decoding or software decoding; and decoding the video file by using the determined decoding method and playing back the decoded video file, wherein the hardware-decoding model whitelist includes model information of mobile terminals that can perform hardware decoding on the video file, and the hardware-decoding operating-system blacklist includes model information of mobile terminals that do not support hardware decoding on the video file and version numbers of operating systems of the mobile terminals. |
| US10205984B1 |
Dynamic bitrate selection for streaming media
A bitrate selector on a user device monitors a first stream of a plurality of bitrate media streams of a media file, the first media stream having a first bitrate, these plurality of bitrate media streams comprising a first subset of bitrate media streams including the first media stream and a second subset of bitrate media streams having a bitrate higher than the first bitrate. The bitrate selector calculates an expected download time for a subsequent chunk of the media file in each bitrate media stream of the second subset of bitrate media streams. The bitrate selector selects a bitrate media stream of the second subset of bitrate media streams for the subsequent chunk based on the expected download times and downloads the subsequent chunk from the selected bitrate media stream. |
| US10205982B2 |
Methods and systems for managing media subscriptions
Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that manages media subscriptions between a user and a content provider. In particular, the media guidance application may automatically identify subscription terms that are beneficial for both a user and for a content provider. |
| US10205981B2 |
Playback synchronization across playback devices
Systems and methods for synchronizing the playback of streamed content on multiple playback devices is disclosed. The systems and methods include receiving time information based on a network time source in the playback devices connected to a defined network. The playback clock in each playback device is set based upon the time information. A first playback device then generates presentation time information including a start time for playback and broadcast the presentation time information to the other playback device over the defined network. The playback devices use the presentation time information to adjust the presentation time stamps of the frames of the media content in the stream. |
| US10205980B2 |
Method and system of processing image sequences
A system or method for processing a variable bit rate representation of an image sequence can include segmenting a variable bit rate representation of an image sequence into a plurality of segments and creating a second representation of the image sequence where a block of information from a first segment of the plurality of segments is interlaced with blocks of information of a second segment of the plurality of segments. The second representation of the image sequence can include a fragment header indicating the block of information of the first segment of the plurality of segments interlaced with the blocks of information of the second segment of the plurality of segments. |
| US10205979B2 |
Method of configuring and transmitting an MMT transport packet
The present invention provides a MMT transport packet structure and a method and an apparatus configuring the structure. A method of configuring an MPEG Media Transport (MMT) transport packet for transmitting an MMT payload format, the method comprising: configuring the MMT transport packet so that the MMT transport packet includes at least one MMT payload format unit and a sequence number field for a packet stream, wherein the sequence number field maintains consistency with a sequence number field included in the MMT payload format. |
| US10205973B2 |
Method and system for linking real-time broadcasting with non-real-time video service using user history information
The method may include initiating a view of real-time broadcasting content at a broadcasting reception terminal; determining a view suspension time point in response to a user input during the real-time broadcasting; transmitting, to a history management server, view history data comprising the view suspension time point and content identification information, the transmitted view history data interacting with a non-real-time video service server; requesting the non-real-time video service server for non-real-time broadcasting content corresponding to the real-time broadcasting content; and receiving the non-real-time broadcasting content that is provided from the non-real-time video service server and corresponds to a broadcasting time after the view suspension time point. A bi-directional multimedia service free from restrictions on a place and a time may be achieved by providing a substantially real-time video service through a linkage between a real-time broadcasting and a non-real-time video service. |
| US10205972B2 |
Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, reception method, display device, and display method
Transmission video data is obtained by performing photoelectric conversion on input video data having a level range of 0% to 100%*N (N is a number larger than 1). A container including a video stream obtained by encoding the transmission video data is transmitted. Information of an electro-optical conversion characteristic of each predetermined unit of the transmission video data is inserted into a layer of the video stream and/or a layer of the container. For example, a predetermined unit is a scene unit or a program unit. The operations make it possible to perform appropriate photoelectric conversion on HDR video data according to image content and transmit resulting data. |
| US10205971B2 |
Media data live broadcast method, device, and system
A media data live broadcast method, a device, and a system. An over the top (OTT) live proxy server device includes a processor and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for allocating a multicast resource to a specified channel according to a media description and resource allocation indication of the channel instructing the OTT live proxy server to allocate the multicast resource to the specified channel, the media description including at least one resolution of the specified channel and a uniform resource locator corresponding to resolution media data, and the multicast resource including a multicast group corresponding to the specified channel, obtaining, from an OTT server to which the specified channel belongs according to the media description of the specified channel, the resolution media data, converting the media data into multicast media data, and sending the multicast media data to the multicast group in a multicast manner. |
| US10205970B2 |
System, apparatus and method to facilitate live video streaming
Systems and methods for generating a master video stream from at least two live video streams are provided in this disclosure. The systems include a combination component that combines the live video streams to generate the master video stream. In one aspect, the live video streams can be copies of the same recording that are multicast from different locations according to User Datagram Protocol. The live video streams suffer different errors, such as stream corruption or stream error, due to the transmission. The combination component eliminates the errors in the live video streams due to transmission and creates a substantially error-free master video stream. |
| US10205969B2 |
360 degree space image reproduction method and system therefor
The present invention relates to a space image reproduction method for loading two or more videos to a terminal to show videos of various angles and a system therefor. In particular, the present invention relates to a space image reproduction method configured to load a video, which is being reproduced, and a video adjacent to the video together, and to enable a user to drag and select a video of a desired angle and view, freely and in real time, a desired part of the selected video through an up and down-right and left movement, zoom in, and zoom out, and a system therefor. |
| US10205967B2 |
Extended YCC format for backward-compatible P3 camera video
This disclosure relates to a wide gamut encoder capable of receiving a wide gamut color image in accordance with a wide gamut standard. The encoder can encode one or more wide gamut color image pixel values into portions of narrow gamut encoding elements for transmission to a video encoder. The encoder can implement an advanced extended YCC format that is backward compatible with a P3 color gamut. |
| US10205966B2 |
Syntax structures indicating completion of coded regions
Syntax structures that indicate the completion of coded regions of pictures are described. For example, a syntax structure in an elementary bitstream indicates the completion of a coded region of a picture. The syntax structure can be a type of network abstraction layer unit, a type of supplemental enhancement information message or another syntax structure. For example, a media processing tool such as an encoder can detect completion of a coded region of a picture, then output, in a predefined order in an elementary bitstream, syntax structure(s) that contain the coded region as well as a different syntax structure that indicates the completion of the coded region. Another media processing tool such as a decoder can receive, in a predefined order in an elementary bitstream, syntax structure(s) that contain a coded region of a picture as well as a different syntax structure that indicates the completion of the coded region. |
| US10205962B2 |
System and method for non-uniform video coding
A method and system for video coding by integrating frame data and time data may be described. The method and system can include a video coding non-transitory storage media that integrates reference data and time data. More specifically, the video coding non-transitory storage media can produce one or more luma vectors and one or more chroma vectors within a video plane, the one or more luma vectors and one or more chroma vectors may be extended into time vectors that can be utilized for compression or reconstruction of the frame rate, define luma vector across time as a contiguous function and perform video compression across a time dimension. |
| US10205961B2 |
View dependency in multi-view coding and 3D coding
This disclosure described techniques for coding layer dependencies for a block of video data. According to these techniques, a video encoder generates layer dependencies associated with a given layer. The video encoder also generates a type of prediction associated with one or more of the layer dependencies. In some examples, the video encoder generates a first syntax element to signal layer dependencies and a second syntax element to signal a type of prediction associated with one or more of the layer dependencies. A video decoder may obtain the layer dependencies associated with a given layer and the type of prediction associated with one or more of the layer dependencies. |
| US10205959B2 |
Video coding method, video decoding method, video coding apparatus and video decoding apparatus
A moving picture coding method includes: making a determination as to whether or not to code all blocks in a current picture in the skip mode; setting, based on a result of the determination, a first flag indicating whether or not a temporally neighboring block is to be referenced, a value of a parameter for determining a total number of merging candidates, and a second flag for each block included in the current picture, the second flag indicating whether or not the block is to be coded in the skip mode; calculating, as a merging candidate, a neighboring block usable for merging; and coding an index which indicates a merging candidate to be used for coding of the current block and attaching the coded index to a bitstream. |
| US10205958B2 |
Video coding using temporally coherent dynamic range mapping
A more efficient co-use of dynamic range mapping on the one hand and temporal prediction on the other hand such as, for example, in order to code HDR frame sequences, is achieved by exploiting the concept of weighted prediction in order to transition from the mapping parameter from the reference frame to the currently temporally predicted frame. By this measure, the temporal prediction does not fail and despite the frame-wise variation in the dynamic range mapping, encoding efficiency is, thus, maintained. As a favorable side aspect, weighted temporal prediction is already within the capabilities of existing video coding stages such as, for example, the H.264/AVC. |
| US10205957B2 |
Multi-standard video decoder with novel bin decoding
An apparatus for multi-standard bin decoding in a video decoder for decoding two video coded in two different video coding standards is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first bin decoder to decode one or more first bin strings, a second bin decoder to decode one or more second bin strings, a standard change control module coupled to the first bin decoder and the second bin decoder and a system controller coupled to the standard change control module, the first bin decoder and the second bin decoder. The standard change control module or the system controller selects either a next slice or picture to be decoded by the first bin decoder or the second bin decoder based on one or more control parameters including the decoding time information. |
| US10205956B2 |
Texture compression techniques
A texture compression method is described. The method comprises splitting an original texture having a plurality of pixels into original blocks of pixels. Then, for each of the original blocks of pixels, a partition is identified that has one or more disjoint subsets of pixels whose union is the original block of pixels. The original block of pixels is further subdivided into one or more subsets according to the identified partition. Finally, each subset is independently compressed to form a compressed texture block. |
| US10205951B2 |
Method of signalling motion information for efficient scalable video compression
Embodiments of a method for incrementally coding and signaling motion information for a video compression system involving a motion adaptive transform and embedded coding of transformed video samples using a computer are disclosed herein. In one such embodiment, the method includes (a) storing computer-readable instructions in the computer which, when executed, produce an embedded motion field bit-stream, representing each, motion field in coarse to fine fashion and (b) storing computer-readable instructions in the computer which, when executed, interleave contributions from said embedded motion field bit-stream with successive contributions from said embedded coding of the transformed video samples. |
| US10205950B2 |
Image decoding method, image encoding method, image decoding apparatus, and image encoding apparatus
An image decoding method includes a constraint information decoding step of decoding constraint information indicating prohibition of reference from a target tile, which is one of a plurality of tiles obtained by partitioning a picture, to another tile, and a list generation step of generating a prediction motion vector list including a plurality of prediction motion vector candidates and a plurality of prediction motion vector indices each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of prediction motion vector candidates. In the list generating step, a prediction motion vector list not including a temporal motion vector of a block on a lower right side of the target block is generated. |
| US10205949B2 |
Signaling for addition or removal of layers in scalable video
A method of signaling individual layers in a transport stream is provided that includes: determining a plurality of layers in a transport stream, wherein each layer includes a respective transport stream parameter setting; determining an additional layer for the plurality of layers in the transport stream, wherein the additional layer enhances one or more of the plurality of layers including a base layer and the respective layer parameter settings for the plurality of layers do not take into account the additional layer; and determining an additional transport stream parameter setting for the additional layer, the additional transport stream parameter setting specifying a relationship between the additional layer and at least a portion of the plurality of layers, wherein the additional transport stream parameter setting is used to decode the additional layer and the at least a portion of the plurality of layers. |
| US10205948B2 |
Context initialization based on slice header flag and slice type
Technique for initialization of encoders and decoders. In some cases, the decoder receives a slice and identifies if the slice is either a forward predicted B-slice or a backward predicted B-slice, and not both a forward and backward predicted B-slice, and based upon this identification initializes, using a P-slice technique, a context associated with the slice. |
| US10205943B2 |
Bitrate distribution
There is provided a method of processing video information, the method comprising encoding (430) received video information, the encoded video information having an encoded video bitrate (330), wherein the encoded video bitrate is variable in response to the complexity of the received video information. The method further comprises buffering (440) the encoded video information in a buffer (145), wherein the size of the buffer (145) is controlled in response to the complexity of the received video information. |
| US10205941B2 |
Mode-dependent coefficient scanning and directional transforms for different colour sampling formats
A method of coding 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 video data comprises predicting luminance and/or chrominance samples of an image from other respective reference samples derived from the same image according to a prediction mode associated with a sample to be predicted, the prediction mode being selected for each of a plurality of blocks of samples, from a set of two or more candidate prediction modes; detecting differences between the samples and the respective predicted samples; selecting a frequency-separation transform from two or more candidate frequency separation transforms according to the prediction mode associated with a current block of samples using a mapping between transform and prediction mode, the mapping between different, as between chrominance and luminance samples, for at least the 4:4:4 format; and encoding the detected differences by frequency-separating the differences, using the selected frequency-separation transform. |
| US10205940B1 |
Determining calibration settings for displaying content on a monitor
Technologies are described herein for determining calibration settings for displaying content on a monitor. A user may use a mobile computing device to determine calibration settings for a monitor. A calibration tool on the mobile computing device causes one or more calibration images to be displayed on the monitor. The calibration images are used to determine settings related to gamma, brightness, contrast, color settings, and the like that are associated with the monitor. After a calibration image is displayed, the calibration tool utilizes a camera on the mobile computing device to capture an image of the calibration image. The calibration tool analyzes the captured image data to determine calibration settings for the monitor. The calibration tool may apply the calibration settings directly to the monitor or might adjust image data before the image data is displayed. |
| US10205939B2 |
Methods and apparatus for automatic TV on/off detection
Methods and apparatus to determine a power state of an information presentation device. The method includes measuring power drawn by the information presentation device during a calibration period to generate a log of measurement values, determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, respective counts indicating respective numbers of times respective different ones of the measurement values were detected during the calibration period, and determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, a first threshold based on at least one of the counts. The method also includes determining whether the presentation device is in an ON state based on a comparison of measured power drawn by the information presentation device after the calibration period to the first threshold. |
| US10205935B2 |
Laser system for generation of colored three-dimensional images
A laser system for generation of three-dimensional (3D) colored images based on laser sources generating light at a plurality of wavelengths including basic color range (red, green and blue) that illuminate a two-dimensional display, at a given color range wherein a plurality of 2D images formed at different depths by image light impinges on a first optical element, with wavelength-sensitive focal length. All images of the given colored range are perceived by the human's eyes as a single 3D image of this color range. 3D images in red, green and blue that are formed at different positions, are fused by a second optical element, with adjustable focal length. As the light is switched between red, green and blue color ranges, the adjustable focal length is adjusted to compensate a change of the focal length of the first element, so the human's eyes see a fully colored 3D image. |
| US10205934B2 |
Display device for personal immersive device
A display device for virtual reality. A first display panel comprises a first pixel row having a first end and a second end that is closer to the second display panel than the first end. The first pixel row has a first arrangement of unit pixels that alternate between a first unit pixel type and a second unit pixel type. A second display panel comprises a second pixel row aligned with the first pixel row and having a third end and a fourth end that is further from the first display panel than the third end. A first unit pixel at the first end of the first pixel row is the first unit pixel type, and a second unit pixel at the third end of the second pixel row is the second unit pixel type. |
| US10205933B2 |
Depth image acquisition apparatus and method of acquiring depth information
A depth image acquisition apparatus and a method of acquiring depth information are provided. The method of acquiring depth information includes: sequentially projecting, to a subject, N different beams of light emitted from a light source for a time period including an idle time for each of the N different beams of transmitted light, where N is a natural number that is equal to or greater than 3; modulating, using a light modulation signal, beams of reflected light that are obtained by reflection of the N different beams from the subject; obtaining N phase images corresponding to the N different beams of light by capturing, using a rolling shutter method, the modulated beams of reflected light; and obtaining depth information by using the obtained N phase images. |
| US10205932B2 |
Imaging circuits and a method for operating an imaging circuit
An imaging circuit includes a first vertical trench gate and a neighboring second vertical trench gate. The imaging circuit includes a gate control circuit. The gate control circuit operates in a first operating mode to generate a first space charge region accelerating photogenerated charge carriers of a first charge-carrier type to a first collection contact in and in a second operating mode to generate a second space charge region accelerating photogenerated charge carriers of the first charge-carrier type to the first collection contact. The imaging circuit further includes an image processing circuit which determines distance information of an object based on photogenerated charge carriers of the first charge carrier type collected at the first collection contact in the first operating mode and color information of the object based on photogenerated charge carriers of the first charge carrier type collected at the first collection contact in the second operating mode. |
| US10205930B2 |
Camera allay including camera modules with heat sinks
A camera system is configured to capture video content with 360 degree views of an environment. The camera array comprises a housing including a first quadrant, a second quadrant, a third quadrant, and a fourth quadrant, wherein each of the first quadrant, the second quadrant, the third quadrant, and the fourth quadrant form a plurality of apertures, a chassis bottom that is removably coupled to the housing, and a plurality of camera modules, each camera module comprising a processor, a memory, a sensor, and a lens, wherein each of the camera modules is removably coupled to one of the plurality of apertures in the housing, wherein the first quadrant, the second quadrant, the third quadrant, and the fourth quadrant each include a subset of the plurality of camera modules. Each of the plurality of camera modules includes a heat sink. |
| US10205929B1 |
Methods and systems for creating real-time three-dimensional (3D) objects from two-dimensional (2D) images
An example method for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object from a plurality of two-dimensional images may include: acquiring two-dimensional input frames via a camera, the camera being associated with one or more calibration parameters; isolating a contour of at least one object contained within each input frame; calculating coordinates of one or more visual rays corresponding to each contour in a direction specified by at least one of the calibration parameters; estimating a spatial tangent vector of each contour using finite differences; estimating a tangent space of the visual rays at each visual ray; calculating epipolar numbers based on basis vectors of the tangent space, the one or more calibration parameters, and the tangent vector; forming a line-based epipolar matrix using the epipolar numbers and line coordinates; and de-homogenizing the column space of the matrix into object points. |
| US10205928B2 |
Image processing apparatus that estimates distance information, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus free from the inconvenience of an increase in the number of focal positions for image pickup or reduction of the distance accuracy. An optical imaging system forms an object image and an image pickup device picks up the formed object image. A first range image is generated from a plurality of images picked up by the image pickup device and having parallax. A second range image is generated from a plurality of images picked up by the image pickup device and having different degrees of focus at respective corresponding locations therein. A synthesis coefficient is calculated according to the depth of field of a main object selected from objects shown in the object image. A synthesized range image is generated by synthesizing the generated first range image and second range image using the calculated synthesis coefficient. |
| US10205923B2 |
Apparatus and method for processing a projected image, and projection display system
This disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for processing a projected image, and a projection display system, the apparatus including: at least one processor; and a memory communicatively connected with the at least one processor, wherein: the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions are executed by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor: to obtain an image to be projected, and resolution of the image to be projected; to segment the image to be projected, into N frames of images, resolution of each of which is no higher than resolution of an optical valve, wherein N is a positive integer more than 1; and to display the N frames of images in a time-division mode, wherein imaging positions of the N frames of images are offset from each other. |
| US10205919B2 |
Fixture
A fixture includes a housing having an output device, at least one sensor, and a projector for projecting image data. The fixture further includes a fixture computing system that is communicatively coupled to the output device, the sensor, and the projector and includes a processor, and non-transitory computer memory having programming for receiving information from the at least one sensor and causing the projector to project the image data. |
| US10205917B2 |
Image projection apparatus
An image projection image for projecting an image on a screen includes a light source, a scanning mirror and a prism. The light source includes laser diodes for emitting beams of different wavelengths. The scanning mirror reflects the beams radiated from the light source and projects the reflected beams. The prism is disposed at the rear of the scanning mirror to decenter the beams via the scanning mirror based on the wavelengths. In the image projection apparatus, the laser diodes are fixed to be vertically spaced apart from a reference height, corresponding to the wavelengths of the beams. |
| US10205914B2 |
Wireless video camera and connection methods including multiple video or audio streams
Systems and methods for streaming video and/or audio from wireless cameras are provided. Methods may include, at a network camera, receiving an instruction to begin video capture from a first network node, including information identifying a second network node. A first video stream may be sent from the network camera to the first network node, and a second video stream may be simultaneously sent to the second network node. The first and second video streams may be based on common video capture data, and may be sent at different bitrates, different resolutions, different frame-rates, and/or different formats. A parameter of the second video stream may be adjusted in response to performance data received from the second network node or another network node. |
| US10205913B2 |
Cameras and networked security systems and methods
A system includes a remote server and a device having a wireless transceiver, microphone, and processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to monitor the microphone for a siren signature. The processing circuit is configured to use the wireless transceiver to send information to the remote server in response to a detection of the siren signature. The remote server causes wireless cameras located near the device to capture a current image and to send the captured image to the remote server for further distribution. |
| US10205912B2 |
Biological imaging device and biological imaging method
A fingertip guide of a biological imaging device guides a fingertip, and a light emitting device of the biological imaging device emits light to a first part. An imaging device of the biological imaging device captures a fingerprint of the first part and a blood vessel of a second part by a reflected light and a radiated light. The reflected light is a light emitted by the light emitting device has been reflected on the first part. The radiated light is a light has been propagated inside the second part and has been radiated. At least the second part does not contact any member. |
| US10205903B2 |
Compact readout circuit and a method for reading a pixel using a compact readout circuit
A device comprising a pixel and a readout circuit, wherein the pixel is coupled to the readout circuit; wherein the readout circuit comprises a current control circuit and a comparator; wherein the current control circuit is configured to (a) charge the current control circuit to a pixel affected charge using at least a pixel affected current that is indicative of an electrical parameter of the pixel and (b) drain, based on the pixel affected charge, a current control circuit current during a comparison period; wherein the comparator is configured to compare, during the comparison period, between a pixel affected voltage and a reference signal that changes during the comparison period and to provide at least one pulse that has is indicative of a value of the pixel affected voltage. |
| US10205901B2 |
Electronic device with image sensor and control unit
An image sensor is provided, the image sensor including: an imaging unit that has a first imaging region and a second imaging region, and outputs: a first pixel signal generated according to light incident on the first imaging region; and a second pixel signal generated according to light incident on the second imaging region; a first ramp generating unit that generates a first ramp signal; a second ramp generating unit that generates a second ramp signal; a first signal converting unit that converts the first pixel signal into a first digital image signal based on a result of comparison between the first pixel signal and the first ramp signal; and a second signal converting unit that converts the second pixel signal into a second digital image signal based on a result of comparison between the second pixel signal and the second ramp signal. |
| US10205896B2 |
Automatic lens flare detection and correction for light-field images
According to various embodiments, the system and method disclosed herein process light-field image data so as to mitigate lens flare effects. A light-field image may be captured with a light-field image capture device with a microlens array and received in a data store. A plurality of flare-affected pixels may be identified in the light-field image. The flare-affected pixels may have flare-affected pixel values. Flare-corrected pixel values may be generated for the flare-affected pixels. Relative to the flare-affected pixel values, the flare-corrected pixel values may at least partially remove the lens flare effects. The flare-corrected pixel values may be used to generate a corrected light-field image in which the lens flare effects are at least partially corrected. The corrected light-field image may be displayed on a display screen. |
| US10205894B2 |
Imaging device and imaging system
An imaging device includes pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit, a holding unit holding charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit, and an amplifier unit outputting signal based on the charge. The pixels output a first signal based on charge generated in a first exposure period and a second signal based on charge generated in a second exposure period of different length. In the first exposure period, the photoelectric conversion unit accumulates the generated charge, and charge held by the holding unit is transferred to the amplifier unit. The second exposure period includes a period of accumulating the generated charge only in the photoelectric conversion unit and a period of holding the generated charge in the photoelectric conversion unit and the holding unit. In the period of accumulating the generated charge only in the photoelectric conversion unit, the charge held by the holding unit is transferred to the amplifier unit. |
| US10205889B2 |
Method of replacing objects in a video stream and computer program
The invention relates to a method for replacing objects in a video stream. A stereoscopic view of the field is created. It serves to measure the distance from the camera and to determine the foreground, background and occluding objects. The stereoscopic view can be provided by a 3D camera or it can be constructed using the signal coming from a single camera or more. The texture of the objects to be replaced can be static or dynamic. The method does not require any particular equipment to track the camera position and it can be used for live content as well as archived material. The invention takes advantage of the source material to be replaced in the particular case when the object to be replaced is filled electronically. |
| US10205887B2 |
Information communication method
An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject using a terminal device that includes an image sensor having a plurality of exposure line. The method includes setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing the subject by the image sensor, a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines, obtaining identification information of the subject, and sending the identification information to a server. The method further includes obtaining reservation information related to the identification information from the server, the reservation information related to a content displayed by the subject, and displaying the reservation information on a display of the terminal device. |
| US10205886B2 |
Imaging apparatus, control method, and storage medium
There is provided an imaging apparatus that can obtain a satisfactory image under a flickering light source while preventing lowering of a frame speed during consecutive image capturing. The imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, an acquisition unit to acquire information about a periodic change in light intensity from a subject, and a control unit to control exposure timing of the image capturing unit to the light. The control unit may control the exposure timing so that the image capturing unit is exposed in synchronization with a timing at which the light intensity from the subject becomes a first light intensity based on the acquired information. A period at or during which the light intensity from the subject becomes the first light intensity may be shorter than a change period of the light intensity from the subject based on the acquired information. |
| US10205883B2 |
Display control method, terminal device, and storage medium
A display control method executed by a processor included in a terminal device that includes a display and a camera disposed at a display surface side of the display, the display control method includes acquiring a first image taken by the camera, the first image including a second image of a face; calculating a proportion of a region of the second image to a region of the first image; determining whether the proportion is equal to or higher than a threshold; displaying the first image on the display when it is determined that the proportion is equal to or higher than the threshold; and restraining the first image from being displayed on the display when it is determined that the proportion is not equal to or higher than the threshold. |
| US10205881B2 |
Mobile terminal and control method thereof
A mobile terminal including a main body; an image sensor provided in the main body; a driving unit coupled to the image sensor and configured to change the posture of the image sensor in at least one of roll, pitch, and yaw directions; a sensing unit configured to sense movement information of a subject as an imaging target in an image input through the image sensor; a touch screen; and a controller configured to change the posture of the image sensor using the driving unit such that the image sensor tracks a movement of the subject based on the sensed movement information, and display guide information on the touch screen related to the movement information of the subject to guide a movement of the main body of the mobile terminal. |
| US10205878B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image-capturing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An image processing apparatus configured to generate a panoramic image by combining a plurality of images includes a first acquirer configured to acquire information of a first moving amount of the image based on a common area of the plurality of images, and an aligner configured to align the plurality of images based on difference information between the first moving amount and a second moving amount of the image acquired based on position information of an image-capturing apparatus configured to capture the plurality of images, and information of the second moving amount. |
| US10205874B2 |
Wearable device and control method thereof
A wearable device and a control method thereof is provided. The wearable device includes a display configured to display time information, a camera configured to photograph an image, a sensor configured to sense a user's motion, and a processor configured to analyze the user's motion based on a sensing value sensed by the sensor and to perform an image photographing if the user's motion satisfies an image photographing condition, thereby enabling the user to perform image photographing easily using the wearable device. |
| US10205873B2 |
Electronic device and method for controlling a touch screen of the electronic device
Provided is a method and apparatus for controlling a user interface. The method of controlling a user interface of an electronic device includes: displaying a drawing object formed by a path input into the electronic device on a screen, and controlling the user interface by applying different functions to a drawing object area and the remaining area excluding the drawing object area in the touch screen. |
| US10205872B2 |
Display control apparatus and method for controlling the same
An apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a first type of image captured with a first gradation characteristic and a second type of image captured with a second gradation characteristic having a higher gradation quality on a high-luminance side than the first gradation characteristic, and a control unit configured to perform control such that luminance of a display unit is set to second luminance higher than first luminance of a case where the first type of image is displayed, in a case where the second type of image is displayed. |
| US10205868B2 |
Live view control device, live view control method, live view system, and program
A live view control device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a display control unit that displays each of a plurality of live view images received from a plurality of imaging devices in each of a plurality of areas of a display screen, a priority setting unit that sets a priority of the plurality of live view images, a transfer condition setting unit that sets transfer conditions including at least one of a frame rate of transfer and an image size of the transfer of the plurality of live view images on the basis of the priority of the plurality of live view images, and a communication control unit that transmits a transfer instruction for a live view image according to the set transfer conditions to the plurality of imaging devices via the wireless communication unit. |
| US10205864B2 |
Near field lens and imaging apparatus including same
A near field light includes a substrate; and an epsilon near zero (ENZ) material layer, which is arranged on the substrate and is formed of a material with a dielectric constant that includes a real part having a value of zero or a value very close to zero with respect to a light of a designated wavelength. |
| US10205860B1 |
Camera chassis for a panoramic camera with isothermal mounting base
A chassis for use in a panoramic camera is disclosed. The chassis comprises a base; an a heat sink formed on a first portion of the base; and an isothermal mounting structure formed on a second portion of the base, wherein an isothermal mounting structure defines a plurality of mounting formations for securing imaging sensors thereto. |
| US10205859B2 |
Mounting device, image processing method, and imaging unit
Mounting device 11 captures an image of reference mark 25 at a first position at which mounting head 22 is stopped under first imaging conditions, and captures an image of component 60 under second imaging conditions. Then, mounting device 11 moves mounting head 22 and captures an image of reference mark 25 at a second position at which mounting head 22 is stopped under the first imaging conditions, and captures a second image of component 60 under the second imaging conditions. Further, mounting device 11 generates an image of component 60 picked up by mounting head 22 based on the positional relationship of reference mark 25 using the first image and the second image. |
| US10205856B2 |
Video surveillance system
A video surveillance system includes a vehicle that has a dashboard. An electronic device is provided and the electronic device may be carried. A recording unit is positioned on the dashboard and the recording unit records video footage. The recording unit is in electrical communication with the electronic device such that the electronic device receives the video footage. Thus, the video footage may be remotely viewed. The recording unit rotates 360° such that the recording unit records the video footage of all sides of the vehicle. |
| US10205853B2 |
Authentication apparatus, image forming apparatus, authentication method, and image forming method
An authentication apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures a face image of a user, an authenticating unit that authenticates the user using the face image of the user captured by the imaging unit, a display unit that displays failure information if authentication of the user by the authenticating unit is unsuccessful, a departure detecting unit that detects a departure of the user, and a stopping unit that causes the display unit to stop displaying the failure information if the departure detecting unit detects the departure of the user. |
| US10205852B2 |
System, apparatus, and method for allowing a program to cache user information
An information processing system includes a first storage that stores user information about one or more users of the information processing system; a second storage; a first determining unit that determines, depending on whether a program sets the second storage to store predetermined user information from the user information stored in the first storage, the predetermined user information being used in the program, whether to store the predetermined user information in the second storage; and a user information process unit that obtains the predetermined user information from the user information and stores the predetermined user information in the second storage if the first determining unit determines that the predetermined user information is to be stored in the second storage. |
| US10205849B2 |
To process information to use at least one opaque ink as a process colorant
A processing apparatus is provided. The processing apparatus includes a controller to process information as part of a Halftone Area Neugebauer Separation printing process to use at least one opaque ink as a process colorant in combination with at least one further process colorant. |
| US10205848B2 |
Printing apparatus serving as an access point based on authentication information for a wireless connection, printing system including the printing apparatus, and control method of the printing apparatus
A printing apparatus of the present invention makes wireless LAN connection in at least either one of a first connection mode for making wireless LAN connection to an image processing apparatus in which inherent authentication information is stored and a second connection mode for making wireless LAN connection to the image processing apparatus via a second access point provided by an apparatus other than the printing device and the image processing apparatus. The printing apparatus controls, in a case of connection in the first connection mode, a first function provided by the printing apparatus to be enabled and a second function which is enabled in the second connection mode to be disabled. |
| US10205847B2 |
Communication apparatus
A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network. |
| US10205845B2 |
Image reading using a duplex scanning function
An image reading apparatus comprises a first reading section; a second reading section; a conveyance section which conveys the sheet sequentially to the first reading section and the second reading section; a control section which executes a first storage operation of storing image data read by the first reading section in a storage section and a second storage operation of storing image data read by the second reading section in the storage section, determines whether the reading operations of the first reading section and the second reading section, the first and the second storage operations are ended normally and deletes, if any one of the operations is not ended normally, the image data of the sheet not scanned normally stored in the storage section. |
| US10205844B2 |
Light beam scanning device, image forming apparatus, and scanning line adjusting method
A light beam scanning device scans a luminous flux irradiated from a light source and deflected by a deflector to a scanned surface through an optical system having a set of mirrors. A apparatus, such as the light beam scanning device, further includes a scanning line curve adjusting device to bend a first mirror of the set of mirrors so as to correct a curve in a scanning line on the scanned surface, and a scanning line tilt adjusting device to change orientation of a second mirror of the set of mirrors so as to correct a tilt in the scanning line on the scanned surface. The light beam scanning device may be provided in an image forming apparatus. |
| US10205843B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method for providing workflow service
A method by which an image forming apparatus provides a workflow service is provided. The method includes acquiring an execution request for a workflow of an image forming operation, determining whether conditions for executing the workflow are satisfied, according to the acquired execution request, and executing pre-stored functions corresponding to the workflow if it is determined that the conditions are satisfied. |
| US10205841B2 |
Information processing apparatus, control method of information processing apparatus, and storage medium
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having a plurality of storage units, capable of starting in any of a plurality of activation modes including a first activation mode and a second activation mode operable with a faster activation time than the first activation mode. |
| US10205834B2 |
Global local number
A system and method provides communication between subscribers of a telephone network and the subscribers of an OTT provider website wherein each of the subscribers of the OTT provider website is assigned a telephone number in a block which is not assigned to any particular country. The system includes terminating a call (e.g., having voice, video, data, and/or messaging) from the telephone network directed to a number in the block, and passing the terminated call to a nearby entry point to the OTT provider website, the OTT website being configured to associate the incoming call with the user's account to which the called number has been assigned. Calls can be placed in the opposite direction, in which case the assigned number is passed into the telephone system as the calling party's number. |
| US10205816B2 |
Method and apparatus for interworking between electronic devices
An electronic device comprising: a memory; a communication unit for exchanging communications with a wearable device and an external device; and at least one processor that is operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: detect an event that is associated with a connection with the external device; identify a function that is associated with the external device in response to the event; and transmit to the wearable device an instruction for executing the function, wherein the instruction is transmitted via the communications unit. |
| US10205815B2 |
Dynamic interactive voice interface
A dynamic voice user interface system is provided. The dynamic voice user interface system interacts with a user at a first level of formality. The voice user interface system then monitors history of user interaction and adjusts the voice user interface to interact with the user with a second level of formality based on the history of user interaction. |
| US10205813B2 |
Method and system for detecting abnormal contact information and server
Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus that includes interface circuitry and processing circuit. The interface circuitry is configured to receive contact information provided by a terminal device for a contact entry in the terminal device. The contact information includes at least one communication attribute parameter for representing an attribute of the contact entry for communication, and the communication attribute parameter includes one or more parameter characteristics. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the contact information of the contact entry is abnormal with one or more abnormal parameter characteristics, generate, when the contact information of the contact entry is determined to be abnormal, a new filtering rule for filtering contact entries according to the one or more abnormal parameter characteristics, and add the filtering rule to a rule base to obtain an updated rule base. |
| US10205808B2 |
Metal rear cover for terminal and terminal
A metal rear cover for a terminal and a terminal are provided. The metal rear cover includes a base plate provided with at least one micro-seam band, and the micro-seam band includes a plurality of micro-seams. The plurality of micro-seams are arranged equidistantly, a distance between two adjacent micro-seams is larger than a width of the micro-seam, the at least one micro-seam band divides the base plate into at least two radiation parts including a first radiation part and a second radiation part. A conducting switch is coupled between the first radiation part and the second radiation part, and configured to disconnect or connect the first radiation part with the second radiation part, so that transceiving of different preset frequency ranges can be achieved by the metal rear cover, when the conducting switch disconnects or connects the first radiation part with the second radiation part. |
| US10205805B2 |
Dropping or admitting packets to an output queue using policy-based scheduling and virtual destination queue occupancy values
One embodiment is associated with dropping or admitting packets to an output queue using occupancy values of virtual destination queues which are updated according to different independent disciplines upon the enqueuing of a packet to an output queue, and the dequeuing of that packet from an output queue. In one embodiment, a virtual destination queue is determined for a packet. A policing decision is made whether to drop the packet or admit the packet to the output queue based on the occupancy level of the determined virtual destination queue, which is updated upon admission. Packets are dequeued in first-in-first-out order from the output queue. For a dequeued one or more packets, one or more of the occupancy values of the virtual destination queues are updated based a scheduling policy that is independent of the particular virtual destination queue(s) associated with the dequeued packets. |
| US10205802B2 |
Transmission system and transmission method
A transmission system and a transmission method are provided. The transmission system comprises a compressor, an intermediate terminal, and a decompressor. The compressor transmits an initial Internet Protocol package (IP package). The initial IP package comprised an initial forwarding table. The initial forwarding table records at least one candidate context identification (CID). The intermediate terminal receives the IP package and selects the at least one candidate CID different from an intermediate CID recorded in the intermediate terminal, so as to create an intermediate forwarding table. And, the intermediate terminal transmits an intermediate IP package. The decompressor receives the intermediate IP package. The decompressor selects the at least one candidate CID different from a decompressor CID recorded in the decompressor to be a target CID. |
| US10205801B2 |
Data transfer policies between source and target servers in a wide area network
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: sending a request to a target server to initiate a unidirectional connection, receiving a reply indicating whether the target server is capable of hosting the unidirectional connection or indicating identification of a unidirectional port, initiating a unidirectional connection to the identified unidirectional port of the target server in response to the reply providing the identification of the unidirectional port, sending a request to begin sending data to the target server over the unidirectional connection, receiving a response from the target server indicating that the target server is ready to receive data over the unidirectional connection, sending data to the target server over the unidirectional connection, sending a termination message over the unidirectional connection in response to sending the data to the target server, terminating the unidirectional connection, and performing a next communication with the target server over the TCP/IP connection. |
| US10205799B2 |
Image filtering based on social context
In particular embodiments, a computing system may receive a request for a media item from a user. The system may access the media item and metadata associated with the media item. The metadata may identify one or more concepts depicted in the media item and a time associated with the media item. The system may obtain information associated with the one or more concepts from a social graph. The system may determine a social context associated with the media item using the metadata and the information from the social graph. A relevance of the social context to the user may be determined. The computing system may then select one or more media items associated with the social context and provide them to the user for display. |
| US10205795B2 |
Optimization of enhanced network links
A method and apparatus for dynamic network link acceleration provides a managed communication link for accelerated and reliable network communication between a client and other network devices. In one or more embodiments, a client computing device which generates communication packets of a first type is enhanced with a front end mechanism which selectively encodes the data packets into packets of a second type. The data packets which are encoded into a second type are transmitted over a managed communication link which may provide error correction, security, quality of service, and other services including acceleration of communications. |
| US10205793B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a transmission controller. The receiving unit receives a notification to inquire about a state of a user of the information processing apparatus, which is portable, from a different information processing apparatus. If the notification is received by the receiving unit, the determining unit determines whether communication from the other information processing apparatus is acceptable in the state of the user. If the determination unit determines that the communication from the other information processing apparatus is not acceptable in the state of the user, the transmission controller controls transmission so as not to transmit the state of the user. |
| US10205792B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing page operation data
A server receives, from a user terminal, the page operation data produced when a user performs operations on each page of a designated program, a user's identifier, and a page identifier operated by the user. The server conducts statistics for the page operation data and obtains a total number of the user operations on the page during a preset statistical period according to the identifier of the user and the identifier of the page that the user operated. The server generates a statistics tree corresponding to a sequential relationship among the pages according to the sequential relationship among the pages, the total number of user operations on each of the pages within the preset statistical period, and the page operation data. |
| US10205790B1 |
Integrated posts and guidance
A method or apparatus to provide personalized post and guidance to a user, through a social network feed. The method comprises obtaining user characteristic data, and obtaining temporary characteristic data, the temporary characteristic data including one or more of: a user's motion state, a user's current location, a user's past motion states. The method further comprises making a personalized post available to the user through a newsfeed in a social network, the personalized post requesting engagement, and tracking the engagement of the user with the personalized post. |
| US10205785B2 |
Systems and methods for providing virtual crash cart access to an information handling system
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor and an access controller communicatively coupled to the processor. The access controller may be configured to, when locally coupled to a second information handling system determine if the second information handling system is authorized to perform virtual crash cart operations on the information handling system and, responsive to determining that the second information handling system is authorized to perform virtual crash cart operations on the information handling system, permit the second information handling system to perform virtual crash cart operations on the information handling system whereby the second information handling system implements one or more virtual information handling resources such that each virtual information handling resource behaves at least in part as a physical information handling resource present at the information handling system. |
| US10205784B2 |
Communication system and method for controlling data distribution quality of service in time sensitive networks
A control system (e.g., that controls operations of a powered system) includes one or more processors configured to determine quality of service (QoS) parameters of devices communicating data with each other in an Ethernet network configured as a time sensitive network (TSN). The one or more processors also are configured to determine available communication pathways in the TSN through which the devices are able to communicate the data, and to select one or more of the available communication pathways and to designate communication times at which the data is communicated between the devices in order to satisfy the QoS parameters of the devices. |
| US10205782B2 |
Location-based resource availability management in a partitioned distributed storage environment
In some embodiments, a cluster computing system notifies a host system that a first path to a resource in the cluster computing system is optimized and that a second path to the resource is non-optimized. The resource is owned or managed by a first computing node of the cluster computing system. The first path includes the first computing node. The second path includes a second computing node and an intra-cluster connection between the second computing node and the first computing node. A disruption in the intra-cluster connection, which prevents communication between the first and second computing nodes via the intra-cluster connection, is identified. During a time period in which the disruption exists, the host system is notified that the first path is optimized and that the second path is unavailable, and input/output operations between the host system and the resource via the first path are continued. |
| US10205781B1 |
Methods for using extracted features to perform an action associated with selected identified image
Methods and systems to perform methods comprising receiving, at a computer system from a first electronic device a first electronic media work; extracting one or more features therefrom; determining that at least a portion of the first electronic media work corresponds to a first reference media work based on a matching of the extracted features against a database of reference features; receiving, from a second electronic device, a query related to the first electronic media work; linking the query to action information in an action database based upon determining that at least a portion of the first electronic media work corresponds to the first reference media work; generating machine-readable instructions associated with the action to be performed based at least in part on the linking of the query to the action information; transmitting, to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions; and logging an event associated with the machine-readable instructions. |
| US10205780B2 |
Cross-system storage management for transferring data across autonomous information management systems
Systems and methods are disclosed for cross-system storage management for transferring data across autonomous information management systems. Data may be transferred from one information management system to another information management system without interfering with or overriding each system's autonomy. For example, a secondary copy of production data (e.g., backed up data) is transferred from a first information management system that originated the data to a component of another “foreign” information management system. A first storage manager that manages the first information management system also manages the cross-system data transfer operation to a “foreign” client computing device, which remains under autonomous management as a component of the foreign information management system. |
| US10205777B2 |
Traffic coordination for communication sessions involving wireless terminals and server devices
The invention concerns a communication synchronization device (16), method, computer program and computer program product for synchronizing communication (RQ, PRES) as well as to a method, wireless device (58), computer program and computer program product for handling such communication. The device (16) investigates (36) the communication patterns of communications between the wireless terminal (24) and server devices (18, 20, 22) communication sessions (CS1, CS2, CS3) between applications (A1, A2, A3) running in the wireless terminal and the server devices (18, 20, 22), determines a downlink coordination group, collects (38) server device transmissions (PRES) of the group made by the server devices through aligning them with each other in time and sends (40) the collected transmissions to the wireless terminal as an aggregated transmission via a common wireless link. The wireless device (58) receives (52) the aggregated transmission and distributes (54) data therein to the applications (A1, A2, A3). |
| US10205776B2 |
Method and device for wireless connection
According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a first terminal device may create a peer-to-peer (P2P) group, and then determine a Service Set Identifier (SSID) and a connection password of the P2P group, and then send the SSID and the connection password to a second terminal device so that the second terminal device is able to connect to the first terminal device according to the SSID and the connection password. In this way, prior to establishment of the wireless connection, the second terminal device may acquire the SSID and the connection password of the P2P group created by the first terminal device, thus second terminal device may directly use the SSID and the connection password to connect to the first terminal device without cumbersome discovery and negotiation processes as used in establishment of a conventional P2P connection. |
| US10205773B2 |
Service platform architecture
Requests received at a service platform may be processed either synchronously or asynchronously, based on, for example, a determination of the expected response time for the service request. Some embodiments may include separate hardware infrastructures and/or may support service requests designated for asynchronous processing. |
| US10205771B2 |
System and method for deploying an application in a computer system
System and method for deploying an application in a computer system automatically extend an application topology of virtual computing resources of the computer system and application components of the application to be executed on the virtual computing resources to include an affinity-type rule for the virtual computing resources of the computer system based on at least one predefined policy of the application topology and deploy the application in the computer system by provisioning the virtual computing resources to the physical devices in the computer system based on the extended application topology. |
| US10205770B2 |
Mobile device application integration with infotainment head units
A system is provided for integrating a feature rich application platform operating on a mobile device with a vehicle infotainment system. The system includes a head unit configured to control user interface devices including a display, a command entry device, and an audio output device. The head unit also includes computing resources and a communications interface. A content consumer application operates using the computing resources of the head unit, and is configured to communicate user generated commands over a communications interface to a content provider application executing on a mobile device. The content provider application is configured to direct the user generated commands to one of a plurality of sub-applications on the mobile device. |
| US10205769B2 |
Distributed applications across platforms
A utility application store may be configured to present an interface displaying multiple applications that are available from the utility application store. By accessing the interface of the utility application store, a utility supplier may, with a single request, initiate installation or activation of an application on multiple utility meters or other smart sensors in a utility communication network. The utility application store may be configured to provide notification of the availability of applications for utility meters or other smart sensors, consumer computing devices, and/or utility supplier back office computing devices. The utility application store may include one or more distributed applications that include a first portion configured for execution by a utility meter and one or more other portions configured for execution by another computing device (e.g., a personal computer, mobile device, utility supplier back office server, cloud service, or the like). |
| US10205767B2 |
Management system and method for a big data processing device
Provided is a management system for a big data processing device that includes a system management master node and at least one system management agent node communicatively coupled to the system management master node over a network. A first request-based communication path may be provided for transmitting data from a system management agent node to the system management master node and a second response-based communication path is provided for transmitting data from the system management master node to the system management agent node. The system management agent node may be configured to detect whether an instruction is included in a response received over the second communication path. |
| US10205759B2 |
Retrieval of wireless network credentials
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate a retrieval and display of network credentials. A predetermined input may be received at a client, wherein the predetermined input initiates a retrieval of network credentials such as network identifiers and corresponding passwords or passphrases. The client may aggregate retrieved network credentials associated with one or more networks that may be available to a user, and may output the aggregated credentials to a display. |
| US10205758B2 |
Automatic sharing of digital multimedia
Devices and methods for automatic sharing of digital multimedia include, in one embodiment, obtaining factor data affecting a decision on whether or not to enter a digital multimedia sharing mode for an event or meeting; entering the digital multimedia sharing based on the factor data; storing digital photograph data produced by a camera module while in the sharing mode and automatically making the digital photograph data available to one or more participants of the event or meeting via a synchronized data container or a shareable link of an online content management system. |
| US10205755B2 |
Distributed connectivity policy enforcement with ICE
Instead of utilizing a centralized server or hardware (routers/gateways) to enforce connectivity policy restrictions, the policy connectivity restrictions for media session traffic are enforced by an endpoint that is involved in the media communication. Based on the policy requirements, the client enforces the policy restrictions by restricting the candidates that may be selected for the establishment of the media path. For example, the enforcement may result in the client selecting a path from available candidates that avoids congested Wide Area Network (WAN) links, avoiding a low bandwidth link, or possibly even failing the communication completely. The clients may also provide periodic updates to the policy server to allow tracking of the utilization of managed WAN links. |
| US10205748B2 |
Protection for computing systems from revoked system updates
A computing system may be protected from revoked system updates. A computing system receives an object and scans it for revocation updates to a security structure of the computing system. The security structure is a monotonically nondecreasing collection of segments containing data on whether a system update is revoked, and a system update's status as revoked signifies the revoked system update can no longer be used by the computing system. Based upon scanning the object, the computing system identifies and validates a revocation update. The computing system resolves the revocation update by applying the revocation update to the security structure, by adding or changing one or more segments of the security structure identified by the revocation update, in response to determining that the revocation update is valid, or by denying application of the revocation update to the security structure in response to determining that the revocation update is invalid. |
| US10205746B2 |
Anti-spoofing protection in an automotive environment
To automatically identify an attempt at presenting falsified vehicle identifiers to portable devices, (i) a vehicle identifier reported by a vehicle with which the portable device is establishing a short-range communication link, and (ii) an indication of a current location of the portable device, are received from a portable device at a first time. An indication of a recent location at which the vehicle identifier was reported at a second time is obtained. The current location of the portable device is compared to the recent location of the vehicle, in view of the first time and the second time. In response to determining that the current location is not proximate to the recent reported location of the vehicle, an indication that the reported identifier is likely falsified is generated. |
| US10205744B2 |
Remote malware remediation
An opportunity to assist with remediation of a file at a remote particular host device is identified. One or more remediation techniques are identified that can be applied to assist with remediation of the file at the particular host device. In one aspect, one or more remediation scripts are identified from a plurality of remediation scripts for remediation of the file and provided to the particular host device for execution on the particular host device. In another aspect, a remediation tool is identified and launched on a computing device remote from the particular host device with operations of the remediation tool applied to resources of the particular host device. In another aspect, at least a portion of the remediation techniques are remotely initiated to be performed locally at the particular host device. |
| US10205741B2 |
Method and apparatus enabling browsers to perform security scan of devices
A method and an apparatus enabling browsers to perform security scan of devices is described. The method includes receiving a device scan request triggered when a device scan function in a browser is selected by a user. The method further includes injecting a pre-defined device scan program into an engine of the browser according to the received device scan request, running the device scan program, and displaying a scan result on a scan result displaying interface of the browser. A security scan in the prevalent browser application adds different functions to the browser and exempts users from downloading dedicated device checking and management software. |
| US10205737B2 |
Addressing login platform security risks
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a primary login platform and identifying one or more security developments associated with the primary login platform. The computer-implemented method further includes determining one or more security corrective actions based on the one or more security developments. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed. |
| US10205735B2 |
Graph-based network security threat detection across time and entities
The disclosed techniques relate to a graph-based network security analytic framework to combine multiple sources of information and security knowledge in order to detect risky behaviors and potential threats. In some examples, the input can be anomaly events or simply regular events. The entities associated with the activities can be grouped into smaller time units, e.g., per day. The riskiest days of activity can be found by computing a risk score for each day and according to the features in the day. A graph can be built with links between the time units. The links can also receive scoring based on a number of factors. The resulting graph can be compared with known security knowledge for adjustments. Threats can be detected based on the adjusted risk score for a component (i.e., a group of linked entities) as well as a number of other factors. |
| US10205731B2 |
Contextually-aware location sharing services
Technologies are described herein for providing contextually-aware location sharing services for computing devices. In some configurations, the techniques disclosed herein can involve a number of computing devices configured to select and utilize location data from one or more resources based on one or more factors. An analysis of contextual data including, but not limited to, the capabilities of the individual devices, a status of one or more components, or the availability or cost of data, allows individual devices to dynamically select and utilize location data or a source of location data to accommodate a range of scenarios. Techniques disclosed herein can also detect the presence of a changed scenario and take one or more actions based, at least in part, on data defining the changed scenario. |
| US10205729B2 |
Automation tool for providing users with security access to an electronic system
A method for providing multiple users with security access to an electronic system is provided. The method comprising: providing a plurality of parent security roles, wherein each parent security role includes a plurality of transactions authorized to be performed in the electronic system, providing a plurality of child security roles, wherein each child security role is derived from one of the plurality of parent security roles, setting up the multiple users in the electronic system and their associated user passwords, assigning one of the plurality of child security roles to each of the multiple users to provide the multiple users with security access to the electronic system at once, and providing each of the multiple users with security access to the electronic system, via the associated user password, in accordance with the child security role assigned to the user. |
| US10205727B2 |
Unified enterprise management of wireless devices in a controlled environment
A wireless device enterprise management system and a method for operating the management system in a controlled environment is disclosed. The enterprise management system includes implementing a container-based file system on wireless devices within the controlled environment. Enterprise management system manages and controls the organization of files into one or more containers on each wireless device. Each container is associated with one or more execution rules that allow or restrict execution of files that are located in the container. |
| US10205726B2 |
Apparatus and method for preventing file access by nodes of a protected system
A method includes detecting a storage device at a protected node and determining whether the storage device has been checked-in for use with at least the protected node. The method also includes granting access to the storage device in response to determining that the storage device has been checked-in for use with at least the protected node. The method further includes blocking access to the storage device in response to determining that the storage device has not been checked-in for use with at least the protected node. The method may also include determining whether a file on the storage device has been checked-in for use with at least the protected node. Meaningful access to the file is granted or blocked in response to determining that the file has or has not been checked-in for use with at least the protected node. |
| US10205725B2 |
Source device and systems and methods of verifying an identity using dynamic scoring
A source device for systems and methods of verifying an authentication based on dynamic scoring is disclosed, wherein the source device is configured to receive at least one identification feature from a user, and to communicate the identification feature to a verification unit. The verification unit is configured to generate a base verification score associated with the user based on at least one identification input, the identification input comprising the identification feature, a feature validity rating, and a source device validity rating, to receive a request to access a service, wherein the verification unit compares the base verification score with a service authorization threshold associated with the service, and to grant access to the service when the base verification score meets the service authorization threshold. |
| US10205724B2 |
Cloud-based onboarding of cloud-controlled Wi-Fi network devices
A cloud-based onboarding server receives first identification information associated with a network device, from a wireless station authenticated to the cloud-based Wi-Fi onboarding server, the identification information being sent on behalf of the network device. Additionally, second identification information associated with the network device is received from the network device. Responsive to the first identification information matching the second identification information, the network device is associated with a user account. |
| US10205723B2 |
Distributed storage of authentication data
A biometric server receives, a transmission of a biometric sample and an encrypted enrollment template of the user from a client device, wherein the encrypted enrollment template comprises an encrypted mathematical representation of historical biometric data of the user, and wherein the biometric sample comprises a current snapshot of the biometric data. The biometric server decrypts the encrypted enrollment template to an enrollment template using an enrollment template key. The biometric server converts the biometric sample to a biometric template. The biometric server, based on determining that the biometric template is similar to the enrollment template associated with the user, sends an access token to the client device. |
| US10205720B2 |
Password manipulation for secure account creation and verification through third-party servers
A method and system for deterring attacks at potential breach points between servers and an account and login server for creating and subsequent verification of accounts. Various cryptographic primitives are used to manipulate passwords to generate verifiers. The verifiers are used with external hardware security modules (HSMs) to eliminate HSMs and intermediate steps between the HSM and login servers as potential breach points. |
| US10205718B1 |
Authentication transfer across electronic devices
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that authenticates a user. During operation, the system obtains a request to transfer an authentication of the user on a first electronic device to a second electronic device. Next, the system enables, in response to the request, an authentication mechanism for transferring the authentication of the user from the first electronic device to the second electronic device. Upon detecting use of the authentication mechanism on the first electronic device or the second electronic device, the system authenticates the user on the second electronic device without requiring authentication credentials for the user from the second electronic device. |
| US10205717B1 |
Virtual machine logon federation
Systems and methods are described for providing federated access to end-users of virtual machines. The method includes receiving a request from a user to access a resource outside of the user's original security domain. The user's existing security credentials are forwarded to an authentication entity, which determines if the user's credentials are authentic. If it is determined that the user's credentials are authentic, the user's target identity provider generates a security token that provides the virtual machine user with access to the resource, the resource residing in an external security domain. The user may log on to the virtual machine with access to the desired resource, subject to the privileges identified in the security token. |
| US10205714B2 |
Apparatus and method for process authentication in redundant system
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for authenticating a process. According to the method for authenticating a process, a neighboring node transmits adjacent authentication data to an execution node, the execution node authenticates a process to be executed by comparing local authentication data with the adjacent authentication data, and the execution node executes the corresponding process. |
| US10205713B2 |
Private and mutually authenticated key exchange
A method of private mutually authenticated key exchange is provided. The method may include receiving, at the first device, a message transmitted from a second device and including a hierarchical inner-product encryption (HIPE) ciphertext. Further, the method may include decrypting, at the first device, the HIPE ciphertext to generate a first authenticated encryption (AE) ciphertext. The method may further include decrypting, at the first device, the first AE ciphertext. Further, the method may include encrypting, at the first device, a second AE ciphertext including a signature and one or more attributes of the first device. Moreover, the method may include transmitting, to the second device, another message including the second AE ciphertext. |
| US10205712B2 |
Sentinel appliance in an internet of things realm
In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus, comprising: a trusted execution environment (TEE); and a security engine operable to: identify a key negotiation for an encrypted connection between a first device and a second device; request a service appliance key for the key negotiation; receive the service appliance key; and perform a service appliance function on traffic between the first device and the second device. There is also disclosed a method of providing the security engine, and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions for providing the security engine. |
| US10205707B2 |
Content consumption frustration
A Headend system including a packer to pack media content into a plurality of packets including a first packet and a second packet, a packet scheduler to schedule when the packets will be broadcast/multicast to a plurality of end-user devices, and calculate a plurality of timing values including a first timing value which provides an indication of how long the second packet will arrive at the end-user devices after the arrival of the first packet at the end-user devices, and an encryption engine to: encrypt the media content of the packets and the timing values, wherein the media content of the first packet and the first timing value are encrypted by different encryption algorithms, or the same encryption algorithm with different cryptographic keys. |
| US10205704B2 |
Classifying locator generation kits
Methods and systems for classifying malicious locators. A processor is trained on a set of known malicious locators using a non-supervised learning procedure. Once trained, the processor may classify new locators as being generated by a particular generation kit. |
| US10205703B2 |
Context-aware distributed firewall
A context-aware distributed firewall scheme is provided. A firewall engine tasked to provide firewall protection for a set of network addresses applies a reduced set of firewall rules that are relevant to the set of addresses associated with the machine. A hypervisor implements a search structure that allows each virtual machine's filter to quickly identify relevant rules from all of the received rules. The search structure is constructed as a binary prefix tree, each node corresponding to an IP CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) block. A query for relevant rules traverses nodes of the search structure according to a queried IP address and collect all rules that are associated with the traversed nodes. |
| US10205702B1 |
Systems and methods for allocating communication resources via information technology infrastructure
The present disclosure is directed to allocating communication resources via information technology infrastructure. A system can provide a communication tag and an analytics tag for integration in a web site. The system can receive a request to allocate a phone number generated based on an interaction between the communication tag and the analytics tag. The request can include the communication endpoint identifier, the site identifier for the web site, and a bucket identifier formed from bucketing criteria corresponding to a network activity session of the computing device. The system can determine a virtual phone number to assign to a combination of the values of the fields provided in the request, and create a link between the assigned virtual number and the combination. The system can provide the assigned virtual phone number to the computing device that initiated the request. |
| US10205699B1 |
Calling party number selection for outbound telephone calls to mitigate robocalling processing impacts
A contact center maintains a pool of calling party telephone numbers (“CPTN”) that can be selected for call origination. A new CPTN can be selected based on various criteria in order to avoid, or respond to, a determination that the current CPTN is “tagged” as being a robocall. The triggering of a new CPTN can be initiated based on various factors, including a number of calls made, a time period, a change in call outcomes, direct input, or by querying a database maintaining status information. Upon triggering the selection of a new number, the old calling party number may be placed in a “dead” pool if tagged, or placed in an “aging” pool for where it is not used for a given time. Once aged, the number is placed in an “available for use” pool. Thus, impacts of service provider robocall processing can be mitigated. |
| US10205697B2 |
Interactive content in a messaging platform
A messaging platform forms an interactive message with one or more components and broadcasts the interactive message to client devices associated with accounts. The interactive message has a plurality of states that update based on event data received from a content source. While the event is in progress, the messaging platform receives event data relating to the event and transitions to an updated state based on the received event data. When the interactive message transitions to the updated state, the messaging platform updates the interactive message broadcast to the client devices. The interactive message may include interactive components that accounts may use to perform various interactions with the event, the content source, or each other. |
| US10205689B2 |
Messaging system apparatuses circuits and methods of operation thereof
A messaging system configured to receive a message from a first mobile messaging client device, transmit to a second mobile messaging client device a notification of the presence of the message, receive a message attribute comprising an instruction to limit a functionality of the message, apply the message attribute to the message based on a message characteristic and update any existing corresponding message attribute, and transmit the message and the message attribute to the second mobile messaging client device where the message and the message attribute are stored in non-volatile memory at least until the second mobile messaging client device manages the message in accordance with the message attribute, wherein managing the message comprises limiting functionality of the message based on the message attribute, wherein the message attribute comprises a predetermined message viewing time after which the message content cannot be accessed at the second mobile messaging client device. |
| US10205685B2 |
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. |
| US10205682B2 |
Fabric access tunnels
Methods and systems associated with fabric tunnels may assist in traffic flow through a tunnel that aggregates a plurality of virtual local area networks across a core network. |
| US10205677B2 |
Cloud resource placement optimization and migration execution in federated clouds
The present disclosure describes a method for cloud resource placement optimization. A resources monitor monitors state information associated with cloud resources and physical hosts in the federated cloud having a plurality of clouds managed by a plurality of cloud providers. A rebalance trigger triggers a rebalancing request to initiate cloud resource placement optimization based on one or more conditions. A cloud resource placement optimizer determines an optimized placement of cloud resources on physical hosts across the plurality of clouds in the federated cloud based on (1) costs including migration costs, (2) the state information, and (3) constraints, wherein each physical host is identified in the constraints-driven optimization solver by an identifier of a respective cloud provider and an identifier of the physical host. A migrations enforcer determines an ordered migration plan and transmits requests to place or migrate cloud resources according to the ordered migration plan. |
| US10205675B2 |
Dynamically adjusting resources to meet service level objectives
The present disclosure provides for dynamic resource allocation to a container on a host. For example, in a first directed acyclic graph (“DAG”), a CPU resource usage of a container may be detected. In a second DAG, an I/O resource usage of the container may be detected. In a third DAG, a network traffic resource usage of the container may be detected. Each detected resource may be associated with a distinct control group. Each detected resource usage may be compared to a detected service level objective (“SLO”). Resources that fail to meet the SLO may be adjusted. Each adjusted resource usage may be compared to the SLO, and any resources that continue to fail to meet the SLO may be further adjusted. An orchestrator may be notified when a resource has been adjusted to a threshold limit and the container may be migrated to a second host. |
| US10205665B2 |
Mesh network nodes configured to alleviate congestion in cellular network
A plurality of nodes in a first network mitigate data restrictions on access points which are an interface between the first network and a second network. The access points advertise their access parameters to the second network to the nodes. The nodes maintain a list of the advertised access parameters of each access point. The nodes determine whether to transmit data to the second network according to a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode based on the data to be transmitted and the list of access parameters maintained by that node. In the first transmission mode, the node determines to transmit the data to a first access point having a lowest cost with that node. In the second transmission mode, the node determines to transmit the data to a second access point having fewer access restrictions to the second network than the first access point. |
| US10205663B1 |
Managing host computing devices
Each point-of-presence advertises the network addresses it hosts and the network addresses hosted by other points-of-presence. Each point-of-presence also announces its own network addresses at a higher degree of specificity than the other network addresses it is announcing. When a point-of-presence fails, packets routed to a network address hosted by that point-of-presence will be routed to one of the other points-of-presence announcing the same network address. When a point-of-presence is available, its more specific network address announcements prevents packets routed to a network address hosted by that point-of-presence from being routed to any other point-of-presence. |
| US10205661B1 |
Control messages for scalable satellite device clustering control in a campus network
An aggregation device may detect a change to a status of a campus network. The campus network may include a set of satellite clusters. Each satellite cluster, of the set of satellite clusters, may include one or more satellite devices. The aggregation device may generate one or more satellite cluster specific control messages (SCSCMs) to update the campus network based on detecting the change to the status of the campus network. The one or more SCSCMs may include at least one of a control-and-status protocol (CSP) message, or a link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) message. The aggregation device may include information relating to the set of satellite clusters in a configurable portion of the one or more SCSCMs. The aggregation device may transmit the one or more SCSCMs with a border satellite device, of the one or more satellite devices, to update the campus network. |
| US10205659B2 |
Information transmission using direct HPCRF communications
Embodiments of the present invention provide an information transmission method and apparatus, including: sending, by a routing apparatus, an IP address of the routing apparatus to an HPCRF entity via a VPCRF entity; receiving via the VPCRF entity, an IP address of the HPCRF entity sent by the HPCRF entity, the IP address of the HPCRF entity is sent after the HPCRF entity receives the IP address of the routing apparatus; and performing communication with the HPCRF entity according to the IP address of the HPCRF entity and the IP address of the routing apparatus. Therefore, information transmitted between the routing apparatus and the HPCRF entity no longer needs to be forwarded by the VPCRF entity, but instead, directly performed between the routing apparatus and the HPCRF entity, thereby reducing signaling overheads and saving network resources. |
| US10205655B2 |
Apparatus and methods for communicating utilizing an antenna array and multiple communication paths
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that can transmit first wireless signals associated with communication signals, where the first wireless signals are directed via beam steering by an antenna array towards a wireless receiver. The system can transmit second wireless signals associated with the communication signals, where the second wireless signals are directed via the beam steering by the antenna array towards a transmission medium. The second wireless signals can induce electromagnetic waves at a physical interface of the transmission medium where the electromagnetic waves are associated with the communication signals. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10205654B2 |
Method for providing bio-inspired routing protocol using overhearing and probabilistic path finding in mobile ad hoc networks and system thereof
A method and system for providing a bio-inspired routing protocol using overhearing and probabilistic path finding in a mobile ad hoc network is provided, which can provide correct routing information for a destination, prevent a stagnation problem that repeatedly finds the same path because path finding depends mainly on regular pheromone values, also prevent the unnecessary creation of proactive ant packets and the increase of overhead which are caused by the stagnation problem, and decrease the probability with which an alternative path to be used in the event of link failure cannot be secured in advance. |
| US10205651B2 |
Apparatus and method of selecting next hops for a session
A method establishes a session across a plurality of nodes in a computer network using a load balancing technique. The plurality of nodes includes a current node and a plurality of next nodes, and each next hop node is coupled with the current node via a link. To determine the next hop node from the current node, the method determines the residual capacity of the links between the current node and the next nodes, and generates a random number. Next, the method selects one of the next nodes as a function of the random number and the respective residual capacities of the links between the current node and the next nodes. After selecting the one next hop node, the method directs packets for the session from the current node to the one selected next hop node. |
| US10205649B2 |
Hierarchical hardware linked list approach for multicast replication engine in a network ASIC
A multicast rule is represented in a hierarchical linked list with N tiers. Each tier or level in the hierarchical linked list corresponds to a network layer of a network stack that requires replication. Redundant groups in each tier are eliminated such that the groups in each tier are stored exactly once in a replication table. A multicast replication engine traverses the hierarchical linked list and replicates a packet according to each node in the hierarchical linked list. |
| US10205640B2 |
Seasonal trending, forecasting, anomaly detection, and endpoint prediction of java heap usage
Data can be categorized into facts, information, hypothesis, and directives. Activities that generate certain categories of data based on other categories of data through the application of knowledge which can be categorized into classifications, assessments, resolutions, and enactments. Activities can be driven by a Classification-Assessment-Resolution-Enactment (CARE) control engine. The CARE control and these categorizations can be used to enhance a multitude of systems, for example diagnostic system, such as through historical record keeping, machine learning, and automation. Such a diagnostic system can include a system that forecasts computing system failures based on the application of knowledge to system vital signs such as thread or stack segment intensity and memory heap usage. These vital signs are facts that can be classified to produce information such as memory leaks, convoy effects, or other problems. Classification can involve the automatic generation of classes, states, observations, predictions, norms, objectives, and the processing of sample intervals having irregular durations. |
| US10205639B2 |
Mobile application for accessing a sharepoint® server
A method of and a mobile processing device for accessing a web application platform. The method includes installing an application configured to access a server hosting the web application platform, configuring the application, wherein configuring comprises generating at least one of a data capture list and a data lookup list available to the application, transferring authentication information to the server, receiving an indication of which application configurations the application is permitted to access based upon the authentication information, and displaying a set of one or more icons related to the application configurations the application is permitted to access. The mobile processing device includes various hardware components for performing the method. |
| US10205634B2 |
Adaptive multi-phase network policy optimization
An adaptive multi-phase approach to estimating network parameters is presented. By gathering and aggregating raw network traffic data and comparing against default network parameters, a training data set may be generated. A black box optimization may be used in tandem with a supervised learning algorithm to bias towards better choices and eventually pick network parameters which optimize performance. Data delivery strategies are applied to deliver content using the optimized network policies based on the estimated parameters. |
| US10205633B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signal related to monitoring by SCEF in wireless communication system and apparatus for the same
A method for transmitting and receiving a signal related to monitoring by a Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from a Service Capability Server/Application Server (SCS/AS), a first request containing first information related to deletion for a monitoring configuration; transmitting, to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), a second request containing second information related to deletion for the monitoring configuration, wherein the second monitoring request contains information indicating whether the second monitoring request is a request for deletion of all monitoring configuration of a subscriber. |
| US10205631B1 |
Distributing an access control service to local nodes
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for distributing an access control service to local nodes. During operation, the system receives, at a node in a network, a policy file comprising access policies for resources in the network, wherein the access policies are associated with attributes of profiles, and wherein the profiles are associated with clients. Next, the system compiles, at the node, the policy file into an optimized data structure. Finally, the system stores, at the node, the optimized data structure in memory to facilitate subsequent local lookups of permissions associated with the attributes and the resources. |
| US10205627B2 |
Method and system for clustering event messages
The current document is directed to methods and systems for processing, classifying, and efficiently storing large volumes of event messages generated in modern computing systems. In a disclosed implementation, received event messages are normalized to identify non-parameter tokens within the event messages. The non-parameter event tokens are used to compute a metric for each event message. The metrics are used, in turn, to identify a type-associated cluster to which to assign each received event message. The type-associated clusters are created dynamically as streams of event messages are processed. The type-associated clusters may be dynamically split and merged to refine event-message typing. |
| US10205623B2 |
Custom event and attribute generation for use in website traffic data collection
A method and system for the efficient customization of website tracking data includes a data collector with a user interface for assigning custom events and attributes to events occurring on a website. The data collector receives custom tracking data from the website in response to the occurrence of an event to be tracked. Customization of tracking data is achieved through the use of an embedded tracking code and associated data collection file. The embedded tracking code is configured to report tracking data customized for the website. The data collection server is configured via a graphical user interface to receive and store the customized tracking data. A configuration string from the data collector is inserted into the data collection file on the web site. In this manner, the data collection server and website is customized to collect customized tracking data efficiently without assistance from others. |
| US10205622B2 |
Waveform synthesis for RFID transmitters
A waveform synthesis technique for radio frequency identification (RFID) transmitters and an RFID system making us of the technique are disclosed. The RFID transmitter in example embodiments synthesizes a continuous transmitter waveform from a symbol alphabet without Nyquist or interpolation filters. High spectral occupancy waveforms are achieved which include the ability to do both linear and nonlinear predistortion with no increase in computational load once the signal set has been adapted to compensate for linear and nonlinear distortion in the transmitter analog circuitry. A polarity generator can be used to impart the required polarity to each waveform. The RFID transmitter can be employed in RFID readers to reduce the computational requirements of the digital signal processor (DSP). |
| US10205620B2 |
Transmission circuit, transmission method, and transmission system
In a transmission circuit that transmits transmission data using an amplitude shift modulation method (ASK modulation method) for changing an amplitude of carrier waves based on the transmission data or a transmission system that uses the transmission circuit, a phase of the carrier waves is changed based on the transmission data to suppress an irradiation of carrier wave components. |
| US10205618B2 |
Uplink transmit diversity and precoding
A configurable new radio (NR) uplink (UL) transmission may use transmit diversity. A user equipment (UE) may identify an uplink transmission of at least one stream as using one of cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency division multiplexing or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. The UE may apply a precoding matrix to the at least one identified stream. The precoding matrix changes over time. The precoding matrix may change based on closed loop feedback, a precoding cycling pattern, and/or a code division multiplexing group. The UE may transmit the at least one identified stream from multiple antennas according to the applied precoding matrix. |
| US10205617B2 |
Circuits and methods for reducing the amplitude of complex signals
For crest factor reduction in a first signal having first and second components, the first component is delayed. A second signal is generated in response to detecting that a peak in the first component exceeds a predetermined threshold. Amplitude of the peak in the first component is reduced in response to detecting that the peak in the first component exceeds the predetermined threshold. Reducing amplitude of the peak in the first component includes adding the second signal to the delayed first component. |
| US10205614B2 |
High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization
A signaling system includes a pre-emphasizing transmitter and an equalizing receiver coupled to one another via a high-speed signal path. The receiver measures the quality of data conveyed from the transmitter. A controller uses this information and other information to adaptively establish appropriate transmit pre-emphasis and receive equalization settings, e.g. to select the lowest power setting for which the signaling system provides some minimum communication bandwidth without exceeding a desired bit-error rate. |
| US10205611B2 |
Middleware as a service
In particular embodiments, a first computing device may receive a request from a software to access information of a remote device of a client device, the client device being coupled to the first computing device, and access the information of the remote device based at least on a virtual interface of the remote device, and send, responsive to the received request, the accessed information to the software. |
| US10205609B2 |
Overlay switch
The present invention discloses an overlay switch (OSW) and a method used by the same. A received unicast packet needs to pass a waypoint chain including a number of waypoints. A network address of a first waypoint of the waypoint chain and an underlay network address of a second OSW connected to the first waypoint are obtained. In response to a determination that the second OSW is not the first OSW the unicast packet is encapsulated into a first underlay network packet according to a specification of an overlay network. A field of a destination header of the first underlay network packet includes the underlay network address of the second OSW. A source port field of a user datagram protocol (UDP) header is set to indicate a waypoint index included in a corresponding waypoint chain. The first underlay network packet is sent to the second OSW. |
| US10205606B2 |
Mesh over-the-air (OTA) luminaire firmware update
A lighting system includes lighting devices and a controller. An Over-The-Air (OTA) update of lighting device programming is delivered via point-to-point connections between the controller and some number of lighting devices and/or between the lighting devices. Delivery of the OTA update from one lighting device to another lighting device is triggered based on an update command sent via a wireless mesh network of the lighting system. |
| US10205605B2 |
Automatic cooking device standardization system
An automatic cooking device standardization system is provided. The automatic cooking device standardization system includes a cold storage for storing food ingredients used for cooking, a cooking chamber capable of cooking dishes according to a cooking recipe, and a conveyor unit for conveying the food ingredients for each dish from the cold storage to cooking containers in the cooking chamber according to the cooking recipe. The automatic cooking device standardization system is capable of automatically cooking dishes without requiring user's manual work. |
| US10205603B2 |
System and method for using a packet process proxy to support a flooding mechanism in a middleware machine environment
A system and method can support flooding mechanism using a packet process proxy in a middleware machine environment. The middleware machine environment can comprise a gateway instance that includes an external port for receiving data packets from an external network. The middleware machine environment also comprises one or more host servers, each of which is associated with one or more virtual machines. Furthermore, said host servers can provide virtual interfaces that belong to a virtual hub associated with the gateway instance. At least one said packet is a flooded packet that is specified with an unknown destination address when it is received at the external port. The gateway instance can send the flooded packet to a designated virtual interface on a host server, and a packet process proxy on the host server can forward the flooded packet to a virtual machine on another host server for processing this packet. |
| US10205600B2 |
Managing metering for distributed IoT applications
The present disclosure relates to methods of metering, and in particular to methods of metering activities of applications in distributed networks. More particular, the disclosure concerns a method for metering the operation of distributed Internet of Things, IoT devices. This disclosure relates to a method for metering activities of an application in a data processing system, wherein said data processing system comprises resource nodes configured to perform activities executed as actors in the respective resource nodes; and wherein the actors are controlled by one or more runtimes in the data processing system. The method comprises tracing, by a runtime, information related to activities executed by actors controlled by the runtime, and metering, by the runtime, the operation of the application based on the part of the traced information, which is related to activities of actors being used by the metered application. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to corresponding apparatuses and computer programs. |
| US10205594B1 |
Crypto-erasure resilient to network outage
Examples are generally directed towards providing a server polling component for remote cryptographic key erasure resilient to network outage. A set of keys received from a server are stored on data storage. The data storage sends a status request to the server. If a key enabled status is received, the data storage continues normal operations. If a key disabled status is received, a key failure action is performed. The key failure action includes deleting one or more of the keys in the set of keys or shutting down one or more storage devices of the data storage. If no response is received from the server, the data storage iteratively resends the status request at retry time intervals until a response is received from the server or until a time out period expires. On expiration of the time out period, the key failure action is performed. |
| US10205587B2 |
Wireless communication system
Provided is a wireless communication system which enables wireless communication in which crosstalk due to multiple access is canceled while using a large number of inexpensive wireless terminals. In order to generate an interference component, an analysis data sequence is generated by applying a Hilbert transform, by a Hilbert transform, to a subcarrier data sequence obtained by extracting a target subcarrier wave component from a finite length data sequence, while a carrier phase difference Ψ is estimated by using the regression analysis by a carrier wave phase estimation unit. After rotation calculation configured to return the analysis data sequence by the carrier phase difference Ψ is performed, conversion into an angle is performed. Further, a multiplication by a desired odd number of multiplication is performed, and then an inverse Hilbert transform is applied. |
| US10205584B2 |
Systems and methods for integrating asynchronous signals in distributed antenna system with direct digital interface to base station
A distributed antenna system (DAS) includes: signal interface units to receive downlink asynchronous radio carrier signals for radio frequency carriers from external device(s), each having a different clock, the signal interface units configured to: re-clock the downlink asynchronous radio carrier signals to a master clock of the DAS and convert the downlink asynchronous radio carrier signals to downlink digital signals; a host unit communicatively coupled to signal interface units and configured to combine at least two downlink digital signals into an aggregate downlink digital signal; an antenna unit coupled to the host unit and configured to: receive the aggregate downlink digital signal from the host unit, convert the aggregate downlink digital signal(s) and/or another signal based on the aggregate downlink digital signal into downlink radio frequency signals, and wirelessly transmit downlink radio frequency signals to a subscriber unit. |
| US10205580B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink signal to minimize spurious emission and user equipment thereof
A method for limiting a spurious emission, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and includes configuring a radio frequency (RF) unit to use bands 1 and 5 for a carrier aggregation; and determining at least one band to be protected, if another UE using at least one of bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 38, 40, and 42 needs to be protected, controlling the RF unit to limit a maximum level of spurious emission to −50 dBm, and if another UE using a band 26 needs to be protected, controlling the RF unit of the UE to limit the maximum level of the spurious emission to −27 dBm. |
| US10205579B2 |
Methods for transmitting data in a mobile system and radio stations therefor
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a plurality of data streams from a primary station to a secondary station on a plurality of transmission beams, said method comprising: at the secondary station measuring the channel quality corresponding to each transmission beam, and signalling at a first rate to the primary station in a first indicator a CQI report representative of the quality of the beams, and signalling at a second rate, greater than the first rate, in a second indicator a number of data streams that can be transmitted on the transmission beams; at the primary station transmitting the data streams on the basis of the first and second indicators. |
| US10205573B2 |
System and method for OFDMA PS-poll transmission
A method for communicating in a wireless system includes receiving a trigger frame including a paging bitmap, and resource allocation information indicating a location of a resource pool for transmitting a packet, and determining if the station is permitted to transmit the packet in accordance with the paging bitmap. If the station is permitted to transmit the packet, the method also includes determining a location of a network resource in the resource pool in accordance with an identifier of the station, and transmitting the packet at the location of the network resource. |
| US10205570B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring pilot sequence in WLAN system
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a feedback frame in a WLAN system. More specifically, a transmission apparatus configures the pilot sequence of a first WLAN system using the pilot sequence of a second WLAN system. The transmission apparatus transmits the pilot sequence of the first WLAN system. |
| US10205569B2 |
Method and user equipment for receiving downlink signals, and method and base station for transmitting downlink signals
The present invention relates to methods and devices for transmitting/receiving downlink signals in a wireless communication system. The methods and devices according to the present invention receive a downlink grant for user equipment (referred to hereinafter as a first downlink grant) at a first of a plurality of resource units in a given resource region from a base station; and detect an uplink grant at a second of the plurality of resource units if resource assignment information in the first downlink grant has a first value, and detect downlink data at the resource unit if the resource assignment information has a second value. |
| US10205565B2 |
Method for transmitting signal in wireless communication system and device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: configuring a first TDD cell having a first subframe pattern; configuring a second TDD cell having a second subframe pattern, wherein a direction for transmitting according to the first subframe pattern and a direction for transmitting according to the second subframe pattern differ from each other in each subframe; receiving a PDSCH in a DL subframe #n of the first TDD cell; and transmitting HARQ-ACK information for the PDSCH in a UL subframe #n−k of the second TDD cell, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to zero, and k is a positive integer fixed regardless of the first subframe pattern and the second subframe pattern. |
| US10205562B1 |
Method and apparatus for error correction
Error detection and correction techniques are employed in many digital communication systems. There may be multiple error detection and correction stages in a single communication system to provide a good balance of latency and retransmissions for reliable communication. Despite multiple levels of error detection and correction, there may be some residual errors. Many applications may require completely error free communication. A method and apparatus are disclosed for a receiver that may use the already received erroneous versions of transmitted and retransmitted packet or file to perform error correction without requesting additional retransmissions. |
| US10205556B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal
A method for generating and processing a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes encoding broadcast data for one or more broadcast services, encoding first level signaling information including information describing attributes of the one or more broadcast services, encoding second level signaling information including information for scanning the one or more broadcast services, and generating a broadcast signal including the broadcast data, the first level signaling information, and the second level signaling information, wherein the second level signaling information includes first capability information identifying capabilities needed to decode one or more pieces of broadcast content for the one or more broadcast services. |
| US10205553B2 |
Apparatus for protecting an optical link
According to the present invention, there is provided apparatus for providing protection of an optical link. The apparatus comprises a first port for coupling to the optical link and a second port for coupling to a further optical link. The apparatus further comprises a third port configured to receive an upstream optical signal to be transmitted over the optical link, and to output a downstream optical signal received over the optical link. The apparatus further comprises protection switching apparatus operable to selectively couple the third port to the first port or to the second port. The apparatus further comprises modifying apparatus configured to modify the upstream optical signal, received at the third port, before it is output from the first port, such that the switching upstream optical signal has a distinctive physical characteristic. The apparatus further comprises detecting apparatus, coupled between the first port and the third port, configured to receive a portion of an incoming optical signal, received at the first port, and to selectively detect the presence of the upstream optical signal or the downstream optical signal in the portion of the incoming signal based on the distinctive physical characteristic. The apparatus further comprises control circuitry configured to provide a control signal to the protection switching apparatus based on an output from the detecting apparatus. |
| US10205550B2 |
Scalable, low-latency medium-access control technique for optically switched networks
An optically switched network system includes an optical switch with N inputs and N outputs that connects N end-nodes and is structured to transmit N wavelengths from each of the N inputs to each of the N outputs. The system includes a virtual data plane and a virtual control plane, which both communicate through the optical switch. The virtual data plane provides any-to-all parallel connectivity for data transmissions among the N end-nodes. The N end-nodes are partitioned into two or more subsets, wherein end-nodes in a given source subset transmit data to a given destination subset using wavelengths, which are not used by end-nodes outside of the given source subset to transmit data to the same given destination subset. The virtual control plane includes two or more rings associated with the two or more subsets of end-nodes. Each ring passes through a subset of end-nodes, and is used to communicate arbitration information among arbitration logic located at each end-node in the ring. |
| US10205547B2 |
Clock synchronization using multiple network paths
A network device includes one or more ports coupled to a network, a path determination module, and a clock synchronization module. The one or more ports receive a plurality of time synchronization packets from a master clock device. The path determination module identifies, based on respective path information included in each of at least some of the plurality of time synchronization packets, particular communication paths among two or more communication paths between the master clock device and the network device, via which the respective time synchronization packets traveled from the master clock device to the network device. The clock module determines a system time clock based on respective time information included in the at least some of the plurality of time synchronization packets and the identifications of the particular communication paths via which the respective time synchronization packets traveled from the master clock device to the network device. |
| US10205543B2 |
Wireless communication system and method for monitoring the quality of a wireless link and recommending a manual adjustment to improve the quality of the wireless link
A system that acquires information from at least first and second electronic devices, the information indicating a quality of a wireless link between the at least first and second electronic devices; generates adjustment information indicating an adjustment of at least one of a position, orientation, antenna position or antenna direction of at least one of the first or second electronic devices to improve the quality of the wireless link between the first and second electronic devices; and controls outputting the adjustment information. |
| US10205542B2 |
Operation method of electronic device for transmitting RF signal and electronic device thereof
Disclosed is a method of operating an electronic device to transmit an RF signal. The method includes: selecting output power of a PA included in the electronic device, which is required when a signal is transmitted through an antenna included in the electronic device; determining input power of the PA corresponding to the output power of the PA by using at least one of a first data point, a second data point, or a plurality of data points stored in a memory included in the electronic device; and controlling output power of an RF transmission circuit included in the electronic device based on the input power, wherein the plurality of data points are generated by being linearly interpolated between the first data point and the second data point. Various embodiments are possible. |
| US10205541B2 |
Integrated RF circuit with phase-noise test capability
An integrated circuit is described herein. According to one or more embodiments, the integrated circuit includes a local oscillator with a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) that generates a local oscillator signal. Further, the integrated circuit includes a frequency divider coupled to the VCO downstream thereof. The frequency divider provides a frequency-divided local oscillator signal by reducing the frequency of the local oscillator signal by a constant factor. A first test pad of the integrated circuit is configured to receive a reference oscillator signal. Further, the integrated circuit includes a first mixer that receives the reference oscillator signal and the frequency-divided local oscillator signal to down-convert the frequency-divided local oscillator signal. |
| US10205538B2 |
Providing digital data services as electrical signals and radio-frequency (RF) communications over optical fiber in distributed communications systems, and related components and methods
Distributed communications systems providing and supporting radio frequency (RF) communication services and digital data services, and related components and methods are disclosed. The RF communication services can be distributed over optical fiber to client devices, such as remote units for example. Power can also be distributed over electrical medium that is provided to distribute digital data services, if desired, to provide power to remote communications devices and/or client devices coupled to the remote communications devices for operation. In this manner, as an example, the same electrical medium used to transport digital data signals in the distributed antenna system can also be employed to provide power to the remote communications devices and/or client devices coupled to the remote communications devices. Power may be injected and switched from two or more power sources over selected electrical medium to distribute power for power-consuming components supporting RF communications services and digital data services. |
| US10205534B2 |
Systems and methods for network signaling
A method for conveying information through an optical fiber link between a transmitter and a receiver of an optical communication system. The method includes generating, by the transmitter, a predetermined spectral change, and inserting the predetermined spectral change into an optical fiber link for transmission to the receiver. A detector associated with the receiver detects the predetermined spectral change in an optical signal received through the optical fiber link, and generates a detection signal in accordance with the detection result. The detector is independent of a digital signal processor of the receiver that is configured to recover data modulated on the optical signal received through the optical fiber link. |
| US10205530B2 |
Network security and variable pulse wave form with continuous communication
A pulsed light communication device has a plurality of indicator light emitting diodes emitting diodes emitting at least one of a plurality of wavelengths of colored light to correspond to a designated color assigned to a security level for a network. A continuous uninterrupted modulated pulsed light emitting diode light signal may be generated having a sensitivity threshold detection level exceeding minimal parameters of a photodetector. |
| US10205529B2 |
Light source modulation circuit, light source modulation method, and projector apparatus
A light source modulation circuit includes a pulse width modulator (PWM) PWM-modulating an input PWM carrier signal according to an input on-time ratio signal to output a PWM-modulated signal, a frequency divider circuit frequency-dividing the PWM carrier signal at a predetermined frequency division ratio to output a communication carrier signal, a communication modulator modulating the communication carrier signal according to an input communication modulation code to output a communication modulation signal, an operational circuit performing a logical AND operation of the PWM-modulated signal and the communication modulation signal to output a resulting signal of the operation as a light source modulation signal, and a light source drive circuit generating a light source drive signal based on the light source modulation signal. |
| US10205526B2 |
Methods and systems for reducing noise in optoelectronic oscillators
Optoelectronic oscillator systems and an optoelectronic oscillator noise reduction method. One example of an optoelectronic oscillator system includes an optical source positioned at a first end of a fiber-optic path, the optical source being configured to transmit an optical signal along the fiber-optic path, an optical modulator positioned to receive and modulate the optical signal based on at least a reference signal, a retro-reflector positioned at a second end of the fiber-optic path, the retro-reflector being configured to receive and retro-reflect the optical signal, the retro-reflected optical signal having at least a frequency range of inherent fiber noise canceled, and an optical circulator positioned along the fiber-optic path between the optical modulator and the retro-reflector, the optical circulator being configured to direct the optical signal to the retro-reflector and direct the retro-reflected optical signal along a feedback path to a first photodetector to generate the reference signal. |
| US10205523B2 |
Designing and configuring packet optical networks
A packet optical network configuring method including obtaining network information that includes an optical reachability graph for a packet optical network, generating a packet reachability graph using the network information, generating a packet transport design for a network configuration for the packet optical network based on the packet reachability graph, generating an optical transport design for the network configuration, determining the network configuration is acceptable when the network configuration meets one or more predefined user objectives, and outputting the network configuration based on the determination. An apparatus including a receiver configured to obtain network information that includes an optical reachability graph for a packet optical network, a memory, and a processor coupled to the receiver and the memory, and configured to generate a set of packet reachability graphs using the network information, where each packet reachability graph from the set of packet reachability graphs interconnects a plurality of integrated packet optical network nodes for packet switching and optical switching. |
| US10205518B1 |
Method and system for optical vector analysis
An apparatus comprises an optical detecting signal generator configured to provide an optical spectrum comprising two frequency carriers, the two frequency carriers having two different nominal carrier frequencies, and the output port of the optical detecting signal generator being further configured to be coupled to a device under test (DUT); an optical to electrical converter configured to generate a first electrical current based on the optical spectrum without the optical spectrum passing through the DUT; and generate a second electrical current based on the optical spectrum after the optical spectrum passes through the DUT; and a data processor coupled to the optical to electrical converter, the data processor being configured to determine a transfer function of the DUT at an average of the two different nominal carrier frequencies based on the first electrical current and the second electrical current. |
| US10205512B2 |
Gain/flatness enhancement for RF switch matrix
Methods and apparatuses for enhancing flatness of frequency response of couplings of radio frequency (RF) ports in an RF switch matrix. Techniques include determining a second RF port has been selected to be coupled to a first RF port via a coupling, obtaining an indication of a frequency or frequencies to be carried via the coupling, determining an amount of attenuation or amplification for the coupling for the frequency or frequencies, and adjusting attenuation or amplification applied to the coupling according to the determined amount attenuation or amplification. |
| US10205510B2 |
Multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) system and method for providing satellite service
The present invention discloses an MIMO satellite service system and a method for providing an MIMO satellite service. According to the present invention, by periodically reporting terminal status information to a gateway platform, and acquiring connectable satellite communication systems of all MIMO satellite service terminals from a broadcast message, all MIMO satellite service terminals that access a network can update, in real time, types of satellite communication systems that can be connected by other terminals in the network. Therefore, not only a same satellite communication system can be selected to perform communication, but also communication across satellite communication systems can be performed based on forwarding of the gateway platform. Therefore, flexibility of satellite communication is improved, and interconnection and intercommunication are implemented for users that use different satellite communication systems, thereby improving application convenience of users that access a network, and also improving a bandwidth utilization rate of a communication system. |
| US10205501B2 |
Apparatus and method in wireless communication system using multi-user superposition transmission
Aspects of the disclosure include an apparatus at base station side in a wireless communication system for multi-user superposition transmission. The apparatus includes a superposition control unit and an indication generation unit. The superposition control unit is configured to insert, into a data stream of each user equipment in a group of user equipment comprising a plurality of user equipment, a demodulation reference signal corresponding to the data stream, and superpose demodulation reference signals corresponding to data streams of respective user equipment. The indication generation unit is configured to generate, for at least a first user equipment among the plurality of user equipment, an indication regarding a demodulation reference signal corresponding to a data stream of other user equipment among the plurality of user equipment, to assist the first user equipment in demodulating data transmitted in the multi-user superposition transmission. |
| US10205491B2 |
System and method for large scale multiple input multiple output communications
A method for communicating using a large scale multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna array, the method includes determining angular domain channel estimates of the large scale MIMO antenna array in accordance with antenna domain channel estimates of the large scale MIMO antenna array, identifying significant beams of the large scale MIMO antenna array by maximizing the angular domain channel estimates, and communicating with at least one receiving device utilizing the significant beams as identified. |
| US10205487B1 |
Wireless power consortium device and method for manufacturing the same
A wireless power consortium device includes a flexible substrate layer, at least one first WPC coil on the flexible substrate layer, at least one first NFC coil on the flexible substrate layer, at least one WPC module, and at least one NFC module. Each WPC module comprises a first matching circuit and a WPC power supply chip electrically connected to the first matching circuit. Each NFC module comprises a second matching circuit and an NFC controlling chip electrically connected to the second matching circuit. The first matching circuit and the second matching circuit are different parts of one circuit and are formed on the flexible substrate layer. |
| US10205482B1 |
Apparatus and methods for processing ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves that propagates along a surface of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves conveys a plurality of communication signals, obtaining, from the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves, at least one communication signal from the plurality of communication signals, and distributing the at least one communication signal to at least one communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10205479B2 |
Protecting and supporting device for electronic tablet device
A protecting and supporting device for an electronic tablet device includes: slideways (2) provided on a left and a right side of the electronic tablet device (1) and a protection housing (3). Sliding rails (4) are provided on both a left side and a right side of the protection housing (3); wherein two slideways are provided between two sliding rails, the left slideway is slidably connected to the sliding rail on the right side of the protection housing by a sliding shaft (5), the right slideway is slidably connected to the sliding rail on the right side of the protection housing by the other sliding shaft, each sliding shaft can slide in the slideway and the sliding rail on the same side; the slideway and the sliding rail on the same side can rotate relative to the sliding shaft on the same side. |
| US10205478B2 |
Cover glass for mobile terminals, manufacturing method of the same and mobile terminal device
To provide cover glass for mobile terminals exhibiting high strength in a thin plate thickness state to enable reductions in thickness of apparatuses when inserted in the apparatuses, cover glass (1) for a mobile terminal of the invention is cover glass (1) that is obtained by forming a resist pattern on main surfaces of a plate-shaped glass substrate, then etching the glass substrate with an etchant using the resist pattern as a mask, and thereby cutting the glass substrate into a desired shape and that protects a display screen of the mobile terminal, where an edge face of the cover glass (1) is formed of a molten glass surface, and as surface roughness of the edge face, arithmetic mean roughness Ra is 10 nm or less. |
| US10205477B1 |
Osteoacusis finger ring
Disclosed is an osteoacusis finger ring, including a finger ring body and a first communication device. The finger ring body has a recess thereon, two end portions of the recess are respectively disposed with a clamping protrusion part, and the whole finger ring is in a C shape. Two lugs are formed at the bottom of the first communication device, and the lug is disposed with a fitting groove at the internal side thereof. The first communication device includes a shell, a display unit, a switch unit, a circuit board, and a conducing colloid. The circuit board is disposed with a Bluetooth communication unit, a pickup unit, and an osteoacusis vibrator. The upper end of the conducing colloid is attached to the osteoacusis vibrator, and the lower end of the conducting colloid passes through the accommodating hole and protrudes from the bottom of the shell. |
| US10205475B2 |
Method and communication node for broadband distribution
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a communication node having a modem that receives first data streams from a source communication node via a first plurality of twisted pair transmission lines. A multiplexer selects a first subset of the first data streams and a second subset of the first data streams. A wireless transceiver wirelessly transmits the first subset of the first data streams as radio frequency signals via an antenna to at least one device. A distribution point unit transmits the second subset of the first data streams on a second plurality of twisted pair transmission lines to a destination communication node of a distributed antenna system. |
| US10205474B2 |
Facilitating in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies
A method for facilitating in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies on a wireless communication device is provided. The method can include transmitting data traffic from the wireless communication device via an aggressor wireless communication technology; determining occurrence of an in-device interference condition resulting from transmission of the data traffic via the aggressor wireless communication technology interfering with concurrent data reception by the wireless communication device via a victim wireless communication technology; and reducing a bit rate of the data traffic transmitted via the aggressor wireless communication technology in response to the in-device interference condition. |
| US10205473B2 |
Cartesian error-feedback transmitter architecture with a feedforward path
An error-feedback transmitter includes an input that receives an input signal, and an output that produces an output signal. It also includes an amplifier, located on a main path that carries a main signal between the input and the output. The transmitter includes a feedback path that carries a feedback signal from the output to the input, and a feedback-signal combiner, located on the main path between the input and the amplifier. The feedback-signal combiner negatively combines the feedback signal with the input signal to improve linearity in the output signal. The transmitter includes a feedforward path that carries a feedforward signal from the input toward the output, and a feedforward-signal combiner, located on the feedback path between the output and the feedback-signal combiner. The feedforward-signal combiner negatively combines the feedforward signal with the feedback signal to suppress components of the main signal in the feedback signal. |
| US10205470B2 |
System and methods for low complexity list decoding of turbo codes and convolutional codes
A method and system for decoding a signal are provided. The method includes receiving a signal, where the signal includes at least one symbol; decoding the signal in stages, where each at least one symbol is decoded into at least one bit per stage, wherein a Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) and a path metric are determined for each possible path for each at least one bit at each stage; determining the magnitudes of the LLRs; identifying K bits of the signal with the smallest corresponding LLR magnitudes; identifying, for each of the K bits, L possible paths with the largest path metrics at each decoder stage for a user-definable number of decoder stages; performing forward and backward traces, for each of the L possible paths, to determine candidate codewords; performing a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) on the candidate codewords, and stopping after a first candidate codeword passes the CRC. |
| US10205467B2 |
Bit interleaver for low-density parity check codeword having length of 16200 and code rate of 4/15 and 256-symbol mapping, and bit interleaving method using same
A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 16200 and a code rate of 4/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for 256-symbol mapping. |
| US10205465B2 |
Apparatus for overload recovery of an integrator in a sigma-delta modulator
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a first integrator to receive an input signal and to generate a first output; a second integrator to receive the first output or a version of the first output and to generate a second output; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to quantize the second output into a digital representation, the ADC including a detection circuit to detect an overload condition in the second output. |
| US10205462B2 |
SAR ADCs with dedicated reference capacitor for each bit capacitor
A successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) typically includes circuitry for implementing bit trials that converts an analog input to a digital output bit by bit. The circuitry for bit trials are usually weighted (e.g., binary weighted), and these bit weights are not always ideal. Calibration algorithms can calibrate or correct for non-ideal bit weights and usually prefer these bit weights to be signal independent so that the bit weights can be measured and calibrated/corrected easily. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a unique circuit design of an SAR ADC, where each bit capacitor or pair of bit capacitors (in a differential design) has a corresponding dedicated on-chip reference capacitor. The speed of the resulting ADC is fast due to the on-chip reference capacitors (offering fast reference settling times), while errors associated with non-ideal bit weights of the SAR ADC are signal independent (can be easily measured and corrected/calibrated). |
| US10205456B2 |
Systems and methods for frequency domain calibration and characterization
A system for assigning a characterization and calibrating a parameter is disclosed. The system includes a frequency measurement circuit and a finite state machine. The frequency measurement circuit is configured to measure frequencies of an oscillatory signal and to generate a measurement signal including measured frequencies. The finite state machine is configured to control measurements by the frequency measurement circuit, to assign a characterization to a parameter based on the measurement signal, and to generate a calibration signal based on the characterized parameter. |
| US10205453B2 |
Self-timed processors implemented with multi-rail null convention logic and unate gates
There is disclosed a self-timed processor. The self-timed processor includes a plurality of functional blocks comprising null convention logic. Each of the functional blocks outputs one or more multi-rail data values. A global acknowledge tree generates a global acknowledge signal provided to all of the plurality of functional blocks. The global acknowledge signal switches to a first state when all of the multi-rail data values output from the plurality of functional blocks are in respective valid states, and the global acknowledge signal switches to a second state when all of the multi-rail data values output from the plurality of functional blocks are in a null state. |
| US10205446B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a gate terminal, a ground terminal, a power-supply terminal, and a source terminal. The semiconductor device includes a first switch element having a gate and a source, the first switch element connected between the gate terminal and the source terminal, a second switch element connected between one of the gate of the first switch element and the source terminal or between the gate of the first switch element and the ground terminal and configured to switch the first switch element between turned-on and turned-off states, and a capacitor having one terminal thereof connected to the power-supply terminal and the ground terminal and another terminal thereof connected to the gate of the first switch element. Based on the potential state of the ground terminal and the state of the second switch element, the capacitor boosts the voltage of the gate of the first switch element. |
| US10205442B2 |
Galvanically isolated data isolator with improved common mode transient rejection
A transformer based digital isolator is provided that has improved immunity to common mode interference. The improved immunity is provided by placing the transformer in association with an H-bridge drive circuit, and taking additional effort to tailor the on state resistance of the transistors to control a common mode voltage at the transformer. |
| US10205440B2 |
Retention flip-flop circuits for low power applications
Two retention flip-flop topologies that utilize a data retention control circuit and a slave/retention latch (sub-circuit) to reliably retain a data bit during standby/sleep operating modes without the need for a local clock signal. The slave/retention latch is controlled using a local clock signal to store sequentially received data bit values during normal operating modes. During standby/sleep modes, the local clock signal is de-activated (i.e., by turning off the supply voltage provided to the local clock generator circuit), and the data retention control circuit operates in accordance with an externally supplied retention enable control signal to both isolate and control the slave/retention latch such that a last-received data bit value is reliably retained in the slave/retention latch. When normal operation is resumed, the local clock signal is re-activated, and the data retention control circuit controls the slave/retention latch to pass the last-received data bit value to an output driver. |
| US10205438B2 |
Adjustable low-pass filter in a compact low-power receiver
According to one embodiment, a compact low-power receiver comprises first and second analog circuits connected by a digitally controlled interface circuit. The first analog circuit has a first direct-current (DC) offset and a first common mode voltage at an output, and the second analog circuit has a second DC offset and a second common mode voltage at an input. The digitally controlled interface circuit connects the output to the input, and is configured to match the first and second DC offsets and to match the first and second common mode voltages. In one embodiment, the first analog circuit is a variable gain control transimpedance amplifier (TIA) implemented using a current mode buffer, the second analog circuit is a second-order adjustable low-pass filter, whereby a three-pole adjustable low-pass filter in the compact low-power receiver is effectively produced. |
| US10205436B2 |
High-voltage converter based tuning of acoustic filters
Embodiments of an acoustic wave filter system that includes at least one acoustic wave filter and acoustic wave tuning control circuitry are disclosed. The acoustic wave filter includes at least one acoustic wave resonator and defines a passband. To provide tuning for calibration or for dynamic filter operation, the acoustic wave tuning control circuitry is configured to bias one or more of the acoustic wave resonators with bias voltages. Biasing an acoustic wave resonator affects the resonances of the resonator, thereby allowing for the passband of the acoustic wave resonator to be tuned. Accordingly, the acoustic wave tuning control circuitry is configured to adjust the bias voltages so that the acoustic wave filter shifts the passband. In this manner, the passband of the acoustic wave filter can be tuned with high degree of accuracy and without requiring physical alterations to the acoustic wave resonators. |
| US10205434B2 |
Piezoelectric resonator unit and method of manufacturing the same
A piezoelectric resonator unit that includes a piezoelectric resonator, a substrate including a protruding portion, and a cap joined to the protruding portion. The piezoelectric resonator unit has a first relation of (W1+T1)≤w1<(W1+2T1), where, in a long-side sectional view, w1 is a width of an inside of an opening in the cap, T1 is a width of the protruding portion, and W1 is a width of the upper surface of the substrate between parts of the protruding portion; and has a second relation of (W2+T2)≤w2<(W2+2T2), where, in a short-side sectional view, w2 is a width of the inside of the opening in the cap, T2 is a width of the protruding portion, and W2 is a width of the upper surface of the substrate between parts of the protruding portion. |
| US10205433B2 |
Elastic wave device
An elastic wave device includes a substrate including a piezoelectric material layer and an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric material layer. The IDT electrode includes a Pt film, a Ti film on the Pt film, and an Al-based metal film on the Ti film. The Ti film is quasi-single-crystalline. |
| US10205432B2 |
Piezoelectric thin film resonator, filter, and duplexer
A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a piezoelectric film located on a substrate, and formed of stacked lower and upper piezoelectric films; lower and upper electrodes facing each other across at least a part of the piezoelectric film; and an insertion film inserted between the lower and upper piezoelectric films, wherein an air gap including a resonance region where the lower and upper electrodes face each other across the piezoelectric film and being larger than the resonance region is located under the lower electrode, and a multilayered film formed of the lower piezoelectric film, the insertion film, and the upper piezoelectric film is located in at least a part of a region located further out than an outer outline of the resonance region, further in than an outer outline of the air gap, and surrounding the resonance region, and is not located in a center region of the resonance region. |
| US10205429B2 |
Output-noise reduction device
An object is to provide an output-noise reduction device that can prevent noise from an electronic device accommodated in a metal casing from being transmitted due to electromagnetic coupling. An output voltage is extracted to the outside through a conducting bar. A magnetic body core includes a through hole through which the conducting bar is inserted. A chip capacitor is mounted on a mounting board and connects between the output terminal VO and ground potential. A section from the output terminal VO to at least part of the chip capacitor mounted on the mounting board is isolated from the electromagnetic coupling from the electronic device. Thus, noise is prevented from being transmitted to the output terminal VO. |
| US10205427B2 |
Multi-way power amplifier circuit
A multi-way power amplifier circuit includes two baluns and a number (2×N) of differential power amplifiers, where N≥2. Each balun generates a number (N) of corresponding differential intermediate signal pairs based on a respective to-be-amplified signal. Each differential power amplifier generates a respective differential amplified signal pair based on a respective differential intermediate signal pair. One of the baluns includes: a first transmission line and a second transmission line connected to each other; a number (N) of third transmission lines electromagnetically coupled to the first transmission line; and a number (N) of fourth transmission lines electromagnetically coupled to the second transmission line. |
| US10205422B2 |
System and method for a voltage controlled oscillator
In accordance with an embodiment, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) includes a VCO core having a plurality of transistors and a varactor circuit that has a first end coupled to emitter terminals of the VCO core and a second end coupled to a tuning terminal. The varactor circuit includes a capacitance that increases with increasing voltage applied to the tuning terminal with respect to the emitter terminals of the VCO core. |
| US10205414B2 |
Systems and methods for adjusting operations of a gas turbine following a transient event
A method may involve monitoring a first set of electrical properties associated with an electrical grid configured to couple to a generator and determining whether a transient event is present on the electrical grid based on the first set of electrical properties. The method may also involve determining a mechanical power present on a shaft of the generator based on a second set of electrical properties associated with the generator, the electrical grid, or both when the transient event is present and sending the mechanical power to a controller associated with a turbine configured to couple to the generator, wherein the controller is configured to adjust one or more operations of the turbine based on the mechanical power. |
| US10205413B2 |
Magnetic sensor integrated circuit, motor assembly and application device
A magnetic sensor integrated circuit, a motor assembly and an application device are provided. The integrated circuit includes a housing, a semiconductor substrate, at least one input port and an output port, and an electronic circuit arranged on the semiconductor substrate. The electronic circuit includes a rectifying circuit, a magnetic field detection circuit configured to detect an external magnetic field and output magnetic field detection information, and an output control circuit connected to the rectifying circuit, and configured to control, at least based on the magnetic field detection information, the integrated circuit to operate in at least one of a first state in which a load current flows from the output port to an outside of the integrated circuit and a second state in which a load current flows from the outside of the integrated circuit to the output port. The load current flows through the rectifying circuit. |
| US10205412B2 |
Motor driving circuit and motor component
A motor driving circuit and a motor component are provided. The motor driving circuit includes a bidirectional alternating current switch connected in series with a motor across two terminals of an external alternating current power supply, where the bidirectional alternating current switch is connected between a first node and a second node; a rectifying circuit; a magnetic sensor, configured to detect a magnetic field of a rotor and output a corresponding magnetic inductive signal; a first voltage drop circuit and a second voltage drop circuit connected in series between the first input terminal of the rectifying circuit and the first node, where there is a third node between the first voltage drop circuit and the second voltage drop circuit, and the first voltage drop circuit is connected between the first node and the third node; a switch circuit connected between the third node and a control terminal of the bidirectional alternating current switch, where the switch circuit includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a control terminal and a switch arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a switch control circuit connected between the control terminal of the switch circuit and an output terminal of the magnetic sensor. |
| US10205406B2 |
Passive boost network and DC-DC boost converter applying the same
A passive boost network configured to boost and output an AC power signal having a predetermined frequency, can include: an input port; an output port configured to provide the AC power signal; first and second passive components coupled in series between first and second terminals of the input port; a third passive component coupled in series with the second passive component between first and second terminals of the output port; and where the first passive component is one of a capacitor and an inductor, and the second and third passive components are each the other of the capacitor and the inductor. |
| US10205397B2 |
Soft switching on all switching elements converter through current shaping “bucharest converter”
A method is shown to create soft transition in selected topologies by controlling and designing a current pulse injection in front of the output choke to overwhelm the output current at a certain point in the switching cycle. |
| US10205395B2 |
Systems and methods for current control of power conversion systems
System and method for regulating an output current of a power conversion system. An example system controller for regulating an output current of a power conversion system includes a driving component, a demagnetization detector, a current-regulation component, and a signal processing component. The driving component is configured to output a drive signal to a switch in order to affect a primary current flowing through a primary winding of the power conversion system. The demagnetization detector is configured to receive a feedback signal associated with an output voltage of the power conversion system and generate a detection signal based on at least information associated with the feedback signal. The current-regulation component is configured to receive the drive signal, the detection signal and a current-sensing signal and output a current-regulation signal based on at least information associated with the drive signal, the detection signal, and the current sensing signal. |
| US10205388B2 |
Power management integrated circuit for supplying load current information and electronic device having the same
An electronic device includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) including a plurality of regulators. Each of the plurality of regulators has a current meter configured to measure a respective load current. A load device is configured to receive real-time load current information from the PMIC and to perform a performance improvement operation based on the real-time load current information. |
| US10205387B2 |
Charge pump circuit
A charge pump circuit includes N boosting circuits, (N−2) switching circuits and a control circuit. A kth boosting circuit includes a unidirectional component and a capacitor. A positive terminal of the unidirectional component of the kth boosting circuit is electrically connected to a negative terminal of a unidirectional component of a (k−1)th boosting circuit. A first terminal of the capacitor of the kth boosting circuit is electrically connected to a negative terminal of the unidirectional component of the kth boosting circuit. A (2i−1)th switching circuit selectively conducts a current path from a (2i−1)th boosting circuit to a first clock terminal or to a ground terminal according to a control signal of the control circuit. A (2i)th switching circuit selectively conducts a current path from a (2i)th boosting circuit to a second clock terminal or to the ground terminal according to the control signal of the control circuit. |
| US10205384B2 |
Resonant AC-to-DC converter
A resonant AC-to-DC converter apparatus includes an inductance circuit comprising an inductor with a first and connected in series with each phase of an AC power source comprising a fundamental frequency, and a capacitance circuit that includes a capacitance for each phase. Each capacitance is connected between a second end of the inductor of a phase and a neutral connection, and the capacitance and the inductor of the connected phase form a resonant frequency. The apparatus includes a rectification circuit with an input and an output, the input connected, for each phase, in series with the second end of the inductor of the phase. The resonant frequency is related to the fundamental frequency to provide a gain at the fundamental frequency, the gain boosting a voltage of the input to the rectification circuit at the fundamental frequency above an output voltage of the AC source. |
| US10205381B1 |
Start-up control in power systems using fixed-ratio power conversion
A power converter system converts power from an input source for delivery to an active load. An input current surge at startup may be reduced by combining power converter switch resistance modulation with active load control. In another aspect, an input current surge at startup in an array of power converters may be reduced by periodically reconfiguring the array during the startup phase to accumulatively increase the output voltage up to a predetermined output voltage. A power converter may include a controller that provides an over-current signal to the load to reduce the load or advise of potential voltage perturbations. |
| US10205380B2 |
Power converter with tank circuit and over-voltage protection
In one implementation, a power converter with over-voltage protection includes a power switch coupled to a power supply through a tank circuit, and a control circuit coupled to a gate of the power switch. The control circuit is configured to turn the power switch OFF based on a current from the tank circuit, thereby providing the over-voltage protection to the power converter. In one implementation, the power converter is a class-E power converter. In one implementation, the control circuit is configured to sense the current from the tank circuit based on a voltage drop across a sense resistor coupled to the power switch. |
| US10205379B2 |
Multilevel inverter for cryogenic power systems
A power system includes a first unit block having first resonant circuitry that receives power from a DC bus, a first controlled rectifier that provides a first portion of power to one or more loads at a first voltage level, and a first transformer coupled between the first resonant circuitry and the first controlled rectifier. A second unit block includes second resonant circuitry that receives power from the DC bus, a second controlled rectifier configured to provide a second portion of power to the one or more loads at a second voltage level, and a second transformer coupled between the resonant circuitry and the controlled rectifier. The first and second unit blocks are coupled in series to output a summation waveform. |
| US10205372B2 |
Motor-generator shaft with centrifugal fan blades
Disclosed in the present invention is a shaft construction for motor-generators and alternators that provides effective airflow and improved overall cooling without the need for an external fan. The shaft comprises a plurality of circumferentially disposed centrifugal fan blades and longitudinal cooling channels. As the shaft rotates, the centrifugal fan blades pull the air inwardly across the winding end-turns on one end of the stator into the housing and propels the air at high pressure through the cooling channels along the shaft to cool the rotor inner circumferential surfaces, winding end-turns on the other end of the stator and bearings mounting surfaces, and exhausts through the exhaust vents on the ends of the housing. The airflow path provides effective cooling of the stator windings, rotor, shaft and bearings that prevents high temperature gradients, thus resulting in improved motor-generator performance. |
| US10205370B2 |
Linear compressor and linear motor
A linear compressor and a linear motor are provided. The linear motor may include a first stator, a second stator spaced apart from the first stator, and a permanent magnet disposed to be movable in a first direction between the first and second stators. The first stator may include a bobbin with a coil wound thereon, and a stator core that surrounds the bobbin. The stator core may be located between the second stator and the coil and may include first and second magnetic poles spaced apart from each other. One portion or entire portions of each of the first and second magnetic poles may have a constant magnetic path width within a range of a movement trajectory of the permanent magnet. |
| US10205369B2 |
Power generation system and method
A method is disclosed for generating and distributing electric power for localized use. The method entails providing an enclosed building having an air conditioning and ventilation unit for supplying cooled air within the building, the unit including a closed loop circuit configured to operate a closed loop refrigeration cycle, including a compressor operable to compress a working fluid of the closed loop circuit. The method further includes engaging an internal combustion engine with the compressor and operating the internal combustion engine to drive the compressor, thereby transferring energy to the refrigeration cycle. The method may also involve engaging an electric motor with the compressor and operating the electric motor to drive the compressor, thereby transferring energy to the refrigeration cycle. |
| US10205367B2 |
Motor having a noise filter
A motor may include a housing, a motor assembly accommodated in the housing, and a mold cover having an outer circumferential surface. The outer circumferential surface may be coupled to the housing, which has electrical conductivity. A noise filter is provided in the mold cover. A ground terminal of the noise filter is electrically connected to the outer circumferential surface of the mold cover. |
| US10205363B2 |
Locating structure between printed circuit board and insulating bobbin in a brushless motor
A brushless motor includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of locating holes therethrough; and an upper insulating bobbin including a plurality of locating bosses distributed along a circumference direction of an upper surface of the upper insulating bobbin. Each locating boss has a locating column projecting from a top surface thereof such that each locating column is inserted into a respective locating hole. |
| US10205359B2 |
Low cost permanent magnet motor for an electric power steering system
A rotor includes an inner wall and an outer wall, where the inner wall forms a space and is radially centered along a central longitudinal axis of the rotor. The rotor further includes a first magnetic pair of legs corresponding to a first pole. The first leg and a second leg of the first magnetic pair of legs are disposed within the rotor, and a first angular distance between the first leg and the second leg decreases from the outer wall to the inner wall. A second magnetic pair of legs corresponding to a second pole that differs from the first pole, a third leg and a fourth leg of the second magnetic pair of legs being disposed within the rotor to extend radially inward from the outer wall toward the inner wall, a second angular distance between the third leg and the fourth leg decreases from the outer wall to the inner wall. |
| US10205358B2 |
Electric machine for a vehicle powertrain and the electric machine includes a permanent magnet
An electric machine is provided that includes a rotor assembly having a rotor core configured to support permanent magnets spaced around the rotor core to define a number of rotor poles. The rotor core has multiple rotor slots arranged as multiple barrier layers at each of the rotor poles. The rotor core is configured so that the electric machine satisfies predetermined operating parameters. In one embodiment, the electric machine is coupled with an engine through a belt drive train and provides cranking (engine starting), regeneration and torque assist modes. |
| US10205354B2 |
Brushless motor having a stator with teeth shaped to reduce cogging torque
A brushless motor includes a rotor in which permanent magnets are provided on an inner circumferential surface of a rotor core, and a stator in which teeth are provided on respective ends of stator cores around each of which a coil is wound. Each of the teeth is formed such that the distance between a facing surface which faces the permanent magnet and an inner circumferential surface of the permanent magnet is increased from the center of the tooth to the end thereof. Therefore, the rate of variation in magnetic resistance in response to variation in position of the rotor can be minimized, whereby cogging torque can be markedly reduced. |
| US10205350B2 |
Methods and apparatuses using processors and memory powered by wireless energy
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with wireless energy are described. In one embodiment, a method can comprise collecting an energy that is transmitted wirelessly to produce a collected energy. The method can also comprise supplying the collected energy to a device. |
| US10205347B2 |
Power supply device and power supply method
A power supply device that is capable of suppressing complexity of the circuit structure and increasing in the substrate area for the impedance adjustment configuration is provided. The power supply device includes a power supply antenna, supplying a power to a power receiving device, a reactance adjustment part, adjusting a reactance of the power supply antenna; a power source, supplying a voltage to the power supply antenna; and a controller, controlling the reactance adjustment part and the voltage of the power source. |
| US10205346B2 |
Wireless power receiver and host control interface thereof
A wireless power receiver, configured to receive power from a wireless power outlet and to communicate with a host for providing electrical power thereto, is provided comprising a secondary inductive coil configured to receive power from a primary coil of the wireless power outlet, and a host control interface configured to facilitate communication between the wireless power receiver and the host. The host control interface comprises contacts, one or more information-carrying contacts configured to conduct at least one of a clock and a data signal between the wireless power receiver and the host, supply input and power supply ground contacts configured to cooperate to provide current between the wireless power receiver and the host, an interrupt-signal contact configured to carry an INTERRUPT signal from the wireless power receiver and the host, and an enable-signal contact configured to carry an ENABLE signal from the host to the wireless power receiver. |
| US10205334B2 |
Power supply system, transportation device, and power transmission method
A power supply system includes a first energy storage, a second energy storage, a power transmission circuit, and circuitry. The circuitry acquires a request supply amount, a request output amount, and failure detection information. The circuitry controls the power transmission circuit in accordance with the at least one of the request supply amount and the request output amount such that a ratio of an amount of electric power supplied from or to the first energy storage and an amount of electric power supplied from or to the second energy storage is to be a first ratio in a normal operating. The circuitry controls the power transmission circuit in accordance with the at least one of the request supply amount and the request output amount such that the ratio is to be a second ratio which is different from the first ration in a partial failure state. |
| US10205326B2 |
Adaptation of energy consumption node for guided surface wave reception
Disclosed, in one example, is an energy consumption node. The node includes a guided surface wave receive structure configured to obtain electrical energy from a guided surface wave traveling along a terrestrial medium. The node also includes a distribution system coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure and configured to distribute the obtained electrical energy to an electrical load coupleable to the distribution system. |
| US10205320B2 |
Power management apparatus, power management system, and power management method
A power management apparatus manages power consumptions of a plurality of equipments provided in a facility. The power management apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire power amount information which is information related to power consumption of the plurality of equipments; and a controller configured to calculate, based on the power amount information, a predicted value of a power consumption amount which is an accumulated value of power consumptions of the plurality of equipments in a predetermined time period. The plurality of equipments includes an automatically-controlled equipment to which automatic control of automatically controlling power consumptions by the controller is applicable, and a non-automatically-controlled equipment to which the automatic control is not applied. The controller notifies a user of information for identifying the non-automatically-controlled equipment from among the plurality of equipments, in a case in which the predicted value exceeds a threshold value. |
| US10205318B2 |
Method and system for reducing losses during electrical power distribution
Systems and methods which employ a distribution circuit adaptor (DCA) inserted into a branch supply circuit at a (site specific) suitable location between a trunk and the loads that each existing branch feeds. The systems and methods may identify the optimal location at which to insert one or more DCAs. In some implementations, the all-earthen grounding between the source and the step down transformers feeding a load site can be replaced. Such may be achieved by using pairs of existing trunk conductors to complete the return circuit on the primary side of the DCA, and optionally an additional dedicated return conduit to complete the return circuit on the secondary side of the DCA. |
| US10205315B2 |
Fault detection system
A fault detection system is provided which includes power lines connecting between a DC power supply and electric equipment, switches respectively provided to the power lines, a capacitor connected to the power lines at a position where a distance to the electric equipment is shorter than a distance between the switches and the electric equipment, a charging unit charging the capacitor before the switches are turned on, a detection section connected to the power line at a connecting point where a distance to the DC power supply is shorter than a distance between the switches and the DC power supply, and detecting a change in an electric potential of the connecting point, and a determination section determining whether a short-circuit fault has occurred in any one of the switches based on a difference in the electric potential of the connecting point between before and after the capacitor is charged. |
| US10205313B2 |
Two-transistor devices for protecting circuits from sustained overcurrent
Two-transistor devices protect electrical circuits from sustained overcurrent conditions. Some cases provide normally-on depletion mode transistors biased into enhancement mode for lower impedance during normal current conditions, and then the transistors are biased into blocking depletion mode during sustained overcurrent conditions to block the current to the circuit. Optionally, the devices have only two terminals and require no auxiliary power to operate. Other cases provide protective circuitry for the transistors' gates, timing circuitry designed to ignore brief nuisance spikes, and/or timing circuitry to delay resetting the device until the current has returned to an acceptable level. |
| US10205311B2 |
In-use water-tight coupler for an electrical floor box
An electrical floor box is configured to be electrically connected to an electrical cable that includes a cable terminal. The electrical floor box includes a surface plate oriented parallel to a floor surface. The surface plate includes an aperture. The electrical floor box also includes an electrical connector positioned in the aperture of the surface plate. The electrical connector includes a connector terminal that is configured to engage the cable terminal to provide an electrical connection therebetween. The electrical floor box further includes a sealing member positioned between the electrical connector and one of the aperture and the electrical cable to inhibit moisture interaction with the cable terminal and the connector terminal while the electrical cable is coupled to the electrical connector. |
| US10205310B1 |
Flanged vapor box
A flanged vapor box for mounting an electrical component in a wall or similar structure while preventing air infiltration around or through the box. The vapor box includes a flange with an integral face gasket and one or more cable gaskets at cable entry points into the box. The face gasket prevents seepage of air between the drywall and the box. The cable gaskets seal around any inserted electrical cables to prevent infiltration into the inside environment. Captive fasteners include end portions integral with the box and can be rapidly tightened to secure the box to a stud or similar support. Thin tabs on the flanged vapor box provide a means for rapidly and accurately positioning and aligning the box against a stud or similar support. The alignment tabs are substantially thin to avoid creating a bulge in the drywall surrounding the box. |
| US10205304B2 |
Widely tunable swept source
A high-speed, single-mode, high power, reliable and manufacturable wavelength-tunable light source operative to emit wavelength tunable radiation over a wavelength range contained in a wavelength span between about 950 nm and about 1150 nm, including a vertical cavity laser (VCL), the VCL having a gain region with at least one compressively strained quantum well containing Indium, Gallium, and Arsenic. |
| US10205303B1 |
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser thin wafer bowing control
A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) wafer, may include: a substrate layer, epitaxial layers grown on the substrate layer, and a strain compensating layer to control bowing of the VCSEL wafer after thinning of the VCSEL wafer. The strain compensating layer may be arranged on an epitaxial side of the substrate layer. The strain compensating layer may control bowing of the thinned VCSEL wafer by at least partially compensating for compressive strain in the epitaxial layers of the VCSEL wafer. |
| US10205302B2 |
Quantum dot SOA-silicon external cavity multi-wavelength laser
A hybrid external cavity multi-wavelength laser using a QD RSOA and a silicon photonics chip is demonstrated. Four lasing modes at 2 nm spacing and less than 3 dB power non-uniformity were observed, with over 20 mW of total output power. Each lasing peak can be successfully modulated at 10 Gb/s. At 10−9 BER, the receiver power penalty is less than 2.6 dB compared to a conventional commercial laser. An expected application is the provision of a comb laser source for WDM transmission in optical interconnection systems. |
| US10205296B2 |
Swept light source and method for controlling the same
Provided is a swept light source including one end surface coupled to a wavelength filter constituted of a diffraction grating and an end mirror via a light deflector and another end surface including a gain medium facing an output coupling mirror and which configures a laser cavity between the end mirror and the output coupling mirror, wherein a drive voltage having an AC voltage on which a DC bias voltage is superimposed is output from a control voltage source of the light deflector to an electrode pair of an electro-optic crystal, light is radiated from a light emitter to the electro-optic crystal, and incident light from the gain medium incident along an optical axis perpendicular to a direction of an electric field formed by the control voltage is deflected in a direction parallel to the electric field, so that wavelength sweeping is performed. |
| US10205290B2 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector comprises: an insulated seat provided with a base seat and a docking part, wherein the docking part is connected to a front end of the base seat, the docking part is provided with two connection plates facing each other in a vertical direction, each of opposite facing surfaces of the two connection plates is provided with a connection surface, and a connection slot is formed between the two connection surfaces; two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, the terminal is provided with a fixing portion and an extension, the fixing portion is fixed to the base seat, the extension extends to a connection plate and is provided with a contact projecting beyond the connection surface, the contact is vertically elastically movable, the contacts of the terminals of the two terminal sets respectively project from the two connection surfaces to the connection slot; and a metal housing covering the insulated seat; characterized in that a metallic inner shell is further provided between the metal housing and the docking part, the metallic inner shell rests against the metal housing, and each of left and right side plates of the metallic inner shell is integrally provided with a projecting resilient snap projecting toward the connection slot. |
| US10205289B2 |
Electrical connector
The invention provides an electrical connector, comprising: an insulated seat provided with a base seat and a jointing portion, which is provided with at least one connection surface; and at least one row of terminals, wherein the at least one row of terminals are arranged and connected to a material tape, wherein the material tape and the one row of terminals are formed by pressing the same metal sheet, the one row of terminals are fixed to the insulated seat and then separated from the material tape, the terminal is provided with a contact and a pin, the contact is exposed from the connection surface, and the pin extends out of the insulated seat; characterized in that the material tape is integrally connected to at least one metal material sheet and fixedly combined with the insulated seat, one end of the at least one metal material sheet is separated from the material tape to form one separated section exposed from the insulated seat, and the at least one metal material sheet is left and fixed to the insulated seat. |
| US10205283B2 |
Reduced cross-section enclosed power outlet
Power outlets adapted for installation within an enclosure are provided. Power outlets are provided having a safety interlock adapted to prevent the creation of a hazardous condition within the enclosure as a result of the continued operation of an electrical device within the enclosed space. The safety interlock may include current limiting circuitry and hardware, hazard sensing devices interconnected with such current limiting circuitry and hardware or other circuit breaker switches, and combinations of such safety interlocks. The power outlets may also be adapted for installation within a movable enclosure, such as, for example, a drawer. |
| US10205282B2 |
Coaxial connector with quick locking and separating mechanism
A coaxial connector includes: a first joint and a second joint, a locking flange arranged at one end portion of the second joint; and a quick locking and separating mechanism that includes: a locking member fixedly arranged on a first end portion of the first joint and provided with a depression for accommodating the locking flange of the second joint; and a sliding sleeve arranged around the first joint and being slidable between a locking position in which the sliding sleeve locks the locking flange of the second joint in the depression of the locking member so as to connect the first joint and the second joint and an unlocking position in which the sliding sleeve allows the locking flange of the second joint to disengage from the depression of the locking member so as to allow the first joint to be separated from the second joint. |
| US10205280B2 |
Connector and electronic device with the connector
A connector includes a cavity, a detecting portion, and a door. The cavity includes a first interface, the detecting portion is set in the cavity, and the door is set at the first interface. A first door first end includes a metal portion, such that when an external device enters in the cavity through the first interface by pushing the door, the metal portion is coupled to the detecting portion, and the detecting portion outputs a first control signal accordingly. When an external device is inserted into the connector, a power is supplied to the connector, when the external device is not inserted into the connector, the power is not supplied to the connector, thus achieving the purpose of energy conservation. |
| US10205278B2 |
Connector connecting device
It is aimed to improve connector connecting operability. A connector connecting device includes a connector holder (10) disposed on a body (90) of an automatic transmission while holding a plurality of holder-side connectors (50) and configured to collectively arrange the respective holder-side connectors (50) at positions corresponding to device-side connectors (82). The connector holder (10) includes holding portions (19) each configured to hold the holder-side connector (50) displaceably to an aligned position for aligning the holder-side connector (50) in a state connectable to the device-side connector (82) and a push-in position for connecting the holder-side connector (50) to the device-side connector (82) by the holder-side connector (50) being pushed from the aligned position. |
| US10205276B2 |
Lever-type connector
A lever-type connector includes a first housing and a second housing which are capable of being fitted to each other and a lever mounted on the second housing and which is movable from a fitting start position to a fitting completion position. The first housing includes a pressing part. The second housing includes a housing side locking part and a guide inclined surface which is adjacent to the housing side locking part. The lever includes a lever side locking part. The lever side locking part is elastically deformable in a first direction and locked to the housing side locking part when the lever is located on the fitting start position. |
| US10205275B2 |
Plug device and method of automatically plugging display panel with connector
A plug device for automatically plugging a display panel and a connector comprises a first linkage having a fixed end and a movable end that can approach or get away from the display panel at a plug location. The connector comprises a first connector head, a second connector head and a wire that connects the first and second connector heads, the connector is mounted on the first linkage, the first and second connector heads of the connector are respectively secured on the movable end and the fixed end of the first linkage. The second connector head is connected with a signal generator, and when the movable end approaches the display panel at the plug location, the first connector head is automatically plugged on the display panel. The plug device may be used in a method of automatically plugging a display panel with a connector. |
| US10205272B2 |
Magnetic connector
A magnetic connector has a receptacle and a plug. The receptacle has an electromagnet comprising an inner core, an outer core, a coil disposed around the inner core and an air gap defined by the edges of the inner and outer cores. The plug has a plug core and an anchor defined by the plug core edge. The anchor is configured to insert into the air gap as a receptacle socket electrically connects with plug pins. The coil is energized and de-energized so as to assist in the insertion or removal of the anchor from within the air gap and the corresponding connection and disconnection of the socket and pins. |
| US10205265B2 |
Plug connector assembly having improved contacting module structure
A plug connector assembly includes a cable and a mating member electrically connected to the cable, the mating member having an insulative housing and a contacting module retained in the insulative housing, the contacting module having a first contacting module unit and a second contacting module unit, the first contacting module unit having plural first contacts arranged along a lateral direction and a first insulative member retaining the first contacts, the second contacting module unit having plural second contacts arranged along the lateral direction and a second insulative member retaining the second contacts, wherein each of the first and second insulative members includes a same engagement structure, through which the first insulative member and the second insulative member are assembled into a whole by interference arrangement and then inserted into the insulative housing together. |
| US10205262B2 |
Multi-contact plug on rail
A connecting device for detachably connecting electrical connections, for example between a rechargeable battery and an electrical power tool or a rechargeable battery and a charging device. The connecting device includes a carrier unit and at least one receptacle connectable to the carrier unit. A receptacle as part of and for connection to a connecting device. A carrier unit as part of a connecting device and for accommodating at least one receptacle. |
| US10205257B1 |
Energy saving USB receptacle
Provided herein is technology relating to providing power over a universal serial bus (USB) connection and particularly, but not exclusively, to devices, methods, and systems related to a (USB) technology for reducing energy consumption by a USB receptacle. |
| US10205252B2 |
Connecting structure of crimp terminal and electric wire
A structure for connecting a crimp terminal and an electric wire includes: a crimp terminal that includes a conductor crimping portion and a coating crimping portion serially and includes an electric wire connector that is to be crimped to the electric wire; and a water stop sheet having an opening for bringing a conductor into contact with the conductor crimping portion, and laid between the electric wire connector and the electric wire. When a joint is swaged and crimped, the swaged and crimped joint has a second included angle θ2 between the bottom plate and a second line that is larger than a first included angle θ1 between the bottom plate and a first line in a cross section that is perpendicular to a bottom plate of the electric wire connector and that includes an electric wire axial line. |
| US10205250B2 |
Junction structure for an electronic device and electronic device
A junction structure for electronic device having an excellent bonding strength is provided. A junction structure for electronic device in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes a first metal layer containing nickel and a second metal layer containing gold, tin, and nickel, while the second metal layer includes an AuSn eutectic phase. |
| US10205249B2 |
Diversified antenna system for vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication
A diversified antenna system is suitable for vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. The antenna system has a first antenna arrangement and a directional antenna arrangement. The first antenna arrangement has a blind spot from which it cannot receive a signal. The directional antenna arrangement is configured to receive signals from the blind spot of the first antenna arrangement. A vehicle is provided with such an antenna system and communication is effected between vehicles or between vehicles and infrastructures. |
| US10205248B1 |
Antenna structure for concurrent channel communication
Antenna structures and methods of operating the same are described. An antenna structure may include an antenna carrier, a first antenna disposed on the first antenna carrier and coupled to a first radio frequency (RF) feed, a second antenna disposed on the first antenna carrier and coupled to a second RF feed, a third antenna disposed on the first antenna carrier and coupled to a third RF feed, and a fourth antenna disposed on the first antenna carrier and coupled to a fourth RF feed. The first antenna and the second antenna may be located along a first axis of the antenna carrier that passes through a center of the antenna carrier. The third antenna and the fourth antenna may be located along a second axis of the antenna carrier that passes through a center of the antenna carrier. |
| US10205246B2 |
Metal shell of communication equipment
The present disclosure provides a metal shell of communication equipment. The metal shell of communication equipment includes a metal substrate, a slit penetrating an inner and an outer surface of the metal substrate, a plastic-supporting layer formed on the inner surface of the metal substrate and a decorative layer formed on the outer surface of the metal substrate, wherein a width of the slit on the outer surface of the metal substrate is 15-500 μm, a width of the slit on the inner surface of the metal substrate is 20-600 μm, and a ratio of the width of the slit on the inner surface of the metal substrate to the width of the slit on the outer surface of the metal substrate is between 1.05:1 and 1.5:1. |
| US10205243B2 |
Device and method for combined signal transmission or for combined signal transmission and energy transmission
A method and a device for combined signal transmission or for combined signal transmission and energy transfer, in particular a portable electronic terminal. The device has at least one coil structure for producing a first electromagnetic field for energy transfer or for signal transmission, wherein the device also has at least one antenna structure for additional signal transmission. The antenna structure has a first partial structure and a second partial structure. The first partial structure is designed and/or is arranged in relation to the second partial structure in such a way that signals in a first frequency range can be received and transmitted by the antenna structure. At least the first partial structure is arranged adjacent to the at least one coil structure in a projection plane oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the coil structure. |
| US10205242B2 |
Terahertz device and fabrication method of the same
THz device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate; an active element formed by being laminated on the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode connected to the first semiconductor layer to be connected to a cathode K of the active element, the second electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate; a first electrode connected to an anode A of the active element, the first electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate to be opposite to the second electrode; a rear reflector metal layer disposed on a back side surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the first semiconductor layer, wherein the active element forms a resonator between the second and first electrodes, wherein electromagnetic waves are reflected on the rear reflector metal layer, and electromagnetic waves have a surface light-emission radiating pattern or surface light-receiving pattern in a vertical direction to the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10205241B2 |
Low profile omnidirectional antennas
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of a low profile wideband and/or multiband omnidirectional antennas. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a radiator and a ground plane. The ground plane may include a slanted surface along or defining an edge portion of the ground plane. The slanted surface may be configured to be operable for reducing null at azimuth plane to thereby allow the antenna to have more omnidirectional radiation patterns for the azimuth plane. In another exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a substrate, a radiator along the substrate, and electrically-conductive tape or foil defining at least part of a ground plane. The electrically-conductive tape or foil is coupled to a ground of the radiator via proximity coupling and electrically insulated by masking of the substrate. |
| US10205240B2 |
Shorted annular patch antenna with shunted stubs
A microstrip antenna for circularly polarized radiation including a substrate, a ground layer disposed on a first side of the substrate, a first radiating layer disposed on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side, one or more first electrically conductive pathways extending from the ground layer to the first radiating layer, wherein the one or more first electrically conductive pathways form a ring about an axis, one or more second electrically conductive pathways extending from the ground layer to the first radiating layer, wherein the one or more second electrically conductive pathways are disposed along a portion of a first line extending outwardly from the ring, and a feed conductor for connecting the antenna to a feed line. |
| US10205234B2 |
Method for operation of an antenna system enabling control of radiation characteristics
A method of operating an antenna system for a wireless device is provided for controlling radiation characteristics of the antenna system. The antenna system includes first and second sets of feed points disposed so that first and second radiation pattern are generated by the antenna system when drive currents are provided at the first and second set of feed points, respectively. The second radiation pattern is different from the first radiation pattern. The first and second drive currents are supplied such that a predetermined overall radiation pattern is generated. The predetermined overall radiation pattern is at least in part a combination of the first radiation pattern and the second radiation pattern. The system and method may be directed toward Specific Absorption of Radiation (SAR) mitigation. |
| US10205232B2 |
Multi-antenna and radio apparatus including thereof
A multi-antenna includes a ground plane; a first feeding point; a second feeding point that is different from the first feeding point; a first feed element that is connected to the first feeding point; a second feed element that is connected to the second feeding point, a cancellation electric current being generated in the second feed element; and a radiating element that functions as a radiation conductor when power is supplied by establishing electromagnetic field coupling with the first feed element and the second feed element. |
| US10205229B2 |
Wave energy radiating apparatus
Provided is a wave energy radiating apparatus capable of downsizing with a simple structure. The wave energy radiating apparatus includes a radiation-direction changing and maintaining unit including a linear-movement generator (8, 10) where wave energy is radiated, and is configured to generate power required to change a direction of radiation of the wave energy radiating unit (2) linearly along the wave energy radiating unit (2), a direction changer (13) configured to change a direction of the power generated by the linear-movement generator (8, 10) toward the wave energy radiating unit (2) to turn the wave energy radiating unit (2), and a force applying member (9) configured to apply a force to the wave energy radiating unit (2) in a direction against the turning of the wave energy radiating unit (2), which is caused by the power. |
| US10205228B2 |
System for emitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves embedded in an aircraft
A system for emitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves embedded in an aircraft, the aircraft including an emitting and/or receiving device for emitting and/or receiving electrical signals, a radome having an electrically insulating protective envelope (12), on which at least one lightning arrester strip (21) is arranged, the radome being attached to a metal frame of the aircraft (30), a first part of the at least one lightning arrester strip is electrically connected to the metal frame of the aircraft, a second part of the at least one lightning arrester strip is connected to the emitting and/or receiving device via a metal element (35) of a predetermined shape, the at least one lightning arrester strip forming an antenna and a part of the metal element (35) is placed at a predetermined distance (d) from a part of the metal frame of the aircraft (30) for forming a capacitive link between the metal element and the metal frame of the aircraft. |
| US10205225B2 |
Mobile terminal
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a ground provided in the interior of the terminal body; a first conductive member distanced from the ground, electrically supplied from a first supply unit, and surrounding one side of the ground; a second conductive member disposed on one side of the first conductive member, electrically supplied from a second supply unit, and surrounding the other side of the ground; and a junction portion, disposed at one point on the first conductive member, for grounding same to the ground, wherein one end of the first conductive member is distanced from the ground to form a first open slot, one end of the second conductive member is distanced from one end of the first conductive member to form a second open slot, the other ends are connected to the ground, and the first and second conductive members are oriented so as to cross each other. |
| US10205220B2 |
Wireless communication
An apparatus comprising: a first feed point (26) coupled to a first conductive member (30), the first conductive member being coupled to a ground member (46) in at least two places, the first conductive member and ground member defining a first perimeter (50), wherein the first conductive member and at least a portion of the ground member are configured to resonate at least partially in a first operational frequency band; and a second feed point (28) coupled to a second conductive member (32), the second conductive member being disposed within the first perimeter, the second conductive member and at least a portion of the ground member defining a second perimeter (52) which is smaller than the first perimeter, and being configured to resonate in a second operational frequency band, different to the first operational frequency band. |
| US10205217B2 |
Antenna for wireless communication device chassis having reduced cutback
An antenna having a passive antenna element that is integrated in a wireless communication chassis, is naturally in resonance, and is galvanically coupled to ground, and a passive indirect antenna element feed that is non-galvanically coupled to the antenna element. If the chassis is foldable, a parasitic element may be located opposite an antenna element feed when the foldable chassis is in at least one of a closed mode and a tablet mode. |
| US10205210B2 |
Cavity filter including ceramic resonator
A cavity filter having a ceramic resonator is disclosed. The disclosed cavity filter may include: a housing in which at least one cavity is formed and which has a ceramic resonator held in the cavity; a ceramic ring joined to an upper part of the ceramic resonator; and a cover joined to one side of the housing, where a through-hole is formed in the ceramic resonator to form a penetration from one side to the other side along one direction, and a metal layer is formed on a surface on the one side of the ceramic resonator, on a surface on the other side of the ceramic resonator, and on the inner perimeter of the through-hole. The disclosed cavity filter can provide the advantage that it can be manufactured as a compact structure. |
| US10205204B2 |
Battery module of cartridge stacking structure
Disclosed herein is a battery module configured to have a structure in which two or more unit cells are fixed to a cartridge and a plurality of cartridges is stacked, the battery module including unit cells having electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, cartridges for fixing the unit cells, and bus bars coupled with the electrode terminals for electrically connecting the unit cells with each other, wherein the unit cells are mounted to the cartridges such that the electrode terminals of the unit cells face each other in a state in which the unit cells are arranged in a line such that side surfaces of the unit cells are parallel to the ground, and the electrode terminals facing each other are connected to each other in parallel by the bus bars mounted to the cartridges to form a parallel unit cell connection structure for each of the cartridges, and the cartridges are stacked such that a plurality of parallel unit cell connection structures is arranged from the ground in a height direction. |
| US10205198B2 |
Power tool and battery pack
A power tool includes a motor and control means for controlling the motor. The motor is capable of being driven by power supplied from a battery pack including a battery cell. The control means is configured to continue to rotate the motor even when a motor-halt signal is inputted from the battery pack. With this structure, the power tool can be used continuously without need to halt rotation of the motor, even when receiving a halt signal, such as an overdischarge detection signal or an overcurrent detection signal. |
| US10205195B2 |
Alkali metal ion battery with bimetallic electrode
Electrochemical cells having molten electrodes having an alkali metal provide receipt and delivery of power by transporting atoms of the alkali metal between electrode environments of disparate chemical potentials through an electrochemical pathway comprising a salt of the alkali metal. The chemical potential of the alkali metal is decreased when combined with one or more non-alkali metals, thus producing a voltage between an electrode comprising the molten alkali metal and the electrode comprising the combined alkali/non-alkali metals. |
| US10205183B2 |
Device for changing anode inlet and anode outlet of fuel cell stack
A device for changing an anode inlet and an anode outlet of a fuel cell stack includes an inlet manifold connected the anode inlet of the fuel cell stack and an outlet manifold connected to the anode outlet. An inlet and outlet changing means is disposed inside one of the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold and controls flow directions of the anode inlet and the anode outlet to be the same or opposite to each other. |
| US10205178B2 |
Fuel cell
A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly having a substantially rectangular shape having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in a side direction. The substantially rectangular shape includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is closer to the first side than to the second side in the side direction. At least one of a cathode electrode and an anode electrode has a smaller amount of cracks in an electrode catalyst layer in the first portion than in the second portion. A fuel gas outlet manifold and an oxidant gas inlet manifold are closer to the first side than to the second side in the side direction. A fuel gas inlet manifold and an oxidant gas outlet manifold are closer to the second side than to the first side in the side direction. |
| US10205174B2 |
Electrode catalyst ink composition
An electrode catalyst ink composition which includes metal oxide-based electrode catalyst particles, an electrolyte, and a mixed liquid medium, wherein the mixed liquid medium contains 40 to 85% by mass of water; 5 to 30% by mass of an aqueous solvent (A) that has an evaporation rate of 2.0 or lower when the evaporation rate of water at 25° C. is 1, and a solubility parameter (SP value) of not less than 9; and 10 to 30% by mass of a monoalcohol (B) that has an evaporation rate of higher than 2.0 when the evaporation rate of water at 25° C. is 1, and not more than 3 carbon atoms, provided that the total amount of the mixed liquid medium is 100% by mass. |
| US10205170B1 |
Copper foil for current collector of lithium secondary battery
Electrodeposited copper foils having adequate puncture strength to withstand both pressure application during consolidation with negative electrode active materials during manufacture, as well as expansion/contraction during repeated charge/discharging cycles when used in a rechargeable secondary battery are described. These copper foils find specific utility as current collectors in rechargeable secondary batteries, particularly in lithium secondary battery with high capacity. Methods of making the copper foils, methods of producing negative electrode for use in lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery of high capacity are also described. |
| US10205166B2 |
Energy storage devices including stabilized silicon
A novel hybrid lithium-ion anode material based on coaxially coated Si shells on carbon nanofibers (CNF). The unique cup-stacking graphitic microstructure makes the CNFs an effective Li+ intercalation medium. Highly reversible Li+ intercalation and extraction were observed at high power rates. More importantly, the highly conductive and mechanically stable CNF core optionally supports a coaxially coated amorphous Si shell which has much higher theoretical specific capacity by forming fully lithiated alloy. Addition of surface effect dominant sites in close proximity to the intercalation medium results in a hybrid device that includes advantages of both batteries and capacitors. |
| US10205164B2 |
Porous silicon-based anode active material, method for preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery comprising the same
Provided are a porous silicon-based anode active material including porous SiOx particles (0≤x<2) having surfaces coated with an oxide layer, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the porous silicon-based anode active material. Since the anode active material includes an oxide layer formed on the porous SiOx particles (0≤x<2), a reactivity between the anode active material and an electrolyte solution may be reduced and, as a result, an electrical short circuit in an electrode may be minimized. Also, since a plurality of pores is included in surfaces or the surfaces and inside of the SiOx particles, a thickness change rate of the electrode generated during charge and discharge of a secondary battery may be reduced and lifetime characteristics may be improved. |
| US10205162B2 |
Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same and rechargeable lithium battery including same
A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, and a rechargeable lithium battery, the negative active material including a silicon-graphite composite, wherein the silicon-graphite composite includes a graphite particle, a silicon particle inside the graphite particle, and amorphous carbon inside the graphite particle. |
| US10205161B2 |
Positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode current collector mainly composed of aluminum (Al), a protective layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode mixture layer containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide and disposed on the protective layer. The protective layer has a thickness of 1 to 5 μm and contains an electroconductive material and an inorganic compound having an oxidation power lower than that of the lithium-containing transition metal oxide. |
| US10205158B2 |
LMFP cathode materials with improved electrochemical performance
Particulate LMFP cathode materials having high manganese contents and small amounts of dopant metals are disclosed. These cathode materials are made by milling a mixture of precursor materials in a wet or dry milling process. Preferably, off-stoichiometric amounts of starting materials are used to make the cathode materials. Unlike other high manganese LMFP materials, these cathode materials provide high specific capacities, very good cycle life and high energies even at high discharge rates. |
| US10205157B2 |
Electrode for lead acid storage battery
An electrode for a lead acid battery is provided. The electrode includes a pasting material distributed on the electrode and arranged to provide uniform current density. A lead acid battery having a plurality of electrodes, each electrode having pasting material providing uniform current density across the electrodes is also provided. A method for manufacturing a battery electrode is also provided and includes applying a portion of the electrode with a pasting material providing uniform current density. |
| US10205154B2 |
Rechargeable battery having short-circuit protrusion
A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a first terminal electrically coupled to the first electrode, and a second terminal electrically coupled to the second electrode; a cap plate combined to the case and having a short-circuit hole formed therein; a membrane fixed to the cap plate and arranged in the short-circuit hole, the membrane being deformable to short-circuit the first electrode and the second electrode; and a short-circuit protrusion electrically coupled to the second electrode and arranged above the membrane to protrude theretoward, the short-circuit protrusion being arranged toward a side from a center of the short-circuit hole. |
| US10205151B2 |
Connector from the tab of an electrode current collector to the terminal pin of a feedthrough in an electrochemical cell
A process for creating a laser braze weld joint between a current collector and a terminal pin in the construction of electrochemical cells is described. The laser braze welding process utilizes a laser weld instrument to create a braze-like joint between two work pieces. The weld joint is created by controlling the amount of laser heat and energy imparted to the work pieces through proper control and positioning of the laser beam with respect to the work pieces. Preferably, the method is used to bond the terminal pin to the cathode current collector. This method of attachment is suitable for either primary or secondary cells, particularly those powering implantable biomedical devices. |
| US10205141B2 |
Secondary battery
The secondary battery of the present invention includes: a top cover, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, an electrode-tab pad-plate, an electrode assembly, a first electrode-tab and a second electrode-tab; the first and second electrode terminal are arranged on the top cover, the electrode-tab pad-plate is a strip-plate shaped structure, and is located between the top cover and electrode assembly, the first electrode-tab includes a connecting part, a folding part and a welding part, the connecting part is beneath the electrode-tab pad-plate, the welding part is above the electrode-tab pad-plate, the connecting part is connected with the electrode assembly, the welding part is connected with the first electrode terminal, the folding part is connected with the connecting part and welding part bypassing the electrode-tab pad-plate; the second electrode terminal is connected with the electrode assembly through the second electrode-tab. |
| US10205139B2 |
Battery module having a battery module cover and method for producing a battery module cover of a battery module
A battery module comprises at least one battery cell including two battery cell terminals. The battery module further comprises a battery module cover configured for connection to the battery module to cover at least part of the battery module. Conducting tracks configured for connection to at least one sensor in an electrically conductive manner are integrated in the battery module cover. |
| US10205136B2 |
Secondary battery
A secondary battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and an exterior member accommodating the electrode assembly. The exterior member includes a flexible pouch portion and a can portion connected to the pouch portion and formed of a material having a greater hardness than that of the pouch portion. |
| US10205135B2 |
Steel foil for power storage device container, power storage device container, power storage device, and manufacturing method of steel foil for power storage device container
A steel foil for a power storage device container includes a rolled steel foil, a nickel layer formed on a surface of the rolled steel foil, and a chromium-based surface treatment layer formed on a surface of the nickel layer. The nickel layer includes an upper layer portion which is in contact with the chromium-based surface treatment layer and contains Ni of 90 mass % or more among metal elements, and a lower layer portion which is in contact with the rolled steel foil and contains Ni of less than 90 mass % among the metal elements and Fe. <111> polar density in a reverse pole figure of the nickel layer in a rolling direction is 3.0 to 6.0. The nickel layer has a sub-boundary which is a boundary between two crystals having a relative orientation difference of 2° to 5°, and a large angle boundary which is a boundary between two crystals having the relative orientation difference of equal to or more than 15°. The average value of a ratio L5/L15 between a boundary length L5 which is the length of the sub-boundary, and a boundary length L15 which is the length of the large angle boundary, is equal to or more than 1.0. |
| US10205131B2 |
Mask group and method for fabricating an organic luminescence layer, display panel and driving method
The disclosure provides a mask plate assembly, a method for fabricating an electroluminescent layer, a display panel and a method for driving the same. The mask plate assembly includes a first color mask plate, a second color mask plate, and a third color mask plate each having a plurality of rectangular openings. First openings of the first color mask plate and second openings of the second color mask plate are of a length in a row direction, which is substantially twice as that of third openings of the third color mask plate in the row direction. When the respective mask plates are aligned with one another, the first openings, the second openings, and the third openings are arranged alternately in an order of a first opening, a third opening, a second opening, and another third opening. |
| US10205128B2 |
Method of fabricating a light extraction layer, light emitting diode display apparatus, and light emitting diode display substrate
The present application discloses a method of fabricating a light extraction layer having a corrugated surface. The method includes forming a transparent optical material layer using a transparent optical material; and forming a plurality of convex portions on a surface of the transparent optical material layer using a molding plate having a plurality of concave portions on a surface of the molding plate; the plurality of convex portions respectively substantially complementary to the plurality of concave portions. |
| US10205126B2 |
Light emission device including light extraction plane and a plurality of reflection interfaces, display apparatus including the light emission device, and illumination apparatus including the light emission device
Provided is a light emission device including: first and second light emission element regions; first to fourth reflection interfaces; a light extraction plane; and first and second light emission layers. The first reflection interface is provided in the first and second light emission element regions. The light extraction plane is provided in confronted relation to the first reflection plane. The second reflection interface allows reflection therefrom to cause reinforcement with respect to center wavelengths of light emission spectra of the first and second light emission layers. The third and fourth reflection interfaces allow reflection therefrom to cause attenuation with respect to the center wavelength of the light emission spectrum of the first light emission layer, and to cause reinforcement with respect to the center wavelength of the light emission spectrum of the second light emission layer. |
| US10205124B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, a pixel-defining layer (PDL) disposed on the pixel electrode and having an opening exposing at least a part of the pixel electrode, an intermediate layer, a protective layer, and an opposite electrode be disposed on the PDL and having an opening exposing at least a part of the protective layer, wherein the opposite electrode is electrically connected to the protective layer. The intermediate layer may include a central portion disposed on the pixel electrode, an edge portion that extends from the central portion and contacts the PDL, at least one common layer, and an organic emission layer. The protective layer may include a central portion disposed on the central portion of the intermediate layer and an edge portion that extends from the central portion of the protective layer. |
| US10205123B2 |
Packaging method for organic semiconductor device
A packaging method for organic semiconductor device is disclosed, and comprising steps of manufacturing an organic semiconductor device on a flexible base; forming a photoresist block having a predetermined interval with respect to the organic semiconductor device and located at two sides of the organic semiconductor device on the flexible base; depositing an inorganic layer on the photoresist block, the organic semiconductor device and the flexible base; removing the photoresist block and inorganic layer on the photoresist block; and depositing an organic layer on the inorganic layer disposed on the organic semiconductor device. The present invention can form an inorganic/organic flexible OLED packaging structure. The packaging structure cannot only omit a deposition mask used in depositing an inorganic layer in the conventional thin-film packaging art, but also effectively increase a blocking property of moisture and oxygen of OLED device in order to increase the life of the OLED device. |
| US10205122B2 |
Organic light-emitting display and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display including a substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate, the substrate and the insulating layer having an opening therethrough penetrating, a pixel array on the insulating layer, the pixel array including a plurality of pixels that surround the opening, a first pixel adjacent to the opening from among the plurality of pixels includes a pixel electrode layer, an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode layer, and an opposite electrode layer on the intermediate layer, and a stepped portion on the substrate and adjacent to the opening, the stepped portion having an under-cut step, wherein the intermediate layer including an organic emission layer, and wherein at least one of the intermediate layer and the opposite electrode layer extends toward the opening and is disconnected by the stepped portion. |
| US10205118B2 |
Display device having touch sensing part
A display device includes: a first substrate including a first region, a third region spaced apart from and surrounding the first region, and a second region located between the first region and the third region; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a display element including a first electrode on the first substrate, a light emitting layer provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode provided on the light emitting layer; a touch sensing part disposed on the second substrate; and a sealing member provided on the third region of the first substrate, the sealing member joining the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the second electrode overlaps the touch sensing part, and an end of the second electrode is spaced apart from an end of the touch sensing part in the direction of the sealing member in the second region. |
| US10205115B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed are an organic light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. In the organic light-emitting device, an auxiliary electrode is formed on anode electrode to come into contact with the anode electrode via the same mask process as the anode electrode, which results in a simplified structure and simplified processing. In addition, a bank is disposed to cover a side surface and an upper surface of the auxiliary electrode and a side surface of the anode electrode, whereby damage to the auxiliary electrode and the anode electrode is prevented. |
| US10205114B2 |
Organic light-emitting compositions having multiple triplet-accepting materials, and devices and methods thereof
A composition suitable for use in an organic light-emitting layer (103) of an organic light-emitting device having an anode (101) and a cathode (105), the composition comprising a fluorescent light-emitting material, a first triplet-accepting material and a second triplet-accepting material that is different from the first triplet-accepting material. The fluorescent light-emitting material may be a repeat unit of a light-emitting polymer, and the first and second triplet-accepting materials may independently be repeat units of the light-emitting polymer or may be mixed with the fluorescent light-emitting material. |
| US10205113B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device including an emissive layer including an assistant dopant layer and light-emitting dopant layer
In an organic EL device, the light emission efficiency by a TADF mechanism is to be improved with an emissive layer structure that can be easily formed. An OLED has at least an emissive layer between an upper electrode and a lower electrode. The emissive layer includes: a host layer including a host material; an assistant dopant layer which is a layer adjacent to the host layer and where an assistant dopant made of a thermally activated delayed fluorescence material and the host material are intermingled within a plane; and a light-emitting dopant layer which is a layer adjacent to the assistant dopant layer and where a light-emitting dopant made of a fluorescent material emitting light by being excited by the assistant dopant and the host material are intermingled within a plane. |
| US10205109B2 |
Carbon nanotube thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof
A carbon nanotube thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The carbon nanotube thin film transistor includes: a base substrate; a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are disposed on the base substrate, the semiconductor layer includes a poly(3-hexylthiophene) layer and a mixing layer of semiconducting carbon nanotube and poly(3-hexylthiophene) which are stacked. The semiconducting carbon nanotube thin film transistor has a high purity, thus the metallic carbon nanotubes are substantially cleared out and the electrical property of the thin film transistor is ensured, so that the manufactured carbon nanotube thin film transistor has good electrical properties. |
| US10205103B2 |
Condensed cyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
A condensed cyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device, the condensed cyclic compound being represented by the following Formula 1: |
| US10205099B2 |
Condensed fluoranthene compound, organic electroluminescence element material including same, organic electroluminescence element using same, and electronic device
A fused fluoranthene compound including a specific ring structure at a specific position of a fluoranthene skeleton is a novel material useful as a material for organic electroluminescence devices. |
| US10205098B2 |
Semiconductor structure and semiconductor device using the same
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor layer, a carbon nanotube and a conductive film. The semiconductor layer includes a first surface and a second surface. A thickness of the semiconductor layer ranges from 1 nanometer to 100 nanometers. The carbon nanotube is located on the first surface of the semiconductor. The conductive film is located on the second surface of the semiconductor. The conductive film is formed on the second surface by a depositing method. The carbon nanotube, the semiconductor layer and the conductive film are stacked with each other to form a three-layered stereoscopic structure. |
| US10205097B2 |
Dielectric treatments for carbon nanotube devices
Dielectric treatments for carbon nanotube devices are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a carbon nanotube-based device is provided. The method includes: providing at least one carbon nanotube disposed on a first dielectric; removing contaminants from surfaces of the first dielectric; and depositing a second dielectric onto the first dielectric and at least partially surrounding the at least one carbon nanotube. A carbon nanotube-based device is also provided. |
| US10205095B2 |
Mother substrate for flexible display substrate and method of manufacturing flexible display substrate
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method of manufacturing a flexible display substrate. The method includes steps of: forming, on a support substrate, a separation pattern layer comprising a plurality of separation units arranged at intervals; forming an adhesion layer on the support substrate formed with the separation pattern layer; forming a flexible base substrate on the adhesion layer and forming a display element on a side of the flexible base substrate opposite to the adhesion layer; performing a peeling preprocessing on the support substrate, and peeling the flexible base substrate from the support substrate to form the flexible display substrate. |
| US10205094B2 |
Organic semiconductor thin film production method
A raw material solution (6), in which an organic semiconductor material is dissolved in a solvent, is supplied to a substrate (1). The solvent is evaporated so that crystals of the organic semiconductor material are precipitated. Thus, an organic semiconductor thin film (7) is formed on the substrate (1). An edge forming member (2) having a contact face (2a) on one side is used and located opposite the substrate (1) so that the plane of the contact face (2a) intersects the surface of the substrate (1) at a predetermined angle. The raw material solution (6) is supplied to the substrate (1) and formed into a droplet (6a) that comes into contact with the contact face (2a). The substrate (1) and the edge forming member (2) are moved relative to each other in a direction parallel to the surface of the substrate (1) so as to separate the edge forming member (2) from the droplet (6a), and while the raw material solution (6) is supplied so that a change in size of the droplet (6a) with the relative movement is maintained within a predetermined range, the solvent contained in the droplet (6a) is evaporated to form the organic semiconductor thin film (7) on the substrate (1) after the contact face (2a) has been moved. In this manner, a large-area organic semiconductor single crystal thin film having high charge mobility can be manufactured by a simple process using a solvent evaporation method based on droplet formation. |
| US10205089B2 |
Electronic device and method for fabricating the same
This technology provides an electronic device and a method of fabricating the same. An electronic device in accordance with an implementation of this document includes semiconductor memory, and the semiconductor memory includes an interlayer dielectric layer formed over a substrate and having a contact hole; a lower contact filled in a part of the contact hole; and a variable resistance element which is disposed over and coupled to the lower contact, and has a first part filled in the contact hole and a second part disposed over the first part and protruding over the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the first part includes a first metal which has a higher electron affinity than a component included in the second part, and an oxide of the first metal is an insulating material. |
| US10205088B2 |
Magnetic memory
A magnetic memory including a plurality of magnetoresistance effect elements that hold information, each including a first ferromagnetic metal layer with a fixed magnetization direction, a second ferromagnetic metal layer with a varying magnetization direction, and a non-magnetic layer sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers; a plurality of first control elements that control reading of the information, wherein each of the plurality of first ferromagnetic metal layers is connected to a first control element; a plurality of spin-orbit torque wiring lines that extend in a second direction intersecting with a first direction which is a stacking direction of the magnetoresistance effect elements, wherein each of the second ferromagnetic metal layers is joined to one spin-orbit torque wiring line; a plurality of second control elements that control electric current flowing through the spin-orbit torque wiring lines. |
| US10205087B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device has a magnetic sensor configured to detect a direction of magnetism. The magnetic sensor includes Hall elements arranged on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a magnetic flux concentrator formed of a magnetic material having the function of amplifying magnetism. The magnetic flux concentrator is arranged on the semiconductor substrate and at least partly covers each of the Hall elements. A slit or a slot is formed in the magnetic material to inhibit generation of stress applied to the Hall elements. |
| US10205083B2 |
Device with deformable shell including an internal piezoelectric circuit
A device is provided, including a deformable shell defining an inner space including at least one piezoelectric system. The piezoelectric system includes a flexible piezoelectric membrane capable of generating electric energy under the effect of a deformation to which it is submitted, a rechargeable electric power source, formed on a flexible substrate, and an electronic circuit. The electronic circuit includes a processing circuit for generating and storing data according to the electric energy generated by the piezoelectric membrane, and connected to the electric power source for its electric power supply, and a wireless transmitter connected to the processing circuit to transmit the data stored therein and connected to the electric power source for its electric power supply. Each piezoelectric system is totally arranged on and/or inside of the deformable shell. |
| US10205081B2 |
Magnetic flux-to-voltage transducer based on josephson junction arrays
A device and method for converting magnetic flux to voltage uses a Fraunhofer pattern of a 1D array of long Josephson junctions. The 1D array of Josephson junctions may include from 1 to 109 junctions formed in a planar geometry with a bridge width within the range of 4-10 μm. |
| US10205080B2 |
Systems and methods for forming thermoelectric devices
A method for forming a thermoelectric element for use in a thermoelectric device comprises providing a mask adjacent to a substrate, the mask comprising a polymeric mixture, and bringing a template having a first pattern in contact with the mask to define a second pattern in the mask. The first pattern comprises one of holes and rods, and the second pattern comprises the other of holes and rods. Holes or rods of the second pattern expose portions of the substrate. Next, an etching layer is deposited adjacent to exposed portions of the substrate. The etching layer is configured to aid in etching the substrate. The substrate is subsequently etched with the aid of the etching layer. |
| US10205077B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device in which a bonding pad is soldered to a mounting substrate, wherein the bonding pad may be formed in various shapes that can minimize the occurrence of voids during soldering or heat fusion. |
| US10205076B2 |
Light emitting device
Disclosed is a light emitting device. The light emitting device comprises: a first lead and a second lead which are spaced apart from each other; a body part comprising a base, a reflector, and a cavity; and a light emitting diode which is disposed in the cavity, wherein the first lead includes a first bottom lead and a first top lead located on the first bottom lead, and the second lead includes a second bottom lead and a second top lead located on the second bottom lead, and wherein a separation region between the first top lead and the second top lead has a different shape than the separation region between the first bottom lead and the second bottom lead, the separation region between the first top lead and the second top lead having a shape bent at least once. |
| US10205073B2 |
Parallel wire light string and method of manufacturer
A light set and method of manufacturer with first and second spaced apart conducting wire conducting wires with one of the wires having an insulated coating and the other bare uninsulated. An LED chip is surfaced mounted at intervals along the wires. The insulated wire has its insulation removed at the intervals which may weaken the wire. The bare wire does not require removal of insulation and thus remains stronger and resists kinking. Alternative structures and method of creating an insulated coating are disclosed. |
| US10205071B2 |
Method of producing optoelectronic semiconductor components, and optoelectronic semiconductor component
A method of producing optoelectronic semiconductor components includes providing a carrier with a carrier underside and a carrier top. The carrier has a metallic core material and at least on the carrier top a metal layer. A dielectric mirror is applied to the core material. At least two holes are formed through the carrier. A ceramic layer with a thickness of at most 150 μm at least on the carrier underside and in the holes is produced. The ceramic layer includes the core material as a component. Metallic contact layers are applied to at least subregions of the ceramic layer on the carrier underside and in the holes so that the carrier top electrically connects to the carrier underside through the holes. At least one radiation-emitting semiconductor chip is applied to the carrier top and the semiconductor chip is electronically bonded to the contact layers. |
| US10205070B2 |
Light-emitting device having dissimilar first and second light-emitting angles
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting structure with a side surface, and a reflective layer covering the side surface, and a light-transmitting body. The light-transmitting body encloses the light-emitting structure and has a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface and a fourth side surface. The reflective layer covers the first side surface and the third side surface without covering the second side surface and the fourth side surface. The light-emitting structure has a first light-emitting angle and a second light-emitting angle different from the first light-emitting angle. |
| US10205067B2 |
LED with ceramic green phosphor and protected red phosphor layer
A ceramic green wavelength conversion element (120) is coated with a red wavelength conversion material (330) and placed above a blue light emitting element (110) such that the ceramic element (120) is attached to the light emitting element (110), thereby providing an efficient thermal coupling from the red and green converters (330, 120) to the light emitting element (110) and its associated heat sink. To protect the red converter coating (330) from the effects of subsequent processes, a sacrificial clear coating (340) is created above the red converter element (330). This clear coating (340) may be provided as a discrete layer of clear material, or it may be produced by allowing the red converters to settle to the bottom of its suspension material, thereby forming a converter-free upper layer that can be subjected to the subsequent fabrication processes. |
| US10205066B2 |
White phosphor converted LED with stable flux output versus temperature
The invention provides a lighting device comprising a solid state light source and a ceramic body, wherein the solid state light source is configured to provide blue light source light to the ceramic body, wherein the ceramic body comprises a ceramic material configured to wavelength convert part of the blue light source light into yellow converter light, to provide white lighting device light comprising said blue light source light and said yellow converter light, said white lighting device light having a color point selected from the range of 0.18≤u′≤0.25 and 0.42≤v′≤0.54, and wherein the ceramic material comprises a (Y(1-y-q-z),Gdy,Luq, Cez)3(Al(1-x),Gax)5O12 ceramic material, with 0≤x≤0.6, 0≤y≤0.5, 0≤q<1 and 0.001≤z≤0.06. |
| US10205064B2 |
Light emitting diodes with sensor segment for operational feedback
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) having a sensor segment for operational feedback are described. A semiconductor stack is grown on a sapphire substrate. The semiconductor stack is segmented to form at least two segments, where one segment senses light emissions (photosensor segment) from the other segment (emitter segment). The segmentation is achieved by etching a trench or forming a segmentation layer between the segments. One segment can alternate on a predetermined basis between functioning as a photosensor segment or as an emitter segment. The photosensor segment can detect either a side light ray emitting from the emitter segment or a reflected light ray from a substrate. The photosensor segment generates a current based on the detected light ray. A detector circuit can provide operational feedback based on the sensed current. |
| US10205061B2 |
Light emitting diode and fabrication method thereof
A light-emitting diode includes from bottom to up: a substrate; a light-emitting epitaxial layer laminated by semiconductor material layers over the substrate; a current spreading layer doped with conductive metal nanomaterial groups over the light-emitting epitaxial layer; and metal nanomaterial groups with high visible light transmittance over the current spreading layer. The conductive metal nanomaterial groups dispersed inside the ITO current spreading layer can reduce horizontal resistance of the current spreading layer and improve horizontal spreading uniformity of current; and metal nanomaterial groups with high visible light transmittance are distributed over the upper surface of the current expansion layer for roughening and increasing light extract efficiency. |
| US10205059B2 |
Optoelectronic device and the manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure is related to an optoelectronic device comprising a semiconductor stack comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first contact layer on the first surface; and a second contact layer on the second surface, wherein the second contact layer is not overlapped with the first contact layer in a vertical direction; wherein the second contact layer comprises a plurality of dots separating from each other and formed of semiconductor material. |
| US10205056B2 |
Light emitting diode having carbon nanotubes
A light emitting diode includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a static electrode and a carbon nanotube structure. The first semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second semiconductor layer are stacked on the substrate. The first electrode is located on and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. The carbon nanotube structure is located on and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. The second electrode is located on and electrically connected to the carbon nanotube structure. The static electrode is located between the second semiconductor layer and the carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure includes a first portion in direct contact with the second semiconductor layer and a second portion sandwiched between the static electrode and the second electrode. |
| US10205054B2 |
III-nitride nanowire LED with strain modified surface active region and method of making thereof
A core-shell nanowire device includes an eave region having a structural discontinuity from the p-plane in the upper tip portion of the shell to the m-plane in the lower portion of the shell. The eave region has at least 5 atomic percent higher indium content than the p-plane and m-plane portions of the shell. |
| US10205052B2 |
Semiconductor stacking structure, and method and apparatus for separating nitride semiconductor layer using same
A semiconductor stacking structure according to the present invention comprises: a monocrystalline substrate which is disparate from a nitride semiconductor; an inorganic thin film which is formed on a substrate to define a cavity between the inorganic thin film and the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the inorganic thin film is crystallized with a crystal structure that is the same as the substrate; and a nitride semiconductor layer which is grown from a crystallized inorganic thin film above the cavity. The method and apparatus for separating a nitride semiconductor layer according the present invention mechanically separate between the substrate and the nitride semiconductor layer. The mechanical separation can be performed by a method of separation of applying a vertical force to the substrate and the nitride semiconductor layer, a method of separation of applying a horizontal force, a method of separation of applying a force of a relative circular motion, and a combination thereof. |
| US10205051B2 |
Bar like light emitting device and manufacturing method of the same
A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate to be spaced apart from the first electrode, the first insulating layer having a first height; a second electrode disposed on the first insulating layer; and a bar type LED disposed on the substrate, wherein the bar type LED has a first end and a second end in the length direction thereof, one of the first end and the second end is connected to the first electrode, and the other of the first end and the second end is connected to the second electrode. |
| US10205049B2 |
Manufacturing method for light barrier substrate
The present invention provides a manufacturing method for a light barrier substrate which comprising steps of: forming a metal electrode pattern on a substrate through a first patterning process; forming an insulating layer above the substrate and the metal electrode pattern; forming a metal electrode via hole on the insulating layer and forming a channel pattern for a connecting line between a metal electrode and an exterior integrated circuit (IC) on the insulating layer, with a half tone make process, through a second patterning process; forming a transparent electrode layer pattern on the substrate on which the metal electrode via hole and the channel pattern are formed. The masking steps for forming the insulating layer and the transparent electrode layer may be decreased due to the half tone masking process, thus, the manufacturing process is simplified and the manufacturing efficiency is increased, and the cost for manufacturing the light barrier substrate is lowered because the mask is less used in the manufacturing process. |
| US10205048B1 |
Method for manufacturing a light emitting diode chip
A method for manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) chip comprises steps of stacking together a first substrate, a buffer layer, an ultraviolet light (UV) shielding layer, and at least one LED chip in that sequence. An orthogonal projection of each LED chip on the UV shielding layer is located in the scope of the UV shielding layer, and a periphery of the UV shielding layer protrudes from a periphery of the orthogonal projection; mounting a side of each LED chip facing away from the first substrate on the second substrate with an adhesive layer; irradiating UV light from a side of the first substrate facing away from the LED chip, to separate the first substrate from the UV shielding layer; removing the UV light shielding layer, the second substrate, and the adhesive layer from each LED chip. |
| US10205044B2 |
Adjustment-tolerant photovoltaic cell
An adjustment-tolerant photovoltaic cell in which the front face has at least three sub-segments which can be directly struck by electromagnetic radiation is provided. At least two sub-segments are in the form of a first segment type, and at least one sub-segment is in the form of a second segment type. The sub-segments can be arranged such that at least two separate segment regions, which can be directly struck by the electromagnetic radiation, are formed for each of the first and the second segment types. At least two sub-segments of the first segment type can be connected to each other in parallel and/or are connected to each other via a transition region which ensures the lateral flow of current. Furthermore, the sub-segments of the first segment type can be connected in series to the at least one sub-segment of the second segment type. |
| US10205043B2 |
Hot-carrier photoelectric conversion method
The present invention provides a hot-carrier photoelectric conversion method. The method includes a hot-carrier photoelectric conversion device having a P-type semiconductor layer, an N-type semiconductor layer, and an inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer. The inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer is formed between the P-type semiconductor layer and the N-type semiconductor layer, and an electric field is formed between the P-type semiconductor layer and the N-type semiconductor layer. Moreover, photons are absorbed by the inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer to create electrons and holes. The electrons and holes are respectively shifted by the electric field or diffusion effect to the N-type semiconductor layer and the P-type semiconductor layer, so that the electrons and the holes are respectively conducted outside to create electric energy. Further, the present invention increases the quantity of photons absorbed, and makes electrons and holes be quickly conducted outside, thereby increasing photoelectric conversion efficiency, and creating electric energy with a high open-circuit voltage and a high current. |
| US10205042B2 |
Photoconversion device with enhanced photon absorption
A photovoltaic device cell comprising a first light transmissive electrical contact, an active region, a second light transmissive electrical contact, and a layered structure enclosing the active region, the layered structure being formed of two parts, a first part underlying the first light transmissive electrical contact and a second part overlying the second electrical contact and wherein the constants of the layers in these layered structures are interdependent such that light is localized within the active region. |
| US10205041B2 |
Light redirecting film useful with solar modules
A light redirecting film defining a longitudinal axis, and including a base layer, an ordered arrangement of a plurality of microstructures, and a reflective layer. The microstructures project from the base layer, and each extends across the base layer to define a corresponding primary axis. The primary axis of at least one of the microstructures is oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis. The reflective layer is disposed over the microstructures opposite the base layer. When employed, for example, to cover portions of a PV module tabbing ribbon, or areas free of PV cells, the films of the present disclosure uniquely reflect incident light. |
| US10205034B2 |
Optical module
An optical module includes: an avalanche photodiode; a power supply terminal; a self bias resistor connected between a cathode of the avalanche photodiode and the power supply terminal; a grounding terminal; and a surge preventing Zener diode having a cathode connected to a connection point between the power supply terminal and the self-bias resistor and an anode directly connected to the grounding terminal. |
| US10205031B2 |
Semiconductor device having resistance voltage dividing circuit
All resistors configuring a resistance voltage dividing circuit are formed by alternately arranging an N-type polycrystalline silicon and a P-type polycrystalline silicon and connecting the same in parallel or in series. The respective resistors themselves cancel a stress received from a resin upon packaging of the resistance voltage dividing circuit since the N-type polycrystalline silicon and the P-type polycrystalline silicon respectively indicate a shift amount in a reverse direction with respect to a stress. There can hence be provided a resistance voltage dividing circuit in which a variation in voltage division ratio at packaging is reduced than before. |
| US10205029B2 |
Thin film transistor, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A TFT, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The TFT includes a semiconductor layer and an etch-stop layer merely covering a channel region of the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer and the etch-stop layer are formed through a single patterning process. |
| US10205028B2 |
Thin-film transistor, manufacturing method for the same, display panel
A thin-film transistor, a manufacturing for the same, and a display panel are provided. In the annealing process, the aluminum layer combines with oxygen ions in the amorphous oxide semiconductor layer to form an Al2O3 layer. The amorphous oxide semiconductor layer loses the oxygen ions, oxygen defects are increased such that a doped region of the semiconductor layer is formed. That is, a source contact region and a drain contact region are formed, and the amorphous oxide semiconductor layer is shielded by the anti-oxidation layer to form the channel region of the semiconductor layer. The present invention can simplify the manufacturing process, increase the production efficiency and decrease the production cost. |
| US10205025B2 |
Methods to achieve strained channel finFET devices
Methods to achieve strained channel finFET devices and resulting finFET devices are presented. In an embodiment, a method for processing a field effect transistor (FET) device may include forming a fin structure comprising a fin channel on a substrate. The method may also include forming a sacrificial epitaxial layer on a side of the fin structure. Additionally, the method may include forming a deep recess in a region that includes at least a portion of the fin structure, wherein the fin structure and sacrificial layer relax to form a strain on the fin channel. The method may also include depositing source/drain (SD) material in the deep recess to preserve the strain on the fin channel. |
| US10205024B2 |
Semiconductor structure having field plate and associated fabricating method
A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a gate structure formed over the substrate; a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate on either side of the gate structure, the source region and the drain region both having a first type of conductivity; and a field plate formed over the substrate between the gate structure and the drain region; wherein the field plate is coupled to the source region or a bulk electrode of the substrate. An associated method for fabricating the semiconductor structure is also disclosed. |
| US10205023B2 |
Semiconductor device including multi-channel active patterns
A semiconductor device includes a first multi-channel active pattern, a field insulation layer disposed on the first multi-channel active pattern and including a first region and a second region, the first region having a top surface protruding from a top surface of the second region to a top surface of the first multi-channel active pattern, a first gate electrode crossing the first multi-channel active pattern, the first gate electrode being disposed on the field insulation layer, and a first source or drain disposed between the first gate electrode and the first region of the field insulation layer and including a first facet, the first facet being disposed adjacent to the first region of the field insulation layer at a point lower than the top surface of the first multi-channel active pattern. |
| US10205019B2 |
Semiconductor device having a fin at a side of a semiconductor body
One embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a fin at a first side of a semiconductor body, a body region of a second conductivity type in at least a part of the fin, a drain extension region of a first conductivity type, a source region and a drain region of the first conductivity type, a source contact in contact with the source region, and a gate structure adjoining opposing walls of the fin. The source contact extends along a vertical direction along the source region. The source contact includes a conductive material and is disposed in a trench in the semiconductor body, adjacent to the source region. The body region and the drain extension region are arranged one after another between the source region and the drain region. |
| US10205013B2 |
Semiconductor switching element and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor switching element includes a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode. The first gate electrode is disposed, via a first gate insulating film, inside a first trench that extends from an upper surface of an emitter region to reach a semiconductor layer, and intersects with the emitter region, a base region, and a charge storage layer. The second gate electrode is disposed, via a second gate insulating film, inside a second trench that extends from the upper surface of the emitter region and an upper surface of a conductive region to reach the semiconductor layer, and is adjacent to the emitter region, the base region, the charge storage layer, and the conductive region. The second trench is smaller in depth than the first trench, and the second trench is smaller in width than the first trench. |
| US10205011B2 |
Method for forming a semiconductor device with implanted chalcogen atoms
Some embodiments relate to a method for forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a source region of a field effect transistor structure in a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming an oxide layer. The method also includes incorporating atoms of at least one atom type of a group of atom types into at least a part of the source region of the field effect transistor structure after forming the oxide layer. The group of atom types includes chalcogen atoms, silicon atoms and argon atoms. |
| US10205009B2 |
Superjunction semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A superjunction semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer doped with a first conductivity type; an active region formed on the first semiconductor layer, the active region including a drift layer; and a termination region disposed to surround the active region, the termination region including a lower edge region disposed on a side surface of the drift layer and an upper edge region disposed on the lower edge region, wherein the upper edge region includes a lower charge balance region disposed on the lower edge region, the lower charge balance region having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and an upper charge balance region disposed on the lower charge balance region, the upper charge balance region having the first conductivity type. |
| US10205006B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device including patterning conductor film disposed on insulating film
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate including a main surface, the main surface including a first area and a second area, which is different from the first area in a plan view, forming a first trench in the main surface of the semiconductor substrate in the first area, after the forming the first trench, forming a first insulating film on a side wall surface and a bottom face of the first trench, and after the forming the first insulating film, forming a first conductor film over the semiconductor substrate in the first area and a second area to embed a portion of the first conductor film into the first trench through the first insulating film. |
| US10205004B2 |
FinFET isolation structure and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor fin on the semiconductor substrate and a fin isolation structure on the semiconductor substrate. The fin isolation structure has an air gap dividing the semiconductor fin into two portions of the semiconductor fin, in which the air gap extends into the semiconductor substrate for a distance. The fin isolation structure includes a dielectric cap layer capping a top of the air gap, in which the dielectric cap layer is spaced apart from a bottom of the air gap. |
| US10204999B2 |
Transistor with airgap spacer
A microelectronic transistor may be fabricated having an airgap spacer formed as a gate sidewall spacer, such that the airgap spacer is positioned between a gate electrode and a source contact and/or a drain contact of the microelectronic transistor. As the dielectric constant of gaseous substances is significantly lower than that of a solid or a semi-solid dielectric material, the airgap spacer may result in minimal capacitive coupling between the gate electrode and the source contact and/or the drain contact, which may reduce circuit delay of the microelectronic transistor. |
| US10204994B2 |
Methods of forming a semiconductor device with a gate contact positioned above the active region
One illustrative device disclosed herein includes, among other things, a stepped conductive source/drain structure with a first recess defined therein and a stepped final gate structure with a second recess defined therein, wherein, when viewed from above, the second recess is axially and laterally offset from the first recess. In this example, the device also includes a layer of insulating material positioned above the stepped conductive source/drain structure and the stepped final gate structure, a conductive gate (CB) contact that is conductively coupled to the stepped final gate structure and a conductive source/drain (CA) contact that is conductively coupled to the stepped conductive source/drain structure. |
| US10204990B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes an N-type silicon carbide substrate, an N-type silicon carbide layer formed on the N-type silicon carbide substrate, a P-type region selectively formed in a surface layer of the N-type silicon carbide layer, an N-type source region formed in the P-type region, a P contact region formed in the P-type region, a gate insulating film formed on a portion of a region from the N-type source region, through the P-type region, to the N-type silicon carbide layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film covering the gate electrode, and a first source electrode electrically connected to a surface of the P contact region and the N-type source region. An end of the interlayer insulating film covering the gate electrode has a slope of a predetermined angle. |
| US10204988B2 |
Graphene double-barrier resonant tunneling device
An apparatus comprising: a fermion source nanolayer (90); a first insulating nanolayer (92); a fermion transport nanolayer (94); a second insulating nanolayer (96); a fermion sink nanolayer (98); a first contact for applying a first voltage to the fermion source nanolayer; a second contact for applying a second voltage to the fermion sink nanolayer; and a transport contact for enabling an electric current via the fermion transport nanolayer. In a particular example, the apparatus comprises three graphene sheets (90, 94, 98) interleaved with two-dimensional Boron-Nitride (hBN) layers (92, 96). |
| US10204987B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method for the semiconductor device
In a semiconductor device including a super junction structure that p-type columns and n-type columns are periodically arranged, a depth of a p-type column region in a cell region that a semiconductor element is formed is made shallower than a depth of a p-type column region in an intermediate region which surrounds the cell region. Thereby, a breakdown voltage of the cell region becomes lower than a breakdown voltage of the intermediate region. An avalanche breakdown phenomenon is caused to occur preferentially in the cell region in which even when an avalanche current is generated, the current is dispersed and smoothly flows. Thereby, it is possible to avoid local current constriction and breakage incidental thereto and consequently it becomes possible to improve avalanche resistance (an avalanche current amount with which a semiconductor device comes to be broken). |
| US10204983B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device may include a substrate, a first nanowire, a gate electrode, a first gate spacer, a second gate spacer, a source/drain and a spacer connector. The first nanowire may be extended in a first direction and spaced apart from the substrate. The gate electrode may surround a periphery of the first nanowire, and extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and include first and second sidewalls opposite to each other. The first gate spacer may be formed on the first sidewall of the gate electrode. The first nanowire may pass through the first gate spacer. The second gate spacer may be formed on the second sidewall of the gate electrode. The first nanowire may pass through the second gate spacer. The source/drain may be disposed on at least one side of the gate electrode and connected with the first nanowire. The spacer connector may be disposed between the first nanowire and the substrate. The spacer connector may connect the first gate spacer and the second gate spacer to each other. |
| US10204981B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a first doping layer of a first conductivity type, and a second doping layer of a second conductivity type. The substrate has a fin portion. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and surrounds the fin portion. The first doping layer of the first conductivity type is disposed on the first dielectric layer and is located on two opposite sidewalls of the fin portion. The second doping layer of the second conductivity type is disposed on the two opposite sidewalls of the fin portion and is located between the fin portion and the first doping layer. The first doping layer covers a sidewall and a bottom surface of the second doping layer. |
| US10204976B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display
An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a scan line on the substrate for transferring a scan signal, a data line crossing the scan line and for transferring a data signal, a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and for transferring a driving voltage, a switching thin film transistor coupled to the scan line and the data line, a driving thin film transistor coupled to a switching drain electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) coupled to a driving drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor, wherein a driving semiconductor layer of the driving thin film transistor is bent and in a plane substantially parallel to the substrate. |
| US10204969B2 |
Organic light-emitting display panel, fabrication method thereof, and display apparatus
An organic light-emitting display panel, a fabrication method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel comprises a substrate; a plurality of blocking structures disposed on the substrate, wherein a blocking structure has a first surface facing the substrate and an opposing second surface far away from the substrate; a plurality of first electrodes, wherein a first electrode is configured between adjacent blocking structures; an organic functional film layer covering at least one of the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of blocking structures, wherein the organic functional film layer includes a light-emitting layer; and a degradation region disposed in a portion of the second surface of the blocking structure, wherein the degradation region degrades a carrier transportation in a portion of the organic functional film layer in which the portion of the organic functional film layer covers the degradation region. |
| US10204964B1 |
Image sensor and method of fabricating thereof
A color filter is disposed on a substrate. An organic photodiode is disposed on the color filter. The organic photodiode includes an electrode insulating layer having a recess region on the substrate, a first electrode on the color filter, the first electrode filling the recess region of the electrode insulating layer, a second electrode on the first electrode, and an organic photoelectric conversion layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a seam extending at a first angle from a side surface of the recess region of the electrode insulating layer. |
| US10204963B2 |
Light emitting diode chip, light emitting diode, backlight source and display apparatus
The present invention provides an LED chip including a light-emitting layer, a P electrode, an N electrode, an anode and a cathode, the N electrode, the light-emitting layer and the P electrode are sequentially stacked, the P electrode is electrically connected to the anode, the N electrode is electrically connected to the cathode, the light-emitting layer includes multiple color light-emitting layers whose colors differ from each other, and the multiple color light-emitting layers are provided in a same layer, and electrically connected to the anode through the P electrode and to the cathode through the N electrode. The present invention further provides an LED, a backlight source and a display apparatus. When an LED including the LED chip is used as a backlight source of a liquid crystal display apparatus, performance ability of the display apparatus on a plurality of colors can be improved during image display. |
| US10204962B2 |
Light source module and display apparatus having the same
A display apparatus may include a light source module that may include a substrate having a plurality of chip mounting areas of which each has a connection pad disposed therein, and a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices electrically coupled to separate connection pads. The display apparatus may include a black matrix on the substrate and having a plurality of holes corresponding to the pattern of chip mounting areas. The semiconductor light emitting devices may be in separate, respective holes to be electrically coupled to separate connection pads. The display apparatus may include unit pixels, where each unit pixel includes multiple adjacent semiconductor light emitting devices. The semiconductor light emitting devices may be removably coupled to separate connection pads, and a semiconductor light emitting device may be interchangeably swapped from a connection pad. |
| US10204961B2 |
Photodetector substrate, photodetector having the same, and method of manufacturing thereof
The present application discloses a photodetector substrate comprising an array of a plurality of first electrodes; an array of a plurality of second electrodes, and an insulating block. The plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrode are alternately arranged along a first direction, the plurality of first electrodes are disposed spaced apart from the plurality of second electrodes on a same layer; and the insulating block spaces apart at least a pair of adjacent first electrode and second electrode. |
| US10204959B2 |
Semiconductor image sensing device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a front side, a back side opposite to the front side, and a high absorption structure disposed over the back side of the substrate and configured to absorb an electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined wavelength; and a dielectric layer including a high dielectric constant (high k) dielectric material, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed on the high absorption structure. |
| US10204957B2 |
Imaging device and imaging unit
An imaging device having a first surface on which light is incident and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, includes a photoelectric conversion section including semiconductors having a same conductivity type, in which an impurity concentration on the second surface side is higher than an impurity concentration on the first surface side. |
| US10204953B2 |
Time-of-flight image sensor and light source driver having simulated distance capability
An apparatus is described that includes an image sensor and a light source driver circuit having configuration register space to receive information pertaining to a command to simulate a distance between a light source and an object that is different than an actual distance between the light source and the object. |
| US10204952B2 |
Semiconductor device having recess filled with conductive material and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip comprising a first metallic structure and a second semiconductor chip comprising a second metallic structure. The second semiconductor chip is bonded with the first semiconductor chip by a conductive material filled in a through via. The through via connects the first metallic structure and the second metallic structure, wherein a portion of the through via is inside the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. |
| US10204948B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, solid-state imaging device manufacturing method, electronic device, and lens array
A solid-state imaging device includes: multiple micro lenses, which are disposed in each of a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, focus the incident light into the light-receiving surface; with the multiple micro lenses of which the planar shape is a shape including a portion divided by a side extending in the first direction and a side extending in the second direction being disposed arrayed mutually adjacent to each of the first direction and the second direction; and with the multiple micro lenses being formed so that the depth of a groove between micro lenses arrayed in a third direction is deeper than the depth of a groove between micro lenses arrayed in the first direction, and also the curvature of the lens surface in the third direction is higher than the curvature of the lens surface in the first direction. |
| US10204944B2 |
Readout architecture for event-driven pixels
Methods and systems for reading out a pixel array are provided. An example system may include a plurality of pixels. The system may further include an interface circuit configured to provide an analog signal at a sense node. The analog signal may represent the activity of at least two pixels. The interface circuit may include a plurality of capacitors of which at least one capacitor is connected at one end to an output stage of a pixel and at another end to the sense node. The system may further include a readout circuit configured to convert the analog signal at the sense node to a digital signal. |
| US10204942B1 |
Method for manufacturing top-gated thin film transistors
A method for manufacturing the top-gated thin film transistors is disclosed and includes forming a first photoresist pattern with a first shielding portion and two second shielding portions, and etching a gate metal layer by adopting the first photoresist pattern as a mask. Thus, a size of the gate pattern coincides with a size of a channel region of a conductive channel, to increase a control force of a gate to the conductive channel, thereby improving performance of device. |
| US10204941B2 |
Method for manufacturing array substrate having source and drain transfer portions integrated with channel
The present application discloses an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and method of manufacturing the array substrate, the array substrate includes a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer and an active layer formed in stack subsequently; the active layer includes a source transfer portion and a drain transfer portion isolated from the source transfer portion and a channel integrally connected to the source transfer portion and the drain transfer portion, the contact resistance between the source transfer portion, the drain transfer portion and the channel is reduced, the interface defects in the channel is reduced, so that the on-state current is increased, and the off-state current is reduced through the source transfer portion and the drain transfer portion of the thin film transistor of the liquid crystal display panel, that is the on/off ratio is raised to improve the performance of the array substrate. |
| US10204939B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof and display device
A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The manufacturing method of the display substrate includes: forming a plurality of display substrate regions and a plurality of connection lines on a mother substrate, wherein each of the display substrate regions includes a plurality of peripheral wirings, and the plurality of peripheral wirings of each of the display substrate regions are electrically connected with each other through at least one of the plurality of connection lines; and cutting the mother substrate according to the plurality of display substrate regions to form a plurality of display substrates, wherein the plurality of peripheral wirings of each of the cut display substrates are disconnected from each other. |
| US10204938B2 |
Display panel, display apparatus, and method of repairing a signal line thereof
The present application discloses a display panel having a driver integrated circuit (IC) bonding area for bonding a plurality of signal lines with a driver IC. The display panel includes a signal line layer comprising the plurality of signal lines, first ends of which extending through the driver IC bonding area; a shorting bar layer comprising one or more shorting bar, a first end of each of the plurality of signal lines being electrically connected to only one of the one or more shorting bar; and a first repair line layer in the peripheral area comprising a first repair line crossing over and being insulated from the one or more shorting bar. |
| US10204931B2 |
Electrically conductive structure and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate, display device
The present disclosure provides an electrically conductive structure and a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate, and a display device. The manufacturing method of the electrically conductive structure including: forming stacked layers of electrically conductive films on a substrate; performing patterning process to the layers of electrically conductive films to form an electrically conductive structure with a preset pattern, an edge of the electrically conductive structure being a step-shaped structure. |
| US10204930B2 |
Ultra high density thin film transistor substrate having low line resistance structure and method for manufacturing the same
A display device is described that has reduced resistance in one or more of the gate, common, data electrical lines that control the operation of the pixels of the display device. Reduced resistance is achieved by forming additional metal and/or metal-alloy layers on the gate, common, and/or data lines in such a manner so that the cross-sectional area of those lines is increased. As a consequence, each such line is formed so as to be thicker than could otherwise be achieving without causing defects in the rubbing process of an alignment layer. Additionally, no widening of these lines is needed, thus preserving the aspect ratio of the device. The gate insulating and semiconducting layers that in part make up the thin film transistors that help control the operation of the pixels of the device may also be designed to take into account the increased thickness of the lines. |
| US10204926B2 |
Display device and display panel
A display device that is resistant to erosion caused by moisture infiltration is provided. In the display device, a driver circuit unit includes a driver chip and a film pad on which the driver chip is mounted. A display panel of the display device includes a panel pad bonded to the film pad. The panel pad includes first conductive lines electrically connected to signal lines disposed in an active area of the display panel, second conductive lines in contact with the first conductive lines, third conductive lines in contact with the second conductive lines, and a conductive film connecting the third conductive lines to the film pad. A contact area between the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines overlaps at least a portion of an area of the conductive film. |
| US10204925B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic device
To provide a novel semiconductor device or a semiconductor device capable of operating at high speed. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of circuits each having a function of storing data and a wiring EL. The plurality of circuits each include a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor and the capacitor. The first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The wiring EL has a function of a back-gate of the first transistor. A potential for selecting the plurality of circuits is supplied to the wiring EL. Thus, data stored in the plurality of circuits is erased. |
| US10204924B2 |
Thin film transistor, manufacturing method thereof, display substrate and display device
A thin film transistor (TFT), a manufacturing method thereof, a display substrate and a display device are disclosed. The TFT includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode; a first active layer disposed on the gate insulating layer; a second active layer disposed on the first active layer, having a length smaller than that of the second active layer; a source electrode disposed on the first active layer, being contacted with a first side of the second active layer; and a drain electrode disposed on the first active layer, being contacted with a second side of the second active layer. Embodiments of the present invention can increase an ON-state current and meanwhile reduce an OFF leakage current in the TFT. |
| US10204923B2 |
Thin-film-transistor (TFT) array panel with stress elimination layer and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention provides a thin-film-transistor (TFT) array panel and manufacturing method of the same. The TFT array panel comprises a flexible baseplate, a buffer layer, and a display-element layer. The buffer layer is disposed on the flexible baseplate, a stress-elimination portion is disposed on the buffer layer, the stress-elimination portion is used to eliminate a stress of the flexible baseplate; the display-element layer is disposed on the buffer layer. The present invention is able to decrease the stress of the flexible baseplate, to prevent too large of a stress of the flexible baseplate. |
| US10204921B2 |
Array substrate assembly and TFT display apparatus comprising the same
Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate assembly and a display apparatus including the array substrate assembly. The array substrate assembly includes a display region and a non-display region around the display region. A static electricity leading layer electrically insulated from the display region is disposed in the non-display region. |
| US10204919B2 |
Vertical memory device
A vertical memory device is provided as follows. A substrate has a cell array region and a connection region adjacent to the cell array region. A first gate stack includes gate electrode layers spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to the substrate. The gate electrode layers extends from the cell array region to the connection region in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to form a first stepped structure on the connection region. The first stepped structure includes a first gate electrode layer and a second gate electrode layer sequentially stacked. The second gate electrode layer includes a first region having the same length as a length of the first gate electrode layer and a second region having a shorter length than the length of the first gate electrode layer. |
| US10204916B2 |
Selective epitaxy growth for semiconductor devices with fin field-effect transistors (FinFET)
A method for forming a Fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) semiconductor structure includes performing an angled ion implantation process at a predetermined angle on a first sidewall of a fin to cause damage to the first sidewall of the fin. The damage caused to the first sidewall of the fin is removed. |
| US10204915B1 |
Method of forming dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
A method of forming a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) includes the following steps. A substrate includes a memory area and a logic area. A stacked structure is formed on the substrate of the memory area and a gate structure is formed on the substrate of the logic area. A first mask layer is formed on the stacked structure and the gate structure. A densification process is performed to densify the first mask layer. A second mask layer is formed on the first mask layer. A part of the second mask layer and a part of the first mask layer are removed to form a first spacer on sidewalls of the gate structure. |
| US10204913B2 |
Method for forming buried bit line, semiconductor device having the same, and fabricating method thereof
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: etching a semiconductor substrate and forming a plurality of bodies separated from one another by a plurality of trenches; forming a protective layer with open parts to expose both sidewalls of each of the bodies; forming buried bit lines in the bodies by silicidizing exposed portions of the bodies through the open parts; and forming a dielectric layer to gap-fill the trenches and define air gaps between adjacent buried bit lines. |
| US10204911B2 |
Method for fabricating capacitor
A method for fabricating a capacitor includes providing a substrate and a first etching stop layer on the substrate; forming a plurality of first spacers on the first etching stop layer; forming an organic layer and a second etching stop layer sequentially on the first spacers, the organic layer covering the first spacers; forming a plurality of second spacers on the second etching stop layer, each second spacer crossing the first spacers; transferring a pattern of the second spacers to the organic layer to form an organic pattern; performing an etching process using the organic pattern and the first spacers as a mask to form an etching stop pattern and remove the second etching stop layer; transferring the etching stop pattern to the substrate to form a plurality of through holes. |
| US10204909B2 |
Non-uniform gate oxide thickness for DRAM device
Provided herein are approaches for forming a gate oxide layer for a DRAM device, the method including providing a finned substrate having a recess formed therein, and performing an ion implant into a sidewall surface of the recess to form a gate oxide layer having a non-uniform thickness, wherein a thickness of the gate oxide layer at a top section of the sidewall surface is greater than a thickness of the gate oxide layer at a bottom section of the sidewall surface. In some approaches, the ion implant is provided as a series of ion implants at multiple different implant angles, varied along with an ion implantation energy and/or an ion dose to increase the thickness of the gate oxide of the top section of the sidewall surface. In some approaches, the finned substrate is also exposed to a plasma, either during or after, the ion implantation. |
| US10204904B2 |
Methods, apparatus and system for vertical finFET device with reduced parasitic capacitance
A method, apparatus and system are disclosed herein for a finFET device having an air gap spacer and/or a tapered bottom dielectric spacer for reducing parasitic capacitance. A first source/drain (S/D) region is formed on a substrate. A set of fin structures are formed above the first S/D region. A gate region is formed above the first S/D region and adjacent at least a portion of the fin structures. A space for an air gap is formed above the gate region. A top epitaxial (EPI) feature is formed extending over the space for the air gap, thereby forming an air gap spacer between the top epitaxial feature and the gate region. |
| US10204900B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first circuit configured to generate a current corresponding to the input signal, a second circuit configured to generate a voltage corresponding to the current generated by the first circuit, a constant current source, a transistor that includes a drain terminal receiving a current from the constant current source and a gate terminal to which the voltage corresponding to the current generated by the first circuit is applied, and an amplification circuit configured to amplify a difference voltage between a drain voltage of the transistor and a reference voltage and output the amplified difference voltage as an output signal corresponding to the input signal. |
| US10204892B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package may be composed of a variety of different types of semiconductor chips of different sizes and support structures stacked within the semiconductor package. Semiconductor chips having a larger chip size may be stacked above smaller semiconductor chips. Smaller chips may be included in a layer of the semiconductor package along with a support structure which may assist supporting upper semiconductor chips, such as during a wire bonding process connecting bonding wires to chip pads of the semiconductor chips above the support structure. Use of different thicknesses of die attach film may allow for a further reduction in height of the semiconductor package. When implemented as a package housing a memory controller, DRAM semiconductor chips and non-volatile memory chips, locating the memory controller in a lower layer of the semiconductor package facilitates usage of the package substrate as a redistribution layer to provide communications between the memory controller and the DRAM and non-volatile memory chips. |
| US10204883B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die, an insulative layer, a conductive feature and a shield. The insulative layer surrounds the semiconductor die, and the insulative layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The conductive feature is extended from the first surface to be proximal to the second surface of the insulative layer, and the conductive feature has a first end exposed by the first surface of the insulative layer. The shield covers the first surface of the insulative layer and is grounded through the first end of the conductive feature exposed by the first surface of the insulative layer. |
| US10204879B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming wafer-level interconnect structures with advanced dielectric characteristics
A semiconductor device has a build-up interconnect structure including a first insulating layer with a first material and a second insulating layer with a second material. A first conductive layer is formed over the first insulating layer, and the second insulating layer is formed over the first conductive layer. An optional third insulating layer has the second material and is formed over the second insulating layer. A fourth insulating layer has the first material and is formed over the third insulating layer. The second, third, and fourth insulating layers are cured sequentially or simultaneously. The first material includes a greater tensile strength, elastic modulus, and CTE than the second material. The build-up interconnect structure is formed over a semiconductor wafer or semiconductor die in a reconstituted panel. Alternatively, the build-up interconnect structure is formed over a carrier and a semiconductor die is mounted over the build-up interconnect structure. |
| US10204878B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same
A technique which improves the reliability in coupling between a bump electrode of a semiconductor chip and wiring of a mounting substrate, more particularly a technique which guarantees the flatness of a bump electrode even when wiring lies in a top wiring layer under the bump electrode, thereby improving the reliability in coupling between the bump electrode and the wiring formed on a glass substrate. Wiring, comprised of a power line or signal line, and a dummy pattern are formed in a top wiring layer beneath a non-overlap region of a bump electrode. The dummy pattern is located to fill the space between wiring to reduce irregularities caused by the wiring and space in the top wiring layer. A surface protection film formed to cover the top wiring layer is flattened by CMP. |
| US10204876B2 |
Pad defined contact for wafer level package
A device and fabrication techniques are described that employ wafer-level packaging techniques for fabricating semiconductor devices that include a pad defined contact. In implementations, the wafer-level package device that employs the techniques of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a passivation layer, a top metal contact pad, a thin film with a via formed therein, a redistribution layer structure configured to contact the top metal contact pad, and a dielectric layer on the thin film and the redistribution layer structure. In implementations, a process for fabricating the wafer-level package device that employs the techniques of the present disclosure includes processing a substrate, forming a passivation layer, depositing a top metal contact pad, forming a thin film with a via formed therein, forming a redistribution layer structure in the via formed in the thin film, and forming a dielectric layer on the thin film and the redistribution layer structure. |
| US10204875B2 |
Systems and methods for inhibiting backend access to integrated circuits by integrating photon and electron sensing latch-up circuits
Exemplary systems and methods for inhibiting backend access to an integrated circuit are provided including latch-up circuits triggered by photons, electrons, and ions to create catastrophic failures in integrated circuits. Exemplary systems include latch-up circuits with floating gate bit cells which, when triggered, close the latch-up circuits so that the latch-up circuits can amplify current in a positive feedback loop to create a short circuit to inhibit unauthorized individuals from probing or modifying an integrated circuit. |
| US10204873B2 |
Breakable substrate for semiconductor die
In some examples, a device includes a substrate and a conductive pad extending through the substrate, wherein the substrate is coupled to the conductive pad at an interface and the substrate extends laterally from the interface to define a substrate extension. In some examples, the device also includes a semiconductor die mounted on the first side of the substrate. In some examples, the device includes a breakpoint that defines a torque tolerance that is less than a torque tolerance of the device at other points. In some examples, the device is configured to break at the breakpoint in response to force being applied to the substrate extension on the first side of the substrate. |
| US10204869B2 |
Integrated circuit package including shielding between adjacent chips
An integrated circuit package includes at least one first chip mounted in a first region of a mounting surface of a printed circuit board, a molding unit covering the mounting surface and surrounding the at least one first chip, an electromagnetic shielding film covering a surface of the molding unit and surrounding the at least one first chip, and a second chip mounted in a second region of the mounting surface. The second chip is exposed outside the electromagnetic shielding film and is spaced apart from the printed circuit board, with the molding unit being between the second chip and the printed circuit board. |
| US10204866B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming sacrificial protective layer to protect semiconductor die edge during singulation
A semiconductor wafer contains a plurality of semiconductor die separated by a saw street. An insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor wafer. A protective layer is formed over the insulating layer including an edge of the semiconductor die along the saw street. The protective layer covers an entire surface of the semiconductor wafer. Alternatively, an opening is formed in the protective layer over the saw street. The insulating layer has a non-planar surface and the protective layer has a planar surface. The semiconductor wafer is singulated through the protective layer and saw street to separate the semiconductor die while protecting the edge of the semiconductor die. Leading with the protective layer, the semiconductor die is mounted to a carrier. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and carrier. The carrier and protective layer are removed. A build-up interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and encapsulant. |
| US10204865B2 |
Electronic package and conductive structure thereof
An electronic package is provided, which includes: an insulator; an electronic element embedded in the insulator and having a sensing area exposed from the insulator; and a conductive structure disposed on the insulator and electrically connected to the electronic element, thereby reducing the thickness of the overall structure. |
| US10204864B2 |
Stretchable form of single crystal silicon for high performance electronics on rubber substrates
The present invention provides stretchable, and optionally printable, semiconductors and electronic circuits capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed. Stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention preferred for some applications are flexible, in addition to being stretchable, and thus are capable of significant elongation, flexing, bending or other deformation along one or more axes. Further, stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention may be adapted to a wide range of device configurations to provide fully flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices. |
| US10204862B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate provided with a through-hole, a device layer including a lower layer wiring, an insulating layer that covers the device layer, a first through-electrode that passes through the insulating layer, a first insulating film provided with an opening having a diameter that is substantially the same as or greater than an opening diameter of the through-hole of the semiconductor substrate, a second insulating film positioned on an upper side of the first insulating film and on an inner side surface of the through-hole of the semiconductor substrate, and a second through-electrode electrically connected to the lower layer wiring in the device layer from an upper side of the second insulating film through the inside of the through-hole of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10204860B2 |
Semiconductor device with graphene encapsulated metal and method therefor
A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a first metal layer over a first dielectric layer, forming a first graphene layer on at least one major surface of the first metal layer, and forming a second dielectric layer over the first metal layer and the first graphene layer. The method further includes forming an opening in the second dielectric layer which exposes the first metal layer, forming a second metal layer over the second dielectric layer and within the opening, and forming a second graphene layer on at least one major surface of the second metal layer, wherein the second graphene layer is also formed within the opening. |
| US10204852B2 |
Circuit substrate and semiconductor package structure
A circuit substrate for a chip bonding thereon includes a core substrate having a chip-side surface and a bump-side surface opposite to the chip-side surface, a first through via plug passing through the core substrate, a pad disposed on the bump-side surface, in contact with the first through via plug, and a first thickness enhancing conductive pattern disposed on a surface of the pad, which is away from the bump-side surface. |
| US10204851B2 |
High density package interconnects
Electronic assemblies and methods including the formation of interconnect structures are described. In one embodiment an apparatus includes semiconductor die and a first metal bump on the die, the first metal bump including a surface having a first part and a second part. The apparatus also includes a solder resistant coating covering the first part of the surface and leaving the second part of the surface uncovered. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10204849B2 |
Semiconductor device
The semiconductor device of the present invention is a semiconductor device in which a first semiconductor chip including a first field effect transistor for a high-side switch, a second semiconductor chip including a second field effect transistor for a low-side switch, and a third semiconductor chip including a circuit that controls each of the first and second semiconductor chips are sealed with a sealing portion. A lead electrically connected to a pad of the first semiconductor chip for a source of the first field effect transistor and a lead electrically connected to a back-surface electrode of the second semiconductor chip for a drain of the second field effect transistor are disposed on the same side of the sealing portion in a plan view. |
| US10204843B2 |
Interconnect arrangement with stress-reducing structure and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device structure and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate and forming a first structure through the dielectric layer such that a first portion of the dielectric layer is disposed in between the first structure. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure further includes forming a first via hole and a second via hole through the first portion of the dielectric layer and forming a trench connecting the first via hole and the second via hole in the dielectric layer. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure further includes forming a conductive feature in the first via hole, the second via hole, and the trench. In addition, the first structure and the dielectric layer are made of different materials from each other. |
| US10204842B2 |
Semiconductor package with a wire bond mesh
A semiconductor package includes a lead frame having a die attach pad and a plurality of leads. A die is attached to the die attach pad and the electrically connected to the plurality of leads. The die includes a plurality of bond pads along a periphery of the die and a bond pad strip surrounding a circuit in the die. A first plurality of bond wires is bonded between first opposite sides of the bond pad strip. The first plurality of bond wires is aligned in a first direction. A second plurality of bond wires is bonded between second opposite sides of the bond pad strip. The second plurality of bond wires is aligned in a second direction. Mold compound covers portions of the lead frame, the die, the bond pad strip, the first plurality of bond wires and the second plurality of bond wires. |
| US10204838B2 |
Handle substrate of composite substrate for semiconductor, and composite substrate for semiconductor
A handle substrate of a composite substrate for a semiconductor includes a base substrate comprising a polycrystalline material; and an amorphous layer provided over the base substrate, the amorphous layer having chemical resistance and comprising a single component with a high purity. |
| US10204835B2 |
Fabrication of a vertical fin field effect transistor with reduced dimensional variations
A method of forming a fin field effect transistor (finFET) having fin(s) with reduced dimensional variations, including forming a dummy fin trench within a perimeter of a fin pattern region on a substrate, forming a dummy fin fill in the dummy fin trench, forming a plurality of vertical fins within the perimeter of the fin pattern region, including border fins at the perimeter of the fin pattern region and interior fins located within the perimeter and inside the bounds of the border fins, wherein the border fins are formed from the dummy fin fill, and removing the border fins, wherein the border fins are dummy fins and the interior fins are active vertical fins. |
| US10204832B2 |
Method of patterning intersecting structures
Provided is a method of patterning structures on a substrate using an integration scheme in a patterning system, the method comprising: disposing a substrate in a processing chamber, the substrate having a plurality of structures and a pattern, the substrate including an underlying layer and a target layer, at least one structure intersecting with another structure, each intersection having an intersection angle and a corner, the integration scheme requiring a vertical corner profile at each intersection; alternatingly and sequentially etching and cleaning the substrate to transfer the pattern onto the target layer and to achieve a target vertical corner profile at each intersection; controlling selected two or more operating variables of the integration scheme in the alternating and sequential etching and cleaning operations in order to achieve target integration objectives. |
| US10204830B2 |
Previous layer self-aligned via and plug patterning for back end of line (BEOL) interconnects
Previous layer self-aligned via and plug patterning for back end of line (BEOL) interconnects are described. In an example, an interconnect structure for an integrated circuit includes a first layer disposed above a substrate. The first layer of the interconnect structure includes a grating of alternating metal lines and dielectric lines in a first direction. A second layer of the interconnect structure is disposed above the first layer. The second layer includes a grating of alternating metal lines and dielectric lines in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction. Each metal line of the grating of the second layer is disposed on a recessed dielectric line composed of alternating distinct regions of a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material corresponding to the alternating metal lines and dielectric lines of the first layer of the interconnect structure. |
| US10204827B2 |
Multi-level air gap formation in dual-damascene structure
An upper layer is formed in a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer. The upper layer comprises a plurality of metal interconnects and one or more upper layer air gaps positioned between adjacent metal interconnects. A lower layer is formed in the first ILD layer. The lower layer comprises one or more vias, and one or more lower air gaps positioned between adjacent vias. The upper layer and the lower layer are formed in accordance with a dual-damascene process. |
| US10204826B1 |
Method for removing damaged layer embedded in a dielectric layer
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a trench in the IMD layer; performing a treatment process to transform part of the IMD layer into a damaged layer adjacent to the trench; forming a protective layer on a sidewall of the damaged layer; forming a metal layer in the trench; and removing the damaged layer to form an air gap adjacent to the protective layer. |
| US10204821B2 |
Semiconductor devices having isolation insulating layers and methods of manufacturing the same
The inventive concepts provide semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same. Semiconductor devices of the inventive concepts may include a fin region comprising a first fin subregion and a second fin subregion separated and isolated from each other by an isolation insulating layer disposed therebetween, a first gate intersecting the first fin subregion, a second gate intersecting the second fin subregion, and a third gate intersecting the isolation insulating layer. |
| US10204816B2 |
Substrate retaining carrier, method for retaining and separating substrate and method for evaporation
A substrate retaining carrier, a method for retaining and separating the substrate, and a method for evaporation are provided. The substrate retaining carrier includes a substrate stage and a movable substrate retaining support device, the substrate retaining support device comprises multiple probes and a probe holder, wherein a first end of each of the probes is provided with a substrate retaining member, and a second end of each of the probes is secured onto the probe holder; the substrate stage is provided with through holes for passage of the probes therein. |
| US10204810B2 |
Linear vacuum robot with Z motion and articulated arm
There is described apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates including wafers as to efficiently produce at reasonable costs improved throughput as compared to systems in use today. A linear transport chamber includes linear tracks and robot arms riding on the linear tracks to linearly transfer substrates along the sides of processing chambers for feeding substrates into a controlled atmosphere through a load lock and then along a transport chamber as a way of reaching processing chambers. A four-axis robot arm is disclosed, capable of linear translation, rotation and articulation, and z-motion. |
| US10204809B2 |
Method for thermal treatment using heat reservoir chamber
The present disclosure provides a thermal treatment chamber. The thermal treatment chamber includes a wafer holder to hold a to-be-processed wafer; a heat reservoir located under the wafer holder, but being separated from the wafer holder, for adjusting a temperature of the wafer holder based on the to-be-processed wafer; and a first driving unit connected to the heat reservoir for adjusting a distance between the wafer holder and the heat reservoir to adjust the temperature of the wafer holder. |
| US10204805B2 |
Thin heated substrate support
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for heating and supporting a substrate in a processing chamber. A substrate support assembly includes a heated plate having a substrate supporting surface on a front side and a cantilever arm extending from a backside of the heated plate. The heated plate is configured to support and heat a substrate on the substrate supporting surface. The cantilever arm has a first end attached to the heated plate near a central axis of the heated plate, and a second end extending radially outwards from the central axis. |
| US10204804B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for gas mixed liquid polishing, etching, and cleaning
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of polishing a device includes providing a layer having a non-uniform top surface. The non-uniform top surface includes a plurality of protrusions. The method further includes removing the plurality of protrusions by exposing the layer to a fluid that has gas bubbles and a liquid. |
| US10204802B2 |
Method of forming via hole, array substrate and method of forming the same and display device
The present disclosure provides a method of forming a via hole, an array substrate and a method of forming the same and a display device. The method of forming a via hole includes: forming a pattern of a first via hole and a pattern of an upper-part etched structure of a second via hole simultaneously on a base substrate through a first patterning process by using a first mask; forming a pattern of the second hole in a region corresponding to the formed pattern of the upper-part etched structure of the second via hole through a second patterning process by using a second mask. |
| US10204800B2 |
Method for improving threshold voltage of oxide semiconductor thin film transistor
The invention provides a method for improving threshold voltage of oxide semiconductor TFT, by bending the oxide semiconductor TFT for a default number of times or bending the oxide semiconductor TFT for a default duration, by bending the oxide semiconductor TFT to compress or stretch the oxide semiconductor layer to change the distance among the atoms in the channel of the oxide semiconductor TFT so as to change the energy difference between the inter-atom bonding orbital and anti-bonding orbital, resulting in controlling the threshold voltage of the oxide semiconductor TFT within a proper range to achieve improving the threshold voltage of the oxide semiconductor TFT. |
| US10204799B2 |
Method for manufacturing a field-effect transistor
A method for manufacturing a field-effect transistor includes forming an active layer of an oxide semiconductor, forming a conducting film to cover the active layer, patterning the conducting film through an etching process using an etchant to form a source electrode and a drain electrode, and performing, at least before the patterning the conducting film, a treatment on the active layer so that an etching rate of the active layer is less than an etching rate of the conducting film. |
| US10204782B2 |
Combined anneal and selective deposition process
A method for forming a film with an annealing step and a deposition step is disclosed. The method comprises an annealing step for inducing self-assembly or alignment within a polymer. The method also comprises a selective deposition step in order to enable selective deposition on a polymer. |
| US10204777B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding part, a substrate rotating mechanism, and a chamber. The substrate rotating mechanism includes an annular rotor part disposed in an internal space of the chamber and a stator part disposed around the rotor part outside the chamber. The substrate holding part is attached to the rotor part in the internal space of the chamber. In the substrate rotating mechanism, a rotating force is generated about a central axis between the stator part and the rotor part. The rotor part is thereby rotated about the central axis, being in a floating state, together with a substrate and the substrate holding part. In the substrate processing apparatus, the substrate can be easily rotated in the internal space having excellent sealability. As a result, it is possible to easily perform single-substrate processing in a sealed internal space. |
| US10204776B1 |
Tuning multipole RF amplitude for ions not present in calibrant
A mass spectrometry apparatus includes an ion source configured to generate ions; an ion guide configured to guide ions from the ion source towards a detector; the ion detector configured to detect ions; and a mass spectrometry controller. The mass spectrometry controller is configured to generate a tune curve for the ion guide; determine an observed low mass cutoff for the ion guide from the tune curve; calculate an effective r0 for the ion guide based on the observed low mass cutoff; determine an RF voltage based on the effective r0; apply the RF voltage to the ion guide; and perform a mass analysis of ions in a sample. |
| US10204775B2 |
High pressure mass spectrometry systems and methods
Mass spectrometers and methods for measuring information about samples using mass spectrometry are disclosed. |
| US10204774B2 |
Instruments for measuring ion size distribution and concentration
Instruments are disclosed for analyzing ions from about 1000 to 10,000,000 Daltons by controlling a gaseous medium through which the ions travel under the influence of an electric field so that properties of the ions, such as diameter, electrical mobility, and charge, are measured. One embodiment of the disclosed instruments includes an ion source, a nozzle, a jet relaxation region, an ion accumulation region, an electronic gate, a flow chamber and an ion detector. |
| US10204772B2 |
Mass spectrometry analysis of microorganisms in samples
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of microorganisms in samples. |
| US10204771B2 |
Preparation enhancements and methods of use for MALDI mass spectrometry
Provided herein are compositions and methods useful for preparing and analyzing a sample on a substrate by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS). In some embodiments, compositions provided herein comprise a substrate, matrix and nanoparticles, and sometimes comprise one or more additives and sometimes an analyte. Compositions provided herein sometimes comprise nanoparticles that include or are made up of silicon dioxide. |
| US10204768B2 |
Etching device, plasma processing device
A plasma processing device capable of positioning a protective member for covering the upper surface of a peripheral edge portion of a substrate, with high accuracy. A plasma processing device has, a platen on which a substrate K is placed, a gas supply device, a plasma generating device, an RF power supply unit, an annular and plate-shaped protective member configured to be capable of being placed on a peripheral portion of the platen and which covers a peripheral edge portion of the substrate K, support members supporting the protective member, and a lifting cylinder lifting up and down the platen. At least three first protrusions which are engaged with the peripheral portion of the platen are formed on a pitch circle on the lower surface of the protective member and the center of the pitch circle is co-axial with the central axis of the protective member. |
| US10204761B2 |
Charged particle beam device, electron microscope and sample observation method
Provided is an electron microscope with which a sample can be observed stably and with high accuracy. The electron microscope comprises: a sample stage; an electron optical system that scans an electron beam over a sample; a vacuum system that maintains the sample stage and the electron optical system in a vacuum; a secondary electron detector that detects secondary electrons emitted from the sample; transmitted electron detectors that detect transmitted electrons that have transmitted through the sample; and a control device that obtains a secondary electron image and a transmitted electron image on the basis of the secondary electrons and the transmitted electrons detected by the secondary electron detector and the transmitted electron detectors and stores the secondary electron image and the transmitted electron image. The sample stage is provided with cooling means for cooling the sample. The vacuum system is provided with a cold trap that sucks moisture from around the sample and a vacuum gauge that measures the degree of vacuum of the vacuum system. |
| US10204756B2 |
Coil terminal and electromagnetic relay provided therewith
A coil terminal includes: first to third terminal portions configured to supply a current to a coil; a coupler configured to couple these first to third terminal portions; and connectors provided in the coupler and connected with a lead wire of the coil. The coupler is formed by a resistive material, and includes a resistance regulator formed by bending at least part of the coupler. |
| US10204754B1 |
Keyboard device
A keyboard device includes a substrate, a thin film switch circuit, and a trigger device having a rubber dome and a metal dome. The trigger device is configured to trigger the thin film switch circuit in response to an external force. The rubber dome is arranged to provide a first tactile feel during a first pressing process while the external force is exerted and provide a first rebound force during a first relieving process after the external force has been removed. The metal dome is arranged to provide a second tactile feel during a second pressing process while the external force is exerted and provide a second rebound force during a second relieving process after the external force has been removed. |
| US10204751B2 |
Method and arrangement for parameterizing bay controllers and/or protective devices of a switching arrangement
A method automatically parameterizes bay controllers and/or protective devices of a switching arrangement. The method includes automatically detecting the topology of the switching arrangement on the basis of topology information, and automatically determining interlocking and/or enabling conditions for at least one device on the basis of the topology. Communication connections for the at least one device are automatically specified while taking into account the interlocking and/or enabling conditions determined for this device. The at least one device is parameterized with the interlocking and/or enabling conditions and the communication connections and the topology determined for this device, so that interlocking or enabling of a switching action in the at least one device is controllable during the operation of the switching arrangement. |
| US10204749B2 |
Apparatus for remote manipulation of electric equipment
An apparatus (200) for remote manipulation of an electric equipment. The apparatus (200) comprises a supporting structure (204) adapted to be attached to the electric equipment adjacent to a button (202a) of the electric equipment, and an elongated lever (206) attached to an axis (204a) of the supporting structure between a first end and a second end of the elongated lever such that the elongated lever is rotatable around the axis (204a). The apparatus (200) also comprises an actuation member (208, 210) adapted to actuate the first end of the elongated lever in response to an actuation signal (S) such that the elongated lever rotates around the axis (204a) so to move a finger portion (206c) at the second end of the lever against the button with a predefined maximum length. Thereby, a precise and well-defined movement of the finger portion (206c) can fairly easy be created with a predefined maximum length which is sufficient to press the button (202a) to activate some function as desired, but without risking damage of the button (202a). |
| US10204746B2 |
Separation membrane for super capacitor, super capacitor comprising same, and manufacturing method therefor
Provided is a super capacitor. The super capacitor, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, comprises: an energy storage assembly in which a plurality of unit modules are stacked; a sealing member arranged to surround the side portion of the energy storage assembly; upper and lower plates respectively arranged on the upper and lower portions of the energy storage assembly; and a roll force compensation member, arranged between the upper and lower plates and the energy storage assembly, for preventing the center portion of the energy storage assembly from being convexly bent toward the upper and lower plates. Accordingly, overall performance can be enhanced by reducing the thickness deviation for each position, and uniform power can be generated regardless of position by resolving imbalance in impregnation. |
| US10204745B1 |
Method of making a supercapacitor using porous activated carbon from cow dung
The method of making a supercapacitor using porous activated carbon from cow dung includes converting cow dung to porous activated carbon by, in a first step, preparing the dung waste by washing and drying the dung waste, and heating the dung waste in a vacuum environment to form pre-carbonized carbon. In a second step, the pre-carbonized carbon is impregnated with phosphoric acid to form a slurry, which is dried, ground, and heated in a vacuum to between 600-900° C. to form porous activated carbon. The porous activated carbon is mixed with a binder, acetylene black, and an organic solvent to form a paste, which is dried on a conductive metal foil to form an electrode. Two such electrodes (an anode and cathode) are coated with an electrolyte gel (e.g., aqueous potassium hydroxide) and separated by a polymer (e.g., PTFE) membrane to form the supercapacitor. |
| US10204744B2 |
Capacitor
A capacitor that includes a porous metallic base material; a phosphorus-containing layer on the porous metallic base material; a dielectric layer on the phosphorus-containing layer; and an electrode on the dielectric layer. |
| US10204738B2 |
Capacitor assembly, high-voltage direct-current transmission
A capacitor assembly has series-connected capacitor element groups, each with a plurality of capacitor elements connected in parallel. The capacitor elements are divided into a first sub-set and a second sub-set. The capacitor elements of the first sub-set have a fuse while those of the second sub-set do not have a fuse. Extended operation is achieved even in the event of individual malfunctioning capacitor elements by using capacitor elements with fuses to separate the corresponding capacitor element in the event of a failure without generating a substantial change in the capacitance of the entire capacitor assembly. In order to prevent an avalanche effect in which the entire capacitor element group is separated, a sub-set of the capacitor elements do not have a fuse, so that a capacitor element is always provided which generates a bridge of the respective capacitor element group in the event of a failure. |
| US10204737B2 |
Low noise capacitors
Relatively low noise capacitors are provided for surface mounted applications. Electro-mechanical vibrations generate audible noise, which are otherwise relatively reduced through modifications to MLCC device structures, and/or their mounting interfaces on substrates such as printed circuit boards (PCBs). Different embodiments variously make use of flexible termination compliance so that surface mounting has reduced amplitude vibrations transmitted to the PCB. In other instances, side terminal and transposer embodiments effectively reduce the size of the mounting pads relative to the case of the capacitor, or a molded enclosure provides standoff, termination compliance and clamping of vibrations. |
| US10204733B2 |
Module substrate
Provided is a module substrate including an inductor that can be made thinner and smaller. A module substrate according to an aspect of the present invention includes a substrate member having a mounting surface on which electronic components are mounted, a magnetic core disposed within the substrate member, and a conductor coil provided in the substrate member and wound around the magnetic core. The module substrate has a configuration in which an inductor is built into the substrate member, which makes it possible to make the overall module substrate smaller and thinner. |
| US10204730B2 |
Electronic device and manufacturing method thereof
A method for manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising: providing a conducting wire; forming a mixture with the conducting wire buried therein, wherein the mixture comprises: a first magnetic powder and a second magnetic powder, wherein the mean particle diameter of the first magnetic powder is larger than the mean particle diameter of the second magnetic powder, and the Vicker's Hardness of the first magnetic powder is greater than the Vicker's Hardness of the second magnetic powder by a first hardness difference; and performing a molding process on the conducting wire and the mixture, wherein by means of the first hardness difference of the first magnetic powder and the second magnetic powder, the mixture and the conducting wire buried therein are combined to form an integral magnetic body at a temperature lower than the melting point of the conducting wire. |
| US10204727B2 |
Systems and methods for producing magnetic structures
A system for magnetizing magnetic sources into a rare earth permanent magnet material includes a first inductor coil, a second inductor coil, and at least one magnetizing circuit for supplying a first current having a first direction for a first duration to said first inductor coil to produce a first magnetic field and a second current having a second direction for a second duration to said second inductor coil to produce a second magnetic field. The first inductor coil comprises a first plurality of layers of a flat conductor about a first aperture positioned on a first side of the rare earth permanent magnet material at a first location where a magnetic source is to be magnetized into the rare earth permanent magnet material from the first side of the rare earth permanent magnet material. The second inductor coil comprising a second plurality of layers of a flat conductor coiled about a second aperture positioned on a second side of the rare earth permanent magnet material at a second location where a magnetic source is to be magnetized into the rare earth permanent magnet material from the second side of said rare earth permanent magnet material, where the second side is opposite the first side. |
| US10204720B2 |
High performance support-separators for communications cables providing shielding for minimizing alien crosstalk
High performance communications cables can provide for wireless fidelity applications. A communications cable can include core support-separators having profiles which define a clearance to maintain spacing and/or channel between the transmission media and power conductors. The core can be formed of a conductive or insulative material that have, principally, polymer blends that include olefin and/or fluoropolymer and/or chlorofluoropolymer based resins. The polymer blends can also be utilized for fabricating shielding materials. The core support-separators have both a central region as well as a plurality of shaped sections that extend outward from the central region that are either solid or partially solid, foamed or foamed with a solid skin surface. |
| US10204718B2 |
Sensor catheter having reduced cross-talk wiring arrangements
Improved wiring arrangements for sensor catheters are provided to reduce wire-to-wire cross-talk wherein wires connecting the sensor of the sensor catheter to a processing unit are divided into a plurality of wire bundles contained within respective sheaths, with the wires in wire bundle twisted together reduce electromagnetic signal interference among the individual wires, or between wire bundles. |
| US10204716B2 |
Electrical power transmission system and method
A power carrier transmits an electrical current to and from a load. The carrier has a set of wires carrying electricity in parallel to the load and another set of wires carrying the electricity back in parallel from the load. The wires are organized with equal numbers of wires from each set grouped around a junction alternatingly, so that as a result the magnetic fields created by the electricity flowing through the two sets of wires cancel each other out in the junction. The carrier may have several junctions in a rectangular matrix pattern or a hexagonal dose-packed pattern, or other patterns, e.g., octagonal, which may be combined with junctions with different numbers of wires. |
| US10204710B2 |
Method and device for replacing control rod drives
A control rod drive replacement device includes a channel for mounting on a support under a nuclear reactor pressure vessel and a control rod drive extractor removably received in the channel. The control rod drive extractor includes a base and a housing pivotably connected to the base. The housing is configured for receiving a control rod drive. The base includes a base axis. The housing is pivotably attached to the base at the base axis for pivoting between a horizontal orientation in which the housing is aligned within the channel and a vertical orientation in which the housing is aligned for receiving the control rod drive from the nuclear reactor pressure vessel. The housing is vertically movable with respect to the base in the vertical orientation. |
| US10204709B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a plasma fusion reactor
Embodiments of a plasma fusion energy reactor based on Bussard's Polywell concept. The apparatus of the embodiments include interior, electron-extraction electrodes to remove cold, trapped electrons and replace them with hot electrons. Hot electrons efficiently confine a dense, hot plasma fuel. The method of the embodiments discloses a procedure for controlling the reactor during its start-up phase of operation. During start-up the reactor is changed from being in a cold, empty state to being in a stable steady-state of energy production. Reliable computer simulation predicts that in steady-state the disclosed apparatus and method will produce usable net-power continuously and for an indefinite period of operation. The full-scale reactor design is suitable for replacing most of the world's existing coal-fired power production with a clean, safe energy production alternative. |
| US10204708B2 |
System and method for deriving parameters for homeostatic feedback control of an individual
A method and system of deriving a physiological homeostatic operating set point of an individual comprising the steps of: obtaining a dataset of predetermined number of homeostatic measurements of the individual; fitting the dataset of predetermined number of homeostatic measurements according to a negative exponential decay function; identifying and setting the physiological homeostatic operating set point unique to the individual as the point corresponding to the point of maximum curvature on the fitted negative exponential decay function is disclosed. The method is especially suited for determining the [FT4]-[TSH] set point, which is unique for each individual. |
| US10204705B2 |
Systems and methods for data cleansing such as for optimizing clinical scheduling
A scheduling system and method for data cleansing may be used to optimize clinical scheduling. The present disclosure describes receiving clinical record data, in an agnostic manner, from a system including a source scheduling database containing the clinical record data; mapping the clinical record data to a desired format; conforming the clinical record data to standardized scheduling elements of the scheduling system; cleansing, in a manner configurable by a user, the clinical record data to purge portions of the clinical record data; providing the clinical record data to an optimization engine for optimization of the clinical record data; optimizing the clinical record data by applying configurable logic to the clinical record data; and uploading one or more newly defined optimized scheduling templates via an outbound connection back to the scheduling system. |
| US10204703B2 |
Medical coding management system using an intelligent coding, reporting, and analytics-focused tool
A device may receive information that identifies a first medical term and may determine whether the first medical term corresponds to a first medical code, which may be a medical code previously input by a first user in association with a second medical term. Or, the first medical code may be included in a dictionary. The device may determine a valid code corresponding to the first medical term based on determining whether the first medical term corresponds to the first medical code. The valid code may be determined based on the first medical code when the first medical term corresponds to the first medical code. The valid code may be determined based on a second medical code, input by a second user, when the first medical term does not correspond to the first medical code. The device may provide information that identifies the valid code. |
| US10204701B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and read threshold voltage adjustment method for the same
An operating method for a data storage device may include: determining a displacement value based on section memory cell numbers regarding a plurality of threshold voltage sections divided by a first read voltage and second read voltages; determining an adjustment direction based on the displacement value; adjusting at least one reliability value corresponding to at least one threshold voltage section among the threshold voltage sections, positioned in the adjustment direction from the first read voltage; and performing an error correction operation on data read from memory cells based on the first read voltage, using reliability values corresponding to the threshold voltage sections. |
| US10204697B2 |
Impulse sampler architecture and active clock cancellation architecture
A novel nonlinear impulse sampler is presented that provides a clock sharpening circuit, sampling stage, and post-sampling block. The clock sharpening circuit sharpens the incoming clock while acting as a buffer, and the sharpened clock is fed to the input of the sampling stage. The impulse sampling stage has two main transistors, where one transistor generates the impulse and the other transistor samples the input signal. Post-sampling block processes the sampled signal and acts as a sample and hold circuit. The architecture uses an ultrafast transmission-line based inductive peaking technique to turn on a high-speed sampling bipolar transistor for a few picoseconds. It is shown that the sampler can detect impulses as short as 100 psec or less. |
| US10204695B2 |
Control circuit for controlling a noise reduction thin film transistor in a shift register unit and method of reducing noise
The present application discloses a control circuit for controlling a noise reduction thin film transistor in a shift register unit. The control circuit includes a timer for initiating a timing process when the shift register is turned on, to obtain an operating time of the shift register; a threshold voltage calculator coupled to the timer for calculating a present threshold voltage based on the operating time, a gate voltage of the noise reduction thin film transistor, and an initial threshold voltage of the noise reduction thin film transistor; and a gate voltage controller coupled to the threshold voltage calculator for adjusting the gate voltage of the noise reduction thin film transistor during the noise reduction phase, to control the noise reduction thin film transistor in an ON state during the noise reduction phase. |
| US10204692B1 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory cells, a first word line, first and second sense amplifiers, first and second bit lines, a controller. The first and second sense amplifiers each include first and second transistors. The first bit line is connected between the first memory cell and the first transistor. The second bit line is connected between the second memory cell and the second transistor. In the read operation, the controller is configured to apply a kick voltage to the first word line before applying the read voltage to the first word line, and to apply a first voltage to a gate of the first transistor and a second voltage to a gate of the second transistor while applying the kick voltage to the first word line. |
| US10204691B2 |
Method to reduce program disturbs in non-volatile memory cells
A non-volatile memory that includes a shared source line configuration and methods of operating the same to reduce disturbs is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes coupling a first positive high voltage to a first global wordline in a first row of an array of memory cells, and coupling a second negative high voltage (VNEG) to a first bitline in a first column of the array to apply a bias to a non-volatile memory transistor in a selected memory cell to program the selected memory cell. A margin voltage having a magnitude less than VNEG is coupled to a second global wordline in a second row of the array, and an inhibit voltage coupled to a second bitline in a second column of the array. |
| US10204689B1 |
Non-volatile memory with methods to reduce creep-up field between dummy control gate and select gate
Non-volatile storage systems and method of operating non-volatile storage systems are disclosed. A crept up voltage on a memory cell control gate adjacent to a select gate is prevented, reduced, and/or discharged. In some aspects, the crept up voltage is not allowed to happen on the memory cell next to the select gate after a sensing operation. In some aspects, the voltage may creep up on the memory cell control gate after a sensing operation, but it is discharged. Reducing and/or preventing the crept up voltage may reduce the electric field between the dummy memory cell and select gate transistor. This may prevent, or at least reduce, changes in threshold voltage of the select gate transistor. Additional problems may also be solved by a reduction of the crept up voltage on the dummy memory cell control gates. |
| US10204688B2 |
Memory array, and method for reading, programming and erasing memory array
Memory arrays and reading, programming and erasing methods of the memory arrays are provided. An exemplary memory array includes a plurality of memory columns. Each memory column has a plurality of flash memory cells. The memory columns are divided into at least two blocks. At least one source pull down column is disposed between the two adjacent blocks. Each source pull down column has a plurality of flash memory cells. A source of each flash memory cell in the source pull down column is coupled to sources of the flash memory cells of the plurality memory columns in a same row as the flash memory cell in the source pull down column to pull down a source of a selected flash memory cell to 0 V. |
| US10204686B2 |
Page buffer, method of sensing a memory cell using the same, and nonvolatile memory device including the same
A page buffer includes a first precharge circuit, a second precharge circuit, and a sense amplifying circuit. The first precharge circuit includes a first path for precharging a bitline connected to a nonvolatile memory cell. The second precharge circuit includes a second path for precharging a sensing node connected to the bitline. The second path is electrically separated from the first path. The sensing node is used to detect a state of the nonvolatile memory cell. The sense amplifying circuit is connected to the sensing node and the second precharge circuit, and stores state information representing the state of the nonvolatile memory cell. The second precharge circuit is configured to perform a first precharge operation for the sensing node and configured to selectively perform a second precharge operation for the sensing node based on the state of the nonvolatile memory cell after the first precharge operation. |
| US10204685B2 |
Ternary content addressable memory
Ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) structures and methods of use are disclosed. The memory architecture includes one or more ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) fields, and control logic that applies progressively discriminating data-masking and scores a closeness of a match based on matched and mismatched bits. |
| US10204683B2 |
Electronic circuit and data storage system
A method of manufacturing an electronic circuit comprises: providing an electronic circuit having a first configuration in which the circuit comprises a resistive element having a first resistance, and irradiating at least a part of the resistive element with electromagnetic radiation to change the resistance of the resistive element from the first resistance to a second resistance, the second resistance being lower than the first resistance. A method of storing data comprises: receiving a piece of data to be stored; determining a number according to the data; and irradiating at least part of a resistive element with that number of pulses of electromagnetic radiation to change a resistance of the resistive element from a first resistance to a second resistance, the second resistance being lower than the first resistance. A difference between the first resistance and the second resistance is dependent on the number. Corresponding circuits and data storage systems are disclosed. |
| US10204682B2 |
Nonvolatile nanotube switches and systems using same
A non-volatile nanotube switch and memory arrays constructed from these switches are disclosed. A non-volatile nanotube switch includes a conductive terminal and a nanoscopic element stack having a plurality of nanoscopic elements arranged in direct electrical contact, a first comprising a nanotube fabric and a second comprising a carbon material, a portion of the nanoscopic element stack in electrical contact with the conductive terminal. Control circuitry is provided in electrical communication with and for applying electrical stimulus to the conductive terminal and to at least a portion of the nanoscopic element stack. At least one of the nanoscopic elements is capable of switching among a plurality of electronic states in response to a corresponding electrical stimuli applied by the control circuitry to the conductive terminal and the portion of the nanoscopic element stack. For each electronic state, the nanoscopic element stack provides an electrical pathway of corresponding resistance. |
| US10204681B2 |
Control circuit configured to terminate a set operation and a reset operation of a resistive memory cell of memory array based on the voltage variation on the data line of the resistive memory cell
The present disclosure provides a control circuit of a memory array. The control circuit includes a first switch and a set termination circuit. The first switch is connected between a first voltage source and a data line of a resistive memory cell of the memory array. The set termination circuit has a first terminal connected to a control terminal of the first switch and a second terminal connected to the data line of the resistive memory cell of the memory array. When a data line voltage of the data line decreases to be lower than a first voltage in a first duration of the resistive memory cell performing a set operation, the set termination circuit turns off the first switch to terminate the set operation by stopping providing the first voltage of the first voltage source to the data line. |
| US10204672B2 |
Magnetic memory device
A magnetic memory device includes a memory cell array, a counter circuit and a control circuit. The memory cell array includes a memory cell including a magneto resistive element in which writing is performed by current in a first direction or current in a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction. The memory cell array includes a first word line and a first bit line, both connected with the memory cell. The counter circuit counts the number of writing times in the first direction while the counter circuit is in electrical connection with the magneto resistive element. The control circuit performs writing in the second direction in the memory cell when the number of consecutive writing times in the first direction reaches a threshold number of times while the control circuit is in connection with the memory cell array. |
| US10204670B2 |
Spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory for supporting operational modes with mode register
A magnetic random access memory (MRAM), and a memory module, memory system including the same, and method for controlling the same are disclosed. The MRAM includes magnetic memory cells configured to change between at least two states according to a magnetization direction, and a mode register supporting a plurality of operational modes. |
| US10204666B2 |
Input buffer circuit
Apparatuses for receiving an input signal in a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes: a first amplifier that provides first and second intermediate voltages responsive to first and second input voltages; first and second voltage terminals; a circuit node; a first transistor coupled between the first voltage terminal and the circuit node and is turned on responsive to at least one of the first and second intermediate voltages; a second amplifier including first and second inverters, at least one of the first and second inverters being coupled between the circuit node and the second voltage terminal; and first and second output nodes, the first output node being coupled to an input node of the first inverter and an output node of the second inverter, and the second output node being coupled to an output node of the first inverter and an input node of the second inverter. |
| US10204663B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for compensating for source voltage
Apparatuses and methods for compensating for source voltage are described. An example apparatus includes a source cooled to a memory cell and a read-write circuit coupled to the memory cell. The apparatus further includes a sense current generator coupled to a node or the source and to the read-write circuit, the sense current generator configured to control provision of a sense current by the read-write circuit responsive to a voltage of the node of the source. |
| US10204662B2 |
Stacked DRAM device and method of manufacture
A memory device includes a first dynamic random access memory (DRAM) integrated circuit (IC) chip including first memory core circuitry, and first input/output (I/O) circuitry. A second DRAM IC chip is stacked vertically with the first DRAM IC chip. The second DRAM IC chip includes second memory core circuitry, and second I/O circuitry. Solely one of the first DRAM IC chip or the second DRAM IC chip includes a conductive path that electrically couples at least one of the first memory core circuitry or the second memory core circuitry to solely one of the first I/O circuitry or the second I/O circuitry, respectively. |
| US10204657B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium
The present invention comprises an input part for inputting image data, a receiving part for receiving production information relating to production transmitted from another apparatus, a recording part for recording the production information received by the receiving part and image data input by the input part, a detection part for detecting a recording position on a recording medium at an editing point of image data recorded by the recording part, and a transmission part for transmitting information of the recording position detected by the detection part, whereby identification information for identifying image data and voice data is recorded in a recording medium or a recording device, this relieving a burden on a photographer and an editor and facilitating extraction of image data and voice data. |
| US10204655B1 |
Heat-assisted magnetic recording device capable of preventing contaminant on the head
Data is written to data sectors of a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium using a laser of a HAMR head supplied with a sum of an operational current and a threshold current. A service current is supplied to the laser when the head is over servo sectors of the medium, such that a temperature of the medium at the servo sectors is greater than or equal to a temperature of the head when over the servo sectors. |
| US10204653B2 |
Selective index writing prior to unthreading a magnetic recording tape
A drive-implemented method according to one embodiment includes determining that unthreading of a tape is to be performed, and in response to the determination that the unthreading of the tape is to be performed, determining whether to write an index on the tape prior to unthreading the tape. In response to a determination to write the index on the tape, the index is written on the tape prior to unthreading the tape. The tape is then unthreaded. The drive-implemented method further includes receiving a write request after the unthreading, rethreading the tape, and writing data corresponding to the write request on the tape. The index stored on the tape prior to the unthreading is overwritten with the data corresponding to the write request. |
| US10204650B1 |
Closed-loop fly height control using transfer function between harmonic response and heater input
Gain values used by a variable gain amplifier (VGA) to read servo marks of a heat-assisted recording medium are measured. Sector-specific, repeatable gain values that indicate an expected VGA gain at a desired clearance are determined based on the measured gain values. The sector-specific, repeatable gain values are used as input to a closed-loop clearance controller together with measured values of servo VGA gain while writing data to the recording medium. |
| US10204649B2 |
Calibration of high-density servo pattern detector parameters
A tape drive-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: causing a servo reader to move in a first direction over a high-density servo pattern which includes a plurality of high-density servo tracks. Each of the servo tracks includes at least two patterns written at different frequencies to produce different periodic waveforms during readback. Moreover, a readback signal is received from the servo reader as the servo reader moves in the first direction. The readback signal is used to set a gain parameter for each of the respective periodic waveforms. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments. |
| US10204646B2 |
Near-field transducer with adjacent high-refractive index material layer
A heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head has a near-field transducer (NFT) with a distal end having a leading side taper inclined at an acute angle to the ABS, such that an acute angle is formed between a leading surface of the leading side taper and the ABS. A main magnetic pole is disposed in the head facing a trailing side of the NFT. A waveguide core layer is disposed in the head facing the leading side taper of the NFT, on which a high refractive index material (HRIM) layer is positioned. |
| US10204645B2 |
Heater design with locally decreased resistance area for fly height control
Implementations described and claimed herein includes a storage device comprising a transducer head including at least one pair of read/write elements and a heat element to thermally protrude regions of the transducer head including the read/write elements. According to one implementation, the heat element includes at least one conductive portion of locally decreased resistance proximal to and between the pair of read/write elements to direct the thermally protruded close point away from a midpoint between the read/write elements. |
| US10204639B2 |
Method and device for processing sound signal for communications device
A method and a device for processing a sound signal for a communications device, where a relationship between values of a volume of a first sound signal collected by a main microphone and a volume of a second sound signal collected by an auxiliary microphone is acquired by comparison, to determine a sound signal processing policy, and according to the sound signal processing policy, a sound signal to be sent to a peer communications terminal is determined, where the sound signal processing policy is used to ensure that a volume of the sound signal to be sent to the peer communications terminal exceeds a preset volume threshold. |
| US10204635B1 |
Device and method for processing media samples
Aspects of the disclosure include a device for processing media samples. The device includes a frame decoder, a buffer, and a placement manager. The frame decoder is configured to receive a data frame from a source outside the device, extract from the data frame a first sample, and determine a first designated playback time of the first sample. The buffer has memory portions, and addresses of the memory portions are associated with a reference time and time increments of a local sampling period of the device. The placement manager is configured to store the first sample in a first memory portion of the buffer having a first address that is associated with a first time increment that most closely corresponds to the first designated playback time of the first sample. |
| US10204633B2 |
Periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device, periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation method, periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation program and recording medium
An envelope sequence is provided that can improve approximation accuracy near peaks caused by the pitch period of an audio signal. A periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device according to the present invention takes, as an input audio signal, a time-domain audio digital signal in each frame, which is a predetermined time segment, and generates a periodic combined envelope sequence as an envelope sequence. The periodic-combined-envelope-sequence generation device according to the present invention comprises at least a spectral-envelope-sequence calculating part and a periodic-combined-envelope generating part. The spectral-envelope-sequence calculating part calculates a spectral envelope sequence of the input audio signal on the basis of time-domain linear prediction of the input audio signal. The periodic-combined-envelope generating part transforms an amplitude spectral envelope sequence to a periodic combined envelope sequence on the basis of a periodic component of the input audio signal in the frequency domain. |
| US10204630B2 |
Method for generating filter for audio signal and parameterizing device therefor
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used to effectively reproduce an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method for generating a filter for an audio signal, which are used for implementing a filtering for input audio signals with a low computational complexity and a parameterization apparatus therefor.To this end, provided are a method for generating a filter of an audio signal, including: receiving at least one proto-type filter coefficient for filtering each subband signal of an input audio signal; converting the proto-type filter coefficient into a plurality of subband filter coefficients; truncating each of the subband filter coefficients based on filter order information obtained by at least partially using characteristic information extracted from the corresponding subband filter coefficients, the length of at least one truncated subband filter coefficients being different from the length of truncated subband filter coefficients of another subband; and generating FFT filter coefficients by fast Fourier transforming (FFT) the truncated subband filter coefficients by a predetermined block size in the corresponding subband and a parameterization unit using the same. |
| US10204624B1 |
False positive wake word
One embodiment provides a method, comprising: receiving, at an information handling device, user input comprising a word that activates a digital assistant associated with the information handling device; determining, using a processor, whether the word comprises a false positive wake word, wherein the false positive wake word comprises a stored wake word; and responsive to determining that the word is associated with a false positive wake word, providing output associated with an alternative wake word. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10204623B2 |
Privacy control in a connected environment
Privacy control in a connected environment is described. An assistant device can detect speech spoken by a user. The speech can include a hardware activation phrase that indicates whether the user intends for at least a portion of the speech to be provided to local resources or cloud resources. The speech can then be provided to the appropriate resource based on the hardware activation phrase. |
| US10204620B2 |
Adjusting a deep neural network acoustic model
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes estimating a speaker dependent acoustic model utilizing test speech data and maximum likelihood linear regression (MLLR), transforming labeled speech data to create transformed speech data, utilizing the speaker dependent acoustic model and a linear transformation, and adjusting a deep neural network (DNN) acoustic model, utilizing the transformed speech data. |
| US10204618B2 |
Terminal and method for voice control on terminal
The application relates to a terminal and method for voice control on a terminal. A terminal according to some embodiments of the application includes: one or more processors, and a memory, wherein, the memory stores therein one or more computer readable program codes, and the processor or processors are configured to execute the one or more computer readable program codes, to match voice information in a voice instruction with preset voice information in the terminal upon reception of the voice instruction comprising the voice information and instruction information, to perform an operation corresponding to the instruction information upon determining successful matching, and to reject the operation corresponding to the instruction information upon determining unsuccessful matching. |
| US10204617B2 |
Voice synthesis method and voice synthesis device
An information processing device determines whether a predetermined condition with regard to information processing has been met, changes a character for vocalization when the predetermined condition has been met, and generates a sound signal of a synthesized voice obtained by vocalizing the character for vocalization that has been changed. |
| US10204614B2 |
Audio scene apparatus
An apparatus comprising an audio detector configured to analyse a first audio signal to determine at least one audio source, wherein the first audio signal is generated from the sound-field in the environment of the apparatus; an audio generator configured to generate at least one further audio source; and a mixer configured to mix the at least one audio source and the at least one further audio source such that the at least one further audio source is associated with the at least one audio source. |
| US10204613B2 |
Device and image forming apparatus
A device includes a sound source, an electric board, an exterior member, an electric board container box, and a sound absorber. The sound source generates a sound at a time of operation. The electric board has a circuit mounting an electrical component. The exterior member surrounds the sound source and the electric board. The electric board container box houses the electric board. The sound absorber is at least partially disposed inside a virtual space corresponding to a thickness of the electric board container box in an interior space of the device. |
| US10204612B2 |
Holey plate for sound absorption and insulation
A holey plate for sound absorption and insulation may include an array of through holes including a plurality of through holes having at least two different diameters, and the array of through holes being arrayed on the holey plate to form a predetermined pattern. |
| US10204610B2 |
Musical note generation device, electronic musical instrument, method, and storage medium
A musical note generation device includes at least one processor, performing a process of generating convolved sound waveform data by convolving first sound waveform data corresponding to pitch information associated with a specified key with second sound waveform data corresponding to an impulse response; a process of generating third sound waveform data by respectively reducing, among frequency components included in the generated convolved sound waveform data, amplitudes of respective frequency components of a fundamental tone and harmonics of the fundamental tone corresponding to a pitch indicated by the pitch information; and a process of outputting piano sound waveform data generated on the basis of the generated third sound waveform data generated. |
| US10204608B1 |
Mouthpiece rim for non-french horn labrosone musical brass instruments
An improved rim for a mouthpiece for a plurality of non-French horn labrosone brass musical instruments. The improved rim has a rim width having a predetermined width measurement as a smallest width dimension taken of an outer edge, a crown, and an inner edge of the improved rim, where the rim width can be a same width as a playing surface of the improved rim, where the playing surface is a width of the improved rim engaged by a musician's lips. Also provided are improved rims removably or permanently affixed to the mouthpiece. |
| US10204605B1 |
Detachable wind guard for flute embouchure hole
The invention provides a detachable wind guard for a flute-type instrument comprising an elongate, arcuate cover configured to wrap over a flute barrel. The cover has a center section with a radius larger than the radius of the flute barrel and includes a tapered, recessed facing edge configured to leave an embouchure hole uncovered when the wind guard is attached to the flute barrel. End sections taper to a radius sized to conform to the flute barrel. An elongate, arcuate holder positioned opposite the cover has a radius sized to conform to the flute barrel. A connector pin passes through knuckles on both the cover and holder to form a hinge that allows the wind guard to open in a clamshell manner. Torsion springs around the connector pin bias the holder in a closed position. |
| US10204603B2 |
Tremolo lock for electric guitar
A tremolo block combines a guitar tremolo arm with a cam locking mechanism so that when the arm is swung to a position for actuating the tremolo the locking pin on the cam is away from a mating socket or receiver, but when the arm is swung the other way, the cam pushes the pin into the locking socket so the tremolo is inactive and the string tension does not change. The position of the receiver or socket can be easily adjusted by the guitarist so that the string tension when the bridge is floating matches the string tension (and tuning) when the bridge is locked. |
| US10204601B2 |
Soundboard apparatus and method of forming
The present invention concerns soundboard apparatus for a musical instrument, the apparatus comprising a soundboard substrate formed of composite fibrous resin bonded material having a thickness of between 0.75 mm and 3 mm; and an outer layer formed of ultra-violet light blocking material having a thickness of between 0.5 and 0.9 mm. Further, the present invention relates to a method of forming a soundboard apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: bonding multiple layers of woven or straight stranded fibrous material in a resinous matrix to form a soundboard substrate, wherein the soundboard substrate is formed such that it is oversized with respect to final soundboard substrate dimensions; and finishing the soundboard substrate to form the final substrate, the finishing process being constrained to ensure that the final substrate dimensions are not compromised. |