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US10320168B2	Cord grip with liquid drain A cord grip has a conduit hub configured to be connected to an electronics housing. A bore is formed in the conduit hub and has a first end communicating with the electronics housing and a second end configured to be connected to a conduit. A wire seal retains electrical wiring and is located in the hub forming a liquid-tight seal between the first end and the second end. A channel for transporting liquid from the conduit has an inlet communicating with the conduit and an outlet communicating with the exterior of the electronics housing. An overmolded bond may be formed between the wire seal and the electrical wiring.
US10320161B2	Mechanical rack position indicator A positional indicator system that includes a mounting bracket having a slot that extends along a linear slot axis. A drum may be rotably coupled to the mounting bracket so as to rotate about an axis that is offset from, and non-intersecting with, the slot axis. A pin body of a pin assembly may extend into a chamber of an electrical housing so as to be coupled to a displaceable electrical component, and thereby be linearly displaced along the slot as the displaceable electrical component is linearly displaced within the chamber. The pin assembly may be coupled to a biasing element that is coupled to the drum. A plurality of indicia may be positioned or mounted on the biasing element, such as via a windable indicator plate, and may provide a visual indication through a window of the electrical housing of the relative position of the displaceable electrical component.
US10320160B2	Ion generation apparatus and electrical equipment An ion generation apparatus that can facilitate the separation of adhering materials from a discharge electrode and efficiently generate ions includes an induction electrode, and a discharge electrode for generating ions between the discharge electrode and the induction electrode. The discharge electrode has a plurality of filament-like conductors, and a joining portion to tie the bottoms of the conductors together. The induction electrode is arranged at the bottom side of the conductors.
US10320159B2	High frequency discharge ignition device By grounding a metal first housing, radiation noise generated from the coupling circuit is shielded. Further, by enclosing the first housing in a metal second housing in a manner such that the first housing and the second housing do not come into contact with each other, and grounding the second housing by connecting the second housing to an engine block, radiation noise generated by the capacitive component between the coupling circuit and the first housing is shielded by the second housing. As a result, the influence of this noise on peripheral devices of the high frequency discharge ignition device can be suppressed.
US10320157B1	Spark plug and method for manufacturing the same A spark plug includes a tubular metal shell having a tapered portion that projects radially outward with respect to an external thread and is provided on a rear end side of the metal shell with respect to the external thread, a center electrode held in an insulated manner at a center of the metal shell on a front end side thereof, and a ground electrode connected to the metal shell to form a spark gap between the ground electrode and the center electrode. The tapered portion has a contact portion that contacts the inner surface of a plug hole formed in an engine when the external thread is tightened into a threaded hole in the plug hole. The Vickers hardness of the contact portion is higher than the Vickers hardness of at least a part of a portion between the contact portion and the external thread.
US10320152B2	Tunable laser A tunable wavelength laser comprising a laser cavity formed by a broadband mirror and a comb mirror. The laser cavity comprising a gain region. The laser cavity is configured such that a non-integer number of cavity modes of the laser cavity are between two consecutive reflection peaks of the comb mirror.
US10320147B2	Wavelength conversion member and light emitting device A wavelength conversion member that includes a single crystal phosphor and has a high yield rate is provided. A light emitting unit (1) is a wavelength conversion member that converts a wavelength of a laser light output from a laser light source and includes a phosphor layer (1a) formed of a single crystal phosphor. A plane orientation of a principal plane (1b), which has an area larger than those of divided planes, of the phosphor layer is {111}, and a plane orientation of some divided planes out of the plurality of divided planes is {1-10}.
US10320143B2	Solid state particulate metal oxide infrared emitter apparatus and method of use thereof The invention comprises an infrared source and method of use thereof comprising the steps of: (1) providing a solid state source, comprising: a film of oxide particles comprising an average particle size of less than ten micrometers, gaps between the oxide particles comprising an average gap width of less than ten micrometers, and a heating element embedded in the solid state source; (2) applying a pulsed current to the heating element to heat the heating element; and (3) heating the film of oxide particles to at least seven hundred degrees using thermal conduction from the heating element resultant in the film of oxide particles emitting infrared light in a range of 1.1 to 20 micrometers, where the infrared source operates continuously with heating and cooling of the oxide particles through a differential of at least 200° C. occurs at least five and less than thirty times per second.
US10320142B2	Device for generating a laser radiation and associated fabrication method Disclosed is a device for generating a laser radiation including a box and an electrode, the electrode including a column extending along an axial direction and a collar surrounding the column and having a first face perpendicular to the axial direction and a second face parallel to the first face, the second face facing the box. The generating device includes a ring having a third face bearing against the box, the ring defining a hole emerging on the third face and accommodating the collar, the hole being defined along the axial direction by a bearing face arranged in the ring, perpendicular to the axial direction and facing the box, the first face bearing against the bearing face.
US10320141B2	Hard target detection for optical systems A system and method for detecting hard targets in a free-space laser system includes a laser, an optical detector, and electronics. The laser is configured to emit a laser beam along an optical path through transmitter optics into a field of view. The optical detector is positioned along a laser transmitter path and configured to receive retroreflections of the laser beam. The electronics are configured to determine if an output of the optical detector is indicative of presence of a hard target within the field of view, and control the laser to a safe state if the output is indicative of presence of the hard target.
US10320138B2	System and method for downhole electrical transmission A technique facilitates transmission of electric signals across well components which move relative to each other in a wellbore environment. The well components are movably, e.g. rotatably, coupled to each other via one or more conductive bearings. Each conductive bearing has a conductive rolling element which enables relative movement, e.g. rotation, between the well components while simultaneously facilitating transmission of electric signals through the bearing. Portions of the bearing are coupled to each of the well components, and those bearing portions may be connected with electric leads to enable flow of electric signals through the bearing during operation of the system downhole.
US10320136B2	Adapter with at least two adapter parts which are connectable to one another An adapter having two adapter parts is disclosed, and wherein the respective adapter parts are arranged so as to permit the respective adapter parts to be releasably coupled in only one orientation and which facilitates the rapid coupling and decoupling of an electronic device to another device.
US10320134B2	Connector brick for a cable communication system A connector brick for a cable communication system includes a connector frame including brick plates defining a frame space and cable connectors received in the frame space. The connector brick includes cable connector mounts coupled to the brick plates and extending across the frame space. The cable connector mounts sub-divide the frame space into cable connector openings receiving corresponding cable connectors. Each cable connector mount includes a brick spacer coupled to the brick plates and engaging corresponding cable connectors to secure the cable connectors in the frame space. Each cable connector mount includes a retainer clip snapably coupled to the brick spacer to secure the brick spacer to the brick plates.
US10320130B2	Barrel terminal A barrel terminal has one end for inserting a mating member and the other end for connecting a cable. The barrel terminal includes a contact portion, a connecting portion, and a buffer portion connecting the contact portion and the connecting portion. The contact portion has multiple contact elastic pieces, and the contact elastic pieces are used for electrically contacting the mating member. The connecting portion is used for connecting the cable. The buffer portion has multiple absorption portions. The absorption portions absorb the deformation stress of the connecting portion to prevent the stress from being transferred to the contact portion, to avoid the deformation of the contact elastic pieces, so as not to cause the reduction of the contact area between the contact elastic pieces and the abutment terminal, and to prevent reduction of a clamping force of the barrel terminal to the mating member.
US10320129B2	Low profile terminal assembly A terminal assembly for serviceably housing an electrical fuse includes a first terminal having a mounting end and a first fuse contacting end with the mounting end adapted for receiving a stud, a second terminal having a wire contacting end and a second fuse contacting end with the wire contacting end adapted for receiving an electrical cable, and a terminal housing securing the first terminal and the second terminal together, the terminal housing defining a cavity adapted for receiving a fuse, wherein the first fuse contacting end of the first terminal and the second fuse contacting end of the second terminal extend into the cavity, and wherein the fuse is adapted to be inserted into the cavity and is disposed atop the first terminal and the second terminal without requiring disassembly or alteration of the terminal assembly.
US10320128B2	Information handling system multi-purpose connector guide pin structure A USB Type C connector port adapts to support docking solutions with enhanced power transfer features, including increased power transfer levels supported through a guide pin and connector interface, rapid power transfer configuration changes by applying pre-negotiated power settings, external battery charge and discharge at an information handling system with improved efficiency accomplished by transitioning voltage between native and boosted levels responsive to information handling system load, and robust connector port coupling in a cavity of a connector shell.
US10320125B2	Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly An electrical connector used for mating a mating connector includes an insulation body having a base portion and a tongue extending from the base portion, terminals fixedly disposed in the base portion and grouped into an upper row and a lower row, and a middle shielding sheet embedded in the tongue and located between the upper and lower rows. The tongue has upper and lower surfaces arranged opposite to each other, and a front surface connected to the upper and lower surfaces. The upper and lower rows of terminals are exposed on the upper and lower, respectively. The middle shielding sheet has a front end surface extending out of the front surface, a slot formed on the front end surface, and a first projection portion extending into the slot, overlapping a central line of the middle shielding sheet along a longitudinal direction, and located behind the front surface.
US10320120B2	Fastener devices to secure connections There is provided a fastener device and methods of using a fastener device, the device comprising a body having a first end comprising a supporting portion adapted to support at least a rear surface of a connector plug and a second opposite end comprising a latching portion adapted to engage at least a rear surface of a socket when the connector plug is inserted into the socket.
US10320118B2	Connector with a latching assembly A connector comprises a latching assembly, a connector body, and a fixation sleeve. The fixation sleeve is rotatably held on the connector body by the latching assembly between a first latching position and a second latching position. The fixation sleeve is disposed at a different angular position relative to the connector body in the first latching position than in the second latching position.
US10320110B2	Plug-in connector A plug-in connector has a plug-in connector housing, an insulating body and a contact. The plug-in connector is rectangular and is designed to be mounted on a device wall or on another surface. The contact of the plug-in connector is also rectangular and in the form of a single piece. A two-part insulating body which is placed in the plug-in connector housing from two directions is necessary for assembling the plug-in connector.
US10320106B2	Electrical component socket For an electrical component socket including a socket base having a frame shape to which a contact module is to be inserted and attached from below, an embodiment has an objective to allow contact pins to be in contact with a circuit board with stability. The electrical component socket is configured such that the upper-side plate is caused to ascend to an uppermost position by elastic force of urging means in a state where the contact module is not attached to the socket base. In a state where the contact module is attached to the socket base and disposed on the circuit board, the upper-side plate moves down toward a lower-side plate side against elastic force of the contact pins to be positioned at a predetermined base position, so that lower-side contact portions of the contact pins are brought into contact with the circuit board at a predetermined contact pressure.
US10320104B2	High data rate connectors and cable assemblies that are suitable for harsh environments and related methods and systems An inline communications connector is provided that includes a housing and tip and ring contacts that are mounted in the housing. The tip contact includes an input tip socket, an output tip socket and a tip socket connection section that physically and electrically connects the input and output tip sockets. The ring contact includes an input ring socket, an output ring socket and a ring socket connection section that physically and electrically connects the input and output ring sockets. The input tip socket is not collinear with the output tip socket and the input ring socket is not collinear with the output ring socket.
US10320102B2	Receptacle connector with contact assembly A receptacle connector includes a contact assembly having a dielectric carrier holding contacts, which may be overmolded by the dielectric carrier. The receptacle connector includes a housing holding the contact assembly having a mating end mated with a plug connector and a mounting end mounted to the circuit board. The housing has first and second side walls and first and second end walls. The housing has a card slot open at the top for receiving the plug connector and a contact assembly cavity open at the bottom for receiving the contact assembly. The housing may have positioning ribs extending from the first and second side walls to position the contact assembly within the cavity and/or strengthening ribs extending across the cavity to connect the side walls at a location remote from the end walls.
US10320096B2	Flexing poke home contact An electrical contact for use in connecting electrical wires is disclosed. The electrical contact includes a cage-like structure, a wire connecting portion, and a flexing contact portion. The cage-like structure includes a plurality of sidewalls and is configured to receive a wire. The wire connecting contact portion includes at least two contact tines that are configured to conductively couple with a corresponding wire. The flexing contact portion includes an end wall, an elastic portion, an extension portion, and a nose portion. The flexing contact portion can store elastic energy and apply a force to a corresponding electrical component.
US10320095B2	Earthing structure of earthing truck Provided is an earthing structure of an earthing truck that includes a frame with a terminal connection part and a moving part configured to support the frame and is configured to ground a bus or a cable while the moving part moves. The structure including: an earthing plate provided on a lower surface of the moving part; and an earthing member configured to provide a contact pressure to the earthing plate as it contacts the earthing plate when the moving part moves.
US10320093B2	Phased array control circuit In certain exemplary embodiments, register banks are used to allow for fast beam switching (FBS) in a phased array system. Specifically, each beam forming channel is associated with a register bank containing M register sets for configuring such things as gain/amplitude and phase parameters of the beam forming channel. The register banks for all beam forming channels can be preprogrammed and then fast beam switching circuitry allows all beam forming channels across the array to be switched to use the same register set from its corresponding register bank at substantially the same time, thereby allowing the phased array system to be quickly switched between various beam patterns and orientations. Additionally or alternatively, active power control circuitry may be used to control the amount of electrical power provided to or consumed by one or more individual beam forming channels such as to reduce DC power consumption of the array and/or to selectively change the effective directivity of the array.
US10320091B2	Array antenna for satellite communications and antenna An array antenna for satellite communications includes a first sub-array and a second sub-array, each including a plurality of antenna elements arrayed in a matrix with a regular pitch, the first sub-array and the second sub-array being shifted relative to each other in a satellite orbital direction.
US10320088B1	Balanced wideband impedance transformer A balanced wideband impedance transformer can include a first conductor layer including a first metal line and a second metal line, a second conductor layer including a first feed line and disposed on the first conductor layer, a third conductor layer including a second feed line and disposed on the second conductor layer, and a fourth conductor layer including a third metal line and a fourth metal line, and disposed on the third conductor layer.
US10320084B2	Surface scattering antennas Surface scattering antennas provide adjustable radiation fields by adjustably coupling scattering elements along a wave-propagating structure. In some approaches, the scattering elements are complementary metamaterial elements. In some approaches, the scattering elements are made adjustable by disposing an electrically adjustable material, such as a liquid crystal, in proximity to the scattering elements. Methods and systems provide control and adjustment of surface scattering antennas for various applications.
US10320082B2	High directivity slot antenna A high directivity slot antenna is presented herein. A method can include receiving, through an aperture of an antenna, a first electromagnetic signal away from a direct path from a source of the first electromagnetic signal to an electrical element of the antenna—the aperture corresponding to a first opening of a central chamber included between portions of radio frequency absorbent material, and the electrical element corresponding to a second opening of the central chamber. Further, the method can include absorbing the first electromagnetic signal into a first portion of the portions of radio frequency absorbent material—the first portion comprising a baffle that is adjacent to a first segment of the radio frequency absorbent material, and the baffle comprising a metallic element that alters a radio frequency propagation of the first electromagnetic signal from the central chamber into the radio frequency absorbent material.
US10320080B2	Tri-band feed assembly systems and methods A feed assembly for that operates at different frequency bands (e.g., low, mid and high frequency bands) is provided herein. The feed assembly includes a feed horn common to low, mid and high frequency bands, a coaxial polarizer to launch signals in the low band frequency band, a coaxial orthomode transducer (OMT) to launch signals in the low band frequency band and supports the mid and high frequency bands, and a polyrod disposed in a center conductor of the feed assembly, the polyrod common to the mid and high frequency bands. The feed assembly includes a tri-band feed assembly having different portions to support signals in the low frequency band and signals in the mid and high frequency bands.
US10320077B2	Broadband antenna A broadband antenna is provided. In the broadband antenna, the first end of a first radiation member is connected to the first end of a second radiation member to form a first commonly-connected end, and the second end of the first radiation member is connected to the second end of the second radiation member to form a second commonly-connected end, wherein the first commonly-connected end has a feed point, the second commonly-connected end is connected to a ground member, and the first radiation member is surrounded by the second radiation member and is spaced apart from the second radiation member by a gap. As a result, the broadband antenna can provide 2 frequency bands, each having ½ wavelength resonant mode in a frequency range less than 1 GHz, without the occurrence of resonant mode degradation.
US10320072B2	Movable antenna and inspection apparatus According to one embodiment, a movable antenna includes a holder, an antenna radiating element attached to the holder, a first feed element that is attached to the holder and electromagnetically coupled to the antenna radiating element, a base plate in a facing arrangement with the holder, a second feed element on the base plate and configured to face and overlap at least a portion of the first feed element, and a mechanism that moves the holder in a longitudinal direction of the second feed element while maintaining an interval between the first and second feed element permitting energy to be transferred between the first and second feed elements.
US10320069B2	Electronic device antennas having distributed capacitances An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. An antenna may have an antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. The antenna ground for the antenna may include a first conductive structure that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a first distance and a second conductive structure that is electrically connected to the first conductive structure and separated from the antenna resonating element by a second distance that is less than the first distance. A distributed impedance matching capacitor for the antenna may be formed from the second conductive structure and the antenna resonating element arm. The second conductive structure may be a conductive frame for an electronic component such as a sensor.
US10320068B2	Antenna and terminal Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an antenna, and relate to the field of wireless communications. In the antenna, radiation parts of the antenna are disposed on at least two layers of circuit boards on a printed circuit board: a top layer circuit board and a first layer circuit board, so that lengths of the radiation parts of the antenna are reduced, and space occupied by a printed wire of the antenna on the PCB is reduced. Therefore, reducing a PCB size becomes possible, a size of a terminal using the reduced-size PCB may also be correspondingly reduced, and the terminal may be further miniaturized.
US10320067B2	Device and method for performing communication An electronic device includes a first antenna pattern for a first communication network and a first communication circuit configured to perform communication through the first antenna pattern. The electronic device also includes an electrical component situated at an upper part of the electronic device and a circuit board that is attached to a rear surface of the electrical component. The first antenna pattern is arranged on the circuit board facing toward a rear surface of the electronic device.
US10320066B2	Antenna carrier intended for being built into an electronic document Disclosed is an antenna support for incorporating in an electronic document. The support can include a first substrate made of a plastics material that is defined by first and second opposite faces, which define between them a thickness of the substrate. The antenna can include one or more turn that extends between two ends, and the antenna can be formed by a wire that is inlaid in the thickness of the first substrate from the first face, such that each of the two ends presents a zigzag shape formed by at least two rectilinear portions and by two bends. The bends can be inlaid more deeply than the rectilinear portions in the thickness of the first substrate from the first face.
US10320059B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a housing including an accommodation space therein, a conduction portion located to be exposed to the outside of the housing and to the inside of the housing, a cover member which covers the housing, and a flexible connection member which is located between the housing and the cover member, includes a free one end, and has one end fixed to the housing. The connection member includes a contact portion which is opposed to and in contact with the conduction portion, and the contact portion is in contact with the conduction portion as a side of the free end of the connection member is pressed toward the housing by the cover member.
US10320051B2	Heat sink for 5G massive antenna array and methods of assembling same A massive array antenna apparatus is configured with a cantilevered heat pipe that allows a semiconductive millimeter-wave device to move independently from a heat-sink base during thermal expansion and contraction.
US10320049B2	Annular directional coupler, in particular for microwave-based distance sensors An annual directional coupler having at least three taps, which are each arranged relative to one another around routes having a wavelength difference of ¼ of a wave guide wavelength, includes in particular at least two branch lines, wherein a first branch line has at least three taps and wherein the at least second branch line does not have any taps and is supplemented by an additional route corresponding to the wave guide wavelength.
US10320047B2	Waveguide assembly comprising a molded waveguide interface having a support block for a launch transducer that is coupled to a communication device through a flange attached to the interface A waveguide interface comprising a support block configured to support a printed circuit board assembly. An interface is coupled to an end portion of the support block and extends from the support block. The interface includes a slot positioned to receive at least a portion of the printed circuit board assembly and one or more holes positioned to receive attachment devices to secure the interface to a waveguide component. The support block and interface are molded as a monolithic device. A method of forming the waveguide interface, a waveguide assembly including the waveguide interface, and a method of making the waveguide assembly including the waveguide interface are also disclosed.
US10320042B2	Waveguide device with sidewall features Methods, systems, and devices are described that include one or more sidewall features to improve performance of a waveguide device. In particular, the sidewall features may be utilized within a polarizer section of a polarizer device such as a septum polarizers. The sidewall feature(s) may include recesses and/or protrusions. When a plurality of sidewall features are employed, the size, shape, spacing and kind (e.g., recess or protrusion) may vary according to a particular design.
US10320033B2	Alkali metal ion battery using alkali metal conductive ceramic separator A battery having a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is made of metal and the second electrode is made of an oxidized material that is capable of being electrochemically reduced by the metal of the first electrode. An alkali-ion conductive, substantially non-porous separator is disposed between the first and second electrode. A first electrolyte contacts the first electrode. The first electrolyte includes a solvent which is non-reactive with the metal, and a salt bearing an alkali ion that may be conducted through the separator, wherein the salt is at least partially soluble in the solvent. A second electrolyte is also used. The second electrolyte contacts the second electrode. The second electrolyte at least partially dissolves the salt that forms upon the oxidized material being electrochemically reduced.
US10320030B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and nonaqueous electrolyte battery employing the same Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution battery with dramatically improved battery characteristics. A nonaqueous electrolyte solution battery prepared by using a nonaqueous electrolyte solution comprising (I) an aromatic carboxylic acid ester compound represented by General Formula (1) below; and (II) specific compounds, is improved in charge-discharge characteristics at high current densities, durability performance during high-temperature storage and overcharge characteristics. (in General Formula (1), A1 is —R1 or —OR1, with R1 being an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group with 10 or fewer carbon atoms; A2 is an optionally substituted aryl group; each of j and k is independently 0 or an integer greater than 0, and at least one of j and k is an integer not less than 1; and when k≥1, A1 is —OR1, while when k=0, A1 is —R1; and the case of j=1, k=0 is not allowed).
US10320029B2	All-solid-state lithium-sulfur polymer electrochemical cells and production methods thereof All-solid-state lithium-sulfur electrochemical cells and production methods thereof are described. The Li—S electrochemical cells comprise at least one multilayer component which comprises an ion-conductive solid electrolyte film, a positive electrode film containing a sulfur composite, and a negative electrode film containing lithium. Positive electrodes films, prefabricated electrolyte-positive electrode elements, their uses as well as methods of their production are also described.
US10320028B2	Metal-organic framework electrodes for sodium ion batteries A sodium ion battery comprises a cathode having a porous redox active metal-organic framework material. The battery can be an organic electrolyte sodium ion battery wherein the electrolyte comprises a sodium salt dissolved in an organic solvent or mixture of organic solvents. Alternatively, the battery can comprise an aqueous sodium ion battery wherein the electrolyte comprises a sodium salt dissolved in an aqueous solvent. Battery performance is especially related to electrolyte and binder selection.
US10320026B2	Electrode for secondary battery and secondary battery using same A secondary battery which is highly safe even when it becomes in excessively high-temperature conditions and is excellent in cycle characteristics, and an electrode for a secondary battery are provided. The present invention relates to an electrode for a secondary battery comprising a maleimide compound and a conductive agent, wherein the conductive agent comprises at least one selected from carbon nanotube and carbon nanohorns.
US10320021B2	Passive formic acid fuel cell A passive-delivery fuel cell system an anode with a fuel flow channel extending along the body and fluidly connecting the inlet to the outlet, wherein a volume of the flow channel per unit length of the anode body increases along the length of the body towards the second end, a capillary check valve in fluid communication with the anode inlet, a vented fuel cartridge in fluid communication with the anode outlet, and a pump in fluid communication with the vented fuel cartridge, the pump configured to pump fuel from the vented fuel cartridge to the inlet.
US10320020B2	Electrode catalyst for fuel cell, electrode catalyst layer for fuel cell, method for producing the same, and membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell using the catalyst layer The present invention relates to an electrode catalyst for fuel cell containing a catalyst carrier having carbon as a main component and a catalytic metal carried on the catalyst carrier, wherein the electrode catalyst for fuel cell has a ratio R′ (D′/G intensity ratio) of a peak intensity of D′ band (D′ intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1620 cm−1 to a peak intensity of G band (G intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1580 cm−1 by Raman spectroscopy of more than 0.6 and 0.8 or less, and satisfies at least one of the (a) to (d). According to the present invention, an electrode catalyst for fuel cell excellent in gas transportability is provided.
US10320018B2	Dynamically responsive high efficiency CCHP system A highly efficient combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system is capable of providing 100% utilization of an energy generator used by the system by distributing thermal and electrical outputs of the energy generator to loads and/or other storage apparatuses. The CCHP system includes an energy generator, which can be a fuel cell and a waste heat recovery unit that assists in recovering thermal energy from the energy generator and returning it to the energy generator, and/or providing it to a thermal load, or a storage as needed or desired.
US10320016B2	High-temperature fuel cell system A high-temperature fuel cell system includes a fuel cell that includes an anode and a cathode and that generates power by using a fuel gas and an oxidant gas, a fuel-gas path along which the fuel gas flows, an oxidant-gas path along which the oxidant gas flows, an anode-off-gas path along which an anode off-gas flows, a cathode-off-gas path along which a cathode off-gas flows, a combustion space in communication with the anode-off-gas path and the cathode-off-gas path and in which the anode off-gas and the cathode off-gas are burned, a flue-gas path along which a flue gas flows, a cathode-off-gas branch portion disposed on the cathode-off-gas path between the combustion space and the cathode and at which some of the cathode off-gas is branched from the cathode-off-gas path, and a first heat exchanger that enables heat exchange between the oxidant gas, the flue gas, and the cathode off-gas.
US10320015B1	Fuel Cell Power Management Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with fuel cell power management. According to one embodiment, a fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells producing electric potentials. An electric potential of a fuel cell is measured as a fuel cell voltage. The fuel cell stack further includes a plurality of connection points including a ground, a first connection point, and a second connection point. The first connection point draws a first voltage based on combined fuel cell voltages of a first set of fuel cells of the plurality of fuel cells. The second connection point draws a second voltage based on the combined fuel cell voltages of a second set of fuel cells of the plurality of fuel cells.
US10320005B2	Bismuth-vanadate-laminate manufacturing method and bismuth-vanadate laminate A new BiVO4-laminate manufacturing method and BiVO4 laminate are provided. A bismuth-vanadate laminate is manufactured as follows: a substrate that can be heated by microwaves is disposed inside a precursor solution containing a vanadium salt and a bismuth salt, microwave-activated chemical bath deposition (MW-CBD) is used to form a bismuth-vanadate layer on the substrate, and a firing process is performed as necessary. A bismuth-vanadate laminate manufactured in this way is suitable for use as a photocatalyst or photoelectrode.
US10320003B2	Method for manufacturing cathode with improved mass transfer capability and cathode manufactured by the method A method of manufacturing a cathode with improved mass transfer capability includes (a) mixing a metal-supported catalyst with an alkane compound having a thiol group and masking a surface of the metal-supported catalyst with the alkane compound having the thiol group by coating; (b) mixing the metal-supported catalyst masked with the alkane compound having the thiol group, with a polymer electrolyte and a solvent to produce a slurry and manufacturing the cathode using the slurry; and (c) producing a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) using the cathode, an electrolyte membrane and an anode and applying a voltage to the membrane electrode assembly to remove the alkane compound having the thiol group.
US10319999B2	Preparation and characterization of modified oxide compositions Oxide compositions comprising a modified structure which includes the formula ABOz. The A component may comprise at a cation of least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, and Zn, and the B component may comprise a cation of at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni. Batteries and supercapacitors comprising the oxide compositions of the present disclosure and methods of making the oxide compositions of the present disclosure are also provided.
US10319998B2	Positive active material for lithium secondary battery, method for producing the same, electrode for lithium secondary battery, lithium secondary battery and energy storage apparatus A positive active material for a lithium secondary battery containing a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a hexagonal crystal structure in which the transition metal (Me) includes Ni, Co and Mn, wherein in the lithium transition metal composite oxide, a molar ratio of Ni to the transition metal (Me) (Ni/Me) is 0.5 or more and 0.9 or less, a molar ratio of Co to the transition metal (Me) (Co/Me) is 0.1 or more and 0.3 or less, a molar ratio of Mn to the transition metal (Me) (Mn/Me) is 0.03 or more and 0.3 or less, and a value obtained by dividing a half width ratio F(003)/F(104) at a potential of 4.3 V (vs. Li/Li+) by a half width ratio F(003)/F(104) at a potential of 2.0 V (vs. Li/Li+) is 0.9 or more and 1.1 or less.
US10319997B2	Coated anode material and method of preparing the same The present application provides a coated anode material and a method of preparing the same. The coated anode material has a core-shell structure, wherein the core-shell structure includes an inert core and a shell coated on the inert core, the shell comprises an anode active material, and the inert core comprises a non-active material. In the coated anode material, the anode active material of the shell is distributed over the non-active material of the inert core, and the coated anode material can overcome the volume change problem of silicon particles during lithium insertion/deinsertion to a certain extent and obtain a better cycle performance and rate performance.
US10319992B2	Electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and battery pack In one embodiment, an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode mixture layer comprising an active material, a conductive agent, and a binding agent to bind the active material and the conductive agent, and a collector on which the electrode mixture layer is laminated. The active material comprises a composite body comprising at least a carbonaceous material, and a metal dispersed in the carbonaceous material or an oxide of the metal. And the binding agent is a polyvinyl alcohol resin of a saponification degree of 87-99.9 mole %.
US10319990B2	Coated lead acid battery electrode plates; method for making coated electrode plates and lead acid batteries containing coated electrode plates Disclosed are electrode plates for a lead acid battery. The electrode plates are formed of an electrode plate having a face, the electrode plate comprising a lead or lead alloy grid coated with an active material and the electrode plates having a porous, non-woven mat comprised of polymer fibers coating on the face of the electrode plate, as well as a method for making the coated electrode plates and lead acid batteries containing the coated electrode plates.
US10319986B2	Positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mix layer, formed on the current collector, containing a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material mainly contains a lithium transition metal oxide in which the molar ratio of nickel (Ni) to a transition metal component is 20% or more. The positive electrode mix layer contains a plurality of pores and has a first peak of a logarithmic differential pore volume distribution (dV/dlogD) that appears in the range where the pore diameter D is less than 1 μm and a second peak of the logarithmic differential pore volume distribution (dV/dlogD) that appears in the range where the pore diameter D is 1 μm or more in a pore distribution determined by mercury intrusion porosimetry. According to this configuration, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent output characteristics can be provided.
US10319985B2	Lithium lanthanum zirconium tantalum oxide garnet crystal and all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery There are provided a lithium-containing garnet crystal high in density and ionic conductivity, and an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery using the lithium-containing garnet crystal. The lithium-containing garnet crystal has a chemical composition represented by Li7-xLa3Zr2-xTaxO12 (0.2≤x≤1), and has a relative density of 99% or higher, belongs to a cubic system, and has a garnet-related structure. The lithium-containing garnet crystal has a lithium ion conductivity of 1.0×10−3 S/cm or higher. Further, this solid electrolyte material has a lattice constant a of 1.28 nm≤a≤1.30 nm, and lithium ions occupy 96h-sites in the crystal structure. The all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a solid electrolyte, and the solid electrolyte is constituted of the lithium-containing garnet crystal according to the present invention.
US10319984B2	Three-dimensional electrode structure and secondary battery including the same A three-dimensional (“3D”) electrode structure includes a current collecting layer, a plurality of plates protruding from the current collecting layer and including an active material, and a base layer provided between the current collecting layer and the plurality of plates. The base layer includes an active material-metal sintered composite. The plurality of plates includes an active material-metal sintered composite. A metal content of the active material-metal sintered composite of the plurality of plates is less than a metal content of the active material-metal sintered composite of the base layer. At least one partition wall supporting the plurality of plates is further provided on the base layer.
US10319979B2	Battery and method of manufacturing battery A battery includes a power generation component including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, and a battery case accommodating the power generation component. The negative electrode includes a first lead (17) having a single layer structure whose main component is nickel, and a second lead (18) having a layered structure including a Ni layer (18a) whose main component is nickel and a Cu layer (18b) whose main component is copper. The battery includes a layered portion (35) formed of the leads that are superposed such that the Ni layer (18a) of the second lead (18) faces the first lead (17). Part of the layered portion (35) is welded to an inner surface of the battery case with the first lead (17) at the layered portion (35) being disposed on a battery case side.
US10319974B2	Lithium-sulfur battery separator and lithium-sulfur batteries using the same The present disclosure relates to a lithium-sulfur battery separator. The lithium-sulfur battery separator comprises a separator substrate and a functional layer covered on the separator substrate. The functional layer comprises at least two carbon nanotube layers and at least two graphene oxide composite layers. Each of the at least two graphene oxide composite layers comprises a plurality of graphene oxide sheets and a plurality of manganese dioxide nanoparticles, and the plurality of manganese dioxide nanoparticles are adsorbed on the plurality of graphene oxide sheets and embedded in an interlayer formed by the carbon nanotube layer and the plurality of graphene oxide sheets. The present disclosure also relates to a lithium-sulfur battery comprising the lithium-sulfur battery separator.
US10319963B2	Battery and method for producing the same A battery includes a supporting substrate, resin layers, and a plurality of cells. Each resin layer includes a first resin and has 0.5 MPa to 10 MPa in tensile strength. The cells are stacked on the supporting substrate with the resin layers between the cells.
US10319958B2	Packaging material for power storage device A packaging material for a power storage device, including: a metal foil layer; a coating layer formed on a first surface of the metal foil layer directly or via a first anti-corrosion treatment layer; a second anti-corrosion treatment layer formed on a second surface of the metal foil layer; an adhesive layer formed on the second anti-corrosion treatment layer; and a sealant layer formed on the adhesive layer. The coating layer contains at least one material selected from a group consisting of fluorine-based resins, urethane-based resins, and polyester-based resins. There is also a strength difference between the coating layer and a laminate of the adhesive layer and the sealant layer at a 10 percent stretch conducted in a tensile test (in conformity with JIS K 7127) of less than 0.400 N/mm.
US10319954B2	Battery cell for secondary battery and battery pack having the same Provided are a battery cell for a secondary battery and a battery pack having the same, and more particularly, a battery cell for a secondary battery including a case having an electrode assembly space having the same shape as an electrode assembly, and a battery pack having the same.
US10319953B2	Battery cell having hole Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which a stacked structure including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode is mounted in a receiving part of a battery case, one or more holes are formed from the battery case to the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the electrode assembly, and a transparent window is formed in a portion of the battery case corresponding to the holes.
US10319952B2	Battery cell having electrode assembly of staggered array structure Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which two or more electrode assemblies, each including positive electrodes, negative electrodes, and separators disposed respectively between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes, are mounted in a battery case, wherein the electrode assemblies are stacked such that electrode terminals of the electrode assemblies are aligned in a vertical direction, one side lower edge of an upper one of the electrode assemblies is disposed in contact with a top surface of a lower one of the electrode assemblies, and one side upper edge of the lower electrode assembly is disposed in contact with a bottom surface of the upper electrode assembly at an interface between the electrode assemblies, and the battery case has an internal shape corresponding to an external shape of the stacked electrode assemblies.
US10319950B2	Evaporation method and evaporation device for organic light-emitting diode substrate An evaporation method and an evaporation device for an organic light-emitting diode substrate are proposed. The evaporation method includes: step 1, regulating a distance between a supporting module for supporting a substrate and a crucible platform of an evaporation device; step 2, adjusting a direction of opening of a crucible disposed on the crucible platform; and step 3, placing a substrate to be evaporated on the supporting module and volatizing an evaporation source in the crucible and attaching the volatized evaporation source onto a surface of the substrate.
US10319947B2	OLED with a flattening layer between two barrier layers According to one embodiment, an organic semiconductor device includes a supporting substrate, a plurality of organic EL light emitting elements, a first barrier layer, a flattening layer, and a second barrier layer. The flattening layer exists sporadically and makes gentle in inclination steep elevation change present in the surface of the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are made of moisture penetration preventive material.
US10319946B2	Organic light emitting device encapsulating composition, and organic light emitting device display apparatus manufactured using same A composition for encapsulation of an organic light emitting diode and an organic light emitting diode display manufactured using the same. The composition for encapsulation includes: about 10 wt % to about 70 wt % of (A) a non-silicon-based di(meth)acrylate; about 20 wt % to about 70 wt % of (B) a silicon-based di(meth)acrylate; about 5 wt % to about 40 wt % of (C) a mono(meth)acrylate; and about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % of (D) an initiator, wherein the (B) silicon-based di(meth)acrylate is represented by Formula 1.
US10319945B2	Display device providing light emission on bezel region and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a first substrate, a first emission layer disposed on the first substrate and emitted by a top emission type, a second substrate facing the first substrate and covering the first substrate, and a second emission layer disposed under the second substrate and emitted by a bottom emission type, wherein a portion of the first emission layer and a portion of the second emission layer.
US10319935B2	Organic EL display panel and method of manufacturing organic EL display panel An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.
US10319934B2	Transparent supported electrode for OLED A supported transparent electrode for an OLED, includes, in succession: (i) a transparent substrate made of mineral glass; (ii) a scattering layer formed from a high-index enamel containing at least 30% by weight Bi2O3; (iii) a barrier layer of at least one dielectric metal oxide chosen from the group consisting of Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO2 and HfO2, deposited by ALD; and (iv) a layer of a transparent conductive oxide (TCO).
US10319926B2	End-bonded metal contacts on carbon nanotubes A method of forming an end-bonded contact on a semiconductor is disclosed herein. The method can include forming a dielectric layer on a substrate and depositing a carbon nanotube layer onto the dielectric layer. Additionally, the method can include depositing a resist mask onto the carbon nanotube layer and patterning the resist mask to form a contact mold such that a portion of the carbon nanotube layer is exposed. In some aspects, the method can include depositing a contact metal such that the contact metal contacts the exposed carbon nanotube layer and thermally annealing the device such that the carbon nanotube layer dissolves into the contact metal such that a single contact surface is formed between the contact and the carbon nanotube layer.
US10319925B2	Manufacturing method of organic thin film transistor The present application discloses a manufacturing method of an organic thin film transistor, comprising steps of: forming a graphene layer on a surface of a metal substrate; covering a surface of the graphene layer with organic solution and heating the graphene layer to form an organic semiconductor nano line on the surface of the graphene layer; and transferring the organic semiconductor nano line on a target substrate. The graphene layer is formed on the surface of the metal substrate in mass production. The organic semiconductor nano lines (monocrystalline semiconductor) are grown in mass production by graphene layer. The semiconductor layer having organic thin film transistors are formed after transferring the organic semiconductor nano lines on the target substrate. A large amount of the organic semiconductor nano lines can be formed at a time on the surface of the metal substrate with a large area.
US10319922B2	Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element comprising the same and electronic device thereof Provided are a compound of Formula 1 and an organic electric element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and electronic device comprising the organic electric element, wherein the luminous efficiency and life span can be improved and the driving voltage of the organic electronic device can be lowered by comprising the compound represented by Formula 1 in the organic material layer.
US10319921B2	Composition for organic optoelectronic device and organic optoelectronic device and display device Disclosed are a composition for an organic optoelectronic device includes at least one of a first host compound represented by a combination of Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2, and at least one of a second host compound represented by a combination of Chemical Formula 3 and Chemical Formula 4, and an organic optoelectronic device including the same, and a display device.Details of Chemical Formula 1 to 4 are the same as described in the detailed description.
US10319920B2	Carbazole derivatives and organic light-emitting diodes by using the same A carbazole derivative is shown in General Formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of the structures according to the following General Formula (2), General Formula (3) and General Formula (4), wherein R2 to R41 and R80 to R89 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, a haloalkyl group, a thioalkyl group, a silyl group and an alkenyl group.
US10319919B2	Compound and organic light-emitting device including the same An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer comprises a compound represented by Formula 1. An organic light-emitting device including the compound may have high efficiency, low voltage, high luminance, and a long lifespan.
US10319918B2	Organic electroluminescent compound and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By using the organic electroluminescent compound according to the present disclosure, it is possible to produce an organic electroluminescent device which has a low driving voltage, excellent current and power efficiencies, and improved operation lifespan.
US10319917B2	Phenoxasiline based compounds for electronic application Organic electronics applications, especially an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an organic solar cell (organic photovoltaics) or a switching element such as an organic transistor, for example an organic FET (Field Effect Transistor) and an organic TFT (Thin Film Transistor), comprising at least one substituted phenoxasiline derivative, a organic semiconductor layer, a host material, electron/hole/exciton blocking material or electron/hole injection material comprising at least one substituted phenoxasiline derivative, the use of a substituted phenoxasiline derivative in organic electronics applications, an organic light-emitting diode, wherein at least one substituted phenoxasiline derivative is present in the electron/hole/exciton blocking layer, the electron/hole injection layer and/or the light-emitting layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron/hole/exciton blocking layer and an electron/hole injection layer comprising at least one substituted phenoxasiline derivative and a device selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units; illumination units; keyboards; garments; furniture and wallpaper comprising at least one organic light-emitting diode, at least one light-emitting layer, at least one electron/hole/exciton blocking layer and/or at least one electron/hole injection layer according to the present invention.
US10319916B2	Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device Provided is an organic electronic element comprising a hole transport layer containing a compound of Formula (3) or (4) and an emitting auxiliary layer containing a compound of Formula (2), capable of improving the light emitting efficiency, stability, and life span of an electronic device using the same.
US10319915B2	Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof Provided is a compound for an EBL capable of improving the light emitting efficiency, stability and life span of a device, and an organic electric element and an electronic device using the same.
US10319914B2	Fullerene mixtures for use in organic electronic devices The invention relates to novel mixtures of substituted fullerenes, to their use in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these fullerene mixtures.
US10319912B2	Charge-transporting material and organic light-emitting device including the same A charge-transporting material including Structural Unit (1) represented by one of Formulae 1 and 2; and Structural Unit (2) represented by one of Formulae 3 and 4: wherein, in Formulae 1 to 4, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
US10319909B2	Method for manufacturing organic electronic element A method for manufacturing an organic electronic element capable of reducing unevenness in film thickness of a coating film is disclosed. A method for manufacturing an organic electronic element according to an embodiment of the invention is a method for manufacturing an organic electronic element including a functional layer containing an organic material, including a coating step of forming a functional layer by horizontally conveying a base material (110) having flexibility using a roll-to-roll process and coating a coating solution containing an organic material onto the base material (110) using a slit coat applicator (30) disposed above the base material (110), wherein in the coating step, the base material (110) is floated by air using an air floating stage (20) disposed below the base material (110) and the coating solution is coated onto the base material (110).
US10319904B2	Magnetoresistance effect element A magnetoresistance effect element has a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers, and the tunnel barrier layer has a spinel structure represented by a composition formula of AIn2Ox (0
US10319902B2	Magnetoresistive device Some embodiments are directed to a magnetoresistive device, including a free layer having an easy magnetization direction in a perpendicular direction or in an in-plane direction; a fixed layer having the easy magnetization direction which is in the perpendicular direction when the easy magnetization direction of the free layer is in the perpendicular direction or in the in-plane direction when the easy magnetization direction of the free layer is in the in-plane direction; and a non-magnetic layer disposed between the free layer and the fixed layer.
US10319901B2	Spin-orbit torque type magnetization reversal element, magnetic memory, and high frequency magnetic device A spin-orbit torque type magnetization reversal element including a ferromagnetic metal layer with a varying magnetization direction; and spin-orbit torque wiring that extends in a first direction intersecting with a stacking direction of the ferromagnetic metal layer and that is joined to the ferromagnetic metal layer; wherein when viewed from the first direction, the spin-orbit torque wiring is asymmetrical in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and the stacking direction, with respect to an axis that passes through a center, in the second direction, of the ferromagnetic metal layer.
US10319890B2	Systems for adhesive bonding of electronic devices In accordance with certain embodiments, an apparatus for bonding electronic components such as light-emitting elements each to a connection point on a substrate via an adhesive includes a platform for supporting the substrate, a membrane for covering the electronic components, a source of pressure for urging the membrane against the electronic components, whereby pressure is applied between each electronic component and its corresponding connection point, and a source of energy for at least partially curing the adhesive.
US10319886B2	LED assembly for omnidirectional light appliances This disclosure discloses an LED assembly. The LED assembly includes a transparent mount with a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, an LED chip arranged on the top surface, an electrode plate, a first phosphor layer having a first phosphor, and a second phosphor layer having a second phosphor, wherein the transparent mount and the electrode plate substantially have a same width. The electrode plate is arranged on an edge of the top surface and electrically connected to the LED chip.
US10319885B2	Display device and LED emitting light on four sides thereof The disclosure provides a display device and a LED emitting light on four sides thereof. The LED emitting light on four sides includes metallic substrates, a blue chip, golden lines, light emitting materials and a reflective white adhesive layer. The metallic substrates include a first metallic substrate and a second metallic substrate. A transparent holder is fixated with the first metallic substrate and the second metallic substrate, forming a containing cavity. A light emitting chip is across disposed on the first metallic substrate and the second metallic substrate. The light emitting materials are filled in the containing cavity and covering the blue chip. The reflective white adhesive layer is disposed on a top surface of the light emitting materials. The LED emitting light on four sides provided by the disclosure is simply manufactured and low in costs.
US10319878B2	Stratified quantum dot phosphor structure A method is presented for fabricating a light emitting diode (LED) device with a stratified quantum dot (QD) structure. The method provides an LED and a stratified QD structure is formed as follows. A first liquid precursor is deposited overlying the LED emission surface to form a transparent first barrier layer. A second liquid precursor is deposited overlying the first barrier layer to form a first layer of discrete QDs. A third liquid precursor is deposited overlying the first layer of QDs to form a transparent second barrier layer. Subsequent to each barrier layer liquid precursor deposition, an annealing is performed to cure the deposited precursor. The first and second barrier layers act to encapsulate the first layer of QDs. The LED emits a first wavelength of light, and the first layer of QDs converts the first wavelength of light to a first color of light in the visible spectrum.
US10319877B2	Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a light-emitting device including a substrate, a first block of semiconductor stack on the substrate, a second block of semiconductor stack on the substrate and a third block of semiconductor stack on the substrate. The first block of semiconductor stack includes a first emitting wavelength and a first surface away from the substrate. The second block of semiconductor stack on the substrate includes a second emitting wavelength and a second surface away from the substrate. The third block of semiconductor stack includes s a third emitting wavelength and a third surface away from the substrate. The second surface and the first surface are non-coplanar and the third surface and the first surface are coplanar. The first emitting wavelength, the second emitting wavelength and the third emitting wavelength are different.
US10319871B2	Photovoltaic device based on Ag2ZnSn(S,Se)4 absorber Photovoltaic devices based on an Ag2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (AZTSSe) absorber and techniques for formation thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a photovoltaic device includes the steps of: coating a substrate with a conductive layer; contacting the substrate with an Ag source, a Zn source, a Sn source, and at least one of a S source and a Se source under conditions sufficient to form an absorber layer on the conductive layer having Ag, Zn, Sn, and at least one of S and Se; and annealing the absorber layer. Methods of doping the AZTSSe are provided. A photovoltaic device is also provided.
US10319869B2	Solar battery, method for manufacturing solar battery, method for manufacturing solar cell module, and solar cell module The present invention provides a solar battery including a solar cell (100); a wiring substrate (200) having a wire (109, 110) to be electrically connected to an electrode (106, 107) provided in the solar cell (100); and an adhesive agent for adhering the solar cell (100) and the wiring substrate (200) to each other. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the solar battery, a method for manufacturing a solar cell module using the solar battery, and the solar cell module.
US10319868B2	Methods and systems to boost efficiency of solar cells The physical and chemical properties of surfaces can be controlled by bonding nanoparticles, microspheres, or nanotextures to the surface via inorganic precursors. Surfaces can acquire a variety of desirable properties such as antireflection, antifogging, antifrosting, UV blocking, and IR absorption, while maintaining transparency to visible light. Micro or nanomaterials can also be used as etching masks to texture a surface and control its physical and chemical properties via its micro or nanotexture.
US10319865B2	Pressure detecting apparatus and method of driving the same A pressure detecting includes a plurality of sensing cells arranged a plurality of rows and columns, each of the plurality of sensing cells including a pressure sensing element and a selection transistor. First driving signal lines are disposed in the rows, and the first driving signal lines are connected to the selection transistors of a first portion of the plurality of sensing cells in a respective row. Second driving signal lines are disposed in a portion of the plurality of rows, and the second driving signal lines are connected to the selection transistors of a second portion of the plurality of sensing cells in a respective row. First and second driving circuits are respectively connected to the first driving signal lines the second driving signal lines.
US10319862B2	Barrier materials for display devices Described herein are apparatus comprising one or more silicon-containing layers and a metal oxide layer. Also described herein are methods for forming one or more silicon-containing layers to be used, for example, as passivation layers in a display device. In one particular aspect, the apparatus comprises a transparent metal oxide layer, a silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer. In this or other aspects, the apparatus is deposited at a temperature of 350° C. or below. The silicon-containing layers described herein comprise one or more of the following properties: a density of about 1.9 g/cm3 or greater; a hydrogen content of about 4×1022 cm−3 or less, and a transparency of about 90% or greater at 400-700 nm as measured by a UV-visible light spectrometer.
US10319859B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same A semiconductor device is disclosed. The device includes a substrate including an active region defined by a device isolation layer, a fin pattern protruding from the substrate and extending in a first direction, the fin pattern including a gate fin region and a source/drain fin region, a gate pattern disposed on the gate fin region to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a source/drain portion provided on a sidewall of the source/drain fin region. When measured in the second direction, a width of the source/drain fin region is different from a width in the second direction of the gate fin region.
US10319854B1	High voltage switching device A high-voltage switching device that can be fabricated in a standard low-voltage process, such as CMOS, and more specifically SOI CMOS. Embodiments include integrated circuits that combine, in a unitary structure, a FET device and an integrated, co-fabricated modulated resistance region (MRR) controlled by one or more Voltage-Drop Modulation Gates (VDMGs). The VDMGs are generally biased independently of the gate of the FET device, and in such a way as to protect each VDMG from excessive and potentially destructive voltages. In a first embodiment, an integrated circuit high voltage switching device includes a transistor structure including a source, a gate, and an internal drain; an MRR connected to the internal drain of the transistor structure; at least one VDMG that controls the resistance of the MRR; and a drain electrically connected to the MRR. Each VDMG at least partially depletes the MRR upon application of a bias voltage.
US10319852B2	Forming eDRAM unit cell with VFET and via capacitance A method is presented for forming an embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM) device. The method includes forming a FinFET (fin field effect transistor) device having a plurality of fins over a substrate and forming a via cap adjacent the FinFET device by forming a contact trench extending into a bottom spacer, depositing a conductive liner within the contact trench, filling the contact trench with an organic dielectric layer (ODL), etching portions of the conductive liner and a portion of the ODL, and removing the ODL. The method further includes depositing a high-k material within the contact trench and depositing a conducting material over the high-k material.
US10319850B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprising a drain layer, a base region, a source region, a field plate electrode, and a gate region. The drift layer is formed on the drain layer. The base region is formed on the drift layer. The source region is formed on the base region. The field plate electrode is formed inside a trench reaching the drift layer through the base region from the source region. The gate region is formed inside the trench, wherein the gate region has a U-shape including a recess on the gate region in a direction along the trench and is formed such that, on upper surfaces of respective both ends of the U-shape, a position of an inner end on a side of the recess is higher than a position of an outer end on a side of the second insulating film.
US10319845B2	Insulated gate bipolar transistor and fabrication method thereof An insulated gate bipolar transistor and a method for fabricating the insulated gate bipolar transistor are provided. The insulated gate bipolar transistor includes a semiconductor layer including a bulk layer and a cell region including a first region and a second region. The insulated gate bipolar transistor also includes a well region, a drift region, and a plurality of gate structures in the bulk layer associated with the cell region. Further, the insulated gate bipolar transistor includes source and drain doped regions and an ohmic contact region in a top region of the well region. A size of the source and drain doped regions in the second region is smaller than a size of the source and drain doped regions in the first region. A size of the ohmic contact region in the second region is larger than a size of the ohmic contact region in the first region.
US10319844B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a first semiconductor region disposed on and electrically connected to the first electrode, a second semiconductor region disposed on the first semiconductor region and having a carrier concentration lower than that of the first semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region disposed on the second semiconductor region, a fourth semiconductor region disposed on the third semiconductor region, a fifth semiconductor region disposed on the second semiconductor region and separated from the third semiconductor region in a direction, a gate electrode disposed on the second semiconductor region, facing the third semiconductor region via an insulating layer in the direction and positioned between the third and fourth semiconductor regions, a second electrode disposed on and electrically connected to the fourth semiconductor region, and a third electrode disposed on the fifth semiconductor region, separated from the second electrode, and electrically connected to the fifth semiconductor region.
US10319841B2	Integrated circuit device including asymmetrical fin field-effect transistor An integrated circuit device includes: a first fin active region extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of a substrate; a second fin active region extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first fin active region in a second direction different from the first direction; a gate line intersecting the first and second fin active regions; a first source/drain region on one side of the gate line in the first fin active region; and a second source/drain region on one side of the gate line in the second fin active region and facing the first source/drain region, wherein a cross-section of the first source/drain region perpendicular to the first direction has an asymmetric shape with respect to a center line of the first source/drain region in the second direction extending in a third direction perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate.
US10319838B2	III-V fin generation by lateral growth on silicon sidewall A method comprises providing a structure defined by a silicon material on a buried oxide layer of a substrate; causing a nucleation of a III-V material in a sidewall of the structure defined by the silicon material; adjusting a growth condition to facilitate a first growth rate of the III-V material in directions along a surface of the sidewall and a second growth rate of the III-V material in a direction laterally from the surface of the sidewall, wherein the second growth rate is less than the first growth rate; and processing the silicon material and the III-V material to form a fin.
US10319835B2	Embedded bottom metal contact formed by a self-aligned contact process for vertical transistors Embodiments are directed to a method and resulting structures for a vertical field effect transistor (VFET) having an embedded bottom metal contact. A semiconductor fin is formed on a doped region of a substrate. A portion of the doped region adjacent to the semiconductor fin is recessed and an embedded contact is formed on the recessed portion. A material of the conductive rail is selected such that a conductivity of the embedded contact is higher than a conductivity of the doped region.
US10319830B2	Heterojunction bipolar transistor power amplifier with backside thermal heatsink A heterojunction bipolar transistor may include an emitter, a base contacting the emitter, a collector contacting the base, a sub-collector contacting the collector, and an electrical isolation layer contacting the sub-collector. The heterojunction bipolar transistor may also include a backside heatsink thermally coupled to the sub-collector and the collector. The backside heatsink may be aligned with a central axis of the emitter and the base.
US10319827B2	High voltage transistor using buried insulating layer as gate dielectric A high voltage transistor may be formed on the basis of well-established CMOS techniques by using a buried insulating material of an SOI architecture as gate dielectric material, while the gate electrode material may be provided in the form of a doped semiconductor region positioned below the buried insulating layer. The high voltage transistor may be formed with high process compatibility on the basis of a process flow for forming sophisticated fully depleted SOI transistors, wherein, in some illustrative embodiments, the high voltage transistor may also be provided as a fully depleted transistor configuration.
US10319825B2	Controlled synthesis and transfer of large area heterostructures made of bilayer and multilayer transition metal dichalocogenides A TMD system in which the first layered material is made of heterobilayers or multilayers with semiconducting direct band gaps is provided. The first layered material may be made of multiple layers of different TMD with different stackings, exhibiting smaller direct and indirect band gaps smaller than monolayer systems of TMD.
US10319817B2	Lattice matched epitaxial oxide layer for a super steep retrograde well Aspects of the present disclosure include a structure and method of making a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a substrate, implanting a portion of the substrate to form a PTS layer, and epitaxially growing an oxide layer over the PTS layer, where the epitaxial oxide layer is selected to be lattice matched in relation to the silicon substrate.
US10319815B2	Laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor transistors for radio frequency power amplifiers Embodiments of laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistors are provided. An LDMOS transistor includes a substrate having a source region, channel region, and a drain region. A first implant is formed to a first depth in the substrate. A gate electrode is formed over the channel region in the substrate between the source region and the drain region. A second implant is formed in the source region of the substrate; the second implant is laterally diffused under the gate electrode a predetermined distance. A third implant is formed to a second depth in the drain region of the substrate; the second depth is less than the first depth.
US10319814B2	Semiconductor devices including protruding insulation portions between active fins A semiconductor device can include a field insulation layer including a planar major surface extending in first and second orthogonal directions and a protruding portion that protrudes a particular distance from the major surface relative to the first and second orthogonal directions. First and second multi-channel active fins can extend on the field insulation layer, and can be separated from one another by the protruding portion. A conductive layer can extend from an uppermost surface of the protruding portion to cross over the protruding portion between the first and second multi-channel active fins.
US10319812B2	Self-aligned gate edge and local interconnect and method to fabricate same Self-aligned gate edge and local interconnect structures and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate edge and local interconnect structures are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor fin disposed above a substrate and having a length in a first direction. A gate structure is disposed over the semiconductor fin, the gate structure having a first end opposite a second end in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction. A pair of gate edge isolation structures is centered with the semiconductor fin. A first of the pair of gate edge isolation structures is disposed directly adjacent to the first end of the gate structure, and a second of the pair of gate edge isolation structures is disposed directly adjacent to the second end of the gate structure.
US10319803B2	Organic light-emitting diode display An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a semiconductor layer including a driving channel, a first gate insulating layer at least partially covering the semiconductor layer, and a first driving gate electrode formed over the first gate insulating layer and overlapping the driving. A second gate insulating layer at least partially covers the first driving gate electrode. The display also includes a second driving gate electrode formed over the second gate insulating layer and overlapping the first driving gate electrode, an interlayer insulating layer at least partially covering the second driving gate electrode, a driving voltage line formed over the interlayer insulating layer and overlapping the second driving gate electrode, and a connector formed over the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the first and second driving gate electrodes.
US10319802B1	Display substrate edge patterning and metallization A display includes a display substrate having a patterned edge, the patterned edge including a plurality of notches. The display further includes a plurality of display signal lines supported by the display substrate on a first side of the display substrate, and a display control circuit disposed along a second side of the display substrate, the second side being opposite the first side. The display control circuit includes a plurality of contacts. Each display signal line of the plurality of display signal lines is disposed in a respective notch of the plurality of notches to traverse the patterned edge to establish an electrical connection between each display signal line of the plurality of display signal lines and a respective contact of the plurality of contacts.
US10319801B2	Flexible display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a flexible display apparatus in which flexibility is secured and reliability of products is improved, and a method of manufacturing the same. The flexible display apparatus includes a display panel including a flexible area and a non-flexible area and having one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface; a protective film attached to the one surface of the display pane; a first adhesive layer interposed between the flexible area of the display panel and the protective film and configured to have a first storage modulus; and a second adhesive layer interposed between the non-flexible area of the display panel and the protective film and configured to have a second storage modulus.
US10319797B2	Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area at an outer side of the display area; a pixel electrode disposed in the display area of the substrate; a pixel-defining layer disposed on the pixel electrode and exposing at least a portion of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer disposed on the pixel electrode; an opposite electrode disposed on the intermediate layer; a first conductive layer disposed in the peripheral area of the substrate and including at least one opening; a first block structure and a second block structure disposed on the first conductive layer and separated from each other with the at least one opening therebetween; and an encapsulation structure disposed on the opposite electrode in the display area and the peripheral area.
US10319792B2	Display device A thin and lightweight display device is disclosed. The display device includes a black bridge electrically connected to a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on an encapsulation unit, wherein the black bridge is disposed on the encapsulation unit between color filters to also serve as a black matrix, with the result that a cell gap between the black bridge and an anode electrode is reduced when compared with a comparative example, thereby securing a wide viewing angle, and wherein the touch electrodes are disposed on the encapsulation unit, with the result that an additional bonding process is not required, whereby the process is simplified and cost is reduced.
US10319789B2	Method for producing an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component An optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In embodiments, the method includes A) providing an auxiliary carrier; B) applying a sacrificial layer on the auxiliary carrier; C) applying a converter layer on the sacrificial layer, which includes quantum dots embedded in a matrix material or a luminescent polymer; D) providing a semiconductor layer sequence; E) optionally applying an adhesive layer on the semiconductor layer sequence; F) optionally bonding the converter layer on the semiconductor layer sequence by means of an adhesive layer, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence is configured to emit radiation; and G) removing the auxiliary carrier by means of optical, mechanical and/or chemical treatment and at least partially destroying the sacrificial layer.
US10319788B2	Connect device and organic light emitting device Disclosed is a connect device, having a substrate, a connect electrode, a first to third pairs of electrodes, and the connect electrode, the first to third pairs of electrodes are paved on the substrate, and the first to third pairs of electrodes have anodes and cathodes, and the anodes of the first to third pairs of electrodes are respectively employed to connect a power supply, the anodes of the first, second organic light emitting elements, and the cathodes of the first to third pairs of electrodes are respectively employed to connect the power supply, the cathodes of the first, second organic light emitting elements for respectively and simultaneously supplying power to the first, second organic light emitting elements with the power supply. The application satisfies brightness demands to the light devices without increasing additional power consumption. An organic light emitting device is further provided.
US10319779B2	Method for manufacturing image capturing device and image capturing device An offset spacer film (OSS) is formed on a side wall surface of a gate electrode (NLGE, PLGE) to cover a region in which a photo diode (PD) is disposed. Next, an extension region (LNLD, LPLD) is formed using the offset spacer film and the like as an implantation mask. Next, process is provided to remove the offset spacer film covering the region in which the photo diode is disposed. Next, a sidewall insulating film (SWI) is formed on the side wall surface of the gate electrode. Next, a source-drain region (HPDF, LPDF, HNDF, LNDF) is formed using the sidewall insulating film and the like as an implantation mask.
US10319776B2	CMOS image sensor with pump gate and extremely high conversion gain Some embodiments relate to an image sensor pixel comprising a transfer gate formed on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate, a floating diffusion formed in the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a buried-well vertically pinned photodiode having a charge accumulation/storage region disposed substantially beneath the transfer gate. The transfer gate is spaced away from the floating diffusion such that an intervening semiconductor region provides a potential barrier to charge flow from beneath the transfer gate to the floating diffusion. The transfer gate is operable to control a vertical pump gate to selectively transfer charge from the charge accumulation/storage region to the floating diffusion by pumping charge from the buried charge accumulation/storage region underlying the transfer gate, over the potential barrier, and out to the floating diffusion, such that full charge transfer can be achieved without overlapping the edge of the transfer gate with the floating diffusion.
US10319775B2	Semiconductor device, solid-state imaging device with tantalum oxide layer formed by diffusing a material of an electrode of necessity or a counter electrode A semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer that includes an active region, semiconductor elements that are formed using the active region, connection regions that are obtained by metalizing parts of the semiconductor layer in an island shape isolated from the active region, an insulation film that is formed to cover one main surface side of the semiconductor layer, electrodes that are disposed to face the semiconductor elements and the connection regions via the insulation film, and contacts that penetrate through the insulation film to be selectively formed in portions according to necessity among portions that connect the semiconductor elements or the connection regions to the electrodes.
US10319771B2	Image sensors and methods of forming the same An image sensor includes a substrate including a light-receiving region and a light-shielding region, a device isolation pattern in the substrate of the light-receiving region to define active pixels, and a device isolation region in the substrate of the light-shielding region to define reference pixels. An isolation technique of the device isolation pattern is different from that of the device isolation region.
US10319768B2	Image sensor scheme for optical and electrical improvement The present disclosure relates to an image sensor integrated chip having a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure having a reflective element. In some embodiments, the image sensor integrated chip includes an image sensing element arranged within a substrate. A plurality of protrusions are arranged along a first side of the substrate over the image sensing element and one or more absorption enhancement layers are arranged over and between the plurality of protrusions. A plurality of DTI structures are arranged within trenches disposed on opposing sides of the image sensing element and extend from the first side of the substrate to within the substrate. The plurality of DTI structures respectively include a reflective element having one or more reflective regions configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation. By reflecting electromagnetic radiation using the reflective elements, cross-talk between adjacent pixel regions is reduced, thereby improving performance of the image sensor integrated chip.
US10319767B2	Electronic component including an optical member fixed with adhesive An optical member includes a first region and a second region constituting an interface with an adhesive member. The first region is disposed outside the second region in a second direction intersecting a first direction. An adhesive force generated at an interface between the first region and the adhesive member is smaller than an adhesive force generated at an interface between the second region and the adhesive member.
US10319762B2	Backside illuminated CMOS image sensor and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a backside illuminated CMOS image sensor.
US10319761B2	Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, an imaging apparatus, and an electronic apparatus, which can suppress a color mixture without lowering the sensitivity.In pixels (red pixels (R pixels), green pixels (G pixels), and blue pixels (B pixels)) other than W pixels and adjacent to the W pixels, light shielding films thicker than those of the W pixels are formed at positions adjacent to the W pixels. Furthermore, the shorter the wavelength, the thicker the light shielding film in the RGB pixels other than the W pixels. The present technology is applicable to the solid-state imaging device.
US10319760B2	Image sensor An image sensor includes a sensing layer, a number of filter units, and a grid structure. The filter units are disposed on the sensing layer. The grid structure is disposed on the sensing layer and surrounding each of the filter units. The grid structure includes a first partition wall disposed on the sensing layer and located between two adjacent filter units, and a second partition wall disposed on the first partition wall located between the two adjacent filter units. The refractive index of the first partition wall is less than the refractive index of the second partition wall.
US10319759B2	Image pickup element mounting substrate and image pickup device An image pickup element mounting substrate includes: a frame body composed of an insulating layer, a through hole being defined by an internal periphery of the frame body; an electronic component mounted on a lower surface side of the frame body; and a flat plate which is disposed on a lower surface of the frame body and covers an opening of the through hole while being partly kept in out-of-contact with the electronic component, the flat plate including an image pickup element mounting section at a part of an upper surface thereof which part is surrounded by the frame body, a lower surface of the electronic component being located above a level of a lower surface of the flat plate.
US10319755B2	Manufacturing methods of thin film transistors and manufacturing methods of array substrates The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing method of thin film transistors (TFTs) and a manufacturing method of array substrates. The manufacturing method includes: forming transfer layers interleaved with each other on a substrate; forming a metal layer on the transfer layer, wherein the metal layer covers the substrate; conducting a deionization (DIW) stripping process to peel off the transfer layer and the metal layer from the substrate, and preserving the metal layer, wherein the metal layer is arranged out of the top of the transfer layer, on the substrate to form a metal electrode of the TFT.
US10319751B2	Display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and flexible display device having display substrate The present invention provides a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a flexible display device having the display substrate, which belong to the field of display technology, and can solve the problem of poor reliability of display substrates due to the damage to thin film transistors when the existing display substrates are bent. In the display substrate provided by the present invention, by introducing stress absorption units made of resin material into the display substrate, the stress generated by the display substrate being bent is released by the resin material, and thin film transistors on the display substrate are thus less likely to be damaged, so that the reliability of the whole display substrate is improved.
US10319750B2	Display device having crack-sensing line A display device includes a substrate, an insulating layer, and a crack-sensing line. The substrate includes a display area having a plurality of pixels to display images, and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The insulating layer is disposed in the non-display area and includes a recess. The crack-sensing line is disposed in and extends along the recess, and electrically connected to at least one of the pixels. The recess is disposed at a surface or inside of the insulating layer, and extends along the non-display area.
US10319748B2	Distribution of TFT components in LTPS process Disclosed is a distribution of TFT components in the LTPS process. A pair of parallel data lines are arranged between an ith and (i+1)th rows of pixels. Each pair of data lines includes a first data line and a second data line. Two adjacent pixels of the ith row are respectively connected to the first data line and the second data line through corresponding U-shaped TFT components. Two pixels of the (n+1)th row corresponding to the two above adjacent pixels are respectively connected to the second data line and the first data line through corresponding U-shaped TFT components. The U-shaped TFT component of the pixel of the ith row and the U-shaped TFT component of the corresponding pixel of the (i+1)th row are disposed with openings thereof facing and staggered with each other. An aperture ratio of a product can be effectively increased by the staggered setting of the U-shaped TFT components. The use of such setting can realize dot inversion in the case of column inversion and reduce the power consumption of the product.
US10319747B2	Array substrate, display panel, and display apparatus An array substrate includes: a plurality of pixels including sub-pixels forming a matrix, each sub-pixel including a pair of sub-pixel portions; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of gate lines intersecting with the plurality of data lines; and a plurality of pairs of transistors configured to control the plurality of pairs of sub-pixel portions; wherein: each pair of transistors are disposed adjacent to an intersection between a gate line and a data line, across at least one of the gate line or the data line, and are configured to control a pair of sub-pixel portions in neighboring rows or columns of sub-pixel portions.
US10319746B2	Display device with a thin film transistor structure A display device is disclosed, which comprises: a substrate; a first metal conductive layer disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the first metal conductive layer and having a top surface; and a second metal conductive layer disposed on the top surface and comprising a first part and a second part. Herein, a first extending direction is defined as a direction that the first part extends toward the second part, the first part has a maximum length in a first region that the first part overlaps the first metal conductive layer along the first extending direction, the first part has a maximum width in a second region that the first part overlaps the semiconductor layer along a second direction vertical to the first extending direction, and the maximum length is greater than the maximum width and less than or equal to twice of the maximum width.
US10319743B2	Semiconductor device, display system, and electronic device A novel semiconductor device or display device is provided. A semiconductor substrate is used as a substrate of a display portion and a transistor in the display portion is formed using the semiconductor substrate. In this way, variation in the characteristics of the transistors among pixels is reduced and pixel density can be increased. Moreover, transistors used for a driver circuit, a signal generation circuit, and a level shifter are formed using the semiconductor substrate. As a result, these circuits can be formed directly on the substrate of the display portion, whereby bonding of a chip and the substrate is unnecessary. Furthermore, these circuits can be easily connected to each other, so that signal delay or an increase in power consumption due to complicated wirings can be prevented.
US10319737B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same The semiconductor device includes a stacked structure having alternately stacked conductive patterns and interlayer insulating patterns, a through-hole passing through the stacked structure, a channel pattern formed in the through-hole and protruding from an inside of the through hole over the through-hole, and a capping conductive pattern formed to be in contact with the protruded channel pattern and have a width greater than the through-hole.
US10319736B2	Vertical memory structure with stress-inducing insulating layers The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a stress control insulating layer or a stress control pattern to control a stress applied to an interlayer insulating layer or a stacked body in a desirable direction.
US10319734B2	Semiconductor memory device having air gap According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a stacked body, a second air gap, a first insulating film, a semiconductor film, and a stacked film. The stacked body is provided above the substrate and includes a plurality of electrode films stacked via a first air gap. The second air gap extends in a stacking direction of the stacked body. The second air gap separates the stacked body in a first direction crossing the stacking direction. The first insulating film is provided above the stacked body and covers an upper end of the second air gap. The stacked film is provided between a side surface of the electrode film and a side surface of the semiconductor film opposed to the side surface of the electrode film. The stacked film is in contact with the side surface of the electrode film and the side surface of the semiconductor film.
US10319731B2	Integrated circuit structure having VFET and embedded memory structure and method of forming same The disclosure is directed to an integrated circuit structure and method of forming the same. The integrated circuit structure may include: a first device region including: a floating gate structure substantially surrounding a first fin that is over a substrate; a first bottom source/drain within the substrate, and beneath the first fin and the floating gate structure; a first top source/drain over the first fin and the floating gate structure; a first spacer substantially surrounding the first top source/drain and disposed over the floating gate structure; and a gate structure substantially surrounding and insulated from the floating gate structure, the gate structure being disposed over the substrate and having a height greater than a height of the floating gate.
US10319730B2	Memory device having a plurality of first conductive pillars penetrating through a stacked film A memory device according to an embodiment includes: a stacked film having a plurality of semiconductor films, and a plurality of insulating films each provided between the semiconductor films; a first electrode provided above the stacked film; a second electrode provided above the stacked film; a plurality of first conductive pillars penetrating through the stacked film and having one end electrically connected to the first electrode and another end not connected and positioned below the stacked film; a plurality of memory cells each provided between each of the first conductive pillars and each of the semiconductor films; a plurality of second conductive pillars electrically connected to each of the semiconductor films and the second electrode; a peripheral circuit board provided above the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode provided between the first electrode and the peripheral circuit board, the third electrode electrically connected to the first electrode; a fourth electrode provided between the second electrode and the peripheral circuit board, the fourth electrode electrically connected to the second electrode; and a transistor electrically connected to the third electrode or the fourth electrode, the transistor provided in the peripheral circuit board.
US10319728B2	Fluid ejection devices comprising memory cells In some examples, a fluid ejection device includes a substrate and a memory cell on the substrate, the memory cell including a first dielectric layer, a floating gate, a second dielectric layer, and a control gate. The memory cell includes a channel region between a drain region and a source region. The first dielectric layer is over the channel region and the floating gate is capacitively coupled to the channel region through the first dielectric layer. The floating gate includes a polysilicon layer, a metal layer, and a second dielectric layer between the polysilicon layer and the metal layer, where the second dielectric layer includes an opening through which the polysilicon layer is electrically connected to the metal layer.
US10319727B2	Fabricating memory devices with optimized gate oxide thickness The present disclosure describes apparatuses and methods for manufacturing programmable memory devices with optimized gate oxide thickness. In some aspects, lithography masks are used to fabricate oxide gates for programmable memory devices of an integrated-circuit (IC) die that are thinner than oxide gates fabricated for processor core devices of the IC die. In other aspects, lithography masks are used to fabricate oxide gates for the programmable memory devices of the IC die such that they are thicker than the oxide gates fabricated for the processor core devices of the IC die. By so doing, the programmable memory devices can be manufactured with optimized gate oxide thickness that may reduce programming voltage or increase device reliability of the programmable memory devices.
US10319725B2	Memory arrays Some embodiments include a memory array having memory cells arranged in rows and columns. The rows extend along a first direction and the columns extend along a second direction, with an angle between the first and second directions being less than 90°. Wordline trunk regions extend across the array and along a third direction substantially orthogonal to the second direction of the columns. Wordline branch regions extend from the wordline trunk regions and along the first direction. Semiconductor-material fins are along the rows. Each semiconductor-material fin has a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. Each channel region is overlapped by a wordline branch. Digit lines extend along the columns and are electrically coupled with the second source/drain regions. Charge-storage devices are electrically coupled with the first source/drain regions.
US10319723B2	Semiconductor device An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure in which stored data can be held even when power is not supplied and there is no limit on the number of write operations. The semiconductor device includes a first memory cell including a first transistor and a second transistor, a second memory cell including a third transistor and a fourth transistor, and a driver circuit. The first transistor and the second transistor overlap at least partly with each other. The third transistor and the fourth transistor overlap at least partly with each other. The second memory cell is provided over the first memory cell. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor material. The second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor include a second semiconductor material.
US10319722B2	Contact formation in semiconductor devices A technique relates to fabricating a pFET device and nFET device. A contact trench is formed through an inter-level dielectric layer (ILD) and a spacer layer. The ILD is formed over the spacer layer. The contact trench exposes a p-type source/drain region of the pFET and exposes an n-type source/drain region of the NFET. A gate stack is included within the spacer layer. A p-type alloyed layer is formed on top of the p-type source/drain region in the pFET and on top of the n-type source/drain region of the nFET. The p-type alloyed layer on top of the n-type source/drain region of the nFET is converted into a metallic alloyed layer. A metallic liner layer is formed in the contact trench such that the metallic liner layer is on top of the p-type alloyed layer of the pFET and on top of the metallic alloyed layer of the nFET.
US10319721B2	Spacer for dual epi CMOS devices Aspects of the disclosure include a method for making a semiconductor, including patterning a first transistor having one or more gate stacks on a first source-drain area and second transistor comprising one or more gate stacks on a second source-drain area, forming dielectric spacers on gate stack side walls, depositing a first nitride liner on the first and second transistors. The method also includes masking the second transistor and etching to remove the first nitride material and the spacer from the first source-drain area and growing a first epitaxial layer on the first source-drain area by an epitaxial growth process. The method also includes depositing a second nitride liner on the first and second transistors. The method also includes masking the first transistor. The method also includes etching to remove the second nitride material from the second source-drain area and growing a second epitaxial layer on the second source-drain area by an epitaxial growth process.
US10319718B2	Discrete capacitor and manufacturing method thereof A discrete capacitor of the present invention includes a substrate having a front surface portion, an impurity diffusion layer formed on the front surface portion of the substrate, an oxide film formed on the substrate and having a first opening to selectively expose the impurity diffusion layer, a dielectric film formed on the impurity region having been exposed from the oxide film, and a first electrode opposed to the impurity diffusion layer with the dielectric film therebetween, wherein the impurity concentration on the front surface portion of the impurity diffusion layer is 5×1019 cm−3 or more.
US10319704B2	Semiconductor module A semiconductor module includes: a first substrate having a first insulating substrate and a first conductor layer; a power device part having a first electrode, a second electrode and a gate electrode; a second substrate having a second insulating substrate and a second conductor layer, wherein the second conductor layer has a bonding portion and a surrounding wall portion formed at a position which surrounds the bonding portion as viewed in a plan view; an inner resin portion; a control IC; and an outer resin portion, wherein the power device part is disposed such that the gate electrode is positioned outside a region defined by the surrounding wall portion as viewed in a plan view, and the gate electrode is electrically connected to an output terminal of the control IC through a connecting member.
US10319700B1	Stacked semiconductor architecture including semiconductor dies and thermal spreaders on a base die Stacked semiconductor die architectures having thermal spreaders disposed between stacked semiconductor dies and techniques of forming such architectures are described. The stacked semiconductor die architectures may be included in or used to form semiconductor packages. A stacked semiconductor die architecture can include: (i) a base die; (ii) a plurality of stacked semiconductor dies arranged on the base die; and (iii) at least one thermal spreader disposed in one or more gaps between the plurality of stacked semiconductor dies or in one or more areas on the base die that are adjacent to the plurality of stacked semiconductor dies. The thermal spreaders can assist with thermal management of the dies, which can assist with improving the power density of the stacked semiconductor die architecture. At least one other stacked semiconductor die architecture s also described.
US10319690B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor structure includes a substrate; an interconnect structure formed over the substrate and including a dielectric layer over the substrate, a first conductive member formed within the dielectric layer and a second conductive member formed within the dielectric layer; a waveguide formed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member; a first die disposed over the interconnect structure and electrically connected to the first conductive member; and a second die disposed over the interconnect structure and electrically connected to the second conductive member, wherein the waveguide is coupled with the first conductive member and the second conductive member.
US10319688B2	Antenna on ceramics for a packaged die An antenna is described on ceramics that may be used for a packaged die. In one example, a package has a die, a ceramic substrate over the die, an antenna attached to the ceramic substrate, and conductive leads electrically connecting the antenna to the die.
US10319685B2	EMI shielded integrated circuit packages and methods of making the same An integrated circuit package with a plurality of embedded electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and methods of making the same are disclosed. The integrated circuit packages include the use of a pre-assembled circuit module and an interposer. The circuit module has a plurality of spaced electrical component sections separated by a series of contiguous conductive spacers, and a first shielding means comprises the spacers, vias and an embedded conductive plane. In an example, the interposer has a second shielding means comprises conductive cavities, conductive ridges, vias, and a conduction pattern. In another example, the interposer further comprises conductive strips to form the second shielding means. The first shielding means overlaps the second shielding means to form a plurality of EMI shielded enclosures for holding the spaced electrical component sections therein.
US10319683B2	Multi-stacked package-on-package structures A multi-stacked package-on-package structure includes a method. The method includes: adhering a first die and a plurality of second dies to a substrate, the first die having a different function from each of the plurality of second dies; attaching a passive device over the first die; encapsulating the first die, the plurality of second dies, and the passive device; and forming a first redistribution structure over the passive device, the first die, and the plurality of second dies, the passive device connecting the first die to the first redistribution structure.
US10319682B2	Electronic component device, method of mounting electronic component device on circuit board, and mounting structure of electronic component device on circuit board An electronic component device includes a mount substrate including an outer electrode on one principal surface and a mount electrode on another principal surface, at least one substrate component including a terminal electrode on one principal surface, and that is mounted on the mount substrate by joining the terminal electrode to the mount electrode, and a sealing resin layer that is provided on the mount substrate on which the at least one substrate component is mounted. The sealing resin layer includes a region with a large thickness, and a top surface including an inclination.
US10319681B2	Dummy features in redistribution layers (RDLS) and methods of forming same An embodiment device includes an integrated circuit die and a first metallization pattern over the integrated circuit die. The first metallization pattern includes a first dummy pattern having a first hole extending through a first conductive region. The device further includes a second metallization pattern over the first metallization pattern. The second metallization pattern includes a second dummy pattern having a second hole extending through a second conductive region. The second hole is arranged projectively overlapping a portion of the first hole and a portion of the first conductive region.
US10319680B1	Metal contact via structure surrounded by an air gap and method of making thereof A structure includes a metal interconnect structure embedded in a lower interconnect level dielectric layer overlying a substrate, at least one material layer overlying the metal interconnect structure, a first contact level dielectric layer overlying the at least one material layer; a metal contact via structure vertically extending through the first contact level dielectric layer and the at least one material layer and contacting a top surface of the metal interconnect structure, and an encapsulated tubular cavity laterally surrounding at least a lower portion of the metal contact via structure, and vertically extending through the at least one material layer.
US10319676B2	Vertically integrated nanosheet fuse Embodiments are directed to a method and resulting structures for forming a semiconductor device having a vertically integrated nanosheet fuse. A nanosheet stack is formed on a substrate. The nanosheet stack includes a semiconductor layer formed between an upper nanosheet and a lower nanosheet. The semiconductor layer is modified such that an etch rate of the modified semiconductor layer is greater than an etch rate of the upper and lower nanosheets when exposed to an etchant. Portions of the modified semiconductor layer are removed to form a cavity between the upper and lower nanosheets and a silicide region is formed in the upper nanosheet.
US10319675B2	Capacitor embedded with nanocrystals The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a semiconductor structure that includes an interconnection structure formed on a semiconductor substrate; and a capacitor disposed in the interconnection structure. The interconnection structure includes a top electrode; a bottom electrode; a dielectric material layer sandwiched between the top and bottom electrodes; and a nanocrystal layer embedded in the dielectric material layer.
US10319673B2	Low CTE interposer An interconnection component includes a first support portion, a second support portion, a redistribution layer and a passive device, wherein at least one of the first and second support portions is comprised of a semiconductor material. The first support portion includes first and second opposed major surfaces and a plurality of first conductive vias extending through the first support portion substantially perpendicular to major surfaces. The second support portion includes first and second opposed major surfaces and a plurality of second conductive vias extending through the second support portion substantially perpendicular to the first and second major surfaces of the second support. The redistribution layer can be disposed between the second surfaces of the first and second support portions. The passive device can be positioned at least partially within the redistribution layer and electrically connected with one or more of the first conductive vias and the second conductive vias.
US10319672B2	Wiring board, electronic device, and electronic module A wiring board includes an insulating substrate that is rectangular in a plan view, a plurality of mount electrodes arranged to face each other on a first main surface of the insulating substrate along a pair of opposing sides of the insulating substrate in a plan view, a plurality of terminal electrodes arranged to face each other on a second main surface of the insulating substrate along the pair of opposing sides of the insulating substrate in a perspective plan view, and an inner metal layer arranged inside the insulating substrate and extending in a direction perpendicular to the pair of opposing sides of the insulating substrate in a perspective plan view.
US10319670B2	Package including multiple semiconductor devices In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a package including a common gate conductor, a first silicon carbide die having a die gate conductor, and a second silicon carbide die having a die gate conductor. The apparatus can include a first conductive path between the common gate conductor and the die gate conductor of the first silicon carbide die and a second conductive path between the common gate conductor and the die gate conductor of the second silicon carbide die where the first conductive path has a length substantially equal to a length of the second conductive path.
US10319663B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a housing having a wall, a circuit board located in the housing and spaced from the wall and extending along the surface of the wall, a memory located on the circuit board, a heat conduction member interposed, and compressed, between the wall and the memory. The wall includes an uneven region comprising contact portions contacting the heat conduction member and recess portions located between the contact portions. The recess portions are recessed inwardly of the wall from the ends of the contact portions in a direction away from the location of the memory.
US10319662B2	Non-planar electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection devices with nano heat sinks The present disclosure relates to a thermal management solution for ESD protection devices in advanced Fin- and/or Nanowire-based technology nodes, by employing localized nano heat sinks, which enable heat transport from local hot spots to surface of chip, which allows significant reduction in peak temperature for a given ESD current. In an aspect, the proposed semiconductor device can include at least one fin having a source and a drain disposed over a p-well or a n-well in a substrate; an electrically floating dummy metal gate disposed close to drain or hot spot over at least a portion of the at least one fin, and an electrical metal gate is disposed close to the source; and a nano-heat sink operatively coupled with the dummy metal gate and terminating at the surface of chip in which the semiconductor device is configured so as to enable transfer of heat received from the at least one fin through the dummy metal gate to the surface of the chip.
US10319658B2	Electronic component package and method of housing an electronic component An electronic component package includes: an electronic component that includes a body, the body having a first main surface that is convexly curved along a longitudinal direction, and a second main surface that is concavely curved along the longitudinal direction, a distance between the first main surface and the second main surface being 50 μm or less; a housing portion that includes a plurality of recesses, each of the recesses including a take-out opening and housing the electronic component with the first main surface facing toward the take-out opening; and a sealing portion that covers the take-out openings of the plurality of recesses.
US10319656B2	Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus encapsulated in resin with embedded filler particles A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an analog circuit block including an active element arranged in the semiconductor substrate, a metal layer having a slit or a plurality of metal interconnects arranged in parallel, positioned above the analog circuit block, and a resin layer containing a filler, positioned above at least the metal layer or the plurality of metal interconnects. In the case of forming a semiconductor device by sealing a semiconductor chip with resin having a filler mixed therein, according to this semiconductor device, it is possible to suppress lowering of the level of precision of the electric characteristics of the analog circuit, and a variation in the characteristics or a change in the characteristics, in a mold packaging process, without using special materials or production methods.
US10319652B2	Semiconductor package with elastic coupler and related methods Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a die coupled to a substrate; a housing coupled to the substrate and at least partially enclosing the die within a cavity of the housing, and; a pin fixedly coupled to the housing and electrically coupled with the die, wherein the pin includes a reversibly elastically deformable lower portion configured to compress to prevent a lower end of the pin from lowering beyond a predetermined point relative to the substrate when the housing is lowered to be coupled to the substrate.
US10319651B2	Shorting bar structure and method for manufacturing the same and thin film transistor substrate The present disclosure provides a shorting bar structure and a method for manufacturing the same, and a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) substrate. The shorting bar structure comprises: a test wire; a test probe contact part connected to the test wire and configured to be able to contact with a test probe; and at least one PN junction structure located between the test wire and at least one wire under test, and configured to allow a test signal to be unidirectionally transmittable in a direction from the test wire to the wire under test.
US10319647B2	Semiconductor structure with overlapping fins having different directions, and methods of fabricating the same An analog integrated circuit is disclosed in which short channel transistors are stacked on top of long channel transistors, vertically separated by an insulating layer. With such a design, it is possible to produce a high density, high power, and high performance analog integrated circuit chip including both short and long channel devices that are spaced far enough apart from one another to avoid crosstalk. In one embodiment, the transistors are FinFETs and the long channel devices are multi-gate FinFETs. In one embodiment, single and dual damascene devices are combined in a multi-layer integrated circuit cell. The cell may contain various combinations and configurations of the short and long-channel devices. A high density cell can be made by simply shrinking the dimensions of the cells and replicating two or more cells in the same size footprint as the original cell.
US10319646B2	CMOS implementation of germanium and III-V nanowires and nanoribbons in gate-all-around architecture Architectures and techniques for co-integration of heterogeneous materials, such as group III-V semiconductor materials and group IV semiconductors (e.g., Ge) on a same substrate (e.g. silicon). In embodiments, multi-layer heterogeneous semiconductor material stacks having alternating nanowire and sacrificial layers are employed to release nanowires and permit formation of a coaxial gate structure that completely surrounds a channel region of the nanowire transistor. In embodiments, individual PMOS and NMOS channel semiconductor materials are co-integrated with a starting substrate having a blanket layers of alternating Ge/III-V layers. In embodiments, vertical integration of a plurality of stacked nanowires within an individual PMOS and individual NMOS device enable significant drive current for a given layout area.
US10319644B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure In some embodiments, a semiconductor structure includes a first device and a second device. The first device has a first surface. The first device includes a first active region defined by a first material system. The second device has a second surface. The second surface is coplanar with the first surface. The second device includes a second active region defined by a second material system. The second material system is different from the first material system.
US10319643B1	Vertical FET with strained channel Provided is a method for forming a semiconductor structure. In embodiments of the invention, the method includes depositing a strain relaxed buffer (SRB) layer over a substrate; recessing the SRB layer on a first region of the structure; and forming a first semiconductor layer on the first region of the structure and depositing one or more mandrels over the first semiconductor layer of the first region of the structure. The method further includes depositing a spacer layer over the one or more mandrels, the spacer layer including vertical portions and horizontal portions; and removing the one or more mandrels and the horizontal portions of the spacer layer. The method further includes performing a reactive ion etch to remove material unprotected by the spacer to form a first channel for a p-type vertical field effect transistor from the first semiconductor layer. The first channel has a compressive strain.
US10319636B2	Deposition and treatment of films for patterning Methods comprising depositing a film material to form an initial film in a trench in a substrate surface are described. The film is treated to expand the film to grow beyond the substrate surface.
US10319635B2	Interconnect structure containing a metal slilicide hydrogen diffusion barrier and method of making thereof A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor device located over a substrate, a dielectric layer stack of at least one first dielectric material layer, a silicon nitride layer, and at least one second dielectric material layer overlying the semiconductor device, and interconnect structures including metallic lines and metallic vias and embedded within the dielectric layer stack. The interconnect structures also include a metal silicide portion that directly contacts the silicon nitride layer. A combination of the silicon nitride layer and the metal silicide portion provides a continuous hydrogen barrier structure that is vertically spaced from the top surface of the semiconductor device.
US10319634B2	Semiconductor device having MIM capacitor A semiconductor device that provides a pad electrically connected to the metal layer and a capacitor connected to the pad is disclosed. The semiconductor device provides an insulating film between the lower electrode of the capacitor and the pad. Because the insulating film protects and isolates the lower electrode from etching of the substrate via and deposition of the via metal, the lower electrode avoids voids or vacancies during formation of the via and the via metal.
US10319631B2	Parallel plate waveguide for power semiconductor package A power semiconductor package includes a first group of semiconductor dies attached to a first side of a substrate and evenly distributed over a width of the substrate and a second group of semiconductor dies attached to the first side of the substrate and evenly distributed over the substrate width. Each die in the first and second groups has all terminals at one side which is attached to the first side of the substrate and an insulated or isolated face at a side opposite the side with the terminals. A first intermediary metal layer of the substrate forms a first DC terminal. A second intermediary metal layer of the substrate forms a second DC terminal. These intermediary metal layers are insulated from one another and form a parallel plate waveguide. Additional power semiconductor package embodiments are described.
US10319630B2	Encapsulated damascene interconnect structure for integrated circuits A plurality of metal tracks are formed in a plurality of intermetal dielectric layers stacked in an integrated circuit die. Thin protective dielectric layers are formed around the metal tracks. The protective dielectric layers act as a hard mask to define contact vias between metal tracks in the intermetal dielectric layers.
US10319629B1	Skip via for metal interconnects Semiconductor devices including skip via structures and methods of forming the skip via structure include interconnection between two interconnect levels that are separated by at least one other interconnect level, i.e., skip via to connect Mx and Mx+2 interconnect levels, wherein a portion of the intervening metallization level (MX+1) is in a pathway of the skip via.
US10319628B2	Integrated circuit having a plurality of active layers and method of fabricating the same A method of fabrication of an integrated circuit is provided, including: providing a substrate including a first active layer and a first metallic level of interconnection arranged on top of the active layer and including first lines of interconnection separated by a first filling of sacrificial material; forming a superposition of an insulator layer and second lines of interconnection; providing access to the first filling through the insulator layer; filling the provided access with a second filling of sacrificial material; forming a second active layer on top of the second metallic level of interconnection; providing access to the second filling through the second active layer; and removing the first and the second fillings by a chemical etching through the provided access to the second filling.
US10319624B2	Oxidative volumetric expansion of metals and metal containing compounds Methods comprising forming a film on at least one feature of a substrate surface are described. The film is expanded to fill the at least one feature and cause growth of the film from the at least one feature. Methods of forming self-aligned vias are also described.
US10319622B2	Substrate conveying method and substrate processing system Provided is a substrate conveying method including: holding a substrate by a holder; rotating the substrate while conveying the substrate; specifying a position of an edge of the substrate based on a position of the holder when the edge of the substrate crosses a facing surface of a sensor that is disposed on a conveyance trajectory of the substrate, and a position of the sensor; and removing an influence of the rotation of the substrate from the specified position of the edge of the substrate.
US10319621B2	Semiconductor processing assembly and facility A semiconductor processing assembly, comprising at least one semiconductor processing system and a substrate cassette stocker with stocker positions that are at least partially disposed within a footprint of the at least one semiconductor processing system. The semiconductor processing system also includes a local substrate cassette transport system for exchanging substrate cassettes with a global cassette transport system of a processing facility. The local substrate cassette transport system transports cassettes between its substrate cassette exchange station and the stocker positions. Also disclosed is a semiconductor processing facility, having a clean room bay area and a clean room chase area, disposed adjacent to the clean room bay area and separated therefrom by a clean room bounding wall. The facility also includes a semiconductor processing assembly having at least two semiconductor processing systems and a local substrate cassette transport system for transporting substrate cassettes between the semiconductor processing systems.
US10319619B2	Equipment for manufacturing semiconductor devices and method for use of same for manufacturing semiconductor package components Provided are an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package using the same. The manufacturing apparatus may include a base with a plurality of through holes and weight blocks respectively bound by the through holes.
US10319615B2	Semiconductor bonding apparatus and related techniques A semiconductor structure bonding apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a leveling adjustment system configured to provide leveling adjustment of upper and lower block assemblies of the apparatus. In some cases, the leveling adjustment system may include a plurality of threaded posts, differentially threaded adjustment collars, and leveling sleeves. In some instances, the leveling adjustment system further may include a plurality of preload springs configured to provide a given preload capacity and range of adjustment. In some instances, the leveling adjustment system further may include a load cell through which one of the threaded posts may be inserted. In some embodiments, the upper block assembly further may include a reaction plate configured to reduce deformation of the upper block assembly. In some embodiments, the upper block assembly further may include a thermal isolation plate configured to provide compliance deflection and being of monolithic or polylithic construction, as desired.
US10319613B2	Method of selectively etching first region made of silicon nitride against second region made of silicon oxide Generation of a deposit can be suppressed and high selectivity can be acquired when etching a first region made of silicon nitride selectively against a second region made of silicon oxide. A method includes preparing a processing target object having the first region and the second region within a chamber provided in a chamber main body of a plasma processing apparatus; generating plasma of a first gas including a gas containing hydrogen within the chamber to form a modified region by modifying a part of the first region with active species of the hydrogen; and generating plasma of a second gas including a gas containing fluorine within the chamber to remove the modified region with active species of the fluorine.
US10319612B2	Method for the rapid processing of polymer layers in support of imidization processes and fan out wafer level packaging including effiecient drying of precursor layers A process for the drying, and subsequent imidization, of polyimide precursors which minimizes or eliminates voids and which minimizes or eliminates discoloration. The process uses a sequential set of descending pressure operations that allow for time efficient processing of wafers. The set of descending pressure operations are interspersed with evacuation processes using heated gasses, which combine heating and byproduct evacuation. The process results in layers with reduced or eliminated voiding, discoloration, and solvent retention.
US10319610B2	Package carrier A package carrier includes a substrate, at least one heat conducting element, an insulating material, a first patterned circuit layer and a second patterned circuit layer. The substrate has an upper surface, a lower surface and a through hole. The heat conducting element is disposed inside the through hole and has a first surface and a second surface. The insulating material has a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one cavity extending from the top surface to the heat conducting element. The heat conducting element is fixed in the through hole by the insulating material, and the cavity exposes a portion of the first surface of the heat conducting element. The first patterned circuit layer is disposed on the upper surface and the top surface, and the second patterned circuit layer is disposed on the lower surface and the bottom surface.
US10319608B2	Package structure and method therof A package structure can include: (i) a substrate having opposite first and second surfaces; (ii) a die having opposite active and back surfaces, where the die is arranged above the first surface of the substrate, the back surface of the die is adjacent to the first surface of the substrate; (iii) pads arranged on the active surface of the die; (iv) a first encapsulator configured to encapsulate the die; (v) an interconnection structure configured to electrically connect to the pads through the first encapsulator; (vi) a second encapsulator configured to encapsulate the interconnection structure; and (vii) a redistribution structure configured to electrically connect to the interconnection structure and to provide external electrical connectivity.
US10319607B2	Package-on-package structure with organic interposer A device comprises a substrate having a die mounted on the first side of the substrate and a moldable underfill (MUF) disposed on the first side of the substrate and around the die. An interposer is mounted on the first side of the substrate, with the interposer having lands disposed on a first side of the interposer. The interposer mounted to the substrate by connectors bonded to a second side of the interposer, the connectors providing electrical connectivity between the interposer and the substrate. A package is mounted on the first side of the interposer and is electrically connected to the lands. At least one of the lands is aligned directly over the die and wherein a pitch of the connectors is different than a pitch of the lands.
US10319604B2	Methods for self-aligned patterning Processing methods comprising depositing a film on a substrate surface and in a surface feature with chemical planarization to remove the film from the substrate surface, leaving the film in the feature. A pillar is grown from the film so that the pillar grows orthogonally to the substrate surface.
US10319600B1	Thermal silicon etch Exemplary methods for selectively removing silicon (e.g. polysilicon) from a patterned substrate may include flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into a substrate processing chamber to form plasma effluents. The plasma effluents may remove silicon (e.g. polysilicon, amorphous silicon or single crystal silicon) at significantly higher etch rates compared to exposed silicon oxide, silicon nitride or other dielectrics on the substrate. The methods rely on the temperature of the substrate in combination with some conductivity of the surface to catalyze the etch reaction rather than relying on a gas phase source of energy such as a plasma.
US10319598B2	Method and apparatus for thinning wafer A method and an apparatus for thinning a wafer are provided. The method for thinning a wafer, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: irradiating a line beam focused at a specific depth of the wafer; scanning the wafer by using the line beam so as to form an interface at the specific depth of the wafer; and cleaving the wafer on which the interface is formed into a pattern wafer and a dummy wafer.
US10319596B2	Devices with multiple threshold voltages formed on a single wafer using strain in the high-k layer A method for adjusting a threshold voltage includes depositing a strained liner on a gate structure to strain a gate dielectric. A threshold voltage of a transistor is adjusted by controlling an amount of strain in the liner to control an amount of work function (WF) modulating species that diffuse into the gate dielectric in a channel region. The liner is removed.
US10319595B2	Reverse conducting IGBT device and manufacturing method therefor A reverse conducting IGBT device and a method for manufacturing the reverse conducting IGBT device are provided. The method includes: forming, based on a semiconductor structure including an IGBT cell region and a fast recovery diode cell region which are separated from each other, a copper electrode layer on an upper surface of the IGBT cell region; performing ion implantation on the semiconductor structure by using the copper electrode layer as a barrier layer, for controlling minority carrier lifetime of the fast recovery diode cell region; and forming a metal electrode layer on an upper surface of the fast recovery diode cell region, where the metal electrode layer is electrically connected to the copper electrode layer on the upper surface of the IGBT cell region.
US10319591B2	Geometric control of bottom-up pillars for patterning applications Processing methods comprising selectively replacing a first pillar material with a second pillar material in a self-aligned process are described. The first pillar material may be grown orthogonally to the substrate surface and replaced with a second pillar material to leave a substantially similar shape and alignment as the first pillar material.
US10319588B2	Method for depositing a metal chalcogenide on a substrate by cyclical deposition A method for depositing a metal chalcogenide on a substrate by cyclical deposition is disclosed. The method may include, contacting the substrate with at least one metal containing vapor phase reactant and contacting the substrate with at least one chalcogen containing vapor phase reactant. Semiconductor device structures including a metal chalcogenide deposited by the methods of the disclosure are also provided.
US10319587B2	Method of manufacturing epitaxial wafer and silicon-based substrate for epitaxial growth A method of manufacturing an epitaxial wafer having an epitaxial layer on a silicon-based substrate, the method of manufacturing the epitaxial wafer including epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer on the silicon-based substrate after applying terrace processing to an outer peripheral portion of the silicon-based substrate. As a result, the method of manufacturing the epitaxial wafer having the epitaxial layer on the silicon-based substrate in which an epitaxial wafer which is completely free from cracks can be obtained, is provided.
US10319586B1	Methods comprising an atomic layer deposition sequence An example method comprises an ALD sequence including contacting an outer substrate surface at a temperature T1 with a first precursor to form a monolayer onto the outer substrate surface. Temperature of the outer substrate surface and the monolayer thereon is increased to a temperature T2 that is at least 200° C. greater than a maximum of the temperature T1. The temperature-increasing is at a temperature-increasing rate that takes no more than 10 seconds to get the outer substrate surface and the monolayer thereon at least 200° C. above the maximum temperature T1. At the temperature T2, the monolayer is contacted with a second precursor that reacts with the monolayer to form a reaction product and a new outer substrate surface that each comprise a component from the monolayer and a component from the second precursor. With the monolayer not having been allowed to be at least 200° C. above the maximum temperature T1 for more than 10 seconds, temperature of the new outer substrate surface is decreased from the temperature T2 to a lower temperature TL that is at least 200° C. lower than a minimum of the temperature T2.
US10319584B2	Compositions and processes for depositing carbon-doped silicon-containing films Described herein are compositions for depositing a carbon-doped silicon containing film wherein the composition comprises a first precursor comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: an organoaminoalkylsilane having a formula of R5Si(NR3R4)xH3-x wherein x=1, 2, 3; an organoalkoxyalkylsilane having a formula of R6Si(OR7)xH3-x wherein x=1, 2, 3; an organoaminosilane having a formula of R8N(SiR9(NR10R11)H)2; an organoaminosilane having a formula of R8N(SiR9LH)2 and combinations thereof; and optionally a second precursor comprising a compound having the formula: Si(NR1R2)H3. Also described herein are methods for depositing a carbon-doped silicon-containing film using the composition wherein the method is one selected from the following: cyclic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), plasma enhanced ALD (PEALD) and plasma enhanced CCVD (PECCVD).
US10319583B2	Selective deposition of silicon nitride films for spacer applications Methods for forming a spacer comprising depositing a film on the top, bottom and sidewalls of a feature and treating the film to change a property of the film on the top and bottom of the feature so that the film can be selectively etched from the top and bottom of the feature relative to the film on the sidewalls of the feature.
US10319581B1	Cut metal gate process for reducing transistor spacing A method includes providing a structure having a substrate and first and second fins over the substrate and oriented lengthwise generally along a first direction; epitaxially growing semiconductor source/drain (S/D) features over the first and second fins, wherein a first semiconductor S/D feature over the first fin merges with a second semiconductor S/D feature over the second fin; and performing a first etching process to an area between the first and second fins, wherein the first etching process separates the first and second semiconductor S/D features.
US10319578B2	Retarding potential type energy analyzer A retarding potential type energy analyzer including a front grid electrode, reference grid electrode and rear grid electrode sequentially arranged, with a predetermined amount of potential difference given between the reference grid electrode and the front grid electrode to form an upward potential gradient as well as a potential difference given between the reference grid electrode and the rear grid electrode to form a downward potential gradient, the grid electrodes are arranged so that the distance between the reference grid electrode and the rear grid electrode is shorter than the distance between the reference grid electrode and the front grid electrode, or the potential difference between the reference grid electrode and the rear grid electrode is made to be greater than the potential difference between the reference grid electrode and the front grid electrode.
US10319576B2	Laser ablation cell A laser ablation cell (1) comprises a flow channel (11) having an essentially constant cross-sectional area so as to ensure a strictly laminar flow in the flow channel. A sample chamber (21) is provided adjacent to a lateral opening (14) of the flow channel. A laser beam (41) enters the sample chamber (21) through a lateral window (16) and impinges on a surface (24) of a sample (23) to ablate material from the sample. The sample may be positioned in such a distance from the flow channel that the laser-generated aerosol mass distribution has its center within the flow channel. This leads to short aerosol washout times. The laser ablation cell is particularly well suited for aerosol generation in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS), including imaging applications.
US10319574B2	Categorization data manipulation using a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer Methods, systems, apparatuses, and/or computer programs. Mass spectrometer test data (e.g. a blood sample of a medical patient) may be associated with metadata information. The associated metadata information may be associated with the medical patient. A subset of a sample reference library may be based on the associated metadata information. The sample reference library may include a plurality of sets of mass spectrometer reference data, in accordance with embodiments. Embodiments match the mass spectrometer test data with mass spectrometer reference data of the selected subset of the sample reference library. Embodiments determine characteristic information of a source of the mass spectrometer test data (e.g. the medical patient) based on the known characteristics of the matched mass spectrometer reference data.
US10319573B2	Methods and apparatuses for determining the intact mass of large molecules from mass spectrographic data Methods and apparatuses for the identification and/or characterization of properties of a sample using mass spectrometry. The method involves using a measured spectrum of data from a sample taken with a mass spectrometer, deconvoluting the measured spectrum of data by applying parsimony weighting to minimize the number of charge states based on one or more of: the number of intense peaks in the mass spectrum; the number of harmonic relationships (e.g., masses in small integer ratios); and the number of off-by-one relationships (e.g., m/z bins with high probability for two adjacent charges). Thus, the underlying m/z spectrum may be inferred from the family of plausible deconvoluted spectra determined by applying parsimony and the inferred m/z spectrum may be used to identify and/or characterize the sample.
US10319572B2	Space ion analyzer with mass spectrometer on a chip (MSOC) using floating MSOC voltages A space ion analyzer in a spacecraft includes an axis and an aperture to receive an ion stream. An ion focuser to focus the ion stream along the axis responsive to a focus voltage, and an ion deflector deflects ions from the axis based on energies of the ions and a deflector voltage difference applied across plates of the ion deflector. A mass spectrometer on a chip (MSOC) directs ions from the ion deflector to an ion detector array responsive to an MSOC voltage difference applied to the MSOC. A focus voltage generator generates the focus voltage as a variable voltage referenced to a spacecraft ground. A deflector voltage generator generates the deflector voltage difference with a controllable magnitude and referenced to the spacecraft ground. An MSOC voltage generator generates the MSOC voltage difference with a controllable magnitude and referenced to a breaking potential controllable relative to the spacecraft ground.
US10319571B2	Ruthenium sputtering target and ruthenium alloy sputtering target A ruthenium sputtering target, wherein a Si content is 10 to 100 wtppm, a total content of unavoidable impurities excluding gas components is 50 wtppm or less, and a remainder is Ru. By suppressing the crystal growth of ruthenium or a ruthenium alloy and reducing the generation of coarse crystal grains, arcing that occurs during sputtering is minimized, particle generation is reduced, and yield is improved.
US10319570B2	Determining a malfunctioning device in a plasma system Systems and methods for determining a malfunctioning device in a plasma system, are described. One of the methods includes receiving an indication whether plasma is generated within a plasma chamber of the plasma system. The plasma system includes a processing portion and a power delivery portion. The method further includes determining whether the plasma system operates within constraints in response to receiving the indication that the plasma is generated, determining a value of a variable at an output of the power delivery portion when the processing portion is decoupled from the power delivery portion, and comparing the determined value with a pre-recorded value of the variable. The method includes determining whether the determined value is outside a range of the pre-recorded value and determining that the malfunctioning device within the power delivery portion upon determining that the determined value is outside the range of the pre-recorded value.
US10319567B2	Microwave plasma source and plasma processing apparatus A microwave plasma source for forming a surface wave plasma by radiating a microwave into a chamber of a plasma processing apparatus, which includes: a microwave output part for outputting the microwave; a microwave transmission part for transmitting the microwave; and a microwave radiation member for radiating the microwave into the chamber. The microwave transmission part includes a plurality of microwave introduction mechanisms circumferentially arranged in a peripheral portion of the microwave radiation member and configured to introduce the microwave into the microwave radiation member. The microwave radiation member includes a metal main body, a plurality of dielectric slow-wave members arranged in an overall annular shape in the vicinity of an arrangement surface of the main body, an annular dielectric microwave transmission member arranged in a microwave radiation surface of the main body, and a slot antenna part installed between the slow-wave members and the microwave transmission member.
US10319566B2	Apparatus for supplying power and apparatus for treating substrate including the same Disclosed inventions are apparatus for supplying power and an apparatus for treating a substrate including the same. The apparatus for supplying power includes a high-frequency power source that provides a high-frequency power; a plasma source including first and second antennas that generates plasma by using the high-frequency power; and a power divider connected between the high-frequency power source and the plasma source to divide the high-frequency power supplied to the first and second antennas. The power divider includes a first variable device that controls the high-frequency power supplied to the first and second antennas; and a second variable device that compensates for non-linearity of the high-frequency power supplied to the first and second antennas.
US10319564B2	Multi charged particle beam writing apparatus, and multi charged particle beam writing method A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an irradiation time calculation circuit to calculate an irradiation time of a beam to each pixel, for each of a plurality of pixels which are obtained by dividing a writing region of a target object and each of which serves as an irradiation unit region per beam of multi charged particle beams, a gray-scale value calculation circuit to calculate, for each pixel, a gray-scale value of gradation by gray scale levels by dividing the irradiation time by a quantization unit, and a gray-scale value correction circuit to correct, for each of a plurality of groups each composed of adjacent pixels, dose errors each caused by gradation, by gray scale levels, of the irradiation time which occur in the adjacent pixels in a group concerned, by increasing or decreasing the gray-scale value of at least one pixel in the group concerned by 1.
US10319561B2	Object preparation device and particle beam device with an object preparation device and method for operating the particle beam device An object preparation device for preparing an object in a particle beam apparatus includes at least one cutting device, at least one cutting bevel for cutting the object, where the cutting bevel is arranged at the cutting device, at least one movably embodied object receptacle device having an object receptacle for receiving the object, and at least one drive unit for moving the object receptacle device from a first position of the object receptacle device into a second position of the object receptacle device. The first position of the object receptacle device is an initial position. The second position of the object receptacle device is an analysis and/or processing position of the object receptacle device. An observation axis (OA) extends through the object receptacle when the object receptacle device is arranged at the second position.
US10319556B2	Ultra broad band continuously tunable electron beam pulser An ElectroMagnetic-Mechanical Pulser (“EMMP”) generates electron pulses at a continuously tunable rate between 100 MHz and 20-50 GHz, with energies up to 0.5 MeV, duty cycles up to 20%, and pulse widths between 100 fs and 10 ps. A dielectric-filled Traveling Wave Transmission Stripline (“TWTS”) that is terminated by an impedance-matching load such as a 50 ohm load imposes a transverse modulation on a continuous electron beam. The dielectric is configured such that the phase velocity of RF propagated through the TWTS matches a desired electron energy, which can be between 100 and 500 keV, thereby transferring electromagnetic energy to the electrons. The beam is then chopped into pulses by an adjustable aperture. Pulse dispersion arising from the modulation is minimized by a suppressing section that includes a mirror demodulating TWTS, so that the spatial and temporal coherence of the pulses is substantially identical to the input beam.
US10319553B2	Method for controllably growing ZnO Nanowires The present invention relates to a method for controllably growing ZnO nanowires, for example to be used in relation to field emission lighting. In particular, the invention relates to a method of controlling thermal oxidation conditions to achieve steady-state conditions between an oxygen consumption rate by a growing oxide on a surface of a structure and the decomposition rate of the oxygen-carrying species within the chamber. The invention also relates to a corresponding field emission cathode.
US10319552B2	Battery connection unit, and attachment structure for battery connection unit A battery connection unit includes an electronic component electrically connected to a battery terminal and a terminal of an electric wire, and an insulating support member that includes a first support body and a second support body and that supports the electronic component, where the first support body is disposed across a space in such a way that a first gap to a first surface becomes a first reference gap, the second support body is disposed across a space in such a way that a second gap to a second surface becomes a second reference gap, at least one first spring member that contacts the first surface while maintaining the first reference gap after attachment to the battery is disposed on the first support body, and at least one second spring member that contacts the second surface while maintaining the second reference gap is disposed on the second support body.
US10319549B2	Systems and methods for an electromagnetic actuator An electromagnetic actuator having a permanent magnet coupled to an armature of the electromagnetic actuator is provided. The electromagnetic actuator includes a housing, a pole piece arranged within the housing and secured by an end plate, and an armature assembly having an armature and a permanent magnet coupled to the armature. The armature is movable between a first position and a second position. The electromagnetic actuator further includes a wire coil positioned around the armature assembly and arranged within the housing. An actuation position of the armature between the first position and the second position is proportional to a magnitude of current applied to the wire coil.
US10319545B2	Surge protective device modules and DIN rail device systems including same A surge protective device (SPD) module includes a module housing, first and second module electrical terminals mounted on the module housing, a gas discharge tube (GDT) mounted in the module housing, and a fail-safe mechanism mounted in the module housing. The GDT includes a first GDT terminal electrically connected to the first module electrical terminal and a second GDT terminal electrically connected to the second module electrical terminal. The fail-safe mechanism includes: an electrically conductive shorting bar positioned in a ready position and repositionable to a shorting position; a biasing member applying a biasing load to the shorting bar to direct the shorting bar from the ready position to the shorting position; and a meltable member. The meltable member maintains the shorting bar in the ready position and melts in response to a prescribed temperature to permit the shorting bar to transition from the ready position to the shorting position under the biasing load of the biasing member. In the shorting position, the shorting bar forms an electrical short circuit between the first and second GDT terminals to bypass the GDT.
US10319544B2	Bolted pressure switch motor arrangement An electrical switch assembly includes a first contact supported for movement into and out of electrical connection with a second contact. A cam assembly is configured to deflect a spring into a stressed condition, and to move the first contact into electrical connection with the second contact under a bias of the spring upon return deflection of the spring from the stressed condition. A motor has an output member. A linkage interconnects the output member with the cam assembly to deflect the spring into the stressed condition in response to movement of the output member.
US10319543B2	Installation switching apparatus having an exhaust air duct and a set screw An installation switching apparatus includes: a housing; at least one contact point; an exhaust air duct which in an upstream portion thereof receives arc gases of a switching arc that has been created at the at least one contact point, and by way of an exhaust air opening in a housing wall of the housing in a downstream portion of the exhaust air duct the exhaust air duct releases the arc gases into an environment of the housing; at least one thermal release; and a set screw for setting the at least one thermal release. The set screw at an activation end thereof has a formed element for contacting in a form-fitting manner a tool for rotating activation of the set screw. An operative end of the set screw is coupled to the at least one thermal release.
US10319539B2	System and method to disable exposed electronics in a ruggedized electronic device A ruggedized electronic device includes a case and an enclosure within the case. The case provides a first level of explosive atmosphere protection to components within the case. The enclosure provides a second level of explosive atmosphere protection to the components within the enclosure. The second level is higher than the first level. The enclosure includes a main board within the enclosure, and a switch. The main board includes a connection from within the enclosure to the case. The switch provides the connection to the case in a first switched mode and isolates the connection from the case in a second switched mode.
US10319538B1	Interrupter having unitary external terminal and internal contact An apparatus is disclosed comprising an interrupter and a first internal contact disposed within the interrupter; wherein an external terminal of the interrupter is configured for serving as a terminal in a switching mechanism; and wherein the first internal contact and the external terminal form opposite ends of a unitary conductive bar.
US10319535B2	High voltage high power energy storage devices, systems, and associated methods A high power density energy storage device having enhanced operation voltage is provided. Such a device can include a cathode having a structured surface on a conductive substrate, an anode positioned adjacent to the cathode, where the anode includes a silicon substrate having a structured surface, and wherein the structured surface of the cathode is oriented toward the structured surface of the anode. The device can further include a dielectric material applied to the structured surface of the anode, a conductive material or a pseudocapacitive material applied to the structured surface of the cathode, and an electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode.
US10319533B2	Photoelectric conversion element and solar cell A photoelectric conversion element including a first electrode, an electron transport layer on the first electrode, a charge transfer layer, and a second electrode is provided. The electron transport layer includes an electron transport compound, and the electron transport compound carries a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2): where each of X1 and X2 independently represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or selenium atom; R1 represents methine group; R2 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group; each of R3 independently represents an acidic group; m represents an integer of 1 or 2; and each of Z1 and Z2 independently represents a group forming a cyclic structure; R5—R4—COOH Formula (2) where R4 represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; and R5 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkenyl group, an alkylthio group, or an aryl ether group.
US10319532B2	Electrolytic capacitor An electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode body; a dielectric layer formed on the anode body; a first conductive polymer layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer; and a second conductive polymer layer covering at least a part of the first conductive polymer layer. The first conductive polymer layer includes a first conductive polymer and a first dopant. The second conductive polymer layer includes a second conductive polymer, a second dopant and a polycarboxylic acid.
US10319527B2	Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor may have a decreased equivalent series resistance (ESR) and improved warpage strength and reliability with conductive resin layers of external electrodes on surfaces where internal electrodes are exposed from a body, intermetallic compounds are in contact with conductive connecting portions of the conductive resin layers and the internal electrodes, and conductive connecting portions are in contact with a plurality of metal particles and second electrode layers.
US10319522B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method for manufacturing the same A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a capacitance layer including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween; a protection layer disposed on one surface of the capacitance layer; an alpha connection electrode provided in an alpha via penetrating through the protection layer; and a beta connection electrode provided in a beta via penetrating through the capacitance layer and connected to the alpha via. The alpha via has a diameter greater than that of the beta via.
US10319521B2	Conductor-insulator-conductor capacitor and method of fabricating the same A conductor-insulator-conductor capacitor and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The conductor-insulator-conductor capacitor includes first to third conductive layers and first and second insulating layers. The first insulating layer is located on the first conductive layer and covers the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer is located on the first insulating layer and covers at least a portion of the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is located on the second conductive layer and covers the top surface and the sidewall of the second conductive layer. The second conductive layer is surrounded and encapsulated by the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The third conductive layer is located on the second insulating layer and covers the sidewalls of the second insulating layer and the first conductive layer. The third conductive layer is in physical contact with and electrically connected to the first conductive layer.
US10319519B2	Method for producing an induction component The invention proposes a method of producing induction components each containing a coil, wherein the coils are wound on a wire-winding plate, containing a multiplicity of wire-winding stubs arranged in rows and columns, using a wire which is continuous for a plurality of coils. The template provided with the coils is then pressed in a molding press with ferromagnetic substrate powder, which embeds the coils. Once the template has been removed, the interiors of the coils are provided with substrate powder, and pressed, once again in a molding press. Electrical contact is then made with the connections and the block is divided up into individual induction components each containing a coil.
US10319517B2	Method of and apparatus for generating an adjustable reactance A method for adjusting reactance includes an adjustable reactance generator including a comparator receiving an input sinusoidal waveform and outputting a square wave that retains the frequency and phase of the applied sinusoidal waveform. The reactance adjustment is generated using a power switching circuit that receives the square wave from the comparator as a control signal and outputs a square wave that retains the frequency and phase of the applied sinusoidal voltage waveform, an adjustable power supply that adjusts the amplitude of the square wave output by the power switching circuit, and an amplitude detector that controls the output level of the adjustable power supply. The power switching circuit output, when converted to a sinusoid, provides the effect of an adjustable reactance.
US10319516B2	Ignition coil A magnetic path is formed of a center core disposed inside a first coil and second coil, a first side core and second side core disposed outside the first coil and second coil and coming into contact with the center core, and a magnet disposed between the first side core and second side core, wherein a shape of a space formed by a portion of contact between the first side core and second side core is a shape that forms an insertion portion of the magnet disposed obliquely with respect to the magnetic path, and voids perpendicular with respect to the magnetic path at either end portion of the magnet.
US10319514B2	Coil device A coil device comprising; a winding coil including Cu and having a winding part and an extension line part which is pulled out from said winding part, a pair of electrodes made of a conductive material having, a connecting wire part having a connecting wire face connected with the extension line part and a protective face sandwiching said extension line part with said connecting wire face, and a base part provided with a mounting base face at one of the faces of the base and connected to said connecting wire part, a magnetic part including a magnetic material and covering at least said winding part and said connecting wire part.
US10319509B2	Embedded magnetic component device An embedded magnetic component device includes a magnetic core located in a cavity in an insulating substrate. An electrical winding includes inner and outer conductive connectors. An inner solid bonded joint boundary is located between first and second portions of the insulating substrate and extends between the cavity and the inner conductive connectors. An outer solid bonded joint boundary is located between the first and the second portions of the insulating substrate extends between the cavity and the outer conductive connectors. The minimum distance of the inner solid bonded joint boundary between any of the inner conductive connectors and the inner interior wall of the cavity is defined as D1, and the minimum distance of the outer solid bonded joint boundary between any of the outer conductive connectors and the outer interior wall of the cavity is defined as D2. D1 and D2 are about 0.4 mm or more.
US10319508B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes a plurality of groups arrayed in a stacking direction, each including a first inductor conductor layer, a second inductor conductor layer, a connection conductor layer and a first insulator layer. In each group, the first insulator layer is provided between a first superposed portion of the first inductor conductor layer and a second superposed portion of the second inductor conductor layer. The connection conductor layer is provided at the same position as the first insulator layer in the stacking direction, and electrically connects the first non-superposed portion and the second non-superposed portion included in the same group to each other. Among two adjacent groups in the stacking direction, a second superposed portion included in a group on another side in the stacking direction and a first superposed portion included in a group on one side in the stacking direction are physically connected to each other.
US10319506B2	Coil component Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes an element body made of a first magnetic material, a coil conductor embedded in the element body, and first and second magnetic films made of a second magnetic material having higher permeability than that of the first magnetic material. The element body has an upper surface crossing a coil axis of the coil conductor and first and second side surfaces extending substantially parallel to the coil axis. The first magnetic film is formed on the upper surface and first side surface of the element body, and the second magnetic film is formed on the upper surface and second side surface of the element body.
US10319505B2	Electro-magnetic flux valve The Electro-Magnetic Flux Valve (EMFV) is an electrically actuated permanent magnet field flux shunt comprised of a low reluctance ferromagnetic core, surrounding a permanent magnet, with at least two imbedded control element sections by which the permeance of the core can be reduced. When placed within an external closed magnetic circuit, the EMFV core, at quiescence, acts as a keeper to the magnetic flux of the magnet. When electrically activated, the EMFV core permeance is reduced and the permanent magnet flux is released to energize the external magnetic circuit. When the control signal is removed the EMFV core again becomes highly permeable and constrains the permanent magnet flux thus deenergizing the external magnetic circuit. The EMFV is intended to be an integral part of a Magnetic Power Converter.
US10319499B1	System and method for additively manufacturing composite wiring harness A method is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite wiring harness. The method may include directing a plurality of conductors through a print head, directing at least one reinforcement through the print head, and coating at least one of the plurality of conductors and the at least one reinforcement with a matrix material. The method may also include discharging the at least one of the plurality of conductors and the at least one reinforcement with the matrix material from the print head, and exposing the matrix material during discharging to a cure energy to cause hardening of a sheath around the plurality of conductors.
US10319496B2	Insulated wire and rotating electrical machine An insulated wire, having at least one foamed insulating layer composed of a thermosetting resin having bubbles, directly or indirectly on an outer periphery of a conductor, wherein the foamed insulating layer has a different bubble density in a thickness direction thereof; and a rotating electrical machine.
US10319494B2	Multi-functional busbar with interstitial passages A busbar configured to facilitate electrical connection of multiple battery cells in a manner that further supports functions such as mounting, cell level fusing, layer level fusing, and cooling channels.
US10319493B2	Apparatus and method for establishing an electrically conductive and mechanical connection An apparatus includes a main body having an electrode and a contact element. The contact element is directly mechanically and electrically conductively connected to the electrode in order to form an electrical connection between the main body and the contact element. The electrical and mechanical connection between the electrode and the contact element is free of melting regions of the materials of the electrode and of the contact element that are involved in the connection. Furthermore, the connection is realized in a manner free of connection material, for example, in a manner free of solder material.
US10319489B2	Scratch resistant flexible transparent electrodes and methods for fabricating ultrathin metal films as electrodes Systems and methods of fabricating electrodes, including thin metallic films, include depositing a first metallic layer on a substrate and passivating the deposited layer. The processes of deposition and passivation may be done sequentially. In some embodiments, a plurality of substrates may be coated with a metallic layer and further processed at a later time, including passivation and disposal of additional layers as discussed herein.
US10319488B2	Conductor for a power transmission cable and a process for the production of the conductor A conductor for a power transmission cable including at least two separate lengths of conductors, having at least 99.5% by weight aluminum, and the remainder other metals or substances except a titanium content of at most 0.02% by weight. The at least two lengths of aluminum conductors joined together by a weld. The welding material alloy has an aluminum content of at least 85.2% by weight, a silicon content of from 4.0 to 13.0% by weight and the remainder up to 100% by weight and at most 1.8% by weight, other metals and/or substances; or an aluminum content of at least 99.5% by weight, a titanium content of from 0.10 to 0.50% by weight and the remainder up to 100% by weight, other metals and/or substances.
US10319486B2	Process and apparatus for condensation repressing isotope separation by laser activation Isotope enrichment by laser activation wherein a multi-isotopic element Q, like Uranium, Silicon, Carbon is incorporated into gaseous QFn, QF6, QF4, QOmFn, etc and diluted in gas G like He, N2, Ar, Xe, SF6 or other inert gas; and wherein that mixture is cooled by adiabatic expansion or other means encouraging formation of dimers QF6:G in a supersonic super-cooled free jet; and wherein that jet is exposed to laser photons at wavelengths that selectively excite predetermined molecules iQF6 to iQF6, thereby inducing rapid VT conversions and dissociations of iQF6:G→iQF6+G+kT, while leaving non-excited dimers jQF6:G intact; and wherein a skimmer separates the supersonic free-jet core stream containing heavier jQF6:G dimers from lighter core-escaped iQF6-enriched rim gases. Particularly an advanced technique is disclosed to enrich iUF6 by free jet expansion and isotope-selective dimerization suppression, utilizing a molecular CO laser and intra-cavity UF6 irradiation with laser lines overlapping predetermined iUF6 absorptions; and providing multiple free jet separator units irradiated by one laser beam, thereby enhancing process economics.
US10319484B1	Method for imaging a nuclear reactor A method of creating a computer-generated model of a portion of a nuclear reactor that is positioned between an emitter and a detector of an imaging device. The method includes transmitting energy by the detector emitter toward the containment vessel; receiving at the detector at least a portion of the energy transmitted by the emitter, the at least a portion of the energy being attenuated by a tracing agent in a tube sheet or scattered by the tubesheet of the nuclear reactor within the containment vessel; and creating a computer-generated model of the tubesheet based on the at least a portion of the energy received at the detector, the computer-generated model comprising one or more 3D images of the tubesheet.
US10319482B2	Air cooler, intercooler and nuclear facility A plurality of heat transfer pipes; a first header and a second header to which both ends of each of the heat transfer pipes that are disposed in parallel are fixed, respectively; a plurality of plate-shaped fins through which each of the heat transfer pipes is penetrated and that are provided at intervals in a direction in which the heat transfer pipes extend between the first header and the second header; and a fan that circulates an airflow between the plate-shaped fins are included. The first header and the second header are formed to be sectioned into multiple rows, the heat transfer pipes are disposed densely in an sectioned area of the first header and the second header, and the heat transfer pipes are disposed sparsely in an area between the sectioned areas of the first header and the second header.
US10319477B1	Dynamic data-driven biological state analysis In some implementations, a system is capable of obtaining and processing both actively monitored and passively monitored data in parallel in order to improve the accuracy and the specificity by which pathological risks are identified for a user. Data indicating measured levels of one or more metabolic biomarkers and activity data associated with a user is obtained. A biological state for the user is determined based on the measured levels of the one or more metabolic biomarkers. One or more user inputs indicated within the activity data, and scores reflecting respective likelihoods that a particular user input indicates a change to one or more aspects of the biological state for the user for each of the one or more user inputs is determined. Data corresponding to the biological state for the user is then adjusted. A communication that is generated based on the adjusted data is then provided for output.
US10319475B1	Method and apparatus for determining relationships between medications and symptoms In accordance with one embodiment, a method can be implemented that includes enlisting via a computer network a plurality of participants to report one or more effects of their respective usage of a substance; confirming that a prospective participant is located in a state where use of the substance is legal; receiving from each of the one or more participants via the computer network one or more self-assessment reports of any physical, emotional, or mental responses or any combination thereof to the substance; and processing the one or more self-assessment reports with a computer processor to determine if the substance has an effect on a particular symptom or condition.
US10319474B1	Method and system for producing statistical analysis of medical care information A method and system for producing statistical analysis of medical care information comprises: aggregating medical care providers to a peer group level; aggregating medical care information at the peer group level and at the medical care provider level; computing a statistical analysis, such as performing Pearson's correlation analysis; and generating peer group level and medical care provider level results utilizing the computed statistical analysis. Also, a method for producing statistical analysis of medical care information for a medical care provider efficiency measurement comprises: applying minimum unit of analysis criteria for medical care providers to be used in statistical analysis; calculating an overall weighted average medical care information measure for each medical care provider; calculating a medical condition-specific medical care information measure for each medical care provider; removing outlier medical care providers from statistical analysis at medical care information level; calculating a statistical analysis to medical care provider efficiency measurement at each medical care information level using a statistical calculation; and selecting statistically related medical care information to identify medical care providers meeting a desired practice pattern.
US10319473B2	Wearable system for healthcare management Various of the disclosed embodiments enable adherence to a medication regimen or a healthcare regimen to be monitored using a wearable system. The wearable system can be used to monitor a user's activities by recording activities using a camera that is placed at the anterior part of the user's wrist. The camera, or another sensor, can detect, identify, and verifying movements or gestures of the hand or fingers. A gesture may be a particular hand position, finger movement, or combination of finger movements that are indicative of performance of an activity required as part of a medication or healthcare regimen. The camera can generate a recording of an activity, and the wearable system or a distinct computing device can then analyze the recording and determine compliance to the medication or healthcare regimen based on what action(s), if any, were identified in the recording.
US10319470B2	Electronic dental charting Systems, methods, electronic devices and computer-readable media for charting dental information are described. The method includes generating or retrieving a dental data set including separately-modifiable parameters defining dental information relative to a base parametric model, the parameters providing information for generating signals for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) representation of at least a portion of a dentition represented by the dental data set; receiving an input via the 3D representation; and based on the received input, adjusting at least one of the parameters.
US10319467B2	Medical information navigation engine (MINE) system A medical information navigation engine (MINE) for transacting medical information by receiving medical information from a medical sources, identifying, mapping, and consolidating the received medical information by a back-end medical processor, presenting access to specific relevant data, based on a user's security privileges, within the identified, mapped, and consolidated medical information, based on user-specific functions or roles by a front-end medical processor, and generating user-customized processed medical information to a plurality of users, with at least a portion of the user-customize processed medical information being provided to each of the plurality of users based on its relevancy to each user's specific function or role and each user's associated security privileges.
US10319465B2	Systems and methods for aligning sequences to graph references Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for aligning a sequence read to a graph reference. In one embodiment, the method comprises selecting a first node from a graph reference, the graph reference comprising a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of directed edges, at least one node of the plurality of nodes having a nucleotide sequence. The method further comprises traversing the graph reference according to a depth-first search, and comparing a sequence read to nucleotide sequences generated from the traversal of the graph reference. The traversal of the graph is then modified in response to a determination that each and every node associated with a given nucleotide sequence was previously evaluated.
US10319462B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor system A semiconductor device may include an operation control circuit configured to generate a detection signal based on an internal temperature of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include an error correction circuit configured to output read data as output data with or without performing an error correction operation and with or without performing a scrub operation based on the detection signal.
US10319461B2	Low-overhead mechanism to detect address faults in ECC-protected memories Embodiments are generally directed to a low-overhead mechanism to detect address faults in ECC-protected memories. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a memory array; an error correction code (ECC) encoder for the memory array to encode ECC values based on a data value and a respective address value for the data value; and an ECC decoder for the memory array to decode ECC values that are based on data values and respective addresses for the data values; wherein the apparatus is to detect and correct an error in an address value based on an ECC value, address value, and data value stored in the memory.
US10319460B2	Systems and methods utilizing a flexible read reference for a dynamic read window A memory system having a flexible read reference is disclosed. The system includes a memory partition, a failcount component, and a controller. The memory partition includes a plurality of memory cells. The failcount component is configured to generate failcounts in response to read operations of the memory partition. The controller is configured to calibrate a reference value for the memory partition by utilizing the failcounts.
US10319457B2	Methods and systems of testing interfaces of computer storage for storage vulnerabilities Embodiments include methods, and computer system, and computer program products for testing directly and indirectly anchored interfaces for vulnerabilities regarding storage protection keys. Aspects include: defining a test template for each parameter area interface for a given system service's interface for vulnerabilities regarding storage protection keys by replacing each parameter area interface with unauthorized parameters to generate expected failures, defining a test template for each parameter area interface having variable-length fields for vulnerabilities regarding buffer overflows in an attempt to access a protected storage area beyond an unprotected storage area with a larger length field to generate expected failures, defining a test template for each control block to replicate copies that will generate expected failures from the system service's validation, executing at least one test for each test template generated, summarizing results of the tests executed, and returning an overall return code based on summarized results.
US10319447B2	Storage device A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller. A nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks. Each of the plurality of memory blocks is divided into a plurality of zones and is formed on a substrate. Each of the plurality of zones comprises one or more word lines. A controller performs a reliability verification read operation on a first zone of the plurality of zones of a memory block selected from the plurality of memory blocks if a number of read operations performed on the first zone reaches a first threshold value and performs the reliability verification read operation on a second zone of the plurality of zones of the selected memory block if a number of read operations performed on the second zone reaches a second threshold value.
US10319446B2	Semiconductor memory device Provided herein is a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks; a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a plurality of operating voltages; a decoder circuit configured to transmit the plurality of operating voltages to the memory cell array in response to a serial data signal that is sequentially inputted; and a control logic configured to generate the data signal, internal address signals and an internal clock signal in response to a command.
US10319445B1	Programming unprogrammed upper page during lower page programming of multi-level storage cells Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for programming an unprogrammed upper page based on lower page programming are disclosed. An apparatus includes a non-volatile storage device and a controller. A controller includes a data component that is configured to receive a write request for a first page of a set of multi-level storage cells of a non-volatile storage device. A set of multi-level storage cells includes a first page and a second page. A controller includes a page component that is configured to determine that a write request does not comprise data for at least a portion of a second page of a set of multi-level storage cells. A controller includes a write component that is configured to program at least a portion of a second page of a set of multi-level storage cells with data of a first page of a set of multi-level storage cells.
US10319442B2	Parallel-connected merged-floating-gate nFET-pFET EEPROM cell and array A shared floating gate device, the device including an nFET, a pFET including a different material than that of the nFET, and a floating gate.
US10319440B1	Void control of confined phase change memory Techniques for void reduction in phase change memory (PCM) devices are provided. In one embodiment, the system is provided that comprises a PCM device comprising a first electrode and a second electrode. The system can further comprise a first connector coupled to the first electrode and that applies a negative voltage to the first electrode, and a second connector coupled to the second electrode and that applies a ground voltage to the second electrode, wherein applying the negative voltage to the first electrode and applying the ground voltage to the second electrode comprises negatively biasing the PCM device. The system can further comprise the first connector applying the positive voltage to the first electrode, and the second connector applying a ground voltage to the second electrode, wherein applying the positive voltage to the first electrode and applying the ground voltage to the second electrode comprises positively biasing the PCM device.
US10319437B2	Apparatus and method for identifying memory cells for data refresh based on monitor cell in a resistive memory device Technology is described for identifying non-volatile memory cells having data that should be refreshed. The technology could be used to identify which groups of memory cells that store cold data should have a data refresh. In one aspect, a non-volatile storage device has at least one monitor memory cell associated with a group of data memory cells. The non-volatile storage device may use different programming techniques to program the data and monitor memory cells. In one aspect, the programming technique used for the monitor memory cell is less stable with respect to state than the technique used to program the associated data memory cells. The state of the monitor memory cell may change in a predictable manner, such that the state of the monitor cell may be sensed periodically to determine whether the associated data memory cells should be refreshed.
US10319436B2	System including programmable integrated circuit including first areas having same shape and second areas formed between first areas, and operation processing device and method for controlling the programmable integrated circuit A device is configured to control a programmable integrated circuit having a plurality of first areas each of which has the same shape and a plurality of second areas formed between the plurality of first areas. The device includes: a memory; and a processor configured to: recognize an operation request executed by the programmable integrated circuit, select a third area and a fourth area used for configuring an operational circuit, by which processing pertaining to the operation request, from the plurality of first areas and the plurality of second areas, cause the selected third area and the selected fourth area to function as an operation processing unit to generate the operational circuit, cause the generated operational circuit to execute processing pertaining to the operation request, and after the processing is completed, cause the third area included in the operational circuit to function as a communication path.
US10319434B2	Static random access memory cell capable of performing differential operation Disclosed is an SRAM cell capable of performing a differential operation. An SRAM cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a data node portion including four transistors constituting first and second data nodes; a data controller including first and second pass-gate transistors configured to control read and write of data in the first and second data nodes; and a control transistor connected to the data node portion through the second data node and configured to be controlled based on a driving voltage of a second word line having an opposite polarity to a first word line transmitting a driving voltage to the data controller.
US10319432B2	Circuits for pulse-width control in memory devices and related methods Control circuits for memory devices are described. The control circuits may be configured such that the duration of the pulses delivered to the sense amplifiers increases with increasing parasitic RC delays. That is, the larger the parasitic RC delay along a line connecting a drive circuit to the sense amplifiers, the larger the duration of the pulses delivered. In some embodiments, a feedback line may be inserted between the end of the output signal line and the drive circuit to route the control pulses back to the drive circuit. The drive circuit may be arranged such that the duration of the pulses with which the sense amplifiers are driven depends on the delay experienced along the feedback line. In this way, the longer the RC delay arising along the feedback line, the larger the durations of the pulses.
US10319431B2	Tunable negative bit line write assist and boost attenuation circuit An apparatus and method are provided for implementing write assist with boost attenuation for static random access memory (SRAM) arrays. The apparatus includes a memory array comprising a plurality of SRAM cells. The apparatus further includes a write driver connected to each of a differential pair of bit lines in each of the plurality of SRAM cells of the memory array. The apparatus further includes a write assist attenuation circuit connected to the write driver, the write assist attenuation circuit comprising a clamping device configured to modify a control signal as a function of supply voltage and process to attenuate an amount of boost applied to pull one of the bit lines below ground in an active phase of a write cycle.
US10319430B2	Ultra-low-voltage CMOS circuit and the same for memory A memory includes a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of peripheral circuits. Each memory cell has a first inverter and a second inverter, the first inverter is supplied by a first power supply rail and a second power supply rail, and the second inverter is supplied by a third power supply rail and a fourth power supply rail. A first voltage difference is applied across the first power supply rail and the second power supply rail, a second voltage difference is applied across the third power supply rail and the fourth power supply rail, and the first voltage difference is less than the second voltage difference. The plurality of peripheral circuits use at least one of boosted power supplies corresponding to the second voltage difference and gate-source differentially-driven circuits.
US10319428B2	Control method of solid state storage device A control method of a solid state storage device includes the following steps. Firstly, a block of a memory cell array is checked. Then, a judging step is performed to judge whether a data storage time period of the block exceeds a threshold period. If the data storage time period of the block exceeds the threshold period, the block is tagged or a data of the block is refreshed.
US10319427B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a memory cell region including memory cells arranged along channel holes, the channel holes being provided on a substrate to extend in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a peripheral circuit region disposed outside of the memory cell region and including low voltage transistors and high voltage transistors. The low voltage transistors include first transistors including a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode layer including a metal, and the high voltage transistors include second transistors including a second gate dielectric layer having a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of the first gate dielectric layer, and a second gate electrode layer including polysilicon.
US10319425B1	Offset-cancellation sensing circuit (OCSC)-based non-volatile (NV) memory circuits Offset-cancellation sensing circuit (OCSC)-based Non-volatile (NV) memory circuits are disclosed. An OCSC-based NV memory circuit includes a latch circuit configured to latch a memory state from an input signal. The OCSC-based NV memory circuit also includes a sensing circuit that includes NV memory devices configured to store the latched memory state in the latch circuit for restoring the memory state in the latch circuit when recovering from a reduced power level in an idle mode. To avoid the need to increase transistor size in the sensing circuit to mitigate restoration degradation, the sensing circuit is also configured to cancel an offset voltage of a differential amplifier in the sensing circuit. In other exemplary aspects, the NV memory devices are included in the sensing circuit and coupled to the differential transistors as NMOS transistors in the differential amplifier, eliminating contribution of offset voltage from other differential PMOS transistors not included.
US10319423B2	Memory device with a low-current reference circuit A memory device includes a memory cell unit, a reference circuit, and a sense amplifier. The memory cell unit includes a memory cell. The reference circuit is configured to generate a reference current and includes a plurality of magnetic resistive elements. At least one of the magnetic resistive elements is in a high resistance state. The sense amplifier is coupled to the memory cell unit and the reference circuit and is configured to compare a current that flows through the memory cell to the reference current to sense a bit of data stored in the memory cell, to amplify a level of the sensed bit of data, and to output the amplified bit of data.
US10319414B2	Data storage enclosure with acoustic baffle A data storage enclosure can employ an acoustic baffle for the purpose of reducing performance degradation in a data storage device, such as a rotating medium hard disk drive. A storage enclosure may house a plurality of data storage devices and at least one cooling feature. One or more acoustic baffles may be positioned between the at least one cooling feature and the plurality of data storage devices. The acoustic baffle can separate a first sound pressure region that is proximal the at least one cooling feature from a second sound pressure region that is proximal the plurality of data storage devices.
US10319412B2	Robust tracking of objects in videos The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for tracking objects in videos. For example, one or more embodiments described herein utilize various tracking methods in combination with an image search index made up of still video frames indexed from a video. One or more embodiments described herein utilize a backward and forward tracking method that is anchored by one or more key frames in order to accurately track an object through the frames of a video, even when the video is long and may include challenging conditions.
US10319408B2	Monolithic display with separately controllable sections The exemplary embodiments herein disclose an electronic display assembly using a monolithic electronic display panel with a single video player in electrical connection with a single timing and control board (TCON) which is in electrical connection with the monolithic electronic display panel. The single video player and TCON are adapted to transmit a combination of both still images and full motion video to be shown simultaneously on the electronic display. Different areas of the display can be used to show different content, either video or still images. Bezels can be graphically generated between the images, which can change shape, location, or be removed altogether as the display content changes.
US10319405B2	Overlap detection for magnetic disks Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus that is operable with a storage system. The storage system includes a controller operable to assign a pointer to a first track of a magnetic disk when data is written to the first track. The pointer points to the end of the data in the first track. The controller is also operable to detect a successive write to an earlier written portion of the first track, to update a location of the pointer based on the successive write to the earlier written portion of the first track, to increment a write count of the first track based on the successive write to the earlier written portion of the first track, and to rewrite a track adjacent to the first track when the write count breaches a threshold number.
US10319400B1	Calculating a heater power that compensates for laser induced writer protrusion for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device A method includes moving a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) slider relative to a magnetic recording medium. The slider comprises a writer, a writer heater, and a near-field transducer (NFT). For each of a plurality of different head-to media spacings a test tone is written to a track of the medium, the test tone is read and a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) of an amplitude of the read test tone is captured. A first DFT curve is generated at a beginning of writing the test tones. A second DFT curve is generated at a saturated state of writing the test tones. An amount of horizontal shift between the first and second DFT curves is computed. The amount of horizontal shift corresponding to writer heater power required to compensate for NFT clearance offset due to laser induced writer protrusion.
US10319395B2	System and method for predictive generation of visual sequences A system and method for predictively generating visual experiences based on streaming audio is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and apparatus for analyzing streaming audio and predictively mapping the information in the stream to a sequence of visual patterns generated by a lighting system in a manner that induces a perceptual association between the streaming audio and visual patterns.
US10319391B2	Impulsive noise suppression Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to impulsive noise suppression. A method of impulsive noise suppression in an audio signal is disclosed. The method includes determining an impulsive noise related feature from a current frame of the audio signal. The method also includes detecting an impulsive noise in the current frame based on the impulsive noise related feature, and in response to detecting the impulsive noise in the current frame, applying a suppression gain to the current frame to suppress the impulsive noise. Corresponding system and computer program product of impulsive noise suppression in an audio signal are also disclosed.
US10319386B2	Methods and apparatuses for DTX hangover in audio coding Transmitting node and receiving node for audio coding and methods therein. The nodes being operable to encode/decode speech and to apply a discontinuous transmission (DTX) scheme comprising transmission/reception of Silence Insertion Descriptor (SID) frames during speech inactivity. The method in the transmitting node comprising determining, from amongst a number N of hangover frames, a set Y of frames being representative of background noise, and further transmitting the N hangover frames, comprising at least said set Y of frames, to the receiving node. The method further comprises transmitting a first SID frame to the receiving node in association with the transmission of the N hangover frames, where the SID frame comprises information indicating the determined set Y of hangover frames to the receiving node. The method enables the receiving node to generate comfort noise based on the hangover frames most adequate for the purpose.
US10319383B1	Customizing actions based on contextual data and voice-based inputs Methods and systems are provided for customizing an action. In some implementations, voice input is received from a user and a context is determined from the voice input. Potential contextual data is identified based on the context and the voice input. A level of confidence is determined for an association of the potential contextual data and the context. An action is performed based on the voice input, the potential contextual data, and the level of confidence. The potential contextual data is used to customize the action.
US10319379B2	Methods and systems for voice dialogue with tags in a position of text for determining an intention of a user utterance A voice dialog system includes: a voice input unit which acquires a user utterance, an intention understanding unit that interprets an intention of utterance of a voice acquired by the voice input unit, a dialog text creator that creates a text of a system utterance, and a voice output unit that outputs the system utterance as voice data. When creating a text of a system utterance, the dialog text creator creates the text by inserting a tag in a position in the system utterance. The intention understanding unit interprets an utterance intention of a user in accordance with whether a timing at which the user utterance is made is before or after an output of a system utterance at a position corresponding to the tag from the voice output unit.
US10319378B2	Interaction apparatus and method According to one embodiment, an interaction apparatus includes an interaction apparatus includes a storage, a first extractor, a retriever, a generator, a second extractor and a register. The storage stores a problem and at least one solution for solving the problem. The first extractor extracts a target problem which is an expression regarded as the problem, from a first speech. The generator generates a first speech-prompting sentence prompting the user to make a speech including the target solution if the storage stores no target solution or if the user rejects the target solution. The second extractor extracts the target solution from a second speech which is a response of the user relating to the first speech-prompting sentence. The register registers, on the storage, the target problem and the target solution.
US10319368B2	Meaning generation method, meaning generation apparatus, and storage medium A meaning generation method, in a meaning generation apparatus, includes acquiring meaning training data including text data of a sentence that can be an utterance sentence and meaning information indicating a meaning of the sentence and associated with the text data of the sentence, acquiring restatement training data including the text data of the sentence and text data of a restatement sentence of the sentence, and learning association between the utterance sentence and the meaning information and the restatement sentence. The learning includes learning of a degree of importance of a word included in the utterance sentence, and the learning is performed by applying the meaning training data and the restatement training data to a common model, and storing a result of the learning as learning result information.
US10319360B1	Active masking of tonal noise using motor-based acoustic generator to improve sound quality In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for masking a tonal noise of a motor. In certain embodiments, a vehicle includes a drive system and an active masking acoustic signal generator (AMAG). The drive system includes a motor generating a tonal noise. The AMAG is configured to at least facilitate masking the tonal noise, by introducing a complementary harmonic tone, injecting dithering into the motor, or both.
US10319359B2	Method for masking a sound signal generated by an element of the skin of an aircraft A masking method includes: a step of choosing a generating element which is part of the skin of an aircraft, a first step of measuring a fundamental frequency of a sound signal emitted by the generating element, a step of selecting a masking element which is part of the skin, a second step of measuring a fundamental frequency of another sound signal emitted by the masking element, a step of modification of the structure of the masking element in such a way as to shift the fundamental frequency of the sound signal emitted by the masking element to a frequency lower than the fundamental frequency of the sound signal emitted by the generating element. Such a masking method thus makes it possible to mask the sound signal emitted by the generating element by the sound signal emitted by the masking element.
US10319358B2	Road noise reduction apparatus and installation method therefor A noise reducing roadway includes pipe-shaped bodies having a fitting groove formed toward an inside of one end, a shim protruding outward from the other end and a communication portion formed at a side portion of the body to allow the hollow interior to communicate with the outside environment. A heating wire is provided to prevent ice from filling the pipe-shaped bodies.
US10319357B2	System and a method for attenuating sound produced by a vehicle The present disclosure discloses a system for attenuating sound produced by a vehicle. The system comprises a navigation device associated with the vehicle for determining location details of the vehicle, a sound reduction unit provisioned in an exhaust assembly of the vehicle. The system further includes an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the navigation device and the sound reduction unit. The ECU is configured to detect sound reduction location, by comparing the location details with a pre-defined location data and operate the sound reduction unit to attenuate sound produced by the vehicle when the sound reduction location is detected. The system of the present disclosure, attenuates sound intensity of the vehicle to a desired level by considering surrounding conditions of the vehicle, thus the vehicle noise may be automatically attenuated in the sound sensitive areas or locations.
US10319354B2	Modulating keyboard with relative transposition mechanism for electronic keyboard musical instruments A modulating keyboard having a relative transposition in an electronic keyboard musical instrument and a method for relative transposition are provided. An instrument includes a keyboard having a plurality of first keys alternating with a plurality of second keys and a modulator system coupled to the keyboard. The modulator system is configured to assign note values to each of the first keys and the second keys such that, for each key signature, notes associated with the key signature are assigned to the plurality of first keys and notes not in the key signature are assigned to the plurality of second keys.
US10319352B2	Notation for gesture-based composition Various systems and methods for air gesture-based composition and instruction systems are described herein. A composition system for composing gesture-based performances may receive an indication of an air gesture performed by a user; reference a mapping of air gestures to air gesture notations to identify an air gesture notation corresponding to the air gesture; and store an indication of the air gesture notation in a memory of the computerized composition system. Another system used for instruction may present a plurality of air gesture notations in a musical arrangement; receive an indication of an air gesture performed by a user; reference a mapping of air gestures to air gesture notations to identify an air gesture notation corresponding to the air gesture; and guide the user through the musical arrangement by sequentially highlighting the air gesture notations in the musical arrangement based on the mapping of air gestures to air gesture notations.
US10319347B2	Industrial vehicle management system An industrial vehicle management system includes: a receiving unit that acquires operational information specifying a position and an operational state of each of a plurality of industrial vehicles; a symbol combining unit that, based on the operational information received by the receiving unit, superimposes and combines upon a map symbols showing the position of each of the industrial vehicles; a display control unit that displays upon a display device a map image that has been superimposed and combined by the symbol combining unit; and a symbol processing unit that changes display formats of the symbols according to the operational state.
US10319346B2	Method for communicating via virtual space and system for executing the method A method includes defining a virtual space to be associated with a first user. The virtual space includes a second avatar associated with a second user. The virtual space is associated with a first head-mounted device (HMD) connectable to a first computer. The method further includes receiving a signal transmitted from a second computer associated with a second user. The method further includes detecting a communication quality between the first computer and the second computer based on the signal. The method further includes displaying the second avatar in the virtual space based on the detected communication quality.
US10319345B2	Portable terminal and method for partially obfuscating an object displayed thereon A portable terminal and a method for protecting a displayed object on a screen of a portable terminal are provided. The method includes detecting an input on the screen; forming an area corresponding to a position of the detected input; and displaying a part of an object corresponding to the formed area differently from another part of the object in an area outside of the formed area.
US10319343B2	Systems and methods for adjustable polarization in service providing terminals The embodiments include systems and methods for adjustable polarization in service-providing terminals. In some embodiments, a system may include a display, an input device, an adjustable polarization screen adjacent to the display, and a polarization adjuster. The system may further include a processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations comprising providing illumination to the adjustable polarization screen through the display, controlling, via the polarization adjuster, a polarization of the adjustable polarization screen to a first polarization, receiving, via the input device, a polarization selection input, and based on the polarization selection input, adjusting, via the polarization adjuster, the polarization of the adjustable polarization screen from the first polarization to a second polarization.
US10319338B2	Electronic device and method of extracting color in electronic device An electronic device and a method of extracting a color in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display unit configured to display an image and a controller configured to extract at least one color value from the image, and to extract a color value satisfying a range of color deviation from the extracted color values.
US10319335B2	Image processor and display system having adaptive operational frequency range An image processor includes a frame buffer configured to collect an image data of pixels and configured to generate frame data, a display controller configured to generate the frame update command based on a vertical synchronizing signal and a frame per second signal representing a number of activating of the frame update signal in a second and an operating part configured to generate the vertical synchronizing signal and the image data. When the frame data is generated, the frame buffer activates a frame update signal in response to a frame update command and outputs the frame data. When the frame per second signal is less than a predetermined threshold voltage, the operating part sets a lower limit of a range of a frequency to a predetermined minimum frequency.
US10319332B2	Display apparatus and control method having semiconductor apparatuses According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate; a plurality of semiconductor apparatuses, each of which is coupled to a part of the pixels, the part being different for each semiconductor apparatus; and wiring that couples the semiconductor apparatuses to one another. Each semiconductor apparatus includes a drive signal output circuit configured to output a drive signal to the part of the pixels, and an output controller configured to: output and receive, to and from other semiconductor apparatuses, a drive communication signal including a drive start communication signal indicating reception of a drive start signal to start driving the pixels via the wiring; and cause the drive signal output circuit to output the drive signal when determining that all the semiconductor apparatuses have received the drive start signals in accordance with the drive start communication signal.
US10319331B2	Variable display size for an electronic display device Disclosed aspects relate to an electronic display device configured for variable display size. The electronic display device may include a housing having a set of slides that form a storage compartment within the housing. The set of slides may include a slot. A primary display panel may be mounted on the front side of the housing. The electronic display device may include an auxiliary display panel of a set of auxiliary display panels that is slidably extendable from the storage compartment within the housing. The auxiliary display panel may be mounted on a slider mount configured to slide the auxiliary display panel through the slot to an extended position adjacent to the primary display panel. The electronic display device may include a display controller to detect a position of the auxiliary display panel and to establish a display arrangement for the primary display panel and the auxiliary display panel.
US10319327B2	Time-sharing driving method of touch display panel The present disclosure discloses a driving method and a driving device of a display panel. The driving method comprises: to detect the operating state of said display panel; to switch the bias current which is in said data line driving circuit according to said operating state of said display panel in order to make display brightness of said display panel be uniform. Through the above way, the present disclosure can improve the signal distortion caused by the leakage current of the gate signal on the data line, making the brightness of the display panel be uniform, improving the user's experience.
US10319325B2	Shift register unit, driving method thereof, gate driving circuit, and display device The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display device, which relate to the field of display technology. The shift register unit includes a pull-up control module, a reset module, a pull-up module, a pull-down control module and a pull-down module, wherein the pull-down control module is configured to pull a voltage level of the pull-down node down to the second voltage terminal under control of the pull-up node, or the pull-down control module is configured to store a voltage of the third voltage terminal and output a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the pull-down node or release the stored voltage to the pull-down node under control of the third voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal.
US10319322B2	Gate driver, display panel and display use the same The present invention providing a gate driver used in display panel, wherein comprises: a chamfering module is configured to receive gate turn-on voltage signals and square wave controlling signals, and chamfers the gate turn-on voltage signals in accordance with the square wave controlling signals to generate and output chamfered gate turn-on voltage signals; and a level shifting module is configured to receive the chamfered gate turn-on voltage signals, inputs voltage signals and gate cut-off voltage signals, and outputs the chamfered gate turn-on voltage signals or the gate cut-off voltage signals in accordance with a voltage value of the input voltage signal. By integrating a chamfering module and a digital adjustable resistance module into a gate driver, it is not necessary to provide a chamfering circuit on a CB of display panel, so as the CB can be miniaturized.
US10319320B2	Display device and method of driving the same A display device includes a memory, a gray voltage generator, a signal controller, a data driver and a display panel, where the pixels are driven by a first driving data comprising first data which arranges a first image based on the first gamma curve and a second image based on the second gamma curve to each pixel, and a second driving data comprising second data which arranges the first image and the second image to each pixel with a different arrangement as the first data.
US10319317B2	Display control device, display device, method for controlling display control device, and storage medium The present invention provides a display control device and a display device each of which can reduce electric power consumption by switching a resolution of image data to be displayed. In a case of transferring image data having a 4k resolution, an image transferring section (12) transfers the image data to a display driver (20) via a first lane and a second lane. In a case of transferring image data having an FHD resolution, the image transferring section (12) stops operation of the first lane and transfers the image data to the display driver (20) via the second lane.
US10319316B2	Electro-optical device including a plurality of scanning lines An electro-optical device includes, on a substrate, three sub-pixels, three sampling switches, three data lines, three image signal lines, and three lead wiring lines. The three sub-pixels correspond to red, green and blue, respectively. The three sub-pixels are included in a unit pixel. The three sampling switches correspond to the three sub-pixels, respectively. The three data lines electrically connect the three sub-pixels and the three sampling switches with each other, respectively. The three image signal lines, which are provided on a side opposite to the three sub-pixels with respect to the three sampling switches, correspond to the three sampling switches, respectively. The three lead wiring lines electrically connect the three sampling switches and the three image signal lines with each other, respectively. Among the three sampling switches, a sampling switch corresponding to green is disposed close to the three image signal lines compared to other two sampling switches.
US10319315B2	Liquid crystal display and a compensation data storage method thereof The present disclosure discloses a liquid crystal display and a compensation data storage method thereof, the storage method includes: capturing the target compensation data of the display area; determining the data precision corresponding to the target compensation data according to the data range of the target compensation data; adjusting the target compensation data in accordance with the data precision to obtain the storage compensation data of the data range that can be stored in accordance with the preset storage space; storing the storage compensation data and the data precision. In this manner, the present disclosure can improve the accuracy of the mura compensation data and the data signal can be effectively compensated to reduce the mura condition of the panel.
US10319312B2	In-vehicle rear-view display system and display method An in-vehicle rear-view display system is described, comprising: a display device comprising a dimming device configured to adjust luminance of light emitted from the display device based on a color change of the dimming device; a first control unit connected with the dimming device and configured to control the color change of the dimming device in accordance with a luminance change of an irradiation light. By arranging in the display device a dimming device capable of adjusting the luminance of light emitted from the display device, the first control unit can control the color change of the dimming device in accordance with the luminance change of the ambient light, and thereby control the luminance of light emitted from the display device so as to preventing glare. Meanwhile, the poor clarity of the screen caused by an anti-glare screen film added to the screen of the display device is avoided.
US10319311B2	Display system with adjustment for brightness perceived by user's eyes A display system, an electronic apparatus and a display adjustment method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus comprises a display panel, a timing controller circuit and a processing circuit. The display adjustment method of the electronic apparatus comprising: processing, by the timing controller circuit, frame data to be displayed by the display panel; analyzing, by the processing circuit, an image including a face of a person, and comparing an average luminance value of the face area with a threshold to obtain adjustment information with respect to the light perceived by the face; and correspondingly adjusting, by the timing controller circuit, the frame data or at least one display characteristics associated with the frame data according to the adjustment information. Furthermore, the display system comprises the processing circuit for one electronic apparatus, and the display panel and the timing controller for another electronic apparatus.
US10319306B2	Pixel, organic light emitting display device using the same, and method of driving the organic light emitting display device A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a pixel circuit, and first and second transistors. The OLD includes a cathode electrode connected to a second power source. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor having a gate electrode initialized by a third power source. The driving transistor controls the amount of current flowing from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED. The first transistor is connected between a fourth power source and the second power source and an anode electrode of the OLED. The first transistor is turned on based on a scan signal is supplied to a scan line. The second transistor is connected between a data line and the pixel circuit. The second transistor is turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line.
US10319304B2	OLED pixel driving circuit and pixel driving method The present invention provides an OLED pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving method. The OLED pixel driving circuit utilizes the 7T2C structure, and comprises a first N type thin film transistor (T1), a second N type thin film transistor (T2), a third N type thin film transistor (T3), a fourth N type thin film transistor (T4), a fifth P type thin film transistor (T5), a sixth N type thin film transistor (T6), a seventh P type thin film transistor (T7), a first capacitor (C1), a second capacitor (C2) and an organic light emitting diode (D1), and the first scan signal (Scan1), the second scan signal (Scan2), the third scan signal (Scan3), the light emitting control signal (EM) and the data signal (Data) are combined with one another to correspond to a reset stage, a threshold voltage detection stage, a program stage and a light emitting stage one after another.
US10319299B2	Display unit, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A method of manufacturing a display unit in which the method includes: forming a transistor on a substrate, in which a first direction to be scanned by an ion implantation apparatus intersects with a second direction to be scanned by an Excimer Laser Anneal apparatus; and forming a display element.
US10319298B2	Display device In a display element such as an organic EL element, deterioration progresses due to light emission, and emission luminance is lowered even if the same voltage is applied to the display element. Therefore, use over time causes variations in luminance of each pixel, thereby a so-called “image burn-in” phenomenon occurs. Given this factor, the invention provides a display device which can reduce the difference in deterioration of a display element in each pixel and suppress variations in light emission of a display element in a pixel. It is prevented that only a specific pixel has a long accumulated lighting time. For that purpose, a gray scale of a display pattern is changed to prevent the difference in deterioration of display element in pixels from increasing. Alternatively, a specific display pattern is prevented from being fixedly displayed in a specific region. Further alternatively, a pixel lagging behind in deterioration is deteriorated so that the accumulated lighting time of pixels is equal to each other.
US10319297B2	Display device Disclosed is a display device including: a driving transistor, a first switching transistor, and a pixel transistor each having a gate and a pair of terminals; a storage capacitor having a pair of terminals; and a light-emitting element having an input terminal and an output terminal. One terminal of the driving transistor is electrically connected to one terminal of the pixel transistor. The other terminal of the driving transistor is electrically connected to one terminal of the first switching transistor and the input terminal of the light-emitting element. The other terminal of the first switching transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the driving transistor and one terminal of the capacitor. The one terminal of the capacitor overlaps with an active region of the driving transistor.
US10319296B2	Display device correction method and display device correction device A display device correction method performed by a control unit that performs display control on an organic electroluminescent (EL) panel including a plurality of display pixels, in an organic EL display which includes the organic EL panel and the control unit. The display device correction method includes: obtaining a cumulative value of a pixel signal supplied to a drive transistor which is included in a current pixel to be processed among the plurality of display pixels and supplies drive current according to the pixel signal to an organic EL element (OEL); calculating a shift amount of a threshold voltage of the drive transistor, using the cumulative value; calculating an amount of change in mobility, using the shift amount; and calculating a correction parameter for correcting a pixel signal, using the amount of change in mobility.
US10319293B2	Circuit and method for driving AMOLED pixel The present disclosure provides a circuit and a method for driving AMOLED pixels, The circuit includes a first transistor; a second transistor; a gray-scale storage capacitor; and a threshold storage capacitor, one end thereof being connected to the other end of the gray-scale storage capacitor, and the other end thereof being connected to a drain of the second transistor for storing a threshold voltage of the second transistor.
US10319291B2	Data processing device To provide a highly browsable data processing device, provide a highly portable data processing device, provide a data processing device which consumes low power, or provide a data processing device having high display quality, the data processing device includes a display portion having flexibility, a plurality of driver circuit portions arranged in the periphery of the display portion, a sensor portion discerning an external state of the display portion, an arithmetic portion supplying image data to the driver circuit portions, and a memory portion storing a program executed by the arithmetic portion. A first mode in which the display portion is unfolded or a second mode in which the display portion is folded is sensed by the sensor. Luminance adjustment processing is carried out by the program in accordance with the first mode or the second mode.
US10319290B2	Electroluminescent device, manufacturing method and driving method thereof, and display device The present invention provides an electroluminescent device, a manufacturing method and driving method thereof, and a display device. The electroluminescent device comprises a transparent substrate, and a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit disposed at both sides of the transparent substrate respectively, wherein the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit have the same light output direction and are connected to two control circuit respectively. In the present invention, a parallel device structure is adopted to achieve independent control of two light emitting units in a single electroluminescent device, not only the color temperature is adjustable, but also the light emitting efficiency of the device can be increased. Also the transparent substrate can be fabricated using polymers having a refractive index adapted to the light emitting material, thereby reducing the optical waveguide loss in the device and realizing display of flexible device.
US10319287B2	Method for operating bi-directional display A method for operating a bidirectional display comprising a substrate, on which a display array consisting of a multiplicity of light-generating image elements and a sensor array consisting of a multiplicity of light-detecting elements are formed, each light-detecting element being assigned at least one light-generating image element, and each light-detecting element having at least a photodetector, a reset switch, a transfer switch, a memory and a select switch. The exposure phase of a light-detecting element between two successive readout phases of the light-detecting element is in this case subdivided into at least two exposure subphases chronologically separated from one another, and the at least one light-generating image element assigned to the light-detecting element is activated at least temporarily between the two exposure subphases of the light-detecting element.
US10319285B2	Panel drive device and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a panel drive device and a display device. The panel drive device includes an interface module, a voltage conversion module and a compensation module. The interface module includes a first input end and a first output end. The voltage conversion module includes a second input end and a second output end. The first output end is coupled with the second input end. A voltage at the first input end is a first voltage, a voltage at the first output end is a second voltage, a voltage at the second input end is a third voltage signal and a voltage at the second output end is a fourth voltage signal. The compensation module is configured to generate a compensation voltage signal according to the third voltage signal and apply the compensation voltage signal to the first input end or the first output end, so that the third voltage signal equals to the first voltage signal. The panel drive device and the display device according to embodiments of the present disclosure are able to compensate for the losses in the transmission cables as well as in the wires of the printed circuit board, thereby avoiding abnormal operations of the liquid crystal panel.
US10319284B2	Display device including a shift register including a plurarality of stages connected as a cascade and method of operating the same A display device includes: a pixel array including pixels at intersections of data lines and gate lines, a shift register including stages connected as a cascade, the shift register sequentially supplying gate pulses to the gate lines, and a node controller controlling nodes in the shift register, a first stage including: a pull-up transistor charging the output based on a Q node for a first gate pulse, a pull-down transistor discharging the output to a gate-low voltage based on a QB node voltage, a start controller pre-charging the Q node, and a QB node discharge controller discharging the QB node to a first low-potential voltage based on a first reset signal input line (IL), the node controller including a first reset signal generator that, during a vertical blanking interval of each frame, charges the first reset signal IL in response to a turn-on voltage applied to a gate-low voltage IL.
US10319281B2	Method, apparatus and/or computer program for controlling light output of a display A method including causing synchronization of a local time frame and refresh of a display; processing an output from a light sensor from a first time, in the local time frame, for a controlled first duration to control light output of the display at a second time, in the local time frame and after the first time, for a second duration.
US10319279B2	Spatial temporal phase shifted polarity aware dither This application relates to performing certain dithering processes to eliminate display artifacts such as flicker, which can be caused by charge accumulation at the display. The dither process can be performed by a display controller that uses a group lookup method for identifying groups of dithering patterns that can be combined to expand a number of color values available to the display. The dither process can also be performed as a temporal process that incorporates groups of dithering patterns into frames and shifts a spatial arrangement of the groups of dithering patterns over a sequence of frames. Additionally, the dither process can incorporate counters that count the number of times a particular spatial arrangement of dithering patterns has been used in a sequence of frames in order that each spatial arrangement of dithering patterns will share an average count with other spatial arrangements over a sequence of frames.
US10319277B2	Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device An OLED display device is provided. The OLED display device comprises first pixel rows and second pixel rows. A first pixel row includes first and second pixel units, and a second pixel row includes third and fourth pixel units. A first, a second, a third, and a fourth pixel units have an identical hexagonal shape, and each includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth sub-pixels, each of which has an identical pentagonal shape. The first sub-pixel in the first pixel unit, the second sub-pixel in the second pixel unit adjacent to the first pixel unit, the third sub-pixel unit in the third pixel unit adjacent to both the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit, and the fourth sub-pixel unit in the fourth pixel unit adjacent to both the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit have a same color and together form a hexagon.
US10319273B2	Array substrates and display panels Disclosed are an array substrate and a display panel. The array substrate comprises: a first display area and a second display area which are close to each other; wherein in the first display area, an area of at least one pixel unit in the row of the pixel units close to the second display area is smaller an area of a pixel unit of a non-edge row; and/or in the second display area, an area of at least one pixel unit in the row of the pixel units close to the first display area is smaller an area of a pixel unit of a non-edge row. With the aforesaid manner, the array substrate provided by the present invention can prevent the split screen during the split screen driving.
US10319270B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a printed circuit board, and a driving chip package. The driving chip package includes a first terminal electrically connected to the display panel, a second terminal electrically connected to the printed circuit board, and a driving chip mounted on the display panel. One end of a first surface of the driving chip package on which the first terminal is arranged and one end of a second surface of the driving chip package on which the second terminal is arranged are spaced from each other in a thickness direction of the display panel.
US10319266B1	Display panel with non-visible light detection A display panel for concurrent video output and eye position tracking. The display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) positioned on a side of the substrate, and a plurality of light detectors positioned on the side of the substrate. The visible LEDs transmit quasi-collimated visible light propagating away from the side of the substrate. The light detectors capture invisible light propagating toward the side of the substrate, reflected from an eye of the user. In some embodiments, non-visible LEDs are formed on the side of the substrate. The visible LEDs, light detectors, and non-visible LEDs may be arranged to form pixels of the display panel. The quasi-collimated light emitted from the visible LEDs reduces spread into beam paths of the invisible light between the non-visible LEDs and the light detectors.
US10319264B2	Auxiliary apparatus for unfolding and folding flexible display panel and flexible display device A flexible display device having an auxiliary apparatus for unfolding and folding a flexible display panel. The auxiliary apparatus for unfolding and folding a flexible display panel includes a support plate structure configured to be fixedly attached to the flexible display panel and having a first state and a second state, wherein the support plate structure is configured to assist in the first state the flexible display panel to be in a folded state, and assist in the second state the flexible display panel to be in an unfolded state, and a locking mechanism configured to lock the support plate structure in the first state.
US10319261B2	Self-erectable displays and methods of making such self-erectable displays Self-erectable displays and methods of making such self-erectable displays are disclosed. An example apparatus, includes a shroud defining an aperture, the shroud including a first shroud panel and a second shroud panel; a support disposed within the aperture, the support including a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, a fifth panel, and a sixth panel, the first panel coupled to the sixth panel, the second panel disposed between the first and third panels, the fourth panel disposed between the third and fifth panels, the sixth panel disposed between the first and fifth panels, the first panel coupled to the first shroud panel and the fourth panel coupled to the second shroud panel; and an elastic band to urge the first panel away from the fourth panel and to urge the shroud toward an expanded position.
US10319259B2	Anatomical simulators produced using 3d printing Disclosed herein are anatomical simulators produced using three dimensional (3D) printing to produce interior components of the simulator. The method of producing void structures in an anatomical phantom, includes 3D printing one or more structures of one or more desired sub-anatomical features using a dissolvable material; supporting and enclosing the one or more structures in an interior of a mold of the anatomical phantom; filling a remaining internal volume in the interior of the mold between an outer surface of the one or more structures and an inner surface of the mold with a liquid precursor of a matrix material selected to mimic anatomical tissue and processing the liquid precursor to form a tissue mimic matrix material; and dissolving the one or more structures with a fluid selected to dissolve said dissolvable material to produce one or more internal cavities within the tissue mimic matrix material.
US10319258B2	Dental indirect vision training apparatus A dental indirect vision training apparatus is provided devised to assist in the development of indirect vision eye-hand coordination among dental students. A prosthetic jaw member is rotatably positioned upon a base stand and each of a maxillary and mandibular denture is attachable into the jaw member in positions appropriate to resemble human anatomy. Target members disposed upon each of the maxillary and mandibular teeth enable practiced movements with dental tools wielded to contact the target members by indirect sighting via a manually coordinated dental mirror. Dental students thereby learn spatial relationships and eye-hand coordination interior to an oral cavity while visually apprehending images reflected at angles atypically experienced in everyday life. Indirect vision and coordinated movements are thereby explored, strengthened, and developed.
US10319257B2	System of converting hand and finger movements into text and audio The invention subject of the application is related to a system which detects movements performed by the hand and converts them to text and/or audio and is comprised of a pair of gloves and at least one data processing module developed to convert sign language used by hearing/speech impaired individuals to spoken language and/or text or to convert hand gestures defined for a particular purpose to audio and/or text.
US10319253B2	Cognitive workload awareness For determining cognitive workload awareness in driving context, an apparatus is disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an activity monitor module that monitors driving activities of a driver. The apparatus includes a workload analysis module that determines a cognitive workload of the driver associated with the driving activities of the driver. Further, the apparatus includes a question-and-answer (QnA) dispatch module that determines an available QnA cognitive workload of the driver for performing QnA tasks based on the cognitive workload while ensuring a safe cognitive workload boundary associated with the driving activities of the driver.
US10319250B2	Pronunciation guided by automatic speech recognition Speech synthesis chooses pronunciations of words with multiple acceptable pronunciations based on an indication of a personal, class-based, or global preference or an intended non-preferred pronunciation. A speaker's words can be parroted back on personal devices using preferred pronunciations for accent training. Degrees of pronunciation error are computed and indicated to the user in a visual transcription or audibly as word emphasis in parroted speech. Systems can use sets of phonemes extended beyond those generally recognized for a language. Speakers are classified in order to choose specific phonetic dictionaries or adapt global ones. User profiles maintain lists of which pronunciations are preferred among ones acceptable for words with multiple recognized pronunciations. Systems use multiple correlations of word preferences across users to predict use preferences of unlisted words. Speaker-preferred pronunciations are used to weight the scores of transcription hypotheses based on phoneme sequence hypotheses in speech engines.
US10319249B2	Facial expression recognition in educational learning systems Method, systems, and media for participating in and conducting a learning session of a collaborative network. Various embodiments of methods, systems, and media for participating in a learning session of a collaborative network are presented. User image data is received. The user image data is converted into expressive avatar information comprising an avatar identifier and an avatar emotion identifier. The expressive avatar information is transmitted. Altered instructional content is received, wherein the altered instructional content is an alteration of the instructional content and the alteration is based on a plurality of avatar identifiers and a plurality of avatar emotion identifiers, wherein the plurality of avatar identifiers comprises at least the avatar identifier, and wherein the plurality of avatar emotion identifiers comprises at least the avatar emotion identifier. User image data may be converted into expressive avatar data using facial expression recognition techniques.
US10319247B2	Aerial vehicle navigation method A method for navigating an aerial vehicle from a first location to a second location, wherein the aerial vehicle having a localization system, the method including guiding the aerial vehicle according to a ground navigation map from the first location to the second location.
US10319245B2	Flight vehicle control device, flight permitted airspace setting system, flight vehicle control method and program A flight vehicle control device includes: an identification information storage unit in which identification information for identifying a flight vehicle or a user of the flight vehicle is stored; a wireless communication unit that receives, through a wireless base station, airspace information about an airspace in which the flight vehicle flies, based on the stored identification information; an own vehicle position measuring unit that measures a position of the flight vehicle; and a flight state control unit that controls a flight vehicle based on the received airspace information and the measured position of the flight vehicle.
US10319242B2	Maneuver prediction for surrounding traffic This disclosure relates to navigating a vehicle based on predicted trajectories of other vehicles. Systems, methods, and computer-program products consistent with the disclosure perform operations including receiving location information of other vehicles. The operations also include comparing the location information of the other vehicles with an intended trajectory information of the vehicle. The operations further include determining that interference exists based on the comparing. Additionally, the operations include determining a modification to the intended trajectory information of the vehicle that resolves the interference with one of the other vehicles. Moreover, the operations include presenting the modification to the intended trajectory information of the vehicle to an operator of the vehicle. Further, the operations include modifying the intended trajectory using the modification.
US10319239B2	Systems and methods for context based CPDLC Systems and methods for context based controller pilot data link communication (CPDLC) are provided. In certain implementations, a method for CPDLC includes receiving data through the selection of a selectable item on a pilot interface, wherein the pilot interface is a non-CPDLC interface and communicating the data to a CPDLC application. Further, the method also includes constructing a CPDLC message based on the data; and transmitting the CPDLC message to an air traffic controller.
US10319231B2	System and method for providing driver with preliminary notification The present disclosure provides a system for providing a driver of a host vehicle being stopped with a preliminary notification that remote vehicles forming a queue in front of the host vehicle are likely to start moving. The system includes a receiver, a notifying device, a determiner, and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive messages from the remote vehicles through Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications. The notifying device is configured to provide the driver with the preliminary notification. The determiner is configured to determine whether a specified vehicle among the remote vehicles other than a preceding vehicle directly ahead of the specified vehicle starts moving based on the messages sent from the specified vehicle. The controller is configured to control the notifying device to provide the preliminary notification when the determiner determines that the specified vehicle starts moving.
US10319229B1	Data mining for alerts regarding road conditions Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and systems for forecasting hazardous road conditions. The method includes determining a plurality of sections of road to analyze and correlating the sections of roads to localized weather forecasts. The method also includes performing a road surface condition analysis for each section of road of the plurality of sections of road and based on a prediction of a hazardous road condition, generating an alert regarding the hazardous road condition.
US10319227B2	Roadway work area safety truck A safety truck includes: an over-cab storage rack to store nested stacks of barrel-type safety barriers (“traffic delineators”); a man basket (“safety module”) mounted within an inset formed in a flat bed of the safety truck along the left or right side thereof to provide a support platform below the flat bed to enable personnel to ergonomically place the barrel-type safety barriers on a roadway; a sign cage mounted to the flat bed to store components of warning signs; a display board that includes speed detection radar to detect a speed of a vehicle approaching the safety truck, at least one display device to display a message readable from behind the safety truck, and a camera to capture an image of the approaching vehicle; and/or a truck-mounted attenuator (TMA) connected to the rear of the safety truck to absorb kinetic energy of the approaching vehicle colliding with the TMA.
US10319226B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device includes at least one electronic control unit configured to acquire communication information from a surrounding vehicle, acquire a detection result of the traveling state of the surrounding vehicle, identify the surrounding vehicle as a particular vehicle, determine a link state between the surrounding vehicle and the host vehicle as a regular link while the surrounding vehicle is identified as the particular vehicle, identify the particular vehicle as a target vehicle, determine the link state between a lost vehicle and the host vehicle as a temporary link, the lost state being a state in which the target vehicle is not detected by the sensor, recognize the lost vehicle the link state of which has been changed from the regular link to the temporary link as the target vehicle while the link state is the temporary link, and control traveling of the host vehicle.
US10319225B2	System, method, and computer-readable storage medium for determining road type A system for determining a road type includes processing circuitry configured to receive information from a plurality of sensors. The information corresponds to one or more of operation of a host vehicle and an environment surrounding the host vehicle. Additionally, the system determines whether one or more of the plurality of sensors detects an off highway event, classifies the road type as a local road in response to one or more of the plurality of sensors detecting an off highway event, determines whether the speed of the host vehicle is greater than a first predetermined speed for a first predetermined amount of time, and classifies the road type as a limited access highway in response to the speed of the host vehicle being greater than the first predetermined speed for the first predetermined amount of time.
US10319218B2	Wireless battery system, and wireless system There is provided a wireless battery system reconcilable with unsuccessful communication due to interference from an external wireless instrument or radio wave reflection or shielding under a surrounding physical environment. A wireless battery system allocates a cell controller to a cell, detects a cell state, and wirelessly communicates a cell state detected by a cell controller to a battery controller. During the wireless communication, the battery controller transmits a beacon to the cell controller and specifies a duration for radio wave environment measurement and a frequency to be measured as a condition. The cell controller performs radio wave environment measurement under the specified condition and then returns a measurement result along with the cell state to the battery controller.
US10319217B2	Method for controlling video system including a plurality of display apparatuses A method for controlling a video system wherein the nearest display apparatus is selected by detecting a distance to each of a plurality of display apparatuses and information regarding the nearest display apparatus is transmitted to another video apparatus allowing a user apparatus to select the nearest display apparatus without additional input.
US10319215B2	Anti-theft method and apparatus An anti-theft method and apparatus relating to the field of anti-theft technologies, and to reduce costs. The anti-theft method includes obtaining a detection signal from a terminal device, where the detection signal is a signal sent by the terminal device when the terminal device detects an available network, and performs an alarm operation when the detection signal meets a preset condition. The anti-theft method may be applied in daily life in order to ensure family property security.
US10319214B1	Prioritizing alert recipients using activity monitoring data Devices and methods for prioritizing alert recipients using activity monitoring data are disclosed. A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, an incoming alert; receiving, by the computing device, activity data corresponding to a first on-call person; determining, by the computing device, whether or not the first on-call person is available using the activity data corresponding to the first on-call person; in response to determining that the first on-call person is available, the computing device sending the incoming alert to the first on-call person; and in response to determining that the first on-call person is not available, the computing device sending the incoming alert to a second on-call person.
US10319211B2	Visible indication of a port as configured to management functionality Examples herein disclose an apparatus. The apparatus includes a network interface controller (NIC) port to be dedicated to a management functionality of a server. The apparatus also includes a light emitting diode (LED), coupled to the NIC port, to provide a visible indication that the NIC port is dedicated to the management functionality of the server.
US10319205B2	Occupancy based lighting control technology and its application thereof This disclosure relates to a method of detecting an occupancy state of a living space for controlling lighting apparatus. The method comprises using a motion sensor to send wave signal and detect echoed signal reflected from a moving human body and using a control circuitry operated with a software program to analyze the echoed signal for establishing a numerical value account. In referring to preset parameters, the software program judges the echoed signal by analyzing time duration and frequency pattern of the echoed signal as an incoming motion, an outgoing motion or a local random motion, such that the numerical value account is accordingly updated to represent actual occupant number for activating the controller circuitry to turn on or turn off the lighting apparatus.
US10319203B1	Track and trace device, systems and methods thereof Embodiments of the present invention relates to a track and trace (TT) device. The TT device includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a near field communication (NFC) tag coupled with the RFID tag, and protective materials to cover the TT device. The RFID tag includes an identifier that is unique among all RFID tags and is, therefore, only associated with a product in which the TT device is embedded in. The NFC tag is pre-encoded with location information of a registration server. To register the product, the registrant uses an NFC-enabled device to access the location information of the registration server and to display thereon a registration page generated by the registration server. The registration page is automatically populated with the unique identifier of the RFID tag. Once registration is completed, an account corresponding to the association of the registrant with the product is created and stored.
US10319202B2	Simultaneous event capture and alert generation A method and a system provide a security system for simultaneously capturing events and generating alerts for security. The security system communicates with a data management server via a network. The security system includes an image capture device integrated with a wireless access point, a gateway device, and one or more alarm devices. The security system simultaneously receives event data associated with events from the image capture device and one or more electronic devices connected to the wireless access point, and alarm data simultaneously recorded by the alarm devices based on detection of one or more security conditions. The security system generates alerts for security using the simultaneously received event data and the recorded alarm data. The security system transmits the simultaneously received event data, the recorded alarm data, and the generated alerts to the data management server accessible by a control device and the electronic devices via the network.
US10319201B2	Systems and methods for hierarchical acoustic detection of security threats Systems and methods for detecting a security threat over a network are provided. The system comprises a microphone configured to capture acoustic signals; a hardware interface configured to generate data samples from the acoustic signals; a memory storing a plurality of instructions; and a hardware processor configured to execute the instructions to: determine information indicative of a rate of intensity variation of the acoustic signals; and determine, based on the information, whether to transmit the data samples to a remote server. The hardware processor is also configured to, after determining to transmit the data samples to the remote server, generate data packets that include the data samples, and transmit the data packets to the remote server. The remote server can then reconstruct the data samples from the data packets and, if the data samples indicates a security threat, transmit a warning signal to a monitoring device.
US10319199B2	Vibration generation system, vibration generation apparatus, storage medium having stored therein vibration signal generation program, and vibration generation method Sound pressure information indicated by a sound signal and belonging to a frequency range above an upper limit that enables at least a user to perceive a vibration is converted into sound pressure information belonging to a frequency range less than or equal to the upper limit or belonging to a low-frequency range, and a vibration signal is generated using the sound pressure information after the conversion. This makes it possible to generate a vibration signal.
US10319196B2	Systems and methods for slot-style games Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for new features and functionality of slot-style games.
US10319194B2	Electronic gaming systems and methods Systems and method for providing a slot-type game in which a game outcome is reached that includes an active area and an inactive area, with any awards being determined by the position of randomly generated symbols in the active area, the active area increasing in size to include additional positions of randomly generated symbols from the inactive area responsive to an occurrence of a triggering event, wherein the triggering event is based on the satisfaction of a preset criteria associated with the active area of the game outcome, may result in enhanced awards and may be triggered one or more instances thereafter by the satisfaction of the preset criteria associated with the increased active area, each instance of being triggered resulting in the active area increasing in size until a maximum active area is achieved.
US10319192B2	System and method wherein game players visit one or more communication-enabled locations and are invited by personalized messages to play a game of chance or perform other game-related activities A method is provided wherein players are automatically detected at a physical location and invited by an electronic component within the location to play a game of chance or perform other game related activities. The players have the capability to receive unique ID signals emitted by a transmitter device within the locations on a mobile smart device, or to broadcast an ID signal unique to the player for receipt by a receiver in the locations. When the player is at a first distance from the transmitter device or the receiver in the location, a game server generates a first personalized message to the player that invites the player to move to a game console within the location. When the player is at a second distance from the transmitter device or the receiver indicating the player has moved towards the game console, the game server generates a second personalized message instructing the player how to play a game or perform other game-related activities at the game console.
US10319184B2	Aggregate tax liability in wagering Methods, apparatus and article of manufacture for computing an aggregate tax liability at a gaming device comprises receiving an indication from the gaming device of a start and end of a gaming period. A plurality of games are played by a player during the gaming period. The amount of the player's winnings and losses for each game played is monitored. A total winnings and a total losses incurred by the player during the gaming period is computed, and an aggregate amount that comprises a summation of the total winning and the total losses during the gaming period is also computed. Based on the location of the gaming device, determine a jurisdiction that governs the aggregate tax liability. Compute the aggregate tax liability based on the aggregate amount and the jurisdiction.
US10319183B2	Method and apparatus for redeeming a prize During gaming machine play, a plurality of prize identifiers are displayed on a video display Each of the prize identifiers is associated with a prize. A plurality of prize level indicators are displayed with each prize level indicator associated with a respective one of the prize identifiers. During gaming machine play, reward points are accumulated. The plurality of reward points are utilized to determine a proportion of a redemption threshold of points needed for a player to select each prize. The proportion is displayed to the player on the video display.
US10319179B2	Connected interleaved wagering system An electronic gaming machine including, an application controller, providing skill-based entertainment games, distributing application telemetry, receiving a wager outcome, and providing a display of the received wager outcome; a wager controller receiving a wager request, determining a wager outcome, and distributing the wager outcome; and an application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, distributing application telemetry, distributing the wager request, receiving the wager outcome, receiving, second application telemetry; and distributing the wager outcome.
US10319178B2	Distributed component interleaved wagering system A distributed component interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller operatively connected to a component manager controller, the interactive controller constructed to: communicate an initialization indication; receive an identification of accessible components; communicate application telemetry and an identification of chosen components from the identification of accessible components; and receive application resources based on the communicated application telemetry. The system also includes the identified wager controller operatively connected to the component manager controller, the identified wager controller constructed to communicate a generated wager outcome, the generated wager outcome based on a wager request received from the component manager controller. The system also includes the identified application controller operatively connected to the component manager controller, the identified application controller constructed to: receive application telemetry; communicate the wager request; receive the wager outcome; communicate the application resources generated based on the wager outcome.
US10319170B2	Folded bill identification method and device A folded bill recognizing method and a folded bill recognizing device are provided. The folded bill recognizing device includes: a bill input port configured to receive a to-be-recognized bill or a sample bill; a signal collecting module configured to collect a CIS image of the bill, to obtain an infrared transmission image T and an infrared reflection image F; a signal recognizing module configured to recognize whether the to-be-recognized bill has a fold; and a receiving/rejecting module configured to perform a receiving or rejecting operation on the to-be-recognized bill. The device can effectively recognize a folded bill.
US10319166B2	Vehicle-based identification and access A method for conducting an interaction using a vehicle is disclosed. A vehicle can be identified based on one or more vehicle characteristics, including a license plate number, a make, a model, and a color. A user credential can be identified based on the vehicle and used for an interaction. Additionally, user contact information can be identified based on the vehicle and the user can be contacted to approve the interaction.
US10319165B2	Wireless locking device An electronic locking device can be configured to become active from a low power state, receive physical input to unlock, and provide access to a replaceable power supply. An electronic locking device can use a combination of physical input and discovery of an authorized mobile device to enable transition from a locked state to an unlocked state. Authorization can be internally stored or externally obtained through a service. An electronic locking device can match a series of physical interactions to a series of stored interactions to enable transition from a locked state to an unlocked state, when an authorized device is unavailable. An electronic locking device can provide access to a replaceable power supply when a latch is released.
US10319159B1	System and method for determining driving patterns using telematics data A computer implemented method for determining a driving pattern from raw telematics data is presented. A data server may receive, via a computer network, a plurality of telematics data corresponding to a trip of a vehicle, wherein the plurality of telematics data originates from a client computing device. The data server may also identify a first primary movement window of the vehicle trip and one or more constant speed and idling windows of the vehicle trip. The data server may further estimate gravity from the telematics data in the first primary movement window of the vehicle trip and generate a pitch and a roll angle from the first primary movement window of the vehicle trip, as well as one or more yaw angle estimates from the first primary movement window of the vehicle trip. The data server may further determine a driving pattern using at least constant speed times, idling times, acceleration, breaking, vehicle turns and relate that to estimate driving risk and insurance premium.
US10319158B2	System for monitoring and inspecting vehicle emissions levels for compliance Systems and methods for reporting data based on monitored emissions levels. An exemplary system automatically provides emissions level data acquired from an engine operating in a roadway vehicle while the vehicle is in motion. Data is made available for vehicle approval by a roadway inspection authority. For example, NOx emissions may be monitored with a sensor positioned in the engine exhaust flow path. Embodiments of the invention provide solutions to reduce time delays associated with inspections.
US10319156B2	Method and system for detecting a condition of an electric machine In aspects, the present invention discloses a method of detecting a condition of an electric machine using a portable diagnostic device comprising one or more sensors for measuring at least one physical parameter associated with the electric machine in at least two axes. The method comprises measuring the at least one physical parameter associated with electric machine at a first position in a first axis and a second axis, determining a ratio of a first measurement of the at least one physical parameter in the first axis and a second measurement of the at least one physical parameter in the second axis at the first position, identifying a spatial distribution associated with the condition of the electric machine from a database based on the determined ratio and identifying the condition of the electric machine based on the identified spatial distribution.
US10319151B2	Device and method for hierarchical object recognition A device and method for hierarchical object recognition is provided. The device comprises: an augmented reality display device including a camera, a display device, and an eye-tracking device; an input device; a memory storing a hierarchical object recognition library arranged in a plurality of levels; and a controller. The controller receives, using the input device, an indication of a selected level of the hierarchical object recognition library. The controller determines, using the eye-tracking device, an eye-gaze direction. The controller recognizes at least one object in an image from the camera in the eye-gaze direction by comparing at least a region of the image in the eye-gaze direction with the selected level of the hierarchical object recognition library. The controller controls the display device to indicate a recognized object in the eye-gaze direction.
US10319150B1	Object preview in a mixed reality environment Users can view images or renderings of items placed (virtually) within a physical space. For example, a rendering of an item can be placed within a live camera view of the physical space. A snapshot of the physical space can be captured and the snapshot can be customized, shared, etc. The renderings can be represented as two-dimensional images, e.g., virtual stickers or three-dimensional models of the items. Users can have the ability to view different renderings, move those items around, and develop views of the physical space that may be desirable. The renderings can link to products offered through an electronic marketplace and those products can be consumed. Further, collaborative design is enabled through modeling the physical space and enabling users to view and move around the renderings in a virtual view of the physical space.
US10319147B2	Direct volume rendering in virtual and/or augmented reality Performing volume rendering in a virtual reality environment by applying an adapted Monte Carlo integration, grid accelerator-based view ray tracing, image filtering, and user-movement detected adapted frame compensation.
US10319146B2	Visual localisation In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
US10319145B2	Asynchronous representation of alternate reality characters Technologies for representing alternate reality characters in a real-world environment include receiving sensor data from sensors of a sensor network of a home location of an alternate reality character, determining available response to the stimuli represented by the sensor data, and determining an activity of the alternate reality character for a time period based on the available responses. The technologies may also include generating a video of the alternate reality character performing the determined activity superimposed on an image map of a real-world environment of the home location during the time period. Users may view the video in real time or during a time period subsequent to the time period represented in the video. Additionally, the alternate reality character may be transferred to remote computing devices in some embodiments.
US10319143B2	Volumetric grid generation in a domain with heterogeneous material properties Method for generating a 3D grid, and for defining a material property model on the grid, to use, for example, in a reservoir simulator. A mapping is defined (61,71) to a design space in which the material property is described as a piecewise smooth implicit or explicit function in three dimensions. Grid geometry is constructed only in the physical space of the model (62-65, 73-76), and no grid is required in the design space. The material property, for example permeability, is sampled in the design space (66,77) to populate the cells in the grid constructed in the physical domain. Prismatic grid cells may be truncated based on faults and horizons (65), or maybe conformed to fault surfaces using a 3D parameterization of the model (76). Only forward mapping, i.e. from the physical domain to the design space, is required.
US10319142B2	Method for visualizing three dimensional data A method for visualizing deviations between nominal data and actual data of a three-dimensional object. The method includes providing deviation data for measurement points on the surface of the object comprising a deviation value describing a deviation between a nominal value and a measured value, selecting a subset of the multitude of measurement points, generating a two-dimensional surface model of the object, wherein the surface model comprises a multitude of pixels, the selected measurement points are positioned on the surface model according to their position on the object, and each pixel is assigned an index depending on the deviation value of the nearest selected measurement point, and visualizing a representation of at least a part the object to a user, thereby visualizing at least a part of the pixels, each pixel being assigned an optical code according to its index.
US10319140B2	Tri-cubic and hybrid interpolation in a 3D texture shader A consecutive set of data points, P1, P2, P3, and P4, is selected. A first line is created through P1 and P3. A first tangent vector originating at P2, parallel to the first line, is created. A second line through P2 and P4 is created. A second tangent vector through P3 is created. The second tangent vector is parallel to the second line. A baseline through P2 and P3 is created. A Bezier curve between P2 and P3 is created, wherein the Bezier curve has a degree. The degree of the Bezier curve is determined based on a comparison of the first tangent vector, the second tangent vector, and the baseline.
US10319135B2	Computer-implemented method for simulating a body taking a posture, in particular to look at a target A computer-implemented method for simulating a human or animal body taking a posture, comprising the steps of: a) providing a model (AV) of said human or animal body, including a skeleton comprising a plurality of bones articulated by rotational joints to form at least one kinematic chain; b) defining a starting position and a starting rotational state for each rotational joint of the skeleton, a target point (T) and a bone, called end bone, of a kinematic chain, called active kinematic chain; c) for a set of bones of the active kinematic chain, including the end bone, defining at least one axis (GZ) having a fixed orientation with respect to the bone; d) determining a first posture of the body by performing bounded rotations of a set of joints of the active kinematic chain; and e) determining a second posture of the body by iteratively by performing bounded rotations of a set of joints of the active kinematic chain in order to direct a selected axis (GZ) of the end bone toward the target.
US10319133B1	Posing animation hierarchies with dynamic posing roots Users may dynamically specify a “posing root” node in an animation hierarchy that is different than the model root node used to define the animation hierarchy. When a posing root node is specified, users specify the pose, including translations and rotations, of other nodes relative to the posing root node, rather than the model root node. Poses of nodes may be specified using animation variable values relative to the posing root node. Animation variable values specified relative to the posing root node are dynamically converted to equivalent animation variable values relative to the model root node, which then may be used to pose an associated model. Animation data may be presented to users relative to the current posing root node. If a posing root node is changed to a different location, the animation data is converted so that it is expressed relative to the new posing root node.
US10319129B2	Snapping line generation Techniques and systems are described for snapping line generation based on glyphs. Techniques include locating bounding box lines from bounding boxes of glyphs. The bounding box lines may then be analyzed to identify which of the bounding box lines are collinear and at least one snapping line is generated based on the collinearity of the bounding box lines. The generated snapping lines are then output in a user interface to facilitate snapping objects to the snapping line.
US10319128B2	Augmented reality presentation of an industrial environment A industrial visualization system generates augmented reality presentations for rendering on a user's wearable computer as the user traverses an industrial facility. The system can leverage data indexed in a federated data model that unifies plant-wide data from multiple diverse sources under a common namespace. By leveraging the unified plant data and interacting with a wearable computer worn by a user, the augmented reality presentation system provides automation system data, notifications, and proactive guidance to a user via modification of the user's view of his or her immediate surroundings. Such modifications can include superimposing data values or indicators on the user's view of a machine or automation system through the user's wearable computer. The system can customize presentation of this information based on the user's role, location, line of sight, type of wearable device, and/or other contextual information.
US10319124B2	Request resolution shaper in a networked system architecture An apparatus and related method are provided for generating a graphical display region for display of a plurality of pixels of a display device, comprising generating a timeline axis for display in the graphical display region, receiving requester event data for a plurality of requester events from a requester device relating to a request and storing the requester event data, including a time of occurrence for each requester event, and fulfiller event data for fulfiller events from a fulfiller device and storing the fulfiller event data, calculating a time scale for the timeline axis such that requester events and fulfiller events are displayable at a position along the timeline axis proportional to their respective time of occurrence, and a respective axial position for requester indicia representing the requester events and fulfiller indicia representing the fulfiller events at a position along the timeline axis proportional to their respective time of occurrence.
US10319123B2	Systems, devices, and methods for generating multi-dimensional graphs using base function strings and color values Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, devices, and methods for generating multi-dimensional color graphs. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a plurality of base function strings, each of the base function strings associated with a color base; parsing the base function strings to generate a matrix of functions; calculating, for each coordinate in a set of coordinates, a color value for the coordinate using the matrix of functions; generating a graph based on the calculated color values associated with each coordinate; and displaying the generated graph.
US10319116B1	Dynamic color adjustment of electronic content Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic color adjustment of electronic content. In one embodiment, a system may determine a first background color corresponding to a color theme for use in presentation of electronic content, the color theme further specifying a first text color for displaying text. The system may convert the first text color to hue-saturation-value (HSV) color space, and modify a brightness component of the first text color to generate a second text color. The system may determine a first contrast ratio between the second text color and the first background color, and determine that the first contrast ratio satisfies a first threshold contrast ratio. The system may display the electronic content using the first background color, the electronic content including text having the second text color.
US10319112B2	Extracting color schemes of pages written in a markup language An aspect includes extracting a color scheme of a page written in a markup language. A content portion from the page is nonvisualized, a subtractive process is applied to the page with the content portion having been nonvisualized, and a color scheme is extracted from the page to which the subtractive process has been applied.
US10319111B2	Image projection device for 3D measurement and calibration method for calibration of camera and projector There is provided an image projection device including a camera, a projector configured to project an image, a camera calibration unit configured to perform calibration of the camera, a projector calibration unit configured to perform calibration of the projector, and an image correction unit configured to correct the image projected from the projector based on a result of the calibration. The projector calibration unit performs ray tracing of a known checker pattern on which structural light is projected by the projector, and estimates parameters by acquiring correspondence relation between a lattice point of the checker pattern and projector coordinates.
US10319110B2	Display control method and system A system includes circuitry configured to detect a first object and a second object from a first image captured, generate positional relationship information between the first object and the second object, and distortion information regarding a second shape of the second object in the first image with reference to a first shape of the first object in the first image, store, into a memory, the positional relationship information and the distortion information associated with the second object, acquire a second image, and control a display to display a content associated with the second object based on the positional relationship information and the distortion information when the first object is detected from the second image and when the second object is not detected from the second image, the content data being superimposed on the second image at a specific position with respect to the second object.
US10319106B2	Method for processing multiple image sources A method for processing multiple image sources comprises steps: receiving a plurality of first images from a first device; arranging the first images in an order of times of capturing the first images; receiving at least one second image from at least one second device; arranging together the second image and the most spatially neighboring first images according to first and second positioning information of the first and second images; arranging the first and second images sharing an identical geographic space into an identical geographic group; arranging the first and second images, which have an identical still background, into an identical background group; sorting the first and second images of each background group in an order from a large background to a small background or in a reverse order; and processing the sorted images into a video. The present invention makes viewers watching the video feel smooth without abruptness.
US10319094B1	Technology for capturing, transmitting, and analyzing images of objects A system for analyzing images of objects such as vehicles. According to certain aspects, the system includes a user interface device configured to capture a set of images depicting a target vehicle, and transfer the set of images to a server that stores a set of base image models. The server analyzes the set of images using a base image model corresponding to the target vehicle, a set of correlational filters, and a set of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to determine a set of changes to the target vehicle as depicted in the set of images. The server further transmits, to the user interface device, information indicative of the set of changes for a user to view or otherwise access.
US10319092B2	Locality-based detection of tray slot types and tube types in a vision system A method for detecting properties of sample tubes is provided that includes extracting image patches substantially centered on a tube slot of a tray or a tube top in a slot. For each image patch, the method may include assigning a first location group defining whether the image patch is an image center, a corner of an image or a middle edge of an image, selecting a trained classifier based on the first location group and determining whether each tube slot contains a tube. The method may also include assigning a second location group defining whether the image patch is from an image center, a left corner of the image, a right corner of the image, a left middle of the image; a center middle of the image or a right middle of the image, selecting a trained classifier based on the second location group and determining a tube property.
US10319091B2	Providing image support to a practitioner A three-dimensional subtraction angiography image data set including a target region of the patient is acquired. A region of interest is selected. An imaging geometry is defined for monitoring the intervention using an X-ray device. The image-obscuring blood vessels that superimpose the region of interest in the imaging geometry and imaging zones that show fractions of the image-obscuring blood vessels in the imaging geometry are determined. Path information relating to the image-obscuring blood vessels is defined. The information relating to the path is input into a two-dimensional forward projection data set. A fluoroscopic image is acquired in the imaging geometry. Pixels showing the image-obscuring blood vessels in the fluoroscopic image are determined using the path information and image intensity information from the fluoroscopic image. A masked image of the image-obscuring blood vessels is subtracted. The fluoroscopic image that has been modified is displayed.
US10319090B2	Acquisition-orientation-dependent features for model-based segmentation of ultrasound images A model-based segmentation system includes a plurality of clusters (48), each cluster being formed to represent an orientation of a target to be segmented. One or more models (140) are associated with each cluster. The one or more models include an aspect associated with the orientation of the cluster, for example, the appearance of the target to be segmented. A comparison unit (124), configured in memory storage media, is configured to compare an ultra-sound image to the clusters to determine a closest matching orientation and is configured to select the one or more models based upon the cluster with the closest matching orientation. A model adaptation module (126) is configured to adapt the one or more models to the ultrasound image.
US10319089B2	Component mounter A component mounter includes a side imaging camera that is provided to be integral with the placing head having a plurality of suction nozzles, that moves relatively with respect to the plurality of suction nozzles, and thereby that images, from a side, peripheral regions of front ends of the plurality of suction nozzles, respectively, in order. Incidentally, a component presence/absence determiner (determiner) determines the presence or absence of a component sucked on the front end of the suction nozzle, based on primary image data obtained by the side imaging camera and the calculator calculates a thickness of the component sucked on the front end of the suction nozzle, based on secondary image data obtained by the side imaging camera.
US10319088B2	Inspection apparatus of EUV mask and its focus adjustment method An inspection apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an EUV light source 11, an illumination optical system 10 provided to apply the EUV light to an EUV mask 60, a concave mirror and a convex mirror 22 configured to reflect the EUV light reflected on the EUV mask 60, a camera 32 configured to detect EUV light reflected on the convex mirror 22 and thereby take an image of the EUV mask 60, an AF light source 16 configured to generate AF light having a wavelength of 450 nm to 650 nm, first and second detectors 27 and 30 configured to detect the AF light reflected on the EUV mask 60 through the concave mirror with the hole 21 and the convex mirror 22, and an processing device 31 configured to adjust a focus point of the EUV light on the EUV mask 60.
US10319085B2	Metadata-based image processing method and apparatus Disclosed are a method and apparatus for generating local metadata including position information of a similar color mapping region and a color mapping function of the similar color mapping region and a method and apparatus for correcting color components 5 of a pixel in a similar color mapping region based on local metadata.
US10319082B2	System and method for detection and removal of thin lines in a graphic image Presented is a method for identifying and removing one or more thin lines from a binary source image. The steps include generating a hole-filled intermediate binary image, and performing a thin line detection and removal process on the hole-filled intermediate binary image. The thin line detection and removal is performed by creating an eroded intermediate image, creating an opened intermediate image by performing a morphology dilation process, inverting the opened intermediate image, generating a density adjusted binary source image, generating a difference pixel intermediate image, generating a thin line subtraction intermediate image, and subtracting the thin line subtraction intermediate image from the binary source image to create a binary output image.
US10319081B2	Distortion rectification method and terminal Disclosed is a distortion rectification method, comprising: taking a wide-angle photograph using a camera of a terminal; determining distortion regions and non-distortion regions in the wide-angle photograph; obtaining a target distortion region selected by a user; dividing the target distortion region into M grid regions of a first pre-set size, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to one; and respectively performing distortion rectification on the M grid regions of the first pre-set size. Also disclosed is a terminal.
US10319078B2	Image signal processing apparatus and image signal processing method to suppress color shift caused by lens distortion Provided is an image signal processing apparatus including multiple color support distortion correcting units receiving a color signal of a correction target image, performing image distortion correction of a color based on a lens distortion characteristic and generating a correction image supporting the color. Each of the multiple color support distortion correcting units performs processing of receiving a reference signal indicating a pixel position in an input image applied to calculate a pixel value of an output correction image, and setting a pixel value of the pixel position indicated by the reference signal in the input image as an output pixel value.
US10319077B2	Image processing method for defect pixel detection, crosstalk cancellation, and noise reduction An image processing method is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving upper image data; calculating a first ratio using a target pixel and a plurality of first reference pixels in the upper image data; calculating a first diffusion coefficient according to the first ratio and a diffusion coefficient mapping equation; calculating a first pixel value of the target pixel according to the target pixel, the first reference pixels, and the first diffusion coefficient; receiving lower image data; calculating a second ratio using the target pixel and a plurality of second reference pixels in the lower image data, wherein the target pixel has the first pixel value; calculating a second diffusion coefficient according to the second ratio and the diffusion coefficient mapping equation; and calculating a second pixel value of the target pixel according to the target pixel, the second reference pixels, and the second diffusion coefficient.
US10319076B2	Producing higher-quality samples of natural images In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a plurality of generative adversarial networks (GANs) that are each applied to a particular level k of a Laplacian pyramid. Each GAN may comprise a generative model Gk and a discriminative model Dk. At each level k, the generative model Gk may take as input a noise vector zk and may output a generated image {tilde over (h)}k. At each level k, the discriminative model Dk may take as input either the generated image {tilde over (h)}k or a real image hk, and may output a probability that the input was the real image hk. The method may further include generating a sample image Ĩk from the generated images {tilde over (h)}k, wherein the sample image is based on the probabilities outputted by each of the discriminative models Dk and the generated images {tilde over (h)}k. The method may further include providing the sample image Ĩk for display.
US10319075B2	Method for upscaling noisy images, and apparatus for upscaling noisy images With known image upscaling methods of noisy images, important detail information is lost during denoising. A method for upscaling noisy input images comprises upscaling a noisy input image to obtain a noisy High-Resolution (HR) image, denoising the noisy input image to obtained a denoised Low-Resolution (LR) image, upscaling the denoised LR image to obtain an upscaled denoised LR image, and combining the noisy HR image and the upscaled denoised LR image to generate a denoised HR image.
US10319071B2	Truncated square pyramid geometry and frame packing structure for representing virtual reality video content Techniques and systems are described for mapping 360-degree video data to a truncated square pyramid shape. A 360-degree video frame can include 360-degrees' worth of pixel data, and thus be spherical in shape. By mapping the spherical video data to the planes provided by a truncated square pyramid, the total size of the 360-degree video frame can be reduced. The planes of the truncated square pyramid can be oriented such that the base of the truncated square pyramid represents a front view and the top of the truncated square pyramid represents a back view. In this way, the front view can be captured at full resolution, the back view can be captured at reduced resolution, and the left, right, up, and bottom views can be captured at decreasing resolutions. Frame packing structures can also be defined for 360-degree video data that has been mapped to a truncated square pyramid shape.
US10319070B2	Dynamic page sizing of page table entries In accordance with one embodiment each page table entry maps a variable page size (per entry), if multiple continuous virtual pages map to contiguous physical pages. This may drastically reduce the number of translation lookaside buffer (TLB) entries needed since each entry can potentially map a larger chunk of memory, in some embodiments.
US10319062B2	Rendering map data using descriptions of raster differences A network server receives, from a client device, an indication of a first raster map image that depicts a geographic map of a certain region and a certain zoom level. The network server obtains a second raster map image corresponding to the geographic region and the zoom level and generating a description of a difference in pixels between the indicated first raster map image and the second raster map image. The network server then provides the description of the determined difference in pixels to the client device for generating the second raster map image at the client device.
US10319061B2	Information processing apparatus and event management method The present invention provides an information processing apparatus that includes: a change unit configured to change an event generated in response to an operation of an input device, based on the type of the event and the type of a graphics controller unit to which the event is to be transmitted, the graphics controller unit being configured to input a processing request that corresponds to the received event to an application; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the event changed by the change unit to the graphics controller unit.
US10319060B2	Unified memory systems and methods The present invention facilitates efficient and effective utilization of unified virtual addresses across multiple components. In one embodiment, the presented new approach or solution uses Operating System (OS) allocation on the central processing unit (CPU) combined with graphics processing unit (GPU) driver mappings to provide a unified virtual address (VA) across both GPU and CPU. The new approach helps ensure that a GPU VA pointer does not collide with a CPU pointer provided by OS CPU allocation (e.g., like one returned by “malloc” C runtime API, etc.).
US10319059B1	GIF file with hidden images and selectable playback that is activated based on a user ID A method and computer product for inserting additional frames into a “.GIF” file or modifying existing frames that can only be visible by recipients of the “.GIF” file satisfying a certain criteria are provided. A proprietary applications extension for “.GIF” file format allows for playing different images sequences within the same “.GIF” file to a recipient using a proprietary viewer application. The proprietary viewer application extension for “.GIF” file format allows for playing different image sequences in the “.GIF” viewer. A frame modification extension module contains sequence of images (in a binary form) and identifications that the proprietary “.GIF” viewer (with special extension logic) can substitute some of the “GIF's” image data while playing the file. Thus, the “.GIF” viewer is able to play different images (i.e., hidden embedded frames) than the ones played by a standard “.GIF” viewer to a certain recipient.
US10319054B2	Automated entity valuation system An automated valuation system for an entity, that uses specific input attributes items and a plurality of primary token features that are disposed within a specific geolocation, in addition, a plurality of valued entities input data set items and a plurality of secondary token features that are disposed within the same geolocation. Recently evaluated entities are qualified by being within first and second ranges of first and second matched items to the specific entity, wherein common features are removed, and remaining features are given a tokenized grouping and weight via an algorithm to explain valuations differences between recently evaluated entities. These weights are used determine a calculated value of the specific entity by determining a calculated attribute value based upon the weight of the features associated with the specific entity.
US10319051B2	System and method for creating and managing intelligent water points in resource constrained regions The disclosure provides a system and method for collection of water point data from a distribution of water points to generate a digital aquifer. The disclosure includes a system to generate and collect water point data through devices supported by frugal innovations that address resource constraints. Use of the systems and methods as described enable water point users to better plan and manage limited water resources.
US10319050B2	Systems for adjusting agronomic inputs using remote sensing, and related apparatus and methods Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for using remote sensing data to infer agronomic inputs to an agronomic simulation model.
US10319047B2	Identification of life events within social media conversations Identifying life events within social network feeds. The method may include receiving social media data. The method may include identifying life event data within the social media data. The method may include determining a life event probability score associated with a life event class for the life event data using metadata. The method may include assigning a first life event class to each item of life event data based on the life event probability score. The method may include creating conversations by grouping the life event data. The method may include extracting metadata. The method may include determining a conversation probability score for each conversation based on the metadata and the life event probability score associated with each item of life event data. The method may include assigning a second life event class based on the conversation probability score. The method may include displaying the conversations based on user preferences.
US10319043B1	Methods, systems, and computer program products for linking data schemas to electronic tax return A method and computer program product for identifying errors in a computerized preparation of an electronic financial document to be submitted to an agency. A financial document preparation program is executed, a first connection is initiated with a computer of the agency, the schema requirements are received from the agency via the first connection, data entry fields are generated, data entered into the data entry fields is received, error rules are generated from the schema requirements, each error rule associated with a respective one of the data entry fields associated with the electronic financial document, the data entered into the data entry fields is checked against the respective error rules to identify schema errors in the data entered into the data entry fields, the electronic financial document is generated based on the data entered into the data entry fields, and the electronic financial document is electronically transmitted to the agency.
US10319042B2	Computerized-methods and systems for identifying duplicate entries in a database of merchant data Systems and methods are provided for verifying and/or confirming merchant data for multiple different transactions. One method generally includes accessing merchant data for a merchant where the merchant data includes a master merchant identifier for the merchant, and querying, by a computing device, multiple users as to which of a list of merchant data entries, for multiple different transactions and including different merchant identifiers, corresponds to the master merchant identifier for the merchant. The users are associated with a location within a predefined distance of the confirmed merchant and/or have performed one or more purchase transactions at the merchant. The method also generally includes receiving, at the computing device, a response from at least one of the users, in which the at least one of the users selects a data entry from the list, and determining whether to proceed in querying additional users.
US10319038B2	Mobile submission of pharmacy insurance information If a user of a client device is authenticated with a pharmacy service, the user is prompted to capture an image of an insurance card; if the user is not authenticated, the user is further prompted to input patient information. Information is extracted from the insurance card and it and the patient information are transmitted to a pharmacy for processing.
US10319035B2	Image capturing and automatic labeling system A vehicle image capture and labeling system operates to enable a user to capture vehicle photos, pictures, and/or images that are automatically labeled, i.e., annotated. In particular, the captured vehicle photos, pictures, or images are automatically labeled with certain vehicle identifier information, like a vehicle identification number (VIN), and pose information, that identifies a portion or view of the vehicle depicted within the image of the vehicle. The vehicle images may also be automatically labeled with one or more other image attributes or indicia, such as geospatial information corresponding to a location at which the photo or image was captured (e.g., global positioning system (GPS) data), time and date of image capture data, etc. The captured vehicle image and its label(s) may then be stored and used by other applications such as vehicle insurance claim applications, automobile repair estimate applications, etc.
US10319034B2	System and method for a trading interface incorporating a chart A graphical interface and method are provided for displaying market information corresponding to a tradable object. One graphical interface includes a chart region for displaying historical market data in relation to a first value axis, and a market grid region in alignment with the chart region. The market grid region comprises a plurality of areas for receiving commands from a user input device to send trade orders, and the areas are displayed in relation to a second value axis. A plurality of values displayed along the second value axis is a subset of values displayed in relation to the first value axis, and can be modified to a new plurality of values that corresponds to a new subset of values on the first value axis.
US10319030B1	Systems and methods for automatic route re-determination for an unmanned aerial vehicle The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for automatically re-routing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In one implementation, a system for automatically re-routing a UAV includes at least one processor configured to: retrieve a plurality of requests to deposit currency using the UAV, generate a first route including at least two of the requests such that an associated expected total amount of currency is less than a depository threshold; transmit the first route to the UAV; receive, from the UAV, an indication that an amount of currency collected at a location is greater than an amount of currency included in the request associated with the location; revise the expected total amount accordingly; when the revised expected total amount exceeds the depository threshold, generate a second route having an associated expected total amount below the depository threshold; and transmit the second route to the UAV to override the first route.
US10319028B2	Payment account monitoring system and method A network includes an account status system for checking the status of checking accounts used to make payments, and a payment account monitoring system that includes linking files that store, for individual credit card accounts, the account numbers for checking accounts used to pay the credit card accounts. The monitoring system periodically retrieves checking account numbers from the linking files and checks the account numbers at the status system. If a negative status is indicated at the status system, an alert is provided to the credit card company.
US10319019B2	Method, medium, and system for detecting cross-lingual comparable listings for machine translation using image similarity In various example embodiments, a system and method for a Listing Engine that translates a first listing from a first language to a second language. The first listing includes an image(s) of a first item. The Listing Engine provides as input to an encoded neural network model a portion(s) of a translated first listing and a portions(s) of a second listing in the second language. The second listing includes an image(s) of a second item. The Listing Engine receives from the encoded neural network model a first feature vector for the translated first listing and a second feature vector for the second listing. The first and the second feature vectors both include at least one type of image signature feature and at least one type of listing text-based feature. Based on a similarity score of the first and second feature vectors at least meeting a similarity score threshold, the Listing Engine generates a pairing of the first listing in the first language with the second listing in the second language for inclusion in training data of a machine translation system.
US10319013B2	Electronic ordering system Data describing a purchase order to be prepared by a merchant and an expected arrival time of a user for arriving at a geographic location of the merchant can be received. An order preparation time for the purchase order based on the one or more items specified in the purchase order can be determined. The order preparation time can be a time needed by the merchant to prepare the purchase order. An order start time based on the order preparation time for the purchase order and on the expected arrival time can be determined. The order start time can be a time for beginning preparation of the purchase order to have the purchase order ready at the expected arrival time. The data describing the purchase order and the order start time can be presented.
US10319001B2	System, method, and apparatus for purchasing, dispensing, or sampling of products Systems, methods, and apparatus for the purchase of and/or free sampling of products. The systems, methods, and/or apparatus may permit push notifications of purchased products and/or free product samples being available and may permit the use of mobile devices and/or mobile device applications to be used to purchase products or dispense free samples of products via a product dispenser or vending machine.
US10319000B2	Computer-implemented system and method for real-time feedback collection and analysis A computer-implemented system and method for real-time feedback collection and analysis is provided. An event related to a patient is identified during the patient's visit to a medical care facility. A prompt soliciting feedback is triggered upon identification of the event and the prompt is provided to the patient with at least one inquiry regarding the event. Feedback regarding the event is provided by the patient during the patient's visit to the medical care facility in response to the prompt. The feedback is analyzed and a recommendation for intervention of the patient's care is provided during the patient's visit to the medical care facility based on the feedback analysis.
US10318997B2	Determining bid amounts for presenting sponsored content to a user based on a likelihood of the user performing a conversion associated with the sponsored content An online system receives a sponsored content item including a maximum amount of compensation for accessing the content, a budget, and a tracking mechanism identifying an action. When an opportunity to present sponsored content to a user eligible to be presented with the sponsored content item is identified, the online system determines a likelihood of the user performing the action identified by the tracking mechanism and an average likelihood of other users performing the action identified by the tracking mechanism. Based on the determined likelihood and the average likelihood, the online system determines a subsidy value. Additionally, the online system generates a penalty value inversely proportional to a number of the identified action that have been identified. The online system increases a bid amount by the subsidy value decreases the bid amount by the penalty value to determine whether to present the sponsored content item to the user.
US10318996B2	Auction apparatus and auction method An auction apparatus according to the application includes a plan receiving unit and an auction providing unit. The plan receiving unit receives plan information indicating a plan of content from a content creator who creates the content. The auction providing unit presents the plan information received by the plan receiving unit and provides an auction service in which bid targets are a right to display an advertisement in an advertising space that is set to the content and a right to replace the advertisement displayed in the advertising space.
US10318989B2	Information providing method and system using signage device A method for providing information related to information displayed on a signage device to a mobile device carried by a user includes displaying on a screen of the signage device one or more images, establishing a connection between a mobile device and the signage device, displaying on the screen of the signage device a mark unique to the user, after the connection has been established, moving the mark on the screen in accordance with an operation of the mobile device by the user, and transmitting, to the mobile device, information related to an image at which the mark is located.
US10318987B2	Managing cookie data A method, information handling system and/or computer program product provides a cookie to a user. The method comprises: analyzing data in a consolidated set of the user's internet activities; generating a server side cookie for a website based on the analyzed data; in response to the user visiting the website with a first client, providing the server side cookie to the first client; merging the server side cookie with a client side cookie at the first client; and using the merged cookie to provide personalized recommendations to the user.
US10318985B2	Determining bidding strategies Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining bidding strategies. A method includes: identifying a campaign including one or more selection criteria and associated bids; determining a value associated with a user event associated with presentation of a campaign content item; determining one or more predicted future events based on the selection criteria and historical data; determining aggregate values based on the determined predicted future events, using the value and hypothetical bid changes; determining an interaction rate associated with the content item and a cost per event; determining a plurality of bidding strategies for the campaign, each reflecting a change in a bid associated with one or more selection criteria that optimizes the content sponsor's value; and presenting the plurality of bidding strategies to the content sponsor.
US10318974B2	Tracking, managing, suggesting and confirming receipt of gifts A method and associated apparatus is provided where information about a gift from a recipient of the gift is received at a computer system. A numerical rating of the gift is received, and the numerical rating of the gift is inserted into an acknowledgment of the gift and sent to the sender. An advertisement is received from a service of an advertiser, and the numerical rating was used in selection of the advertisement. The received advertisement is denoted as an optimal advertisement that is presented to the recipient. The optimal advertisement includes a link to a web page for ordering an item identified in the web page. An order of the item placed via the web page is received from the recipient. The item ordered by the recipient and an identification of the item is sent, to the sender, as a reciprocal gift for the sender from the recipient.
US10318973B2	Probabilistic cross-device place visitation rate measurement at scale Provided is a process including: obtaining network traffic logs; matching a set of a plurality of the user computing devices; obtaining an indicator of content to be measured for effectiveness in driving place visits; selecting from the network traffic logs records of network exchanges in which the indicator is present; obtaining a device identifier from each of the selected records; matching the obtained device identifiers to respective matching sets including the respective obtained identifier; obtaining respective mobile device identifiers from the respective matching sets; selecting from the network traffic logs records indicating communications from mobile computing devices identified by the obtained mobile device identifiers; obtaining geolocations from the records indicating communications from the mobile computing devices identified; determining that a subset of the records have geolocations that correspond to at least one of a set of geographic areas; and determining an effectiveness of the content in driving visits.
US10318971B2	Normalizing user responses to an event by removing behavioral bias This document describes techniques for normalizing user responses by removing behavioral bias. In one or more implementations, a response normalization model is built from user responses to one or more events. The response normalization model clusters users into behavioral classification groups based on the user responses. The response normalization model can then be used to normalize user responses by removing behavioral bias from user responses.
US10318967B2	End-to-end effective citizen engagement via advanced analytics and sensor-based personal assistant capability (EECEASPA) Providing an end-to-end citizen engagement, in one aspect, may comprise obtaining data of multiple disintegrated sources from one or more of communication and social computing channels via one or more adapters. Data refactoring and management, integration and process orchestration of the data according to a data model as data attributes of the data model may be provided. One or more analytics may be performed based on the data attributes stored according to the data model and input specified to the one or more analytics. One or more results computed by performing the one or more analytics may be provided. One or more application logics supporting one or more front-end applications may be produced. One or more front-end applications for automated sensing of user activities and sensor-based personal assistant capability may be provided.
US10318963B1	System and methods for performing vehicle renewal services at an integrated dispensing terminal Described herein are systems and methods for determining the status and renewing a vehicle registration and/or inspection while a vehicle is located in proximity to a fuel dispensing apparatus. Data communication is established between the fuel dispensing apparatus and a vehicle located in proximity to the fuel dispensing apparatus. Data is received from the vehicle located in proximity to the fuel dispensing apparatus providing one or more identification characteristics of the vehicle. Analysis is performed using the one or more identification characteristics to determine a status of a vehicle registration and/or inspection for the vehicle located in proximity to the fuel dispensing apparatus.
US10318961B2	Method and arrangement for providing network events System, arrangement and method for providing information regarding network events associated with a subscriber in an access network. A customer care session is initiated between a customer care unit and a data warehouse. The session is referring to an identity of said subscriber. A subscription to network events associated with the subscriber is done, where the data warehouse subscribes to a stream of ongoing network events. The content of the stream refers to the identity of the subscriber. Information is received regarding ongoing network events which are triggered by one or more communications between a terminal of the subscriber and a network element in the network. The information is provided to a customer care agent.
US10318957B2	Customer identification verification process An example device may include one or more processors to receive a request for a service from a requestor user device; provide transaction information associated with the service to a provider user device, where the transaction information may include location information corresponding to a location at which the service may be provided; obtain verification information from the requestor user device based on an interaction associated with the requestor user device or the provider user device at the location, where the verification information may include one or more characteristics of the requestor user device; generate a verification token based on the one or more characteristics of the requestor user device; provide the verification token to the requestor user device; and provide the verification information to the provider user device to permit the provider user device to verify the requestor user device, in connection with performance of the service, based on receiving the verification information and obtaining the verification token from the requestor user device.
US10318954B1	Processor routing number for mobile communication service provider billing A method of billing a payment transaction to a mobile communication service account. The method comprises receiving a request for mobile communication service provider billing approval from a payment processor, wherein the request comprises one of a phone number associated with a mobile communication service account or an equipment identification of a mobile communication device associated with the mobile communication service account, wherein the request comprises a processor routing number, wherein the processor routing number is consistent in format with one of a block of credit card numbers maintained by a mobile communication service provider, and wherein the processor routing number is used by different mobile communication devices associated with different mobile communication service accounts to complete payments. The method further comprises identifying the service account based on one of the phone number or the equipment identification of the mobile communication device, and charging to the mobile communication service account.
US10318949B2	Integrated mobile payment application with other mobile applications while preventing security exposures A method, system and computer program product for integrating a mobile payment application with other mobile applications while preventing security exposures. A set of application programming interfaces of mobile applications that may possibly be utilized by a pass created by a mobile payment application is generated in response to receiving an indication that the pass was created. A “pass,” as used herein, refers to a form of mobile payment, such as a gift card. A selection of these application programming interfaces may then be received to interact with the created pass. In this manner, the existing mobile applications are seamlessly integrated with the features of passes. Furthermore, a virtual container is created for the created pass and the selected application programming interfaces to interface with the created pass. By creating such a container, the data to be exposed to the application layer can be controlled.
US10318944B2	Near field communication terminal for performing secure payment and secure payment method using the same A Near Field Communication (NFC) terminal for performing secure payment includes an NFC unit and a control unit. The NFC unit communicates with an external payment terminal and the payment unit transmits results obtained by processing transaction information and an electronic signature value of the transaction information to the payment terminal using the NFC unit. The payment terminal requests an external payment server to perform payment. An authentication certificate applet included in the payment unit generates the electronic signature value of the transaction information. An electronic wallet applet included in the payment unit transmits the results obtained by processing the transaction information and the electronic signature value to the payment terminal.
US10318940B2	System and method for providing personalized customer assistance using a financial card having an RFID device According to one embodiment, a method of providing personalized customer service is provided. The method includes receiving purchase information from purchases made from a merchant using a financial card affiliated with the merchant. The financial card has an associated financial account and an RFID device coupled thereto. The RFID device stores identification data identifying the customer and/or the financial account. The purchase information includes an identification of items purchased during the purchases. The method further includes causing the received purchase information to be stored in storage separate from the card as purchase history information associated with the financial account. The method includes reading the identification data from the RFID device using an RFID reading device, identifying the financial account based on the identification data, and retrieving from storage the stored purchase history information associated with the identified financial account. The method further includes providing personalized service to the customer tailored to the purchase history information associated with the identified financial account.
US10318939B2	Transactional cards Methods, systems, and products create credit cards, debit cards, and other transactional cards. An image is received and provided on a transactional card. Account information is retrieved and associated with the transactional card. A machine-readable element is also provided on the transactional card and includes the account information.
US10318933B2	Settlement terminal and method of protecting data stored in the settlement terminal against tampering A settlement terminal includes a card reader, a settlement processing unit including a processor programmed to carry out a settlement process using information acquired through the card reader and a tampering detection process, a storage device in which a first set of programs is stored after encryption by a first key and a second set of programs is stored after encryption by a second key, each set of programs including a first program for operating the card reader, and a second program for carrying out the settlement process. Upon detection of tampering, the processor of the settlement processing unit notifies an external terminal of the tampering and upon receiving an update instruction from the external terminal, updates a current set of programs used for operating the card reader and carrying out the settlement process from the first set to the second set.
US10318926B2	Method and system for managing, matching, and sourcing employment candidates in a recruitment campaign A method and system for automating some aspects of a recruiting process, which may implement rules permitting the processes of sourcing candidates, setting up job interviews, and responding to candidate questions to all be automated with a computer. Such a system may match résumés and job descriptions with a scoring system, and may initiate communications between one or more candidates and a recruiter once an appropriate number of matches have been found. The system may then be configured to field responses to commonly asked questions from a question database, and notify the recruiter if a question is asked that it cannot answer, and may further be configured to proactively ask questions to the candidate if desired. This may allow recruiters to focus on the highest level of vetting, and on aspects of the recruitment process such as promoting the hiring company and salary negotiations.
US10318924B2	User interface date selectors for historical reports Systems and methods are provided for user interface date selectors for historical reports. A user interface outputs a date selector including a calculated dates option, wherein the calculated dates option is based on a date frequency applied to a date range. The user interface receives a selection via the date selector. Dates associated with the selection are identified. The user interface outputs the dates as a preview of a historical report, wherein the dates are output in a chronological order.
US10318920B2	Custom fit sale of footwear A method whereby a customer may purchase footwear through a remote communication channel, and be assured that the purchased footwear will properly fit upon delivery. The customer purchases footwear by designating the last that is used to construct the footwear. A customer may identify a particular last based upon careful measurement of the customer's feet. A customer may also identify a last based upon previous experience with footwear constructed using the last.
US10318911B1	Persistenceless business process management system and method Embodiments of the present invention allow for a persistenceless BPM system capable of operating with external state and business context data stores managed by client-side applications. Operating without a state data store within the system, the persistenceless BPM system delegates the responsibility of managing and storing of the state persistence data to the client applications and relies on event message flows to communicate all relevant process state transactions to the client applications. Accordingly, state data is stored in the same data store as the relevant business context data. In the event of a system failure, the process instances are restored from the outsourced data store managed by the client application. Recoverability of operations is improved as there is no need for data reconciliation between two or more data distinct stores. Overall, embodiments of the present invention improve system performance and scalability as many unnecessary costly operations are eliminated either partially or completely.
US10318902B2	Computer-implemented engineering review of energy consumption by equipment A computer-implemented system and method are disclosed for performing engineering review of energy consumption by one or more equipment. One or more computers are connected to a specifications database. The computers are configured to receive end-user configurations corresponding to first equipment; retrieve one or more second equipment, as well as second equipment specifications from the specifications database; calculate an invoicing statement for the second equipment; and provide an engineering review report of the energy savings realized by implementing the second equipment. The first equipment may be an existing equipment, while the second equipment is one or more energy-efficient replacement alternatives to the first equipment. Each step is performed in real-time, using automated software modules and sub-modules. The engineering review report is applicable as an instant approval or pre-approval, qualifying the end-user for purchase incentives, which apply when the energy-efficient equipment alternatives are adopted by the end-user.
US10318900B2	Job profile generation based on intranet usage A method, computer program product, and system for job profile generation, the method, computer program product, and system include receiving employee intranet usage data, storing the received employee intranet usage data in a database, identifying a portion of the stored employee intranet usage data associated with the former employee, transmitting the portion to a recommender system, where the recommender system identifies one or more required job skills of the former employee, based on the transmitted portion, and generating a job profile based on the one or more identified required job skills.
US10318897B1	Value of future adherence The present technology calculates a value of future adherence (VFA) score which is a patient-level, predicted, expected cost of conversion from non-adherence to adherence over a specified time-frame. The score consists of three general components: (1) probability of being non-adherent, (2) cost reduction associated with being adherent, and (3) probability of converting from non-adherent to adherent. These values can be combined to create an overall VFA score. A user interface is then provided which shows at least a list of patients and information related to the VFA score.
US10318892B2	Feature selection algorithm under conditions of noisy data and limited recording Application of inter-class and intra-class filtering, based on aggregate point-to-point distances, to vector data for purposes of filtering the vector data for purposes of pattern recognition. In some embodiments: (i) the inter-class filtering is based on Euclidean distance, in all dimensions, between vector data points in vector space; and/or (ii) the intra-class filtering is based on a distance, in all dimensions, between vector data points in vector space.
US10318887B2	Dynamic application degrouping to optimize machine learning model accuracy In one embodiment, a device in a network identifies a plurality of applications from observed traffic in the network. The device forms two or more application clusters from the plurality of applications. Each of the application clusters includes one or more of the applications, and wherein a particular application in the plurality of applications is included in each of the application clusters. The device generates anomaly detection models for each of the application clusters. The device tests the anomaly detection models, to determine a measure of efficacy for each of the models with respect to traffic associated with the particular application. The device selects a particular anomaly detection model to analyze the traffic associated with the particular application based on the measures of efficacy for each of the models.
US10318884B2	Venue link detection for social media messages A method associates social media messages with venues. A social network graph includes users, messages from users, and venues. The venues include multiple primary venues and a no-venue. A link between a message and the no-venue node indicates that the message is not associated with a primary venue. Training feature vectors are constructed that measure connectedness between messages and venues. The process trains a classifier to estimate probabilities that messages are associated with venues. A new social media message is received, and the process constructs a feature vector using the same features as the training vectors, measuring connectedness between the new message and the no-venue. The classifier computes a probability that the new message is associated with the no-venue. When the probability exceeds a predefined threshold, the new message is not associated with any of the primary venues. Otherwise, the new message is associated with one of the primary venues.
US10318881B2	Systems and methods for quantum processing of data Systems, methods and aspects, and embodiments thereof relate to unsupervised or semi-supervised features learning using a quantum processor. To achieve unsupervised or semi-supervised features learning, the quantum processor is programmed to achieve Hierarchal Deep Learning (referred to as HDL) over one or more data sets. Systems and methods search for, parse, and detect maximally repeating patterns in one or more data sets or across data or data sets. Embodiments and aspects regard using sparse coding to detect maximally repeating patterns in or across data. Examples of sparse coding include L0 and L1 sparse coding. Some implementations may involve appending, incorporating or attaching labels to dictionary elements, or constituent elements of one or more dictionaries. There may be a logical association between label and the element labeled such that the process of unsupervised or semi-supervised feature learning spans both the elements and the incorporated, attached or appended label.
US10318878B2	Temporal processing scheme and sensorimotor information processing Embodiments relate to a processing node in a temporal memory system that performs temporal pooling or processing by activating cells where the activation of a cell is maintained longer if the activation of the cell were previously predicted or activation on more than a certain portion of associated cells in a lower node was correctly predicted. An active cell correctly predicted to be activated or an active cell having connections to lower node active cells that were correctly predicted to become active contribute to accurate prediction, and hence, is maintained active longer than cells activated but were not previously predicted to become active. Embodiments also relate to a temporal memory system for detecting, learning, and predicting spatial patterns and temporal sequences in input data by using action information.
US10318874B1	Selecting forecasting models for time series using state space representations Corresponding to each forecasting model of a family of related models for a time series sequence, a respective state space representation is generated. One or more cross-validation iterations are then executed for each model of the family. In a given iteration, a training variant of the time series sequence is generated, with a subset of the time series sequence entries replaced by representations of missing values. Predictions for the missing values are obtained using the state space representation and the training variant, and a model quality metric is obtained based on prediction errors. The optimal model of the family is selected using the model quality metrics obtained from the cross validation iterations.
US10318872B1	Converting rules in data processing systems In one aspect, in general, a computer-implemented method includes receiving an order-dependent list of rules generating a binary decision diagram based on the order-dependent list of rules, the binary decision diagram including decision nodes that include expressions including Boolean operators and operands, and generating an order-independent list of rules based on the binary decision diagram.
US10318871B2	Method and apparatus for building an intelligent automated assistant A method and apparatus are provided for building an intelligent automated assistant. Embodiments of the present invention rely on the concept of “active ontologies” (e.g., execution environments constructed in an ontology-like manner) to build and run applications for use by intelligent automated assistants. In one specific embodiment, a method for building an automated assistant includes interfacing a service-oriented architecture that includes a plurality of remote services to an active ontology, where the active ontology includes at least one active processing element that models a domain. At least one of the remote services is then registered for use in the domain.
US10318870B2	Grading sources and managing evidence for intelligence analysis Mechanisms for evaluating an evidential statement in a corpus of evidence are provided. An evidential statement is received for determining a level of confidence in a hypothetical ontological link of an ontology. A source of the evidential statement is identified and a grading of the source of the evidential statement is determined based on a source grading measurement value indicative of a degree of reliability and credibility of the source. An indication of trustworthiness of the evidential statement is generated based on the source grading measurement value. A representation of the indication of trustworthiness of the evidential statement is output in association with the evidential statement.
US10318868B2	Method for enhancing a mind map with different streams of information Enhancement of a first mind map to become a second enhanced mind includes: providing a content pool with information items; performing a first semantic scan based on a selected object; and generating a new object and a related connection to the selected object based on the semantic scan. Furthermore, the enhancement includes determining a strength value for each of the connections of the first mind map and determining the connection with the lowest strength value and recalculating the strength value using an external knowledge base to define the connection as obsolete if the strength value decreases.
US10318867B2	High-level optimization of mathematical programs based on inductive inference from execution traces A method for optimization of a program stored in non-transitory storage media includes generating traces for a programmed formula using a hardware processing system and selecting a subset of the traces. One or more substitute formulae are inferred from a plurality of formulae that yield a similar set of traces to the subset of traces. The programmed formula is transformed with a best matched substitute formula to reduce computational complexity.
US10318866B2	Selectivity estimation using artificial neural networks In an approach for generating a selectivity estimation, one or more processors generate an artificial neural network and receive a DBMS query comprising one or more predicates. One or more processors replace one or more predicates in the one or more predicates that have strict operators with one or more predicates that have non-strict operators. One or more processors generate a selectivity function from the one or more predicates that has one or more arguments that are each comprised of an upper bound and a lower bound for a value in a predicate. One or more processors generate a training data set from a data distribution in the database and train the artificial neural network on the training data set to compute the selectivity function. One or more processors generate a selectivity estimation with the artificial neural network for one or more predicates in the DBMS query.
US10318859B2	Dual interface metal smart card with booster antenna A card having a metal layer and an opening or cut-out region in the metal layer, with a dual-interface integrated circuit (IC) module disposed in the opening or cut-out region. A ferrite layer is disposed below the metal layer and a booster antenna is attached to the ferrite layer. A vertical hole extends beneath the IC module through the ferrite layer. The booster antenna may be physically connected to the IC module or may be configured to inductively couple to the IC module. In some embodiments, the IC may be disposed in or on a non-conductive plug disposed within the opening or cut-out region, or the vertical hole may have a non-conductive lining, or a connector may be disposed between the booster antenna and the IC module in the vertical hole.
US10318858B2	Multi-antenna tuned wearable article A wearable article, system, and method includes a structure configured to enclose a body part, a first antenna, in a first position on or within the structure, tuned to communicate according to a wireless communication modality through air, a second antenna, in a second position on or within the structure, tuned to communicate according to the wireless communication modality through the body part, the first antenna being tuned differently than the second antenna, and a transceiver, operatively coupled to at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna, configured to communicate with an external antenna via the at least one of the first and second antennas according to the wireless communication modality.
US10318857B1	Printed RFID sensor tag A printed RFID sensor tag contains: a substrate, a RFID sensor arranged on a top of the substrate, and a protective layer covering the RFID sensor. The RFID sensor includes a RFID sensing antenna and a chip adhered on the RFID sensing antenna. The RFID sensing antenna is partially or totally made of conductive sensing ink/glue printed on the top of the substrate, and the conductive sensing ink/glue consists of conductive ink/glue and multiple sensing materials.
US10318852B2	Smart card simultaneously having two read/write modes and method for producing same A smart card with two read-write modes includes antenna layer, and an antenna and a chip module circuits on the antenna layer, wherein the antenna and the chip module circuit are electrically connected via an elastic conductive device. The invention also provides a manufacturing method of the aforesaid smart card with two read-write modes, which includes steps of: embedding an antenna on a back side or a front side of an antenna layer; after completing embedding on the antenna layer, add bedding sheets, printed sheets and protection films respectively above and underneath the antenna layer, then laminating to obtain a card base carrier; cutting card from the treated whole-sheet card base carrier to obtain a card base, and milling slots on the obtained card base, then finally encapsulating.
US10318843B2	Method and apparatus for image processing and comparison based on spatial relationships between image features An apparatus that includes a computer server having processing circuitry operatively coupled to a memory and a communication interface is provided. A remote image capture device is communicatively coupled to the computer server via the communication interface. The apparatus acquires a captured image of a storage system from the image capture device. The apparatus identifies a pair of physical items in the image, including determining identities of each item of the pair of physical items, and identifying locations in the storage system of each physical item of the pair of physical items. The apparatus processes the image to measure a physical proximity between the pair of physical items, and generates or updates a measure of similarity between the pair of physical items based on the measured physical proximity. The apparatus can also process multiple images to determine similarity between different storage systems or associated persons based on item proximities.
US10318840B2	Generating a group photo collection Implementations generally relate to generating a group photo collection. In some implementations, a method includes determining a plurality of users in a specified group of users of a social network system. The method also includes receiving photos associated with the users. The method also includes providing an interface enabling the plurality of users to collaborate in creating a group photo collection, where the group photo collection includes the plurality of photos. The method also includes providing one or more recommendations to create a photo album based on one or more themes, where the one or more themes are based on patterns of objects recognized in the plurality of photos.
US10318836B2	System and method for designating surveillance camera regions of interest A system and method of designating regions of interest for surveillance cameras is disclosed. The system enables definition of regions of interest simultaneously across multiple cameras. This is useful when the cameras are positioned to monitor the same region of interest within their scenes. Each camera monitors image data for designation of regions of interest, stores the regions of interest, and analyzes the image data from the cameras based on the regions of interest. Preferably, each camera has an integrated analytics system for analyzing the image data based on the regions of interest. A setup process between a user device (e.g. mobile phone) and the cameras enables definition of the regions of interest. In embodiments, the regions of interest are defined in response to the cameras tracking either the user device or an optical device as an operator moves the devices to outline the regions of interest within the scene.
US10318832B2	Method and apparatus for authenticating user using vein pattern A method and apparatus for authenticating a user using a vein pattern are provided that project a near infrared (NIR) ray toward a skin of the user using a light emitting diode (LED), where the user is adjacent to a terminal including the LED. An image sensor receives a light reflected by the skin, generates a vein pattern of the skin based on an image generated using the received light, and authenticates the user as a registered user of a pre-stored vein pattern when the generated vein pattern matches the pre-stored vein pattern.
US10318827B2	Object detection neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating object detection predictions from a neural network. In some implementations, an input characterizing a first region of an environment is obtained. The input includes a projected laser image generated from a three-dimensional laser sensor reading of the first region, a camera image patch generated from a camera image of the first region, and a feature vector of features characterizing the first region. The input is processed using a high precision object detection neural network to generate a respective object score for each object category in a first set of one or more object categories. Each object score represents a respective likelihood that an object belonging to the object category is located in the first region of the environment.
US10318825B2	Vehicle-mounted image recognition apparatus and method of manufacturing the same In a vehicle-mounted image recognition apparatus, a resolution of an image projected on an imaging plane of an image sensor is different at a position away from a center between a circumferential direction and a radial direction. To make a circumferential resolution higher than a radial resolution, at least a lower half of the imaging plane is located closer to a circumferential focus than a middle of a radial focus and the circumferential focus at a position off the optical axis center of the image projected on the image sensor through the image-forming optical system. This is achieved by adjusting the position of the imaging plane when manufacturing or by selecting a lens with high circumferential resolution. This apparatus improves recognition accuracy in recognizing traffic lanes without using an expensive lens exhibiting high resolution both in the circumferential direction and in the radial direction.
US10318824B2	Algorithm to extend detecting range for AVM stop line detection A system and method on a vehicle for providing extended detection range of a stop line on a roadway. The system and method includes a front view camera on the vehicle that provides images of the roadway in front of the vehicle and a controller that receives images from the front view camera. The controller is programmed to extract an upper portion of a front view image that is remapped onto an extended bird's eye view image such that the detection range of the stop line is detected.
US10318823B2	Forward-facing multi-imaging system for navigating a vehicle Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a driver-assist system is provided for a vehicle. The system may include one or more image capture devices configured to acquire images of an area forward of the vehicle. The system may also include at least one processing device configured to receive, via one or more data interfaces, the images. The at least one processing device may be further configured to analyze the images acquired by the one or more image capture devices and cause at least one navigational response in the vehicle based on monocular and/or stereo image analysis of the images.
US10318820B2	Image processing to identify selected individuals in a field of view A computer-implemented method for detecting and ranking individuals includes capturing live image data of a scene using an imaging device and identifying overlap between reference image data of the selected individuals and the live image data, wherein the overlap includes image data of the selected individuals in the scene. The method also includes capturing sets of image data of the selected individuals while the imaging device is in motion and recording the movement to provide a tracking record having instructions for positioning the imaging device where the imaging device captured the sets of image data of the selected individuals in the scene. The method further includes determining a score for each of the selected individuals in the scene based on a value related to an ability to view each friend and/or a social relationship value in order to enable a user to select who to aim the imaging device at.
US10318818B2	Method and apparatus for detecting suspicious activity using video analysis A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and analyzing the video data to obtain at least one video transaction parameter concerning transactions associated with the transaction area. The transaction area can be a video count of items indicated in the video data as detected by an automated item detection algorithm applied to the video data. The system obtains at least one expected transaction parameter concerning an expected transaction that occurs in the transaction area, such as a scan count of items scanned at a point of sale terminal. The system automatically compares the video transaction parameter(s) to the expected transaction parameter(s) to identify a transaction outcome that may indicate fraudulent activity such as sweethearting in a retail environment.
US10318814B2	Framework for combining content intelligence modules A method for analyzing media assets such as video and audio files. The method includes providing access to all the frames of a digital media asset. The method includes, with a microprocessor, running a raw analyzer modules to analyze the asset frames to produce sets of raw analyzer result data that are stored in a data cache in a file associated with the asset. The sets of raw analyzer results are linked to the raw analyzer modules with unique identifiers. The digital media asset is played for the raw analyzer modules, which concurrently analyze the temporally-related frames. The raw analyzer results are stored as data tracks that include metadata for the asset such as immutable parameters including histograms. The method includes using a feature algorithm module to generate an analysis result, such as face identification, for the digital media asset based on the raw analyzer results accessed by the identifiers.
US10318812B2	Automatic digital image correlation and distribution Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for image correlation and distribution. The method includes receiving an image depicting at least one person, metadata for the image, contact data, facial recognition data, and location data. The method further includes analyzing the image and other data, and determining the identity of people in the image based on the facial recognition data and the location data.
US10318810B2	Systems and methods for determining statistics plant populations based on overhead optical measurements This disclosure describes a system and a method for determining statistics of plant populations based on overhead optical measurements. The system may include one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to receive output signals provided by one or more remote sensing devices mounted to an overhead platform. The output signals may convey information related to one or more images of a land area where crops are grown. The one or more hardware processors may be configured by machine-readable instructions to distinguish vegetation from background clutter; segregate image regions corresponding to the vegetation from image regions corresponding to the background clutter; and determine a plant count per unit area.
US10318806B2	Method and device for irradiating light for photographing iris A method and device for controlling an irradiating light for photographing an iris is provided. The device includes a light source configured to generate light, an active lens configured to have an adjustable refractive index to change light passing through the active lens, an image capturer configured to capture an image of the iris by using a camera, and a controller configured to control the active lens to change the light passing through the active lens based on distance, motion and ambient light levels.
US10318805B2	Pattern matching method and apparatus When the degree of matching between patterns decreases due to a pattern fluctuation or an appearance fluctuation that has occurred during manufacturing steps, a heavy work burden would be placed on an operator. A data processing unit of a pattern matching apparatus calculates a threshold for determination of matching between a first template image and a partial region of a search target image obtained by capturing an image of the surface of a sample, on the basis of a result of evaluation of a similarity between the search target image and a second template image, the second template image having been captured in a wider range than the first template image.
US10318804B2	System and method for data extraction and searching Systems and methods are provided for quickly and efficiently searching and receiving results for real estate-related information without or at least with minimal human processing of real estate-related documents. Optical character recognition on a plurality of scanned document images is performed to obtain a plurality of textual data representations of the real estate-related documents. Data is extracted from the textual data representations, and subsequently contextualized according to a real estate-related context. Aspects of the extracted data as well as the textual data representations are provided as search results based on one or more searches for real estate-related information.
US10318801B2	Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An image processing apparatus includes a first extraction unit, a second extraction unit, and a third extraction unit. The first extraction unit extracts a first area in an image that includes plural document images, the first area having low-frequency characteristics. The second extraction unit extracts a second area in the image, the second area having high-frequency characteristics. The third extraction unit extracts areas of the document images by combining the first area and the second area in accordance with whether a background of the image is white.
US10318800B2	Gesture detection and recognition method and system Disclosed are a gesture detection and recognition method and system. The gesture detection and recognition method comprises: acquiring and storing an image; adopting a plurality of pre-set classifiers for deleting different gestures to detect each frame of the image according to a pre-set sequence in a frame alternating manner to acquire a gesture target; establishing a skin color model based on the pixel distribution of the region of the gesture target; and acquiring gesture frequencies of the gesture target in a previous state and a later state according to the skin color model, and matching the gesture frequencies with a pre-set gesture state, so that a gesture change state is obtained and output. The gesture detection and recognition method and extract a skin color under specific scene, and can gradually eliminate the influence generated by acute illumination changes, thus realizing the purpose of extracting a gesture change state.
US10318799B2	Method of predicting an interest of a user and a system thereof The present disclosure discloses a method of predicting an interest of a user and a system thereof. The method comprises receiving, by the system, a first set of inputs related to the user from a first set of sensors, where one or more features of the user are extracted from the first set of inputs. The method further comprises receiving a second set of inputs related to an environment around the user from a second set of sensors, assigning weights to each input among the first set of inputs, identifying a user behavior associated with each of the one or more features of the user and predicting the interest of the user by correlating the user behavior associated with each of the one or more features of the first set of inputs and the weights assigned to each input among the first set of inputs, thus increasing accuracy of prediction.
US10318790B2	Code fingerprint-based processor malfunction detection Techniques relate to fingerprint-based processor malfunction detection. A determination is made whether a fingerprint is present in software that is currently executing on the processor of the computer system. The fingerprint includes a representation of a sequence of behavior that occurs on the processor while the software is executing. The fingerprint corresponds to a type of malfunction. In response to determining that the fingerprint is not present in the software currently executing on the processor, monitoring of the software executing on the processor to determine whether the fingerprint is present continues. In response to determining that the fingerprint is present in the software executing on the processor, it is determined that the malfunction has occurred according to a type of the fingerprint that is present.
US10318789B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a display panel, a fingerprint recognition sensor on the display panel, and a cover glass on the fingerprint recognition sensor. The cover glass is defined with at least one groove on a surface that faces the display panel.
US10318785B2	Creation of virtual intersection points on a touchscreen to permit static, non swiping fingerprint user authentication A method for operating a two-dimensional touch array by providing virtual grid intersections. The techniques may be used to improve the array resolution. It may also be used to detect fingerprint ridge and valley detail even when the finger is not moving, and when the array node spacing is much greater than the ridge and valley spacing.
US10318782B2	Image processing device, image processing system, and image processing method An image processing device obtains first images capturing a street, on which a target vehicle is running, from a plurality of directions, and position information indicating positions at which the first images are taken, and associates a background object in a second image with a background object in a third image. The second image is an image which the target object is detected from and the third image is an image which is taken by an imaging device having a common imaging range with the second image among imaging devices mounted on the target vehicle. An output image is generated to include the position information indicating a position at which the second image is taken, the image of the detection rectangle which is clipped from the second image and includes the target object and the background object, and the first image of surroundings of the target vehicle.
US10318781B2	Two dimensional barcode with dynamic environmental data system, method, and apparatus Methods, systems, and apparatus for combining preprinted information together with coded sensor information within a two-dimensional barcode. The sensor information may be of an environmental, physical or biological nature, and records a change in status of the environmental or biological condition to which the labeled product has been exposed. A sensor dye chemistry is employed and when a specified condition of the sensed property occurs it causes a change in the color state of sensor dye modules embedded within the sensor-augmented two-dimensional barcode, encoding sensor digital information. Sensor information is recovered utilizing the error-correction feature during barcode reading.
US10318774B2	Housing, housing unit, and casing unit A housing includes a first tubular portion being tubular, arranged to extend along a central axis extending in a vertical direction, and having a first cavity defined radially inside of the first tubular portion; and a second tubular portion being tubular, connected to a lower portion of the first tubular portion directly or indirectly, and having a second cavity defined radially inside of the second tubular portion. The first cavity is arranged to define a light path along which the incoming light travels, and is connected to the second cavity. The second tubular portion is arranged to house at least a portion of the optical component therein. The first and second tubular portions are defined by a single monolithic member.
US10318773B2	Event RFID timing system and method having integrated participant event location tracking A system and method for determining and tracking a location of a participant traveling along a route wherein the participant being tracked with an RFID tag using an RFID tag reader and a timing system, the system includes a location device associated with the RFID tag and has a location data receiver for receiving location information from a location providing source, and a wireless communication interface and time stamps each received location information, and transmits tag location data over the wireless interface, and a location detection device that is in wireless communication with the location device receives the transmitted tag location data, and transmits the received location data to the timing system, with the timing system associating the received location data with the RFID tag number as provided by the RFID tag reader provided tag reads of the RFID tag associated with the location device.
US10318772B1	Monitoring of motor control center assets Motor control center components are tagged and monitored to produce accurate information on the location and identification of the components in closed and sealed motor control center bays, sections, and enclosures. Wireless polling signals may allow for locating the tagged components, and the tags may store or access component-identifying data and, where desired, condition data for the component or its environment in the motor control center. The data may be collected wirelessly and made available to local or remote monitoring equipment, controllers, workstations, human machine interfaces, and so forth.
US10318769B2	Wireless tag apparatus and related methods An asset tag apparatus and methods of monitoring assets with an asset tag are provided. The asset tag apparatus includes a housing and a wireless transmitter located within the housing. A processor is located within the housing, wherein the processor is in communication with the wireless transmitter. An accelerometer is positioned within the housing, wherein the accelerometer is in communication with the processor, wherein a wake-up signal is transmitted from the accelerometer to the processor in response to an activation of the accelerometer, and wherein the wireless transmitter transmits a signal externally from the housing in response to the wake-up signal received by the processor.
US10318767B2	Multi-tier security framework A security framework for a multi-tenant, multi-tier computer system with embedded processing is described. A multi-tenant security framework is created for a combined processing and storage hierarchy of multiple tiers. The multi-tenant security framework is applied to multiple execution levels of the memory device. The multi-tenant security framework is applied to multiple layers of application server software of the memory device. The multi-tenant security framework is also applied to multiple layers of storage server software of the memory device.
US10318766B2	Method for the secured recording of data, corresponding device and program A method for the secured recording of data, implemented in a data-recording device having a first non-secured memory and a second secured memory, is disclosed. The method has the steps of: obtaining a derived key corresponding to the data in the second memory from a root key recorded in the second memory; encrypting data using the derived key, delivering encrypted data; recording the encrypted data in the first memory; determining a hash imprint of said data; recording said hash imprint in a hash file recorded in the first memory; recording a general hash imprint, representing the content of the hash file comprising said hash imprint, in the second memory; and eliminating the data in the second memory.
US10318765B2	Protecting critical data structures in an embedded hypervisor system A system and method for securing a hypervisor and operating systems that execute on a computing device. An encrypted hypervisor is uploaded to a hardware chip. Prior to being executed, the hypervisor is decrypted using a secure security processor and stored in an on-chip memory. When a processor on the hardware chip executes the hypervisor, at least one on-chip component continuously authenticates the hypervisor during execution. A hypervisor configures a processor with access rights associated with an operating system, where the access rights determine access of the operating system to an at least one resource. A transaction filter then uses the access rights associated with the operating system to monitor the access of the operating system to the at least one resource in real-time as the operating system executes on a processor.
US10318757B1	Dynamic hierarchical generalization of confidential data in a computer system In an example, a query on a plurality of previously submitted confidential data values for a first cohort having one or more attributes is obtained, and a level in a hierarchy corresponding to an attribute type for the attribute is determined for each attribute. One or more additional cohorts corresponding to different combinations of generalizations of the one or more attributes up one or more levels in each hierarchy corresponding to an attribute type for each attribute are formed. For each cohort, a confidence score and a granularity score are calculated, and then a cohort score is calculated based on a weighted combination of the confidence score and the granularity score. A statistical function is performed on previously submitted confidential data values for a cohort having the highest cohort score, and a response to the query including a result from the statistical function is formed.
US10318756B2	Methods and systems for secure document management According to some embodiments, methods disclosed herein include: creating a user account for a first user; receiving identification information and one or more documents associated with the first user; associating one or more authorized users with the user account and receiving identification information associate with each authorized user; storing the identification information associated the first user, the one or more document associated with the first user, and the identification information associated with each authorized user; and assigning the user account a first status, wherein the one or more authorized users are not granted access to the user account when the user account is assigned the first status.
US10318754B2	System and method for secure review of audit logs Audit logs are a fundamental digital forensic mechanism for providing security in computer systems. In one embodiment, a system that enables the verification of log data integrity and that provides searchable encryption of the log data by an auditor includes a key generation center, logging machine, and an auditor computing device. The system enables Compromise-Resilient Searchable Encryption, Authentication and Integrity, Per-item QoF with E&A for Searchable Encrypted Audit Logs, and a Key Management and System Model.
US10318747B1	Block chain based authentication A computing system includes a programming interface of a control interface of a distributed computing environment, a service layer of the control interface, and a manager of the control interface. The programming interface is configured to receive a block of a block chain database. The block includes a ledger that includes a plurality of transactional data records. The service layer is configured to analyze the plurality of records to determine that one of the plurality of records is an indication of a request by a client for a service provided by a data interface of the distributed computing environment. The manager is configured to allocate access to execute the request in response to receiving the indication of the request.
US10318742B1	Systems and methods for evaluating security software configurations The disclosed computer-implemented method for evaluating security software configurations may include (1) identifying, within a software security system, a live configuration that includes active configuration settings applied by the software security system when protecting a computing system, (2) establishing a test configuration that includes at least one configuration setting that is different from the live configuration, (3) recording a live result of the software security system performing a protective action using the live configuration, (4) generating an alternate result of the protective action by performing the protective action using the test configuration instead of the live configuration and without applying changes resulting from the protective action to the computing system, and (5) performing a security action based on the live result of the protective action and the alternate result of the protective action. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10318741B2	Data security and risk ranking tool A risk ranking tool includes a retrieval engine, a data risk engine, an operational risk engine, and a data security engine. The data risk engine calculates, using graph data, a plurality of calculated data risk scores that each indicate an amount of data risk for nodes of the graph data. The operational risk engine calculates, using the graph data, a plurality of calculated operational risk scores that each indicate an amount of operational risk for nodes of the graph data. The data security engine determines whether any of the calculated data or operational risk scores equal or exceed a predefined score, and in response, initiates a security action related to the calculated risk score that exceeds the predefined score.
US10318731B2	Detection system and detection method A detection method comprising: (A) transmitting a to-be tested file to a first testing machine by the processing device; wherein the first testing machine uses for executing the to-be tested file; (B) monitoring that whether a component usage of the first testing machine is higher than a default threshold during a period of executing the to-be tested file by the processing device; and (C) when the component usage of the first testing machine is higher than the default threshold, the memory forensics module analyzes the memory space of the first testing machine to determine that whether the to-be tested file comprises a malware program and generate an analyzing result.

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