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US10312595B2 Contrawound helical antenna apparatus and method
Example apparatuses and methods relating to antennas are provided. An example apparatus in the form of an antenna assembly includes a first conductor formed into a first helical structure wound around a central axis and a second conductor formed into a second helical structure wound around the central axis. The first helical structure may have a first coil sense and the second helical structure may have second coil sense that is opposite the first coil sense. The first conductor may have a first conductor proximal end and a first conductor distal end and the second conductor may have a second conductor proximal end and a second conductor distal end. The first conductor distal end may be adjacent the second conductor proximal end. The antenna assembly may further include first, second, and third ground planes with one disposed at each end of the conductors and one disposed between the conductors.
US10312594B2 Wide banded antenna tuning
An antenna device, wireless communication device, and method to provide wide banded antenna tuning. The antenna device is configured to include a higher frequency range antenna element, a lower frequency range antenna element, a resonance switch, and high and lower frequency range coupler elements. The antenna device provides a high frequency switch stage and a low frequency switch stage. The high frequency switch stage includes the antenna device being configured to resonate at one or more frequencies within a high impedance bandwidth and the low frequency switch stage includes the antenna device being configured to resonate at one or more frequencies within a low impedance bandwidth. The antenna device further includes impedance tuning circuitry to modify the impedance bandwidths of both the low and high frequency bandwidths. The antenna device is configured to separately perform impedance tuning for each of a transmit signal and a receive signal.
US10312593B2 Antennas for near-field and non-near-field communications
An electronic device may be provided with antenna structures. The antenna structures may be coupled to non-near-field communications circuitry such as cellular telephone transceiver circuitry or wireless local area network circuitry. When operated at non-near-field communication frequencies, the antenna structures may be configured to serve as one or more inverted-F antennas or other antennas for supporting far field wireless communications. Proximity sensor circuitry and near-field communications circuitry may also be coupled to the antenna structures. When operated at proximity sensor frequencies, the antenna structures may be used in forming capacitive proximity sensor electrode structures. When operated at near-field communications frequencies, the antenna structures may be used in forming an inductive near-field communications loop antenna.
US10312592B2 Method of manufacturing coil component and jig used for manufacturing the coil component
A manufacturing method of a coil component including the steps of: holding a plurality of semi-finished products, each of which includes a base and a coil before forming the coil component, with a jig having a holding portion; setting the plurality of semi-finished products held by the jig to the setting positions of the jig in a mold; and sealing at least a portion within the base and the coil with resin by filling the resin into a cavity of the mold.
US10312586B2 Integrated transceiver with focusing antenna
An apparatus includes a fully integrated self-contained radio device including an antenna and an antenna element. The radio device and the antenna element are arranged such that a radio signal emitted by the antenna of the radio device is amplified in at least one predefined spatial direction.
US10312581B2 Low thermal impedance structure in a phased array
An antenna system including: a metal base plate; an antenna element arranged on and extending away from the front side of the base plate; a circuit board including a ground plane, adjacent to, and in thermal contact with the base plate; a plurality of electrical components on the circuit board including a power amplifier and an I/O connector; a metal support plate separated from, parallel to, and facing the base plate, with the circuit board located between the base and support plates; a plurality of thermally conductive standoffs thermally connecting the base plate to the support plate; and a master board including an I/O connector mating with the I/O connector on the circuit board and electrically connecting the circuit board to the master board, the master board located between the circuit board and the support plate and including signal paths for routing signals to the circuit board.
US10312577B2 Antenna attachment structure and dump truck
An antenna attachment structure attaches a plurality of antennas to a dump truck including a chassis and a dump body rotatably provided on the chassis, the dump body covering the chassis across an entire length and entire width thereof in a plan view. The antenna attachment structure includes: an antenna attachment portion to which the plurality of antennas are attached and rotatably attached to each of lateral surfaces of the dump body; and a parallel link mechanism including the antenna attachment portion and a rotation center of the dump body and configured to keep a constant posture of the antenna attachment portion when the dump body is rotated.
US10312574B2 Selective specific absorption rate (SAR) mitigation
Systems, methods, and devices for reducing specific absorption rate (SAR) for an antenna are disclosed. An example method includes determining a location of a hotspot on a surface of the antenna, the hotspot comprising an area of increased SAR above a predetermined limit. The method further includes introducing a recess in the surface of the antenna at a recess location, the recess location based on the location and frequency characteristics of the hotspot. Example systems and devices include a surface forming an antenna structure and a recess in the surface of the antenna at a recess location, wherein the recess location would be a hotspot when the surface of the antenna is not recessed, the hotspot comprising an area of increased SAR above a predetermined limit.
US10312573B2 Mobile terminal
A mobile terminal can include a frame including a middle portion and an edge portion that includes conductive members and is located outside of the middle portion; a slot antenna including a slot with an open end, at least one of the conductive members, a ground unit and the middle portion of the frame; a display unit on a front surface of the middle portion; and a heat radiation sheet between a back surface of the display unit and the front surface of the middle portion, in which the back surface includes a first region overlapping the middle portion of the frame, a second region located outside of an edge of the middle portion of the frame without overlapping the middle portion, a third region overlapping the heat radiation sheet, and a fourth region including part of the second region that overlaps the slot without overlapping the heat radiation sheet.
US10312565B1 Microwave power divider/combiner devices, microwave power divider/combiner bandpass filters, and methods of thermally cooling a cable run
A method of thermally cooling a microwave coaxial cable run includes inserting in the cable run a bandpass filter, the bandpass filter including a power divider having an input RF connector defining a front end and the power divider having an output, the bandpass filter including a power combiner having an input coupled to the output of the power divider and the power combiner having an output RF connector defining a back end, and the bandpass filter having a heat sink mechanically secured between the power divider and the power combiner. Other methods and systems are also provided.
US10312561B2 Unit cell pack
A unit cell pack having a first battery module including battery cartridges that are sequentially stacked, a plurality of batteries wherein two batteries are seated on an upper surface of each of the battery cartridges, electrode connection members respectively positioned on both sides of the battery cartridges, and a battery cover covering the battery cartridges, the plurality of batteries, and the electrode connection members; a second battery module being adjacent to the first battery module and including same constituent elements as the first battery module; a battery housing surrounding the first battery module and the second battery module, and including air inflow window covers and air outflow window covers facing each other; and a fan duct disposed on the air outflow window covers of the battery housing is provided. A lower surface of each of the battery cartridges defines air guide grooves with respect to each other.
US10312557B2 Storage battery relocation assistance apparatus and method
The present invention serves to reduce the costs associated with the overall fife cycle of storage batteries by performing support so that a plurality of batteries are transferred between and used at a plurality of facilities. This storage battery transfer support device comprises: a collection unit that collects battery information representing the status of each battery used at a plurality of facilities; a battery information storage unit that stores the battery information collected by the collection unit; and a deterioration prediction unit that, on the basis of the battery information stored in the battery information storage unit, predicts deterioration of storage batteries that have been transferred between and used at a plurality of facilities.
US10312556B2 Battery module
A battery module includes a circuit board, bus bars, a first temperature sensor, a second temperatures sensor, and a controller. The circuit board is over a plurality of battery cells. The bus bars are connected to the battery cells and the circuit board. The first temperature sensor is on the circuit board to measure a first temperature of the battery cells. The second temperature sensor is on the circuit board and spaced from the first temperature sensor. The second temperature sensor measures a second temperature from the circuit board. The controller is on the circuit board, receive information indicative of the first temperature and the second temperature, and calculates an estimated temperature of each of the battery cells.
US10312546B2 Non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for secondary battery and secondary battery
A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for a secondary battery, containing an electrolyte and a compound (A) represented by any one of formulae (I-1) to (I-3) in an organic solvent: wherein X1 represents an alkyl group substituted with a halogen atom; Y1 represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group; and ma represents an integer from 1 to 6; wherein X2 represents a group having an oxygen atom; Y2 represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group; and mb represents an integer from 1 to 6; and wherein Y3 represents an organic group having 4 or more carbon atoms, or an organic group having an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; and mc represents an integer from 1 to 6.
US10312545B2 Application of force in electrochemical cells
The present invention relates to the application of a force to enhance the performance of an electrochemical cell. The force may comprise, in some instances, an anisotropic force with a component normal to an active surface of the anode of the electrochemical cell. In the embodiments described herein, electrochemical cells (e.g., rechargeable batteries) may undergo a charge/discharge cycle involving deposition of metal (e.g., lithium metal) on a surface of the anode upon charging and reaction of the metal on the anode surface, wherein the metal diffuses from the anode surface, upon discharging. The uniformity with which the metal is deposited on the anode may affect cell performance. For example, when lithium metal is redeposited on an anode, it may, in some cases, deposit unevenly forming a rough surface. The roughened surface may increase the amount of lithium metal available for undesired chemical reactions which may result in decreased cycling lifetime and/or poor cell performance. The application of force to the electrochemical cell has been found, in accordance with the invention, to reduce such behavior and to improve the cycling lifetime and/or performance of the cell.
US10312544B2 Method for manufacturing electrode active material
The method for manufacturing a particulate electrode active material provided by the present invention uses a carbon source supply material prepared by dissolving a carbon source (102) for forming a carbon coating film in a predetermined first solvent, and an electrode active material supply material prepared by dispersing a particulate electrode active material (104) in a second solvent that is compatible with the first solvent and is a poor solvent with respect to the carbon source. The carbon source supply material and the electrode active material supply material are mixed and a mixture of the electrode active material and the carbon source obtained after the mixing is calcined, thereby forming a conductive carbon film derived from the carbon source on the surface of the electrode active material.
US10312543B2 Apparatus for rapidly stacking fuel cell stack using automatic stacking and pressurization of fuel cell components
An apparatus is provided to stack a fuel cell stack by stacking and pressurizing a separating plate components, including a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) sheet component, in which gas diffusion layers are bonded to both surfaces of an MEA, respectively. A component stacking unit is installed at in a frame and grips the separating plate component and the MEA sheet component and stacks the components on a stack guide. A component pressurizing unit is installed at an upper side of a transfer route, through which the stack guide is transferred, and pressurizes the separating plate component and the MEA sheet component stacked on the stack guide. An end plate loading unit grips each of upper and lower end plates and loads them onto the stack guide. A transferring unit transfer a stack body of the separating plate component and the MEA to a complete end of the transfer route.
US10312542B2 Halogenated compound, polymer comprising same, and polymer electrolyte membrane comprising same
The present specification relates to a halogenated compound, a polymer and a polymer electrolyte membrane including the same.
US10312532B2 Residual water scavenging processing method in fuel cell system and fuel cell system
A method includes predicting, while fuel cell system is operated, whether or not the outside temperature becomes equal to or less than a first predetermined temperature; performing, when it is predicted that the outside temperature becomes equal to or less than the first predetermined temperature, residual water scavenging processing on only an oxidizer gas supply/discharge mechanism and thereafter stopping the operation of the fuel cell system; predicting, after the stop of the operation of the fuel cell system, whether or not the temperature of a predetermined component included in the fuel cell system becomes equal to or less than a second predetermined temperature; and performing the residual water scavenging processing on the fuel gas supply/discharge mechanism when it is predicted that the temperature of the predetermined component becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined temperature.
US10312527B2 Energy storage device comprising a polyurethane separator
Energy storage devices are improved by incorporating polyurethane separators, which separators comprise polyurethane polymers prepared by curing a polycarbonate based polyurethane prepolymer, which polyurethane polymers often further comprise metal or ammonium salts and are often swelled by an organic solvent.
US10312526B1 Automatic pressurizing thermal battery
A thermal battery including a casing; a stack of cells disposed within the casing; a pressurizing element; an actuator when actuated, translates the pressurizing element to automatically engage and repressurize the stack of cells; and a latch configured to inhibit movement of the pressurizing element in a direction away from the stack of cells.
US10312525B2 Cathode material and fuel cell
A cathode material used in an anode and a cathode contains (Co,Fe)3O4 and a perovskite type oxide that is expressed by the general formula ABO3 and includes at least one of La and Sr at the A site. A content ratio of (Co,Fe)3O4 in the cathode material is at least 0.23 wt % and no more than 8.6 wt %.
US10312517B2 In situ formation of sulfur particles using organic acids in the presence of polymer functionalized carbon
A sulfur particle containing a core of elemental sulfur having homogeneously dispersed particles of a conductive carbon and branched polyethyleneimine; and a coating of branched polyethyleneimine (bPEI) encapsulating the core is provided. In the sulfur particle the dispersed particles of conductive carbon are associated with the bPEI. A cathode having an active material containing the sulfur particles and a sulfur loading of 1.0 mg S/cm2 to 10 mg/cm2 and a battery containing the cathode are also provided.
US10312511B2 Active material, nonaqueous electrolyte battery, and battery pack
A vehicle containing an nonaqueous electrolyte battery, the nonaqueous electrolyte battery including: a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material; a positive electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, where the negative electrode active material contains a composite oxide of formula: Lix(Nb1-yTay)2-zTi1+0.5zM0.5zO7, where 0≤x≤5, 0≤y≤1, and 0.4≤z≤1, and M is at least one metal element selected from Mo and W.
US10312505B2 Usage of conductive and flexible polymers in lithium batteries
The present invention relates to a production method of a block copolymer (PFPEG) formed by PEG fluorenes and thiophene blocks. The block copolymer (PFPEG) increases the conductivity of the electrolyte active material. The binding of both the active material to itself and to the base material increase the flexibility of the copolymer when used in the electrodes of lithium batteries. The present invention also relates to a usage of the block copolymer (PFPEG) in lithium batteries.
US10312504B2 Aluminum anode active material
Improved anodes and cells are provided, which enable fast charging rates with enhanced safety due to much reduced probability of metallization of lithium on the anode, preventing dendrite growth and related risks of fire or explosion. Anodes and/or electrolytes have buffering zones for partly reducing and gradually introducing lithium ions into the anode for lithiation, to prevent lithium ion accumulation at the anode electrolyte interface and consequent metallization and dendrite growth. Various anode active materials and combinations, modifications through nanoparticles and a range of coatings which implement the improved anodes are provided.
US10312499B2 Coating particles of active electrode material for lithium secondary batteries
Particles of active electrode material for a lithium secondary battery are coated with a precursor material which is either a carbon-based polymer or a metal and oxygen containing compound. The precursor material-coated particles are injected into a gas stream and momentarily exposed to an atmospheric plasma at a predetermined energy level and temperature up to about 3500° C. The plasma treatment converts (i) the carbon polymer to submicron size carbon particles or (ii) the metal compound to metal oxide particles on the surfaces of the particles of electrode material. In preferred embodiments of the invention the plasma treated coated active electrode material particles are carried by the gas stream and deposited onto an electrode material bearing substrate for a lithium battery cell.
US10312498B2 Security device for a battery pack
A security device for a battery pack includes a cap, which covers at least a portion of a slide mechanism of a slide battery pack, and a strap. The cap includes a first collar disposed around a first opening and a second collar disposed around a second opening, with the first collar and the second collar aligned along a longitudinal axis of the slide battery pack. The strap matches a contour of the slide battery pack and includes a first projection and a second projection. The strap is positioned along the longitudinal axis of the slide battery pack and the cap is positioned over the strap with the first projection inserted through the first opening and the first collar and the second projection inserted through the second opening and the second collar to secure the cap to the strap and to the slide battery pack.
US10312497B2 Rechargeable battery
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly in a case, a terminal which passes through and protrudes from a cap plate, and a current collector plate in the case. The current collector plate electrically connects the electrode assembly and the terminal portion. The current collector plate has a fuse area which includes a fuse hole having a substantially elongated shape with round sides oriented in a widthwise direction of the current collector plate.
US10312493B2 Battery
The battery according to the present invention includes electrodes provided with current collecting tabs 26 and 36, an electrode body 10 constituted by repeatedly laminating the electrodes in the direction of lamination, and tab groups 28 and 38 obtained by overlaying repeatedly laminated electrode tabs 26 in the direction of lamination. First tabs 26 and 36 included in the tab groups 28 and 38 have extending parts 26a and 36a which extend from an active material layer, and crossing parts 26b and 36b which extend in a direction perpendicular to, or intersecting at an acute angle with, the direction of extension A of the extending parts 26a and 36a. The crossing parts 26b and 36b are gathered together in the direction of lamination, and current collector terminals 70 and 72 are joined to the positions at which the crossing parts are gathered together.
US10312492B2 Series-coupling component for battery pack and battery pack
A series-coupling component for a battery pack includes a circular plate-shaped bulkhead portion, a cylinder portion taking the bulkhead portion as a top surface and opening downward, an upper end side of the unit battery being inserted into the cylinder portion, and a wall surface portion erected upwardly along a peripheral edge of the bulkhead portion to hold a lower end side of the unit battery, separated by a cutout portion from an upper end of a cylindrical side surface up to a top surface of the bulkhead portion at a part of the cylindrical side surface that opens at the upper side taking the bulkhead portion as a bottom, the bulkhead portion has a hole that communicates in an up and down direction and a groove that has a rectangular cross-section on a top surface and opens at peripheral edges of the hole and the bulkhead portion.
US10312491B2 Separator and battery
A separator includes a first layer that has a first principal face and a second principal face, and a second layer that is formed on at least one of the first principal face and the second principal face. The first layer is a microporous membrane including a first polymer resin, and the second layer is a microporous membrane including inorganic particles having an electrically insulating property and a second polymer resin.
US10312487B2 Rechargeable battery module
A rechargeable battery module includes unit cells that are arranged in a first direction, a bus bar that electrically connects the unit cells, a pair of end plates that are spaced apart from each other along the first direction at opposite ends of the unit cells to support the unit cells, and at least one side plate between the pair of end plates and connected to the pair of end plates, the at least one side plate extending along the unit cells and spaced apart from the unit cells a predetermined distance, wherein the side plate includes a stepped portion facing the unit cells.
US10312484B2 Tiered battery cabinet
An apparatus and method of mounting storage batteries are presented in which batteries in multiple tiers may be easily accessed for installation and servicing. A battery cabinet or relay rack has provision for multiple tiers of batteries spaced so that batteries may be inserted in each tier. The batteries are supported by a tray or other structure so that they are positioned to permit top access to the battery terminals mounted on the front or front to surfaces of the battery. Tiers are positioned further from the front of the relay rack as the height of the tier increases.
US10312481B2 Housing assembly and battery module comprising the same
A housing assembly for a battery module includes a plurality of brackets disposed side by side in the front-rear direction and connected by a snap, and each two adjacent brackets defining a space for receiving the battery; a plurality of copper bars disposed vertically on the brackets and having a through-hole adapted for extending an electrode of the battery; and a plurality of insulating frames disposed on the copper bars to cover the electrodes of the batteries; wherein the insulating frame is connected with the bracket by a snap and has an extension direction as same as that of the copper bar. A battery module including the housing assembly is also provided.
US10312480B2 Cell packing material and method of manufacturing the same
A cell packing material and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. More particularly, a cell packing material including a sealant layer, a gas barrier layer formed on the sealant layer, and an outer layer formed on the gas barrier layer, the outer layer including a polyrotaxane-based compound, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The cell packing material includes the outer layer having excellent elongation, scratch resistance, and chemical resistance, and thus can be easily molded into a pouch, and exhibit improved durability, and the like.
US10312478B2 Battery pack
A battery pack is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery pack includes an electrode assembly and a case accommodating the electrode assembly, wherein the case includes first and second walls facing each other and respectively concave and convex with respect to the electrode assembly. The battery pack also includes an uneven portion formed on the second wall.
US10312477B2 Light emitting structure, display device including a light emitting structure and method of manufacturing a display device including a light emitting structure
A light emitting structure includes a first hole injection layer, a first organic light emitting layer, a charge generation layer, a second hole injection layer, a second organic light emitting layer, an electron transfer layer, and a blocking member. The light emitting structure has first, second, and third sub-pixel regions. The first organic light emitting layer may be on the first hole injection layer. The charge generation layer may be on the first organic light emitting layer. The second hole injection layer may be on the charge generation layer. The second organic light emitting layer may be on the second hole injection layer. The electron transfer layer may be on the second organic light emitting layer. The blocking member may be at at least one of the first to the third sub-pixel regions.
US10312476B2 Display device
A method of manufacturing a display device includes forming a first resin layer on a first substrate; forming a plurality of regions on the first resin layer, the plurality of regions each including a display portion, a terminal portion and a light blocking layer located between the display portion and the terminal portion; forming a second resin layer on a second substrate; bonding the first substrate and the second substrate; directing first laser light along a first line and a second line enclosing the plurality of regions such that the first laser light is transmitted through the second substrate to irradiate the first resin layer and the second resin layer; and directing second laser light along a third line parallel to the light blocking layer such that the second laser light is transmitted through the second substrate to irradiate the light blocking layer and the second resin layer.
US10312475B2 CVD thin film stress control method for display application
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally describe a method for depositing a barrier layer of SiN using a high density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDP-CVD) process, and in particular, controlling a film stress of the deposited SiN layer by biasing the substrate during the deposition process.
US10312473B2 Organic light emitting display device
An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting element on the substrate; and a thin film encapsulation layer on the organic light emitting element. The thin film encapsulation layer includes a first thin film, a second thin film and a third thin film which are sequentially stacked therein, a refractive index of the second thin film is about 1.7 or greater, and a refractive index of the first thin film and a refractive index of the third thin film are greater than the refractive index of the second thin film by about 0.35 or greater.
US10312472B2 Display panel
A display panel includes a pixel array layer and a light-blocking layer. The pixel array layer has a plurality of pixel blocks, and each pixel block has a first side. The light-blocking layer disposed above the pixel array layer and has a plurality of first light-blocking belts corresponding to the pixel blocks. The first light-blocking belt at least partially extends along the first side of its corresponding pixel block. Accordingly, the outgoing light emitted at a larger angle from the pixel blocks can be at least partially blocked.
US10312466B2 Display panel, method for preparing the same and wearable device
The disclosure provides a display panel, a method for preparing the same and a wearable device. The display panel comprises a display panel body, wherein the display panel body has at least one through-hole, and the through-hole is filled with a hydrophobic gas-permeable material.
US10312465B2 Method for making organic light emitting diode
A method for making an organic light emitting diode includes providing a preform structure including an anode electrode, a hole transport layer, and an organic light emitting layer stacked on each other in that order. The organic light emitting layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the second surface is in direct contact with the hole transport layer. A carbon nanotube structure is located on the first surface. A monomer solution is disposed on the carbon nanotube structure, and the monomer solution is formed by dispersing a monomer into an organic solvent. The monomer is polymerized to form a polymer, and a cathode electrode is formed on the polymer.
US10312460B2 Optoelectronic device, arrangement having an optoelectronic device and method of producing an optoelectronic device as well as lamp for a motor vehicle
An optoelectronic device includes a flexible organic light-emitting diode having a main extension plane, a first retaining element having a first major surface formed in accordance with a bent surface, and a second retaining element, wherein the OLED is arranged between the first retaining element and the second retaining element, and the OLED is mechanically fixed by the first retaining element and/or the second retaining element such that the main extension plane of the OLED is formed in accordance with the bent surface.
US10312458B2 Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Novel phosphorescent heteroleptic iridium complexes with phenylpyridine and dibenzo-containing ligands are provided. Alkyl substitution at specific positions on the ligands gives rise to compounds with improved OLED properties, including saturated green emission.
US10312457B2 Photoelectric conversion film, photoelectric conversion element and electronic device
There is provided a photoelectric conversion film including a quinacridone derivative represented by the following General formula and a subphthalocyanine derivative represented by the following General formula.
US10312456B2 Organic molecules for OLEDs and other optoelectronic devices
The invention relates to a composition having an organic emitter molecule, which has a ΔE(S1−T1) value between the lowest excited singlet state (S1) and the triplet state thereunder of less than 3000 cm−1 and an atom or molecule for reducing the intersystem crossing time constant of the organic molecule.
US10312453B2 Organic electroluminescent device and method for manufacture thereof
The present invention discloses an organic electroluminescent device and a manufacturing method thereof. The host material of the light-emitting layer of the organic electroluminescent device is material in which the triplet state energy level of the CT excited state is higher than that of the n-π excited state by 0 to 0.3 eV; or the triplet state of the host material of the light-emitting layer is higher than that of the n-π excited state by more than 1.0 eV; in addition, the difference in energy level between the second triplet state of the n-π state and the first singlet state of the CT excited state is −0.1 to 0.1 eV; and the luminescent dye is a fluorescent dye. With regard to the organic electroluminescent device in the present invention, as new host material in the light-emitting layer is used and the host material has a donor group and an acceptor group, the triplet state in the light-emitting layer may be fully utilized to achieve a 100% light-emitting efficiency in the fluorescent device. Furthermore, no noble metal is required to be used, thus reducing the cost.
US10312445B2 Polymer and organic electronic element comprising same
The present specification relates to a polymer, which comprises an electron acceptor functional group on a side chain and is represented by chemical formula 1 below, and to an organic electronic element comprising the same.
US10312443B2 Method of manufacturing light-emitting display device and light-emitting display device manufactured using the method
A method of manufacturing a light-emitting display device, the method including forming a first electrode on a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of pixel regions divided by a non-pixel region, in each of the pixel regions; forming a pixel defining layer, the pixel defining layer having a plurality of pixel openings, each of the pixel openings exposing the first electrode, on the substrate; forming a hole injection layer on the first electrode; forming a lyophilic layer on the hole injection layer to completely overlap the hole injection layer; forming a hole transport layer on the lyophilic layer; forming a light-emitting layer on the hole transport layer; and forming a second electrode on the light-emitting layer.
US10312442B2 Non-volatile memory devices, RRAM devices and methods for fabricating RRAM devices with magnesium oxide insulator layers
Non-volatile memory (NVM) devices, resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices and methods for fabricating such devices are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a non-volatile memory (NVM) device includes a first electrode and a second electrode positioned above the first electrode. Further, the NVM device includes a variable resistance material layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The variable resistance material layer contains magnesium oxide.
US10312440B2 Variable resistance element and memory device
According to one embodiment, a variable resistance element includes first and conductive layers and first and second layers. The first conductive layer includes a first element including at least one selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, aluminum, nickel, and titanium. The second conductive layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, iridium, tungsten, palladium, rhodium, titanium nitride, and silicon. A first layer contacts the first conductive layer, and is provided between the first and second conductive layers. The first layer includes a first material. The first material is insulative. The second layer includes a second element and a second material and is provided between the first layer and the second conductive layer. The second element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, aluminum, nickel, and titanium. The second material is different from the first material.
US10312433B2 Reduction of capping layer resistance area product for magnetic device applications
A ferromagnetic layer is capped with a metallic oxide (or nitride) layer that provides a perpendicular-to-plane magnetic anisotropy to the layer. The surface of the ferromagnetic layer is treated with a plasma to prevent diffusion of oxygen (or nitrogen) into the layer interior. An exemplary metallic oxide layer is formed as a layer of metallic Mg that is plasma treated to reduce its grain size and enhance the diffusivity of oxygen into its interior. Then the plasma treated Mg layer is naturally oxidized and, optionally, is again plasma treated to reduce its thickness and remove the oxygen rich upper surface.
US10312432B2 Magnetic memory device and techniques for forming
A method may include: providing a device stack, the device stack comprising sidewall portions and extending above a substrate base, the device stack further including a plurality of metal layers; depositing an interface layer conformally over the device stack using an atomic layer deposition process, the interface layer comprising a first insulator material; depositing an encapsulation layer on the interface layer, the encapsulation layer comprising a second insulator material; and depositing an interlevel dielectric disposed on the encapsulation layer, the interlevel dielectric comprising a third insulator material.
US10312431B2 Method of manufacturing bistable strips having different curvatures
A method of manufacturing bistable strips having different curvatures, each strip including a plurality of portion of layers of materials, wherein at least one specific layer portion is deposited by a plasma spraying method in conditions different for each of the strips.
US10312430B2 Method of manufacturing piezoelectric element and piezoelectric substrate
A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes: forming a patterned mask layer over a substrate, in which the patterned mask layer has an opening exposing a portion of the substrate; forming a piezoelectric element in the opening; and removing the patterned mask layer to obtain the piezoelectric element, in which the piezoelectric element has a central portion and a peripheral portion adjacent to the central portion, and the peripheral portion has a maximum height greater than a height of the central portion.
US10312427B2 Piezoelectric device
A piezoelectric device that includes: a diaphragm; a supporting part configured to support at least a portion of an end of the diaphragm; a piezoelectric film disposed along a portion supported by the supporting part on the diaphragm, a width of the film along the supported portion being narrower than a width of the portion; a lower electrode disposed at a face of the piezoelectric film on a diaphragm side; and an upper electrode disposed on a face of the piezoelectric film on an opposite side to the diaphragm.
US10312426B2 Giant cross-plane seebeck effect in oxide metal semiconductor superlattices for spin-magnetic thermoelectric devices
Lanthanum strontium manganate (La0.67Sr0.33MnO3, i.e., LSMO)/lanthanum manganate (LaMnO3, i.e., LMO) perovskite oxide metal/semiconductor superlattices were investigated for potential p-type thermoelectric applications. Growth optimizations were performed using pulsed laser deposition to achieve epitaxial superlattices of LSMO (metal)/LMO (p-type semiconductor) on strontium titanate (STO) substrates. The cross-plane Seebeck coefficient of the thermoelectric superlattice measured between the substrate and the capping layer has a value of at least 1600 μV/K measured at about 300K.
US10312425B2 Semiconductor light-emitting device
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a lead frame, a semiconductor light-emitting element mounted on the top surface of the bonding region, and a case covering part of the lead frame. The bottom surface of the bonding region is exposed to the outside of the case. The lead frame includes a thin extension extending from the bonding region and having a top surface which is flush with the top surface of the bonding region. The thin extension has a bottom surface which is offset from the bottom surface of the bonding region toward the top surface of the bonding region.
US10312424B2 Semiconductor light emitting element and backlight assembly including the same
Disclosed herein are a semiconductor light emitting element and a backlight assembly including the same. The semiconductor light emitting element includes: a light emitting element chip including a first pad and a second pad and having an upper surface and a side surface; a wavelength conversion layer famed on the upper surface and the side surface of the light emitting element chip; a sidewall reflection part famed to be spaced apart from the side surface of the light emitting element chip; and a bottom surface reflection part famed to protrude at a lower portion of the sidewall reflection part. The sidewall reflection part and the bottom surface reflection part of the light emitting element are configured to reflect light in a direction in which the light penetrates through an upper surface of the wavelength conversion layer, the light being generated from the light emitting element chip.
US10312422B2 Light emitting devices with optical elements and bonding layers
Light emitting devices with improved light extraction efficiency are provided. The light emitting devices have a stack of layers including semiconductor layers comprising an active region. The stack is bonded to a transparent optical element.
US10312420B2 Light-emitting device having surface-modified luminophores
A light emitting device including a housing, a plurality of heat-sinks adjoined to the housing and insulated from each other, a bottom surface of the heat-sinks being exposed to the outside, a light emitting diode mounted on at least one of the heat-sinks via a conductive adhesive, and a molding member encapsulating the light emitting diode and including thermosetting resin, in which a fluoride luminophore including I and IV group elements with fluorine and other luminophore are dispersed in the molding member, and the luminophores are configured to absorb at least a portion of light emitted from the light emitting diode and emit light having a wavelength different from that of the absorbed light.
US10312412B2 Group III nitride semiconductor luminescence element
A group III nitride semiconductor light emitting element includes an active layer between an n-type layer and a p-type layer, having an n-electrode on the n-type layer and a p-electrode on the p-type layer, and having a mesa structure containing the p-type layer. In a top view of the group III nitride semiconductor light emitting element, the distance between a portion of an end part of the mesa structure and the periphery of the p-electrode is ⅓ or more of a diffusion length Ls.
US10312405B2 Systems and methods for preparing GaN and related materials for micro assembly
The disclosed technology relates generally to a method and system for micro assembling GaN materials and devices to form displays and lighting components that use arrays of small LEDs and high-power, high-voltage, and or high frequency transistors and diodes. GaN materials and devices can be formed from epitaxy on sapphire, silicon carbide, gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, or silicon substrates. The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for preparing GaN materials and devices at least partially formed on several of those native substrates for micro assembly.
US10312402B2 P-type diffusion layer forming composition
The composition for forming a p-type diffusion layer in accordance with the present invention contains an acceptor element-containing glass powder and a dispersion medium. A p-type diffusion layer and a photovoltaic cell having a p-type diffusion layer are prepared by applying the composition for forming a p-type diffusion layer, followed by a thermal diffusion treatment.
US10312401B2 Method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and optoelectronic semiconductor chip
A method for producing an electronic semiconductor chip and a semiconductor chip are disclosed. In embodiments, the method includes providing a growth substrate having a growth surface formed by a flat region having a plurality of three-dimensional surface structures on the flat region, directly applying a nucleation layer of oxygen-containing AlN over a large area to the growth surface and growing a nitride-based semiconductor layer sequence on the nucleation layer, wherein growing the semiconductor layer sequence includes selectively growing the semiconductor layer sequence upwards from the flat region.
US10312398B2 Sensing apparatus
An apparatus comprising: pyroelectric material; an electric field sensor; a first conductive electrode comprising a first area adjacent the pyroelectric material; a second conductive electrode comprising a second area adjacent the electric field sensor; and a conductive interconnection between the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode, wherein the first area of the first conductive electrode is larger than the second area of the second conductive electrode.
US10312397B2 Avalanche photodiode with low breakdown voltage
An Si/Ge SACM avalanche photodiodes (APD) having low breakdown voltage characteristics includes an absorption region and a multiplication region having various layers of particular thicknesses and doping concentrations. An optical waveguide can guide infrared and/or optical signals or energy into the absorption region. The resulting photo-generated carriers are swept into the i-Si layer and/or multiplication region for avalanche multiplication. The APD has a breakdown bias voltage of well less than 12 V and an operating bandwidth of greater than 10 GHz, and is therefore suitable for use in consumer electronic devices, high speed communication networks, and the like.
US10312394B2 Photovoltaic cell module
A photovoltaic cell module includes a photovoltaic cell panel whose planar shape is a rectangular shape; an insulating material adhered to the photovoltaic cell panel, so as to cover the photovoltaic cell panel from an outer peripheral part on a light receiving surface side, via a side end surface, to an outer peripheral part on a back surface side; and a frame member configured to protect a periphery of the photovoltaic cell panel to which the insulating material is adhered, wherein among a first side and a second side of the photovoltaic cell panel facing each other, at least on the first side, the insulating material, which is adhered to the light receiving surface and the side end surface of the photovoltaic cell panel, and the frame member can be spaced apart from each other.
US10312393B2 Solar power module
A solar power module includes a solar panel, a metallic frame, a soft insulation glue material, and a hard insulation spacer. The solar panel is embedded in the metallic frame. The metallic frame includes an upper portion, an intermediate portion, and a lower portion. The soft insulation glue material is adapted to wrap at least one portion of an edge of the solar panel. The soft insulation glue material is fixedly disposed in the metallic frame. The soft insulation glue material to wrap the solar panel is divided into an upper part, an intermediate part, and a lower part. The hard insulation spacer is disposed between the solar panel and the lower portion of the metallic frame.
US10312386B2 Solar cell and method of manufacturing the same
A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor region positioned at a front surface or a back surface of the semiconductor substrate and doped with impurities of a first conductive type, a first electrode connected to the first semiconductor region, and a second electrode connected to the back surface of the semiconductor substrate. The second electrode is formed of a metal foil, and an air gap is formed between the second electrode formed of the metal foil and the back surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US10312384B2 Solar cell
A solar cell is provided. The solar cell includes a Si substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, an emitter, a first electrode, a doped region, a passivation layer, a doped polysilicon layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second electrode. The emitter is disposed on the first surface. The first electrode is disposed on the emitter. The doped region is disposed in the second surface. The passivation layer is disposed on the second surface. The doped polysilicon layer is disposed on the passivation layer, wherein a plurality of holes penetrates the doped polysilicon layer and the passivation layer and exposes a portion of the second surface. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the doped polysilicon layer and in the holes. The band gap of the semiconductor layer is greater than that of the Si substrate. The second electrode is disposed on the semiconductor layer.
US10312377B2 Localized fin width scaling using a hydrogen anneal
Transistors including one or more semiconductor fins formed on a substrate. The one or more semiconductor fins are thinner in a channel region than in source and drain regions and have rounded corners. There is a gate stack on the channel region of the one or more semiconductor fins.
US10312374B2 Circuit board and display device
The present invention provides a circuit substrate exhibiting an excellent transmittance and being capable of suitably repair broken conductive lines; and a display device. In the circuit substrate of the present invention, the first conductive lines are arranged in spaces between electrode rows, with two of the first conductive lines per space between the rows, the second conductive lines are arranged in spaces between electrode columns, with one of the second conductive lines in every other space between the columns, the storage capacitor lines including linear portions that extend in the direction in which the second conductive lines extend, in spaces between the electrode columns where the second conductive lines are not arranged, the pattern film including, in a plan view of main surface of the substrate, first linear portions extending in the direction in which the second conductive lines extend, in the spaces between the electrode rows, the first linear portions each including two end portions each overlapping an end portion of a linear portion of one of the storage capacity lines.
US10312372B2 Production method of field-effect transistor, production method of array substrate, field-effect transistor, array substrate, and display panel
This disclosure relates to a field-effect transistor and a production method thereof, an array substrate and a production method thereof, and a display panel. The production method comprises: forming an active layer on a substrate; forming a gate electrode insulating layer on the active layer to define a gate electrode area as well as a source electrode area and a drain electrode area located on two sides of the gate electrode area on the active layer; applying a gate electrode layer to cover surfaces of the active layer and the gate electrode insulating layer; patterning the gate electrode layer to form a first contact electrode, a second contact electrode, and a gate electrode, wherein the first contact electrode is located on the source electrode area, the second contact electrode is located on the drain electrode area, and the gate electrode is located on the gate electrode insulating layer.
US10312371B2 Self-aligned shallow trench isolation and doping for vertical fin transistors
A method of forming a vertical fin field effect transistor (vertical finFET) with a self-aligned shallow trench isolation region, including forming a pinch-off layer on one or more vertical fin segments, wherein the pinch-off layer has a thickness on the sidewalls of the one or more vertical fin segments, forming a trench mask layer on predetermined portions of the pinch-off layer, removing portions of the pinch-off layer not covered by the trench mask layer, where the removed portions of the pinch-off layer exposes underlying portions of the substrate, and removing at least a portion of the substrate to form one or more isolation region trenches, where the distance of the sidewall of one of the one or more isolation region trenches to an adjacent vertical fin segment is determined by the thickness of the pinch-off layer.
US10312368B2 High voltage semiconductor devices and methods for their fabrication
Semiconductor devices include a semiconductor substrate containing a source region and a drain region, a gate structure supported by the semiconductor substrate between the source region and the drain region, a composite drift region in the semiconductor substrate, the composite drift region extending laterally from the drain region to at least an edge of the gate structure, the composite drift region including dopant having a first conductivity type, wherein at least a portion of the dopant is buried beneath the drain region at a depth exceeding an ion implantation range, and a well region in the semiconductor substrate. The well region has a second conductivity type and is configured to form a channel therein under the gate structure during operation. Methods for the fabrication of semiconductor devices are described.
US10312366B2 Semiconductor device with contamination improvement
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, two gate structures, an interlayer dielectric layer and a material layer. The substrate has at least two device regions separated by at least one isolation structure disposed in the substrate. Each device region includes two doped regions in the substrate. The gate structures are respectively disposed on the device regions. In each device region, the doped regions are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the gate structure. The interlayer dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate and peripherally surrounds the gate structures. A top of the interlayer dielectric layer has at least one concave. The material layer fills the concave and has a top surface elevated at the same level with top surfaces of the gate structures. A ratio of a thickness of a thickest portion of the material layer to a pitch of the gate structures ranges from 1/30 to 1/80.
US10312359B2 Guard rings for cascode gallium nitride devices
Implementations of semiconductor devices may include: a plurality of drain fingers and a plurality of source fingers interdigitated with one another; at least one gate; and at gate bus formed to completely surround the plurality of drain fingers and the plurality of source fingers; wherein the gate bus is mechanically and electrically coupled to the at least one gate.
US10312353B2 Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure is provided in the present invention. The method includes the steps of forming a plurality of fins in a first region, a second region and a dummy region, forming a first solid-state dopant source layer and a first insulating buffer layer in the first region, forming a second solid-state dopant source layer and a second insulating buffer layer in the second region and the dummy region, and performing an etch process to cut the fin in the dummy region.
US10312351B2 Laser annealing method, laser annealing apparatus, and manufacturing process for thin film transistor
The present invention provides a laser annealing method for irradiating laser light L to an amorphous silicon thin film deposited on a substrate to obtain polysilicon, the method including: multiply irradiating the laser light L while changing an irradiation area of the laser light L on the amorphous silicon thin film to achieve such a grain size distribution that a crystal grain size of the polysilicon decreases from a central portion to a side edge portion at least along a center line C of the irradiation area of the laser light L. The above laser annealing method can reduce a leak current through a simple process.
US10312345B2 Transistor having a gate with a variable work function and method for manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a transistor having a gate with a variable work function, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a dummy gate stack on the semiconductor substrate and performing ion implantation on an exposed area of the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the dummy gate stack to form source/drain regions; removing the dummy gate and annealing the source/drain regions; providing an atomic layer deposition reaction device; introducing a precursor source reactant into the atomic layer deposition reaction device; and controlling an environmental factor for the atomic layer deposition device to grow a work function metal layer. The present disclosure also provides a transistor having a gate with a variable work function. The present disclosure may adjust a variable work function, and may use the same material system to obtain an adjustable threshold voltage within an adjustable range.
US10312344B2 Semiconductor device, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, power unit, and amplifier
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed of a compound semiconductor, provided over a substrate; a second semiconductor layer formed of a compound semiconductor including In and Al, provided over the first semiconductor layer; source and drain electrodes provided on the second semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode provided between the source and drain electrodes, on the second semiconductor layer. The compound semiconductor in the second semiconductor layer has a first In composition ratio in a region on a side facing the substrate and a second In composition ratio in a region on an opposite side, the second In composition ratio being lower than the first In composition ratio, and the source and drain electrodes are provided in contact with the region having the first In composition ratio, and the gate electrode is provided on the region having the second In composition ratio.
US10312342B2 NEMS devices with series ferroelectric negative capacitor
An electrical circuit comprising at least two negative capacitance insulators connected in series, one of the two negative capacitance insulators is biased to generate a negative capacitance. One of the negative capacitance insulators may include an air-gap which is part of a nanoelectromechnical system (NEMS) device and the second negative capacitance insulator includes a ferroelectric material. Both of the negative capacitance insulators may be located between the channel and gate of a field effect transistor. The NEMS device may include a movable electrode, a dielectric and a fixed electrode and arranged so that the movable electrode is attached to at least two points and spaced apart from the dielectric and fixed electrode, and the ferroelectric capacitor is electrically connected to either of the electrodes.
US10312335B2 Gate with self-aligned ledge for enhancement mode GaN transistors
An enhancement-mode GaN transistor with reduced gate leakage current between a gate contact and a 2DEG region and a method for manufacturing the same. The enhancement-mode GaN transistor including a GaN layer, a barrier layer disposed on the GaN layer with a 2DEG region formed at an interface between the GaN layer and the barrier layer, and source contact and drain contacts disposed on the barrier layer. The GaN transistor further includes a p-type gate material formed above the barrier layer and between the source and drain contacts and a gate metal disposed on the p-type gate material, with wherein the p-type gate material including comprises a pair of self-aligned ledges that extend toward the source contact and drain contact, respectively.
US10312334B2 Hybrid doping profile
A semiconductor device having a hybrid doping distribution and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device are presented. The semiconductor device includes a gate disposed over an active semiconducting region and a first S/D region and a second S/D region each aligned to opposing sides of the gate side walls. The active semiconducting region has a doping profile that includes a first doping region at a first depth beneath the gate and having a first dopant concentration. The doping profile includes a second doping region at a second depth beneath the gate greater than the first depth and having a second dopant concentration less than the first dopant concentration.
US10312331B2 Semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device comprises: an n-type semiconductor substrate; a p-type anode region formed in the semiconductor substrate on its front surface side; an n-type field stop region formed in the semiconductor substrate on its rear surface side with protons as a donor; and an n-type cathode region formed in the semiconductor substrate to be closer to its rear surface than the field stop region is, wherein a concentration distribution of the donor in the field stop region in its depth direction has a first peak, and a second peak that is closer to the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate than the first peak is, and has a concentration lower than that of the first peak, and a carrier lifetime in at least a partial region between the anode region and the cathode region is longer than carrier lifetimes in the anode region.
US10312325B2 Techniques for forming finFET transistors with same fin pitch and different source/drain epitaxy configurations
In one aspect, a method of forming a finFET device includes: partially forming fins in first/second regions of a substrate; selectively forming spacers on opposite sides of only the fins in a second region; completing formation of the fins such that, based on the spacers, the fins in the second region have a wider base; depositing an insulator between the fins; recessing the insulator to expose a top portion of the fins; forming at least one gate over the fins; further recessing the insulator in the source and drain regions to expose a bottom portion of the fins; and growing an epitaxial material in the source and drain regions that is un-merged in the first region yet is merged in the second region due to the base of the fins in the second region having a wider base. A finFET device is also provided.
US10312319B2 Programmable charge storage arrays and associated manufacturing devices and systems
A charge storage cell includes a conductive substrate, a substantially vertical post comprising a first insulating material coupled to the conductive substrate and a conductive cap coupled to the vertical post. The charge storage cell also includes a top side planarizing layer comprising a second insulating material and covering the conductive cap. The conductive cap will support an electric charge injected through the top side planarizing layer by a modulated charged particle beam.
US10312315B2 Display device and method for manufacturing the same
A first organic resin layer is formed over a first substrate; a first insulating film is formed over the first organic resin layer; a first element layer is formed over the first insulating film; a second organic resin layer is formed over a second substrate; a second insulating film is formed over the second organic resin layer; a second element layer is formed over the second insulating film; the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded; a first separation step in which adhesion between the first organic resin layer and the first substrate is reduced; the first organic resin layer and a first flexible substrate are bonded with a first bonding layer; a second separation step in which adhesion between the second organic resin layer and the second substrate is reduced; and the second organic resin layer and a second flexible substrate are bonded with a second bonding layer.
US10312312B2 Display device having LTPS and oxide TFTs integrated on the same substrate
Provided is a display device. A poly-Si layer is disposed on a substrate. A first metal layer is disposed on the poly-Si layer, and a metal oxide layer is disposed on the first metal layer. A second metal layer is disposed on the metal oxide layer. The first metal layer is overlapped with the second metal layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer may be gate lines connected to different TFTs.
US10312311B2 Thin film transistor, fabrication method thereof, array substrate, and display device
The disclosed subject matter provides a thin film transistor and a fabricating method thereof. The thin film transistor includes a substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the substrate, an active layer on the source and drain electrodes, a gate insulating layer on the active layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer. The active layer extends from the source electrode towards the drain electrode along a non-linear path.
US10312309B2 Power and data routing structures for organic light-emitting diode displays
An organic light-emitting diode display may have thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. The display and substrate may have rounded corners. A pixel definition layer may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry. Openings in the pixel definition layer may be provided with emissive material overlapping respective anodes for organic light-emitting diodes. A cathode layer may cover the array of pixels. A ground power supply path may be used to distribute a ground voltage to the cathode layer. The ground power supply path may be formed from a metal layer that is shorted to the cathode layer using portions of a metal layer that forms anodes for the diodes, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer, and may have other structures that facilitate distribution of the ground power supply.
US10312306B2 Organic light emitting diode display device
An organic light emitting display device is capable of substantially preventing the occurrence of color mixture and improve the color purity, the organic light emitting display device including: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a pixel defining layer defining a first opening which exposes at least a portion of the first electrode; a first organic light emission layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the first organic light emission layer, wherein the pixel defining layer may include quantum dots.
US10312300B2 Organic light emitting display device
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device provided in view of scattering of base materials and lowering of reliability during cutting, when the base materials are formed on both glass substrates and then the glass substrates are removed so as to achieve slimming and flexibility of the device. The organic light emitting display device includes an anisotropic pattern in a dead area of a base material, wherein the dead area of the base material has regions that protrude from an active area by differing amounts.
US10312293B2 Organic light-emitting diode, display panel and display device
The application discloses an organic light-emitting diode for a display panel. The organic light-emitting diode includes an anode, a cathode, at least two emitting layers arranged between the anode and the cathode, and a charge generation layer arranged between every two adjacent emitting layers, wherein the charge generation layer includes a first layer unit and a second layer unit which are arranged in sequence, the first layer unit includes a hole injection material and a P-type semiconductor material doped in the hole injection material, and the second layer unit includes an electron transport material and ytterbium doped in the electron transport material, wherein a volume concentration of ytterbium doped in the electron transport material ranges from 1% to 5%.
US10312289B1 Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device comprises a substrate, a plurality of first wirings arranged in a first direction crossing a surface of the substrate, a second wiring extending in the first direction, a variable resistance film provided between the first wiring and the second wiring, a third wiring extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a select transistor provided between an end of the second wiring and the third wiring. In addition, the semiconductor memory device comprises a chalcogen layer provided at at least a position between the end of the second wiring and the select transistor, and, a position between the third wiring and the select transistor.
US10312286B2 Magnetic sensor including resistor array including a plurality of resistive element sections each having magnetoresistance element
A magnetic sensor for detecting a component of an external magnetic field in a specific direction includes a resistor array including a plurality of resistive element sections each having a magnetoresistance element. Each of the plurality of resistive element sections has a different output characteristic curve with respect to the component of the external magnetic field in the specific direction.
US10312285B2 LED illuminator and method of making the same
An LED illuminator includes an LED chip and an opaque resin member. The LED chip includes a support substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the obverse surface of the support substrate, an electrode formed on the reverse surface of the support substrate. The obverse surface of the support substrate has a peripheral edge portion exposed from the semiconductor layer. The opaque resin member covers at least apart of the side surface of the support substrate while exposing the peripheral edge portion of the obverse surface of the support substrate.
US10312280B2 Image sensors with diffractive lenses for stray light control
An image sensor may include an array of imaging pixels. Each imaging pixel may have a photosensitive area that is covered by a microlens and a diffractive lens that focuses light onto the photosensitive area. The diffractive lens may be interposed between the microlens and the photosensitive area. The diffractive lens may have a higher index of refraction than the surrounding materials. The diffractive lens may be formed as a portion of an anti-reflection coating. In some cases, multiple diffractive lenses may be formed over the imaging pixels. Focusing and defocusing diffractive lenses may be used to tune the response of the imaging pixels to incident light.
US10312278B2 Front side illuminated image sensor device structure and method for forming the same
An FSI image sensor device structure is provided. The FSI image sensor device structure includes a pixel region formed in a substrate and a storage region formed in the substrate and adjacent to the pixel region. The FSI image sensor device structure includes a storage gate structure formed over the storage region, and the storage gate structure includes a top surface and sidewall surfaces. The FSI image sensor device structure includes a metal shield structure formed on the storage gate structure, and the top surface and the sidewall surfaces of the storage gate structure are covered by the metal shield structure.
US10312272B2 Thin film transistor, array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display panel
Provided is a thin film transistor, which comprises a gate electrode; a source electrode; and a drain electrode, wherein at least one electrode of the gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode has a plurality of first grooves formed on an upper surface thereof. An array substrate, a display panel and a manufacturing method of an array substrate are also provided. In manufacturing the thin film transistor, the pattern is accurate and the yield is high.
US10312266B2 Display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
The disclosure discloses a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, the display substrate comprises a display region and a periphery region, a first electrode line is arranged at the periphery region, an insulating layer is arranged on the first electrode line, a first through hole is provided in the insulating layer at a position corresponding to the first electrode line, a contact electrode is provided in the first through hole, a second electrode line is arranged on the insulating layer, the second electrode line is electrically connected to the first electrode line through the contact electrode. In the disclosure, the contact electrode is provided between the first and second electrode lines, thus when the second electrode line is etched, the first electrode line is protected by the contact electrode from being damaged by etchant, thus saving production cost and improving production efficiency.
US10312265B2 Array substrate and manufacturing method of array substrate for reducing electric field interference
The present invention provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; a TFT on the base substrate, a data line electrically connected with a source of the TFT, a transparent conductive layer between the data line and the pixel electrode, a pixel electrode electrically connected with a drain of the TFT, wherein the data line and the pixel electrode are set on different layers, and the data line, the transparent conductive layer, and the pixel electrode are laminated and insulating to each other. It reduces electric field interference generated by the data line to the pixel electrode by the array substrate of the present invention.
US10312262B2 Display panel and display device
Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed as opposed to each other. The first substrate includes gate lines (1) and data lines (2), and pixel units (6) defined by the gate lines (1) and the data lines (2). The second substrate includes a black matrix (4), the black matrix (4) having a plurality of apertures (7) configured as corresponding to the pixel units (6). A orthographic projection of at least one side of at least a part of the plurality of apertures in a plane of the first substrate is at least partially located outside the pixel units (6).
US10312261B2 Transistor with self-aligned source and drain contacts and method of making same
A transistor includes an active region supported by a substrate and having a source region, a channel region and a drain region. A gate stack extends over the channel region and a first sidewall surrounds the gate stack. A raised source region and a raised drain region are provided over the source and drain regions, respectively, of the active region adjacent the first sidewall. A second sidewall peripherally surrounds each of the raised source region and raised drain region. The second sidewall extends above a top surface of the raised source region and raised drain region to define regions laterally delimited by the first and second sidewalls. A conductive material fills the regions to form a source contact and a drain contact to the raised source region and raised drain region, respectively.
US10312258B2 Semiconductor device with buried cavities and dielectric support structures
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with a first surface. The device further includes one or more semiconductor devices formed or the first surface in an active area. The device further includes a plurality of cavities in the semiconductor substrate beneath the first surface. The device further includes dielectric support structures between each of the cavities and spaced apart from the first surface. The dielectric support structures support a part of the semiconductor substrate between the active area and the cavities. The dielectric support structures include an oxide.
US10312254B2 Semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof
The reliability and performances of a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory are improved. A control gate electrode is formed over a semiconductor substrate via a first insulation film. A memory gate electrode is formed over the semiconductor substrate via a second insulation film having a charge accumulation part. The second insulation film is formed across between the semiconductor substrate and the memory gate electrode, and between the control gate electrode and the memory gate electrode. Between the control gate electrode and the memory gate electrode, a third insulation film is formed between the second insulation film and the memory gate electrode. The third insulation film is not formed under the memory gate electrode. A part of the memory gate electrode is present under the lower end face of the third insulation film.
US10312252B2 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a memory cell for a split-gate MONOS memory with a halo region, which prevents miswriting in the memory cell and worsening of short channel characteristics. In the method, a first diffusion layer of a drain region and a second diffusion layer of a source region in the memory cell for the MONOS memory are formed in different ion implantation steps. The steps are carried out so that the first diffusion layer has a smaller formation depth than the second diffusion layer. After the formation of the layers, the impurities inside the first and second diffusion layers are diffused by heat treatment to form a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region.
US10312251B2 Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a stacked body in which an electrode film and an insulating film are alternately stacked along a first direction, a semiconductor member extending in the first direction and piercing the stacked body, and a charge storage member provided between the semiconductor member and the electrode film. The electrode film includes a first portion. The first portion is composed of a metal silicide. The first portion surrounds the semiconductor member as viewed from the first direction.
US10312250B1 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a plurality of isolation structures, a charge storage layer, and a conductive layer. The substrate has a memory region and a logic region. The substrate in the memory region has a plurality of semiconductor fins. The isolation structures are disposed in the substrate to isolate the semiconductor fins. The semiconductor fins are protruded beyond the isolation structures. The charge storage layer covers the semiconductor fins. The conductive layer is disposed across the semiconductor fins and the isolation structures such that the charge storage layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the semiconductor fins.
US10312246B2 Split-gate flash memory cell with improved scaling using enhanced lateral control gate to floating gate coupling
A non-volatile memory cell includes a semiconductor substrate of first conductivity type, first and second spaced-apart regions in the substrate of second conductivity type, with a channel region in the substrate therebetween. A floating gate has a first portion disposed vertically over a first portion of the channel region, and a second portion disposed vertically over the first region. The floating gate includes a sloping upper surface that terminates with one or more sharp edges. An erase gate is disposed vertically over the floating gate with the one or more sharp edges facing the erase gate. A control gate has a first portion disposed laterally adjacent to the floating gate, and vertically over the first region. A select gate has a first portion disposed vertically over a second portion of the channel region, and laterally adjacent to the floating gate.
US10312242B2 Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device is provided, and which includes a substrate, plural gates, plural plugs, a capacitor structure and a conducting cap layer. The gates are disposed within the substrate, and the plugs are disposed on the substrate, with each plug electrically connected to two sides of each gate on the substrate. The capacitor structure is disposed on the substrate, and the capacitor structure includes plural capacitors, with each capacitor electrically connected to the plugs respectively. The conducting cap layer covers the top surface and sidewalls of the capacitor structure. Also, the semiconductor memory device further includes an adhesion layer and an insulating layer. The adhesion layer covers the conducting cap layer and the capacitor structure, and the insulating layer covers the adhesion layer.
US10312241B1 Integrated memory and integrated assemblies
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a capacitor. The capacitor has a storage node configured as an upwardly-opening container shape. The container shape has a first side surface and a second side surface. The first and second side surfaces are along outer edges of the container shape and are in opposing relation to one another. The second side surface has a lower portion vertically overlapped by the first side surface, and has an upper portion which is not vertically overlapped by the first side surface. A middle-level lattice is adjacent to the first side surface and supports the first side surface. A higher-level lattice is adjacent to the second side surface and supports the second side surface. Some embodiments include integrated memory (e.g., DRAM).
US10312239B2 Semiconductor memory including semiconductor oxie
According to one embodiment, a memory includes: a bit line; a source line; a pillar extending in a first direction and including an oxide semiconductor layer; first, second and third layers arranged along the first direction and opposed to a side of the pillar; a memory cell at an intersection between the first layer and the pillar, the memory cell including a charge storage layer in the oxide semiconductor layer; a first transistor at an intersection between the second layer and the pillar; and a second transistor at an intersection between the third layer and the pillar. A first end of the oxide semiconductor layer in the first direction is in contact with the source line, and a second end of the oxide semiconductor layer in the first direction is electrically disconnected from the bit line.
US10312238B2 Manufacturing method of magnetic random access memory cell
A manufacturing method of a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cell includes the following steps. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) film stack is formed on an insulation layer. An aluminum mask layer is formed on the MTJ film stack. A hard mask layer is formed on the aluminum mask layer. An ion beam etching (IBE) process is performed with the aluminum mask layer and the hard mask layer as a mask. The MTJ film stack is patterned to be a patterned MTJ film stack by the IBE process, and at least apart of the aluminum mask layer is bombarded by the IBE process for forming an aluminum film on a sidewall of the patterned MTJ film stack. An oxidation treatment is performed, and the aluminum film is oxidized to be an aluminum oxide protection layer on the sidewall of the patterned MTJ film stack by the oxidation treatment.
US10312231B2 Array substate and display device
Disclosed are an array substrate and a display device, which can achieve protection of a signal line against static electricity and meanwhile decrease a load on the signal line, so as to improve product yield. The array substrate includes a first signal line, a second signal line and an electrostatic protection device; wherein the electrostatic protection device includes a suspension Thin Film Transistor (TFT), a source electrode of the suspension TFT is connected with the first signal line, a gate electrode of the suspension TFT is connected with the second signal line, and a drain electrode of the suspension TFT is suspended; and wherein the drain electrode and the gate electrode have an overlapping region. The display device includes the above-mentioned array substrate.
US10312222B2 Semiconductor package and semiconductor device using the same
A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first electronic component, a first conductive layer, a first pillar layer and a first package body. The first electronic component is disposed on the substrate. The first pillar layer connects the first conductive layer and the substrate. The first package body encapsulates the first conductive layer, the first pillar layer and the first electronic component. The first conductive layer is embedded in the first package body.
US10312219B2 Semiconductor device assemblies including multiple shingled stacks of semiconductor dies
A semiconductor device assembly includes a substrate having a plurality of external connections, a first shingled stack of semiconductor dies disposed directly over a first location on the substrate and electrically coupled to a first subset of the plurality of external connections, and a second shingled stack of semiconductor dies disposed directly over a second location on the substrate and electrically coupled to a second subset of the plurality of external connections. The semiconductor device assembly further includes an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the substrate, the first shingled stack and the second shingled stack.
US10312216B2 Systems and methods for bonding semiconductor elements
A method of ultrasonically bonding semiconductor elements includes the steps of: (a) aligning surfaces of a plurality of first conductive structures of a first semiconductor element to respective surfaces of a plurality of second conductive structures of a second semiconductor element, wherein the surfaces of each of the plurality of first conductive structures and the plurality of second conductive structures include aluminum; and (b) ultrasonically bonding ones of the first conductive structures to respective ones of the second conductive structures.
US10312213B2 Power semiconductor device comprising a substrate and load current terminal elements
The invention relates to a power semiconductor device with a substrate with a cooling device and power semiconductor components connected thereon, having load current terminal elements and a cooling device. Pressure devices have a pressure element is arranged movably in a direction normal (N) to the substrate, and an elastic deformation element between the pressure element and a load current terminal element. The pressure element presses the assigned load current terminal element against an electrically conductive contact area of the substrate via the elastic deformation element and provides electrically conductive pressure contacting of the assigned load current terminal element with the substrate. The electrical connection of the power semiconductor device is improved.
US10312212B2 Self-adhesive die
An apparatus for enhancing the thermal performance of semiconductor packages effectively. The concept of this invention is to provide silicon nanowires on the backside of an integrated circuit die to directly attach the die to the substrate, thereby improving the interface between die and substrate, and thus enhancing thermal performance and enhancing reliability by improving adhesion.
US10312211B2 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes a first member and a second member joined to the first member includes: a) producing (Cu,Ni)6Sn5 on a Ni film formed on the first member by melting a first Sn—Cu solder containing 0.9 wt % or higher of Cu on the Ni film of the first member; b) producing (Cu,Ni)6Sn5 on a Ni film formed on the second member by melting a second Sn—Cu solder containing 0.9 wt % or higher of Cu on the Ni film of the second member; and c) joining the first member and the second member to each other by melting the first Sn—Cu solder having undergone step a) and the second Sn—Cu solder having undergone step b) so that the first Sn—Cu solder and the second Sn—Cu solder become integrated.
US10312202B2 Zero capacitance electrostatic discharge devices
In some examples, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device includes a substrate layer, a transition layer positioned on the substrate layer, a plurality of superlattice layers on the transition layer and including at least two doped superlattice layers. The ESD device further includes a plurality of doped contact structures extending from the transition layer to a surface of an outermost layer of the plurality of superlattice layers, where a first of the plurality of doped contact structures comprises an anode and a second of the plurality of doped contact structures comprises a cathode, where the plurality of doped contact structures are to generate a zero capacitance ESD device.
US10312200B2 Integrated circuit security
A semiconductor product includes a substrate having a self-assembly (SA) pattern. An initial SA pattern is created using a block copolymer (BCP) which has been annealed on the substrate. The initial SA pattern and/or an enlarged SA pattern derived from the initial SA pattern is incorporated into the semiconductor product. The SA pattern is an information carrying security mark having a set of features with corresponding locations within the information carrying security mark which uniquely identify the semiconductor product. In other embodiments of the invention a method and system for creating the semiconductor product are described.
US10312198B2 Semiconductor device package
A semiconductor device package includes a lead frame, an electronic component, a package body, at least one conductive via and a conductive layer. The lead frame includes a paddle, a connection element and a plurality of leads. The electronic component is disposed on the paddle. The package body encapsulates the electronic component and the lead frame. The at least one conductive via is disposed in the package body, electrically connected to the connection element, and exposed from the package body. The conductive layer is disposed on the package body and the conductive via.
US10312195B2 Fan-out semiconductor package
A fan-out semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor chip; an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the semiconductor chip; and a first connection member disposed on the semiconductor chip and including a first redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pads and a second redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pads and disposed on the first redistribution layer. The first redistribution layer includes a first pattern having a plurality of degassing holes, the second redistribution layer includes a second pattern having a first line portion having a first line width and a second line portion connected to the first line portion and having a second line width greater than the first line width, and the second line portion overlaps at least one of the plurality of degassing holes when being projected in a direction perpendicular to the active surface.
US10312192B2 Integrated circuit having staggered conductive features
An integrated circuit includes at least one first conductive feature and at least one second conductive feature. The second conductive feature has at least one extension portion, and the extension portion of the second conductive feature is protruded from the projection of the first conductive feature on the second conductive feature. The integrated circuit further includes at least one third conductive feature, and at least one first conductive via electrically connecting the third conductive feature and the extension portion of the second conductive feature.
US10312190B2 Structure of integrated inductor
This invention discloses an integrated inductor structure, including a first metal trace, a second metal trace, and a connecting metal trace. Tow terminals of the connecting metal trace are respectively connected to the first metal trace and the second metal trace through at least a connecting structure. The connected first metal trace, the connecting metal trace and the second metal trace together form an inductor structure. The connecting structure is connected to a connecting area of the first metal trace. The connecting area of the first metal trace has a first width. A smallest width of the first metal trace is a second width. The second width is smaller than the first width.
US10312189B2 Enhancing integrated circuit density with active atomic reservoir
Methods are disclosed herein for fabricating integrated circuit interconnects that can improve electromigration. An exemplary method includes forming a first metal layer of an integrated circuit and forming a second metal layer of the integrated circuit. The first metal layer includes a first conductor electrically coupled to a second conductor, and the second metal layer includes a third conductor electrically coupled to the first conductor. The first conductor, the second conductor, and the third conductor are configured, such that electrons flow from the second conductor to an area of the first conductor where electrons flow from the third conductor to the first conductor.
US10312179B2 Circuit arrangement, and current transformer
The teachings of the present disclosure relate to electrical circuits and embodiments may include a circuit arrangement and a current converter comprising said circuit arrangement. An example circuit arrangement may include: a carrier part; a power component; a cooling channel for conveying a cooling agent; and a busbar conducting a current to the power component. The busbar may be arranged on the carrier part and have a region with a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite the first surface. The region may project away from the carrier part into the cooling channel. The power component may be arranged on the first surface of the region and connected to the region in an electrically conductive and mechanical manner.
US10312178B2 Semiconductor device
In a semiconductor device, a thinly-molded portion covering a whole of a heat dissipating surface portion of a lead frame and a die pad space filled portion are integrally molded from a second mold resin, because of which adhesion between the thinly-molded portion and lead frame improves owing to the die pad space filled portion adhering to a side surface of the lead frame. Also, as the thinly-molded portion is partially thicker owing to the die pad space filled portion, strength of the thinly-molded portion increases, and a deficiency or cracking is unlikely to occur.
US10312172B2 High-frequency module
A high-frequency module 1a includes: a wiring substrate 2; a plurality of components 3a and 3b that are mounted on an upper surface 2a of the wiring substrate 2; a sealing resin layer 4 that is stacked on the upper surface 2a of the wiring substrate 2; a shield film 6 that covers a surface of the sealing resin layer 4; and a shield wall 5 that is provided in the sealing resin layer 4. The shield wall 5 is formed of two shield wall element bodies 5a and 5b that have straight line shapes in a plan view, and the two shield wall element bodies 5a and 5b are arranged such that the shield wall element bodies each have one end surface that is not exposed at a different peripheral side surface 4b of the sealing resin layer 4.
US10312169B1 Substrate and package module including the same
A substrate includes a substrate body and an interconnection layer disposed on a bearing surface of the substrate body and having an annular portion and a plurality of protrusions extending outward from an outer periphery of the annular portion. A package module is formed by the substrate, a chip mounted on the bearing surface of the substrate body, and a cap enclosing the chip and having a bottom thereof adhered to the interconnection layer of the substrate by an adhesive. By means of the protrusions of the interconnection layer, the bonding area of the adhesive is increased and the spread of the adhesive is effectively concentrated.
US10312167B2 Semiconductor package, assembly and module arrangements for measuring gate-to-emitter/source voltage
One or more additional sense terminals are added to discrete semiconductor packages, assemblies and semiconductor modules, including power semiconductor modules, to sense accurately the voltage between the gate and emitter/source of voltage-controlled chips, inside the package, assembly or module.
US10312166B2 Inspection system and inspection method
An inspection system includes a laser light source, an optical system for laser marking that irradiates a semiconductor device with laser light from a metal layer side, a control unit that controls the laser light source to control laser marking, a two-dimensional camera that detects light from the semiconductor device on a substrate side and outputs an optical reflection image, and an analysis unit that generates a pattern image of the semiconductor device, and the control unit controls the laser light source so that laser marking is performed until a mark image appears in a pattern image.
US10312163B2 Method of improving surface smoothness of dummy gate
The present disclosure relates to the field of semiconductor technologies, and discloses a method for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus. An implementation of the method may include: providing a substrate structure; depositing a dummy gate material layer on the substrate structure; performing planarization processing on the dummy gate material layer; after the planarization processing, performing, according to surface roughness of the dummy gate material layer, first etching on the dummy gate material layer by using a fluorine-containing gas; after the first etching, forming a fluorine-containing polymer layer on the dummy gate material layer; and performing second etching on the substrate structure on which the fluorine-containing polymer layer is formed, to remove the fluorine-containing polymer layer, where the second etching includes etching a surface of the dummy gate material layer. The method of the present invention improves surface smoothness and thickness uniformity of the dummy gate material layer.
US10312159B2 BiMOS device with a fully self-aligned emitter-silicon and method for manufacturing the same
A method comprises providing a substrate of a first conductive type and a layer stack arranged on the substrate. The layer stack comprises a first isolation layer, a sacrificial layer, and a second isolation layer. The layer stack comprises a window formed in the layer stack through the second isolation layer, the sacrificial layer and the first isolation layer up to a surface region of the substrate. The method comprises providing a collector layer. The method comprises providing a base layer on the collector layer within the window of the layer stack. The method comprises providing an emitter layer or an emitter layer stack comprising the emitter layer on the base layer within the window of the layer stack. The method further comprises selectively removing the emitter layer or the emitter layer stack at least up to the second isolation layer.
US10312157B2 Field effect transistor stack with tunable work function
A method for fabricating a gate stack of a semiconductor device comprises forming a first dielectric layer over a channel region of the device, forming a first nitride layer over the first dielectric layer, forming a first gate metal layer over the first nitride layer, forming a capping layer over the first gate metal layer, removing portions of the capping layer and the first gate metal layer to expose a portion of the first nitride layer in a p-type field effect transistor (pFET) region of the gate stack, depositing a scavenging layer on the first nitride layer and the capping layer, depositing a second nitride layer on the scavenging layer, and depositing a gate electrode material on the second nitride layer.
US10312156B2 Vertical fin field effect transistor (V-FinFET), semiconductor device having V-FinFET and method of fabricating V-FinFET
A vertical fin field effect transistor (V-FinFET) is provided as follows. A substrate has a lower source/drain (S/D). A fin structure extends vertically from an upper surface of the lower S/D. The fin structure includes a sidewall having an upper sidewall portion, a lower sidewall portion and a center sidewall portion positioned therebetween. An upper S/D is disposed on an upper surface of the fin structure. An upper spacer is disposed on the upper sidewall portion. A lower spacer is disposed on the lower sidewall portion. A stacked structure including a gate oxide layer and a first gate electrode is disposed on an upper surface of the lower spacer, the center sidewall portion and a lower surface of the upper spacer. A second gate electrode is disposed on the first gate electrode.
US10312152B2 Field effect transistor with stacked nanowire-like channels and methods of manufacturing the same
A CMOS circuit includes a partial GAA nFET and a partial GAA pFET. The nFET and the pFET each include a fin including a stack of nanowire-like channel regions and a dielectric separation region extending completely between first and second nanowire-like channel regions of the stack. The nFET and the pFET each also include a source electrode and a drain electrode on opposite sides of the fin, and a gate stack extending along a pair of sidewalls of the stack of nanowire-like channel regions. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer and a metal layer on the gate dielectric layer. The metal layer does not extend between the first and second nanowire-like channel regions. The channel heights of the nanowire-like channel regions of the partial GAA nFET and the partial GAA pFET are different.
US10312151B1 Monolithic co-integration of MOSFET and JFET for neuromorphic/cognitive circuit applications
Vertical MOSFET and JFET devices are incorporated on the same chip, enabling circuit designs that benefit from the simultaneous use of such devices. A fabrication method allows formation of the devices using a shared source/drain layer on a bulk semiconductor substrate.
US10312148B2 Method and structure for forming MOSFET with reduced parasitic capacitance
A method (and structure) of fabricating an MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor), includes, on a gate structure coated with a high-k sidewall spacer film, etching off the high-k sidewall spacer film from a top surface of the gate structure and from a portion of vertical walls of the gate structure. The etched-off high-k sidewall spacer film on the vertical walls is replaced with an ultra low-k material.
US10312145B2 Asymmetric source/drain epitaxy
A method includes forming a plurality of fins on a substrate and a dummy gate structure over the fins. A spacer layer is formed over the dummy gate structure and the fins. The spacer layer is recessed to form asymmetrically recessed spacers along sidewalls of each of the fins, thereby exposing a portion of each of the fins. A source/drain epitaxy is grown on the exposed portions of the plurality of fins, a first source/drain epitaxy on a first fin being asymmetrical to a second source/drain epitaxy on a second fin. A device includes a first and second fin on a substrate with a gate structure formed over the first and second fins. An epitaxy if formed over the first fin and the second fin on the same side of the gate structure, where the height of the first epitaxy is greater than the height of the second epitaxy.
US10312143B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a metal member, and a metal oxide film. The semiconductor substrate is provided with a through-hole that passes through the semiconductor substrate from one surface to another surface opposite to the one surface. The metal member is provided in the through-hole, and includes a cavity therein defined by an internal surface. The metal oxide film coats the internal surface.
US10312137B2 Hardmask layer for 3D NAND staircase structure in semiconductor applications
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and methods for forming a hardmask layer that may be utilized to transfer patterns or features to a film stack with accurate profiles and dimension control for manufacturing three dimensional (3D) stacked semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a method of forming a hardmask layer on a substrate includes forming a seed layer comprising boron on a film stack disposed on a substrate by supplying a seed layer gas mixture in a processing chamber, forming a transition layer comprising born and tungsten on the seed layer by supplying a transition layer gas mixture in the processing chamber, and forming a bulk hardmask layer on the transition layer by supplying a main deposition gas mixture in the processing chamber.
US10312135B2 Combined wafer production method with laser treatment and temperature-induced stresses
A method for the production of layers of solid material is contemplated. The method may include the steps of providing a solid body for the separation of at least one layer of solid material, generating defects by means of at least one radiation source, in particular a laser, in the inner structure of the solid body in order to determine a detachment plane along which the layer of solid material is separated from the solid body, and applying heat to a polymer layer disposed on the solid body in order to generate, in particular mechanically, stresses in the solid body, due to the stresses a crack propagating in the solid body along the detachment plane, which crack separates the layer of solid material from the solid body.
US10312132B2 Forming sacrificial endpoint layer for deep STI recess
A method is presented for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a plurality of fins over a substrate, forming one or more shallow isolation trench (STI) structures defining a first region and a second region, forming a liner dielectric and forming spacers adjacent sidewalls of the plurality of fins and adjacent the one or more STI structures. The method further includes filling the one or more STI structures with an oxide layer, and incrementally recessing the oxide layer and the spacers adjacent the plurality of fins in an alternate manner until a proximal end of the second region is detected.
US10312119B2 Line charge volume with integrated pressure measurement
A line charge volume and methods for use in delivery of gas to a reactor for processing semiconductor wafers is provided. The line charge volume includes a chamber that extends between a first end and a second end, and the first end includes an inlet port and an outlet port. A pressure sensor is integrated with the chamber. The pressure sensor has a measurement side for measuring a deflection of a diaphragm. The diaphragm is directly exposed to an interior of the chamber so that pressure produced by a gas that is provided into the chamber via the inlet port produces a force upon the diaphragm. The measurement side includes electronics for measuring a capacitance value corresponding to the deflection of the diaphragm. The deflection is correlated to a pressure difference, and the pressure difference is equivalent to a pressure volume (Pv) of the chamber.
US10312117B2 Apparatus and radiant heating plate for processing wafer-shaped articles
An apparatus for processing wafer-shaped articles includes a rotary chuck adapted to hold a wafer-shaped article of a predetermined diameter thereon. A radiant heating plate faces a wafer-shaped article when positioned on the rotary chuck. The radiant heating plate includes radiant heating elements, but a central region of the radiant heating plate is free of radiant heating elements. The radiant heating plate further includes at least one refraction element that refracts radiation emitted by the radiant heating elements and passed through the at least one refraction element, toward the central region of the radiant heating plate.
US10312114B2 Substrate processing method, and substrate processing device
This substrate processing method includes supplying a chemical liquid to an upper surface of a substrate and rinsing away the chemical liquid adhering to the upper surface of the substrate by holding a puddled rinse liquid on the substrate while maintaining a rotation speed of the substrate at a zero or low speed, and a chemical liquid puddle step of holding a liquid film of a puddled chemical liquid on the upper surface of the substrate while maintaining the rotation speed of the substrate at a zero or low speed, and the rinsing step is performed subsequent to finishing the chemical liquid puddle step, and the rinsing step includes supplying a rinse liquid to the upper surface of the substrate and then replacing the liquid film of the chemical liquid held on the upper surface of the substrate with the rinse liquid.
US10312111B2 Method of fabricating low-profile footed power package
A method is disclosed of fabricating a power package which includes a heat tab extending from a die pad exposed on the underside of the package, which facilitates the removal of heat from the die to the PCB or other surface on which the package is mounted. The heat tab has a bottom surface coplanar with the flat bottom surface of the die pad and bottom surface of a lead. The lead includes a horizontal foot segment, a vertical columnar segment, and a horizontal cantilever segment facing the die pad. The heat tab may also have a foot. A die containing a power device is mounted on a top surface of the die pad and may be electrically connected to the lead using a bonding wire or clip. The die may be mounted on the die pad with an electrically conductive material, and the package may also include a lead that extends from the die pad and is thus electrically tied to the bottom of the die. The result is a package with a minimal footprint that is suitable for the technique known as “wave soldering” that is used in relatively low-cost printed circuit board assembly factories.
US10312105B2 Semiconductor devices using auxiliary layers for trimming margin and devices so formed
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a linear preliminary mask pattern in a first direction on a substrate. The preliminary mask pattern is patterned to provide a plurality of mask patterns that are aligned end-to-end with one another on the substrate and are separated by an exposed portion of the substrate between respective facing ends of the plurality of mask patterns. An auxiliary layer is formed to cover at least sidewalls of the facing ends to reduce a size of the exposed portion to provide a reduced exposed portion of the substrate and the reduced exposed portion of the substrate is etched to form a trench defining active patterns in the substrate aligned end-to-end with one another.
US10312101B2 Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing method includes a fluorine-based gas supply step of supplying a fluorine-based gas into a processing chamber where a substrate having a silicon-based film is accommodated, a purge gas supply step of supplying a purge gas for discharging the supplied fluorine-based gas into the processing chamber. The substrate processing method further includes a nitrogen-based gas supply step of supplying a nitrogen-based gas into the processing chamber from which the fluorine-based gas has been discharged. In the substrate processing method, at least in the fluorine-based gas supply step and the purge gas supply step, a temperature of the substrate is maintained at 60° C. or less.
US10312100B2 Conductor including nano-patterned substrate and method of manufacturing the conductor
A conductor including a graphene layer and a method of manufacturing the conductor are provided. The conductor may further include a nano pattern disposed on a substrate, and the graphene layer may be formed on the nano pattern. The nano pattern may have any various shapes and include a material that interacts with the graphene layer. The nano pattern and the graphene layer included in the conductor may interact with each other, such that the electric characteristics of the conductor are maintained while the heat transfer characteristics thereof are improved.
US10312099B2 Wafer processing method
A wafer processing method includes a protective film providing step of providing a protective film on the front side of a wafer, a wafer unit forming step of applying a liquid resin curable by an external stimulus to the front side of the wafer and then curing the liquid resin by applying the external stimulus to form a protective member, thereby forming a wafer unit composed of the wafer, the protective film, and the protective member in the condition where the front side of the wafer is covered with the protective member, a grinding step of holding the protective member on a holding surface of a chuck table and then grinding the back side of the wafer of the wafer unit to thereby reduce the thickness of the wafer, and a peeling step of peeling the protective member and the protective film from the wafer reduced in thickness.
US10312097B2 Salicide bottom contacts
A method of forming a contact to a semiconductor device that includes forming a vertically orientated channel region on semiconductor material layer of a substrate; and forming a first source/drain region in the semiconductor material layer. The method may continue with forming a metal semiconductor alloy contact on the first source/drain region extending along a horizontally orientated upper surface of the first source/drain region that is substantially perpendicular to the vertically orientated channel region, wherein the metal semiconductor alloy contact extends substantially to an interface with the vertically orientated channel region. Thereafter, a gate structure is formed on the vertically orientated channel region, and a second source/drain region is formed on the vertically orientated channel region.
US10312091B1 Secure permanent integrated circuit personalization
Methods, systems and devices for using charged particle beams (CPBs) to write different die-specific, non-volatile, electronically readable data to different dies on a substrate. CPBs can fully write die-specific data within the chip interconnect structure during the device fabrication process, at high resolution and within a small area, allowing one or multiple usefully-sized values to be securely written to service device functions. CPBs can write die-specific data in areas readable or unreadable through a (or any) communications bus. Die-specific data can be used for, e.g.: encryption keys; communications addresses; manufacturing information (including die identification numbers); random number generator improvements; or single, nested, or compartmentalized security codes. Die-specific data and locations for writing die-specific data can be kept in encrypted form when not being written to the substrate to conditionally or permanently prevent any knowledge of said data and locations.
US10312088B1 Self-aligned double patterning method
A self-aligned double patterning method includes the steps of forming line structures spaced apart from each other in a first direction on a mask layer, forming dielectric layer on the line structures, performing an etch back process so that the top surfaces of the line structures and the dielectric layer are flush, forming layer structure with same material as the line structures on the line structures and the dielectric layer, forming spacers spaced apart from each other in a second direction on the layer structure, and performing an etch process with the spacers as an etch mask to pattern the line structures and the dielectric layer.
US10312087B2 Method to improve adhesion of photoresist on silicon substrate for extreme ultraviolet and electron beam lithography
An etch process that includes removing an oxide containing surface layer from a semiconductor surface to be etched by applying a hydrofluoric (HF) based chemistry, wherein the hydrofluoric (HF) based chemistry terminates the semiconductor surface to be etched with silicon-hydrogen bonds, and applying a vapor priming agent bearing chemical functionality based on the group consisting of alkynes, alcohols and a combination thereof to convert the silane terminated surface to a hydrophobic organic surface. The method continues with forming a photoresist layer on the hydrophobic organic surface; and patterning the photoresist layer. Thereafter, the patterned portions of the photoresist are developed to provide an etch mask. The portions of the semiconductor surface exposed by the etch mask are then etched.
US10312086B2 Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device
A method for processing a substrate is provided. The method comprises forming a patterned photoresist over a first material, the patterned photoresist comprising island portions and shaped spaces surrounding the island portions. An area of each of the island portions is reduced to enlarge the shaped spaces, which are filled with a second material. The island portions are removed to form first openings in the second material. Portions of the first material exposed through the first openings are removed to form second openings in the first material. Portions of a substrate exposed through the second openings are removed to form holes in the substrate. Methods of patterning a substrate and methods of forming a hole pattern in a substrate are also disclosed.
US10312075B2 Treatment system and method
A method of descumming a dielectric layer is provided. In an embodiment the dielectric layer is deposited over a substrate, and a photoresist is applied, exposed, and developed after the photoresist has been applied. Once the pattern of the photoresist is transferred to the underlying dielectric layer, a descumming process is performed, wherein the descumming process utilizes a mixture of a carbon-containing precursor, a descumming precursor, and a carrier gas. The mixture is ignited into a treatment plasma, and the treatment plasma is applied to the dielectric layer in order to descum the dielectric layer.
US10312068B2 Charged particle detector
A charged particle detector according to the embodiment is provided with an MCP and a PD arranged with a focus electrode interposed therebetween in order to improve a response characteristic as compared to a conventional one in a configuration in which the MCP having a bias angle and the PD are combined. The MCP includes a plurality of through holes each inclined by a bias angle θ and the PD is eccentrically arranged such that a center of an electron incident surface deviates by a predetermined distance in a bias angle direction S3 with respect to a central axis AX1 of the MCP.
US10312066B1 Generation of digital waveforms with high resolution duty cycle
Systems and methods for generating digital waveforms with high-resolution duty cycles are disclosed. A smoothed sinusoidal waveform set to a voltage other than ground may be generated and/or received. A rectangular waveform may be generated based on the sinusoidal waveform using a comparator. The rectangular waveform may be utilized to adjust the duty cycle of a current applied to a mass analyzer to improve duty-cycle resolution of a mass analyzer of a mass spectrometer.
US10312063B2 Eluate analysis and collection
The invention relates to analyzing and controlling collection of liquid eluate output from a separation process, in particular by use of a measure of suspended material in the eluate based on a light scattering detection method. Exemplary embodiments include a method of controlling collection of a sample of a liquid eluate output from a separation process. The method includes exposing the liquid eluate to light from a light source; detecting light from the light source scattered by suspended material in the eluate at a detector; and beginning and ending collection of the sample when a measure of the suspended material derived from the detected scattered light enters and leaves a predetermined range.
US10312061B2 Vacuum apparatus for vacuum treating substrate
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a vacuum apparatus, which relates to a display technical field. The vacuum apparatus can eliminate an electrostatic adsorption between a substrate and an electrode so as to avoid damages to the substrate. The vacuum apparatus includes: a vacuum cavity; a first electrode and a second electrode located inside the vacuum cavity and opposite to each other; and positioning structures for positioning the substrate. The substrate is located between the first electrode and the second electrode and is positioned closer to the first electrode or the second electrode. The vacuum apparatus further includes an electrostatic elimination device. The electrostatic elimination device can eliminate the electrostatic adsorption between the substrate and the first electrode and/or between the substrate and the second electrode by attracting charged particles to the surface of the substrate closer to a side of the first electrode and/or the surface of the substrate closer to a side of the second electrode. The present disclosure also relates to manufacture method of the vacuum apparatus.
US10312059B2 Ring member with air holes and substrate processing system including the same
A substrate processing system includes a wall liner, an electrostatic chuck in the wall liner to hold a substrate, and a ring member including a focus ring and a side ring. The focus ring is on an edge region of the electrostatic chuck and the side ring encloses an outer side surface of the focus ring and a side surface of the electrostatic chuck. The side ring includes air holes extending from a bottom surface of the ring member towards a top portion of the ring member and extending from the top portion of the ring member towards an outer side surface of the ring member.
US10312053B2 Charged particle beam apparatus, alignment method of charged particle beam apparatus, alignment program, and storage medium
The present invention shortens the time spent in a search for a visual field by a user in a charged particle beam apparatus in which an observation range on a sample is set by using a captured image of the sample. When the contour of a sample table is circularly configured, for example, the central position of a sample table image on an optical image is quickly, easily, and accurately obtained by calculating, from the coordinates of the respective vertices of a triangle circumscribed about the contour created on the optical image by the user, the incenter of the triangle without direct recognition by automatic image analysis, which is complex and time-consuming, of the contour of the sample table image on the optical image.
US10312052B2 Multi electron beam inspection apparatus
Provided is an assembly for inspecting the surface of a sample. The assembly includes two or more multi-beam electron column units. Each unit has: a single thermal field emitter for emitting a diverging electron beam towards a beam splitter; wherein the beam splitter includes a first multi-aperture plate having multiple apertures for creating multiple primary electron beams; a collimator lens for collimating the diverging electron beam from the emitter; an objective lens unit for focusing said multiple primary electron beams on said sample; and a multi-sensor detector system for separately detecting the intensity of secondary electron beams created by each one of said focused primary electron beams on said sample. The two or more multi-beam electron column units are arranged adjacent to each other for inspecting different parts of the surface of the sample at the same time.
US10312049B2 Sample chamber device for electron microscope, and electron microscope comprising same
A vacuum sample chamber for a particle and optical device includes on one surface thereof, an aperture through which a particle beam to be focused along an optical axis of particles such as electrons, ions and neutral particles is incident; and on the opposite surface thereof, a detachable sample holder through which light penetrates, thereby enabling a sample to be observed and analyzed by means of the particle beam and light. A sample chamber is capable of reducing observation time by maintaining a vacuum therein even when a sample is put into or taken out from a sample chamber of an electron microscope or focused ion beam observation equipment, and capable of obtaining an optical image on the outside thereof without inserting a light source or an optical barrel into the sample chamber. A light-electron fusion microscope comprising the sample chamber.
US10312048B2 Creating ion energy distribution functions (IEDF)
Systems and methods for creating arbitrarily-shaped ion energy distribution functions using shaped-pulse-bias. In an embodiment, a method includes applying a positive jump voltage to an electrode of a process chamber to neutralize a wafer surface, applying a negative jump voltage to the electrode to set a wafer voltage, and modulating the amplitude of the wafer voltage to produce a predetermined number of pulses to determine an ion energy distribution function. In another embodiment a method includes applying a positive jump voltage to an electrode of a process chamber to neutralize a wafer surface, applying a negative jump voltage to the electrode to set a wafer voltage, and applying a ramp voltage to the electrode that overcompensates for ion current on the wafer or applying a ramp voltage to the electrode that undercompensates for ion current on the wafer.
US10312046B1 Rotary motion switching apparatus usable with circuit interrupter
A rotary motion switching apparatus is usable with a circuit interrupter that is situated in a NEMA box or other box and employs an attachment system. An access port that is formed in a wall of the NEMA box or other box permits a shaft having a handle at an end thereof to be connected with the rotary motion switching apparatus. The rotary motion switching apparatus includes a universal joint on a rotational component that enables operation of the handle and shaft without binding on the wall of the NEMA or other box even if the access port in the box is offset from an axis of rotation of the rotational component.
US10312045B2 Interruption apparatus employing actuator having movable engagement element
An improved interruption apparatus includes a plurality of poles, with each of the poles including an actuator. In one embodiment, the actuator can be a fuse having a movable engagement element, and in another embodiment the actuator can be an electric coil that is operable to move a movable engagement element. The interruption apparatus has a single trip unit, and the engagement element of any actuator can actuate the trip unit to move all of the poles from a CLOSED state to an OPEN state.
US10312044B2 Electromagnetic relay
An electromagnetic relay includes a base, an electromagnetic block disposed on an upper surface of the base, a movable iron piece that rotates based on excitation/non-excitation of the electromagnetic block, a movable contact piece that rotates integrally with the movable iron piece, a movable contact fixed to a free end of the movable contact piece, a fixed contact disposed so as to come into or out of contact with the movable contact in association with rotation of the movable contact piece, and a magnetic field generation unit disposed so as to attract an arc generated between the movable contact and the fixed contact in a direction that, as seen from the fixed contact, is opposite to the movable contact and the base.
US10312043B2 Sealed high voltage direct current relay
The present invention discloses a sealed HVDC relay, comprising an insulating hood and a yoke plate which is extended upward to form a cylindrical fixing portion; the insulating hood has an overturned cup structure; a chamber for accommodating moving contacts and stationary contacts is formed by the yoke plate and the insulating hood together; a lower end of the insulating hood and the fixing portion of the yoke plate are fitted with each other by threads; and the portion fitted by threads between the lower end of the insulating hood and the fixing portion is sealed by adhesive pouring. In the present invention, with the insulating hood made of ceramics, the stiffness of the relay structure of the present invention is promised. The absence of a brazing process makes the relay of the present invention short in manufacturing period and low in cost. With regard to the present invention, the sealing performance of the relay is promised by adhesive pouring, and a service voltage of the relay can be increased. In this way, the voltage of the relay of the present invention can reach 1000 V, thus improving the application performance of the present invention.
US10312037B1 Rotary motion switching apparatus usable with circuit interrupter
A rotary motion switching apparatus is usable with a circuit interrupter and employs an attachment system having a pair of connectors that are received in a pair of openings formed in a housing of a circuit interrupter and that are affixed to the housing within the openings in order to resist removal of the rotary motion switching apparatus from the circuit interrupter. The openings are pre-existing in the housing of the circuit interrupter and are provided to enable access by tools with terminals of the circuit interrupter to which load wires and the like are connectable. The connectors thus secure the rotary motion switching apparatus to the circuit interrupter by using openings that are already formed in the circuit interrupter and thus the rotary motion switching apparatus is usable without requiring a modification to the housing or to the molds that are employed to form the housing.
US10312033B2 Liftable keyboard
A liftable keyboard for a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a top cover and a base. The liftable keyboard includes at least one key unit, a membrane switch circuit layer and a micro pump. Each key unit includes a keycap and an elastomer. When a sensing element within the base of the portable electronic device senses that the top cover is close to the base, the micro pump is enabled to perform a gas-extracting action. Consequently, the gas in the elastomeric chamber is extracted so that the elastomer is subjected to compressed deformation. The keycap is moved downwardly in response to the compressed deformation of the elastomer so as to reduce an altitude of the at least one key unit.
US10312032B1 Push switch with dual sensing mode
A push switch with dual sensing mode including a main socket, a sliding base, a keycap, a sensing circuit board and a touch sensor is provided. The main socket has an opening and a base. The sliding base is slidably fixed in the main socket. The keycap is correspondingly fixed at the upper end of the sliding base. The sensing circuit board is correspondingly installed in the main socket. The touch sensor is disposed in a keycap chamber of the keycap. When a user places his finger on the upper end of the keycap, the touch sensor generates an inductance and causes the sensing circuit board to output a touch signal.
US10312031B2 Switch assembly
A switch assembly includes a manually operable push button, an elastic element, a rotatably mounted transmitter, and a microswitch, wherein the push button includes a pusher, which, upon actuation of the push button, exerts a first force on the elastic element, the elastic element connects to a force arm of the transmitter and is configured to transmit at least a part of the first force onto the force arm, and set the transmitter in a rotation, and the transmitter further includes a load arm configured to exert a second force on the microswitch during rotation of the transmitter.
US10312027B2 Solid electrolytic capacitor including a flat plate anode wire and an anode terminal with a mounting portion and an upright portion
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: a capacitor element including a sintered compact of a valve action metal, a dielectric layer, an electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer sequentially formed over a surface of the sintered compact, and an anode wire drawn out of the sintered compact; an anode terminal; a cathode terminal; and an exterior resin. The anode terminal includes a mounting portion and an upright portion. The upright portion has a trapezoidal shape. A length of a welding surface corresponding to an edge of the upright portion on the anode wire side is set to be longer than a length of the upright portion on the mounting portion side and to be longer than a width of the anode wire.
US10312018B2 Method for potting an electrical component
A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used with a capacitor to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, a minimum carrier frequency used with the filter is above that usable by a traditional wound iron-steel inductor, such as greater than seven hundred or ten thousand Hertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.
US10312015B2 Electronic component
An electronic component according one embodiment of the disclosure includes an insulator, an internal conductor, and an external electrode. The insulator may be formed of a material that contains resin. The internal conductor is provided inside the insulator and includes a conductive main body and an outer coating film that is provided on at least a part of a peripheral surface of the conductive main body and has a resistivity higher than the conductive main body. The external electrode is disposed on the insulator and electrically coupled to the internal conductor.
US10312014B2 Inductor with improved inductance for miniaturization and method of manufacturing the same
An inductor includes: a body having a coil including lead out portions disposed therein, and external electrodes connected to the lead out portions, at least partially disposed in the body, and exposed to a first surface of the body, thereby miniaturizing an inductor, securing Q characteristics, and improving inductance.
US10312006B2 Undulator magnet, undulator, and radiation light generating device
An undulator magnet having favorable transportation workability is provided. Specifically, an undulator permanent magnet used for an undulator is provided that generates radiation light by meandering electrons that travel in a first direction, wherein, in the undulator permanent magnet, one end surface in the first direction forms a first connecting surface connected to another undulator permanent magnet, N poles and S poles are alternately arranged in the first direction on one magnetic pole surface in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and thus a magnetic flux density distribution having a plurality of peaks is generated, and when the plurality of peaks are represented as the first to m-th peaks Pm (m is an integer of 1 or more) in order from the side of the first connecting surface, a magnitude of the first peak P1 is larger than a magnitude of the third peak P3.
US10312004B2 Metal powder core comprising copper powder, coil component, and fabrication method for metal powder core
In a metal powder core constructed from soft magnetic material powder and a coil component employing this, a configuration suitable for reduction of a core loss is provided. The metal powder core constructed from soft magnetic material powder is characterized in that Cu is dispersed among the soft magnetic material powder. It is characterized in that, preferably, the soft magnetic material powder is pulverized powder of soft magnetic alloy ribbon and that Cu is dispersed among the pulverized powder of soft magnetic alloy ribbon. Further, it is characterized in that, preferably, the soft magnetic alloy ribbon is a Fe-based nano crystal alloy ribbon or a Fe-based alloy ribbon showing a Fe-based nano crystalline structure and that the pulverized powder has a nano crystalline structure.
US10312003B2 Circuit board with thermal paths for thermistor
A circuit board for an electronic device includes pattern areas on both sides of the circuit board. Each end of a thermistor is electrically connected to electrically conductive pads on pattern areas on the top and bottom sides of the circuit board. An input plug is electrically connected to an end of the thermistor. The input plug is electrically connected to the thermistor by way of an input connector to which the circuit board is inserted.
US10312002B2 Chip component and production method therefor
A chip part according to the present invention includes a substrate having a front surface and a side surface, an electrode integrally formed on the front surface and the side surface so as to cover an edge portion of the front surface of the substrate, and an insulating film interposed between the electrode and the substrate. A circuit assembly according to the present invention includes the chip part according to the present invention and a mounting substrate having a land, bonded by solder to the electrode, on a mounting surface facing the front surface of the substrate.
US10311998B2 High-elongation tensile cable with undulating transmission cable
Tensile cables with transmission cables arranged in undulating paths are described. The tensile cables include deformable supports that define the undulating paths and deform in response to a tension force exerted on opposing ends of the transmission cables.
US10311996B2 Electrically insulating material for thermal sprayed coatings matching the coefficient of thermal expansion of the underlying body
Compositions and method for preparing thermally sprayed coatings are disclosed. The inventive compositions include at least one component that is electrically-insulating and/or non-subliming at thermal spray temperatures; and at least one component that has a high coefficient of thermal expansion. The invention also provides a compositions and methods for preparing a coating comprising a spinel, from materials that do not comprise a spinel; and also provides non-spinel materials used to prepare coatings comprising spinel. The invention includes coatings made from the materials and methods; and articles comprising the coatings.
US10311993B2 Cotton fiber dissolution and regeneration and 3D printing of cellulose based conductive composites
The present invention includes composition and methods for a core matrix comprising a dissolved cellulose fiber of, e.g., high molecular weight (DP>5000) or microcrystalline cellulose of low molecular weight (DP: 150-300), printed into a two or three dimensional pattern; a conductive material comprising a carbon nanotube or graphene oxide disposed on or about the cellulose fiber or microcrystalline cellulose; and an enhancer or stabilizer that stabilizes the dissolved cellulose or microcrystalline cellulose disrupted during a printing process, wherein the conductive material and the cellulose or microcrystalline cellulose forms one or more features in or on the cellulose fiber or microcrystalline cellulose.
US10311991B2 High-strength and high-electrical conductivity copper alloy rolled sheet and method of manufacturing the same
A high-strength and high-electrical conductivity copper alloy rolled sheet has an alloy composition containing 0.14 to 0.34 mass % of Co, 0.046 to 0.098 mass % of P, 0.005 to 1.4 mass % of Sn and the balance including Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein [Co] mass % representing a Co content and [P] mass % representing a P content satisfy the relationship of 3.0≤([Co]−0.007)/([P]−0.009)≤5.9. In a metal structure, precipitates are formed, the shape of the precipitates is substantially circular or elliptical, the precipitates have an average grain diameter of 1.5 to 9.0 nm, or 90% or more of all the precipitates have a diameter of 15 nm or less to be fine precipitates, and the precipitates are uniformly dispersed. With the precipitation of the fine precipitates of Co and P and the solid-solution of Sn, the strength, conductivity and heat resistance are improved and a reduction in costs is realized.
US10311988B2 Cask handling system and method
A system and method for removing spent fuel assemblies from a fuel building and transporting them to on-site facilities. A cask transporter is moved into the fuel building with an empty spent fuel storage cask, spent fuel assemblies are loaded into spent fuel storage cask, the cask is sealed, and the cask transporter moves the loaded spent fuel storage cask to a handling area for final disposal. Components of the system include a penetration cover, a lifting mechanism, a control system, a valve system, and the cask transporter.
US10311983B2 Automatic hydropneumatic actuation device
A control assembly for a nuclear reactor having a pump includes a duct having an inner volume and defining a coolant flow path, a plug fixed to the duct, a rod disposed within the inner volume and having a rod end that is configured to engage a neutron modifying material, a first piston disposed within the inner volume, slidably coupled to the duct, and coupled to the rod, and a biasing member coupled to the rod and the first piston. The biasing member is positioned to apply a biasing force that repositions the first piston, the rod, and the neutron modifying material in response to a loss of pump flow without scram condition.
US10311980B2 Medical assessment based on voice
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for medical assessment based on voice. A query module is configured to audibly question a user from a speaker of a mobile computing device. A response module is configured to receive a verbal response of a user from a microphone of a mobile computing device. A detection module is configured to provide an assessment for a user of a medical condition based on an analysis of a received verbal response of the user.
US10311979B2 Case management system and method for mediating anomaly notifications in health data to health alerts
A system and method for mediating anomaly notifications in health data to health alerts using data structures and logic to organize, contain, and disposition identified health anomalies. Multiple generators of anomaly notifications operating asynchronously and independently can be processed. The case manager organizes anomaly notifications and supports collaborative decision making among users with diverse areas of expertise.
US10311978B2 Method and system for patient specific planning of cardiac therapies on preoperative clinical data and medical images
A method and system for patient-specific planning of cardiac therapy, such as cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), based on preoperative clinical data and medical images, such as ECG data, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, and ultrasound data, is disclosed. A patient-specific anatomical model of the left and right ventricles is generated from medical image data of a patient. A patient-specific computational heart model, which comprises cardiac electrophysiology, biomechanics and hemodynamics, is generated based on the patient-specific anatomical model of the left and right ventricles and clinical data. Simulations of cardiac therapies, such as CRT at one or more anatomical locations are performed using the patient-specific computational heart model. Changes in clinical cardiac parameters are then computed from the patient-specific model, constituting predictors of therapy outcome useful for therapy planning and optimization.
US10311973B2 Method and system for microbiome-derived diagnostics and therapeutics for autoimmune system conditions
A method for at least one of characterizing, diagnosing, and treating an autoimmune disorder in at least a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the autoimmune condition based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the autoimmune condition; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model.
US10311971B2 PET/CT based monitoring system supported by a clinical guideline navigator
An oncology monitoring system comprises: an image analysis module (42, 44) configured to perform an oncological monitoring operation based on images of a subject, for example acquired by positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT); and a clinical guideline support module (10). The clinical guideline support module is configured to: display a graphical flow diagram (GFD) of a clinical therapy protocol for treating the subject comprising graphical blocks (B0, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B21, B211, B22, B221, B222, B223, B23, B231, B232) representing therapeutic or monitoring operations of the clinical therapy protocol including at least one monitoring operation performed by the image analysis module; annotate a graphical block of the graphical flow diagram with subject-specific information pertaining to a therapeutic or monitoring operation represented by the graphical block; and display an annotation (POP) of a graphical block (B211) responsive to selection of the graphical block by a user.
US10311968B2 Apparatus and method for executing tasks
An apparatus for executing a task includes an authenticator to identify a user, a controller that can receive data from the user, and an authorizer to ensure that the user has access to applications used to execute the task. The controller is able to register or de-register the applications and then determine which if the registered applications should be used to execute the task. The controller then converts the data from the user so that it can be used by the application to execute the task. If the user selects a second task to be executed, the controller can determine which of the registered applications is to be used to execute the second task. Methods for executing multiple tasks are also described.
US10311967B2 Systems and methods for generating, visualizing and classifying molecular functional profiles
Various methods, systems, computer readable media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are presented and described that enable a subject, doctor, or user to characterize or classify various types of cancer precisely. Additionally, described herein are methods, systems, computer readable media, and GUIs that enable more effective specification of treatment and improved outcomes for patients with identified types of cancer. Some embodiments of the methods, systems, computer readable media, and GUIs described herein comprise obtaining RNA expression data and/or whole exome sequencing (WES) data for biological samples; determining a respective plurality of molecular-functional (MF) profiles for a plurality of subjects; clustering the plurality of MF profiles to obtain MF profile clusters; determining a molecular-functional (MF) profile for an additional subject; and identifying, from among the MF profile clusters, a particular MF profile cluster with which to associate the MF profile for the subject.
US10311966B2 On-chip diagnostic circuitry monitoring multiple cycles of signal samples
A system and integrated circuits are provided for determining performance metrics over a plurality of cycles of an input signal using on-chip diagnostic circuitry. The system comprises a trigger generation module configured to generate a trigger signal, and diagnostic circuitry coupled with the trigger generation module. The diagnostic circuitry comprises a memory comprising a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of delay elements, each delay element of the plurality of delay elements connected between consecutive data lines of the plurality of data lines. The diagnostic circuitry is configured to receive at least one input signal, and write, upon receiving the trigger signal, values on the plurality of data lines to the memory, thereby acquiring samples of a plurality of cycles of the input signal.
US10311964B2 Memory control circuit and memory test method
A memory control circuit, coupled to a multi-channel memory, includes a plurality of channel controllers coupled to respective channel memories of the multi-channel memory, and a built-in self-test (BIST) circuit. The BIST circuit includes a BIST controller and a plurality of command index registers which store respective command indexes related to the channel controllers. The BIST controller receives notification from at least two channel controllers of the channel controllers, which indicates that the at least two channel controllers complete respective current test commands. When the BIST controller arbitrates, the BIST controller selects at least a channel controller from the at least two channel controllers which send the notification, and sends respective next test command(s) to the selected at least one channel controller based on the respective command index(es) of the selected at least one channel controller.
US10311962B2 Differential sampling circuit
A differential sampling circuit includes: a first switching element having a first terminal receiving a first signal of a differential signal pair, a second switching element having a first terminal receiving a second signal of the differential signal pair, a first sampling capacitor connected between two second terminals of the first and the second switching elements, a third switching element connected between the second terminal of the second switching element and a reference voltage, a fourth switching element having a first terminal receiving the second signal, a fifth switching element having a first terminal receiving the first signal, a second sampling capacitor connected between two second terminals of the fourth and the fifth switching elements, and a sixth switching element connected between the second terminal of the fifth switching element and the reference voltage.
US10311961B2 Shift register unit and driving unit thereof, gate electrode driving circuit and display apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a shift register unit and driving method thereof, a gate electrode driving circuit and a display apparatus, in the field of display technology. The shift register unit comprises an input circuit, an output circuit, a control circuit, a reset circuit, and a switch circuit. The switch circuit may control the second and third nodes to be disconnected when the electric potential of the input signal is the first electric potential (i.e., the effective electric potential). Thus, the following case can be avoided: when the second clock signal and the input signal have the first electric potential respectively, the second power source signal written into the third node by the second power source signal end is transmitted to the second node. As a result, the stability of the electric potential of the second node can be ensured. Further, as the reset circuit resets the first node and the output end under the control of the second node, after the electric potential of the second node stabilizes, the stability of the electric potential of the first node and the output end can be ensured.
US10311958B2 Array of three-gate flash memory cells with individual memory cell read, program and erase
A memory device and method of erasing same that includes a substrate of semiconductor material and a plurality of memory cells formed on the substrate and arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each of the memory cells includes spaced apart source and drain regions in the substrate, with a channel region in the substrate extending there between, a floating gate disposed over and insulated from a first portion of the channel region which is adjacent the source region, a select gate disposed over and insulated from a second portion of the channel region which is adjacent the drain region, and a program-erase gate disposed over and insulated from the source region. The program-erase gate lines alone or in combination with the select gate lines, or the source lines, are arranged in the column direction so that each memory cell can be individually programmed, read and erased.
US10311955B2 Resistive memory transition monitoring
A method for monitoring a resistive memory having an array of cells coupled between respective bitlines and respective wordlines. The method includes determining, by a current determining circuit, a cell current and a cell current change rate of at least one of the cells; determining, by a control circuit, whether the cell current change rate is outside of a cell current change rate predefined range; performing, by the control circuit, a predetermined action if the control circuit determination is positive; and storing, in a memory, the determined cell current at predetermined times, and to store the determined cell current change rate.
US10311946B2 Semiconductor memory device with assymetric precharge
The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell; a sensing circuit connected to the memory cell via a first bit line and a second bit line different from the first bit line, the sensing circuit configured to sense data stored in the memory cell; and a bit line voltage control circuit connected to the memory cell via the first bit line and the second bit line, the bit line voltage control circuit configured to precharge the first bit line to a first voltage that is lower than a supply voltage and to precharge the second bit line to a second voltage that is lower than the supply voltage and is different from the first voltage.
US10311944B2 SRAM read multiplexer including replica transistors
A first transistor has a first conduction terminal coupled to a second bit line, a second conduction terminal coupled to a bit line node, and a control terminal biased by a second control signal. A second transistor has a first conduction terminal coupled to a second complementary bit line, a second conduction terminal coupled to a complementary bit line node, and a control terminal biased by the second control signal. A first replica transistor has a first conduction terminal coupled to the second bit line, a second conduction terminal coupled to the complementary bit line node, and a control terminal biased such that the first replica transistor is off. A second replica transistor has a first conduction terminal coupled to the second complementary bit line, a second conduction terminal coupled to the bit line node, and a control terminal biased such that the second replica transistor is off.
US10311941B1 Apparatuses and methods for input signal receiver circuits
Apparatuses and methods for input signal receiver circuits are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an amplifier stage configured to receive a reference voltage and an input signal. The amplifier stage is configured to provide in a first mode a first output having a complementary logic level to the input signal and a second output having a same logic level to the input signal and is further configured to provide in a second mode the first output unrelated to the input signal and the second output having a same logic level to the input signal. The example apparatus further includes a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit. The pull-up circuit is configured to provide a high logic level voltage to a common node when activated by the first output. The pull-down circuit is configured to provide a low logic level voltage to the common node when activated by the second output.
US10311930B1 One-time programming (OTP) magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) bit cells in a physically unclonable function (PUF) memory in breakdown to a memory state from a previous read operation to provide PUF operations
One-time programming (OTP) magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) bit cells in a physically unclonable function (PUF) memory in breakdown to a memory state from a previous read operation to provide PUF operations is disclosed. PUF memory is configured to permanently one-time program an initial randomly generated PUF output from PUF MRAM bit cells accessed in an initial PUF read operation, to the same PUF MRAM bit cells accessed in the initial PUF read operation. In this manner, the initial PUF output is randomly generated due to process variations of the PUF MRAM bit cells to maintain an initial unpredictable memory state, but the PUF output will be reproduced for subsequent PUF read operations to the same PUF MRAM bit cells in the PUF memory array for reproducibility. The OTP of the PUF MRAM bit cells can be accomplished by applying breakdown voltage to the PUF MRAM bit cells during programming.
US10311928B2 Semiconductor devices including reversible and one-time programmable magnetic tunnel junctions
A semiconductor device includes a memory cell array, which further includes an array of first magnetic memory cells and an array of second magnetic memory cells. Each of the first magnetic memory cells includes a first magnetic tunnel junction structure having a reversible resistance state, and each of the second magnetic memory cells includes a second magnetic tunnel junction structure having a one-time programmable (OTP) resistance state.
US10311927B2 Apparatuses and methods for providing word line voltages
Methods and apparatuses of providing word line voltages are disclosed. An example method includes: activating and deactivating a word line. Activating the word line includes: rendering the first, second and third transistors conductive, non-conductive and non-conductive, respectively, wherein the first transistor is rendered conductive by supplying a gate of the first transistor with a first voltage; and supplying the first node with an active voltage. Deactivating the word line includes: changing a voltage of the first node from the active voltage to an inactive voltage; changing a voltage of the gate of the first transistor from the first voltage to a second voltage, wherein the first transistor is kept conductive by the second voltage; rendering the third transistor conductive during the gate of the first transistor being at the second voltage; and rendering the first and second transistors non-conductive and conductive, respectively, after the third transistor has been rendered conductive.
US10311926B2 Compensation of deterministic crosstalk in memory system
An apparatus includes a detector circuit and a receiver circuit. The detector circuit may be configured to generate a control signal indicating a start of a plurality of strobe edges in a strobe signal. The receiver circuit may be configured to initialize an equalizer circuit in response to the control signal. The equalizer circuit may be configured to compensate a data signal for crosstalk coupled from the strobe edges to the data signal.
US10311925B2 Apparatus and method for data clock calibration for a memory system with memory controller and memory devices
A memory system may include: a controller suitable for: generating a first clock and first pattern data having a first phase difference, in a write calibration mode, calibrating, the first phase difference depending on a second information, in a read calibration mode, detecting, a first and second value of the first and second pattern data according to the first and second clock, generating, a first information according to comparing of the first and second values, receiving by calibrating, a second phase difference generated by a memory device depending on the first information; and the memory device suitable for: generating the second clock and the second pattern data having the second phase difference, in the write calibration mode, detecting, a first and second value of the first and second pattern data according to the first and second clock, generating, the second information according to comparing of the first and second values.
US10311919B2 Apparatuses and methods for calibrating sense amplifiers in a semiconductor memory
Apparatuses and methods for calibrating sense amplifiers in a semiconductor memory are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an amplifier circuit and a calibration circuit. The amplifier circuit is configured to be coupled to a supply voltage and a reference voltage, and when activated the amplifier circuit is configured to provide an output signal at an output that is complementary to an input signal provided to an input. When activated by a calibration signal, the calibration circuit is configured to provide a calibration voltage to the output of the amplifier circuit, wherein the calibration voltage is an equilibration voltage between the supply voltage and the reference voltage provided to the amplifier circuit.
US10311917B2 Systems and methods for featuring a person in a video using performance data associated with the person
There is provided a system comprising a non-transitory memory and a hardware processor configured to determine elements of a performance in a video, identify one or more people to feature in the video based on the elements of the performance in the video, receive a user input selecting a person from the one or more people to feature in the video, retrieve performance data for featuring the selected person in the video based on actions performed by the actor in the video, create a personalized video by featuring the selected person in the video using the performance data, and display the personalized video on a user device.
US10311916B2 Gallery of videos set to an audio time line
A machine includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a message with audio content and video content. Audio fingerprints within the audio content are evaluated. The audio fingerprints are matched to known audio fingerprints to establish matched audio fingerprints. A determination is made whether the matched audio fingerprints correspond to a designated gallery constructed to receive a sequence of videos set to an audio time line. The matched audio fingerprints and corresponding video content are added to the audio time line. The operations are repealed until the audio time line is populated with corresponding video content to form a completed gallery with video segments set to audio segments that constitute a complete audio time line. The completed gallery is supplied in response to a request.
US10311912B1 Simulating aged storage systems
Aged disk storage systems are simulated for testing and evaluation purposes by writing test data to a clean disk using a data allocation policy that writes the test data to mimic the data layout and data distribution of the aged disk to be simulated. The test data may be written using a sequential data block allocation on the disk where blocks are written sequentially to the fresh, or by using either a fixed or a random jump allocation policy where test data is written in data blocks spaced from each other by either a fixed increment or spaced from each other randomly.
US10311904B2 Multi-mode, multi-channel magnetic recording head and apparatus
An apparatus according to one embodiment includes an array of 2N+1 transducers on a pitch, where at least one of the transducers within the array is configured as a servo reader. In addition, one of the transducers configured as the servo reader is flanked by transducers on each side.
US10311902B2 Measuring and analyzing electrical resistance in tunneling magnetoresist sensors to identify damaged sensors
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting damage to tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) sensors. In one embodiment, resistances of a TMR sensor are measured upon application of one or both of negative polarity bias current and positive polarity bias current at a plurality of current magnitudes. Resistances of the TMR sensor can then be analyzed with respect to current, voltage, voltage squared, and/or power, including analyzes of changes to slopes calculated with these values and hysteresis-induced fluctuations, all of which can be used to detect damage to the TMR sensor. The present invention also describes methods to utilize the measured values of neighbor TMR sensors to distinguish normal versus damaged parts for head elements containing multiple TMR read elements.
US10311899B2 Write head designs with sandwich trailing shield (STS) for high data rate perpendicular recording
A PMR writer is disclosed with an all wrap around (AWA) shield design in which one or more of the leading shield, side shields, and trailing shield (TS) structure (except the hot seed layer) at the air bearing surface (ABS) are comprised of an alloy having a damping parameter α of ≥0.04 to minimize wide area track erasure (WATE). The TS structure comprises two outer magnetic layers with an 8-16 kiloGauss (kG) saturation magnetic moment (Ms) on each side of a center stack with a lower write gap, a middle hot seed layer (Ms of 19-24 kG), and an upper magnetic layer (Ms of 16-24 kG). The hot seed layer, and upper TS magnetic layer promote improved area density capability (ADC). A second TS layer with Ms of 16-24 kG and a full width at the ABS may be formed on the upper magnetic layer.
US10311897B1 Multitrack data stored using perpendicular and longitudinal magnetic fields
First and second tracks of a magnetic recording medium are read simultaneously via a first reader that provides a first signal based on detecting a total perpendicular field of the first and second tracks. The first and second tracks are read simultaneously via a second reader that provides a second signal based on detecting a total longitudinal field of the first and second tracks. Data is detected from the first and second signals.
US10311895B2 Assessing the structural quality of conversations
Input of a conversation is received. The conversation includes at least a first user. An utterance of the conversation is analyzed to identify a dialog act attribute, an emotion attribute, and a tone attribute. The dialog act attribute, emotion attribute, and tone attribute are annotated to the utterance of the conversation. The conversation is validated based on the annotated attributes compared with a threshold. The annotated conversation and the validation of the conversation are stored.
US10311894B2 System and method for locating mobile noise source
In a system for locating a mobile noise source, a sound sensing device catches a sound wave of a mobile noise source within a specified area for a specified time period, and outputs a characteristic information corresponding to the sound wave. An audio comparing device in communication with the sound sensing device compares the characteristic information with a set of standard data, and outputs an activating signal in response to a specific compared result. An image pickup device in communication with the audio comparing device performs an image pickup operation to catch an image of the mobile noise source in response to the activating signal.
US10311883B2 Transient detection with hangover indicator for encoding an audio signal
A transient detector (100) analyzes (110) a given frame n of the input audio signal to determine, based on audio signal characteristics of the given frame n, a transient hangover indicator for a following frame n+1, and signals (120) the determined transient hangover indicator to an associated audio encoder (10) to enable proper encoding of the following frame n+1.
US10311882B2 Spectral translation/folding in the subband domain
The present invention relates to a new method and apparatus for improvement of High Frequency Reconstruction (HFR) techniques using frequency translation or folding or a combination thereof. The proposed invention is applicable to audio source coding systems, and offers significantly reduced computational complexity. This is accomplished by means of frequency translation or folding in the subband domain, preferably integrated with spectral envelope adjustment in the same domain. The concept of dissonance guard-band filtering is further presented. The proposed invention offers a low-complexity, intermediate quality HFR method useful in speech and natural audio coding applications.
US10311879B2 Audio signal coding apparatus, audio signal decoding apparatus, audio signal coding method, and audio signal decoding method
An audio signal coding apparatus includes a time-frequency transformer that outputs sub-band spectra from an input signal; a sub-band energy quantizer; a tonality calculator that analyzes tonality of the sub-band spectra; a bit allocator that selects a second sub-band on which quantization is performed by a second quantizer on the basis of the analysis result of the tonality and quantized sub-band energy, and determines a first number of bits to be allocated to a first sub-band on which quantization is performed by a first quantizer; the first quantizer that performs first coding using the first number of bits; the second quantizer that performs coding using a second coding method; and a multiplexer.
US10311877B2 Performing tasks and returning audio and visual answers based on voice command
An artificial intelligence voice interactive system may provide various services to a user in response to a voice command by providing an interface between the system and a legacy system to enable providing various types of existing services in response to user speech without modifying systems for the existing services. Such system includes a central server, and the central server may perform operations of registering a plurality of service servers at the central server and storing registration information of each service server, analyzing voice command data from the user device and determining at least one task and corresponding service servers based on the analysis results, generating an instruction message based on the voice command data, the determined at least one task, and the registration information of the selected service servers, and transmitting the generated instruction message to the selected service servers, and receiving task results including audio and video data from the selected service servers and outputting the task results through at least one device associated with the user device.
US10311875B2 Full-duplex utterance processing in a natural language virtual assistant
A query-processing system processes an input audio stream that represents a succession of queries spoken by a user. The query-processing system listens continuously to the input audio stream, parses queries and takes appropriate actions in mid-stream. In some embodiments, the system processes queries in parallel, limited by serial constraints. In some embodiments, the system parses and executes queries while a previous query's execution is still in progress. To accommodate users who tend to speak slowly and express a thought in separate parts, the query-processing system halts the outputting of results corresponding to a previous query if it detects that a new speech utterance modifies the meaning of the previous query.
US10311873B2 Voice interaction apparatus and voice interaction method
A voice interaction apparatus includes: a voice recognizer configured to recognize content of a speech of a user; an extractor configured to extract profile information based on a result of the voice recognition, and to specify which user the profile information is associated with; a storage configured to store the extracted profile information in association with the user; an exchanger configured to exchange profile information with another voice interaction apparatus; and a generator configured to generate a speech sentence to speak to the user based on the profile information of the user.
US10311865B2 System and method for automated speech recognition
A method of recognizing speech. The method includes the steps of obtaining an auditory signal; processing the auditory signal into a plurality of frequency components; processing the plurality of frequency components using a plurality of feature detectors, each feature detector producing a feature detector response; generating a spike for each instance in which a feature detector response identifies a characteristic auditory feature to produce a test spike pattern for the auditory signal; and comparing the test spike pattern to a plurality of predetermined spike patterns corresponding to a plurality of speech elements to determine whether the auditory signal includes one of the plurality of speech elements.
US10311864B2 Written word refinement system and method for truthful transformation of spoken and written communications
A method for processing a user's spoken communication that is received by the user's electronic communications device and converted to text thereby, to assess relationships between words and phrases in the spoken communication, where necessary, to generate a directive to the user on how he/she might modify future spoken communications to more clearly convey a semantic content intended, for purposes of self-help and self-training in the user's spoken communications. The method also generates unsolicited text based on preprogrammed instructions. The user can configure the method in such a way that the user, not the software application program operating in the electronic communications device, contribute to the final directive. A version modifying original spoken text with complete sentences, and another, called user-mediated, that only identifies keywords or phrases and makes suggestions from word phrase pools to the user with modified keywords and phrases, to produce a directive are described.
US10311862B2 Systems and methods for conversations with devices about media using interruptions and changes of subjects
Systems and methods are described herein for providing media guidance. Control circuitry may receive a first voice input and access a database of topics to identify a first topic associated with the first voice input. A user interface may generate a first response to the first voice input, and subsequent to generating the first response, the control circuitry may receive a second voice input. The control circuitry may determine a match between the second voice input and an interruption input such as a period of silence or a keyword or a phrase, such as “Ahh,”, “Umm,”, or “Hmm.” The user interface may generate a second response that is associated with a second topic related to the first topic. By interrupting the conversation and changing the subject from time to time, media guidance systems can appear to be more intelligent and human.
US10311861B1 System and method for encoding data in a voice recognition integrated circuit solution
Methods of encoding voice data for loading into an artificial intelligence (AI) integrated circuit are provided. The AI integrated circuit may have an embedded cellular neural network for implementing AI tasks based on the loaded voice data. An encoding method may generate a two-dimensional (2D) frequency-time array from an audio waveform, apply a probability function to the 2D frequency-time array to generate a set of 2D arrays, load the set of 2D arrays into the AI integrated circuit, execute programming instructions contained in the AI integrated circuit to feed the set of 2D arrays into the embedded cellular neural network in the AI integrated circuit to generate a voice recognition result, and output the voice recognition result. The encoding method also trains a convolution neural network (CNN) and loads the weights of the CNN into the AI integrated circuit for implementing the AI tasks.
US10311860B2 Language model biasing system
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving audio data corresponding to a user utterance and context data, identifying an initial set of one or more n-grams from the context data, generating an expanded set of one or more n-grams based on the initial set of n-grams, adjusting a language model based at least on the expanded set of n-grams, determining one or more speech recognition candidates for at least a portion of the user utterance using the adjusted language model, adjusting a score for a particular speech recognition candidate determined to be included in the expanded set of n-grams, determining a transcription of user utterance that includes at least one of the one or more speech recognition candidates, and providing the transcription of the user utterance for output.
US10311855B2 Method and apparatus for designating a soundalike voice to a target voice from a database of voices
A soundalike system to improve speech synthesis by training a text to speech engine on a voice like the target speakers voice.
US10311853B2 Piezoelectric sounding body
A piezoelectric sounding body includes: a piezoelectric vibrating plate; a case housing the piezoelectric vibrating plate; a first conductive terminal electrically connected to one electrode in the piezoelectric vibrating plate; and a second conductive terminal electrically connected to the other electrode in the piezoelectric vibrating plate. The case includes: a lower case where the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal are fixed; and an upper case configured to be fixed in a caulking manner to the lower case and to sandwich the piezoelectric vibrating plate between the upper case and the lower case.
US10311850B2 Exchangeable pickup support for string musical instrument
An interchangeable pickup support is for a stringed musical instrument. The support is of the type that includes at least a base body provided with an attachment to a stringed musical instrument and a support for supporting and attaching the pickup to the base body. The attachment includes at least a fastener which is movable by an actuator which is rigidly connected to the fastener, the ends of which are configured to project in part through respective holes arranged on the outer surface of the base body and attached to the stringed musical instrument. The base body also includes at least a retainer for the fastener in the attachment to the stringed musical instrument.
US10311849B2 Interactive instruments and other striking objects
Systems, methods, and devices for providing interactive striking objects (e.g., drumsticks) and performing actions in response to striking motions of the striking objects are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide an interactive drumstick, which includes a lighting display located at a tip portion of the interactive drumstick, a motion detector contained at least partially within the drumstick, a processor and memory contained at least partially within the drumstick, and an interactive system stored within the memory of the drumstick. The interactive system includes a striking motion module that determines striking motions of the drumstick with respect to a virtual percussion instrument based on accessing information measured by the motion detector, and a display module that causes the lighting display to present a certain type of illumination based on the striking motions determined by the striking motion module.
US10311844B1 Musical instrument recording system
A musical instrument recording system is provided. The system includes a recorder capable of receiving MIDI data from an instrument and recording the MIDI data onto a first memory. The recorder further renders the MIDI data into an audio file and store the audio file onto a second memory as stored data. The recorder transmits the stored data to a user device, such as a user's smart phone, a remote computer, etc., and/or to a cloud-based storage system.
US10311843B2 Music composition tools on a single pane-of-glass
The disclosure is directed to a system to create a musical compilation utilizing multiple tools on a single pane-of-glass (screen). The system may include a text display module that may display text. The system may include an interactive portion located adjacent to the text display module. The interactive portion may include a playback module configured to output musical notes upon a first action onto a playback module interaction area. The interactive portion may include a recording module configured to record sounds upon a first action on a recording module interaction area. The interactive area may include a drafting module configured to allow modification of the text upon a first action on the drafting module interaction area. The playback module interaction area may be located adjacent to the recording module interaction area and the drafting module interaction area.
US10311841B2 Electronic mallet controller with range adjustment/low note assignment
An electronic mallet controller includes a plurality of bars representing musical notes. Each bar active produces a signal indicative of the respective musical note when struck by an implement, and all adjacent bars are spaced apart with the same spacing. A first user input permits a user to select a lowest diatonic natural note of the range of the musical instrument to thereby define a location of dead notes. A processor circuit interprets each signal as an outputted musical note. Based on the first user input, the processor circuit shifts mapping between the bars and the musical notes to be outputted, causing the dead note locations to be associated with certain of the bars, and wherein the bars at the dead note locations are inactive bars. An indicator is associated with the inactive bars to indicate the location of the dead notes to the user.
US10311837B1 Enhanced string instrument
An acoustic musical string instrument, such as a guitar, and related methods include one or more of 1) slanted sound posts extending between the front sound board and a lateral brace on the back plate of the guitar; 2) longitudinal braces extending between a lateral brace and a side wall of the guitar, 3) longitudinal blocks extending between adjacent lateral braces of the guitar, between a lateral brace and the neck block, or between a lateral brace and the tail block; and 4) a metal covered bridge plate.
US10311836B2 Support assembly and keyboard apparatus
A support assembly includes a support rotatable along a first surface with respect to a support rail, a repetition lever rotatable on the support, and a jack rotatable on the support and disposed to at least partially overlaps the repetition lever. The repetition lever includes a first contact portion which makes contact with a regulating portion which regulates rotation, the jack includes a second contact portion which makes contact with the regulating portion which regulates rotation, and the repetition lever and the jack are provided so that the first contact portion and the second contact portion overlap each other.
US10311831B2 Display system and method for displaying an image with a high quality
A method for displaying an image includes acquiring a data clock signal, acquiring a vertical synchronization signal, generating a backlight driving signal according to the vertical synchronization signal, and displaying the image by using a display system according to the data clock signal, the vertical synchronization signal, and the backlight driving signal. The data clock signal includes a first square wave. The vertical synchronization signal includes a second square wave. No common time interval is between a first time interval corresponding to the first square wave and a second time interval corresponding to the second square wave. The backlight driving signal includes a composite wave synthesized by a third square wave and at least one pulse width modulation signal.
US10311830B2 Operating method, related touch display device and related semiconductor device
The present disclosure provides an operating method for adjusting a brightness level of a touch display device with a touch display panel, including: detecting a touch motion performed on the touch display panel; adjusting the touch display panel to display images with a first brightness level; detecting a distance between a user and the touch display panel; and adjusting the brightness level of the touch display panel to display images based on the distance between the user and the touch display panel.
US10311829B2 Electronic apparatus, control method, and recording medium
An electronic apparatus is disclosed. A display is configured to be able to change brightness of the display. A water detector is configured to detect water. A communication unit is configured to be able to communicate with another electronic apparatus. At least one processor is configured to, when the at least one processor detects, using the water detector, that at least part of the electronic apparatus is located in the water and detects, using the communication unit, that the another electronic apparatus is not located in the water, brighten the display compared with that when the at least one processor detects, using the water detector, that the at least the part of the electronic apparatus is located in the water and at least part of the another electronic apparatus is located in the water.
US10311828B2 Method, computer program, and system for measuring display light intensity of a display device
A display light measurement method which can measure color representation of a various types of display devices regardless of the specification of the display device; a computer program, and a measurement system. A measurement device connected to an optical sensor can communicate with a target display device (information terminal) to be measured. The measurement device transmits content including a color patch to the display device to cause the display device to display the content and performs a measurement on the displayed content using the optical sensor. To perform measurements on many color patches, the measurement device repeats the following: when a measurement on one color patch being displayed is complete, the measurement device transmits content including another color patch to the display device to cause the display device to display the content and performs a measurement on the content being displayed.
US10311824B2 Multiple driver IC back light unit and liquid crystal response timing for LCD for virtual reality
A display device that includes a liquid crystal (LC) panel, a back light unit (BLU), a first data driver, and a second data driver. The back light unit (BLU) emits light during an illumination portion of a frame period and does not emit light during a remaining portion of the frame period. A first data driver writes data to a first portion of the pixels of the LC panel. A second data driver writes data to a second portion of the pixels of the LC panel. The first and second data drivers write data at an overlapping time during a write portion of the frame period. The write portion overlaps in time with the remaining portion of the frame period during which the BLU does not emit light.
US10311822B2 Content dependent common voltage driver systems and methods
Systems and methods are provided for improving displayed image quality of an electronic display with reduced power consumption. In some embodiments, a display pixel in the electronic display includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode. A pixel electrode driver electrically coupled to the first display pixel writes the display pixel by supplying a pixel voltage signal to the pixel electrode. A common electrode driver electrically coupled to the common electrode includes a power amplifier that supplies a common voltage signal to the common electrode to predictively offset net charge accumulation expected in the common electrode; a first power supply rail selectively connectable to the power amplifier based on a target voltage of the common voltage signal; and a second power supply rail selectively connectable to the power amplifier based on the target voltage, in which the first and second power supply rails supply different voltages when connected.
US10311820B2 Over current protection circuit and liquid crystal display
Disclosed is an over current protection circuit, comprising N left over current protection sub circuit and N right over current protection sub circuit, applied in the GOA circuit having a dual driving function, each of the left GOA units and right GOA units can be driven by the clock control signals outputted respectively by the corresponding left and right level shifting sub circuits; the first left level shifting sub circuit and the first left GOA unit are coupled through the first left clock line, the first left over current protection sub circuit, which is coupled to the first left clock line in series or arranged between the first left clock line and the first left level shifting sub circuit controls the first left level shifting sub circuit to stop outputting the first left clock control signal when the first left driving current is larger than a predetermined current threshold value.
US10311815B2 Liquid crystal display panel and inversion control method and device for the same
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel, and an inversion control method and device for the same. The method includes: applying a first inversion signal corresponding to a current image frame to a plurality of pixel blocks of the liquid crystal display panel; determining a target pixel block from the plurality of pixel blocks, wherein a charge accumulation value of a target pixel row where the target pixel block is located is greater than or equal to a first preset threshold, and a charge accumulation value of the target pixel block is greater than or equal to a second preset threshold; and applying a second inversion signal reverse to the first inversion signal to the target pixel block.
US10311812B2 Display apparatus and method of driving the same
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a timing controller, a data driver, and a gate driver. The timing controller receives image data at a number of frames per second of a first level and generates a gate control signal and a data control signal. The timing controller includes an image converter that operates in film mode or normal mode when the input image data are moving image data, and that outputs film image data at a number of frames per second of second level lower than the first level during the film mode. The data driver applies a data voltage corresponding to the film image data to the display panel based on the data control signal. The gate driver applies a gate voltage to the display panel based on the gate control signal. The display panel operates at a frequency of the second level during the film mode.
US10311811B2 Array substrate, display device and driving method
The array substrate comprises a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of pixel units arranged as an array. Each of the plurality of data lines is arranged between two columns of pixel units, the two columns of the pixel units extending in the second direction and being adjacent to each other in the first direction, and the data line is connected to pixel units at one side of said data line or to pixel units at the other side of said data line. Each of the plurality of data lines switches the direction of connection from one side to the other in an alternating manner with each two adjacent rows of pixel units, and the plurality of data lines have the same connection direction in each row of pixel units.
US10311809B2 Dual view-field display and fabricating method and driving method thereof
A dual view-field display and a fabricating method and a driving method thereof are provided. The dual view-field display includes a color filter substrate and an array substrate which are oppositely disposed. A slit grating is disposed on a side of the color filter substrate or the array substrate, and the color filter substrate includes a plurality of pixel units and a first black matrix surrounding each pixel unit. The slit grating includes light-shielding regions and light-transmitting regions, which are arranged at intervals in a matrix. The dual view-field display further comprises a light blocking portion configured for preventing light rays from leaking out of an upper-edge region and/or a lower-edge region of the light-transmitting region, which solves a problem that a viewing angle of a user of the dual view-field display is limited.
US10311808B1 Display latency calibration for liquid crystal display
A system for calibrating a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a plurality of temperature sensors, a storage medium, and a controller. Each temperature sensor measures a current temperature of at least one pixel in the LCD. The storage medium stores information about latencies for any LC-based pixel, wherein each latency corresponds to a time period for transition from a starting to an ending illumination state for one temperature of the LC-based pixel. The controller determines, based on the current temperature, the transition information and frame information, a time for each pixel in at least a portion of the LCD to transition from a first to a second illumination state. The controller computes, based on transition times, an LC transition time for at least the portion of the LCD and performs calibration of at least the portion of the LCD based on the LC transition time.
US10311806B2 Image processing method and image processing system
The present disclosure provides an image processing method and system. The method may include: acquiring an image to be displayed; determining a distance between a display device and a user; comparing the determined distance with a plurality of optimum watching distances respectively, wherein the optimum watching distances are acceptable shortest distances corresponding to different resolutions for the display device when the user watches images displayed on the display device in a full vision under a vision limit; and processing the acquired image for displaying, according to a result of the comparing.
US10311804B2 Liquid crystal display device
In particular case second vertical scanning period includes a write period in which a first potential difference V1 is to be given to an upper electrode and a lower electrode. In another particular case, the second vertical scanning period includes a write period in which a second potential difference V2 being greater than the first potential difference V1 is given to the upper electrode and the lower electrode. In the former write period, substantially the same potential as that of a counter electrode is given to the upper electrode, and a different potential from that of the counter electrode is given to the lower electrode. In the latter write period, substantially the same potential as that of the counter electrode is given to the lower electrode, and a different potential from that of the counter electrode is given to the upper electrode.
US10311801B2 Liquid crystal display device
It is possible to realize a liquid crystal display device 1 which is provided with a down-converter 7, a local dimming control circuit 8, and an upscaling control circuit 9 including a luminance ratio calculation circuit and a gradation conversion circuit, and thus, capable of processing an image having an image size that is not assumed, and further, reducing a storage area, a processing load and a circuit size.
US10311800B2 Electro-optical device having a storage capacitor formed by a data line and a potential line
An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
US10311792B2 Expanded gamut electroluminescent displays and methods
In a display system having pixels made up of electroluminescent devices (ELDs) of three or more basis colors, a control circuit receives for each pixel a specification of a desired color to be displayed on the pixel, and determines a required driving voltage or electrical current for ELDs of each basis color, the required driving voltage or electrical current being determined from values of driving voltages or electrical currents associated with predetermined colors within the spectral locus or the purple line of human vision.
US10311787B2 Pixel driving circuit, driving method, pixel unit, and display apparatus
The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a driving method, a pixel unit, and a display apparatus. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor, a charging/discharging circuitry, a light-emitting control circuitry, a data write-in control circuitry, and a charging/discharging control circuitry, where a first electrode of the charging/discharging circuitry is connected to a second electrode of the driving transistor, and the charging/discharging control circuitry is configured to enable a first electrode of the driving transistor to be electrically connected to a second level output terminal under the control of a data line, and enable a second terminal of the charging/discharging circuitry to be electrically connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor under the control of a first scan line.
US10311786B2 Light emitting display device
A light emitting display device including: a display panel; a plurality of pixels included in the display panel, each of the plurality of pixels including a driving switching element connected to a first power line and a light emitting element connected to a second power line; a maximum voltage detection unit for detecting a voltage from each of the light emitting elements of each of the pixels and outputting a maximum voltage that has a highest voltage level among the detected voltages; and a power supply unit for correcting a first driving voltage based on the maximum voltage and applying the corrected first driving voltage to the first power line.
US10311783B2 Pixel circuit, method for driving the same, display panel and display device
The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a method for driving the same, a display panel and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a writing module configured to write a signal from a data signal end into a first node, a switch module configured to electrically connected the first node to a second node, a power input module configured to input a signal from a first power signal end into the second node, a resetting module configured to output a signal from a reference signal end to a third node and a fourth node, a driving module configured to output a signal from the second node to the fourth node, and a first maintenance module configured to stabilize potentials at the first node and the second node through the signals from the first node and the second node.
US10311781B2 Stage and organic light emitting display device using the same
A stage includes an output, an input, signal processors, and a stabilizer. The output supplies a voltage of a first or second power source to an output terminal based on voltages of first and second nodes. The input controls voltages of third and fourth nodes based on signals to a first and second input terminals. A first signal processor controls the voltage of the first node based on the voltage of the second node. A second signal processor is connected to a fifth node and controls the voltage of the first node based on a signal to a third input terminal. A third signal processor controls the voltage of the fourth node based on the voltage of the third node and the signal to the third input terminal. The stabilizer is connected between the second signal processor and input to control voltage drop widths of the third and fourth nodes.
US10311772B2 Signal supply circuit and display device
According to an embodiment, in a display device, pixels have memories respectively. A signal supply circuit includes a mode control circuit, and switches into a first mode or a second mode to supply digital data pieces to sub-pixels. In the first mode, the circuit receives from the outside first video data pieces corresponding to n sub-pixels, and supplies digital data pieces for the n sub-pixels to corresponding memories. In the second mode, the signal supply circuit receives from the outside second video data pieces corresponding to m sub-pixels fewer than n sub-pixels, and supplies digital data pieces for the n sub-pixels to corresponding memories based on the second video data pieces.
US10311771B2 Display device, image data processing apparatus and method
The present disclosure provides a display device, and an image data processing apparatus and method. The image data processing apparatus is applied in a pixel matrix, and includes: an edge detecting module, configured to receive to-be-displayed image data in the pixel matrix, and perform edge detection on the to-be-displayed image data to acquire edge pixels located at an edge of a predetermined type; a subpixel selecting module, configured to judge whether the first and second subpixels in the edge pixels are located on an even more outer side at the edge of the predetermined type relative to the third subpixel, and select the first and second subpixels located on the even more outer side at the edge of the predetermined type relative to the third subpixel as to-be-adjusted subpixels; a luminance attenuating module, configured to perform luminance attenuation on the to-be-adjusted subpixels; and a data transmitting module.
US10311770B2 Display system for vehicle
Provided is a display system for a vehicle. The display system includes a display device installed to be visually recognizable from the outside of a vehicle, and a control device configured to cause the display device to display state information of the vehicle. The control device receives a signal from a sensor that senses a distance from the vehicle to an object around the vehicle, and the control device changes display of the display device based on the distance.
US10311768B2 Virtual window
A virtual window system, the system comprising a light field camera device and a light field display device arranged back-to-back, the light field camera device configured to capture an input light field video stream, the light field display device configured to display an output light field video stream based on the input light field video stream.
US10311765B2 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) and testing composite component, array substrate and display device
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) and testing composite component, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The composite component includes a first signal line, a first thin-film transistor (TFT) and a second TFT which are electrically connected with the first signal line, a second signal line electrically connected with the first TFT, and a third signal line and a fourth signal line which are electrically connected with the second TFT; and the composite component is configured to provide a testing signal for the first signal line at a first stage and configured to provide ESD for the first signal line at a second stage, and the first stage is a testing stage and the second stage is an ESD stage. The composite component occupies small area and acquire a narrow-bezel and/or high-resolution display panel.
US10311764B2 Detection device and detection method of a GOA circuit of a display panel
A detection device of a GOA circuit of a display panel includes a signal supply unit for supplying a test signal to the GOA circuit; an acquisition unit for determining whether each of the GOA units in the GOA unit group of the GOA circuit has an output signal, if there is an output signal, acquiring the output signal of each of the GOA units in the GOA unit group; wherein part of the GOA units in the GOA circuit constitute the GOA unit group, the GOA unit group at least includes an initial GOA unit and a distal GOA unit of the GOA circuit; a processing unit for determining whether the GOA circuit is abnormal based on the acquired output signal of each of the GOA units in the GOA unit group.
US10311761B2 Storage label device
A storage label device for mounting a label on a storage device is provided. The storage label device includes: a label holder body having a smooth front face and an opposing back face, the holder body extending between a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side, and a second side; a label pouch attached to the smooth front face of the label holder for receiving a label within the label pouch; and a clip portion formed along the top edge of the label holder body, extending from the back face at the top edge of the label holder and curving downward at a distal end of the clip portion to form a downward-facing hook. The label holder body is curved between the top edge and the bottom edge such that the bottom edge is aligned between the back face at the top edge and the distal end of the clip portion.
US10311760B1 Infrared ink labeling system
An ink that is detectable using infrared (IR) light may be used to apply machine readable codes, such as a barcode. The indicia, once applied, may be either invisible or difficult to detect with visible light, such as with the human eye. The ink may include one or more materials such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), particles of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), metals, and so forth. These materials may be used to enhance one or more of the reflectivity to IR light or the fluorescence of the ink under IR light. The fluorescent ink may be deposited in a single pass, or as part of a two-pass process in which a reflective substrate, such as a resin with encapsulated TiO2, is applied and then the fluorescent ink is deposited atop the substrate. The markings are machine readable even when overprinting markings that are readable under visible light.
US10311757B2 Data hiding method and data hiding system
The invention relates to the technical field of data hiding, in particular to a data hiding method and a data hiding system. An image is used as a data carrier; after secret data is converted into a bit sequence by a sending end, the values of each bit in the bit sequence are hidden in the image; the image hidden with the secret data is obtained and is sent to a receiving end; and the receiving end can extract the hidden secret data from the image according to a corresponding secret key. During data hiding, each square image block can hide two-bit data through inverse number odd-even properties of a pixel gray value sequence of two diagonal lines of each square image block, so that the volume of data hidden in the image is twice of the number of the image blocks split by the image.
US10311756B1 Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for validating addresses
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for validating addresses of a settlement are provided. An address validation model for a settlement is generated from an address numbering system inferred from observed addresses located in the settlement, based on the assumption that a most settlements use a regular addressing scheme. The address validation model has a first axis and a second axis having headings determined from are generated by determining known address points and headings to matched points. A mapping is determined between the coordinates of the first axis and the address points and between the coordinates of the second axis and the address points. The address validation model having the mapping is used to validate addresses for the settlement. Invalid addresses may be flagged for further review by an operator.
US10311755B2 Eyewear fitting system and methods of use
An eyewear fitting system and methods of use are described. Embodiments of the eyewear fitting system can include a bust having a plurality of adjustable features. Typically, the adjustable features can include a pair of ears, a pair of eyes, a nose, a pair of cheeks, and a forehead. A user can adjust an individual, several, or all of the adjustable features to practice fitting eyewear frames to differently shaped faces. In one embodiment, a control module can be implemented to randomly alter the adjustable features to a allow student to practice fitting eyewear frames to a variety of differently shaped faces.
US10311748B2 Incrementally-sized dishware system and method of using same for weight management
An incrementally-sized dishware system and method for weight management gradually modifies food portion consumption behavior to provide healthier eating habits. The incrementally-sized dishware system and method includes a plurality of incrementally-sized plates having successively differentiated plate surface areas. Each of the incrementally-sized plate surface areas is successively different by an increment to modify food portion delivery to a user. When utilizing the incrementally-sized dishware system and method a user selects a starting plate surface area based on a combination of weight management factors, and over time successively shifts to plates having smaller/larger plate surface areas. Interval changes between the dishes of the incrementally-sized dishware system and method adjust the amount of food consumed and rate of weight loss over time. Children using the incrementally-sized dishware system and method learn to recognize an appropriate meal size for their body size and weight, and establish healthy eating habits that carry into adulthood.
US10311746B2 Wearable apparatus and method for monitoring posture
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring posture of a user of a wearable apparatus. In one implementation, the system may include an image sensor configured to capture one or more images from an environment of the user of the wearable apparatus and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be configured to analyze the one or more images to determine at least one indicator of the posture of the user, determine feedback for the user based on the at least one indicator of the posture of the user, and cause the feedback to be output to the user.
US10311744B2 Autodidactic cognitive training device and method thereof
A cognitive training method has a step of obtaining sensor data of a subject during a memory exercise which in turn determines whether the sensor data includes predetermined information indicative of cognitive functions used for remembering. The step of advancing the memory exercise is carried out when it is determined that the sensor data includes predetermined information indicative of cognitive functions used for remembering. The step of calculating an objective cognitive assessment of the subject is carried out when the memory exercise is completed and cognitive training is measured at least partially in response to the advancing of the memory exercise. The fact that an objective cognitive assessment is calculated provides a method of using an autodidactic cognitive training device.
US10311743B2 Systems and methods for providing a multi-modal evaluation of a presentation
Systems and methods are described for providing a multi-modal evaluation of a presentation. A system includes a motion capture device configured to detect motion an examinee giving a presentation and an audio recording device configured to capture audio of the examinee giving the presentation. One or more data processors are configured to extract a non-verbal feature of the presentation based on data collected by the motion capture device and an audio feature of the presentation based on data collected by the audio recording device. The one or more data processors are further configured to generate a presentation score based on the non-verbal feature and the audio feature.
US10311742B2 Adaptive training system, method, and apparatus
A system and method for training a student employ a simulation station that displays output to the student and receives input. The computer system has a rules engine operating on it and computer accessible data storage storing (i) learning object data including learning objects configured to provide interaction with the student at the simulation system and (ii) rule data defining a plurality of rules accessed by the rules engine. The rules data includes, for each rule, respective (a) if-portion data defining a condition of data and (b) then-portion data defining an action to be performed at the simulation station. The rules engine causes the computer system to perform the action when the condition of data is present in the data storage. For at least some of the rules, the action comprises output of one of the learning objects so as to interact with the student.
US10311741B2 Data extraction and analysis system and tool
A data extraction and analysis system and tool is disclosed herein. The data extraction and analysis system and tool can include memory containing a comparison database, a factor database, and a model database that can include a multilevel model. The data extraction and analysis system and tool can include a content management server. The content management server can receive a request identifying a species and a variable and can retrieve data to generate a statistical model. Based on the statistical model, the content management server can identify and recommend an option to the requestor.
US10311739B2 Scheduling method and system for unmanned aerial vehicle, and unmanned aerial vehicle
The present disclosure relates to a scheduling method and system for an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicle, and a server for scheduling an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining identity feature data of an unmanned aerial vehicle, and sending the identity feature data to a server; receiving a task instruction sent by the server and matching the identity feature data, wherein the task instruction is generated by the server according to a preset task datasheet; performing a corresponding task according to the task instruction. The above scheduling method and system for the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle, the server for scheduling the unmanned aerial vehicle can achieve large-scale dispatching of unmanned aerial vehicles and facilitate the use of the unmanned aerial vehicle for people.
US10311738B2 Display system and method for indicating a time-based requirement
A display system is configured to provide a display to an aircraft flight crew. The system includes an image display device, a data storage device, a flight management system, a processing unit in operable electronic communication with the image display device, the data storage device, and the flight management system. The processing unit includes a computer processor that is configured to receive a time-based requirement to a point of interest associated with operation of the aircraft. Via the image display device, a flight display includes a graphically depicted time tape. The time tape includes a time scale. Also graphically depicted within the time tape is the point of interest using a first symbology and the time-based requirement using a second symbology. Operational parameter data of the aircraft allows determination of the ability of the aircraft to achieve the time-based requirement and graphical depiction within the time tape of the ability of the aircraft to achieve the time-based requirement using a third symbology.
US10311736B2 Road shape information generator, road shape information distribution system and road shape information generation program
A road shape information generator is provided. The road shape information generator includes a sensor value obtainer that obtains a sensor value acting, when a vehicle travels, on the vehicle, a road shape information generator that generates information about a road shape as road shape information based on the sensor value obtained by the sensor value obtainer, and a storage controller that stores, in a road shape information storage, the road shape information generated by the road shape information generator.
US10311733B2 Method for operating a detection device of a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for operating a detection device in a motor vehicle for a trip to a destination, wherein, by means of the detection device and on the basis of sensor data of the motor vehicle and/or on the basis of status data of at least one vehicle component of the motor vehicle, it is determined locally in the motor vehicle whether the motor vehicle is in a search phase, during which a driver of the motor vehicle is no longer driving toward the destination but rather is searching for a parking opportunity for the motor vehicle, and a duration of the search phase is determined by means of the detection device.
US10311732B2 Concept for checking a sensor system for detecting an occupancy state of a parking space for errors
A method for checking for errors of a sensor system, within a vehicle, for detecting an occupancy state of a parking space. The method includes providing a reference data set for a parking space ascertained independently of the sensor system to be checked, the reference data set including a reference occupancy state of the parking space which is assigned a first detection point in time; receiving an occupancy state of the parking space detected with the aid of the sensor system via a communication network which is assigned a second detection point in time; a time difference between the first and second detection points in time is compared to a threshold value, and when the ascertained time difference is less than or less than/equal to the threshold value, the detected occupancy state of the parking space is compared to the reference occupancy state to check the sensor system for errors.
US10311731B1 Autonomous parking monitor
Systems, methods, and devices for autonomous monitoring of parking areas are provided. In one aspect, a method for collecting information associated with a parking space includes providing a self-propelled autonomous data machine comprising one or more sensors. The autonomous data machine can be navigated to a location near a parking space for a vehicle. Parking information pertaining to the parking space can be obtained via the one or more sensors of the autonomous data machine. The obtained parking information can include at least occupancy data for the parking space. The parking information can be transmitted to a remote computing system configured to display the parking information to a user.
US10311729B2 Navigation system and on-board unit
A navigation system includes: a traffic condition calculation unit (222) that calculates an evaluation value indicating a traffic condition of each road segment included in a target area; a guidance route determination unit (223) that determines a route in which a degree of non-congestion based on the traffic condition evaluation value of a road segment included in a route to a destination of each vehicle is the highest as a guidance route on the basis of the traffic condition evaluation value calculated by the traffic condition calculation unit and the destination of each vehicle; and a guidance route providing unit (224) that provides the guidance routes determined by the guidance route determination unit to a driver of the corresponding vehicle.
US10311727B2 Method and device for information identification
At least some embodiments of the disclosure include a method and device for information identification. In the method, a base station acquires a notification message about a start of a traffic information service, wherein the notification message carries a traffic information identifier and a timestamp, the traffic information identifier is a service identifier for indicating traffic information, and the timestamp indicates a time point when the base station sends MSI; and the base station sends the MSI according to the notification message, in which the MSI is indicative of position information and expansion information of a sub-frame where a MTCH corresponding to the traffic information is.
US10311724B2 Network security system with application for driver safety system
A driver safety system includes traffic signals communicating with a municipal controller via a first network and user devices communicating with a third party controller via a second network. Communications from the first network are provided to the second network via a repeater server providing one-way communications to avoid the possibility of hacking devices on the first network.
US10311723B2 Parking management system and method
Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with parking management are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a system may include a plurality of sensors disposed around an expanse of space to collect occupancy data of the expanse of space; and a parking management unit disposed in or adjourning the expanse of space to manage parking of vehicles in the expanse of space, based at least in part on the occupancy data collected by the plurality of sensors. The expanse of space may be a linear expanse of roadway space adjacent to a sidewalk, or an aerial expanse of surface space of a parking lot or a floor of a parking structure. Parking spaces within the expanse of space may be fixed or variably sized/typed. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
US10311721B1 Traffic control system
A traffic control system includes at least one traffic signal, an aircraft and a ground control station. The aircraft includes a position sensor and a wireless communication device. The ground control station includes an electronic controller and a wireless communication device. The electronic controller is configured to control the at least one traffic signal based on at least one of position data of the aircraft and direction data of the aircraft.
US10311720B2 Methods and systems for generating flow data
A method of generating flow data indicative of speeds of travel within a navigable network in an area covered by an electronic map is disclosed. The electronic map comprises a plurality of segments representing navigable elements of the navigable network. Live vehicle probe data is obtained indicative of the average speed of travel for the current time with respect to distance along a link, the link being predetermined by reference to the electronic map. The link is sectioned to provide a plurality of sections along the length thereof. The sectioning is carried out based on the data indicative of the current average speed of time along the link. Where a differential in the current average speed exceeds a threshold, a new section is created. Data is generated indicative of the location of the link together with data indicative of each determined section of the link, the data indicative of each determined section of the link being associated with data indicative of the average speed of travel for the current time for the section. The same process can be repeated using predicted flow data for a future time, but using a more stringent threshold, such that the link is divided into a smaller number of longer sections.
US10311717B2 Mobile device and method for controlling mobile device
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling a mobile device capable of communicating with a digital device comprises the steps of: transmitting a first pointing signal to a first virtual region; displaying an identification (ID) capable of identifying the digital device positioned in the first virtual region; transmitting a second pointing signal to a second virtual region; and transmitting, to the digital device, a command for executing a specific function of the digital device, with reference to a memory.
US10311715B2 Smart device mirroring
Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to establish a connection between a marine electronics device and a smart device. The computer may initialize a graphical user interface (GUI) mirroring application on the smart device. The computer may receive a GUI from the smart device. The computer may display the GUI on the marine electronics device. The computer may also transmit commands or selections received on the marine electronics device to the smart device.
US10311714B2 User interface for a remote control application
A hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to displays operational mode information to a user. The graphical user interface may be used, for example, to setup the remote control application to control appliances for one or more users in one or more rooms, to perform activities, and to access favorites. The remote control application is also adapted to be upgradeable. Furthermore, the remote control application provides for the sharing of operational mode information.
US10311710B1 Method for using a drone to test monitoring system sensors
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for using a drone to test a sensor. In one aspect, the method includes actions of detecting a message (i) broadcast by the drone and (ii) indicating that the drone is going to administer a test of a sensor, determining, by the monitoring system and based on the message and (i) sensor data generated by the sensor in response to the administration of the test, by the drone, within a predetermined period of time of the message or (ii) a lack of sensor data generated by the sensor in response to the administration of the test, by the drone, within a predetermined period of time of the message, whether the sensor is functioning properly, and in response to a determination that the sensor is not functioning properly, storing data indicating that the sensor is not functioning properly.
US10311707B2 Interactive wireless life safety communications system
An interactive wireless life safety communications system is disclosed. A central coordination server is linked to a first network, over which there is a connection to at least one resident life safety device at a specific location or for specific resident. An alarm signal is generated by the resident life safety device upon detection of an alarm condition and transmitted to the central coordination server. A caregiver communications device is connected to the central coordination server over a second network, and is receptive to an alarm notification that is generated by the central coordination server in response to the alarm signal. The caregiver communications device is also receptive to a caregiver user input, from which an action status response is generated for transmission to the central coordination server.
US10311706B2 System and method for smart intrusion control using wearable BLE devices
An apparatus including a building automation system that protects a secured geographic area, a plurality of non-overlapping geographic zones within the secured area, at least one portable Bluetooth device carried by an authorized human user within the secured area, a Bluetooth receiver associated with each of the plurality of zones that detects the portable device proximate the zone and a security controller that arms and disarms at least one of the plurality of zones based upon the detection of the portable device proximate the at least one zone.
US10311704B1 Passenger-related item loss mitigation
A method and device for mitigating passenger-related item loss in a travel-for-hire context are disclosed. An item within a vehicle passenger region is identified, and associated the identified item with a passenger identified by a passenger identifier. A vehicle cabin inventory database is updated with an entry based on the identified item associated with the passenger identifier. A presence of the identified item is detected within the vehicle cabin passenger region when a passenger exit event occurs, and message data is generated including the entry that relates to the identified item based on the presence of the identified item within the vehicle cabin passenger region.
US10311702B2 Systems and methods for monitoring vibrations during transportation of goods
Systems and methods are provided and include a processor that is configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory memory. The instructions include receiving at least one measurement event signal, which includes (i) acceleration data that represents an amount of vibration associated with goods at a corresponding time, (ii) location data that represents a location of the goods at the corresponding time, and (iii) an alarm value that is based on a comparison of the acceleration data and a threshold. The instructions include transmitting an alert to a remote device. The alert is (i) transmitted in response to the alarm value of one of the at least one measurement event signal indicating that the goods were subjected to an excessive amount of vibration, and (ii) instructs a user of the excessive amount of vibration. The remote device is configured to display a message based on the alert.
US10311701B1 Contextual assessment of current conditions
In some examples, systems, methods, and devices are described that generate contextual suggestions for patients. Generation of the contextual suggestions is triggered by certain events performed by a medical professional with respect to a patient (e.g., updating a patient record). The contextual suggestions are related to addressing health conditions of the patient and represent tasks or considerations which the medical professional should be made aware. The contextual suggestions are generated in a way that is considerate of patient context, medical professional context, and contexts of similar patients. The contextual suggestions can be presented to the medical professional for selection and execution.
US10311700B2 Systems with interactive management of environmental objects relative to human appendages
Systems are described for analyzing an environment. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a plurality of sensors, each sensor configured for positioning proximate a respective environmental object, each sensor configured to generate output signals corresponding to a proximity of a human appendage with the sensor or an impact between the human appendage and the respective environmental object; a remote device configured to distinctly identify each of the plurality of sensors and to receive the output signals from each sensor; a processor configured to process the output signals to provide an indication of at least one of the proximity of the human appendage with the sensor or when an impact between the human appendage and the respective environmental object occurs based on a threshold value being exceeded; and an output reporter configured to generate communication signals responsive to instruction by the processor.
US10311698B2 Method and device for detecting a tiredness and/or sleeping state of a driver of a vehicle
A method for recognizing a state of tiredness and/or sleep of a vehicle driver. The method includes reading in a first and second eye opening signal, the first signal representing a degree of eye opening and/or a signal derived therefrom of the left eye of the driver of the vehicle and the second signal representing a degree of eye opening and/or a signal derived therefrom of the right eye of the driver of the vehicle. The method also includes recognizing a validity of the first and/or second signal to recognize the first signal as valid if the first signal corresponds to a first criterion and/or to recognize the second signal as valid if the second eye signal corresponds to a second criterion, and determining the state of tiredness and/or sleep of the driver of the vehicle using the first signal recognized as valid and/or the second signal recognized as valid.
US10311695B2 Method and system for monitoring
System and method for observing the presence, location, movement and/or attitude of one or more objects to be monitored with a monitoring system, wherein sensors of the system are disposed in a part, such as on a floor, wall or ceiling, of the area to be monitored, and the system measures with sensors the area to be monitored, and determines the presence, location, movement and/or attitude of the object on the basis of the measurement results of the sensors. The system has a first mode and a second mode, and the system checks in the first mode the attitude and/or state of health of the object in the area to be monitored and functions in the second mode as an intruder alarm monitoring the area to be monitored.
US10311691B2 Anti-theft tag with attaching panel
An electronic article surveillance (EAS) device has a housing containing EAS electronics and a panel extending from the housing. An adhesive element on the panel provides a means of attaching the EAS device to an object to be monitored. The EAS device has a switch to detect when the EAS device is mounted to an object. The electronics within the housing monitor the switch. The switch may be associated with, or mounted in, the panel. The panel may be hinged to the housing. The panel may fold flat to the housing when not in use, and the switch will disconnect any power source to conserve energy when the panel is closed. The EAS electronics can communicate with external devices and an external EAS system which may include cloud functionality.
US10311684B2 Display system, display device, and display method
The correlation between a device on the sending side and a device on the receiving side can be controlled with a high degree of freedom when sending and receiving data between multiple devices. A POS system 1 includes a host device 11 with a storage unit 25 having a data storage box 26 that stores data, and a transmission unit that sends data the data storage box 26 stores when data is stored in the data storage box 26; and a display tablet 102 that receives and displays data sent by the host device 11. The display panel 102c of the display tablet 102 is linked to the data storage box 26 of the storage unit 25 of the host device 11.
US10311683B2 Apparatus and method for monitoring point of sale terminals
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitor point of sale terminals and provide information to customers, via a lighting system. In some embodiments, information is provided, via visible light, to consumers and, via invisible light, to the management of a retail shopping facility. For example, a notification system for monitoring point of sale terminals in a retail shopping facility may include one or more visible light emitting status lights, at least one non-visible light emitting status light at each of the point of sale terminals, one or more optical sensors configured to detect the non-visible wavelength and an intensity associated with the non-visible wavelength emitted from the at least one non-visible light emitting status light; and a control circuit.
US10311679B2 First person shooter, RPG and sports themed hybrid arcade-type, wager-based gaming techniques
Various aspects described for implementing hybrid arcade/wager-based gaming techniques via computer networks, including one or more casino gaming networks. The hybrid arcade/wager-based game may include a non-wager based gaming portion and a wager-based gaming portion. One or more players are able to concurrently engage in continuous game play of the non-wager based gaming portion during execution of wager-based gaming events which are automatically triggered based on events which occur during play of the non-wager based gaming portion. In some embodiments, the outcomes of the wager-based gaming events are predetermined (before triggering of the wager-based game events) using a random number generator (RNG).
US10311678B2 Wagering on intermediate points of a race event
According to one embodiment, a method of gaming is provided that comprises receiving a determination of a particular race participant in a race event having a plurality of race participants. The method continues by determining a particular position of the particular race participant at each of a plurality of intermediate points within the race event. The method continues by determining a plurality of simulated playing cards based at least in part upon the determined positions of the particular race participant. The method concludes by determining an outcome of a game based at least in part upon the determined simulated playing cards.
US10311675B2 Level-based multiple outcome interleaved wagering system
A level-based multiple outcome wagering system is disclosed. The level-based multiple outcome wagering system includes an interactive controller constructed to control a multilevel wagering session, generate a graphical display of a plurality of actionable elements, wherein the graphical display is a representation of a level of a multilevel wagering proposition presented to a user during the multilevel wagering session, display the graphical display to a user, receive the user's selection of a selected actionable element selected from the plurality of actionable elements, and communicate data of the selected actionable element to a process controller. The process controller is constructed to communicate with the interactive controller and determine from the data of the selected actionable element, a chance outcome selected from the group including a prize awarded to the user, an advancement to a next level of the multilevel wagering proposition, and a termination of the multilevel wagering session.
US10311674B2 Gaming system and method having progressive awards with meter increase events
A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The gaming system includes at least one and preferably a plurality of progressive awards which are each associated with a supplemental fund or pool. If the gaming system determines that the progressive award is not growing at a designated incremental rate (due to a lack of wagers placed on gaming devices associated with the progressive award), the gaming system utilizes part or all of the amount in the supplemental fund to make up for this lack of wager based growth. Such a configuration provides that even if players are not actively playing gaming devices associated with the progressive award, the progressive award will still increment at a designated rate to at least a desirable value.
US10311672B2 Gaming table system
The progress of a game while a change in gaming media placed in a betting area of a gaming table is left uncollected is prevented. A gaming table system includes a gaming table including a betting area in which gaming media are placed and an antenna member configured to read a value of the gaming media placed in the betting area by wireless communication and a control unit configured to execute a scanning process of obtaining the total value of the gaming media in the betting area by controlling the antenna member. The control unit fixes a first bet amount by executing the scanning process at a timing to fix the bet and fixes a second bet amount by executing the scanning process again at a predetermined timing, and the control unit repeats the scanning process until these amounts become identical.
US10311669B2 Gaming activity awarding subsequent plays using results of previous plays
Techniques involving awarding subsequent plays using results of previous plays. One representative technique includes dealing a first poker hand to a player, and determining if the first poker hand includes at least one qualifying card. When the first hand includes a qualifying card, the qualifying card is duplicated into a second poker hand. Additional cards are dealt to the second poker hand to complete the second poker if needed. Awards are then presented for the first and second poker hands.
US10311667B2 Gaming system volatility marker and gaming system having a volatility marker
Various embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to: (a) a volatility marker attachable to a gaming system to indicate to a player the volatility level of the gaming system; (b) a volatility marker attachable to a gaming system to indicate to a player the volatility level of the gaming system compared to other gaming systems; (c) a gaming system including a volatility marker that indicates to a player the volatility level of the gaming system; (d) a gaming system including a volatility marker that indicates to a player the relative volatility level of the gaming system compared to other gaming systems; (e) a method for causing a gaming system to indicate to a player the volatility level of the gaming system; and (f) a method for causing a gaming system to indicate to a player the relative volatility level of the gaming system compared to other gaming systems.
US10311665B2 System and method for training a transmitter
A remote device configured to control operation of a remote electronic device, such as a garage door opener, is provided. A transmitter circuit may be configured to receive and transmit communications directed to the remote electronic device. The communications may include data arranged according to a plurality of the control packet formats, and communications to the remote electronic device may include data transmitted according to the plurality of control packet formats.
US10311662B2 Systems and methods of using implanted or wearable micro electronic devices and for using a mobile device to communicate with and manage such micro electronic devices
A system, apparatus and method utilize a micro electronic device implanted in a person or group of persons, or wearable thereby, to manage a variety of activities, including unlocking a locked device. The method includes the steps of providing an RF microdevice having an electronic identification code and attaching the microdevice to a person. An RF lock system is provided to the subject locked device, including an electronically powered lock, an RF reader and a processor. The user brings the microdevice near the reader, whereby the reader communicates with the microdevice via RF signals, and the reader signals the processor to corroborate the identification code. If the processor corroborates the identification code, the processor signals the powered lock to actuate and unlock. If the processor does not corroborate the identification code, the powered lock remains unactuated and locked.
US10311660B2 Passenger flow determination
A method of passenger flow determination comprises estimating, by a processor (3,6), whether the number of mobile devices on a vehicle (2) has changed based on signals from mobile devices that were received at a sensor (1) located in the vehicle. The processor may compare an estimate whether the number of mobile devices on the vehicle has changed with at least one other data input to the processor, and this allows the processor to determine whether a change in number of detected devices is caused by someone entering or leaving the vehicle rather than a device being switched on or off.The processor may be located on the vehicle, and the method may further comprise forwarding information to a second processor (6) remote from the vehicle. The second processor will receive data from many vehicles and therefore has a larger dataset available than the processor on a single vehicle, and so can extract more reliable information about passenger flows.
US10311657B2 System and method for identifying machine work cycle phases
A system is disclosed for monitoring work cycles on a worksite including a truck and a loading machine. The system includes a communications interface, memory storing instructions, and a processing unit configured to execute the instructions. The processing unit receives, via the communications interface, location information and acceleration information for the truck and location information for the loading machine. The processing unit determines a distance between the truck and the loading machine based on the location information. The processing unit determines a phase of a work cycle of the truck based on the determined distance between the truck and the loading machine and on the acceleration information for the truck.
US10311655B2 Technology for assessing accident events
Systems and methods for assessing accident events are disclosed According to certain aspects, an electronic device may access sensor data associated with operation of a vehicle, and analyze the sensor data to determine that an accident event has occurred. In response, the electronic device may dynamically and automatically retrieve additional sensor data from at least one additional electronic device via a short range communication. The electronic device may compile or aggregate the additional sensor data with the original sensor data to provide a thorough representation of the accident event.
US10311651B2 Method and system for providing dynamic pricing algorithm with embedded controller for high occupancy toll lanes
A method and system for providing a feedback based dynamic pricing algorithm with an embedded controller for a HOT (High Occupancy Toll) lane. An input-output transfer function of a vehicle flow with respect to a HOT lane can be obtained utilizing a simulation module. A feedback controller combined with, for example, a Smith predictor can be designed to avoid an unstable behavior due to a time delay in the HOT lane, a price regulation, and a large transient caused by an integral part of the controller due to traffic jams. A driver behavior preference model can be derived based on a relationship between a toll rate and several characteristics of the HOT lane and a general purpose lane. The feedback controller and the behavior preference model can then be implemented to set the toll rate in real-time in order to satisfy a desired performance metric.
US10311650B2 Application, device and system for toll collection
Applications, devices and systems for toll collection are disclosed herein. An example system includes a mobile computing device that generates location based information of the mobile computing device, queries a database of toll booths defined by toll booth location, determines that the location based information of the mobile computing device matches at least one of the toll booth locations, and transmits to a gateway server location based information and identifying information that identifies a vehicle. The toll is processed using the received information.
US10311645B1 Methods and systems for treating autism
A method for treating autism is provided. The method includes presenting to affected subjects therapeutic content in the form of images or video in a virtual or augmented reality system and monitoring in real time the behaviors and responses of the subject to the therapy. The virtual or augmented reality system may further include audio, and the monitoring of the therapy may be achieved using one or more tracking sensors, such as a camera.
US10311644B2 Systems and methods for creating and sharing a 3-dimensional augmented reality space
A 3-dimensional augmented reality (AR) world is a version of our “real” physical world augmented with virtual 3D objects that may be experienced by a user, such as someone who “sees” the virtual 3D objects through a smartphone or special eyewear. A shared 3D AR world is one in which multiple individuals can simultaneously experience the same augmented reality, even if they are not using the same devices. The shared 3D AR world is created by obtaining and synthesizing sensory and other inputs from various devices in use by different users, and providing augmented outputs adapted to different devices. The synthesis of a wide range of inputs allows the augmented reality effects to be realistic. The augmented reality effects may be pre-rendered by a cloud-based server to reduce the computational burden on user devices.
US10311639B2 Method of display and system for aiding navigation
The invention relates to a display method for displaying an image on a screen (24) of a headset (16) of a system (12) for aiding navigation, the system (12) for aiding navigation comprising the headset (16), and a calculator (18). The method comprises the successive steps: of measuring the orientation of the headset (16) of the operator furnished with the headset (16); of processing a first image having a first number of pixels so as to obtain a first processed image; of extracting a part of the first processed image as a function of the measured orientation of the headset (16) so as to obtain a second image, the second image having a second number of pixels strictly lower than the first number of pixels; and of dispatching by the calculator (18) to the headset (16) of the second image for display on the screen (24).
US10311636B1 Layered panoramas for virtual reality (VR)
A method for the production of immersive virtual reality experiences designed for viewing in virtual reality head-mounted displays (HMD). This unique layered panorama process is a cubic or spherical mapped content method for presentation of pre-rendered images viewed from a fixed point of view in a head mounted display for virtual reality (VR) applications, a method that by mapping/layering all visual elements onto a mono or stereoscopic spherical or cubic panorama surface creates a seamless visual integration.
US10311633B2 Method and apparatus for visualization of geo-located media contents in 3D rendering applications
An approach is provided for accurate processing and registering of media content for rendering in 3D maps and other applications. The approach includes determining at least one first pixel of at least one image that geometrically corresponds to at least one second pixel of at least one rendered three-dimensional map. Further, the approach includes processing and/or facilitating a processing of (a) the at least one first pixel; (b) the at least one second pixel; (c) metadata associated with at least one of the at least one first pixel and the second pixel; or (d) a combination thereof to determine at least one confidence value, wherein the at least one confidence value is indicative of an estimated level of geometric distortion resulting from projecting the at least one first pixel onto the at least one second pixel. Furthermore, the approach includes determining whether to cause, at least in part, a rendering of the at least one first pixel onto the at least one rendered three-dimensional map based, at least in part, on the confidence value.
US10311629B2 Level of detail selection during ray tracing
A level of detail node may hold in a bounding volume hierarchy, an object identifier, a distance at which a transition occurs between levels of detail and a bias. When a level of detail node is encountered in the hierarchy, the distance value may be used to select a level of detail. Sometimes a different level of detail is loaded because the preferred level is not available. The different level may be marked in a register. Then for a subsequence frame, the correct level is used. A node bias may be used to override the level of detail selection is some cases.
US10311628B2 Piecewise linear irregular rasterization
One embodiment of the present invention includes a method for rendering a geometry object in a computer-generated scene. A screen space associated with a display screen is divided into a set of regions. For each region; a first sampling factor in a horizontal dimension is computed that represents a horizontal sampling factor for pixels located in the region, a second sampling factor in a vertical dimension is computed that represents a vertical sampling factor for the pixels located in the region, a first offset in the horizontal dimension is computed that represents a horizontal position associated with the region, and a second offset in the vertical dimension is computed that represent a vertical position associated with the region. When the geometry object is determined to intersect more than one region, an instance of the geometry object is generated each region that the geometry object intersects.
US10311626B2 System and method for identifying graphics workloads for dynamic allocation of resources among GPU shaders
A GPU filters graphics workloads to identify candidates for profiling. In response to receiving a graphics workload for the first time, the GPU determines if the graphics workload would require the GPU shaders to use fewer resources than would be spent profiling and determining a resource allocation for subsequent receipts of the same or a similar graphics workload. The GPU can further determine if the shaders are processing more than one graphics workload at the same time, such that the performance characteristics of each individual graphics workload cannot be effectively isolated. The GPU then profiles and stores resource allocations for a plurality of shaders for processing the filtered graphics workloads, and applies those stored resource allocations when the same or a similar graphics workload is received subsequently by the GPU.
US10311624B2 Single shot capture to animated vr avatar
Presented herein are systems and methods configured to generate virtual entities representing real-world users. In some implementations, the systems and/or methods are configured to capture user appearance information with imaging devices and sensors, determines correspondence values conveying correspondences between the appearance of the user's body or user's head and individual ones of default body models and/or default head models, modifies a set of values defining a base body model and/or base head model based on determined correspondence values and sets of base values defining the default body models and/or default head models. The base body model and/or base head model may be modified to model the appearance of the body and/or head of the user.
US10311617B2 Operation support device, operation support method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium
Included are: an acceptor configured to accept an operation result of success or failure of an operation by an operator, the operation result being obtained in a case where an optical see-through displayer worn by the operator displays a support image candidate for the operation by the operator superimposed on a reality space; a storing unit configured to store each support image candidate out of a plurality of the support image candidates for the operation and the operation result in a memory, associating the support image candidate with the operation result being in a case where the support image is displayed; and a selector configured to select the support image candidate to be set as the support image of the operation from among the plurality of the support image candidates, based on the operation result.
US10311615B2 Method and device for providing augmented reality image and recording medium storing program to execute the method
A device and method for providing an augmented reality (AR) image are provided. The device includes a display configured to alternately display a first image including an object at an object position and a second image including a mask for blocking transmission of light incident on the display at the object position; a processor configured to determine a time period and control the display to alternately display the first image and the second image during the time period; and a polarization switch configured alternately polarize the light incident on the display at a switching period determined based on the time period.
US10311608B2 Custom multi axis chart visualization
Systems and methods are provided for generating interactive chart visualizations that incorporate multiple datasets. The charts include different scales that correspond to the different datasets. At least one of the scales can also be selectively hidden. The hidden scale(s) will be rendered in response to user input selecting data/objects corresponding to the hidden scale(s).
US10311606B2 Correction of beam hardening artifacts in microtomography for samples imaged in containers
Provided are improved referenceless multi-material beam hardening correction methods, with an emphasis on maintaining data quality for real-world imaging of geologic materials with a view towards automation. A referenceless post reconstruction (RPC) correction technique is provided that applies the corrections in integrated attenuation space. A container-only pre-correction technique also is provided to allow automation of the segmentation process required for beam hardening correction methods.
US10311602B2 Computed tomography device and computed tomography image correction method using the same
Provided are a computed tomography device and a computed tomography method. The computed tomography device includes a gantry and an image processing processor. The gantry includes a light source for irradiating light, a detector disposed facing the light source and for receiving the light, and an arm for supporting the light source and the detector. The image processing processor receives a two-dimensional detection image for a subject from the detector. The image processing processor converts the received two-dimensional detection image to two-dimensional detection image data. The image processing processor generates three-dimensional reconstruction image data from the two-dimensional detection image data. A computed tomography device and a computed tomography method according to the inventive concept correct an error of a gantry movement path to provide a stable three-dimensional reconstruction image.
US10311599B2 System and method for diagnosis of lighting system
A control system for a hybrid machine is provided. The control system includes a controller communicably coupled to an energy storage unit of the hybrid machine. The controller is configured to receive data from the energy storage unit. The controller is configured to evaluate a current storage charge state of the energy storage unit based on the received data. The controller is configured to receive historical data related to idle events associated with an engine of the hybrid machine. The controller is configured to receive data related to one or more machine operating parameters. The controller is configured to pre-emptively control at least one of an engine speed and an engine power based on the received data for at least one of shutting down the engine during an idle state and restarting the engine.
US10311597B2 Apparatus and method of determining a bonding position of a die
The invention provides an apparatus for determining a bonding position of a die. The apparatus includes a bond head for picking up and bonding the die. The apparatus further includes a plurality of cameras positioned and configured for capturing at least a first image including a first side surface of the die, a second image including a second side surface of the die and a third image including the first and second side surfaces of the die. Further, the invention provides a method of determining a bonding position of a die. The method captures at least a first image including a first side surface of the die, a second image including a second side surface of the die and a third image including the first and second side surfaces of the die. The method further determines a bonding position of the die based on the captured images.
US10311595B2 Image processing device and its control method, imaging apparatus, and storage medium
An image processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image data and a depth data correspond to the image data; a calculating unit configured to calculate a position and attitude change for each depth from the image data and the depth data; and a determining unit configured to determine a position and attitude change of a whole image by a position and attitude change data calculated by the calculating unit based on a statistic of the position and attitude change calculated by the calculating unit.
US10311592B2 Image processing method and image capturing apparatus
An image processing method includes acquiring a plurality of image data items by continuously capturing images of an object by an image capturing apparatus (S1), transmitting the plurality of image data items to a computing section (S2), computing image feature values each of which relates to positional information and information correlated with illumination conditions of each of the image data items by using the computing section (S3), comparing degrees of matching between reference image feature values, each of which corresponds to positional information and information correlated with illumination conditions, and the plurality of image data items (S4), and selecting, from the plurality of image data items, an image having positional information and illumination conditions that match the reference image feature values and outputting the image (S5).
US10311591B2 Displacement detecting apparatus and displacement detecting method
A displacement detecting apparatus includes: a detector which detects displacement, which is spatial displacement over time, of each of a plurality of measurement points which have been set on an object, using a plurality of images of the object captured at a plurality of time points; an extractor which extracts characteristic displacement specific to the object, based on the displacement detected by the detector; and a calculator which calculates overall displacement indicating displacement of the entirety of the object, from the characteristic displacement extracted by the extractor.
US10311590B1 Method for estimating distance using point measurement and color depth
A method for gathering information about a work environment comprising using two laser rangefinders to obtain distances to two obstacles. A camera captures an image of the area and an image processor extracts the color depth at the two points of the laser rangefinders. The image processor then extracts the color depth of the line connecting the two points of the laser rangefinders. If the color depth of the two points of the laser rangefinders and the line connecting them is within a predetermined range, the system identifies the area as a substantially flat surface. When a substantially flat surface is found, the system can calculate the length and angle of the line connecting the two points of the laser rangefinders.
US10311587B2 Population-guided deformable registration
A registration technique is provided that can combine one or more related registrations to enhance accuracy of a registration of image volumes. A registration relationship between a first source volume and a target volume and a registration relationship between the first source volume and a second source volume are concatenated to provide an estimate of a registration relationship between the second source volume and the target volume. The estimate is utilized to inform the direct registration of the second source volume to the target volume or utilized in place of the direct registration.
US10311585B2 Mechanism for advanced structure generation and editing
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and a mechanism for manipulating images generated by radiotherapy machines used in radiation diagnostic and treatment applications. In one embodiment, a method is provided for intelligent automatic propagation of manual or automatic contouring across linked (e.g., registered) images and image data sets by acquiring one or more images of one or more image data sets; determining the correlation between the images with respect to identified structures; and generating a deformation map that establishes a correspondence for each point in the source image with a point in the target image. Subsequently, the intelligent propagation mechanism applies this deformation map individually to each structure of the source image and propagates the deformed structure to the target image.
US10311582B2 Image processing apparatus and method for evaluating objects in an image
The present disclosure relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method capable of generating evaluation index data for performing accurate and detailed evaluation of cultured cardiomyocytes.A motion detecting unit divides frame image data obtained by photographing the cultured cardiomyocytes for a predetermined time into blocks and obtains motion detection data in units of blocks per each frame period. A feature amount calculating unit calculates a feature amount for each block at the same position in a frame image using the motion detection data. A classification processing unit classifies each of the blocks into any one of a plurality of classification categories using the calculated feature amount. On the basis of the classification result, evaluation index data made of individual classification result data that represent correspondences between the blocks and the classification categories is generated.
US10311580B2 Bed area extraction method and bed area extraction apparatus
A bed area extraction method includes specifying, by a computer, a first part of a bed candidate area in an image based on a first line segment extracted from the image; setting a search range for searching a second line segment with reference to the bed candidate area which is determined based on the specified first part of the bed candidate area; and correcting the bed candidate area based on a disposition of the second line segment included in the set search range.
US10311579B2 Apparatus and method for detecting foreground in image
An apparatus and method for detecting a foreground in an image is provided, and the foreground detecting apparatus includes a context information estimator configured to estimate context information on a scene from an image frame of the image, a background model constructor configured to construct a background model of the image frame using the estimated context information, and a foreground detector configured to detect a foreground from the image frame based on the constructed background model.
US10311578B1 Learning method and learning device for segmenting an image having one or more lanes by using embedding loss to support collaboration with HD maps required to satisfy level 4 of autonomous vehicles and softmax loss, and testing method and testing device using the same
A learning method for segmenting an image having one or more lanes is provided to be used for supporting collaboration with HD maps required to satisfy level 4 of autonomous vehicles. The learning method includes steps of: a learning device instructing a CNN module (a) to apply convolution operations to the image, thereby generating a feature map, and apply deconvolution operations thereto, thereby generating segmentation scores of each of pixels on the image; (b) to apply Softmax operations to the segmentation scores, thereby generating Softmax scores; and (c) to (I) apply multinomial logistic loss operations and pixel embedding operations to the Softmax scores, thereby generating Softmax losses and embedding losses, where the embedding losses is used to increase inter-lane differences among averages of the segmentation scores and decrease intra-lane variances among the segmentation scores, in learning parameters of the CNN module, and (II) backpropagate the Softmax and the embedding losses.
US10311577B1 Techniques to improve edge detection for images
Techniques to improve edge detection in images. Some techniques include logic to process image data into patched image data in accordance with a colorspace model where the patched image data includes color data in a plurality of patches and identify an image group corresponding to the patched image data. The logic may be further configured to select, based upon the image group, a colorspace transform mechanism being operative to transform the image data into transformed image data in accordance with another colorspace model, the other colorspace model having a higher likelihood than the colorspace model at edge detection for the image group. The logic may be further configured to apply the colorspace transform mechanism to the image data to generate the transformed image data in accordance with the other colorspace mode and then, apply an edge detection technique to the transformed image data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10311575B2 Imaging method for determining stray fibers
The present invention is directed to a method of detecting stray fibers emanating from a substrate comprising: a) Taking an image or a series of consecutive images of stray fibers in front of a contrasted background, that is created using one or more light sources, using a digital device; b) Segmenting of stray fibers and background from objects not directly contrasted against the background resulting in a binary image mask; c) Applying an edge detection technique to the image or modification of original image to enhance contrast of stray fibers against the background; and Applying the binary image mask from step b) to an image created in step c) to create an image in which only the stray fibers and/or outline of any other object contrasted against the background are present.
US10311569B1 Identifying liquid blood components from sensed data to monitor specimen integrity
Systems, methods, devices, and apparatus for detecting sample defects in blood samples processed in automated processing systems are described herein. One aspect describes an automated blood sample processing apparatus having a pre-analytic specimen integrity monitoring device. Another aspect describes devices, systems, and methods for identifying blood components and properties in blood samples. Further aspects relate to systems and methods for setting reference ranges for sample defects and interference in blood samples. Additionally, devices, systems, and methods for identifying defective samples are described.
US10311567B2 Methods and systems for assessing healing of tissue
Methods and systems for assessing tissue of a subject include receiving a time series of signal intensity data capturing the transit of an imaging agent through tissue over a period of time, wherein the tissue comprises a plurality of calculation regions and wherein signal intensity in each calculation region over the period of time may be approximated by a time-intensity curve corresponding to the calculation region; determining, for each calculation region, a coefficient value that is related to at least a portion of the time-intensity curve corresponding to the calculation region; and converting the coefficient values across the plurality of calculation regions into a coefficient-derived image map.
US10311563B2 Glass coating recognition system and/or method
Certain example embodiments relate to detecting and recognizing coatings on articles. A captured image and/or video of an article includes source light reflections associated with each major surface of that article. A color coordinate characterization for each source light reflection is calculated. Detection and recognition of any coatings formed on the major surfaces of the article is performable by comparing the calculated color coordinate characterizations and/or changes between calculated color coordinate characterizations to information stored in a data store including known color coordinate characterizations and/or known changes between color coordinate characterizations for different known coatings. Responsive to the detection and recognition of coating(s), there is generated output indicating the major surface(s) on which each detected and recognized coating is formed, an identifier of each detected and recognized coating, a likelihood associated with the detection and recognition of each detected and recognized coating, and an indication of any likely uncoated surfaces.
US10311556B1 Systems and methods for image data processing to remove deformations contained in documents
Systems and methods for processing image data representing a document to remove deformations contained in the document are disclosed. A system may include one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The instructions may instruct the system to provide, to a machine learning system, a training dataset representing a plurality of documents containing a plurality of training deformations. The instructions may also instruct the system to use the machine learning system to process image data representing a target document containing a target document deformation. The machine learning system may generate restored image data representing the target document with the target document deformation removed. The instructions may further instruct the system to provide the restored image data to at least one of a graphical user interface, an image storage device, or a computer vision system.
US10311554B2 Method of providing a sharpness measure for an image
A method of providing a sharpness measure for an image comprises detecting an object region within an image; obtaining meta-data for the image; and scaling the chosen object region to a fixed size. A gradient map is calculated for the scaled object region and compared against a threshold determined for the image to provide a filtered gradient map of values exceeding the threshold. The threshold for the image is a function of at least: a contrast level for the detected object region, a distance to the subject and an ISO/gain used for image acquisition. A sharpness measure for the object region is determined as a function of the filtered gradient map values, the sharpness measure being proportional to the filtered gradient map values.
US10311552B2 De-noising images using machine learning
The present disclosure relates to using a neural network to efficiently denoise images that were generated by a ray tracer. The neural network can be trained using noisy images generated with noisy samples and corresponding denoised or high-sampled images (e.g., many random samples). An input feature to the neural network can include color from pixels of an image. Other input features to the neural network, which would not be known in normal image processing, can include shading normal, depth, albedo, and other characteristics available from a computer-generated scene. After the neural network is trained, a noisy image that the neural network has not seen before can have noise removed without needing manual intervention.
US10311550B2 Image processing device for eliminating graininess of image
Provided is an image processing device by which graininess of a target image is eliminated while outlines in the target image are maintained. The image processing device includes a smoothing unit and a weighted averaging unit. The smoothing unit is configured to generate a smooth image by smoothing the target image. The weighted averaging unit is configured to generate a weighted average image by performing weighted averaging of the target image and a difference image. The difference image is an image that is obtained by subtracting the target image from the smooth image.
US10311549B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
Even in a case where radiation imaging is performed using a grid, data lack which occurs at a time of radiation detection is appropriately corrected. An FPD controller 105 obtains data of an image captured by detecting radial rays. A data lack ratio calculation unit 111 calculates data lack ratios in the image data. A fitting unit 112 performs fitting so that a model function representing the data lack fits the data lack ratios. A correction processing unit 113 corrects the image data in accordance with the model function obtained by the fitting.
US10311544B2 Method for detecting collision between cylindrical collider and convex body in real-time virtual scenario, terminal, and storage medium
A method for detecting a collision between a cylindrical collider and a convex body in a real-time virtual scenario performed at a computer includes: converting a cylindrical collider into a preset polygonal prism concentric to the cylindrical collider; transforming the preset polygonal prism to a local coordinate system of the convex body; obtaining a projection of the cylindrical collider on one or more testing axes according to each testing axis and the location of the preset polygonal prism in the local coordinate system of the convex body, and obtaining a projection of the convex body on each testing axis; and in accordance with a determination that the projections of the cylindrical collider and the convex body intersect with each other on each testing axis, moving the cylindrical collider away from the convex body in the real-time virtual scenario to avoid the collision.
US10311542B2 Node topology employing recirculating ring command and data buffers for executing thread scheduling
The claimed invention discloses system comprising a plurality of logical nodes comprised in a single or plurality of stages, with defined properties and resources associated with each node, for reducing compute resources, said system further comprising: at least a recirculating ring buffer holding only any one of a control information, input, and, or out data necessary to stream a temporary data between node and, or nodes in an execution graph, thereby reducing size of said recirculating ring buffer; said recirculating ring buffer being sufficiently reduced in size to reside in an on-chip cache, such that any one of the control information, input, and, or out data between node and, or nodes need not be stored in memory; wherein the control information further comprises a command related to invalidating any one of the input and, or out data held in a recirculating ring data buffer, clearing the buffer of tasked data; and wherein a producer is stalled from writing any more control information into a recirculating ring command buffer upon the buffer being full, preventing command buffer over-writing, and thereby reducing compute resources associated with a DRAM memory transaction.
US10311540B2 Radial density masking systems and methods
Systems and methods for implementing radial density masking graphics rendering for use in applications such as head mounted displays (“HMDs”) are described. Exemplary algorithms are disclosed, according to which image resolution varies within an image depending on the distance of a particular point on the image from one or more fixation points. Reconstruction algorithms according to certain embodiments include three stages: (1) hole filling; (2) cross-cell blending; and (3) Gaussian blur.
US10311539B2 Task execution in a SIMD processing unit with parallel groups of processing lanes
A SIMD processing unit processes a plurality of tasks which each include up to a predetermined maximum number of work items. The work items of a task are arranged for executing a common sequence of instructions on respective data items. The data items are arranged into blocks, with some of the blocks including at least one invalid data item. Work items which relate to invalid data items are invalid work items. The SIMD processing unit comprises a group of processing lanes configured to execute instructions of work items of a particular task over a plurality of processing cycles. A control module assembles work items into the tasks based on the validity of the work items, so that invalid work items of the particular task are temporally aligned across the processing lanes. In this way the number of wasted processing slots due to invalid work items may be reduced.
US10311538B2 Closed form non-iterative watermark embedding
The present disclosure relates generally digital watermarking and data hiding techniques. One claim recites a method comprising: obtaining data representing imagery; using one or more configured processors, transforming the data into a multi-channel color space; obtaining information indicating an impact of adding a color channel encoded signal to a color direction of the data; determining a color space direction for encoded signal detection; obtaining weighting factors based on the information indicating an impact of adding a color channel encoded signal; weighting the color channel encoded signal with weighting factors to yield a modified color channel encoded signal; using one or more configured processors, embedding the modified color channel encoded signal in the data representing imagery. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.
US10311537B1 System for facilitating the execution of law enforcement duties
A system for facilitating the execution of law enforcement duties is disclosed. More particularly, according to one aspect of the invention, an electronic system is configured to facilitate the performance of law enforcement duties by quasi-instantaneously providing actionable intelligence to its users, such as front-line law enforcement officers, in response to a real-time query (e.g., accessing immigration and customs information). According to another aspect of the invention, a system implements a set of automated status classifications for subjects with suspected or confirmed involvement in criminal and/or terrorist activities. The status classifications specifically and concisely establish the subject's involvement in criminal and/or terrorist activities. According to yet another aspect of the invention, a system is configured to conduct a search for a stored archive record in response to an archive record query by a system user.
US10311535B2 Text-messaging based coaching programs
Technology is directed to an interactive text message based coaching program (“the technology”). A user enrolled in a campaign interacts with a server to obtain guidance on performing a set of tasks of the campaign to achieve a health goal. The user interacts with the server via text messages using a mobile computing device. After the health goal of the user is identified, the server generates text messages having information related to the campaign. The text messages are generated based on the health goal for the user, and are customized for the user. The server sends the text messages to the user in a sequence, wherein a next text message of the sequence sent to the user is based on a response received from the user for a previous text message of the sequence.
US10311534B2 Methods and apparatus for planning and management of clinical trials
A tool for planning and management of clinical trials. The tool computes a patient enrollment timeline in a clinical trial using multiple factors that bear on the rate of patient enrollment. The factors may be site-dependent factors or may be country-dependent factors. When these factors are applied, different sites may have different rates of enrollment in the same interval. Further, the factors may be time dependent such that even the same sites may have different enrollment rates in different intervals. Once the timeline is created, the tool may use it to calculate a schedule of monitor visits, project trial completion or otherwise generate output used in management of the clinical trial.
US10311533B2 Method and system to enable physician labels on a remote server and use labels to verify and improve algorithm results
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to enable physician labels on a remote server and use labels to verify and improve algorithm results. A method comprises using patient data in an automated analysis to obtain a result; receiving a message from the user, wherein the message is related to the result; and using at least a portion of the message to automatically modify the analysis.
US10311528B1 Closed network PO detail communication
A method includes receiving, from a builder, a purchase order (PO) that includes information descriptive of a product to be provided by a vendor in association with construction of a home. A first identifier specific to the builder may be used to identify the product. The method includes determining whether the PO is a configured PO, and generating a first alert when the PO is a non-configured PO. The method includes providing the first alert to the builder and the vendor. When the builder views the alert, the builder may be prompted to configure the PO using builder specific information. When the vendor views the alert, the vendor may be prompted to configure the PO using vendor specific information. Mapping information may provide translation of the builder specific information to the vendor specific information and translation of the vendor specific information to the builder specific information.
US10311518B2 Order feed message stream integrity
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for improving order feed message stream integrity. Certain embodiments provide a method including sending, by a computing device, a first data message; sending a first stop message; clearing a message stream state; and sending a second data message. The first data message includes data related to an order for a tradeable object, a first sequence number with a value of a predefined initial sequence number, and a first phase number. The second data message includes data related to an order, a second sequence number with a value of the predefined initial sequence number, and a second phase number, wherein the second phase number is different than the first phase number. The message stream state is associated with the order.
US10311516B2 Transaction processing system performance evaluation
A transaction evaluation system may include a configurable and/or scalable transaction rate input model which models historical and/or recent transaction input rate patterns of a transaction processing system for a specified time period with configurable and/or scalable transactional amplitude for use in evaluating performance of the transaction processing system. The system may operate to inject particular volumes of transactions into the transaction processing system at specific times and/or periods of time.
US10311515B2 System and method for a semi-lit market
A number of techniques for improving electronic trading are disclosed. According to some embodiments, an electronic trading system may selectively disclose to, or withhold from, trade participants order book data depending on whether each participant's trade order meets a predetermined threshold price and/or threshold size or other criteria.
US10311514B2 Financial messaging platform
A financial messaging platform enables a plurality of users to communicate with each other in real-time. The platform can flag and/or isolate user communications, which contain specific financial product related information related to a trade, order, or market. The platform presents these communications in a uniform manner such that users can easily differentiate them in chat rooms. Once a user communication is flagged or tagged, it is insistently transferred to affiliated information pools in the form of isolated messages. Information pools are virtual message aggregators associated with particular users, which consolidate isolated messages based on their characteristics, origin, and predetermined rules. Within an information pool, the messages can also be parsed into sortable categories and be presented into a manner suitable for analyzing. The platform can also include a compliance interface enabling particular compliance officers to oversee selected conversations between users and forbid suspect or inappropriate communications.
US10311512B1 Rate and payment guide
A system for generating rate and payment information for a customer receives an inquiry type from a customer relating to a loan or mortgage. The system also receives a value specific to the potential loan or mortgage. In combination with a product and policy database and a pricing/fee database, relevant financial products are determined and provided to the customer. The inquiry type can include buying a property, refinancing a mortgage, improving a property, and/or using funds from a property.
US10311511B2 Connected device-based property evaluation
The present disclosure involves systems and computer implemented methods for performing a connected device-based property evaluation. In one example, operations include identifying a property associated with an initial price and collecting information about the property by receiving information from one or more connected devices associated with the property. The one or more connected devices can each have a sensor for monitoring a condition within the property, and can providing information about the condition to the connected device, where the information is associated with a current status of the identified property. At least one action to be performed at the property based on the collected information is determined, with each action corresponding to an element at the property. An aggregate set of cost information associated with each determined action is determined and combined with the initial price to determine a modified purchase price. The modified price is then presented.
US10311506B1 System and method for e-commerce accessibility
Disclosed are a system and a method enabling E-Commerce transactions without redirecting a user's computer from one electronic publishing page to another electronic publishing page.
US10311504B2 Website augmentation including conversion of regional content
A computer system configured to integrate a plurality of websites is provided. The computer system includes a memory, a display, and at least one processor coupled to the memory and the display. In one example, the system comprises a monitoring component executed by the at least one processor and configured to analyze web content generated by a website provider and detect one or more identified elements within the web content. The system may also comprise a converting component executed by the at least one processor and configured to, responsive to detection of the one or more identified elements by the monitoring component, convert at least one portion of the web content into converted content, wherein the at least one processor is configured to display, in the display, the converted content and at least one other portion of the web content.
US10311503B2 User terminal device for providing electronic shopping service and methods thereof
A user terminal device including a display, a sensor configured to detect a user input on the display, a controller configured to extract objects displayed within an area on the display indicated by the user input on the display and add the objects to a wish list, and a memory configured to store the wish list. The user terminal device executes a method for providing an electronic shopping service, the method including receiving a user input at a user terminal device, determining a selection area on a screen of the user terminal device corresponding to the user input, determining a shopping object within the selection area, extracting information of the shopping object within the selection area, and adding the information to a wish list.
US10311502B1 System for limiting and controlling access to limited resources over a network
A system and method are provided to control access of a plurality of remote terminals to one or more service(s). A first server receives requests to access the services(s) from the plurality of terminals. In response the first server provides a terminal program to the terminals to control further communication between the terminals and first server. This enables substantial data to be stored on a user's terminal rather than on the first server, thereby reducing the data load on the first server. Each terminal runs at a pace set by its interaction with the server and thus operates asynchronously from the other terminals and the first server. A second server, operable after the first, provides the services. The terminal program initiates communication between the terminals and the first server, which selectively redirects the terminals to connect to the second server for accessing the service(s).
US10311500B2 Methods and systems for developer onboarding for software-development products
A server system determines an adoption state for a first software-development product of a plurality of software-development products offered to software developers by a provider associated with the server system. The adoption state indicates an extent to which the first product has been implemented by a software developer for use in connection with a first application. In accordance with the determined adoption state for the first product, the server system performs at least one of: providing a reminder to the software developer to implement the first product in connection with the first application; and providing a notification of availability of a second product of the plurality of products in connection with the first application.
US10311498B2 Method and system for recommending a size of a wearable item
A method and system for recommending a size of a wearable item uses a data set of wearable items, in which the data for each wearable item comprises a size and, for each size, one or more additional parameters related to the fit or feel of the item. A processing device receives a selection of one of the wearable items and a size for the selected wearable item from a user, accesses the data set to analyze the one or more additional parameters for the selected item in the selected size, and prompts the user to provide personalized sizing information. Based upon the personalized sizing information, which can include primary and secondary sizing information, the processing device provides a recommended size in the wearable item for the user. Additionally, the processing device can determine if the wearable item runs true to a standard size and, if not, adjust the recommended size accordingly.
US10311497B2 Server, analysis method and computer program product for analyzing recognition information and combination information
According to an embodiment, a server includes a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, an analyzing unit, and an output unit. The first acquiring unit is configured to acquire recognition information includes a product identification information for identifying the product. The second acquiring unit is configured to acquire combination information including the product identification information of the product to be combined with an object image including an object. The analyzing unit is configured to calculate product priorities for respective products by analyzing the recognition information and the combination information. The output unit is configured to output information based on the product priorities.
US10311493B2 Managing commerce-related communications within a social networking system
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing commerce-related communications within a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein can identify a particular social networking system post and can generate an optimized version of that particular post. In one or more embodiments, systems and methods described herein can also identify additional social networking system posts that are related to the particular social networking system post.
US10311491B2 Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program
The information providing server obtains at least one of the first posted information on the plan posted by the user, the piece(s) of second posted information on the other plan(s) posted by the user, and the piece(s) of third posted information on the plan posted by the other user(s). Then, the information providing server identifies the subordinate rating criterion/criteria used for the user to rate the plan based on the obtained piece(s) of posted information, and presents the identified subordinate rating criterion/criteria to the user who rates the plan.
US10311490B2 Visual tag editor
According to various embodiments, techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the editing of computer programming tags associated with a website. A user interface displaying a representation of a website may be presented on a display screen. The representation may include a plurality of webpage identifiers that each identifies a respective webpage associated with the website. The representation may also include a plurality of active tag indicators that are each associated with a respective one of the webpages. Each active tag indicator may identify a respective portion of computer programming code included in the respective webpage with which the active tag indicator is associated. User input indicating an editing action to be performed with respect to one or more of the computer programming code portions may be received, and a message identifying the editing action may be transmitted via a communications interface.
US10311489B2 System and method for creation of visual job advertisements
This disclosure relates to a system and method for creating a job advertisement. The job advertisement includes visual information which is presented an in organized, easily digestible manner. An example system according to the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first computing device a second computing device in communication with the first computing device. The second computing device is configured to receive an input of text describing a job from the first computing device and create a job advertisement including at least one image representative of at least a portion of the text.
US10311487B2 Selecting and pricing content items including multiple bid amounts
To select content for presentation to a viewing user, an online system maintains multiple bid amounts associated with various content items. Content items are each associated with multiple bid amounts, with each bid amount specifying an amount of compensation to the online system and identifying a user, so the bid amount identifies an amount of compensation to the online system for selecting the content item in place of content items associated with the identified user. Based on users identified by bid amounts in various content items, the online system generates connections between content items and determines a group of content items including content items connected to each other content item in the group. Using connections between content items in the group, the online system selects a content item and determines a price charged to a user associated with the selected content item.
US10311485B2 System, method and computer program product for extracting user profiles and habits based on speech recognition and calling history for telephone system advertising
A system, method and computer program product for providing targeted messages to a person using telephony services by generating user profile information from telephony data and using the user profile information to retrieve targeted messages.
US10311484B2 Data processing device and data processing method
A data processing device according to the present application includes a reception unit, a first memory unit, a second memory unit, and a storage unit. The reception unit receives user information relating to a user using a user terminal by being triggered upon an access of the user terminal to an information providing device. The first memory unit stores the user information that is received by the reception unit. The storage unit stores the user information in a management area of a second memory unit that is different for each information providing device that is a trigger for reception of the user information stored in the first memory unit.
US10311480B2 Method and system for receiving targeted content
A method and a system for receiving targeted content are disclosed. In an embodiment, in a mobile device at least a first metadata corresponding to a first content displayed on a digital signage board is received, based on a predetermined action performed by the mobile device. The first metadata comprises at least a location of the digital signage board. A second metadata corresponding to one or more product categories associated with one or more products in vicinity of the digital signage board is determined, based on the location of the digital signage board. One or more user preferences are determined based on the first metadata and the second metadata. The targeted content is received on the mobile device based on the one or more user preferences.
US10311475B2 Digital information gathering and analyzing method and apparatus
An apparatus for forecasting preferred selections from a menu of a restaurant comprises a) a face recognition system including at least two cameras, b) a point of sales system (POS) including a portable terminal linked thereto and c) a server for running algorithms comprising steps of: receiving the demographic profiles of the customers; obtaining environmental information including weather information and event information from relevant websites via internet; obtaining the transaction data of the customers from the POS; correlating the inputted orders including types of dishes from the customers with demographic profiles of the customers and the environmental information to accumulate correlated data into database in the server; selecting the preferred selections from the database based on a criterial to narrow down a number of the preferred selections; and transferring the selected preferred selections to the portable terminal via the POS.
US10311474B2 Online advertisement push delivery
Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to online advertising and may relate, more particularly, pushing advertising content to user computing devices, for example.
US10311472B1 Expansion of high performing placement criteria
Systems and methods of evaluating information in a computer network environment are provided. A data processing system can obtain or receive a content placement criterion, such as a keyword, associated with a content item and can determine a quality metric of the content placement criterion. The data processing system can identify a candidate content placement criterion and expand placement criteria associated with the content item to include the content placement criterion and the candidate content placement criterion based at least in part on an evaluation of the quality metric of the content placement criterion. The data processing system can expand placement criteria based in part on a throttling parameter. The data processing system can identify a correlation between a document and the placement criteria to identify appropriate content items for the document.
US10311470B2 Systems and methods for providing callback addresses and viewership metrics
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for validating adcopy instructions. A method may include generating, by a computer including one or more processors, media content. The method may also include identifying, by the computer, a destination server to receive playback statistics associated with playback of the media content. Furthermore, the method may include determining, by the computer, a callback address identifier associated with the destination server. Additionally, the method may include encoding, by the computer, the callback address identifier within the media content and transmitting, by the computer, the media content to a user device for playback.
US10311469B2 Statistical marketing attribution correlation
Web marketing channel correlation information for multiple web access sessions is captured using a web sales-capable server. The web marketing channel correlation information includes, for each web access session, a session-originating web marketing channel identifier of a marketing channel that originated the web access session, and at least one cross-session correlation identifier usable to correlate sets of web access sessions and usable to correlate the sets of web access sessions with orders. In association with an order placed by a consumer using the web sales-capable server, an accumulated statistical sales contribution of each marketing channel that originated a correlated set of web access sessions that are correlated with the order is calculated based upon the captured marketing channel correlation information. The accumulated statistical sales contribution of each marketing channel is calculated using a statistically-accumulated marketing channel attribution metric associated with each correlated marketing channel.
US10311466B1 Systems and methods for providing a direct marketing campaign planning environment
Embodiments of system are disclosed in which selection strategies for a direct marketing campaign that identify consumers from a credit bureau or other consumer database can be planned, tested, and/or refined on a stable subset of the credit database. In some embodiments, once refined, consumer selection criteria may be used to execute the direct marketing campaign on the full consumer/credit database, which is preferably updated approximately twice weekly. In one preferred embodiment, the data for the test database represents a random sampling of approximately 10% of the full database and the sampling is regenerated approximately weekly in order to provide a stable set of data on which campaign developers may test their campaign. For each consumer in the sampling, the environment may allow a client to access and use both attributes calculated by the credit bureau and proprietary attributes and data owned by the client. The system allows for a plurality of clients to use the system substantially simultaneously while protecting the privacy and integrity of the client's proprietary data and results.
US10311464B2 Methods and apparatus to determine impressions corresponding to market segments
Methods and apparatus to determine impression corresponding to market segments are disclosed. An example method includes determining a number of impressions that occurred on mobile devices and that are attributable to a first demographic group, where the number of impressions are based on attributions of the impressions to the first demographic group. The example method also includes determining whether a size of a first audience that corresponds to the first demographic group satisfies a threshold, where the first audience includes panelists in an audience measurement panel. The example method further includes determining whether a size of a second audience satisfies the threshold when the size of the first audience does not satisfy the threshold, where the second audience includes panelists in the audience measurement panel that correspond to a second demographic group and the first audience is a subset of the second audience. The method further includes calculating impressions attributable to a market segment and to the second demographic group when the second size of the second audience satisfies the threshold based on a portion of the second audience that belongs to the market segment.
US10311459B1 User recognition based user experience platform
A device may receive, from a camera device, an image that includes a person. The device may provide the image to a user recognition device and receive, from the user recognition device, a user identifier based on the person included in the image. In addition, the device may obtain user data based on the user identifier, the user data relating to prior activity relating to the person associated with the user identifier. The device may identify a user device based on a first physical location associated with the camera device and a second physical location associated with the user device, and provide the user data to the user device.
US10311458B2 System and method for dynamic personalization of electronic coupon distribution and redemption via mobile device
A computer-implemented method for generating coupons is provided. The method comprises receiving a request for a coupon from a publisher; responsive to the request selectively generating a coupon, said coupon comprising: (a) a unique coupon id; (b) code associated with a clipping button which when executed on a customer device configured to display the coupon together with media content and an ad unit associated with the media content, causes the customer device to send a clipping notification message including the coupon id to the coupon server system upon selection of the clipping button by a customer; sending the coupon to the publisher for displaying with said media content on the customer device; receiving the coupon clipping notification message from the customer device upon selection of the clipping button by the customer; and creating an association between the coupon id in the coupon clipping notification and the customer.
US10311455B2 Computer program product and method for sales forecasting and adjusting a sales forecast
A computer program product and method for sales forecasting and adjusting a sales forecast for an enterprise in a configurable region having one or more clusters of stores. The method includes periodically receiving a sales forecast for an enterprise over a configurable period of time, periodically receiving actual sales information, sales anomalies and anticipated events within the at least one of the clusters of stores over a computer network, determining positive and negative deviations from the anticipated sales of the sales forecast based on the sales information, determining whether one or more trends are occurring or have occurred using a pre-defined mathematical expression based on the sales information, the positive and negative deviations, and the sales anomalies, adjusting the anticipated sales of the sales forecast based on the sales anomalies, the trends and the anticipated events, and outputting the adjusted sales forecast to a user. The sales forecast includes anticipated sales for a plurality of items within at least one of the clusters of stores.
US10311454B2 Customer interaction and experience system using emotional-semantic computing
A system and method for customer interaction and experience enhancement which automatically gathers direct and indirect customer communications about products and services, converts them to text where necessary, and analyzes the communications for sentiment and emotional content, and scores and displays the information in a manner conducive to making business decisions based on the customer sentiment and emotion, such as making changes to products or services, troubleshooting customer service interactions, and better marketing.
US10311451B2 System and method for determining demographic information
With reference to FIG. 1, we provide a system for monitoring pedestrians, the system including: a data capture system including a data capture device; a computer system communicatively coupled to the data capture system and configured to receive data from the image capture system representative of a portion of a pedestrian, said portion including at least a foot or item of footwear of the pedestrian; wherein the computer system is operable to count pedestrian footfall and/or to determine a demographic property of the pedestrian based on the data representative of the foot or item of footwear of the pedestrian.
US10311450B2 System and method for managing customer feedback
In a method for managing customer feedback, the method includes: receiving, by a processor, an answer to a survey question, wherein the answer to the survey question is associated with a customer; transmitting, by the processor, a notification to a first electronic device, in response to the answer to the survey question having a value less than a threshold value; receiving, by the processor, a reply communication via a first communication medium from the first electronic device, wherein the reply communication comprises an instruction to contact the customer; and initiating a connection, by the processor, between the first electronic device and a second electronic device associated with the customer in a second communication medium different from the first communication medium in response to the receiving of the reply communication.
US10311445B2 Inference detection enabled by internet advertising
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs inference detection based on Internet advertisements. In doing so, this system first receives a set of topic words, performs a search query on each topic word using a search engine, and gathers a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with sponsored advertisement from the search results corresponding to each search query. Then, the system determines a correlation between two topic words based on their corresponding URLs associated with sponsored advertisement, and produces a result which indicates groups of correlated topic words.
US10311444B1 Method of providing class-A fire-protection to wood-framed buildings using on-site spraying of clean fire inhibiting chemical liquid on exposed interior wood surfaces of the wood-framed buildings, and mobile computing systems for uploading fire-protection certifications and status information to a central database and remote access thereof by firefighters on job site locations during fire outbreaks on construction sites
A cloud-based system for verifying and documenting Class-A fire-protection treatment of a wood-framed building using on-site spraying of a clean fire inhibiting chemical (CFIC) liquid. The system includes (i) a data center with web, application and database servers for supporting a web-based site for hosting images of certificates stamped on spray-treated wood surfaces, and other certification documents, and (ii) mobile smart-phones used to capture digital photographs and video recording of spray-treated wood-framed building sections during the on-site fire-protection spray process, and upload the captured digital images to the data center, for each spray treatment project, so that insurance companies, builders, and other stakeholders can review such on-site spray completion certifications during the building construction phase of the wood-framed building.
US10311443B2 Method and apparatus for managing customer interactions on multiple interaction channels
A computer-implemented method and an apparatus facilitate management of customer interactions on multiple interaction channels. A communication quality metric and a contextual environment are tracked for an ongoing customer interaction executed on a first interaction channel. A closure of the first interaction channel is effected based on at least one of: a detected change in a current value associated with the communication quality metric to be below a preset threshold value, a detected or an anticipated change in the contextual environment, and a receipt of a customer request for closing the first interaction channel. The effecting of the closure of the first interaction channel includes a transitioning of the ongoing customer interaction from the first interaction channel to a second interaction channel.
US10311438B2 Method and apparatus for automated shopper checkout using radio frequency identification technology
A method and apparatus involve: providing a plurality of products that are each associated with a respective radio frequency identification tag; using radio frequency identification technology to automatically identify specific products in a group of products collected by a shopper; and evaluating whether or not to obtain payment from the shopper based on the radio frequency identification of products in the group. Based on the result of the evaluation, either payment is obtained from the shopper on the basis of the radio frequency identification of products in the group, or else the products in the group are audited, and then payment is obtained on the basis of the products identified by the audit.
US10311436B2 User authentication method and device for credentials back-up service to mobile devices
Back-up credentials data is stored for a user. A communication channel is established with a mobile device. A cryptogram is received from the mobile device, such that the cryptogram is relayed by the mobile device from an authentication device that interacted with the mobile device. The authentication device is associated with the user. The cryptogram is verified. In response to the verification of the cryptogram, the stored back-up credentials data is made accessible to the mobile device.
US10311434B2 Systems and methods for reporting compromised card accounts
A system or method is provided to generate and send a notification to a card issuing bank to report a compromised card. In particular, the notification may be embedded in a pseudo card transaction message based on the ISO 8583 protocol message format. Card issuing banks may be a participant in a compromised card account reporting program to receive the notifications via the ISO 8583 transaction messages from a merchant or a payment service provider. In particular, data elements within the ISO 8583 protocol that are not reserved for carrying information for a transaction may be designated to carry information for reporting the compromised card account. Thus, merchants or payment service providers may send notifications of compromised card accounts to card issuing banks in a secured manner using ISO 8583 transaction messages.
US10311423B2 System and method for transaction approval based on confirmation of proximity of mobile subscriber device to a particular location
A user activity, which may be a debit or credit card transaction or an online access, is approved, or proximity between two users is confirmed, based on a response or other acknowledgement from a mobile subscriber terminal. The mobile subscriber terminal acknowledgement is generated in response to a query from an authorizing entity associated with the debit or credit card, or another mobile subscriber terminal, and indicates whether or not the mobile subscriber terminal is within a maximum allowable radius from a specific location included in the query. It is noted that no specific location information is included in the mobile subscriber terminal acknowledgement. An application downloaded to the mobile subscriber terminal may generate the above-described acknowledgement.
US10311422B2 Systems and computer-implemented processes for providing electronic notifications
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing account balance notifications. The disclosed embodiments generally relate to using transmitters to activate a mobile application to request financial account information, such as an account balance, and display the requested information, via the mobile device, before the customer uses an automated teller machine (ATM) or conducts a transaction at a bank branch. In certain embodiments, the transmitters are low energy transmitters. Other aspects of the disclosed embodiments are described herein.
US10311420B1 Synchronizing open ticket functionality with kitchen display systems
Techniques and arrangements for facilitating synchronization of open ticket functionality utilized by point-of-sale (POS) devices with kitchen display systems. In some example, a POS device receives customer orders associated with a transaction between a merchant and a customer. Based on individual customer orders, the POS device adds information associated with the individual customer orders to an open ticket, and then sends data associated with the open ticket to a kitchen display system. The kitchen display system can receive the data associated with the open ticket, create an order ticket for the individual customer orders using the data, and then provide order tickets using a user interface. In some examples, the kitchen display system then synchronizes with a counter device to provide and update order tickets.
US10311419B2 Apparatus and method for monitoring security of a point-of-sale terminal
A method for monitoring security of a point-of-sale terminal involves a terminal management server receiving from the point-of-sale terminal data indicative of a violation detected by the point-of-sale terminal of one or more security parameters. The violation is indicative of a compromise of the point-of-sale terminal. The point-of-sale terminal may maintain a network connection with the terminal management server. One or more of the security parameters may include a network connectivity status of the point-of-sale terminal, and the detected violation may include a termination of the network connection. The terminal management server may classify the detected violation of the one or more of the security parameters as potential fraudulent activity, and send a command to the point-of-sale terminal disabling functionality of the point-of-sale terminal.
US10311415B2 Data batch processing method and system
A computer system receives, from a client device, a virtual bill request including user identification information of a user associated with the client device and then activates a virtual bill and associates the virtual bill with the client device, the virtual bill having a predefined effective time period. After receiving data corresponding to one or more items added to the virtual bill within the predefined effective time period through respective close proximity data communication between the client device and one or more respective terminals, the computer system determines a value based on the data corresponding to the one or more items and sends a verification request to the client device. Upon receipt of verification information responsive to the verification request, the computer system initiates a transfer of the value from an account associated with the user in accordance with a determination that the verification information is valid.
US10311414B1 Automated teller machines (ATMs) having offline functionality
A device may receive customer data, and store the customer data in a secure memory device of the device. The device may implement a backup mode in which the device utilizes the customer data to authorize requests based on determining that the device lacks a network connection. The device may receive, when the device is in the backup mode, a request for currency that includes authentication information. The device, while in the backup mode, may authorize the request for currency based on comparing the authentication information and the customer data. The device may dispense currency based on a result of comparing the authentication information and the customer data. The device may store transaction data associated with dispensing of the currency to permit the transaction data to be transmitted when the network connection is restored.
US10311400B2 Intelligent service robot and related systems and methods
A robot for providing intelligent service within a facility includes a locomotion platform, an upper sensor for detecting objects within an upper field of view of the robot, a lower sensor for detecting objects within a lower field of view of the robot, a display and a robot computer in communication with the locomotion platform, the upper sensor and the lower sensor. The robot computer is configured to inventory products within the commercial facility and provide inventory discrepancy data to a user at a computing station.
US10311398B2 Automated zone location characterization
A method and system for automatically characterizing retail zones is provided. The method includes determining, via a mobile device of a user, that a user has entered a first zone of a plurality of zones internal to a first entity structure. Product information is scanned via the mobile device in response to the user locating a first product. The product information describes the first product. Historical product and zone related data is analyzed with respect to the first zone and the product information and it is determined, based on the analysis, if the first product is currently associated with being located within the first zone.
US10311396B2 Arranging for shipment of a package without generating a shipping label
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for arranging for shipping a package without the customer needing to generate or apply a shipping label, or any other information, to the package. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a carrier server and a carrier device. The carrier server may receive and store a smart code and shipping information associated with the package, which it may link together. The carrier device may capture the smart code from the package and send a request, including the smart code, to the carrier server for related shipping information. The carrier server may receive the request from the carrier device, retrieve the shipping information based on the smart code, and send the shipping information to the carrier device. The carrier device may receive the shipping information and generate a shipping label for the package based on the shipping information.
US10311394B2 System and method analyzing business intelligence applied to physical assets and environment factors
A method is for analyzing business intelligence applied to at least one of physical assets and environment factors. A computing system is used that includes one or more processors of a data management system for at least one stream of data selected from at least one of physical assets and environment factors. A data transformer is used to transform data from the at least one stream of data to their item and attribute characterizations. One or more analytic engines are used to receive the items with their attributes from the data management system and provide multi-dimensional analysis relative to a scale of study for at least one physical asset and environmental factor. Multi-dimensional analysis is defined as analysis that compares, calculates, correlates, or operates on items and/or attributes from at least two distinct dimensions. The one or more analytic engines are used to provide one or more outputs of processed and correlated data that is sent to an analysis qualifier to determine a quality of analysis. A data analysis evaluator is used to determine a quality score for information generated by the analytic engine.
US10311391B2 Optimizing inventory in accordance with a constrained network
In one embodiment, optimizing inventory includes accessing service level band sets. Each service level band set is associated with a policy group, and includes service level bands. Each service level band of a service level band set has a service level priority with respect to any other service level bands of the same service level band set. An inventory band set is determined for each service level band set. Each inventory band set includes inventory bands, where each inventory band satisfies a corresponding service level band assuming an unconstrained network. Each inventory band of an inventory band set has an inventory priority with respect to any other inventory bands of the same inventory band set. A feasible supply chain plan that satisfies the inventory band sets is generated in order of the inventory priorities until a constrained network is depleted.
US10311390B2 Database document generation based on event-based database action recognition
A commit event to a database table of a first set of database tables, of a distributed database system, can be detected. The first set of database tables can have a set of first table characteristic and the commit event can have a set of commit event characteristics. The commit event can be correlated to a database table of a second set of database tables based on the set of commit event characteristics. The commit event can be assigned a state based on the correlation of the commit event to a database table of the second set of database tables. First and second documents associated with the commit event can be generated. The second document can be based on the state of the commit event and can include adjustment information associated with the commit event and the first document.
US10311388B2 Optimization of patient care team based on correlation of patient characteristics and care provider characteristics
Mechanisms are provided for matching patients with care providers. Patient information for a current patient, from at least one patient information source, is analyzed and a medical need of the current patient is determined. Patient information for a plurality of other patients associated with a plurality of care providers is analyzed and, for each care provider in the plurality of care providers, a measure of strength for a type of medical care corresponding to the at least one medical need is determined, based on results of the analysis of patient information for the plurality of other patients associated with the care provider. At least one care provider is selected for inclusion in a care team for the current patient based on the determined strengths of each care provider in the plurality of care providers. A care team data structure comprising information about the at least one care provider is output.
US10311387B2 Remote energy management to control household electrical appliances based on electricity pricing
A demand response system and method. The demand response system includes a power rate reception unit for receiving information about charge rates for a unit of power from an external power trading server. An amount-of-power used reception unit receives information about amounts of power used by a customer from a gateway, a first data generation unit which generates first data including information about charge rates for a unit of power for respective time spans, a second data generation unit which generates second data including information about amounts of power used by the customer for the respective time spans, and a third data generation unit which generates third data including information about index power charges for the customer for the respective time spans.
US10311373B2 Subject-specific assessment of neurological disorders with biochemical propagation mechanisms
A method for subject-specific assessment of neurological disorders, the method includes receiving 3D image data representative of a subject's brain and identifying subject-specific anatomical structures in the 3D image data. A subject-specific model for electrical dynamics is created based on the 3D image data and the subject-specific anatomical structures and one or more functional indicators of neurological disorder are computed using the subject-specific model for electrical dynamics.
US10311372B1 Machine learning based content delivery
Systems and methods for managing content delivery functionalities based on machine learning models are provided. In one aspect, content requests are routed in accordance with clusters of historical content requests to optimize cache performance. In another aspect, content delivery strategies for responding to content requests are determined based on a model trained on data related to historical content requests. The model may also be used to determine above-the-fold configurations for rendering responses to content requests. In some embodiments, portions of the model can be executed on client computing devices.
US10311369B2 Quantum gates via multi-step adiabatic drag
Systems and methods are provided for performing a quantum gate operation. The system includes a first physical qubit, and a second physical qubit operatively coupled to the first physical qubit via a coupling mechanism. The first physical qubit, the second physical qubit, and the coupling mechanism form a logical qubit. At least one control mechanism is configured to provide a control signal to one of the first physical qubit, the second physical qubit, and the coupling mechanism as to adjust a Hamiltonian of the logical qubit.
US10311368B2 Analytic system for graphical interpretability of and improvement of machine learning models
A computing device provides a cluster connectivity graph presented on a display to summarize machine learning model performance. A classification value is predicted is predicted for a response variable value of each observation vector using a trained model. Observation vectors are divided into overlapping data slices that are separately clustered using the predicted classification value to define a set of clusters. A number of observations in each cluster is computed. An accuracy measure is computed for each cluster based on the predicted classification value. A number of overlapping observations between each pair of clusters is computed. The cluster connectivity graph includes a node for each cluster. A size of each node is determined from the computed number of observations. A fill-pattern of each node is determined from the computed accuracy measure. A connector line between each pair of nodes is determined from the computed number of overlapping observations.
US10311361B1 Media theme propagation using decretization of continuous variables
A technology for propagating themes is provided. In one example, a method may include identifying media having a content feature contained in a presentation of the media. The method may include extracting the content feature of the media as a continuous variable and discretizing the continuous variable into a bucket representing a discrete value. A theme label may be applied to the media and may be propagated to other media with continuous variables discretized into the subset of buckets.
US10311357B2 Thermodynamic-RAM technology stack
A thermodynamic RAM technology stack, two or more memristors or pairs of memristors comprising AHaH (Anti-Hebbian and Hebbian) computing components, and one or more AHaH nodes composed of such memristor pairs that form at least a portion of the thermodynamic RAM technology stack. The levels of the thermodynamic-RAM technology stack include the memristor, a Knowm synapse, an AHaH node, a kT-RAM, kT-RAM instruction set, a sparse spike encoding, a kT-RAM emulator, and a SENSE Server.
US10311356B2 Unsupervised behavior learning system and method for predicting performance anomalies in distributed computing infrastructures
An unsupervised behavior learning system and method for predicting anomalies in a distributed computing infrastructure. The distributed computing infrastructure includes a plurality of computer machines. The system includes a first computer machine and a second computer machine. The second computer machine is configured to generate a model of normal and anomalous behavior of the first computer machine, where the model is based on unlabeled training data. The second computer machine is also configured to acquire real-time data of system level metrics of the first machine; determine whether the real-time data is normal or anomalous based on a comparison of the real-time data to the model; and predict a future failure of the first computer machine based on multiple consecutive comparisons of the real-time data to the model. Upon predicting a future failure of the first computer machine, generate a ranked set of system-level metrics which are contributors to the predicted failure of the first computer machine, and generate an alarm that includes the ranked set of system-level metrics. The model of normal and anomalous behavior may include a self-organizing map.
US10311355B1 RFID tags
This disclosure describes RFID tags that include capacitive shields to capacitively couple with antennas of the RFID tags when exposed to threshold levels of electromagnetic energy, such as when placed in a microwave. In some instances, these capacitive shields comprise a material that is both thermally conductive and electrically conductive. When exposed to electromagnetic energy of a high frequency, the capacitive shield may capacitively couple to the antenna of the RFID and, thus, may receive energy from the antenna. Given the properties of the capacitive shield, the capacitive shield may convert this energy into thermal energy and dissipate this heat into an ambient environment of the RFID tag. By doing so, the capacitive shield lessens the risk that dangerous arcing will occur from the electromagnetic energy.
US10311353B1 RFID integrated circuits with electrical bridges
An RFID integrated circuit, in addition to having conductive pads to electrically couple to an antenna, may also include a conductive bridge configured to electrically connect different portions of the antenna together. In some embodiments, the conductive bridge may be used to form a multi-turn antenna segment.
US10311349B1 Dynamic magnetic stripe communications device with stepped magnetic material for magnetic cards and devices
A flexible card may include a dynamic magnetic stripe communications device having multiple layers, such as an electromagnetic generator, a magnet, and a shield. A shield may form a non-flexible layer within the stack and may bend, but the shield may not be able to stretch or compress. Flexible layers may surround and adhere to the shield such that when the card is flexed, the flexible layers may stretch and compress with the movement of the shield. The dynamic magnetic stripe communications device may include one or more coils. Each coil may contain a stepped material, such that a length of a lower layer of the stepped material is longer than a length of a middle layer of the stepped material, which is longer than a length of a top layer of the stepped material.
US10311348B2 Graphic identification code generation method and apparatus
A graphic identification code generation method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving, from a terminal, target information and personalized effect information for a graphic identification code. The target information represents information displayed after the graphic identification code is scanned, and the personalized effect information is used to represent a display effect of the graphic identification code. Lattice data of the graphic identification code is generated according to the target information, and the graphic identification code is generated according to the lattice data and the personalized effect information.
US10311347B2 System for secure data validation
A network connected secure system for validating electronic certificate codes. The network connected secure computing system is coupled to a network for access by a plurality of users at a plurality of user devices. The system includes a database to store information including at least user accounts, electronic certificates associated with the user accounts, and electronic certificate codes associated with the electronic certificates. The system also includes a downloadable mobile software application. The system is configured to validate the downloaded mobile software application, provide one or more electronic certificates and one or more electronic certificate codes for display at the user devices.
US10311346B2 Durable card
Cards embodying the invention include a core subassembly whose elements define the functionality of the card and a hard coat subassembly attached to the top and/or bottom sides of the core subassembly to protect the core subassembly from wear and tear and being scratched. The core subassembly may be formed solely of plastic layers or of different combinations of plastic and metal layers and may include all the elements of a smart card enabling contactless RF communication and/or direct contact communication. The hard coat subassembly includes a hard coat layer, which typically includes nanoparticles, and a buffer or primer layer formed so as to be attached between the hard coat layer and the core subassembly for enabling the lasering of the core subassembly without negatively impacting the hard coat layer and/or for imparting color to the card.
US10311344B2 Processing apparatus, display device and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
A processing apparatus includes: a processing unit that performs a process related to image data; a display unit that displays a process selection portion, with which the process performed by the processing unit is associated and which is selected to start the process by the processing unit; and a creation unit that, in a case of creating the process selection portion to be displayed in the display unit, creates the process selection portion while associating data with the process selection portion.
US10311340B2 Object recognition integration device and object recognition integration method
Provided are an object recognition integration device and an object recognition integration method, which are capable of integrating pieces of detection data that are detected by a respective plurality of sensors in consideration of an inaccuracy of identification of objects. An association relationship between measurement data and previous object data is determined based on an object type and a certainty for each object type candidate contained in measurement data generated for each of the plurality of sensors, and an object type and a certainty for each object type candidate contained in the previous object data. Then, association data is generated by associating the measurement data and the previous object data, which are determined as having “possibility of association”, with each other, to thereby generate current object data by updating the previous object data with use of the association data.
US10311336B1 Method and device of neural network operations using a grid generator for converting modes according to classes of areas to satisfy level 4 of autonomous vehicles
A method of neural network operations by using a grid generator is provided for converting modes according to classes of areas to satisfy level 4 of autonomous vehicles. The method includes steps of: (a) a computing device instructing a pair detector to acquire information on locations and classes of pairs for testing by detecting the pairs for testing; (b) the computing device instructing the grid generator to generate section information by referring to the information on the locations of the pairs for testing; (c) the computing device instructing a neural network to determine parameters for testing by referring to parameters for training which have been learned by using information on pairs for training; and (d) the computing device instructing the neural network to apply the neural network operations to a test image by using each of the parameters for testing to thereby generate one or more neural network outputs.
US10311334B1 Learning to process images depicting faces without leveraging sensitive attributes in deep learning models
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to generate, by a neural network of a variational autoencoder, a latent vector for a first input image, generate, by the neural network of the variational autoencoder, a first reconstructed image by sampling the latent vector for the first input image, determine a reconstruction loss incurred in generating the first reconstructed image based at least in part on: (i) a difference of the first input image and the first reconstructed image, and (ii) a master model trained to detect a sensitive attribute in images, determine a total loss based at least in part on the reconstruction loss and a classification loss, and optimize a plurality of weights of the neural network of the variational autoencoder based on a backpropagation operation and the determined total loss, the optimized neural network trained to not consider the sensitive attribute in images.
US10311330B2 Proactive input selection for improved image analysis and/or processing workflows
Systems, methods, and computer program products for proactively improving image analysis and/or processing in real time are presented, in accordance with various embodiments. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving an analysis and/or processing request from a mobile device; and either generating or retrieving analysis and/or processing information based on a result of either or both of: determining whether the analysis and/or processing request includes image data suitable for generating an analysis and/or processing result; and determining whether the analysis and/or processing request includes metadata suitable for generating an estimated analysis and/or processing result. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes: capturing image data; evaluating one or more conditions corresponding to the captured image data; generating metadata corresponding to the captured image data; and generating and submitting the analysis and/or processing request to an analysis and/or processing platform. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also described.
US10311327B2 Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus comprises: a colored level calculation unit configured to calculate, for a first region in an image, an index indicating a strength of color; a feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate a first feature amount relating to luminance components in each of the first region and a second region, and a second feature amount relating to color components in the regions; an interest level calculation unit configured to calculate an interest level for the first region based on a difference for the first feature amount between the regions, a difference for the second feature amount between the regions, and an importance for each of the differences; and a region of interest detection unit; wherein the interest level calculation unit determines the importance for the differences based on the index.
US10311323B2 Image processing apparatus for converting image in characteristic region of original image into image of brushstroke patterns
An object of the present invention is to obtain an image that is more similar to a real ink-wash painting. An ink-wash painting conversion unit converts data of an original image into data of a painterly image. A characteristic region detection unit detects a characteristic region of the original image from the data of the original image. A conversion unit executes gradation processing of gradating the characteristic region detected by the characteristic region detection unit, and margin setting processing of setting a margin region to be added to the painterly image, as image processing of further converting the data of the painterly image that was converted by the ink-wash painting conversion unit.
US10311320B2 Mark information recording apparatus, mark information presenting apparatus, mark information recording method, and mark information presenting method
A mark information recording apparatus includes an output unit and a recording unit. The output unit is configured to output, for displaying a partial image being a part of an entire image having an arbitrary resolution among entire images generated at a plurality of different resolutions with respect to a single target, the partial image. The recording unit is configured to associate mark information with information on a position within the entire image and information on the resolution of the output partial image and record the mark information.
US10311316B2 Apparatus, method and computer program for identifying biometric features
A method, apparatus and computer program, wherein the method comprises: illuminating a portion of skin of a user; detecting light scattered by the illuminated portion of skin and using the detected light to identify locations of biometric features within the illuminated portion of skin; and configuring a light source to selectively illuminate identified locations of biometric features.
US10311315B2 Camera array system and method to detect a load status of a semi-trailer truck
Disclosed are a method, a device and/or a system of utilizing a camera array system to detect a load status of a semi-trailer truck. A sensor array is affixed to a surface of a trailer of the semi-trailer truck to automatically determine whether a cargo area of the semi-trailer truck is occupied. A set of cameras of the sensor array have each camera embedded in individual recesses of the sensor array. The cargo area is illuminated using at least one light source of the sensor array. A memory and a processor associated with the sensor array are configured to store one baseline image of the cargo area of the trailer in an empty state. The processor is configured to detect a triggering event. The processor determines a cargo status based upon a difference between the current image and the baseline image, and sends the cargo status to a dispatcher.
US10311311B1 Efficient two-stage object detection scheme for embedded device
An apparatus comprises a detector and a processor. The processor may be configured to perform a two-stage object detection process utilizing the detector circuit. The detector circuit may be configured to implement a simple detection stage and a complex detection stage. In the simple detection stage, the two-stage object detection process comprises applying a first detector over a predefined region of interest. In the complex detection stage, the two-stage object detection process comprises applying a second detector on a set of best candidates identified by the simple detection stage.
US10311303B2 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
There is provided an information processing apparatus for automatically generating information representing a context surrounding a user, the information processing apparatus including: a recognition processing unit configured to perform, on the basis of user environment information including at least any of location information representing a location where a user is present, image information relating to an environment surrounding a user, and audio information relating to the environment, an analysis process of at least any of the location information, the image information, and the audio information included in the user environment information, at a predetermined time interval, and to recognize a context surrounding the user, using the acquired result of analysis relating to the user environment; and a context candidate information generating unit configured to generate context candidate information representing a candidate of the context surrounding the user, the context candidate information including, at least, information representing the context surrounding the user and information representing the user's emotion in the context, using the result of context recognition performed by the recognition processing unit.
US10311299B2 Reflected optic camera module for iris recognition in a computing device
Described embodiments include systems and methods for acquiring iris biometric data. An optical entrance of an optical medium may receive a ray incident on the optical entrance, the ray comprising biometric data. An interface of the optical medium with a second medium may receive the received ray at a first angle greater than a critical angle of the interface to enable total internal reflection of the received incident ray. A reflective coating, prism or other mechanism may be used in place of the interface to redirect the received ray or bend the optical path of the received ray. An optical exit of the optical medium may couple the reflected or redirected ray to a sensor for acquiring the biometric data. The ray may be incident on the optical entrance at a second angle relative to an axis of the sensor that is less than 90 degrees.
US10311295B2 Heuristic finger detection method based on depth image
A heuristic finger detection method based on a depth image is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: acquiring a hand connected region from a user's depth image; calculating the central point of the hand connected region; calculating a plurality of extremely far points in the hand connected region that have extremum 3D geodesic distances from the central point; detecting fingertips and finger regions from the plurality of calculated extremely far points; and outputting fingertip positions and the finger regions. The method calculates and detects fingertips of users by means of 3D geodesic distance, without extracting boundary contours of hand regions, which improves robustness of gesture detection and reduces detection error rates. The method has the advantages of higher finger detection accuracy and fast computing speed.
US10311294B1 Motion recognition via a two-dimensional symbol having multiple ideograms contained therein
Methods of recognizing motions of an object in a video clip or an image sequence are disclosed. A plurality of frames are selected out of a video clip or an image sequence of interest. A text category is associated with each frame by applying an image classification technique with a trained deep-learning model for a set of categories containing various poses of an object within each frame. A “super-character” is formed by embedding respective text categories of the frames as corresponding ideograms in a 2-D symbol having multiple ideograms contained therein. Particular motion of the object is recognized by obtaining the meaning of the “super-character” with image classification of the 2-D symbol via a trained convolutional neural networks model for various motions of the object derived from specific sequential combinations of text categories. Ideograms may contain imagery data instead of text categories, e.g., detailed images or reduced-size images.
US10311291B2 Face recognition method, device and computer readable storage medium
A face recognition method, device and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The face recognition method includes: capturing face images of a user at a plurality of preset positions respectively; storing the face images and the preset positions corresponding to the face images; determining, in face recognition, one of the preset positions where the image is to be captured, and capturing a current face image of the user at the determined preset position; searching a corresponding face image in a storage device according to the determined preset position; and determining whether the current face image is matched with the searched face image.
US10311290B1 System and method for generating a facial model
A system and method for generation of a facial model. The method includes analyzing, via machine vision, a plurality of multimedia content elements to identify a plurality of facial images shown in the plurality of multimedia content elements; clustering the identified facial images into at least one cluster, wherein the clustering is based on metadata associated with each of the plurality of facial images; and selecting, from among the at least one cluster, a representative cluster representing a face, wherein the facial model is the selected representative cluster.
US10311289B2 Face recognition method and device and apparatus
The present disclosure relates to the field of biological recognition and provides a face recognition method and device and apparatus. The face recognition method includes: recording a face video image and dynamically tracking an eye in the face video image; detecting a blink frequency of the eye during dynamic tracking of the eye; judging whether the blinking frequency is within a preset frequency range; if the blink frequency is within the preset frequency range, determining that the face is a living face; if the blink frequency is not within the preset frequency range, determining that the face is a fake face. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the real face and the fake face can be accurately distinguished by the blink frequency of the eye. Therefore, the safety of face recognition is improved.
US10311286B2 Fusing ocular-vascular with facial and/or sub-facial information for biometric systems
Biometric enrollment and verification techniques for ocular-vascular, periocular, and facial regions are described. Periocular image regions can be defined based on the dimensions of an ocular region identified in an image of a facial region. Feature descriptors can be generated for interest points in the ocular and periocular regions using a combination of patterned histogram feature descriptors. Quality metrics for the regions can be determined based on region value scores calculated based on texture surrounding the interest points. A biometric matching process for calculating a match score based on the ocular and periocular regions can progressively include additional periocular regions to obtain a greater match confidence.
US10311285B2 Polarization imaging for facial recognition enhancement system and method
A method for enhancing an image for facial recognition comprises capturing an image of the face with a polarizer and correcting the polarized image for non-uniformity. Stokes Parameters S0, S1, S2 are obtained by weighted subtraction of the polarized image to form Stokes images. DoLP is computed from the Stokes images, and facial recognition algorithms are applied to the DoLP image. A system for enhancing images for facial recognition comprises a polarimeter configured to record polarized image data of a subject's face, a signal processing unit and logic configured to receive and store in memory the image data from the polarimeter, calculate Stokes parameters from the image data, and compute a DoLP image from the Stokes parameters.
US10311283B2 Real-time feedback system for a user during 3D scanning
The present invention provides a method for providing feedback to a user during a 3D scanning session and guides the user to finish scanning completely.
US10311280B2 Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes a circuitry configured to provide a slide image including a sample image and a label image which are obtained by shooting a slide, generate a first image that a specific area of the slide image is concealed, output a thumbnail image, wherein the thumbnail image is one of the slide image and the first image.
US10311279B2 Fingerprint sensor device and operation method thereof
A fingerprint sensor device and an operation method thereof are provided. The fingerprint sensor device includes a driving electrode, a driving circuit, a fingerprint sensing plate, a reading circuit and a determination circuit. The driving circuit applies a driving signal to an object through the driving electrode. The fingerprint sensing plate has sensing electrodes configured to sense the object. The reading circuit reads the driving signal through the fingerprint sensing plate. During a period between a rising edge time point and its adjacent falling edge time point of the driving signal, the reading circuit respectively samples the driving signal in at least two different phases to obtain at least two sampling results and outputs a difference value of the at least two sampling results. The determination circuit checks the difference value to determine whether the object to be sensed is a real finger or a fake finger.
US10311277B2 Display panel and method of manufacturing the same, and display apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, as well as a display apparatus. The display panel comprises an array substrate, a packaging substrate jointed to the array substrate, a photosensitive device, and a touch sensitive device; the photosensitive device and the touch sensitive device are formed between the packaging substrate and the array substrate, and the touch sensitive device is positioned between the photosensitive device and the packaging substrate.
US10311273B2 Thermal tags for real-time activity monitoring and methods for detecting the same
A thermal tag includes a power source to generate current along a resistive path and a plurality of infrared-emitting features positioned along the resistive path to emit infrared light along an infrared-emitting pattern, wherein the plurality of infrared-emitting features include one or more infrared-emitting stripes on a first surface of the thermal tag defining a pattern region and a plurality of infrared-emitting dots within a portion of the pattern region to provide a thermal-diffusion resistant pattern for activity monitoring.
US10311271B2 Diffuse bright field illumination system for a barcode reader
One aspect of the present disclosure is related to a barcode reader that includes a bright field illumination system, a dark field illumination system, and an additional illumination system that is better able to illuminate an area of the reader's field of view between the far zone (where bright field illumination is optimal) and the close zone (where dark field illumination is optimal). In this “center zone,” the dark field illumination may not be bright enough and the bright field illumination may not be diffuse enough for reading a barcode.
US10311270B2 Filtering inventory objects using images in an RFID system
A method for filtering scanned objects displayed on a reader is provided. The reader may scan one or more transponders, and obtain, from a database, an image for each scanned transponder. Each transponder may be associated with an object (e.g., an item of retail inventory). The obtained image for each object may be presented on an interface, and a selection of an object category may be received using the obtained images. A determination may be made as to which objects are associated with the selected object category. A display screen may display data associated with only the objects associated with the selected object category.
US10311263B2 Automatic vending machine
The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine, which includes a smart shelf and a server back-end management system, wherein a door body is arranged on the smart shelf, a main control board is arranged on the smart shelf, the main control board is respectively electrically connected with an electric inserting lock, an antenna array, and an Alipay two-dimensional code input terminal; the main control board is interconnected with the server back-end management system through the Internet, the server back-end management system is accessed to Zhima credit system through the Internet; the door body forms an opening and closing connection with the smart shelf through the electric inserting lock; the main control board and the antenna array are connected through a multi-channel read head controller and a signal amplification motherboard. It is convenient to use.
US10311259B2 Use of a tag and reader antenna for a simulated Theremin effect
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for providing an audible feedback based on a proximity or a link quality between an external reader and a tag. The external reader transmits power to the tag with a radio frequency electromagnetic signal. The tag may rectify the radio frequency electromagnetic signal and create a rectified voltage. This rectified voltage may be used to power various components of the tag. Once it receives power from the reader, the tag may communicate information back to the external reader. The information communicated back to the reader is communicated by modulating an antenna impedance of the tag. By modulating the impedance, the tag will backscatter radiation transmitted by the reader. The reader is able to create an audio output based on determining the proximity or link quality from the reader to the tag based on the backscatter radiation it receives from the tag.
US10311256B2 ID reader and monitoring equipment
An ID reader, comprising: a base (1); a connecting frame (4) that is rotatably connected with the base (1) and rotates around a first axial line; and a reader body (3) that is rotatably connected with the connecting frame (4) and rotates around a second axial line. The ID reader is facilitated to provide convenience for angle adjustment during acquirement of IDs, improving applicability of the reader. A monitoring equipment is also provided.
US10311252B2 Technologies for protecting dynamically generated managed code with protection domains
Technologies for managed code execution include a computing device having a processor with protection key support. The computing device sets a protection key register of the processor with permissions to disallow data access to any protection domain of the computing device and then executes a domain switch routine to switch to a managed applet. The managed applet is included in an applet protection domain, the domain switch routine is included in a switch protection domain, and a managed runtime environment is included in a normal protection domain. The domain switch routine sets the protection key register with permissions to disallow access to any protection domain other than the applet protection domain and then executes the managed applet. Other managed applets may be each be included in separate applet domains. Each managed applet may be a thread executed within a common process address space. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10311250B2 Method and system for managing personal information within independent computer systems and digital networks
A system and method for reliably and securely recording and storing all attributes of personal identification, for the identification and authorization of individual identity as well as attributes relating to it and personal data including but not limited to individual's physical description, bank details, travel history, etc. (the “Personally Identifiable Information “PII”). PII can be difficult to manage in networks where correlation between data sources is required. Thus, in some embodiments, the system combines a distributed database to create a framework for a robust security. The system manages the distributed database to associate transactions, or actions, using data, digital signatures, and/or cryptographic keys, which can be unique to an individual.
US10311248B1 Managing delegated access permissions
A method for permission management may include creating a relationship between a client and a firm, receiving, in response to creating the relationship, an assignment of a first role to the firm, receiving, in response to receiving the assignment of the first role, an assignment of a second role to an agent of the firm, and generating, for the agent, a runtime token including token permissions based on the first role and the second role.
US10311247B2 Method and system for isolating secure communication events from a non-secure application
A system and method for isolating secure communication events from a non-secure application are described herein. The method can include the steps of intercepting a communication event from an external communications network or an external communications device and determining whether the communication event is a secure communication event. If the communication event is a secure communication event, the secure communication event can be processed by a secure application. In addition, the secure communication event can be prevented from being processed by the non-secure application.
US10311242B2 Distributed system resource liens
A method for accessing liens on resources of distributed systems is provided. The method includes receiving an operation control request. The operation control request identifies a lien requestor, a resource of a distributed system, and at least one restricted operation for the resource of the distributed system. The method also includes associating an operation control lien with the resource of the distributed system based on the operation control request. The operation control lien identifies the lien requestor and the at least one restricted operation for the resource of the distributed system. The method further includes: receiving an operation request to execute a corresponding operation on the resource of the distributed system; determining that the corresponding operation of the operation request is a restricted operation identified by the operation control lien associated with the resource of the distributed system; and restricting execution of the corresponding operation of the operation request.
US10311239B2 Genetic information storage apparatus, genetic information search apparatus, genetic information storage program, genetic information search program, genetic information storage method, genetic information search method, and genetic information search system
An object is to enable to search genetic information in an encrypted state. An encryption apparatus (200) encrypts a target gene which is genetic information to be stored in a storage apparatus and generates an encrypted gene, as well compares a reference gene which is predefined genetic information with the target gene to generate differential information, and generates an encrypted tag which is encrypted by embedding the generated differential information. A data center (400) stores the encrypted gene with related to the encrypted tag in the storage apparatus. A search apparatus (300) generates a search query which is encrypted by embedding the differential information as a search keyword, and sends the generated search query to a data center (400). The data center (400) specifies the encrypted tag including the differential information specified in the search query, extracts the related encrypted gene, and sends the encrypted gene to the search apparatus (300).
US10311236B2 Secure system memory training
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing secure system memory training are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a boot media, a security processor with a first memory, a system memory, and one or more main processors coupled to the system memory. The security processor is configured to retrieve first data from the boot media and store and authenticate the first data in the first memory. The first data includes a first set of instructions which are executable to retrieve, from the boot media, a configuration block with system memory training parameters. The security processor also executes a second set of instructions to initialize and train the system memory using the training parameters. After training the system memory, the security processor retrieves, authenticates, and stores boot code in the system memory and releases the one or more main processors from reset to execute the boot code.
US10311233B2 Generic unpacking of program binaries
By hooking application programming interfaces in an execution environment, the return address for hooked application programming interface calls can be logged and used to determine when a packed binary has been unpacked. In one approach, memory allocations are detected and the return address is checked against the memory regions allocated. In another approach, the contents of memory at the return address in a pre-execution copy of the executable binary is compared with the contents of memory at the return address in the executing copy of the binary. This allows efficient detection of the completion of unpacking without knowledge of the unpacking technique. The unpacked binary may then be analyzed for possible malware.
US10311224B1 Digitally sealing equipment for authentication of components
A digital seal of a current configuration of a rack can be generated to authenticate that rack components within the rack remain unchanged during transport. At a manufacturing site, an agent can be executed so as to capture a plurality of device identifiers, which indicate what hardware or software components are present in the rack. A digital seal representing a current configuration of the rack can be generated using the device identifiers and stored at a secure location within the rack. When the rack is transported from one location to another, the digital seal of the rack travels with the rack. At a data center, the rack can be re-tested and a new measurement can be captured. The stored digital seal can be compared to the new measurement to ensure that the rack components have not been compromised during shipping.
US10311222B2 Systems and methods for authenticating a user based on a computing device
A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.
US10311219B2 Device, system, and method of user authentication utilizing an optical microphone
Device, system, and method of user authentication utilizing an optical microphone or laser-based microphone. An optical microphone transmits an outgoing optical signal or laser beam towards a face of a human speaker; receives an incoming optical feedback that is reflected back from the face of the human speaker; performs self-mix interferometry that is based on the outgoing optical signal and the incoming reflected optical signal; and generates a user-specific feature or characteristic that uniquely characterizes said human speaker. A user authentication module operates to authenticate the user for performing a privileged or an access-controlled action, based on the user-specific characteristic that was generated, optionally in combination with one or more biometric features or authentication requirements.
US10311212B2 Nutrient value loss tracking system and method
A system and method include exploding a recipe via a computer system for a process to make an end food product into a set of hierarchical process steps, obtaining nutrient values for each input material to be used in making the end food product, obtaining loss profiles for input materials, the nutrient loss profiles including a process loss profile for steps in the process to make the end food product and a storage loss profile for storing intermediate food product resulting during the process, and performing a hierarchical based nutrient loss calculation using the nutrient values and loss profiles to quantify nutrients remaining in the end food product.
US10311211B2 Care plan administration using thresholds
Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for administering a care plan that describes an overall treatment regimen for a patient. Embodiments include receiving a care plan specifying a plurality of assigned tasks for the patient to perform, timing information specifying when each of the plurality of assigned tasks should be performed, and a plurality of observation metrics that each indicate a type of biometric data to monitor. At least one monitoring device available to collect biometric data to compare against observation metrics specified in the care plan is identified. Biometric data is collected using the at least one monitoring device. Embodiments further include, upon determining that the collected biometric data satisfies at least one threshold condition specified in the care plan, initiating at least one treatment plan specified in the care plan and corresponding to the satisfied at least one threshold value.
US10311208B2 System, apparatus and method for the wireless monitoring of medical test data
A system, apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving medical test data is provided having memory that stores computer-executable instructions; processor, communicatively coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions; and having: a transmission means operatively associated with a device, a receiver adapted and configured to receive data from the transmission means; a central database adapted and configured to compile the data; wherein the data is transformed into an output comprised of an aggregate of medical test data from at least one medical test. The computer implemented method for transmitting and receiving medical test data comprises the steps of transmitting means operatively associated with a device, receiving data from the transmission means; compiling the data into a central database; and transforming the data from the database into an output comprised of an aggregate of medical test data from at least one medical tests.
US10311207B2 Healthcare system and method for right-time claims adjudication and payment
A system and method for permitting real-time payment of healthcare charges from multiple sources of payment. A POS terminal is used to enter a patient ID and treatment code. A health insurance network receives the patient ID and treatment code and returns an estimated explanation of benefits (EOB) data packet that is used to display an EOB statement at the POS terminal, the display including information on a patient portion not covered by the health insurance plan. The EOB data packet is used to electronically process payment for the patient portion from a second payment source, such as an medical savings account (MSA), credit card account or banking account.
US10311205B2 Analysis system for analyzing biological samples with multiple operating environments
An analysis system for biological samples is disclosed that includes at least one analyzer with an analytical unit for analyzing the biological samples and an analyzer controller. The analysis system further includes an analyzer data management system (ADMS) operable for receiving a selection of an operating environment chosen from multiple operating environments. In some embodiments, an analytical system is provided which offers a switch between sample testing and software validation on the same hardware, thereby offering efficiency and flexibility. For example, if sample testing is typically restricted to a particular time of the day (e.g., blood banks often get their samples in the evening and conduct the sample testing at night), the daytime hours can be used to validate new software. In such a case, additional instruments for software validation are not required and expensive idle times of analytical systems are reduced.
US10311204B2 Dynamic medical ecosystems and intelligence modeling
Systems and methods of embodiments comprise receiving in real-time data of parameters representing an entity. Micro plots are generated, and each micro plot comprises a plot of the data for a corresponding time period of a multitude of time periods. Each time period is cyclical. A model plot is generated to include the micro plots plotted chronologically according to the time periods. The model plot comprises a continuous helix. A prediction of a state of the entity is generated using characteristics of the model plot.
US10311201B2 Alignment key design rule check for correct placement of abutting cells in an integrated circuit
Methods and a computer program product are described for placing, by an electronic design tool, a first alignment key shape of a first cell and a second alignment key shape of a second cell positioned on a common edge where the first cell abuts the second cell in a physical layout design. An abutting alignment key shape is formed by placement of the first alignment key shape and the second alignment key shape in the physical layout design. The abutting alignment key shape is checked by a design rule to identify a disallowed cell placement of the first cell relative to the second cell when the abutting alignment key shape does not form a pre-defined shape of a correct size. The disallowed cell placement is corrected, by a designer, through substitution of an allowed cell placement to provide a corrected physical layout design for manufacture of the IC.
US10311192B2 System and method for power verification using efficient merging of power state tables
A power verification system requires a combination of design and its power intent. A power intent (PI) input specifies the power architecture of a design through specification of power/voltage domains, their corresponding power supplies and a collection of power management devices. Power state tables (PSTs) specified in PI capture the legal combinations of power states (voltage values) for the various sets of supply nets or supply ports of a design. A power verification system requires determining the power supply relationships of voltage/power domains which requires merging of PSTs. The system described efficiently merges PSTs by iteratively selecting only a subset of PSTs that are relevant to the supply pair of interest, that are pruned initially and as the merge progresses. This provides orders of magnitude speedup and resource reduction. A user interface allows display of identified power verification failures and may include an input device for facilitating correction of at least one of the electronic circuit design and the power intent file.
US10311191B2 Memory including side-car arrays with irregular sized entries
A system and method for floorplanning a memory. A computing system includes a processing unit which generates memory access requests and a memory. The size of each memory line in the memory includes M bits. A memory macro block includes at least a primary array and a sidecar array. The primary array stores a first portion of a memory line and the sidecar array stores a second smaller portion of the memory line being accessed. The primary array and the sidecar array have different heights. The height of the sidecar array is based on a notch height in at least one corner of the memory macro block. The notch creates on-die space for s reserved area on the die. The notches result in cross-shaped, T-shaped, and/or L-shaped memory macro blocks.
US10311187B2 Circuit design method and simulation method based on random telegraph signal noise
A simulation method includes receiving a netlist describing a plurality of devices, performing an arithmetic operation by using values of random telegraph signal (RTS) noise factors respectively corresponding to the plurality of devices, generating an RTS model corresponding to each of the devices, based on a result of the arithmetic operation, and generating a netlist in which the RTS model is reflected.
US10311183B2 Analysis of a repaired composite structure
A method is provided for analyzing a repaired composite structure composed of a plurality of original plies and additional repair plies at an area of repair. The method includes performing a finite element analysis of a finite element model of the repaired composite structure, the finite element analysis being performed to determine in-situ strains at midplanes of the plurality of original plies and the additional repair plies. The method includes determining in-situ strains at top and bottom surfaces of the plurality of original plies and the additional repair plies from the midplane in-situ strains. The method includes determining a margin of safety for the repaired composite structure from in-situ strain data selected from the midplane in-situ strains and surface in-situ strains. And the method includes outputting the margin of safety from which to, or an indication to, accept or reject the repaired composite structure based on the margin of safety.
US10311176B2 Simulation method, simulation apparatus, and simulation program
A coupled simulation of a structural-elastic phenomenon and a heat conduction phenomenon of a simulation target including plural particles is performed. Here, numerical calculation of a motion equation capable of being transformed into an equation of the same form as that of a heat conduction equation is performed with respect to a term of a spatial temperature distribution and a term of a derivative of temperature with respect to time, to perform a simulation of the heat conduction phenomenon of the simulation target.
US10311171B2 Multi-component and mixed-reality simulation environments
Systems and methods may include receiving real-time data about a real component operating in a real-world environment. The systems and methods may further include generating a virtual representation of the real component based on the real-time data about the real component and historical data associated with the real component. In addition, the systems and methods may include receiving injected data from a lab. The injected data may provide data about a lab component operating in the lab. The systems and methods may also include simulating, in a virtual environment, a real-time interaction in the real-world environment between the real component and the lab component using the virtual representation of the real component and the injected data. Moreover, the systems and methods may include determining a real-time performance characteristic of at least one of the lab component and the real component based on the simulated real-time interaction in the real-world environment.
US10311169B1 Interactive edge manipulation systems and methods
A method for simulating a physical object includes receiving user input to move an edge or plane of a simulated surface from a first location to a second location that is across an edge of the surface. The method also includes generating a visual display that is configured to inform the user that the movement of an edge to the second location across an edge of the surface is unpermitted.
US10311162B2 Customized dental impression tray
Disclosed are methods and systems for generating a virtual model of a customized impression tray and for manufacturing such a customized impression tray. A 3D digital representation of a patient's set of teeth is obtained and a virtual model of the customized impression tray is generated, where the generating comprises shaping the virtual model of the customized impression tray according to the 3D digital representation.
US10311161B2 Interactive displays based on user interest
Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) on an interactive mirror display responsive to user interest. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include identifying an item of interest to an individual in a retail store and accessing detailed product information for the item from a product database. The method may further include generating the interactive GUI using the detailed product information and causing the interactive GUI to be presented to the individual on the interactive mirror display.
US10311159B2 Mining of composite patterns across multiple multidimensional data sources
An embodiment of the invention includes a processor can identify one or more simple patterns in at least one data stream of the data streams. The simple pattern can include repetition of a data object of the data objects. The processor can also identify one or more multi-patterns in at least one data stream of the data streams, wherein the multi-pattern can include repetition of a data block. The data block can include at least two contiguous data objects that are in the same order in the data block. The processor can identify one or more composite patterns in at least two data streams of the data streams, wherein the composite pattern can include data objects on each of the at least two data streams that repeat together in the same pattern.
US10311158B2 Streamlining tuple processing by delivering tuple attributes to associated operators
Streamlining a stream computing environment by distributing tuple attributes to associated operators in the environment involves receiving a stream of tuples for processing by one or more stream operators. A tuple in the stream of tuples is analyzed to identify one or more data attributes required by the one or more stream operators during processing. Each of the identified attributes is distributed to particular operators that require the identified attribute.
US10311154B2 Combined row and columnar storage for in-memory databases for OLTP and analytics workloads
Columns of a table are stored in either row-major format or column-major format in an in-memory DBMS. For a given table, one set of columns is stored in column-major format; another set of columns for a table are stored in row-major format. This way of storing columns of a table is referred to herein as dual-major format. In addition, a row in a dual-major table is updated “in-place”, that is, updates are made directly to column-major columns without creating an interim row-major form of the column-major columns of the row. Users may submit database definition language (“DDL”) commands that declare the row-major columns and column-major columns of a table.
US10311149B1 Natural language translation device
Natural language translation device contains a bus, an input interface connecting to the bus for receiving a source sentence in a first natural language to be translated to a target sentence in second natural language one word at a time in sequential order. A two-dimensional (2-D) symbol containing a super-character characterizing the i-th word of the target sentence based on the received source sentence is formed in accordance with a set of 2-D symbol creation rules. The i-th word of the target sentence is obtained by classifying the 2-D symbol via a deep learning model that contains multiple ordered convolution layers in a Cellular Neural Networks or Cellular Nonlinear Networks (CNN) based integrated circuit.
US10311146B2 Machine translation method for performing translation between languages
A machine translation method is provided, in which a plurality of different forward-translated sentences is generated resulting from translation of a received translation-source sentence in a first language into a second language. A plurality of backward-translated sentences is generated resulting from backward translation of the plurality of different forward-translated sentences into the first language. As translation-source sentence, voice information or text information is received. The voice information is received via a microphone that receives a voice input performed by a user. The text information is received via a text input device that receives a text input performed by a user. An output form of the forward-translated sentence corresponding to the selected backward-translated sentence is changed in accordance with which of the voice information and the text information is received as the translation-source sentence.
US10311145B2 Method and apparatus for expressing time in an output text
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to express a time in an output text. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises identifying a time period to be described linguistically in an output text. The method of this embodiment may also include identifying a communicative context for the output text. The method of this embodiment may also include determining one or more temporal reference frames that are applicable to the time period and a domain defined by the communicative context. The method of this embodiment may also include generating a phrase specification that linguistically describes the time period based on the descriptor that is defined by a temporal reference frame of the one or more temporal reference frames. In some examples, the descriptor specifies a time window that is inclusive of at least a portion of the time period to be described linguistically.