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| US10362068B2 |
System and method for scheduling a video conference in an autonomous vehicle
A system, a multi-user scheduling unit comprised in the system, and corresponding methods are described for scheduling a video conference call for at least one autonomous vehicle. The system provides a means of scheduling such a call for various participants while minimizing driver interaction or need for attention while a vehicle is in a manual driving mode. |
| US10362065B2 |
Management of actions initiated by applications in client devices
A client device identifies an action being performed using a first application in the client device. The client device identifies that the first application is not authorized to be used to perform the action. In response, the client device identifies a second application that is authorized to perform the action. The client device also facilitates the second application being used to perform the action. |
| US10362062B1 |
System and method for evaluating security entities in a computing environment
System and method to evaluate a plurality of security entities in a network environment is disclosed. Communication between a user computer and a destination computer is monitored by a security appliance. Selective information from the communication is extracted by the security appliance. The selective information is indicative of a value for one or more attributes of the plurality of security entities. A first value indicative of occurrence of each of the values for each of the attributes is generated. A second value indicative of occurrence of each of the values for each of the attributes for each of the security entity is generated. A third value is calculated based on the first value and the second value for each of the attribute value for each of the security entity, wherein the third value is indicative of significance of the value of the attribute for the security entity. |
| US10362058B2 |
Secure and scalable data transfer using a hybrid blockchain-based approach
Techniques for facilitating secure and scalable data transfers using a hybrid blockchain-based approach are provided. In one embodiment, a first computer system at a first site can transmit a token to a second computer system at a second site, where the token includes metadata regarding a data set to be transferred from the first computer system to the second computer system and one or more cloud storage service addresses where the data set will be temporarily stored. The token can be transmitted using a blockchain network that is accessible to the first and second computer systems via a public network. The first computer system can then upload the data set to the one or more cloud storage service addresses via the public network, and the second computer system can download the data set from the one or more cloud storage service addresses via the public network. |
| US10362057B1 |
Enterprise DNS analysis
Provided are methods, network devices, and computer-program products for a domain name system (DNS) threat detection engine for analyzing DNS traffic for potential threats. In various implementations, the DNS threat detection engine can include threat profiles that include characteristics of network threats associated with DNS. When a DNS message includes a characteristic associated with a particular threat profile, a remediation rule associated with the threat profile can be used to modify the DNS message, including modifying the destination for the DNS message. When the DNS message is received at the new destination, the DNS message can be analyzed to determine whether the DNS message is associated with a threat to the network. |
| US10362056B1 |
Content-aware spoofed sensor measurement data detection in microgrids
Systems and methods for detection of spoofed sensor measurements in a microgrid are provided. A system can include a control agent that is configured to determine whether an isolated or continuing intrusion of measurement data received from the primary sensors has occurred, and transmit forecasted measurement data to the controller rather than suspected corrupt measurement data for a suspected isolated intrusion. The control agent and a clone agent can be configured to communicate and work in parallel to confirm a continuing intrusion is occurring, and the control agent can be further configured to transmit measurement data from the redundant sensors to the controller if a continuing intrusion is confirmed. |
| US10362055B2 |
System and methods for active brute force attack protection
Embodiments are described for provision of a brute force attack protection service to a middleware service, for example in the context of a distributed computing system receiving requests for connection from remote client devices. The brute force attack protection service may avoid relying upon presenting a Turing challenge at client devices for identifying and handling malicious requests for access or resources at the middleware service. |
| US10362053B1 |
Computer security threat sharing
A computer security threat sharing technology is described. A computer security threat is recognized at an organization. A partner network graph is queried for security nodes connected to a first security node representing the organization. The first security node is connected to at least a second security node representing a trusted security partner of the organization. The second security node is associated with identification information. The computer security threat recognized by the organization is communicated to the trusted security partner using the identification information associated with the second security node. |
| US10362052B2 |
Generating a virtual database to test data security of a real database
Determining a data security risk level of a virtual database is provided. An object catalog corresponding to a real database is imported into the virtual database. Objects in the object catalog are organized by levels. It is determined whether one or more data security policy definitions corresponding to a set of objects referenced by test query message traffic performed an action in response to determining that one or more test query messages in the test query message traffic run on the virtual database did not satisfy respective parameters of the one or more data security policy definitions. In response to determining that one or more of the data security policy definitions corresponding to the set of objects referenced by the test query message traffic did not perform the action, a test failure result is returned. A data security risk level for the virtual database is determined based on the result. |
| US10362050B2 |
System and methods for scalably identifying and characterizing structural differences between document object models
A security auditing computer system efficiently evaluates and reports security exposures in a target Web site hosted on a remote Web server system. The auditing system includes a crawler subsystem that constructs a first list of Web page identifiers representing the target Web site. An auditing subsystem selectively retrieves and audits Web pages based on a second list, based on the first. Retrieval is sub-selected dependent on a determined uniqueness of Web page identifiers relative to the second list. Auditing is further sub-selected dependent on a determined uniqueness of structural identifiers computed for each retrieved Web page, including structural identifiers of Web page components contained within a Web page. The computed structural identifiers are stored in correspondence with Web page identifiers and Web page component identifiers in the second list. A reporting system produces reports of security exposures identified through the auditing of Web pages and Web page components. |
| US10362044B2 |
Identifying command and control endpoint used by domain generation algorithm (DGA) malware
A command endpoint used by Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) malware is identified using machine learning-based clustering. According to this technique, at least one attribute associated with a candidate resolved DNS name is identified. The candidate resolved DNS name has associated therewith a set of names that are failed DNS lookups but that cluster with the candidate resolved DNS name. A set of additional names that share the at least one attribute with the candidate resolved DNS name are then identified. For the set of additional names, an extent to which the set of additional names also clusters with the set of names that are failed DNS lookups is then determined. The candidate resolved DNS name is characterized as associated with the command endpoint when the set of additional names cluster with the set of names that are failed DNS lookups to a configurable degree. |
| US10362043B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting man-in-the-middle attack
A method and an apparatus for detecting a man-in-the-middle attack, where the method includes receiving, by a macro evolved Node B (MeNB), a first check request message sent by a secondary evolved Node B (SeNB), where the first check request message includes first identifier information and a first data packet count value, generating a second check request message according to the first identifier information, sending the second check request message to a user terminal, receiving a first check response message generated by the user terminal according to the second check request message, where the first check response message includes second identifier information and a second data packet count value, determining, by the MeNB, that the man-in-the-middle attack exists between the SeNB and the user terminal when the first data packet count value is different from the second data packet count value. |
| US10362042B2 |
Method for transmitting verification information and terminal
A method for transmitting verification information includes: detecting, by a first terminal, whether a condition for performing a verification operation is satisfied; generating, by the first terminal, a verification information obtaining request if the condition for performing a verification operation is satisfied, where the verification information obtaining request is used to request a second terminal to feed back verification information; sending, by the first terminal, the verification information obtaining request to the second terminal; receiving, by the first terminal, a verification information obtaining response returned by the second terminal, where the verification information obtaining response includes the verification information; and sending, by the first terminal, the verification information to a server, where the verification information is used for the server to verify the first terminal. |
| US10362038B2 |
Maintaining a limited user profile for social networking system users unable to establish a user profile
A social networking system maintains a limited user profile associated with a user of the social networking system who does not satisfy one or more criteria for the social networking system to maintain a user profile. The limited user profile includes information describing the user and allows the user to be associated with limited types of interactions with the social networking system. An administrator is associated with the limited user profile and may modify information associated with the limited user profile as well as authorize or deny interactions involving the limited user profile. When the user satisfies criteria for the social networking system maintaining a user profile, the social networking system generates a user profile based on information in the limited user profile and prior interactions involving the limited user profile. |
| US10362037B2 |
Private cloud control
Management of IoT devices through a private cloud. An IoT device is coupled to a gateway. A request from the IoT device to connect to a private cloud, wherein the private cloud is used to manage IoT devices, is received at a private cloud control center agent. An identification of the IoT device is determined. The IoT device is onboarded, using the identification, for management through the private cloud. A device profile of the IoT device is generated. The flow of data to and from the IoT device is regulated through application of IoT rules according to the device profile of the IoT device. |
| US10362035B1 |
Secured communications using avionics power bus network
Embodiments of the inventive concepts disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for providing secured communications via an avionics power bus network. The power bus network can have a plurality of power bus domains, for providing power to at least two endpoint systems. The avionics power bus network can incorporate a plurality of network access interfaces, and each of the network access interfaces may provide power bus isolation between at least two of the power bus domains, and/or network communications isolation across at least two power bus domains. A network gateway may configure communications between the two endpoint systems through one or more of the network access interfaces, and for validating credentials to permit the communications to be transmitted through some of the power bus domains. The network gateway can be accessed via a network access point to configure the communications. |
| US10362034B2 |
Secure online gaming registration system with privacy controls
An online gaming registration system allows online gaming patrons to register once and use this registration to create online gaming accounts with gaming Web sites, thereby avoiding having to show proof of residency, age and other requirements set by regulatory entities multiple times. Residency rules and other requirements vary from one jurisdiction to another and the present invention addresses some of the issues that arise from this. An online gaming Web site receives a login from an online player over the Internet. The site determines that the player has an account with the online gaming site and that the account is linked to an online gaming registration system account. The online gaming site receives claims-based data relating to the online player and accepts the player as verified for online gaming at the gaming Web site. |
| US10362033B1 |
Finding users
An application executed on a first device presents a user interface on a device display. The application is associated with a validation system used by the device. Based on receiving a first user input, the application controls the first device to scan, using a first communication protocol, for other devices that are located within a first communication range of the first device. Based on the scan, the application discovers a second device that is located within the first communication range of the first device. The application receives, from the second device, an identification information that uniquely identifies a user associated with the second device on the validation system. The application validates the identification information by communicating with a validation server. Based on validating the identification information, the application displays an indication that the second device associated with the user is located within the first communication range of the first device. |
| US10362030B2 |
Method and system for providing access to administrative functionality a virtualization environment
Described is an architecture for providing access to administrative functionality in a virtualization system using implied authentication. This approach avoids the problems associated with the requirements to use a user ID and password to access an admin console. The user ID and password can be rendered completely unnecessary, or where the user ID and password combination is only used as a supplement to the implied authentication. |
| US10362029B2 |
Media access policy and control management
Embodiments for media access policy and control management by one or more processors. A user is identified using biometric data to enable enforcement of one or more media policies for controlling access to media content for one or more types of computing devices. The one or more media policies may be incrementally applied over a predetermined period of time according to a resistance factor of the user to the one or more media policies for controlling access to media content for each of the one or more types of computing devices. |
| US10362028B2 |
Information processing apparatus
A picked up image displaying unit displays a picked up image on a display unit. A face authentication unit detects a face image of a registered user existing in the picked up image using face identification data retained in a registered user information retaining block. A position designation image processing unit displays a position designation image for designating a position of an object for the detected registered user on the display unit. An object authentication unit detects that an object image is included in the region designated by the position designation image. |
| US10362024B2 |
System and methods for secure entry of a personal identification number (PIN)
Systems and methods for credential character selection are provided. The system includes one or more sensors configured to detect a character selection and generate a character selection signal, and detect a character selection completion and generate a character selection completion signal. The system also includes one or more processors coupled to the one or more sensors, the one or more processors configured to receive the character selection signal and the character selection completion signal, and generate an output signal based on the received character selection signal that includes components of a credential. The system also includes a network interface component configured to transmit the output signal. The credential characters may be components of a PIN or password. Moreover, the credential character selections may be made on one device, but displayed on a separate coupled device. The character selections may be a selection of a character or a modification of character. |
| US10362021B2 |
Device authentication based upon tunnel client network requests
Disclosed are various approaches for providing authentication of a user and a client device. A user's credentials can be authenticated by an identity provider. In addition, a device posture assessment that analyzes the device from which the authentication request originates is also performed. An authentication request can be authenticated based upon whether the device posture assessment reveals that device to be a managed device that is in compliance with compliance rules. |
| US10362017B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus, authentication apparatus, wireless communication method and authentication method
According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address. |
| US10362013B2 |
Out of box experience application API integration
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing an original equipment manufacturer with application program interface (API) for registering an account and creating a custom uniform resource locator (URL) on a content management system, from which the out-of-box experience application can download and install a pre-authorized version of a client application for the content management system. |
| US10362009B2 |
Methods and apparatus for authentication and identity management using a public key infrastructure (PKI) in an IP-based telephony environment
Methods and apparatus are provided for user authentication using a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in an IP-based telephony environment, such as an IMS network. A user of a user device attempting to access an IP-based telephony network can be authenticated by obtaining one or more private keys of the user from a secure memory associated with the user device; generating an integrity key and a ciphering key; encrypting the integrity key and the ciphering key using a session key; encrypting the session key with a public key of the IP-based telephony network; and providing the encrypted session key, encrypted integrity key and encrypted ciphering key to the IP-based telephony network for authentication. A network-based method is also provided for authenticating a user in an IP-based telephony network. |
| US10362008B2 |
Information processing system capable of performing communication at high security level, method of controlling the same, information processing apparatus, and storage medium
An information processing system that is capable of performing communication at a high security level even when no encryption key having a predetermined or higher encryption strength is stored. An information processing system includes an MFP as an information processing apparatus and a client PC as the other information processing apparatus that is connected to the MFP. The MFP stores encryption keys in a key storage dedicated area of an HDD. When a strong key which is an encryption key difficult to crack is not stored in the key storage dedicated area, the strong key is generated. Communication between the MFP and the client PC is performed using the generated strong key. |
| US10362002B2 |
Methods and systems for journaling and coaching using a wearable device
A method to create autonomous decision logic (ADL) may include receiving a request to create the ADL. The request includes a selection of an input and a selection of an output. When executed by a client device, the ADL is configured to provide the output based at least partially on an identification of the input. The method further includes electronically packaging the input and the output to generate the ADL. The method includes sending the ADL via a transport layer to the client device for execution of the ADL on the client device. The client device is configured to generate encrypted data pertaining to the execution of the ADL. The method includes receiving, from the client device, the encrypted data pertaining to the execution of the ADL. The method further includes decrypting the encrypted data. The method includes presenting at least some of the decrypted data on a display. |
| US10362001B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing secure communications based on trust evaluations in a distributed manner
An approach is provided for providing secure communications based on trust evaluation in a distributed manner. A method can comprises: sending data to a plurality of devices, the data being encrypted with a communication key; encrypting the communication key with public attribute keys associated with attributes, wherein the attributes comprising at least one trust level related attribute representing an access condition for the data based on a trust level; evaluating a trust level of each device of the plurality of devices, to identify eligible devices of the plurality of devices whose trust levels satisfy the access condition; sending the encrypted communication key to the plurality of devices; and sending secret attribute keys associated with the attributes to each device of the eligible devices for decrypting the encrypted communication key, the secret attribute keys being personalized for the each device of the eligible devices. |
| US10361999B2 |
Category-based data loss prevention for network-connected devices
A network-connected device (such as an “internet of things” device) that periodically transmits data to recipient devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, laptops) may be protected by a firewall that include software firewall elements, hardware firewall elements, or some combination thereof. The firewall may intercept datasets sent by the network-connected device, inspect the datasets, and categorize data within each dataset as belonging to one of a number of previously-identified data categories, such as personal data, location data, behavior data, or energy data, or as not belonging to any recognized data category. Rules within firewall policies may indicate whether data of each data category is to be allowed to be sent to the recipient devices or to be blocked from being sent to the recipient devices, for example allowing a firewall to block transmission of location data. Data not belonging to a recognized data category is sent to a support system for classification. |
| US10361996B2 |
Serial bus auto-addressing
A bus node is capable of performing a method for the assigning of bus node addresses to bus nodes of a serial data bus. The method is performed with the aid of bus shunt resistors in the individual bus nodes of the data bus system in an assignment time period. After the assigning of bus node addresses to the bus nodes in the assignment time period, there follows an operating time period. For this purpose, the bus node comprises such a bus shunt resistor. The bus node is characterized by a bus shunt bypass switch which, prior to assigning a bus node address to the bus node in the assignment time period is opened and which after the assignment of bus node address to the bus node in the assignment time period is closed, and which is closed in the operating time period. |
| US10361993B2 |
Cross-protocol communication in domain name systems
Systems and methods for processing domain name system requests in accordance with subscriber information are provided. A request for domain name information can be correlated with subscriber information using a subscriber identifier to resolve the domain name information at a domain name system (DNS) nameserver. The subscriber identifier and/or subscriber information may be transmitted from a DNS nameserver to a webserver using the domain name information provided in response to the subscriber's DNS queries. The subscriber identifier and/or information may be used in delivering a landing page or in facilitating proxying of resource requests for the requested domain. |
| US10361990B2 |
Computer implemented methods and apparatus for integrating a social network information feed with a network communications application
Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for integrating an information feed. In various implementations, an identity of a user may be determined based on authentication information, where the authentication information identifies a user profile. In some implementations, profile information is identified based on the determined identity, where the profile information identifies one or more entities tracked using one or more information feeds associated with the user profile, and where the one or more information feeds comprises one or more feed items stored in a database system. In various implementations, the identified profile information is associated with a user account provided by a network communications application. |
| US10361986B2 |
Gameplay in a chat thread
There is provided a system and method for user generated gameplay in chat. The system including a memory storing a text and multimedia messaging software application, and a processor configured to execute the text and multimedia messaging software application to initiate a message exchange session with a remote mobile device, in response to a request received from a user of the mobile device, the message exchange session displaying a user interface for exchanging text and multimedia messages, provide a plurality of games for selection by the user to be played during the message exchange session and within the user interface for exchanging text and multimedia messages, receive a selection of one of the plurality of games by the user after initiating the message exchange session, and initiate the one of the plurality of games for playing within the user interface for exchanging text and multimedia messages. |
| US10361985B1 |
Message processing using messaging services
A message processing technology is provided that includes subscription of stateless compute functions to messaging queues of the message queueing service. The message queueing service may be configured to provide highly scalable hosted messaging queues for reliable delivery of messages. When messages are received in a messaging queue, then a stateless compute function, of a serverless compute service, that is subscribed to the messaging queue may be invoked to process the message. The serverless compute service manages compute resource for execution of the stateless compute function in response to dynamic message traffic. |
| US10361982B2 |
Interactive message-based delivery of narrative content using a communication network
A system and related methodologies of delivering storyline content to users are presented herein. A server system maintains storyline data corresponding to an interactive narrative storyline having variable narrative paths that influence outcomes of the storyline. Storyline messages are communicated from the server system using a messaging service, wherein each communicated storyline message includes a portion of the narrative storyline. The server system receives messages generated from the subscriber device in response to communicated storyline messages, wherein each response message includes a user-specified storyline option. Subsequent storyline messages are retrieved by the server system based on the user-specified storyline options conveyed with the user responses. |
| US10361981B2 |
Automatic extraction of commitments and requests from communications and content
A system that analyses content of electronic communications may automatically extract requests or commitments from the electronic communications. In one example process, a processing component may analyze the content to determine one or more meanings of the content; query content of one or more data sources that is related to the electronic communications; and based, at least in part, on (i) the one or more meanings of the content and (ii) the content of the one or more data sources, automatically identify and extract a request or commitment from the content. Multiple actions may follow from initial recognition and extraction, including confirmation and refinement of the description of the request or commitment, and actions that assist one or more of the senders, recipients, or others to track and address the request or commitment, including the creation of additional messages, reminders, appointments, or to-do lists. |
| US10361978B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing data using plural processors
A method for managing data in an electronic device including a first processor and a second processor, the method comprising: receiving data transmitted by a first external device by using the first processor; identifying, by the first processor, a service or content corresponding to the data; in response to detecting that the data corresponds to a first service or a first content, using the first processor to transmit at least a portion of the data to the second processor; and in response to detecting that the data corresponds to a second service or a second content, using the first processor to transmit at least a portion of the data to a second external device. |
| US10361975B2 |
Messaging bot selection in multi-bot chat sessions
A user profile and messaging bots can be joined to participate in a group chat session. A first natural language requirement set can be received from the profile and sent to the bots. A first solution set from a first bot can be processed, with the set including a first natural language script describing a first solution to the requirement set. A second solution set from a second bot can be processed, with the set including a second natural language script that describes a second solution to the requirement set. The first and second scripts can be sent to the profile, and at least part of each solution set can be sent to the other bot. A selection of the first bot for providing a solution to the requirement set can be received from the profile, and an indication of the selection can be transmitted to the first bot. |
| US10361971B2 |
Resource reservation mechanism for overlay networking
An approach is provided in which an information handling system establishes a resource reservation protocol (RSVP) session corresponding to a flow between a first entity and a second entity operating within a computer environment that implements a network virtualization overlay protocol. Once the RSVP session is established, the information handling system encapsulates data packets of the flow based on the network virtualization overlay protocol and, in turn, sends the encapsulated data packet over the computer network with a quality of service (QoS) assurance level that is based on the established RSVP session. |
| US10361965B2 |
Datacenter operations optimization system
Various methods and systems for implementing resource management for an infrastructure are provided. Resource management includes datacenter byproduct management interfaces, datacenter power management, datacenter operations optimization and infrastructure resource management. Resource management facilitates using and distributing physical resources, including incidental physical resources that are generated during operation of an infrastructure, based on a minimum threshold reserve of the physical resource associated with the operating the infrastructure. Resource management can include controlling an amount of the physical resource that is generated and an amount the physical resource that is reserved. The minimum threshold reserve in combination with the control over generating and reserving the physical resource help identify an allocable amount of the physical resource. Physical resources of an infrastructure are quantified to support resource management. Quantifying physical resources is associated with devices of the infrastructure and requests for physical resources in the infrastructure to perform different types of operations. |
| US10361957B1 |
Predicting optical spectral profiles in advance of capacity changes in optical networks
Systems and methods for preconditioning an optical spectrum through predicting optical spectral profiles in advance of capacity changes in an optical section include obtaining data associated with the optical section to model a current state of spectral loading in the optical section; responsive to a proposed capacity change in the current state of spectral loading, estimating a future state of spectral loading which includes the capacity change; and causing changes to one or more settings in the optical section to achieve an optimized spectral loading for the future state of spectral loading. |
| US10361953B1 |
Data communication system to direct a user equipment to re-originate a media session invite having a wireless priority service (WPS) prefix over a long term evolution (LTE) network
An Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) receives a media session invite having a Wireless Priority Service (WPS) prefix over a non-Long Term Evolution (LTE) network for a User Equipment (UE). The IMS identifies the WPS prefix and adds a Resource Priority Header (RPH) indicating that the media session invite is for a WPS call. The IMS transfers an authentication request to a WPS Application Server to authenticate the UE for the WPS call based on a UE identifier and receives an authentication response indicating that the UE is authenticated. The IMS determines that the media session invite was transferred over the non-LTE network and transfers an instruction to the UE indicating that the UE should re-originate the media session invite over the LTE network. The UE receives the instruction and transfers the media session invite having the WPS prefix to the IMS over the LTE network. |
| US10361952B2 |
Intermediate logical interfaces in a virtual distributed router environment
A LRE (logical routing element) that have LIFs that are active in all host machines spanned by the LRE as well as LIFs that are active in only a subset of those spanned host machines is provided. A host machine having an active LIF for a particular L2 segment would perform the L3 routing operations for network traffic related to that L2 segment. A host machine having an inactive LIF for the particular L2 segment would not perform L3 routing operations for the network traffic of the L2 segment. |
| US10361949B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for sharing labels across label-switched paths within networks
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving, at a network node within a network, a packet from another network node within the network, (2) identifying, within the packet, a label stack that includes a plurality of labels that collectively represent at least a portion of an LSP within the network, (3) popping, from the label stack, a label that corresponds to a specific link to a further network node, and then upon popping the label from the label stack, (4) forwarding the packet to the further network node by way of the specific link. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed. |
| US10361947B2 |
Service chaining using source routing
A source routing method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a data packet that comprises a destination address, a source address, and a payload, determining a plurality of next-hops along a service chain path between the source address and the destination address, generating a source routed data packet that comprises the destination address, the source address, the plurality of next-hops, and the payload, setting the destination address of the source routed data packet to a first next-hop from the plurality of next-hops along the service chain path, and forwarding the source routed data packet in accordance with the destination address. |
| US10361945B2 |
System and method to reconcile cabling test results with cabling test configurations
A cable testing system and method including at least one testing device configured to perform cabling testing pursuant to a cabling testing configuration and a cloud-based server device configured to couple, via the Internet, to the at least one testing device. The server device includes a database configured to store one or more cabling testing configurations and a processor configured to send one or more cabling testing configurations from the database to the at least one testing device such that the at least one testing device performs a cabling test pursuant to the cabling test configuration received from the server device. |
| US10361944B2 |
Automated test for uniform web service interfaces
A method of automated testing of a Web Service public interface may include retrieving a first data set from the Web Service. The first data set may include information for accessing individual data records stored by the Web Service. The method may also include retrieving a second data set from the Web Service. The second data set may include a data model for the individual data records. The method may additionally include retrieving a first data record from the Web Service using the information for accessing individual data records. The method may further include verifying that the first data record retrieved from the Web Service is correct by comparing fields in the first data record with the data model. |
| US10361940B2 |
Monitoring quality of service
A system comprises a first computing device including a processor programmed to define a plurality of download slots during a download session, each of the download slots being a predetermined period of time. The processor further selects download slots from the plurality of download slots during which a first amount of data in the download buffer remained greater than or equal to a first predetermined threshold. For each of the selected download slots, the processor determines a first download throughput rate. The processor calculates a session download throughput rate based on the first download throughput rates, and reports the session download throughput rates to a second computing device. |
| US10361936B2 |
Filtering content based on user mobile network and data-plan
A system comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive a content request from a client device of a user; determine level of network availability on the client device and data plan availability associated with the user; determine one or more content filtering factors to filter the content for display to the user; filter the content based on the one or more filtering factors, the level of network availability, and the data plan availability; and provide filtered content for display on the client device of the user. |
| US10361933B2 |
Method and apparatus for a power-efficient framework to maintain data synchronization of a mobile personal computer to simulate a connected scenario
An apparatus and method for a power-efficient framework to maintain data synchronization of a mobile personal computer (MPC) are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the detection of a data synchronization wakeup event while the MPC is operating according to a sleep state. Subsequent to wakeup event, at least one system resource is disabled to provide a minimum number of system resources required to re-establish a network connection. In one embodiment, user data from a network server is synchronized on the MPC without user intervention; the mobile platform system resumes operation according to the sleep state. In one embodiment, a wakeup alarm is programmed according to a user history profile regarding received e-mails. In a further embodiment, data synchronizing involves disabling a display, and throttling the system processor to operate at a reduced frequency. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10361931B2 |
Methods and apparatus to identify an internet domain to which an encrypted network communication is targeted
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture disclosed herein can be used to identify an internet domain to which an encrypted network communication is targeted. A disclosed method includes collecting a plurality of unencrypted communications with a domain name server, and identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, network traffic patterns associated with the unencrypted communication based on a combination of routing information, internet protocol flow data, and internet transactions associated with the plurality of unencrypted communications with the domain name server. An example disclosed method further includes determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, and based on the network traffic patterns associated with the unencrypted communications, the internet domain to which the encrypted communication is to be delivered. |
| US10361929B2 |
Information displaying device, information processing device, information displaying system, and information displaying method
An information displaying device has a display and a display controller. The display controller displays, on the display, statistic information associated with device identification information for identifying a field device. The statistic information is obtained by an information processing device which statistically processes communication quality information over a predetermined period. The communication quality information representing a communication quality between the field device installed in a plant and the information processing device. |
| US10361928B2 |
Cluster instance management system
A system for cluster management comprises a status monitor and an instance replacement manager. The status monitor is for monitoring status of an instance of a set of instances on a cluster provider. The instance replacement manager is for determining a replacement strategy for the instance in the event the instance does not respond. The replacement strategy for the instance is based at least in part on a management criteria for on-demand instances and spot instances on the cluster provider. |
| US10361926B2 |
Link prediction with spatial and temporal consistency in dynamic networks
A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for performing link prediction with spatial and temporal consistency by employing a time-dependent matrix factorization technique is presented. The method includes developing, at a plurality of timestamps, relational data of a sequence of network structures each including a plurality of nodes and learning, by the at least one processor, a feature vector of each node of the plurality of nodes of the sequence of network structures by concurrently optimizing a temporal fitting constraint and a network propagation constraint. The method further includes determining a network structure at each timestamp, determining evolutionary patterns at each timestamp, and predicting links in a future network structure based on an evolution of the sequence of network structures within a user-defined sliding window by reducing time complexities of finding neighbors of each node of the plurality of nodes of the sequence of network structures. |
| US10361925B1 |
Storage infrastructure scenario planning
Systems and methods for “what-if” scenario planning of a distributed data storage system. A scenario planning engine has a user interface to facilitate user interactions to describe “what if” scenarios. A method comprises steps to collect system performance measurements pertaining to measurable characteristics of the distributed storage system. A predictive model is generated and formatted for use as a predictor of one or more predictive model parameters that are derived from the collected system performance measurements and/or any calculated predictions and/or correlations. A user can vary a set of scenario input parameters so as to characterize one or more “what if” scenarios. The user-defined scenario input parameters are formatted and used as predictive model inputs. The predictive model is used to simulate predicted system performance parameters corresponding to respective “what-if” planning scenarios. A user interface is provided to present a graphical depiction of predicted system performance corresponding to the scenarios. |
| US10361924B2 |
Forecasting computer resources demand
An approach for forecasting demand. The approach includes a method that includes receiving one or more variables associated with an event. The method further includes generating, by at least one computing device, a model to forecast future demand based on the one or more variables. The method further includes determining, by the at least one computing device, a load to provision one or more servers to meet the future demand. The load is based on the model. |
| US10361919B2 |
Self-healing and dynamic optimization of VM server cluster management in multi-cloud platform
Virtual machine server clusters are managed using self-healing and dynamic optimization to achieve closed-loop automation. The technique uses adaptive thresholding to develop actionable quality metrics for benchmarking and anomaly detection. Real-time analytics are used to determine the root cause of KPI violations and to locate impact areas. Self-healing and dynamic optimization rules are able to automatically correct common issues via no-touch automation in which finger-pointing between operations staff is prevalent, resulting in consolidation, flexibility and reduced deployment time. |
| US10361915B2 |
System, method and computer program product for network function optimization based on locality and function type
A network function optimization method, system, and computer program product, include annotating network functions by providing constraints on a placement of different virtual network function chain components and optimizing the network function chain by modifying a structure of the network function chain based on the constraints in the annotating. |
| US10361913B2 |
Determining whether to include or exclude device data for determining a network communication configuration for a target device
Techniques for determining whether to include or exclude device data for determining a network communication configuration for a target device are disclosed. Device data for devices in a communication network are monitored for a particular time period. A particular set of device data, for a particular device, indicates a change in network communication behavior of the particular device. Responsive to determining that there was no event that may have caused the change in behavior, the particular set of device data is not used for determining a configuration for a target device. Responsive to determining that there was an event that may have caused the change in behavior, the event type of the event is determined. Whether to include or exclude the particular set of device data, for determining a configuration for a target device, is determined based on the event type. |
| US10361912B2 |
Traffic switching method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention provide a traffic switching method and apparatus. The method includes: establishing a mapping relationship between a performance parameter of a network and a forwarding node switching sequence, where the performance parameter of the network includes link usage rate before switching and link usage rate after switching; when traffic switching needs to be performed, obtaining a current performance parameter of the network, and determining, according to the mapping relationship, a switching sequence corresponding to the current performance parameter; and delivering a switching instruction to forwarding nodes according to the switching sequence, so as to control the forwarding nodes to sequentially perform traffic switching. In this way, traffic switching can be systematically implemented, thereby effectively avoiding a link congestion phenomenon in a switching process, and ensuring network performance. |
| US10361911B2 |
Managing use of alternative intermediate destination computing nodes for provided computer networks
Techniques are described for managing communications for a managed computer network by using a defined pool of alternative computing nodes of the managed computer network that are configured to operate as intermediate destinations to handle at least some communications that are sent by and/or directed to one or more other computing nodes of the managed computer network. For example, a manager module associated with a source computing node may select a particular alternative intermediate destination computing node from a defined pool to use for one or more particular communications from the source computing node to an indicated final destination, such as based on a configured logical network topology for the managed computer network and/or on one or more other selection criteria (e.g., to enable load balancing between the alternative computing nodes). The manager module then forwards those communications to the selected intermediate destination computing node for further handling. |
| US10361909B2 |
Method and a system for automating an enterprise network optimization
A method and system for optimizing a distributed enterprise information technology (IT) network infrastructure is disclosed, wherein the IT infrastructure comprises at least one server, at least one storage element, and at least one network element. The method comprises collecting data and arranging the collected data pertaining to an existing state of the information technology network infrastructure in a first set of templates. The method further comprises mapping the existing state and a new state of at least one of the at least one server and at least one storage element with an existing set of network elements using the first set of templates to form a second set of templates, wherein the method further comprises of planning the new state of the IT network infrastructure for transformation using the first set of templates and the second set of templates, the new state being an optimized state. |
| US10361905B2 |
Alert remediation automation
Technical solutions to automate alert remediation are described. One aspect includes a method that includes receiving a plurality of alerts from an application monitoring system, the plurality of alerts associated with a plurality of remediation procedures respectively. The method also includes selecting a subset of alerts from the plurality of alerts. The method also includes identifying a subset of remediation procedures corresponding to the subset of alerts and analyzing compliance, with a service level agreement, of an execution of the entire subset of remediation procedures. In response to the execution of the entire subset of remediation procedures being non-compliant, the latest alert that was added, is removed from the subset of alerts, and a remediation procedure corresponding to the latest alert is removed from the subset of remediation procedures. The method includes executing the entire subset of remediation procedures. |
| US10361903B2 |
Federated management of intelligent service modules
Intelligent services are provided in a storage network using intelligent service modules that can be cabled to a switch external to the switch chassis and yet be managed as part of the switch's logical domain. Data and management communications between the intelligent service module and the core switch are provided through a “soft-backplane” implemented using in-band communications through cabling attached between the switch and the intelligent service module rather than through a hardwired backplane within the chassis. Management communications from management software is directed to the switch, which handles the management functions relating to the intelligent service module or forwards the management requests to the intelligent service module for processing. |
| US10361902B2 |
Method and system for guaranteeing resource utilization rate of website using content distribution network
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for guaranteeing website resource utilization rate using a content delivery network. The method includes following steps: receiving a domain name resolution request sent by a local domain name server; monitoring a resource load of a website source site corresponding to the domain name resolution request; utilizing monitoring data and according to a predetermined strategy to determine whether a result of the domain name resolution request is an address of the website source site or a content delivery network system; and sending a domain name resolution result to the local domain name server. |
| US10361898B2 |
Complexity reduction for OFDM signal transmissions
An OFDM signal may include a first edge band signal corresponding to a first edge band of the bandwidth of the OFDM signal, a second edge band signal corresponding to a second edge band of the bandwidth, and a center band signal corresponding to a center band of the bandwidth. The OFDM signal may be filtered by filtering the first edge band signal and/or the second edge band signal, so that out-of-band radiation of the OFDM may be reduced or eliminated. |
| US10361894B2 |
Techniques for a unified demodulation reference signal pattern for various multiplexing schemes
A method and apparatus for demodulation reference signal (DMRS) communication are described. The method and apparatus include determining a DMRS pattern for at least two multiplexing schemes. In some aspects, the at least two multiplexing schemes may include orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) and single carrier frequency-division multiplexing (SC-FDM). Further, in some aspects, the DMRS pattern may correspond to a continuous tone pattern in each subframe transmitted in accordance with both SC-FDM and OFDM. Additionally, in some aspects, the DMRS pattern may correspond to a comb tone pattern in each subframe transmitted in accordance with both SC-FDM and OFDM. The method and apparatus further include transmitting a DMRS in accordance with at least one of the two multiplexing schemes and based on the DMRS pattern. |
| US10361889B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus for increasing throughput using MIMO in LOS environment and method therefor
The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication apparatus capable of increasing throughput using MIMO in an LOS environment and a method for the same. A wireless communication apparatus based on the LOS-MIMO technique may comprise a multi-link configuration unit, a frequency response correction unit, a signal compensation unit, and a feedback unit. In the apparatus, an additional LOS-MIMO equalizer is used at the front of an LOS-MIMO estimator and a coding unit in order to compensate in-band frequency characteristics of frequency response characteristics estimated by the LOS-MIMO estimator and a signal channel estimator, whereby the LOS-MIMO estimation performance can be remarkably enhanced. Also, precise separation of multiplexed signals through the above-described LOS equalizer can make it possible to increase transmission capacity by using the LOS-MIMO which can be applied to high-order mode (e.g., over 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)) digital communications. |
| US10361888B2 |
Wireless communications system, wireless communications apparatus, wireless communications method and computer program for wireless communication
In performing SVD-MIMO transmission, a set-up procedure is simplified while assuring a satisfactory decoding capability with a reduced number of antennas. A transmitter estimates channel information based on reference signals sent from a receiver, determines a transmit antenna weighting coefficient matrix based on the channel information, calculates a weight to be assigned to each of components of a multiplexed signal, and sends, to the receiver, training signals for respective signal components, the training signals being weighted by the calculated weights. On the other hand, the receiver determines a receive antenna weighting coefficient matrix based on the received training signals. |
| US10361887B2 |
Time of arrival estimation
The subject system aggregates, or stitches, multiple component channel estimates to generate an aggregated wideband channel estimate that can be used to determine more accurate time of arrival estimations than those determinable from the individual component channel estimates. The subject system also provides for multipath detection on a single channel or an aggregated channel that may be used to facilitate an accurate time of arrival estimation. For example, information derived from the multipath detection may be used to supplement and/or enhance a time of arrival estimation algorithm. The subject system also provides a sounding protocol that allows devices to perform one or more signal exchanges to facilitate generating the aggregated wideband channel estimate and/or to facilitate performing the multipath detection. The protocol allows the devices to perform signal exchanges over one or more channels within a coherence time, and also provides for security mechanisms as well as failure recovery. |
| US10361885B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing a point-to-point connection over a network
A method and apparatus for providing a point-to-point connection are disclosed. The method queries for a next available label for a first provider edge router and a next available label for a second provider edge router, performs a first configuration at the first provider edge router and a second configuration at the second provider edge router, wherein the performing the first configuration comprises configuring a first interface and configuring a label for using at least one tunnel by a second interface, wherein the performing the second configuration comprises configuring a third interface and configuring a label for using the at least one tunnel by a fourth interface, and performs a first mapping for the first provider edge router from the first interface to the second interface, and a second mapping for the second provider edge router from the third interface to the fourth interface. |
| US10361879B2 |
Persona-based service delivery
A method of persona-based service delivery includes receiving use data from a sensor and from a service device while a user interacts with the service device in a current environment. Based on the use data, the method includes developing, a preference that reflects the interaction by the user with the service device as monitored by the sensor. Based on the preference, the method includes developing a command instruction that modifies a physical operational condition of the service device consistent with the preference. The method includes storing a persona specific to the user, the persona including the preference and the command instruction for the user in the current environment. The method includes subsequently receiving collected data that includes a user characteristic of the user in the current environment. In response to receipt of the collected data, the method includes downloading the persona of the user to the sensor. |
| US10361866B1 |
Proof of image authentication on a blockchain
Disclosed is improved technology for authenticating electronic images and storing proof of tampering or non-tampering on the blockchain. An image authentication application of a user device may generate an image. The user device may generate an image hash of the image using a hash function. The image hash may be written to the blockchain. This may occur immediately after the image has been taken. The user device may upload the image to an authentication server, which authenticates the image. At various times, such as after receipt, during authentication, and/or after authentication, the authentication server may generate an image hash of the image using the hash function. The authentication server may write the image hash(es) to the blockchain. As such, a state of the image at various times may be recorded on the blockchain to determine whether or not the image has been tampered with between various times. |
| US10361861B2 |
Input assembly and terminal
An input assembly and a terminal are provided. The input assembly includes a decoration enclosure and a fingerprint chip package structure. The decoration enclosure is configured for decorating the fingerprint chip package structure. The decoration enclosure includes a decoration ring for accommodating the fingerprint chip package structure and a support rim. The support rim extends inwards from an inner wall of the decoration ring. |
| US10361860B2 |
Method and apparatus for authentication and validation of persons using gait data
A system for authentication and validation of the identity of a person. The person carries a mobile device configured to measure motion as the person walks or stands still, generating a time record of motion data. A security system in a facility which the person seeks to access receives the time record of motion data and compares gait characteristics inferred from the time record with gait characteristics inferred from motion data previously obtained for a person whom the person seeking access purports to be. The security system may instruct the person to pause and stand still, and then to begin walking again, and it may then verify that the received time record of motion data includes an interval with little motion at a point in the time record corresponding to the pause. |
| US10361854B2 |
Modular multiplication device and method
There is provided a modular multiplication device for performing a multiplication of a first multiplicand and a second multiplicand modulo a given modulus, each of the multiplicand comprising a given number of digits, each digit having a given word size. The modular multiplication device comprises: a multiplier for multiplying at least one digit of the first multiplicand with the second multiplicand to produce a multiplier output; a modular reduction unit configured to reduce a quantity derived from the multiplier output by the product of an extended modulus and an integer coefficient, the extended modulus being the product of the given modulus with an extension parameter, which provides a reduction output, the reduction output being a positive integer strictly smaller than the extended modulus, wherein the modular multiplication device further comprises a selection unit configured to select the extension parameter such that the time taken for the device to perform the multiplication is independent from the multiplicands. |
| US10361852B2 |
Secure verification system
Systems, computer products, and methods are described herein for an improved secure certificate system that utilizes multiple digital signatures, and in some cases multiple public keys within one or more certificates. The improved secure certificate systems allows for additional security by having multiple certification authorities validate the organization as the owner of the organization application (e.g., website, dedicated application, or the like), as well as allowing for the use of the multiple digital signatures and/or certificates to provide seamless verification of the organization application should one or more of the digital signatures and/or certificates become compromised. Moreover, security may be improved by utilizing multiple public keys to encrypt a session key for use in sending and receiving data. |
| US10361851B2 |
Authenticator, authenticatee and authentication method
According to one embodiment, an authenticator which authenticates an authenticatee, which stores first key information (NKey) that is hidden, includes a memory configured to store second key information (HKey) which is hidden, a random number generation module configured to generate random number information, and a data generation module configured to generate a session key (SKey) by using the second key information (HKey) and the random number information. The authenticator is configured such that the second key information (HKey) is generated from the first key information (NKey) but the first key information (NKey) is not generated from the second key information (HKey). |
| US10361849B2 |
Methods and systems of providing verification of the identity of a digital entity using a centralized or distributed ledger
Providing verification of the identity of a digital entity may include including receiving information and a public key of the digital entity, the information having been previously attested to in an attestation transaction stored within a centralized or distributed ledger at an attestation address, the centralized or distributed ledger providing a record of transactions. The system may derive an attestation address using the information and the public key of the digital entity. The system may verify the existence of the attestation transaction at the attestation address in the centralized or distributed ledger and verify that the attestation transaction has not been revoked. The processor associated with the user may receive a cryptographic challenge nonce signed by the digital entity's private key; and may verify the digital entity's identity with the cryptographic challenge nonce signed by the digital entity's key. |
| US10361848B2 |
Systems and methods for quantum key generation
A quantum key generation system including two photon detector units, two photon entanglement chains extending between the two photon detector units, and a plurality of multicore fiber links each including at least two non-uniform cores structurally configured to provide non-uniform photon propagation delay. Each photon entanglement chain includes at least one quantum repeater structurally configured to entangle a pair of photons and first and second terminating quantum memories optically coupled the quantum repeater using the multicore fiber links such that photons received by the first and the second terminating quantum memories are entangled with photons entangled by the quantum repeater. The first and second terminating quantum memories of each of the two photon entanglement chains form first and second cross-chain quantum repeaters, and the first and the second photon detector units are structurally configured to receive the measurable entangled particles generated by the first and second cross-chain quantum repeaters, respectively. |
| US10361845B2 |
Systems and methods securing an autonomous device
A system and method for cryptographically securing a device includes initializing a cryptographic processing circuit which includes provisioning a cryptographic key store associated with the cryptographic processing circuit with cryptographic key material; and establishing a first cryptographically secured connection between a main central processing unit of the autonomous device and the cryptographic processing circuit of the device; and implementing a cryptographic validation of resident firmware of the main central processing unit by validating a cryptographic digital signature ascribed to the resident firmware against an up-to-date cryptographic digital signature used for installing and/or updating the resident firmware of the main central processing circuit. |
| US10361843B1 |
Native blockchain platform for improving workload mobility in telecommunication networks
A network slice manager receives a workload mobility request to add network resources to a domain in the communication network, and authenticates a virtual network function (VNF) with a blockchain authentication function (BAF) over a blockchain network interface based on the workload mobility request. The network slice manager further receives an indication of a successful authentication from the BAF, and instantiates the VNF in the domain of the communication network based on the indication of the successful authentication. Notably, these authentication processes may be readily adapted to instantiate new network resources or migrate existing network resources between domains. |
| US10361842B2 |
Encryption function and decryption function generating method, encryption and decryption method and related apparatuses
An encryption/decryption function generating method, an encryption/decryption method and related apparatuses, which can ensure the confidentiality of a key used in a white-box encryption and decryption function when a white-box encryption and decryption function generating algorithm is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a random seed and an original key that are input by a user; generating, according to the original key, a round key required for R-round iterative computing; generating, according to the random seed, an affine expansion mask required for the R-round iterative computing and random disturbance data required for the R-round iterative computing; and generating an encryption/decryption function. |
| US10361840B2 |
Server apparatus, search system, terminal apparatus, search method, non-transitory computer readable medium storing server program, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing terminal program
In a server apparatus, a data storage part stores a plurality of pieces of encrypted data. An index storage part stores, as an index I, a data structure which is for performing search with using a function H that outputs a unique numeric value in response to an inputted keyword, the data structure having a plurality of storage areas corresponding, in one-to-one relation, to numeric values outputted from the function H, and storing, for a plurality of keywords corresponding to plaintext data, an identifier of encrypted data being post-encryption data of the plaintext data to which each keyword corresponds, in a storage area corresponding to the numeric value outputted from the function H when each keyword is inputted. A search part inputs one of the plurality of keywords to the function H, identifies a storage area corresponding to the numeric value outputted from the function H, from the index I, and acquires encrypted data corresponding to the identifier stored in the identified storage area, from the data storage part. |
| US10361833B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving device to device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system
Methods and apparatuses for improving device to device (D2D) communication are disclosed herein. One method includes communicating, by a user equipment (UE), with a device via the D2D communication. The method further includes triggering, by the UE, a first power headroom report (PHR) to indicate a power status of the D2D. The method also provides for triggering and transmitting, by the UE, a Scheduling Request (SR) to ask for radio resources from a network for scheduling if the UE has no available resources to transmit the first PHR. The method further includes triggering, by the UE, a second PHR to indicate a power status of a transmission path from the UE to the network and not triggering and transmitting the SR to ask for radio resources from the network for scheduling if the UE has no available resource to transmit the second PHR. |
| US10361832B2 |
Block acknowledgment generation and selection rules
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus is configured to receive at least one frame from at least one wireless device and to generate a BA frame that may include a block ACK bitmap based on the received at least one frame. The BA frame may include a fragment number field and a bitmap length indicator within the fragment number field that indicates a length of the block ACK bitmap within the BA frame. The apparatus may be configured to transmit the generated BA frame to the at least one wireless device. |
| US10361831B2 |
Wireless device and method for selecting uplink transmission parameters
The present invention relates to a method for selecting a set of uplink transmission parameters. The method is performed in a wireless device of a radio communications system. The method comprises obtaining information mapping resources of a physical downlink control channel region to at least two sets of uplink transmission parameters. The method also comprises receiving a downlink control message on a resource of the physical downlink control channel region, and selecting a set among the at least two sets of uplink transmission parameters. The selection of set is based on the resource of the physical downlink control channel region on which the downlink control message is received, and on the obtained information mapping resources of the physical downlink control channel region to the at least two sets of uplink transmission parameters. |
| US10361830B2 |
Method and apparatus for designing uplink reference signal according to repeating pattern considering cell coverage in wireless communication system
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting an uplink reference signal in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives from a base station, information on the maximum repetition number of the uplink reference signal, determines the repetition number of the uplink reference signal using the received information on the maximum repetition number of the uplink reference signal and signal quality obtained through downlink synchronization, and repeatedly transmits, to the base station, the uplink reference signal according to the determined repetition number of the uplink reference signal. The base station determines the uplink coverage of the terminal on the basis of the repeatedly received uplink reference signal. |
| US10361828B2 |
Pilot transmission and reception for orthogonal frequency division multiple access
A wireless device transmits a frame by determining a plurality of Resource Units (RUs) of the frame, providing pilots in a first RU of the frame at a first set of positions, providing pilots in a second RU of the frame at a second set of positions, and transmitting the frame. The first set of positions is different from the second set of positions. A wireless device receives a frame including an RU including pilots and processes the pilots. When an RU for the data symbol includes an odd-numbered lowest subcarrier, the pilots are included at a first set of positions in the resource unit. When the RU includes an even-numbered lowest subcarrier, the pilots are included at a second set of positions in the resource unit. The second set of positions is different from the first set of positions. |
| US10361826B2 |
Efficient signaling of OFDM/A structure within wireless communications
A wireless communication device (alternatively, device, WDEV, etc.) includes a processing circuitry configured to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processing circuitry, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. A WDEV generates and transmits an OFDM packet that specifies resource allocation of a communication channel for other WDEVs. The WDEV then support communications with the other WDEVs based on the resource allocation of the communication channel. The OFDM packet includes an OFDMA indicator bit and a multi-purpose field that serves different purposes based on setting of the OFDMA indicator bit (e.g., the multi-purpose field is used for different purposes when the OFDMA indicator bit indicates OFDMA or non-OFDMA resource allocation). |
| US10361823B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink data in licensed-assisted access system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink data in a licensed-assisted access (LAA) system are provided. The method includes: receiving mode configuration indication information sent by a network device, where the mode configuration indication information is used to indicate that a synchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mode and an asynchronous HARQ mode are configured for uplink transmission of user equipment on an unlicensed carrier; and performing uplink transmission on the unlicensed carrier using the synchronous HARQ mode or the asynchronous HARQ mode and according to the mode configuration indication information. |
| US10361821B2 |
Sub-subframe assignment and HARQ timing
In one aspect, a wireless device receives a first data transmission from a base station during a predetermined subframe interval and within a duration that is less than a maximum data transmission duration that is possible within the predetermined subframe interval, and determines a transmission time for transmitting HARQ feedback to the base station such that the determined transmission time depends on which subset of symbols within the predetermined subframe interval was used for the first data transmission. The wireless device transmits HARQ feedback for the first data transmission at the determined transmission time. In another aspect, a base station transmits the first data transmission and determines a reception time for receiving HARQ feedback such that the determined transmission time depends on which subset of symbols within the predetermined subframe interval was used. The base station receives HARQ feedback for the first data transmission at the determined transmission time. |
| US10361817B2 |
Systems and methods to optimize partitioning of a data segment into data packets for channel encoding
Systems and methods to transmit data over multiple communication channels in parallel with forward error correction. An optimized number is determined to partition a data segment of a given size into the optimized number of original packets of the same size, by reducing the cost of transmitting dummy data added to the original packets due to the partition, the data fields added to communication packets to support decoding, and redundant packets that are expected to be transmitted via a plurality of parallel channels before the termination of the transmission, as well as the computation cost that increases as a function of the number of original packets. Copies of packets are generated by distributing the original packets to the copies as initial packets and generating each subsequent channel-encoded packet by rejecting useless channel-encoded packets in view of packets assumed to have been received prior to the transmission of the subsequent channel-encoded packet. |
| US10361816B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
A communication apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform a process on a frame so that the frame has redundancy corresponding to first information indicating at least one of a first transmission period or a band used for transmission, or uses a modulation scheme corresponding to the first information. |
| US10361814B2 |
Encoding for frameless packet transmissions
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for encoding frameless packets. One of the methods includes receiving a data payload to be transmitted. The data payload is partitioned into multiple payload words, each payload word being of a predetermined size. A first sync word is added to each of the multiple payload words. A control word comprising label and an error checking value is added. A second sync word is added to the label and error checking word. If one or more counter criteria are satisfied while transmitting the multiple payload words, an idle word is transmitted before transmitting the label and error checking word. |
| US10361809B2 |
Transmission process in a wireless device and wireless network
A wireless device receives at least one downlink control information (DCI) indicating uplink resources in a set of m consecutive subframes 0 to m−1. The wireless device performs an LBT procedure on a channel to make a transmission in subframe k+1, if the wireless device cannot access the channel for a transmission in subframe k, k ∈{0, . . . , m−2}. |
| US10361804B2 |
User equipment and method for dynamic non-orthogonal multiple access communication
Embodiments pertain to systems, methods, and component devices for dynamic non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communications. A first example embodiment includes user equipment (UE) configured to receive a first downlink control indicator (DCI) from an evolved node B (eNB) and process the first subframe as a first higher power NOMA subframe in response to a first power ratio signal. The DCI includes the first power ratio signal for a first NOMA subframe. The UE may then receive, from the eNB, a second DCI, the second DCI comprising a second power ratio signal for a second subframe and process, by the UE, the second subframe as a second lower power NOMA subframe in response to the second power ratio signal. Additional embodiments may further use another DCI with a third power ratio signal to configure the UE to receive orthogonal multiple access (OMA) communications. |
| US10361800B2 |
Radiobeacon data sharing by forwarding low energy transmissions to a cloud host
Remote actuation of machines or machine systems is realized by a system for coupling a radiobeacon to a smart device and in turn to a broader network. The smart device is configured as a proximity-actuated “community nodal device” by an application that operates as part of the system. The community nodal device is given instructions to function as a “soft switch”: to automatically “upswitch”, amplify, and broadcast low energy, local area radiobeacon “messages” to a cloud-based server, where the message is interpreted according to rules or policies established by an operator, and a command is transmitted for execution to a remote device. Conventional smart devices generally discard data not addressed to the owner of the smart device. Instead of discarding third party messages, the system preempts their handling, and using a soft switch formed from background resources, anonymously, without access to the message by a user interface of the proxy device, and without waiting for a network query from the host, engineers an “upswitched transmission” of radiobeacon-generated data to a cloud host. Advantageously, confidential sharing of ad hoc community resources results in a negligible load on background resources of the community nodal device. Messages may include a sensor data payload. Bit overloading enables a sensor data payload to be compressed into a few hundred bytes or less. |
| US10361791B2 |
Information interaction methods and user equipment
Embodiments of the present application provide interaction methods and user equipment. An interaction method disclosed here in comprises: determining, by a user equipment, information that needs to be sent to at least one other user equipment, wherein the at least one other user equipment and the user equipment are in contact with a same human body; determining at least one frequency corresponding to the information at least according to the information and a preset information rule; and controlling a capacitance value of the user equipment to change at the at least one frequency. |
| US10361786B1 |
Phase optimization technique in high-speed simultaneous bi-directional links
A bidirectional transceiver includes a transmitter and a receiver that respectively transmits a local signal to and receives remote signal from a common bidirectional communication channel, thus the bidirectional channel signal is the superimposition of the local and remote signals. The bidirectional transceiver also includes a transmit canceller that substantially removes the local transmitted signal from the superimposed signals on the bidirectional channel before the local receiver. The remote signal is transmitted by a remote transceiver over the bidirectional channel. A sampling phase is set, based on timing information in the received remote signal, and the received signal is sampled. Timing relation of transitions in the local transmit signal relative to the receiver sampling phase is set such that transmit signal cancellation is optimum at receiver sampling phase, by changing the delay applied to the local transmit signal. To keep the timing relation of the local transmit signal relative to the remote transceiver, a second delay is applied to the local transmit signal before transmission into the bidirectional channel that provides a delay substantially same as the first delay but opposite in direction. |
| US10361784B2 |
Remote radio apparatus and component thereof
An example remote radio apparatus is provided, including a body, a mainboard, a mainboard heat sink, a maintenance cavity, an optical module, and an optical module heat sink. The maintenance cavity and the optical module heat sink are integrally connected, while the optical module is mounted on a bottom surface of the optical module heat sink. The maintenance cavity and the optical module heat sink are mounted on a side surface of the body, and the mainboard heat sink is mounted on and covers the mainboard. The mainboard heat sink and the mainboard are installed on a front surface of the body, and the mainboard heat sink and the optical module heat sink are spaced by a preset distance. The temperature of the optical module is controlled within a range required by a specification. |
| US10361782B2 |
Cabling connectivity monitoring and verification
Connectivity between components in a system is monitored by applying a low voltage at one end of an RF cable, interpreted as a “0” logical state, and determining whether a similar voltage appears at the other end of the cable. If the cable is connected properly, the DC voltage applied at one end will appear at the other end and a proper indication is generated. If the expected voltage level does not appear at the other side, it means that RF connection was not correctly established and an alert is generated. Test systems for testing connectivity may include a first component comprising at least one port, at least one capacitor, and at least one resistor for providing high impedance. A controller provides a first logic state to the at least one port, scans multiple input ports of the system, and records a link corresponding to the applied first logic state. |
| US10361778B2 |
Optical signal monitor, optical wavelength multiplexing transmitter, and method for monitoring optical signal
An optical signal monitor, including: a storage that holds a threshold value set for each of determination areas having a bandwidth set in accordance with an average grid of dummy light; a measurement section that sequentially measures an optical intensity of an inputted wavelength-multiplexed optical signal with respect to each of measurement areas obtained by dividing the determination area into areas with a bandwidth sufficiently smaller than a grid width of a monitoring-target optical signal composing the wavelength-multiplexed optical signal, and output measured values; and a section that determines that dummy light corresponding to the determination area needs introducing if each of measured values in the determination area is smaller than a threshold value, and, determines that dummy light corresponding to the determination area does not need introducing if at least one of the measured values in the determination area is equal to or larger than the threshold value. |
| US10361776B2 |
Sparing configurations and protocols for parallel fiber optics
A transceiver can include a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter can include: a primary laser emitter; a primary monitor photodiode optically coupled with the laser emitter; a spare laser emitter; and a transmitter integrated circuit having a primary channel operably coupled with the primary laser emitter; a spare channel operably coupled with the spare laser emitter; a switch on the primary channel; and a secondary channel operably coupled with the switch and the spare channel. The receiver can include: a primary detector photodiode; a spare detector photodiode; and a receiver integrated circuit a primary receiver channel operably coupled with the at least one primary detector photodiode; a spare receiver channel operably coupled with the spare detector photodiode; a receiver switch on the spare receiver channel; and a secondary receiver channel operably coupled with the receiver switch and the primary receiver channel. |
| US10361772B2 |
Timing synchronization for a beam hopping satellite
A system and method for timing synchronization of satellite switching instants with gateway switching instants is described. The method includes: generating satellite switching instants according to a Beam Hopping Time Plan (BHTP); generating gateway switching instants according to the BHTP; transmitting a channel addressed to a plurality of beams hopped according to the BHTP based on the gateway switching instants, wherein each of the plurality of beams includes a signal including timing markers and a guard period at an end of the signal for the respective beam; receiving a synchronization information, without a loopback beam, for one of the plurality of beams; determining an adjustment period and an adjusted symbol rate for the generating of the gateway switching instants, based on the synchronization information, for a transmission of the channel such that at least a portion of the guard period in a respective signal for a respective beam aligns with one of the satellite switching instants; and adjusting a timing and a symbol rate of the transmission according to the adjustment period and the adjusted symbol rate, respectively. |
| US10361771B2 |
Determining an attenuation environment of a satellite communication terminal
Described techniques and apparatuses relate to determining an attenuation environment surrounding a satellite terminal in a satellite communication system. The satellite terminal may receive signals from an auxiliary satellite system, and determine aspects of an attenuation environment that may affect communications with a communications satellite system. For example, transmissions from an auxiliary satellite system may be associated with a respective location of the transmitting satellite in order to define an attenuation profile for the satellite terminal antenna assembly. Subsequent signals from the auxiliary satellite system may be compared with the attenuation map, and the comparison may be used to identify a diagnostic condition for communications with a communications satellite system. In some examples the comparison of signals to the attenuation profile may indicate an obstruction between the satellite terminal antennas and a communications satellite, or a misalignment of a satellite terminal antenna assembly. |
| US10361770B2 |
Apparatus and method for broadband wireless local area communication
Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval. |
| US10361765B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling array antenna device in communication system
One or more embodiments provide a method for controlling array antenna device in a base station (BS) in a communication system. The method includes determining whether to perform a calibration operation for BSs while operating in one of a normal mode and an interference control mode. The method also includes transiting from the one of the normal mode and the interference control mode to a calibration mode based on the determining result of whether to perform the calibration operation for the BSs. A reference antenna among antennas included in the array antenna device is used in all of the normal mode, the interference control mode, and the calibration mode. |
| US10361763B2 |
Channel state information feedback method and device in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure relates to a method and device for reporting channel state information. The method for a terminal according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving feedback configuration information from a base station; measuring a channel state using a reference signal received from the base station; and reporting channel state information using two subsamplings at a reporting time which is determined on the basis of the feedback configuration information. |
| US10361761B2 |
Fast training on multi-antenna systems
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for performing beamforming training in multi-antenna wireless devices. For example, an apparatus for wireless communication may include a first interface configured to obtain, from each of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) modules, a first information regarding detection of one or more pilot signals via at least one antenna element at a respective one of the plurality of RF modules. The apparatus may also include a processing system configured to process the first information obtained from the plurality of RF modules to generate second information to synchronize the plurality of RF modules, and a second interface configured to provide the second information to the plurality of RF modules. |
| US10361753B2 |
Network termination and methods for use therewith
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network termination includes a downstream channel modulator modulates downstream data into downstream channel signals to convey the downstream data via a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. A host interface sends the downstream channel signals to the guided wave communication system and receives upstream channel signals corresponding to upstream frequency channels from the guided wave communication system. An upstream channel demodulator demodulates upstream channel signals into upstream data. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10361752B2 |
Universal voltage converter and inductive power coupling
The present invention relates to a Voltage converter (100) for converting an input voltage (V10) to an output voltage (V20) comprising an input circuitry (102) for receiving the input voltage (V10) from a power supply (112), wherein the input circuitry includes chopper means (110) for chopping a voltage (V12) derived from the input voltage (V10) at a chopper frequency to a chopped voltage (V14), an inductive transformer unit (106) for transforming the chopped voltage (V14) to a chopped AC voltage (V16), and an output circuitry (104) for converting the chopped AC voltage (V16) of the inductive transformer unit (106) to the output voltage (V20) having a lower frequency than the chopper frequency. |
| US10361745B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing transmit and receive power via a T/R switch
A wireless communication device is described. The wireless communication device includes a transmit/receive (T/R) switch that is configured with an antenna port coupled to an antenna, a transmitter port coupled to a transmitter and a receiver port coupled to a receiver. The T/R switch selectively connects the transmitter port to the antenna port or the receiver port to the antenna port. The wireless communication device also includes a T/R switch controller that sets the T/R switch to disconnect the transmitter from the antenna when the transmitter is actively transmitting in a high insertion loss mode to reduce power from the transmitter to the antenna. |
| US10361744B1 |
Transceiver circuit and related radio frequency circuit
A transceiver circuit and related radio frequency (RF) circuit are provided. An RF circuit is coupled to a transceiver circuit configured to generate an envelope tracking (ET) target voltage. The RF circuit includes a tracker circuit and a power amplifier circuit(s). The tracker circuit may have inherent frequency-dependent impedance that can interact with a load current of the amplifier circuit(s) to cause degradation in an ET modulated voltage, which can lead to spectral distortions in an RF offset spectrum. As such, a voltage compensation circuit is provided in the transceiver circuit and configured to add a voltage compensation term in the ET target voltage. By adding the voltage compensation term into the ET target voltage, it is possible to compensate for the degradation in the ET modulated voltage, thus helping to reduce the spectral distortions in the RF offset spectrum and improve linearity and efficiency of the amplifier circuit(s). |
| US10361742B2 |
Case having standing leg for electronic devices
A case having a standing leg for an electronic device includes a soft protective cover, a hard protective frame, and a standing leg. An opening is formed on a back portion of the hard protective frame to receive the standing leg therein. The standing leg is pivoted with the soft protective cover and the hard protective frame. The standing leg is configured to rotate up to about a predetermined angle until the rotation of the standing leg is prevented by a pivoting end wall of the hard protective frame. The opening is sized to receive the standing leg. The standing leg is rotatable from a closed position in which it is received in the opening to an open position in which the standing leg is rotated about the predetermined angle. In an open position, the electronic device rests on a surface at a preferred viewing angle. |
| US10361739B2 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic radio emission compliance monitoring
The disclosure generally relates to a method, apparatus and system for identifying non-compliant radio emissions and for enforcing compliance. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a dynamic radiation control of a radio by measuring a signal attribute for an outbound signal having a protocol; comparing the signal attribute with a predefined mask, the predefined mask governed by at least one of a radio location or a signal protocol; and determining whether to transmit the outbound signal. |
| US10361738B2 |
Bluetooth assisted remote discovery and wakeup
Disclosed herein are techniques to enable remote discovery of connectivity capabilities and remote connection of devices in a power efficient manner. In particular, discovery and connection requests for connectivity capabilities utilizing a first radio may be communicated using a second radio, the second radio utilizing a lower amount of power relative to the first radio. For example, connectivity capabilities such as Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, WiGig, Zigbee can be discovered and connection request communicated using a Bluetooth radio. |
| US10361737B2 |
Portable communication system having modular components
A portable communication system is provided with modular components. The modular components can include internal modules located in a base unit and external modules that can be connected to predefined terminals on the exterior of the base unit. The internal modules can include modules that provide one or more of simplex, half-duplex or full-duplex communication modes. The external modules can include modules that can provide one or more of a full-duplex communication mode or a boost to the power level of the portable communication system. An internal connection can be connected to each of the terminals to provide internal couplings to the terminals. The internal modules can be connected to the external modules by the corresponding internal connections and terminals. The configuration of the portable communication system can be changed by disconnecting the internal modules and/or external modules from the base unit and then connecting new internal modules and/or external modules to the base unit. |
| US10361736B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signal by aggregating two uplink carriers
When a terminal aggregates three downlink carriers by using the carrier aggregation (CA) of the LTE-A technology and transmits an uplink signal on two uplink carriers while aggregating at least two uplink carriers, a harmonic component and an intermodulation distortion (IMD) component are generated, thereby influencing a downlink band of the terminal itself. Therefore, the present specification presents a scheme therefor. |
| US10361734B1 |
Second order interference rejection in a radio receiver
A device and method for reducing intermodulation within a radio receiver. The device includes an intermodulation filter. The intermodulation filter is configured to receive a signal, apply a first filter and a second filter to the signal to generate a first and a second filtered signal. The intermodulation filter is configured to isolate a first intermodulation component located on a first side of a frequency spectrum of the signal within the second filtered signal, determine an estimated second intermodulation component based on a potential frequency band location, determine a correction factor based on an amplitude and phase relationship between the first and second intermodulation components, apply the correction factor to the estimated second intermodulation component, determine if the second intermodulation component exceeds a predetermined power threshold, and apply the adjusted estimated second intermodulation component to the first filtered signal, suppressing the second intermodulation component. |
| US10361728B2 |
Multiple-symbol combination based decoding for general polar codes
The present disclosure relates to multiple-symbol combination based decoding for general polar codes. Multiple-symbol combination based decoding of a received word that is based on a codeword involves determining whether all nodes at an intermediate stage of the multiple-symbol combination based decoding, which provide their outputs as inputs to a subset of nodes at a next stage of the multi-symbol combination based decoding, are associated with trust symbols in the received word that have a higher reliability of being successfully decoded than doubt symbols in the received word. A hard decision is performed in response to a positive determination. |
| US10361727B2 |
Error correction encoder, error correction decoder, and optical communication device including the same
Provided is an error correction encoder. The error correction encoder includes input nodes for receiving input words, first encoders for generating first parities by performing a first error correction encoding on each of the input words, an interleaver for generating interleaved words by performing interleaving on the input words, a second encoder for generating a plurality of second parities by performing a second error correction encoding on each of the interleaved words, output nodes for outputting each of the input words, first parity output nodes for outputting the first parities, and second parity output nodes for outputting the second parities. |
| US10361724B2 |
Data processing device and data processing method for improving resistance to error of data
A data processing device and a data processing method capable of improving resistance to error of data. An LDPC encoder encodes by an LDPC code whose code length is 16200 bits and code rate is 4/15, 7/15, or 8/15. A parity check matrix of the LDPC code is composed by arrangement of an element of an information matrix determined by a parity check matrix initial value table indicating a position of the element of the information matrix corresponding to an information length corresponding to the code length and the code rate for each 360 columns of the parity check matrix with a period of 360 columns in a column direction. The parity check matrix initial value table is for digital broadcasting for a mobile terminal, for example. This technology may be applied to a case in which LDPC encoding and LDPC decoding are performed. |
| US10361723B2 |
Decoding of non-binary LDPC codes
A method is proposed for managing a parity-check node calculation unit of an error-correcting code decoder having a representation as a bipartite graph comprising at least one parity-check node, the parity-check node being configured to receive first and second input messages, and to produce an output message, the elements of the input and output messages of the parity-check node comprising a symbol and a measure of reliability associated with the symbol, the first and second input messages containing lists of elements ordered by their measure of reliability. The method comprises: initializing a plurality of nbub FIFO memories with elements calculated from combinations of elements of the first and second input messages, and iteratively determining the values of the output message. |
| US10361722B2 |
Semiconductor memory device performing randomization operation
Provided herein is a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include a plurality of planes including a plurality of memory cells, read/write circuits coupled to the plurality of planes, respectively, and temporarily storing normal data inputted from an external device, random data, and parity data, and an error correction circuit generating the random data by randomizing the normal data, generating parity data for the random data during a program operation, correcting an error of the random data by using the parity data and de-randomizing the random data during a read operation. |
| US10361716B2 |
Data recovery utilizing optimized code table signaling
A computer-implemented method, system, and apparatus for storing binary data is disclosed. A processor receives a digital bit stream and transforms the digital bit stream to an encoded digital bit stream. The encoded digital bit stream comprises a data message encoded by an OCTS-expanded table for storage. The processor stores the encoded digital bit stream on a digital data storage device or system. |
| US10361710B2 |
Reconfigurable Ethernet receiver and an analog front-end circuit thereof
The present application relates to a reconfigurable analog front-end circuit and a reconfigurable Ethernet transceiver with a reconfigurable analog front-end circuit. The circuit is reconfigurable using the at least one signal-path switching element controlled by a mode signal to operationally establish a first or a second signal path. The first signal path comprises an optional first signal-conditioning section and a shared ADC. The second signal path comprises an optional second signal-conditioning section, an upstream ADC and the shared ADC. The signal paths are selectively switched in response to a mode signal. |
| US10361706B2 |
Clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit
A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit for data sampling includes a sampler, a phase detector, a proportional-integral (PI) controller, and an oscillator. The sampler receives a data signal and a clock signal, and generates first, second, and third sampled signals. The phase detector receives the first, second, and third sampled signals, and generates first and second early-late vote (ELV) signals. The charge pump steers a current signal into or out of one of summing nodes based on the first and second ELV signals. The integrator circuit receives the current signal from one of the summing nodes, and generates a first control signal. The proportional circuit receives the first and second ELV signals, and generates a second control signal. The oscillator receives the first and second control signals from the integrator and proportional circuits, respectively, and generates a clock signal for sampling the data. |
| US10361705B2 |
Strobe centering apparatus and method
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a receiver to receive a differential clock; a delay locked loop (DLL) coupled to the receiver; a first phase interpolator (PI) coupled to the DLL, the first PI to provide a first clock phase; a second PI coupled to the DLL, wherein the second PI is to provide a second or third clock phase; circuitry to adjust the first and second PIs according to the first clock phase, and the second or third clock phase. |
| US10361702B2 |
FPGA math block with dedicated connections
An architecture in a user-programmable integrated circuit includes a hard logic block having inputs and outputs, a first group of user-configurable general-purpose routing resources coupled to first selected ones of the inputs of the hard logic block, a soft logic block having inputs and outputs, first selected ones of the inputs of the soft logic block coupled to the first group of user-configurable general-purpose routing resources, first selected ones of the outputs of the soft logic block having dedicated connections to second selected ones of the inputs to the hard logic block, and a second group of user-configurable general-purpose routing resources coupled to second selected ones of the outputs of the soft logic block and to first selected ones of the outputs of the hard logic block. |
| US10361701B2 |
Operational amplifier, driving interface, measurement and control device, driving circuit and driver
An operational amplifier, a driving interface, a measurement and control device, a driving circuit and a driver are provided. The operational amplifier is used as at least one of an input interface and output interface, and when the operational amplifier corresponds to one transistor (Q), an external circuit of the transistor further includes: a first port (Vdj), connected with a base (B) of the transistor (Q) through a first resistor (Rb); a second port (I/Oe), connected with an emitter E of the transistor (Q); a third port (I/Oc), connected with a collector (C) of the transistor (Q); and a fourth port (GND), connected with the emitter (E) of the transistor (Q) through a second resistor and used as a public port for signal input and signal output. |
| US10361700B1 |
Testing method to quantify process variation distribution in physically unclonable function device, computer readable medium thereof
A process variation evaluation method and a process variation evaluating device are provided. The process variation evaluation method is adapted to an electronic device having a PUF device, a recording array and a controller, and includes: iteratively powering up the PUF device in various conditions and detecting a state change of each of the PUF cells in the PUF device by the controller, in which the controller compares a current state in a current iteration and a previous state in a previous iteration of each PUF cell to detect the state change and setting a value indicating the state change in a corresponding bit in the recording array; counting a number of bits with the set value in the recording array after a plurality of iterations; and evaluating a variation of a process according to the counted number by the controller. |
| US10361698B2 |
Transformer based gate drive circuit
A gate drive circuit for generating asymmetric drive voltages comprises a gate drive transformer comprising: a primary winding responsive to a pulse width module (PWM) input signal to generate a bipolar signal having a positive bias voltage and a negative bias voltage; and a secondary winding responsive to the bipolar signal to generate a PWM output signal. A first charge pump is connected to the secondary winding responsive to the PWM output signal to generate a level shifted PWM output signal. A second charge pump is connected to the secondary winding to generate a readjusted PWM output signal by decreasing at least a portion of the level shifted PWM output signal. A gate switching device is connected to the first charge pump and second charge pump. A level shifted PWM output signal establishes an ON condition and the readjusted PWM output signal establishes an OFF condition of the gate MOSFET. |
| US10361696B1 |
RF sensor in stacked transistors
An RF switch includes series-coupled RF switch cells coupled between an RF input and ground, a transistor including a first current node coupled to a first load resistor, a second current node coupled to ground, and a control node coupled to an internal switch node, and a filter having an input coupled to the first current node of the first transistor and an output for providing a DC voltage corresponding to the RF power present at the internal switch node. |
| US10361694B2 |
Switching circuitry, DC-interface and method for operating a switching circuitry
A switching circuitry is configured to provide, during an ON-State, a connection between a first port and second port and to electrically disconnect, during an OFF-State, the first port from the second port. The switching interface comprises a first and a second cascode transistor element having an applicable operational voltage and comprising a control terminal, wherein the first cascode transistor element is connected with the first port of the switching interface and wherein the second cascode transistor element is connected with the second port of the switching interface. The switching interface comprises a switching transistor element, having the applicable operational voltage and comprising a third control terminal, the switching transistor element being serially connected the first and second cascode transistor elements. A supply signal arrangement is connected to the control terminals and configured to provide control voltages to the control terminals. |
| US10361692B2 |
Duty cycle detector and phase difference detector
A duty cycle detector includes a first ring oscillator suitable for including an odd number of first inverters and generating a first periodic signal by using the first inverters, at least one inverter among the first inverters being enabled during a time interval when a clock has a first value, a second ring oscillator including an odd number of second inverters and suitable for generating a second periodic signal using the second inverters, at least one inverter among the second inverters being enabled during a time interval when the clock has a second value. The duty cycle detector further includes a frequency comparator suitable for comparing a frequency of the first periodic signal with a frequency of the second periodic signal and generating a duty cycle detection signal of the clock. |
| US10361683B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit
An object of the present invention is to reduce burden on a program for changing an operation mode of an internal circuit in accordance with an internal clock frequency without mounting a large-scale circuit in an LSI in which setting of the frequency of an internal clock can be dynamically changed. In an LSI including an internal clock generation circuit generating an internal clock from a clock source in accordance with a parameter supplied, a register storing frequency information of the clock source, a register storing the parameter, and an internal circuit having a plurality of operation modes, a table circuit controlling the operation mode of the internal circuit in association with the frequency information and the parameter supplied from the registers is provided. |
| US10361675B2 |
Quartz crystal blank and quartz crystal resonator unit
A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z′ axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the center region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than a thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than a thickness of the first region, and 25.90≤W/T≤27.17, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness. |
| US10361672B2 |
Controlling a power amplification stage of an audio signal amplifier
An audio reproduction apparatus is shown and includes an amplifier with a power amplification stage having transistors in a push-pull arrangement. A bias generator biases the transistors with a standing current. A processor receives a data stream comprising digital samples of an analog audio signal and analyzes the peak level of each group. It then determines the appropriate standing currents to maintain Class A operation of the power amplification stage given the peak levels of each of the groups. A digital to analog converter produces an analog input signal for the input stage of the amplifier from the data stream. A feedforward path between the processor and the bias generator allows the standing current to be adjusted prior to the arrival of the analog input signal in the power amplification stage. |
| US10361664B2 |
Power amplifier circuit
A power amplifier circuit is capable of restraining uneven temperature distribution among a plurality of unit transistors while restraining the deterioration of the characteristics of the power amplifier circuit. The power amplifier circuit includes: a first transistor group which includes a plurality of unit transistors and which amplifies an input signal and outputs an amplified signal; a bias circuit which supplies a bias current or a bias voltage to a base or a gate of each unit transistor of the first transistor group; a plurality of first resistive elements, each of which is connected between the base or the gate of each unit transistor of the first transistor group and an output of the bias circuit; and a plurality of second resistive elements, each of which is connected between an emitter or a source of each unit transistor of the first transistor group and a reference potential. |
| US10361662B2 |
Low noise amplifier including current bleeding circuit
Disclosed is a low noise amplifier including a current bleeding circuit. The low noise amplifier includes a common gate amplifier, a common source amplifier of which a gate is connected to a source of the common gate amplifier, a symmetric load connected to an output end of the common gate amplifier and an output end of the common source amplifier, and a current bleeding circuit of which one end is connected to the output end of the common source amplifier and another end is connected to the symmetric load, and including an active element and a load corresponding to the symmetric load. |
| US10361659B2 |
Power envelope tracker and adjustable strength DC-DC converter
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a low-side switch; at least two high-side switches coupled to the low-side switch; a supply boost circuitry coupled to one of the at least two high-side switches; and a high-side switch selection circuit which is operable to enable one of the at least two high-side switches according to a relative difference between a signal and a threshold. |
| US10361656B1 |
Method for inspecting solar cell packages
The present invention uses a power supply to splay a forward bias to a concentrating solar cell. Then the solar cell will emit red light (electroluminescence). After passing the secondary optical device packaged on the solar cell, the red light will exhibit specific light distribution. According to the light distribution, the accuracy of the packaging location of the solar cell, the forming precision of the secondary optical device, and whether the optical devices are defective can be examined. |
| US10361647B2 |
Motor drive controlling apparatus, motor drive controlling method, and tube pump
A motor drive controlling apparatus includes: a controller that generates and outputs a drive control signal, in response to input of a speed command signal and a rotational direction signal; a motor driver that generates and outputs a drive signal to a motor, in response to the drive control signal; and an encoder that detects a rotational position of the motor to output an encoder signal. The controller includes: a measurement unit that detects, based on the encoder signal, a time at which a rotational state of the motor becomes, caused by an external factor, different from that commanded by the speed command and rotational direction signals, and measures a movement amount from the time; and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the motor driver, a signal for stopping an output of the drive signal, when the movement amount and a drive-control-signal outputting state satisfy a predetermined condition. |
| US10361645B2 |
Method for identifying an error state in a brushless direct current motor
A method for identifying an error state in a brushless direct current motor. For the purposes of this identification, an angle deviation between a shaft angle and a control angle is calculated and used to identify error states on the basis of characteristic patterns. This also works, in particular, for slowly-rotating or stationary brushless direct current motors and allows a clear reduction in the calculation capacities required, compared to the prior art. |
| US10361643B2 |
Power generating element
A base end of a flexible plate-like structure body (111) having a first attribute is fixed to a pedestal (310) and a leading end thereof is connected to a connector between different attributes (112). Base end of a flexible plate-like structure body (113, 114) having a second attribute is connected to the connector between different attributes (112) and leading end thereof is given as free ends. Weight body (211, 212, 213) is connected to the lower surface of the connector between different attributes (112) and the leading-end lower surface of the plate-like structure body (113, 114) having the second attribute. When vibration energy is applied to the pedestal (310), the weight body (211, 212, 213) undergoes vibration, resulting in deformation of each of the plate-like structure bodies (111, 113, 114). The deformation energy is taken out by a charge generating element (400) such as a piezoelectric element to generate electric power. The plate-like structure body (111) having the first attribute extends in a positive direction of an Y axis, and the plate-like structure body (113, 114) having the second attribute extend in a negative direction of the Y axis. Therefore, a plurality of resonance systems different in resonance frequency exists concurrently along the same axis, thereby widening a frequency band capable of generating electric power. |
| US10361640B2 |
Cascaded photovoltaic grid-connected inverter, control method and control device for the same
Provided are a cascaded photovoltaic grid-connected inverter and a control method and control device thereof. The method includes: determining whether at least one of inverter units of the inverter is over-modulated; if yes, calculating a maximum reactive power and a minimum reactive power permitted to be injected to a power grid in a situation that a power factor of a system is not less than a minimum permitted value; simulating an operation state of the inverter after the maximum reactive power is injected to the power grid and determining whether each of the inverter units in the operation state is in a modulating region; if yes, injecting a suitable reactive power to the power grid; and if no, controlling the inverter to exit an operation mode of independently performing maximum power point tracking control on each photovoltaic panel. |
| US10361639B1 |
Power supply apparatus
A main unit 2 and a subsidiary unit 4 include two inverters 6m, 8m and 6s, 8s, and PWM control circuits 26m, 26s, respectively. A changeover switch 20 operates to simultaneously connect the inputs of the two inverters of the main unit 2 and the inputs of the two inverters of the subsidiary unit 4 in series or in parallel. An imbalance detecting circuit 28 detects imbalance in the input voltages to the two inverters of the main unit 2, and provides the detection result to the PWM control circuits 26m and 26s. The PWM control circuit 26m controls the inverters 6m and 8m of the main unit 2 in accordance with the detection result supplied from the imbalance detecting circuit 26m, and the PWM control circuit 26s controls the subsidiary unit 4 in accordance with the detection result supplied from the imbalance detecting circuit 26m. The input current to the main unit 2 is larger than the input current to the subsidiary unit 4. |
| US10361631B2 |
Symmetrical power stages for high power integrated circuits
A circuit assembly for a power converter includes power stage blocks. A power stage block includes a power stage IC die, an output inductor that is connected to a switch node of the power stage IC die, and capacitors that form an output capacitor of the power stage block. The output capacitors of the power stage blocks are symmetrically arranged. The output inductors can be placed on the same side of the substrate as the power stage IC dies, or on a side of the substrate that is opposite to the side where the power stage IC dies are disposed. A power stage block may generate two output phases of the power converter. |
| US10361621B2 |
DC power supply with reduced input current ripple
A power supply comprising a DC to DC converter coupled to a current limited controller and an accumulator is disclosed, where the DC to DC converter may be a switch-mode DC to DC converter. The current limit controller may be configured to limit a current draw of the switch-mode DC to DC converter. The accumulator may be configured to discharge to an output terminal of the DC to DC converter while the current limit controller limits the current draw of the DC to DC converter. |
| US10361618B2 |
Driving circuit for high-side transistor
A driving circuit drives an N-channel or NPN high-side transistor. A level shift circuit includes an open-drain differential conversion circuit that converts an input signal SIN into a differential signal SdiffP/SdiffN, and a latch circuit that switches its state according to the differential output SdiffP/SdiffN of the differential conversion circuit. A driver drives a high-side transistor according to an output of the level shift circuit. A bootstrap circuit generates a bootstrap voltage VBST to be used as an upper-side power supply for the driver. Upon detecting an abnormal state, a protection circuit controls at least a part of the driving circuit except for the input signal SIN so as to turn off the high-side transistor. |
| US10361607B2 |
Alternator with series fans
An electric machine for a vehicle comprises a housing, a rotor shaft, a first fan member, and a second fan member. The housing includes a first end portion having at least one air inlet opening and an opposite second end portion having at least one air outlet opening. The rotor shaft extends through at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion and is configured to rotate relative to the housing. The first fan member is located within the housing and is mounted on the rotor shaft. The second fan member is located outside of the housing and is mounted on the rotor shaft. Rotation of the rotor shaft causes each of the first and second fan members to generate an airflow from the at least one air inlet opening to the at least one air outlet opening. |
| US10361604B1 |
Electromagnetic gravity driven generator
A gravity driven generator include a wheel hub surrounded by a circular wheel frame having a plurality of radial spokes extending from the hub to the frame and each carrying a movable weight that is impelled from a resting position proximate the hub to an extended position proximate the frame as the wheel rotates from the 12 o'clock position to the 6 o'clock position. This results in placing the overall structure out-of-balance and causes rotation. The movable weight are impelled inward from the 6 o'clock position to the 12 o'clock position. The rotating hub is connected to generators, such as geared generators, to produce electrical power. In a preferred embodiment, the movable weight are carried on tracks and impelled by electromechanical induction devices. |
| US10361603B2 |
Mechanically and electrically integrated driving apparatus and manufacturing method therefor
In a mechanically and electrically integrated driving apparatus, a common coolant flow channel for cooling a motor unit and an inverter unit is disposed inside a wall portion of a frame unit. Power modules are placed in close contact with an inner wall surface of the frame unit. A bracket that is separate from the frame unit is fitted into the frame unit. A space inside the frame unit is divided by the bracket into: a space in which the motor unit is housed; and a space in which the inverter unit is housed. |
| US10361602B2 |
Stainless steel motor with high weather resistance and high sealing performance
A stainless steel motor with high weather resistance and high sealing performance comprises a cylindrical housing (11) made of a stainless steel material. A front end cover (12) is arranged at one end of the cylindrical housing, and a rear end cover (13) is arranged at the other end of the cylindrical housing. A rotary shaft hole (12a) is provided in the front end cover. A rotary shaft sealing sleeve (12b) is arranged in the rotary shaft hole, and a rotor shaft (12) is sleeved in the rotary shaft sealing sleeve (12b). A first drainage structure is arranged on the front end cover, and a second drainage structure is arranged on the rear end cover. A first wire penetrating hole (11a) and a second wire penetrating hole (11b) are provided in the cylindrical housing. A junction box (3) located on the outside of the first wire penetrating hole and a capacitor box (4) provided with a capacitor (4a) and located on the outside of the second wire penetrating hole are arranged on the outer wall of the cylindrical housing. A first sealing structure is arranged between the cylindrical housing and the junction box, and a second sealing structure is arranged between the cylindrical housing and the capacitor box. The motor has the advantages of easy draining and good sealing effect. |
| US10361601B2 |
Rotor assembly
Disclosed herein is a rotor assembly, including a cylindrical housing coupled to an outer circumferential surface of a rotor body and configured to house a coil turn therein, a supporting unit disposed in the housing and configured to prevent the coil turn from being pushed in an axial direction of a rotor, and a vane ring coupled to one end of the housing and provided with blades guiding cooling fluid to the coil turn. The rotor assembly may include: coil turns each of which is formed by stacking conductors in a multilayer structure and includes a linear part interposed between teeth, and a curved part extending from the linear part and disposed on an outer surface of a spindle; first supporting blocks which are inserted into the curved part and disposed between the conductors; and a second supporting block which is disposed between the first supporting blocks. |
| US10361598B2 |
Rotating electrical machine and elevator
According to one embodiment, a rotating electrical machine includes an annular winding, L (L is an arbitrary integer) stator magnetic poles, and L rotor magnetic poles having the same polarity. The L stator magnetic poles are disposed apart from each other in a rotational direction and facing the winding. The L rotor magnetic poles have the same polarity as each other. The L rotor magnetic poles are disposed apart from each other in the rotational direction and configured to face the L stator magnetic poles If an order of the fundamental wave component of a torque pulsation is N, M (M≤L) distances between centers of the adjacent poles between pole centers in one set of either the L stator magnetic poles or the L rotor magnetic poles are combinations of (Θ, Θ+Θ1/M, Θ+Θ1×2/M, . . . , and Θ+1×(M−1)/M), and Θ1 satisfies the relationship (180°/N)<Θ1<(540°/N) in the notation of electrical angle. |
| US10361596B1 |
Protocol, method and system for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer relaying network
A simultaneous wireless information and power transfer relaying network system includes a source, a relay and a destination node. An overall time slot constituting a relaying protocol of the system includes a first time slot assigned for the source and a second time slot assigned for the relay, where at least a part of the first time slot is assigned for an information transmission from the source to the relay. A time duration of the second time slot is greater than a time duration of the at least part of the first time slot assigned for the information transmission from the source to the relay. A method of communication for the SWIPT relaying network system includes determining a structure of the overall time slot including ratios of time durations of subparts of the overall time slot. |
| US10361595B1 |
Directional wireless power and wireless data communication
Methods and apparatus are disclosed of a wireless power transmission system (WPTS) and wireless power receiver client (WPRC). The WPTS may directionally transmit wireless power to a first WPRC while concurrently directionally transmitting wireless data to at least a second WRPC. The WPTS and WPRC may reuse circuitry configured to transmit/receive wireless power to also transmit/receive wireless data. |
| US10361594B2 |
Wireless power transmission device and foreign object detection coil thereof for detecting metallic foreign object
A wireless power transmission device radiates electromagnetic waves through a transmission antenna and generates multiple sensed signals by using multiple foreign object detection (FOD) coils for detecting metallic foreign object to sense the electromagnetic waves. Each FOD coil has three coil units connected in series to and spaced apart from one another. The radiation pattern of the transmission antenna overlaps a sensing range of the FOD coils. A controller of the wireless power transmission device determines if any metallic foreign object enters the radiation range of the transmission antenna according to a reference voltage signal and sensed signals of the cells, and stops the generation of electromagnetic waves when determining entry of metallic foreign object into the radiation range to avoid the metallic foreign object to be heated by the electromagnetic waves. |
| US10361590B2 |
Wireless power system with device specific power configuration and method therefor
A method includes establishing mutual communication between a wireless power transmitting unit (PTU) and a wireless power receiving unit (PRU), receiving at the wireless PTU an identifier corresponding to a device that includes the wireless PRU, and selecting a wireless PTU power transmission level based on the identifier. |
| US10361589B2 |
Power transmission device, and power transmitter and power receiver for the same
A power transmission device performs contactless power transmission from a power transmitter to a power receiver. The power transmitter includes a main body supporting the power receiver by first and second surfaces that are disposed adjacent to each other, a power transmitting coil disposed within the main body and having a first coil portion corresponding to the first surface and a second coil portion corresponding to the second surface, and a power source supplying power to the power transmitting coil. The power receiver includes a main body having a third surface and a fourth surface opposed to the first and second surfaces, respectively, and a power receiving coil disposed within the main body and having a third coil portion corresponding to the third surface and a fourth coil portion corresponding to the fourth surface. |
| US10361586B2 |
Method of wirelessly transferring power
A wireless power transfer device including a first power amplifier configured to generate a first drive signal, a second power amplifier configured to generate a second drive signal, a first transmitter coil configured to generate a first magnetic field having a first magnitude in response to receiving the first drive signal, and a second transmitter coil configured to generate a second magnetic field having a second magnitude in response to receiving the second drive signal. The wireless power transfer device also includes a repeater coil magnetically coupled to the first transmitter coil and the second transmitter coil, and configured to generate a third magnetic field having a third magnitude. The third magnitude is greater than the first magnitude and greater than the second magnitude. The repeater coil is configured to magnetically transfer power to an external device. |
| US10361585B2 |
Systems and methods to allow for a smart device
Smart switch devices, systems, and methods for modifying an existing electrical system to utilize the power state output of a physical switch as an indicator or signal for the operation of a smart home device or system or network of such devices to facilitate interoperability of physical switches with smart devices. The smart switch detects or determines the power state of a circuit and infers the corresponding state of a mechanical switch that operates the circuit. This information is then transmitted to associated smart devices, which may not be physically connected to the circuit controlled by the switch. When the mechanical switch is operated, it can control both electrically attached loads, such as a conventional light or appliance, and wirelessly control unconnected smart devices. |
| US10361584B2 |
System for managing energy, method of managing energy, and method of predicting energy demand
Disclosed is a system for managing energy of a community in which at least one building exists. The system includes a community agent for managing community energy demand prediction data including building energy demand prediction data of each building and a community demand reaction load capacity including a building demand reaction load capacity of each building and managing a community demand reaction incentive policy applied to the community; and a machine learning device for generating a building demand reaction incentive policy to be applied to each building through a community-optimized machine learning model. |
| US10361582B2 |
Power metering and control system adaptable to multi-standard device
Apparatus for powering a smart load capable of receiving power at a first power-reception level and a second power-reception level greater than the first power-reception level includes a solar panel and a connector operably coupled to the solar panel. A monitoring device is configured to monitor a power-reception level of the smart load when the smart load is coupled to the connector. The apparatus includes an interrupting device configured to interrupt power flow to the smart load based on a determination that the smart load is receiving power at the first power-reception level. The smart load receives power at the second power-reception level in response to the interruption. |
| US10361580B2 |
Apparatus and method for charging electronic device having battery
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for operating an electronic device may include receiving information related to a second battery from an external electronic device having the second battery by an electronic device having a first battery and a charger for charging the first battery; and identify at least one operation of: 1) receiving an electric power from the external electronic device to the electronic device, 2) supplying an electric power from the electronic device to the external electronic device, or 3) not transferring an electric power between the electronic device and the external electronic device, by the electronic device based at least one of the information related to the second battery or information related to the first battery. Further, various embodiments can be implemented. |
| US10361576B2 |
Automobile and control method for automobile
An electronic control unit is configured to i) turn off a charging relay when a charger is disconnected from an external power source while external charging is in progress which is started when the charger is connected to the external power source and the charging relay is turned on while a system is off and in which a battery is charged with electric power from the external power source by the charger, and ii) set the period from the disconnection of the charger from the external power source to the turn-off of the charging relay to be longer when preliminary air conditioning is in progress than when preliminary air conditioning is not in progress. |
| US10361575B2 |
Power storage module, power storage apparatus, power storage system, control method, electronic apparatus, electric vehicle, and electric power system
A power storage apparatus includes a plurality of power storage modules connected in series and a control apparatus that controls each power storage module. The power storage module includes a battery section, a controller, a communication unit, a first insulator that insulates the controller from the communication unit, and a second insulator having a withstand voltage higher than a withstand voltage of the first insulator. The second insulator is provided between the communication unit of each power storage module and the control apparatus. |
| US10361573B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes a first battery with a first capacity, a second battery with a second capacity less than the first capacity, and a variable resistor. The second battery has a larger maximum discharge current than the first battery. The variable resistor circuit limits the discharge current of the first battery to a predetermined limit current value. |
| US10361567B2 |
Complementary engagement of battery banks to augment life, performance and capacity of energy storage system
The embodiments herein provide an energy storage battery system constituting multiple banks of individual batteries, each of which may have different characteristics, and methods of operation of the system. The multiple battery banks configuration is based on split battery configuration derived by a splitter based on a probability distribution function (pdf) of expected usage pattern, optimization goal, and battery characteristics of a corresponding single battery system. The energy system optimizes at least one of cost, weight or size of the overall system by rotating usage of various battery banks based on usage pattern. |
| US10361561B2 |
Dispatching method and device for integrated transmission and distribution network
The present disclosure provides a dispatching method and a dispatching device for an integrated transmission and distribution network. The integrated transmission and distribution network includes a transmission network and at least one distribution network. The method includes: establishing a dispatch model of the integrated transmission and distribution network, in which dispatch model includes an objective function and constraints, the objective function is a minimizing function of a total generation cost of the transmission network and the at least one distribution network under the constraints; solving the dispatch model to obtain dynamic dispatch parameters for the integrated transmission and distribution network; and dispatching the integrated transmission and distribution network according to the dynamic dispatch parameters. |
| US10361555B2 |
Device to reduce residual current
A device for reducing residual current in an electrical circuit, in particular an electrical low-voltage line, has a residual current sensor and a current measuring unit, wherein an output of the residual current sensor is connected to an input of the current measuring unit. The device has a voltage reducing unit, the voltage reducing unit is connected to an output of the current measuring unit, and the voltage reducing unit is designed to reduce the electrical voltage—subsequently applied to the device—depending on the height of the measured residual current in order to limit the measured residual current to a predeterminable value, in particular 30 mA. |
| US10361546B2 |
Electrical enclosure
An electrical housing including a housing portion defined by a base and sidewalls extending from the base. The housing portion is adapted to be covered by a lid to configure an enclosure for housing electric components therewithin. A flange portion extends from the at least one sidewall for facilitation mounting of the electrical power housing. The flange portion comprises a pair of apertures configured at operative ends of the flange portion, and a corner portion surrounding the pair of apertures. The corner portion is defined by an arcuate projection circumscribing the pair of apertures. |
| US10361541B2 |
Magnetic arc vent seal
Method and apparatus for sealing an air vent in a switchgear cabinet provide a vent seal assembly having a vent seal cover and a set of linear guides on which the vent seal cover may be mounted. The vent seal cover and linear guides are housed within a casing attachable to an interior surface of the switchgear cabinet and directly over an air vent. Within the casing, the vent seal cover may slide freely along the linear guides toward the air vent, with no spring or other mechanical biasing mechanism to oppose the sliding of the cover. A catch on the casing releasably holds the vent seal cover to keep the air vent open during normal operating conditions. When an arc event occurs, pressure from the arc event knocks the vent seal cover free of the catch and propels it toward the air vent, quickly slamming the air vent shut. |
| US10361534B2 |
Semiconductor light source
A semiconductor light source is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor light source includes at least one semiconductor laser configured to generate a primary radiation and at least one coupling-out element comprising a continuous base region and rigid light guide columns extending away from the base region, the light guide columns acting as waveguides for the primary radiation, wherein the primary radiation is irradiated into the base region during operation, is led through the base region to the light guide columns and is directionally emitted from the light guide columns so that an intensity half-value angle of the emitted primary radiation is at most 90°. |
| US10361533B2 |
Optical module implementing laser diodes
An optical module that provides a feedthrough to carry an electrical signal output from and/or provided to a semiconductor optical device is disclosed. The feedthrough has a signal pad that carries the electrical signal thereon and at least two ground pads sandwiching the signal pad therebetween. The feedthrough further provides a cavity provided under the signal pad and spaces each between the signal pad and the ground pads. |
| US10361531B2 |
Light emitting semiconductor devices with getter layer
The invention describes a light emitting semiconductor device (100) comprising a substrate (120), a light emitting layer structure (155) and an AlGaAs getter layer (190) for reducing an impurity in the light emitting layer structure (155), the light emitting layer structure (155) comprising an active layer (140) and layers of varying Aluminum content, wherein the growth conditions of the layers of the light emitting layer structure (155) comprising Aluminum are different in comparison to the growth conditions of the AlGaAs getter layer (190). The AlGaAs getter layer (190) enables a reduction of the concentration of impurities like Sulfur etc. in the gas phase of a deposition equipment or growth reactor. The reduction of such impurities reduces the probability of incorporation of the impurities in the light emitting layer structure (155) which may affect the lifetime of the light emitting semiconductor device (100). The growth conditions are chosen out of the group Arsenic partial pressure, Oxygen partial pressure, deposition temperature, total deposition pressure and deposition rate of Aluminum. The invention further relates to a corresponding method of manufacturing such a light emitting semiconductor device (100). |
| US10361527B2 |
Electrical terminal and device for forming a terminal
A crimping device includes an anvil and a crimp tooling member. The anvil is configured to receive a terminal on a top surface thereof. The crimp tooling member has a forming profile recessed from a bottom side of the crimp tooling member. The forming profile is configured to engage a crimp barrel of the terminal as the crimp tooling member moves towards the anvil during a crimping operation to crimp the crimp barrel into mechanical and electrical engagement with an electrical wire disposed within the crimp barrel. The forming profile defines at least one pocket along a top-forming surface of the forming profile that extends between two side walls of the forming profile. Each pocket is configured to form a corresponding protrusion in the crimp barrel of the terminal during the crimping operation. |
| US10361521B2 |
Push-on coaxial connector
A push-on coaxial cable connector includes a port grip, a joint, and a cable clamp. |
| US10361518B2 |
Electrical connector having shielding plate retained tightly thereto
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a mating chamber opening forwardly along a front-to-back direction, a number of contacts retained to the insulative housing, and a shielding plate having a pair of latch arms located at two opposite lateral sides of the mating chamber. Each of the contacts includes a contact portion extending into the mating chamber. The shielding plate includes a pair of retention arms each including an interference protrusion engaged with the insulative housing by interference fit. The interference protrusions are disposed in a face-to-face way to engage with a rear wall of the insulative housing so that the interference protrusions are retained tightly to insulative housing and less likely to damage the insulative housing. |
| US10361514B2 |
Communication connectors utilizing multiple contact points
Disclosed herein are various communications systems allowing for multiple contacts points between plug contacts in a communications plug and plug interface contacts (PICs) in a communications jack. In some disclosed implementations, a communications plug including a first and a second plug contact mated with a communications jack having a first and a second plug PIC may form a plurality of plug/jack interfaces. The plug/jack interfaces may form multiple current paths between the communications plug and the communications jack. When a signal propagates between the communications plug and the communications jack, it may be split in the communications plug between a first current path and a second current path, and recombined in the communications jack after traveling through the plurality of plug/jack interfaces. |
| US10361508B2 |
Docking devices and cable connectors for patient monitoring systems
A connector includes a connector array of magnets having a first magnetic polarity pattern. A port includes a port array of magnets having a second magnetic polarity pattern that is complementary to the first magnetic polarity pattern. The connector is guided and aligned toward a mounted position in which the connector is retained on the port. The guiding and the aligning is through both (i) attraction when the connector is properly aligned to the port and (ii) repulsion when the connector is improperly aligned to the port. The port further includes a securing magnet configured to be activated when the connector reaches the mounted position, to magnetically secure the connector to the port. |
| US10361505B2 |
Dual-cover structure protectively enclosing socket
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a cover set used with the connector. The connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the housing. Each contact extends beyond both the upper surface and the lower surface of the base of the housing. The cover set includes an upper cover and a lower cover independently detachably attached to the housing and respectively covering the upper portion and the lower portion of the housing for protecting the extending exposed contacts wherein the upper cover further provides holding/suction device for mounting the connector to the printed circuit board after the lower cover is removed. |
| US10361496B1 |
Conductor assembly with a crimped tubular ferrule and method and tool for manufacturing same
A cable assembly includes an elongate conductor surrounded by an outer insulator and an outer ferrule surrounding a portion of the conductor. An outer surface of the outer ferrule is deformed to produce an indentation having an indentation surface that is angled relative to the outer surface. The indentation forms a barb that at least partially penetrates the outer insulator. A method of manufacturing the cable assembly and a tool for forming the outer ferrule is also presented and described. |
| US10361491B2 |
Connectors for flexible busbar and methods of connecting
A connector for a flexible busbar is provided. The connector includes a jaw and a relief. The jaw has a first member and a second member both depending from a support member and spaced from one another by a distance. The distance is larger than a thickness of the flexible busbar. The relief is defined on first member and/or second member. The jaw is deformably compressible onto the flexible busbar upon application of a deformation force on the first and second members so that the flexible busbar conforms to the at least one relief to form an electrical and mechanical connection. |
| US10361490B1 |
Pattern diversity assisted antenna systems
Antenna structures and methods of operating the same of an electronic device are described. One apparatus includes a radio coupled to a RF feed and an RF switch, a first antenna element coupled to the RF feed, and a second antenna element coupled to the RF switch, the RF switch being coupled to a grounding point of a ground plane. The radio controls the RF switch between a first mode and a second mode. The radio causes the first antenna element to radiate electromagnetic energy in a first radiation pattern in the first mode and causes the second antenna element to radiate electromagnetic energy in a second radiation pattern in the second mode. The second radiation pattern is different than the first radiation pattern. |
| US10361484B2 |
Antenna selection
A network device communicates with one or another set of antennas depending on an orientation of the network device. The network device includes a first set of one or more antennas, a second set of one or more antennas, a processor, and memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor to cause the device to perform functions. The functions include (1) determining that an orientation of the network device is one of a first orientation and a second orientation; (2) if the determined orientation is the first orientation, then causing the network device to communicate using the first set of one or more antennas; and (3) if the determined the orientation is the second orientation, then causing the network device to communicate using the second set of one or more antennas. |
| US10361483B2 |
Antenna device and array antenna device
The antenna device includes: an element part 100 having an excitation element 1, a first passive element 11 having first and second conductive parts 11a and 11b, a second passive element 21 having third and fourth conductive parts 21a and 21b, a first switch 12 controlling conduction between the first and second conductive parts, and a second switch 22 controlling conduction between the third and fourth conductive parts; and a controller 200 outputting an electric signal for controlling conduction of the first and second switches. The controller outputs identical DC signal to the first and second switches, and one of the first and second switches is brought into conduction while the other one is brought out of conduction. |
| US10361480B2 |
Antenna isolation using a tuned groundplane notch
There is disclosed an antenna device relating to a single or dual band antenna system for use in mobile telecommunications devices, laptop and tablet computers, USB adapters and electrically small radio platforms comprising a pair of antennas attached to a conductive ground plane, the antennas being separated by free space in which at least one notch is formed in the conductive ground plane between the pair of antennas characterized in that the notch further includes an inductive component and a capacitive component providing good antenna isolation so as to enable MIMO operation or diversity operation. |
| US10361478B2 |
Housing, method for manufacturing housing, and mobile terminal
A housing, a method for manufacturing the housing, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: manufacturing a cover body made of shielding material and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; defining at least one slot in the cover body, wherein the at least one slot has a depth less than a thickness of the cover body and has an opening in the first surface and a bottom opposite to the opening; filling the at least one slot with first non-shielding material; and removing at least a portion of the cover body which is located between the bottom of the at least one slot and a portion of the second surface opposite to the bottom of the at least one slot, such that the at least one slot penetrates through the cover body in the thickness direction of the cover body. |
| US10361477B2 |
Antenna and mobile terminal having the same
An antenna and a mobile terminal having the same are provided. The antenna includes: a metal shell having a first slot, penetrated through the metal shell, extending in a transverse direction of the metal shell, having two ends which are closed; and a second slot, penetrated through the metal shell, extending in a longitudinal direction of the metal shell, having a first end communicated with the first slot and a second end extending to an edge of the metal shell and opened thereat; an exciting sheet disposed at an inner side of the metal shell, covering the first slot in a width direction thereof; a dielectric filling layer disposed between the exciting sheet and the metal shell, configured to fill the first and second slots; and an expanding resonance branch, disposed on a surface of the dielectric filling layer facing away from the metal shell, connected to the exciting sheet. |
| US10361475B2 |
Antenna unit and antenna system
An antenna unit includes a first metal portion, a second metal portion connected to one side of the first metal portion, a third metal portion connected to another side of the first metal portion and opposite to the second metal portion, a feed point disposed at the second metal portion, a first ground terminal, and a second ground terminal. The feed point, the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal are disposed in a straight line. The shape of the first metal portion is mirror-image symmetrical relative to the feed point, the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal. |
| US10361473B2 |
Bidirectional coupler
A bidirectional coupler includes a first main line that transmits a first signal from a first input end thereof to a first output end thereof, a second main line that transmits a second signal from a second input end thereof to a second output end thereof, a first sub-line having a first end corresponding to the first input end and a second end corresponding to the first output end, a second sub-line having a first end corresponding to the second input end and a second end corresponding to the second output end, a detector port, a termination circuit, and a switch circuit. The first end of the first sub-line and the first end of the second sub-line are connected to each other. |
| US10361470B2 |
Battery module having all-solid-state battery and cartridge
A cartridge having a novel structure for guaranteeing stable operational performance of a secondary battery that operates at a high temperature or has improved performance at a high temperature, and a battery module including the cartridge is provided. The battery module includes at least one secondary battery; and a cartridge receiving at least a portion of the secondary battery and configured to be stacked in at least one direction, the cartridge including a heat insulating member. |
| US10361458B2 |
Laminated body
A laminated body includes: a porous base material containing a polyolefin-based resin as a main component; and a porous layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the porous base material and which contains a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, the laminated body being arranged so that: a diminution rate of diethyl carbonate dropped on the porous base material is 15 sec/mg to 21 sec/mg; a spot diameter of the diethyl carbonate 10 seconds after the diethyl carbonate was dropped on the porous base material is not less than 20 mm; and the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin containing crystal form α in an amount of not less than 36 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of a total amount of the crystal form α and crystal form β contained in the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator made of the laminated body is not easily curled. |
| US10361454B2 |
Metal plating-based electrical energy storage cell
The present disclosure provides an electrochemical storage cell including a battery. The battery includes an alkali metal anode having an anode Fermi energy, an electronically insulating, amorphous, dried solid electrolyte able to conduct alkali metal, having the general formula A3-xHxOX, in which 0≤x≤1, A is the alkali metal, and X is at least one halide, and a cathode including a cathode current collector having a cathode Fermi energy lower than the anode Fermi energy. During operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal plates dendrite-free from the solid electrolyte onto the alkali metal anode. Also during operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal further plates on the cathode current collector. |
| US10361453B2 |
Battery cell structure including a solid-state electrolyte
A battery cell structure, a system including the structure, and a method of fabricating the structure. The structure includes: a cell housing; a cathode in the cell housing, the cathode including a cathode material; a cathode current collector adjacent the cathode in the cell housing; an anode in the cell housing, the anode including an anode material; an anode current collector adjacent the anode in the cell housing; a separator in the cell housing between the cathode and the anode. The cathode material comprises a recycled material including a contaminant, and the battery cell structure further includes a solid-state electrolyte disposed in the cell housing to at least partially prevent the contaminant from growing. |
| US10361448B2 |
Fuel cell stack
A power generation cell of a fuel cell stack has a plurality of first introduction flow paths arranged along a direction of gravity to introduce the reaction gas to a power generation region. The dummy cell has a plurality of second introduction flow paths arranged along the direction of gravity to introduce the reaction gas to a central region. The fuel cell stack has at least one of a first configuration in which the flow path width of the second introduction flow path at a lowermost end in the direction of gravity is narrower than the average flow path width of the second introduction flow paths, and a second configuration in which the flow path width of the first introduction flow path at a lowermost end in the direction of gravity is wider than the average flow path width of the first introduction flow paths. |
| US10361447B2 |
Polymer and polymer electrolyte membrane comprising same
The present specification relates to a polymer with improved acid resistance, a polymer electrolyte membrane including the same, a membrane-electrode assembly including the polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly, and a redox flow battery including the polymer electrolyte membrane. |
| US10361446B2 |
Process for the preparation of PBI based membrane electrode assembly (MEA) with improved fuel cell performance and stability
The present invention discloses a process for the preparation of poly-benzimidazole (PBI) based membrane electrode assembly (MEA) with improved fuel cell performance and stability. It discloses a simple strategy to overcome the leaching of phosphoric acid (PA) from the membrane during fuel cell operation by an in-situ Current-Voltage (I-V) assisted doping of membrane with PA. The invention provides an improved method for the preparation of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) wherein said MEA possess high stability and improved fuel cell performance achieved by overcoming the leaching of phosphoric acid during cell operation. |
| US10361444B2 |
Solid-oxide fuel cell systems
The present application provides combined cycle fuel cell systems that include a fuel cell, such as a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC), comprising an anode that generates a tail gas and a cathode that generates cathode exhaust. The system or plant may include adding fuel, such as processed or refined tail gas, to the inlet air stream of a reformer to heat the reformer. The system or plant may include removing water from the tail gas and recycling the removed water into an inlet fuel stream. The inlet air stream may be the cathode exhaust stream of the fuel cell, and the inlet fuel stream may be input hydrocarbon fuel that is directed to the reformer to produce hydrogen-rich reformate. The system or plant may direct some of the processed or refined tail gas to a bottoming cycle. |
| US10361443B2 |
Fuel cell system, and control method for fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell supplied with fuel gas for power generation; a fuel supply flow passage flowing fuel gas, supplied from a fuel supply source, to the fuel cell; a pressure regulating valve regulating a pressure of fuel gas flowing through the fuel supply flow passage; a fuel circulation flow passage returning gas, emitted from the fuel cell, to the fuel supply flow passage; a circulation pump delivering gas in the fuel circulation flow passage to the fuel supply flow passage; an emission valve emitting gas in the fuel circulation flow passage to an outside; and a control device controlling the pressure regulating valve, the circulation pump and the emission valve such that the sum of losses of crossover hydrogen, circulation pump power and purge hydrogen is minimum while a hydrogen stoichiometric ratio required for power generation of the fuel cell is ensured. |
| US10361441B2 |
Membrane electrode assembly and methods of making the same
Membrane electrode assembly comprising a first gas diffusion layer having a first microporous layer on a major surface thereof, wherein the first microporous layer has a major surface, wherein the major surface of the first microporous layer has discontinuous areas therein substantially free of microporous material, and wherein at least a portion of the first discontinuous areas has adhesive therein; and methods for making the same. Membrane electrode assemblies described herein are useful, for example, in fuel cells. |
| US10361438B2 |
Alkaline dry cell
An alkaline dry cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a terephthalic acid compound and a negative electrode active material containing zinc. The terephthalic acid compound is terephthalic acid having an electron-withdrawing substituent or a salt thereof. The electron-withdrawing substituent is, for example, at least one selected from the group consisting of Br, F, and Cl. The terephthalic acid compound preferably includes terephthalic acid having one electron-withdrawing substituent or a salt thereof. |
| US10361436B2 |
Electrochemical cells and methods for making same
The present disclosure is directed to electrochemical cells having injection molded or 3D printed components, such as cathodes, anodes, and/or electrolytes, and methods for making such electrochemical cells. The cathodes, anodes, and/or electrolytes can be formed from a binder resin and various conductive and active materials, mixtures of which are injected into a mold under heat and pressure to form the components of the electrochemical cells. The cathode can include conductive metallic powder, flakes, ribbons, fibers, wires, and/or nanotubes. Further, electrochemical arrays can be formed from multiple electrochemical cells having injection molded or 3D printed components. |
| US10361431B2 |
Lithium ion secondary battery
The present invention relates to a positive electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries, the positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode binder, in which the positive electrode active material comprises lithium manganate having a spinel structure, and the positive electrode binder comprises at least polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and a resin having sulfone linkages, and to a lithium ion secondary battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries. |
| US10361425B2 |
Random copolymer, electrolyte, protected anode and lithium battery including the same, and method of preparing the random copolymer
A random copolymer including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and a second repeating unit represented by Formula 2 in a molar ratio of about 1:99 to about 99:1, wherein the polymer has a degree of polymerization of about 10 to about 5,000: wherein CY1, CY2, A, X, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and Y− are the same as defined in the detailed description. |
| US10361419B2 |
Submarine provided with rows of power storage means
Disclosed is a submarine provided with lithium-ion battery-based electricity storage, assuming the form of associated individual storage elements (2, 3, 4), each element (2, 3, 4) being provided with an electronic connecting and operation management card (5, 6, 7), in which: the associated individual storage elements (2, 3, 4) are arranged in a row; each electronic card (5, 6, 7) of an element of a row (1) is mechanically and electrically connected, at its ends (8, 9), to the electronic cards (5, 6, 7) of the row (1) that are its closest neighbors, to form a strip of cards (1a) for this row (1); this strip of cards (1a) can be manipulated by an operator from at least one of its ends and is able to slide relative to the storage elements (2, 3, 4) of the row (1). |
| US10361418B2 |
Laminated body
To afford a laminated body that is usable as a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator and that is not easily curled, a laminated body includes: a porous base material containing a polyolefin-based resin as a main component; and a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, the porous base material having a temperature rise ending period of a particular value with respect to the amount of resin per unit area, the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin containing crystal form α in an amount of not less than 36 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of a total amount of the crystal form α and crystal form β contained in the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin. |
| US10361414B2 |
Separator for secondary battery
Provided herein is a separator used for an electrochemical device such as a lithium-ion battery. The separator disclosed herein comprises a porous base material, and a protective porous layer coated on one or both surfaces of the porous base material disclosed herein, wherein the protective porous layer comprises an organic binder and an inorganic filler, and wherein the inorganic filler comprises a whisker-type material selected from the group consisting of Al2O3, SiO2, TiO2, ZrO2, BaOx, ZnO, CaCO3, TiN, AlN, MTiO3, K2O.nTiO2, Na2O.mTiO2, and combinations thereof, wherein x is 1 or 2; M is Ba, Sr or Ca; n is 1, 2, 4, 6 or 8; and m is 3 or 6. Also provided herein is a lithium-ion battery including the separator disclosed herein. The separator disclosed herein is excellent in terms of safety, ion permeability, and cycle characteristics. |
| US10361412B2 |
Method and apparatus for forming thin-board-like base material
A method for forming a thin, board-like base material has a tensile transfer step and a forming step. In the tensile transfer step, the long, thin, board-like base material is transferred by pulling the thin, board-like base material in the transfer direction while holding both ends of the thin, board-like base material along the transfer direction and pulling the ends outward in the direction intersecting the transfer direction. In the forming step, predetermined forming operations are performed with respect to the thin, board-like base material. |
| US10361407B1 |
Interface between electrodes and battery terminal
An electrical energy storage device has electrodes positioned in a case. A feedthrough pin extends through a portion of the case. A sealant surrounds the feedthrough pin and contacts a component of the device. A seal activator is received in the sealant such that the pressure that the sealant applies to the component increases above the level of pressure that the sealant applies to the component before the sealant activator is received in the sealant. In some instances, the component is the feedthrough pin. |
| US10361391B2 |
Organic light emitting display device having a connecting clad electrode
An organic light-emitting display device in which a connecting clad electrode is disposed between the thin film transistor and the light-emitting structure is provided. The connecting clad electrode may include a repair cutting region overlapping with a transparent of a lower substrate. Thus, in the organic light-emitting display device, reducing the area of the transparent area by the repair cutting region may be prevented. |
| US10361388B2 |
Light-emitting element, display device, electronic device, and lighting device
A light-emitting element having low driving voltage and high emission efficiency is provided. In the light-emitting element, a combination of a guest material and a host material forms an exciplex. The guest material is capable of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. Light emission from the light-emitting layer includes light emission from the guest material and light emission from the exciplex. The percentage of the light emission from the exciplex to the light emission from the light-emitting layer is greater than 0 percent and less than or equal to 60 percent. The energy after subtracting the energy of light emission from the exciplex from the energy of light emission from the guest material is greater than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.23 eV. |
| US10361386B2 |
Planar light emitting device
Provided is a planar light emitting device which is highly productive employing inexpensive FPCs capable of being easily electrically connected, and which has a light emitting region with reduced unevenness in luminance and hence is highly reliable. The planar light emitting device, which has a light emitting surface and a back surface, includes a planar light emitting tile including a planar light emitting element and a plurality of flexible printed circuits (FPCs) disposed on the back surface. The planar light emitting tile includes a non-pad region where none of an anode pad and a cathode pad are disposed. In an overlapped region where part of two circuit boards overlap each other, an electrical connection site where an equipotential region of the two circuit boards are directly electrically connected to each other is formed. The non-pad region forms a connecting-part disposed region that overlaps with the electrical connection site. |
| US10361385B2 |
Display device
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a first bending area located between the first and second areas. The first bending area is bent about a first bending axis extending in a first direction. The display device also includes a first inorganic insulating layer arranged over the substrate and having a first opening or a first groove at least in the first bending area, an organic material layer filling at least a part of the first opening or the first groove, and a first conductive layer extending from the first area to the second area across the first bending area and located over the organic material layer. |
| US10361380B2 |
Heterocyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below, and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound: wherein X1 and R1 to R10 are defined as in the specification. |
| US10361378B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device
Provided is a practically useful organic EL element having high efficiency and high driving stability while being capable of being driven at a low voltage. The organic EL element has a light-emitting layer and any other organic layer between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other. The light-emitting layer contains at least two host materials and at least one light-emitting dopant. At least one of the host materials is a host material selected from compounds each having one or two indolocarbazole skeletons, and at least one of the other host materials is a host material selected from carbazole compounds each substituted with a dibenzofuran or a dibenzothiophene. |
| US10361375B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A composition formed of a mixture of a first compound and a second compound wherein the first compound has a different chemical structure than the second compound. The first compound and the second compound are both organic compounds. At least one of the first compound and the second compound contains at least one less abundant stable isotope atom. The first compound has an evaporation temperature T1 and the second compound has an evaporation temperature T2 where both T1 and T2 are between 100 to 400 ° C. and the absolute value of T1-T2 is less than 20 ° C. The first compound has a concentration C1 in said mixture and a concentration C2 in a film formed by evaporating said mixture in a high vacuum deposition tool with a chamber base pressure between 1×10−6 Torr to 1×10−9 Torr, at a 2Å/sec deposition rate on a surface positioned at a predefined distance away from the mixture being evaporated; and wherein absolute value of (C1-C2)/C1 is less than 5%. |
| US10361371B2 |
Fullerene derivatives, and related materials, methods and devices
The invention relates to improved fullerene derivatives, to methods for their synthesis and any educts or intermediates used in such methods, to compositions and formulations containing fullerene derivatives, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, compositions and formulations in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices like for example organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, compositions or formulations. |
| US10361366B2 |
Resistive random accress memory containing a conformal titanium aluminum carbide film and method of making
A plurality of embodiments for ReRAM devices and method of making are described. According to one embodiment, the ReRAM device includes a first electrode film formed on a substrate, a metal oxide film with oxygen vacancies formed on a first electrode film, a conformal TiAlC film, oxidized by diffused oxygen atoms from the metal oxide film, formed on the metal oxide film, and a second electrode film formed on the TiAlC film. According to another embodiment, the ReRAM device includes a pair of vertical metal oxide films, a pair of vertical conformal TiAlC films formed on the pair of vertical metal oxide films, the pair of vertical conformal TiAlC films oxidized by diffused oxygen atoms from the pair of vertical metal oxide films, and an electrode film formed between the pair of vertical conformal TiAlC films. |
| US10361365B2 |
Implementing deposition growth method for magnetic memory
A magnetic memory array and a method for implementing the magnetic memory array for use in Solid-State Drives (SSDs) are provided. A plurality of magnetic pillar memory cells is formed using a deposition and/or growth process to produce a magnetic memory array substantially avoiding milling of magnetic materials. |
| US10361364B2 |
Co-fabrication of magnetic device structures with electrical interconnects having reduced resistance through increased conductor grain size
A method of forming magnetic device structures and electrical contacts, including removing a portion of a second interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer to expose an underlying portion of a cap layer in a first device region, wherein the cap layer is on a first ILD layer, while leaving an ILD block in a second device region, forming a spacer layer on the exposed portion of the cap layer in the first device region, forming an electrical contact layer on the spacer layer in the first device region, forming a magnetic device layer on the electrical contact layer and ILD block, removing portions of the magnetic device layer to form a magnetic device stack on the ILD block, and removing portions of the electrical contact layer to form electrical contact pillars, wherein the portions of the electrical contact layer and portions of the magnetic device layer are removed at the same time. |
| US10361363B2 |
Method of manufacturing tunnel magnetoresistive effect element and sputtering apparatus
A method includes: a first film formation process forming a film by sputtering a first insulator target when a projection plane of the first insulator target on a plane including a front face of a substrate is in a first state; and a second film formation process forming a film by sputtering a second insulator target when a projection plane of the second insulator target formed on the plane including the front face of the substrate is in a second state different from the first state. The second film formation process provides the insulating film having a second characteristic variation having opposite tendency to a first characteristic variation in the film provided by the first film formation process, the first characteristic variation occurring from a center portion to a peripheral portion of the substrate, the second characteristic variation occurring at least partly from the center portion to the peripheral portion. |
| US10361361B2 |
Thin reference layer for STT MRAM
Techniques relate to forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). A synthetic antiferromagnetic reference layer is adjacent to a tunnel barrier layer. The synthetic antiferromagnetic reference layer includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a reference spacer layer sandwiched between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. A magnetic free layer is adjacent to the tunnel barrier layer so as to be opposite the synthetic antiferromagnetic reference layer. The synthetic antiferromagnetic reference layer has a thickness of at least one of 3 nanometers (nm), 4 nm, and 3-4 nm. |
| US10361359B1 |
Magnetic random access memory with reduced internal operating temperature range
A Magnetic Random Access Memory apparatus device having a memory element formed as a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pillar and having a heating element for maintaining a desired minimum temperature of the memory element. The heating element is separated from the memory element by a thin, non-magnetic, electrically insulating wall, which can be constructed of alumina. The heating element is connected with circuitry that controllably delivers electrical current to the heating element to maintain a desired minimum temperature of the memory element. |
| US10361353B2 |
Sidewall metal spacers for forming metal gates in quantum devices
Disclosed herein are fabrication techniques for providing metal gates in quantum devices, as well as related quantum devices. For example, in some embodiments, a method of manufacturing a quantum device may include providing a gate dielectric over a qubit device layer, providing over the gate dielectric a pattern of non-metallic elements referred to as “gate support elements,” and depositing a gate metal on sidewalls of the gate support elements to form a plurality of gates of the quantum device. |
| US10361350B2 |
Optoelectronic component and production method therefor
An optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment the component includes a semiconductor chip, a molded body and an electrical through-contact constituting an electrically conductive connection through the molded body. The through-contact and the semiconductor chip are embedded alongside one another and are spaced apart in the molded body. A first contact pad of the through-contact is arranged at an underside of the molded body. A second contact pad of the through-contact is arranged at a top side of the molded body. The second contact pad is electrically conductively connected to the electrical contact of the semiconductor chip. The through-contact is arranged such that a molded body is arranged at least in a section between the first and second contact pads on a straight line between the first and second contact pads. |
| US10361349B2 |
Light emitting diodes, components and related methods
Light emitting diode components and devices with a wall of reflective material and having improved performance and beam angle, are provided. Reflective material provided with light emitting diode devices is configured to optimize light reflectivity by altering the composition, thickness, placement and/or angle thereof. Methods of making and assembly light emitting diode components and devices with reflective materials and improved performance, are also provided. |
| US10361347B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a base member, a light emitting element, a wire, a protective film, first and second resin members, and a light shielding portion. The base member has a conductive member. The wire connects the light emitting element and the conductive member. The protective film covers the conductive member to be spaced apart from a portion of a connecting portion. The first resin member continuously covers at least a portion of each of the protective film, a portion of the conductive member around the connecting portion, and the wire. The first resin member contains first light reflecting particles to reflect light emitted by the light emitting element. The second resin member covers the light emitting element and the first resin member. The light shielding portion is disposed on the base member and disposed on a line connecting the light emitting element and the first resin member. |
| US10361344B2 |
Light emitting device
A light-emitting device in which the emission intensity of light-emitting elements is improved by making heat generated by light emission of the light-emitting elements be effectively released is provided. The light-emitting device includes a mounting substrate including a mounting region, light-emitting elements mounted on the mounting region, a sealing resin which contains a phosphor and integrally seals the light-emitting elements, and at least one heat transfer member which is arranged among the light-emitting elements on the mounting region, is embedded in the sealing resin, and has a higher thermal conductivity than the sealing resin. |
| US10361341B2 |
Indium gallium nitride red light emitting diode and method of making thereof
A red-light emitting diode includes an n-doped portion, a p-doped portion, and a light emitting region located between the n-doped portion and a p-doped portion. The light emitting region includes a light-emitting indium gallium nitride layer emitting light at a peak wavelength between 600 and 750 nm under electrical bias thereacross, an aluminum gallium nitride layer located on the light-emitting indium gallium nitride layer and a GaN barrier layer located on the aluminum gallium nitride layer. |
| US10361326B2 |
Advanced CPV solar cell assembly process
This disclosure relates to a solar cell assembly structure for supporting a concentrator photovoltaic cell comprising a semiconducting structure and a diode, wherein the semiconducting structure comprises a first semiconducting region at least a part of which for placing the concentrator photovoltaic cell structure, and a second semiconducting region for realizing the diode within or on the second semiconducting region and wherein the part of the first semiconducting region for placing the concentrator photovoltaic cell structure and the second semiconducting region are not vertically overlapping. |
| US10361321B2 |
Method of forming a contact for a photovoltaic cell
The present disclosure provides a method of forming a contact for a photovoltaic (PV) cell. The method comprises the step of providing a substrate of a semiconductor material. The substrate has first regions that have a first doping property and are located at first surface portions. The method also comprises depositing a passivation layer on the surface of the substrate including the first surface portions. Further, the method comprises depositing a conductive layer on the passivation layer such that material of the passivation layer is sandwiched between the first regions and the conductive layer. In addition, the method comprises applying an electric field between the first regions and the conductive layer in a manner such that locally a dielectric breakdown of the sandwiched passivation layer material is induced. The first regions having a doping property and the method is conducted such that an electrical resistance is reduced in the passivation layer at the first regions and an electrical contact is formed. |
| US10361319B2 |
Integrated circuit devices
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, first and second fin active regions formed on the substrate and extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, a first gate structure disposed on a side surface of the first fin active region, a pair of first impurity regions respectively formed on a top portion and a bottom portion of the first fin active region, a second gate structure disposed on a side surface of the second fin active region, and a pair of second impurity regions respectively formed on a top portion or a bottom portion of the second fin active region, wherein the pair of first impurity regions vertically overlap each other, and the pair of second impurity regions do not vertically overlap each other. |
| US10361318B2 |
Semiconductor device
A transistor includes a multilayer film in which an oxide semiconductor film and an oxide film are stacked, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating film. The multilayer film overlaps with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The multilayer film has a shape having a first angle between a bottom surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a second angle between a bottom surface of the oxide film and a side surface of the oxide film. The first angle is acute and smaller than the second angle. Further, a semiconductor device including such a transistor is manufactured. |
| US10361316B2 |
Low temperature poly-silicon thin film transistor and method for manufacturing the same
A low temperature poly-silicon thin film transistor includes at least an interlayer dielectric layer formed of a material including silicon oxide and silicon nitride, in such a way that the interlayer dielectric layer includes a depression region channel in a stepped form. A source metal layer and a drain metal layer are formed in the depression region channel in the stepped form. |
| US10361312B2 |
Thin film transistor substrate and display panel having the same
A thin film transistor array panel device comprises: a base substrate; a barrier layer disposed over the base substrate and comprising a plurality of transparent material layers; and an array of thin film transistors disposed over the barrier layer. A difference between a refractive index of the barrier layer and a refractive index of the base substrate may be within about 6%. The transparent material layers may be arranged such that the transparent material layers having compressive residual stress and the transparent material layers having tensile residual stress are alternately stacked. Each of the transparent material layers may comprise silicon oxynitride (SiON). |
| US10361310B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor devices
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes patterning a substrate to form an active fin, forming a sacrificial gate pattern crossing over the active fin on the substrate, removing the sacrificial gate pattern to form a gap region exposing the active fin, and forming a separation region in the active fin exposed by the gap region. Forming the separation region includes forming an oxide layer in the exposed active fin and forming an impurity regions with impurities implanted into the exposed active fin. |
| US10361309B2 |
Semiconductor device having a fin-shaped active region and a gate electrode
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a fin-shaped active region that protrudes from the substrate, a gate insulating film covering a top surface and both side walls of the fin-shaped active region, a gate electrode on the top surface and the both side walls of the fin-shaped active region and covering the gate insulating film, one pair of insulating spacers on both side walls of the gate electrode, one pair of source/drain region on the fin-shaped active region and located on both sides of the gate electrode, and a lower buffer layer between the fin-shaped active region the source/drain region. The source/drain regions include a compound semiconductor material including atoms from different groups. The lower buffer layer includes a compound semiconductor material that is amorphous and includes atoms from different groups. |
| US10361303B2 |
Vertical transport fin field effect transistors on a substrate with varying effective gate lengths
A method of forming vertical transport fin field effect transistors, including, forming a bottom source/drain layer on a substrate, forming a channel layer on the bottom source/drain layer, forming a recess in the channel layer on a second region of the substrate, wherein the bottom surface of the recess is below the surface of the channel layer on a first region, forming a top source/drain layer on the channel layer, where the top source/drain layer has a greater thickness on the second region of the substrate than on the first region of the substrate, and forming a vertical fin on the first region of the substrate, and a vertical fin on the second region of the substrate, wherein a first top source/drain is formed on the vertical fin on the first region, and a second top source/drain is formed on the vertical fin on the second region. |
| US10361299B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
In an n-type current diffusion region, a first p+-type region is provided under a bottom of a trench (gate trench). Further, in the n-type current diffusion region, a second p+-type region is provided between adjacent trenches so as to be separated from the first p+-type region and in contact with a p-type base region. In the p-type base region, a third p+-type region is provided near a side wall of the trench so as to be separated from the trench and first and second p+-type regions. A depth of the third p+-type region from an interface of the p-type base region and an n+-type source region does not reach the n-type current diffusion region. A shortest distance from the third p+-type region to the second p+-type region is at most a distance between the first and second p+-type regions. |
| US10361298B2 |
Semiconductor device having improved trench and electrode structures
A semiconductor device may comprise a substrate; a trench formed in the substrate and filled with an insulating layer; and a gate electrode and a source embedded in the insulating layer. The gate electrode and the source electrode may be positioned in the insulating layer in the trench above and below each other. From a cross-sectional perspective, the gate electrode and the source electrode are not overlapped in horizontal or vertical direction. The trench may extend to a first depth of a bottom surface of the trench below the gate electrode, and may extend to a second depth of the bottom surface of the trench below the source electrode. The first depth and the second depth may be different. |
| US10361297B2 |
Semiconductor epitaxial wafer, semiconductor device, and method of producing semiconductor device
A semiconductor epitaxial wafer includes a semiconductor wafer, and a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type disposed on a main surface of the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor epitaxial wafer includes a plurality of device regions. The plurality of device regions each include a body region of a second conductivity type in contact with the semiconductor layer, a source region of the first conductivity type in contact with the body region, and a channel layer that is constituted by a semiconductor, and that is disposed on the semiconductor layer so as to be in contact with at least a part of the body region. In a plane parallel to the main surface of the semiconductor wafer, a thickness distribution in the channel layer and a concentration distribution of the first conductivity type impurity in the channel layer are negatively correlated to each other. |
| US10361288B2 |
Method for manufacturing FinFETs by implanting counter-doped regions in lightly-doped S/D extensions away from the channel
Fin field-effect transistors and fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary fabrication method includes providing a providing a plurality of fins on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate structure across the fins by covering portions of top and side surfaces of the fins, wherein portions of the fins under the gate structure are channel regions; forming lightly doped regions in the fins at both sides of the gate structure by performing a lightly doping ion implantation process; performing a counter doping ion implantation process on a portion of each lightly doped region away from the channel region to form a counter doped region in the lightly doped region; and performing a source/drain doping process on the fins at both sides of the gate structure to form doped source/drain regions. |
| US10361284B2 |
Method for vertical gate-last process
A method for fabrication of vertical nanowire MOSFETs is considered using a gate-last process. The top ohmic electrode is first fabricated and may be used as a mask to form a gate recess using etching techniques. The gate is thereafter formed allowing a large degree in access resistance reduction. |
| US10361282B2 |
Method for forming a low-K spacer
The present disclosure is directed to formation of a low-k spacer. For example, the present disclosure includes an exemplary method of forming the low-k spacer. The method includes depositing the low-k spacer and subsequently treating the low-k spacer with a plasma and/or a thermal anneal. The low-k spacer can be deposited on a structure protruding from the substrate. The plasma and/or thermal anneal treatment on the low-k spacer can reduce the etch rates of the spacer so that the spacer is etched less in subsequent etching or cleaning processes. |
| US10361281B2 |
Method to improve reliability of replacement gate device
A method of fabricating a replacement gate stack for a semiconductor device includes the following steps after removal of a dummy gate: growing a high-k dielectric layer over the area vacated by the dummy gate; depositing a thin metal layer over the high-k dielectric layer; depositing a sacrificial layer over the thin metal layer; performing a first rapid thermal anneal; removing the sacrificial layer; and depositing a metal layer of low resistivity metal for gap fill. |
| US10361274B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device having metal silicide surrounds a peripheral of metal carbide
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate that has a front surface and a rear surface, and is made of silicon carbide; and an ohmic electrode that is ohmically connected to the front surface or the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate. The ohmic electrode includes a metal silicide part and a metal carbide part. The metal silicide part surrounds a periphery of the metal carbide part that has a block shape. The metal silicide part is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the metal carbide part. |
| US10361273B2 |
Silicon carbide substrate
A silicon carbide substrate whose majority carrier density is 1×1017 cm−3 or greater is such that a standard deviation of minority carrier lifetime as obtained by μ-PCD analysis is 0.7 ns or less in an area other than an area within a distance of 5 mm from an outer perimeter of a main surface. |
| US10361271B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device comprises an active region and a passive region located outside the active region. The active region comprises a plurality of active region units. At least one pair of adjacent active region units do not completely overlap in a length direction of the semiconductor device. |
| US10361264B2 |
Method for driving dual-media display panel, and electronic device and display system using the same
A method for driving a dual-media display panel includes the following. Display data is obtained. A first driving signal for driving a transparent display panel of the dual-media display panel is generated in response to the display data. A display-unit grayscale value for the display data is obtained. The display-unit grayscale value is determined whether it falls within a grayscale value interval. When the display-unit grayscale value is less than a lower limit of the grayscale value interval, a driving signal adapted to enabling the light-shielding display panel to display a black color is used as the second driving signal. When the display-unit grayscale value is greater than an upper limit of the grayscale value interval, a driving signal adapted to enabling the light-shielding display panel to display a white color is used as the second driving signal. |
| US10361258B2 |
Light emitting device and electronic device
Thinned and highly reliable light emitting elements are provided. Further, light emitting devices in which light emitting elements are formed over flexible substrates are manufactured with high yield. One light emitting device includes a flexible substrate, a light emitting element faulted over the flexible substrate, and a resin film covering the light emitting element, and in the light emitting element, an insulating layer serving as a partition has a convex portion and the convex portion is embedded in the resin film, that is, the resin film covers an entire surface of the insulating layer and an entire surface of the second electrode, whereby the light emitting element can be thinned and highly reliable. In addition, a light emitting device can be manufactured with high yield in a manufacturing process thereof. |
| US10361251B2 |
Image sensors and electronic devices including the same
Image sensors, and electronic devices including the image sensors, include a first photoelectronic device including at least one of a blue photoelectronic device sensing light in a blue wavelength region, a red photoelectronic device sensing light in a red wavelength region, and a green photoelectronic device sensing light in a green wavelength region, and a second photoelectronic device stacked on one side of the first photoelectronic device without being interposed by a color filter, wherein the second photoelectronic device senses light in an infrared region. |
| US10361247B2 |
Device comprising a plurality of diodes
A device including a plurality of interconnected concentric coplanar diodes. |
| US10361245B2 |
Solid state transducer devices, including devices having integrated electrostatic discharge protection, and associated systems and methods
Solid state transducer devices having integrated electrostatic discharge protection and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a solid state transducer device includes a solid state emitter, and an electrostatic discharge device carried by the solid state emitter. In some embodiments, the electrostatic discharge device and the solid state emitter share a common first contact and a common second contact. In further embodiments, the solid state lighting device and the electrostatic discharge device share a common epitaxial substrate. In still further embodiments, the electrostatic discharge device is positioned between the solid state lighting device and a support substrate. |
| US10361242B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and method of producing solid-state imaging device
A solid-state imaging device includes a sensor including an impurity diffusion layer provided in a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate; and an oxide insulating film containing carbon, the oxide insulating film being provided on the sensor. |
| US10361238B2 |
Insulating wall and method of manufacturing the same
A pixel includes a semiconductor layer with a charge accumulation layer extending in the semiconductor layer. A transistor has a read region penetrating into said semiconductor layer down to a first depth. An insulating wall penetrates into the semiconductor layer from an upper surface and containing an insulated conductor connected to a node of application of a potential. The insulating wall includes at least a portion provided with a deep insulating plug penetrating into the insulated conductor down to a second depth greater than the first depth. A continuous portion of the insulating wall laterally delimits, at least partially, a charge accumulation area and includes a wall portion with the deep insulating plug at least partially laterally delimiting the read region of the transistor. |
| US10361237B2 |
Low dark current backside illumination sensor
Light sensors and methods of making the same include a photodiode and a hole accumulation layer directly on a sensing surface of the photodiode. A metal oxide layer is formed over the hole accumulation layer. An anti-reflection layer is formed over the metal oxide layer. |
| US10361234B2 |
3DIC interconnect apparatus and method
An interconnect apparatus and a method of forming the interconnect apparatus is provided. Two substrates, such as wafers, dies, or a wafer and a die, are bonded together. A first mask is used to form a first opening extending partially to an interconnect formed on the first wafer. A dielectric liner is formed, and then another etch process is performed using the same mask. The etch process continues to expose interconnects formed on the first substrate and the second substrate. The opening is filled with a conductive material to form a conductive plug. |
| US10361229B2 |
Display device
The invention allows formation of LTPS TFTs and TAOS TFTs on the same substrate. The invention provides a display device including a substrate having a display area in which pixels are formed. The pixels include a first TFT made of a TAOS. The drain of the first TFT is formed of first LTPS 112. The source of the first TFT is formed of second LTPS 113. The first LTPS 112 is connected to a first electrode 106 via a first through-hole 108 formed in an insulating film 105 covering the first TFT. The second LTPS 113 is connected to a second electrode 107 via a second through-hole 108 formed in the insulating film 105 covering the first TFT. |
| US10361226B2 |
Array substrate, manufacturing method for the same and display panel
The present invention discloses an array substrate, manufacturing method for the same and display panel. The present invention adopts a vertical superposition method to connect the QLED device with the TFT. When applying a voltage, the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern respectively generate electron holes and electrons to move toward the QLED device. The electron holes and electrons are recombined in the light-emitting layer to emit a light such that the light can be emitted right above the QLED device in order to realize a light-emitting at a TFT region, and increase the aperture ratio of the display panel. |
| US10361223B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate which has a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a first conductive wiring at the non-display area of the substrate, and a second conductive wiring at the non-display area of the substrate and on the first conductive wiring. The second conductive wiring surrounds at least a part of the first conductive wiring. |
| US10361221B2 |
Display device
To provide a display device including a flexible panel that can be handled without seriously damaging a driver circuit or a connecting portion between circuits. The display device includes a bent portion obtained by bending an element substrate. A circuit for driving the display device is provided in the bent portion and a wiring extends from the circuit whereby the strength of a portion including the circuit for driving the display device is increased and failure of the circuit is reduced. Furthermore, the element substrate is bent in a connecting portion between an external terminal electrode and an external connecting wiring (FPC)) so that the element substrate provided with the external terminal electrode fits the external connecting wiring, whereby the strength of the connecting portion is increased. |
| US10361218B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
According to one embodiment, a source layer includes a semiconductor layer including an impurity. A stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed. A gate layer is provided between the source layer and the stacked body. The gate layer is thicker than a thickness of one layer of the electrode layers. A semiconductor body extends in a stacking direction of the stacked body through the stacked body and the gate layer. The semiconductor body further extends in the semiconductor layer where a side wall portion of the semiconductor body contacts the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor body does not contact the electrode layers and the gate layer. |
| US10361211B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device, includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first well region; an insulating layer formed on a first portion of the semiconductor substrate, and contacted with the first well region; a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer; an element isolation region reaching to an inside of the first well region, in cross-section view; a first gate electrode layer formed on a first portion of the semiconductor layer via a first gate insulating film; a second gate electrode layer formed on a second portion of the semiconductor layer via a second gate insulating film, and formed on a first portion of the element isolation region; an interlayer insulating film covering the first gate electrode layer, the second gate electrode layer and a second portion of the element isolation region; and a first plug conductor layer formed in the interlayer insulating film. |
| US10361206B2 |
Semiconductor device having junctionless vertical gate transistor and method of manufacturing the same
A junctionless vertical gate transistor includes an active pillar vertically protruding from a substrate and including a first impurity region, a second impurity region and a third impurity region sequentially formed over the first impurity region; gate electrodes coupled to sidewalls of the second impurity region; and bit lines arranged in a direction of intersecting with the gate electrodes and each contacting the first impurity region. The first to the third impurity regions include impurities of the same polarity. |
| US10361201B2 |
Semiconductor structure and device formed using selective epitaxial process
Semiconductor structures, devices, and methods of forming the structures and device are disclosed. Exemplary structures include multi-gate or FinFET structures that can include both n-channel MOS (NMOS) and p-channel MOS (PMOS) devices to form CMOS structures and devices on a substrate. The devices can be formed using selective epitaxy and shallow trench isolation techniques. |
| US10361196B2 |
Method and device for FinFET with graphene nanoribbon
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate structure, which has a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor fin on the substrate. The method also includes forming a catalytic material layer overlying the semiconductor fins, and forming an isolation region covering the catalytic material layer in a lower portion of the semiconductor fins. Next, a graphene nanoribbon is formed on the catalytic material layer on an upper portion of the semiconductor fin, and a gate structure is formed on the graphene nanoribbon. |
| US10361195B2 |
Semiconductor device with an isolation gate and method of forming
An embodiment includes a semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; a continuous diffusion region disposed on the substrate; a first gate structure disposed on the continuous diffusion region; a second gate structure disposed on the continuous diffusion region; an isolation gate structure disposed between the first gate structure and the second gate structure and disposed adjacent to the both the first gate structure and the second gate structure; a first diffusion region of the continuous diffusion region disposed between the first gate structure and the isolation gate structure; a second diffusion region of the continuous diffusion region disposed between the second gate structure and the isolation gate structure; a conductive layer disposed on the first and second diffusion regions; and an isolation gate contact disposed over the isolation gate structure and electrically insulated from the first diffusion region. |
| US10361191B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a switching device region including an active region having a first conductivity-type emitter region formed on an upper surface side of a first conductivity-type substrate, a second conductivity-type base region formed on an upper surface side of the substrate, a second conductivity-type collector layer formed on a lower surface side of the substrate, and a diode region having a second conductivity-type anode layer formed on the upper surface side of the substrate and a first conductivity-type cathode layer formed on the lower surface side of the substrate, wherein the cathode layer is separated from the active region when planarly viewed, and on an upper surface side of the active region, a second conductivity type high-concentration region having an impurity concentration higher than that of the anode layer is formed. |
| US10361189B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a trench electrode provided in a trench, a trench insulating film provided between the trench electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a MOS electrode provided near the trench electrode, and a MOS insulating film provided between the MOS electrode and the semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer provided over the first semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer provided over the second semiconductor layer, a fourth semiconductor layer provided below the MOS electrode, and one and the other of fifth semiconductor layers provided on both sides of the fourth semiconductor layer, and in which the semiconductor device further includes a wiring layer that couples the one of the fifth semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layer together. |
| US10361188B2 |
Method for fabricating a JFET transistor within an integrated circuit and corresponding integrated circuit
An integrated circuit of the BiCMOS type includes at least one vertical junction field-effect transistor. The vertical junction field-effect transistor is formed to include a channel region having a critical dimension of active surface that is controlled by photolithography. |
| US10361185B2 |
ESD protection device with buried layer having variable doping concentrations
An electrostatic discharge protection clamp includes a substrate and a first electrostatic discharge protection device over the substrate. The first electrostatic discharge protection device includes a buried layer over the substrate. The buried layer has a first region having a first doping concentration and a second region having a second doping concentration. The first doping concentration is greater than the second doping concentration. The first electrostatic discharge protection device includes a first transistor over the buried layer. The first transistor has an emitter coupled to a first cathode terminal of the electrostatic discharge protection clamp. The first electrostatic discharge protection device includes a second transistor over the buried layer. The second transistor has an emitter coupled to a first anode terminal of the electrostatic discharge protection clamp. A collector of the first transistor and a collector of the second transistor are over the first region of the buried layer. |
| US10361183B2 |
Electrostatic protective device and electrostatic protective circuit
The electrostatic protective device includes an insulator and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a device forming region and a device separating region. The device forming region includes a primary first conductive impurity diffused layer, a body region, a secondary first conductive impurity diffused layer, and a second conductive region that are arranged in order. The second conductive region includes a second conductive impurity diffused layer separated electrically from the body region. The device separating region includes a device separating layer that surrounds the device forming region. A gate electrode is further provided on the body region in the semiconductor layer with an insulating film interposed in between. |
| US10361182B2 |
Chip parts and method for manufacturing the same, circuit assembly having the chip parts and electronic device
The chip part of the present invention includes a substrate, an electrode on the substrate and having a front surface in which a plurality of recessed portions are formed toward the thickness direction thereof, and an element region having a circuit element that is electrically connected to the electrode. |
| US10361181B2 |
Packaging mechanisms for dies with different sizes of connectors
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate. A redistribution structure is bonded to the package substrate. A bottommost surface of the redistribution structure is lower than a topmost surface of the package substrate. A conductive connector electrically couples the redistribution structure to the package substrate. The conductive connector physically contacts a sidewall of the redistribution structure. A first integrated circuit die is bonded to the redistribution structure through first bonding structures and is bonded to the package substrate through second bonding structures. The first bonding structures and the second bonding structures have different sizes. |
| US10361179B2 |
Display device
Provided is a display device, which includes a substrate, a transistor, a capacitor and a light emitting unit. The transistor and the capacitor are disposed on the substrate. The light emitting unit is disposed on the substrate and arranged corresponding to the capacitor. The light emitting unit includes a first light emitting diode. The first light emitting diode is electrically connected with the transistor and overlaps the capacitor. The display device has favorable space utilization, provides a repair function, or reduces the probability of failure. |
| US10361178B2 |
Interconnection structure, LED module and method
In an embodiment, an interconnection structure includes a first semiconductor device including a conductive stud, a second device including a contact pad, an adhesive layer including an organic component arranged between a distal end of the conductive stud and the contact pad, the adhesive layer coupling the conductive stud to the contact pad, and a conductive layer extending from the conductive stud to the contact pad. The conductive layer has a melting point of at least 600° C. |
| US10361176B2 |
Substrate with array of LEDs for backlighting a display device
An apparatus includes a substrate and a circuit trace having a predetermined pattern disposed on the substrate. A plurality of LEDs are connected to the substrate via the circuit trace. The predetermined pattern is arranged as an array of lines along a surface of the substrate, and the plurality of LEDs are distributed along the lines of the array. |
| US10361174B2 |
Electronic device
An improvement is achieved in the heat dissipation property of an electronic device including power transistors. A semiconductor module includes first and second packages included in an inverter circuit. In the first package, a semiconductor chip having a high-side power transistor is embedded. In the second package, a semiconductor chip having a low-side power transistor is embedded. At the both wide surfaces of the first and second packages, first metal electrodes electrically coupled to respective collector electrodes of the power transistors and second metal electrodes electrically coupled to respective emitter electrodes of the power transistors are exposed. To the first and second metal electrodes of the first and second packages, four respective bus bar plates having areas larger than those of the first and second metal electrodes are joined. |
| US10361173B2 |
Semiconductor package assemblies with system-on-chip (SOC) packages
A semiconductor package assembly includes a first semiconductor package. The first semiconductor package has a semiconductor die having pads thereon, first vias disposed on the first semiconductor die, the first vias coupled to the pads. A second semiconductor package is stacked on the first semiconductor package and includes a body having a die-attach surface and a bump-attach surface opposite to the die-attach surface, a first memory die mounted on the bump-attach surface, coupled to the body, and a second memory die mounted on the die-attach surface, coupled to the body through the bonding wires. The number of input/output (I/O) pins of first memory die is different from the number of input/output (I/O) pins of the second memory die. |
| US10361172B2 |
Apparatus and method for multi-die interconnection
A semiconductor and a method of fabricating the semiconductor having multiple, interconnected die including: providing a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of disparate die formed within the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of scribe lines formed between pairs of adjacent die of the plurality of disparate die; and fabricating, by a lithography system, a plurality of inter-die connections that extend between adjacent pair of die of the plurality of die. |
| US10361170B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package including a first substrate including first upper pads, the first upper pads on a top surface of the first substrate, a second substrate including second upper pads, the second upper pads on a top surface of the second substrate, a pitch of the second upper pads being less than a pitch of the first upper pads, and a first semiconductor chip on and electrically connected to both (i) at least one of the first upper pads and (ii) at least one of the second upper pads may be provided. |
| US10361165B2 |
Microelectronic substrate having embedded trace layers with integral attachment structures
A microelectronic substrate may be formed to have an embedded trace which includes an integral attachment structure that extends beyond a first surface of a dielectric layer of the microelectronic substrate for the attachment of a microelectronic device. In one embodiment, the embedded trace may be fabricated by forming a dummy layer, forming a recess in the dummy layer, conformally depositing surface finish in the recess, forming an embedded trace layer on the dummy layer and abutting the surface finish, and removing the dummy layer. |
| US10361163B2 |
Circuit and method for detecting tampering or preventing forgery of semiconductor chip
A circuit for preventing forgery of semiconductor chip includes a driving signal protection unit and a control unit. The driving signal protection unit configured to include at least one protection wire protecting a driving wire having driving signals flow therethrough. The control unit configured to generate a first security code and a second security code. The control unit is further configured to compare the first security code that passes through the driving signal protection unit and the second security code that bypasses the driving signal protection unit to detect tampering at the at least one protection wire, and to control operation of the semiconductor chip. |
| US10361161B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacture
A semiconductor device has a conductive via laterally separated from the semiconductor, an encapsulant between the semiconductor device and the conductive via, and a mark. The mark is formed from characters that are either cross-free characters or else have a overlap count of less than two. In another embodiment the mark is formed using a wobble scan methodology. By forming marks as described, defects from the marking process may be reduced or eliminated. |
| US10361160B2 |
Package structure and its fabrication method
This disclosure provides a package structure and its fabrication method. The package structure includes: a conductive pattern layer having a bump region and a wiring region, the bump region comprising a plurality of conductive bumps and a first dielectric material surrounding the plurality of conductive bumps, the wiring region comprising a plurality of first conductive wires and a second dielectric material covering and surrounding the plurality of first conductive wires; a circuit device with a plurality of connecting terminals disposed on the bump region, each of the connecting terminals corresponding with one of the conductive bumps; an insulation sealant formed on the second dielectric material and around sidewalls of the circuit device; and a third dielectric material covering the circuit device and the wiring region. |
| US10361157B2 |
Method of manufacturing self-aligned interconnects by deposition of a non-conformal air-gap forming layer having an undulated upper surface
A method of forming an interconnect to an electrical device is provided. The structure produced by the method may include a plurality of metal lines in a region of a substrate positioned in an array of metal lines all having parallel lengths; and a plurality of air gaps between the metal lines in a same level as the metal lines, wherein an air gap is present between each set of adjacent metal lines. A plurality of interconnects may be present in electrical communication with said plurality of metal lines, wherein an exclusion zone for said plurality of interconnects is not present in said array of metal lines. |
| US10361150B2 |
Substrate construction and electronic package including the same
The disclosure provides a substrate construction applicable to a 3D package, including a silicon substrate for carrying a chip on an upper side thereof, and a circuit structure formed underneath the silicon substrate for being connected to solder balls via conductive pads of the circuit structure, thereby obtaining the same specification of the conductive pads as ball-planting pads of conventional package substrates and avoiding the manufacturing and use of conventional package substrates. |
| US10361149B2 |
Land grid array (LGA) packaging of passive-on-glass (POG) structure
A device includes a passive-on-glass (POG) structure and an interface layer. The POG structure includes a passive component and at least one contact pad on a first surface of a glass substrate. The interface layer has a second surface on the first surface of the glass substrate such that the passive component and the at least one contact pad are located between the first surface of the glass substrate and the interface layer. The interface layer includes at least one land grid array (LGA) pad formed on a third surface of the interface layer, where the third surface of the interface layer is opposite the second surface of the interface layer. The interface layer also includes at least one via formed in the interface layer configured to electrically connect the at least one contact pad with the at least one LGA pad. |
| US10361147B1 |
Inverter power module lead frame with enhanced common source inductance
A power module has upper and lower transistor dies carried by a lead frame assembly. The assembly has a positive DC paddle for the upper die and an AC paddle for the lower die. An upper plate interconnects a second side of the upper die with the AC paddle, and a lower plate interconnects a second side of the lower die with a negative power bar. Current flowing via positive and negative power bars defines a power loop creating a main magnetic flux with a first direction in a central region and a return direction outside the central region. The upper and lower plates have outer edges having respective notches to concentrate respective portions of a return magnetic flux. Each die has a gate pad connected in a gate loop, wherein the gate loops each overlap a respective concentrated return flux thereby enhancing a common source inductance for each transistor. |
| US10361144B2 |
Semiconductor device, manufacturing method for semiconductor device, electronic component, circuit substrate, and electronic apparatus
A semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit that is disposed at a first face side of a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having a first face and a second face, the second face opposing the first face, the semiconductor substrate having a through hole from the first face to the second face; an external connection terminal that is disposed at the first face side; a conductive portion that is disposed in the through hole, the conductive portion being electrically connected to the external connection terminal; and an electronic element that is disposed at a second face side. |
| US10361142B2 |
Dual-sided die packages
An apparatus including a die, a first side of the die including a first type of system level contact points and a second side including a second type of contact points; and a package substrate coupled to the die and the second side of the die. An apparatus including a die, a first side of the die including a plurality of system level logic contact points and a second side including a second plurality of system level power contact points. A method including coupling one of a first type of system level contact points on a first side of a die and a second type of system level contact points on a second side of the die to a package substrate. |
| US10361137B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture comprise forming a channel-less, porous low K material. The material may be formed using a silicon backbone precursor and a hydrocarbon precursor to form a matrix material. The material may then be cured to remove a porogen and help to collapse channels within the material. As such, the material may be formed with a scaling factor of less than or equal to about 1.8. |
| US10361133B2 |
High-K metal gate and method for fabricating the same
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide wet process based methods for modifying threshold value (Vt) of high-k metal gate using self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on dedicated transistor. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a gate structure over a substrate, the gate structure comprising a gate dielectric layer, a barrier layer formed over the gate dielectric layer, and an oxide layer formed over the barrier layer, and forming a self-assembled monolayer on the oxide layer by exposing the oxide layer to an aqueous solution containing metal oxides in a metal dissolving acid. |
| US10361131B2 |
Stacked field-effect transistors (FETs) with shared and non-shared gates
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of stacked gate regions spaced apart from each other on a substrate, a plurality of first epitaxial source/drain regions between the plurality of stacked gate regions, wherein the first epitaxial source/drain regions extend from sides of the plurality of stacked gate regions in a first doped region, a plurality of second epitaxial source/drain regions between the plurality of stacked gate regions and positioned over the first epitaxial source/drain regions, wherein the second epitaxial source/drain regions extend from sides of the plurality of stacked gate regions in a second doped region, and a contact region extending through a second epitaxial source/drain region of the plurality of second epitaxial source/drain regions to a first epitaxial source/drain region of the plurality of first epitaxial source/drain regions. |
| US10361130B2 |
Dual channel silicon/silicon germanium complementary metal oxide semiconductor performance with interface engineering
A method of forming fin structures that includes providing at least one silicon germanium containing fin structure, and forming a fin liner on the at least one silicon germanium containing fin structure. The fin liner includes a silicon germanium and oxygen containing layer. The method continues with annealing the at least on silicon germanium containing fin structure having the fin liner present thereon. During the annealing, the silicon germanium oxygen containing layer reacts with the silicon germanium containing fin structure to provide surface formation of a silicon rich layer on the silicon germanium containing fin structure. |
| US10361128B2 |
3D vertical FET with top and bottom gate contacts
A semiconductor device includes a vertical transistor having a gate structure disposed about a channel region thereof. The vertical transistor has a top side above the gate structure and a bottom side below the gate structure. The top side includes metallization structures having a connection to the vertical transistor on the top side. The bottom side includes metallization structures having a connection to the vertical transistor on the bottom side, and the bottom side includes a power rail and a ground rail. |
| US10361127B1 |
Vertical transport FET with two or more gate lengths
A method for forming a device with multiple gate lengths includes forming a gate stack on vertical fins. A cutting mask formed on the gate stack is etched to include two or more different heights. Gate structures with two or more gate lengths are etched by employing the two or more different heights in the cutting mask as an etch mask. The cutting mask is removed. A top source/drain regions is formed on top of the vertical fins. |
| US10361122B1 |
Processes for reducing leakage and improving adhesion
A method includes forming a metal seed layer on a dielectric layer, and forming a patterned mask over the metal seed layer. An opening in the patterned mask is over a first portion of the dielectric layer, and the patterned mask overlaps a second portion of the dielectric layer. The method further includes plating a metal region in the opening, removing the patterned mask to expose portions of the metal seed layer, etching the exposed portions of the metal seed layer, performing a plasma treatment on a surface of the second portion of the dielectric layer, and performing an etching process on the surface of the second portion of the dielectric layer. |
| US10361117B2 |
Selective ILD deposition for fully aligned via with airgap
A method is presented forming a fully-aligned via (FAV) and airgaps within a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a plurality of copper (Cu) trenches within an insulating layer, forming a plurality of ILD regions over exposed portions of the insulating layer, selectively removing a first section of the ILD regions in an airgap region, and maintaining a second section of the ILD regions in a non-airgap region. The method further includes forming airgaps in the airgap region and forming a via in the non-airgap region contacting a Cu trench of the plurality of Cu trenches. |
| US10361109B2 |
Storage facility
A storage facility includes a storage rack including a plurality of storage sections and a gas supply portion that supplies an inactive gas to containers stored in the storage sections. Struts are installed at left and right ends of the storage rack and between adjacent ones of the storage sections, and placement portions are fixed to mutually adjacent ones of the struts. Each vertical pipe included in the gas supply portion is fixed to one of the struts to which the placement portion to which the inactive gas is supplied by the vertical pipe is fixed. |
| US10361103B2 |
High definition heater system having a fluid medium
A thermal system includes: a base member including at least one fluid passageway in which a two-phase fluid is disposed; a tuning layer secured to the base member; and a control system. The pressure of the two-phase fluid is controlled such that the two-phase fluid provides at least one of heating and cooling to the base member. The tuning layer includes a plurality of zones. The control system includes a plurality of sets of power lines in communication with the tuning layer, and a plurality of addressable control elements in electrical communication with the power lines and with the tuning layer. The control elements provide selective control of the tuning layer zones. |
| US10361102B2 |
Cutting apparatus
A cutting apparatus includes a cutting unit including a cutting blade that has a cutting edge for cutting a dresser board. An elastic wave detection sensor is disposed in the cutting unit, for detecting an elastic wave produced when the dresser board is cut. The elastic wave detection sensor produces an output signal representing the detected elastic wave when the cutting blade cuts the dresser board and is dressed thereby, the output signal being variable as the cutting blade is progressively dressed by the dresser board. A control unit stores in advance, as a threshold value, the value of the output signal when the dressing of the cutting blade is completed. The control unit stops cutting the dresser board with the cutting blade and finishes the dressing of the cutting blade when the output signal produced by the elastic wave detection sensor reaches the threshold value. |
| US10361094B2 |
Process for making multi-gate transistors and resulting structures
In a gate last metal gate process for forming a transistor, a dielectric layer is formed over an intermediate transistor structure, the intermediate structure including a dummy gate electrode, typically formed of polysilicon. Various processes, such as patterning the polysilicon, planarizing top layers of the structure, and the like can remove top portions of the dielectric layer, which can result in decreased control of gate height when a metal gate is formed in place of the dummy gate electrode, decreased control of fin height for finFETs, and the like. Increasing the resistance of the dielectric layer to attack from these processes, such as by implanting silicon or the like into the dielectric layer before such other processes are performed, results in less removal of the top surface, and hence improved control of the resulting structure dimensions and performance. |
| US10361093B2 |
Multi time programmable memories using local implantation in high-K/ metal gate technologies
A metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFET) memory array, including a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) cell including an n-type MOSFET having a modified gate dielectric; and an n-type or p-type MOSFET having an unmodified gate dielectric layer, where the modified gate dielectric layer incorporates an oxygen scavenging species. |
| US10361091B2 |
Porous low-k dielectric etch
A method for etching features into a porous low-k dielectric etch layer is provided. A plurality of cycles is performed in a plasma processing chamber. Each cycle comprises a deposition phase and an activation phase. The deposition phase comprises flowing a deposition gas comprising a fluorocarbon and/or hydrofluorocarbon gas, creating a plasma in the plasma processing chamber using the deposition gas, depositing a fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon containing layer, and stopping the flow of the deposition gas. The activation phase comprises flowing an activation gas comprising a noble gas and a carbon etching additive, creating a plasma in the plasma processing chamber using the activation gas, providing an activation bias in the plasma processing chamber, wherein the activation bias causes the etching of the low-k dielectric layer, with consumption of the fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon containing layer, and stopping the flow of the activation gas. |
| US10361086B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
In a split-gate-type MONOS memory, increase in a defective rate due to variation in a gate length of a memory gate electrode is prevented, and reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. A first dry etching having a high anisotropic property but a low selection ratio relative to silicon oxide is performed to a silicon film, and then, a second dry etching having a low anisotropic property but a high selection ratio relative to silicon oxide is performed thereto, so that a control gate electrode composed of the silicon film is formed, and then, a sidewall-shaped memory gate electrode is formed on a side surface of the control gate electrode. In this case, respective etching amounts of the first dry etching and the second dry etching are controlled by determining a length of etching time in accordance with desired characteristics of a manufactured memory and a film thickness of the silicon film in the first dry etching, based on an etching time setting table, so that a gate length of the memory gate electrode is controlled. |
| US10361083B2 |
Femtosecond laser-induced formation of submicrometer spikes on a semiconductor substrate
The present invention generally provides semiconductor substrates having submicron-sized surface features generated by irradiating the surface with ultra short laser pulses. In one aspect, a method of processing a semiconductor substrate is disclosed that includes placing at least a portion of a surface of the substrate in contact with a fluid, and exposing that surface portion to one or more femtosecond pulses so as to modify the topography of that portion. The modification can include, e.g., generating a plurality of submicron-sized spikes in an upper layer of the surface. |
| US10361078B2 |
Method of forming fine patterns of a semiconductor device
A method of forming fine patterns includes forming an upper mask layer on a substrate, forming preliminary mask patterns on the upper mask layer, and forming upper mask patterns by etching the upper mask layer using the preliminary mask patterns as etch masks. Forming the upper mask patterns includes etching the upper mask layer by performing an etching process using an ion beam. The upper mask patterns include a first upper mask pattern formed under each of the preliminary mask patterns, and a second upper mask pattern formed between the preliminary mask patterns in a plan view and spaced apart from the first upper mask pattern. |
| US10361077B2 |
Method for producing a passivated semiconductor structure based on group III nitrides, and one such structure
The invention relates to a method for producing a semiconductor structure, characterized in that the method comprises a step (201) of depositing a crystalline passivation layer continuously covering the entire surface of a layer based on group III nitrides, said crystalline passivation layer, which is deposited from a precursor containing silicon atoms and a flow of nitrogen atoms, consisting of silicon atoms bound to the surface of the layer based on group III nitrides and arranged in a periodical arrangement such that a diffraction image of said crystalline passivation layer obtained by grazing-incidence diffraction of electrons in the direction [1-100] comprises: two fractional order diffraction lines (0, −⅓) and (0, −⅔) between the central line (0, 0) and the integer order line (0, −1), and two fractional order diffraction lines (0, ⅓) and (0, ⅔) between the central line (0, 0) and the integer order line (0, 1). |
| US10361068B2 |
Methods of forming features
A method of forming a feature in a void, the method including filling the void having at least one sloped wall with a polymeric material; forming a layer of photoresist over the polymeric material; forming a gap in the layer of photoresist; and etching the polymeric material exposed by the gap in the layer of photoresist to form a feature. |
| US10361064B1 |
Beam combiner
An electrostatic particle beam combiner for creating a single source combining the properties of two particle beams which form a high brightness source of a selected mixture of ions of varying element types and energies. An electrostatic spherical lens is arranged to bend a low energy second particle beam along a circular path and thereafter to impinge on a surface of a sample, e.g., within a transmission electron microscope. A beam of high energy is injected into the electrostatic spherical lens through an aperture in the outer shell and steered by two spaced apart electrostatic deflectors so that the angle of entry and the point of entry can be independently adjusted so that the high energy beam leaves the spherical lens along a path which is coaxial and coincident with the second particle beam of low energy. |
| US10361058B2 |
Ion generator
An ion generator includes an arc chamber which has a plasma generating region therein, a cathode configured to emit a thermoelectron toward the plasma generating region, a repeller which faces the cathode in an axial direction in a state where the plasma generating region is interposed between the cathode and the repeller, and a cage which is disposed to partially surround the plasma generating region at a position between an inner surface of the arc chamber and the plasma generating region. |
| US10361055B1 |
Modular single bolt fuse holder
Provided herein are modular fuse holders for single bolt fuses. In some approaches, a fuse holder may include a base having a lower wall and a set of sidewalls, the lower wall including a plurality of bolt openings provided therethrough. The fuse holder may further include a cover securable with the base, the cover including an upper wall and a set of outer walls, the outer walls including a plurality of cable openings, wherein the base and the cover define an interior cavity for housing a bolt assembly. In some approaches, the fuse holder may include a busbar atop the lower wall of the base, the busbar including a set of openings aligned with one or more of the bolt openings of the lower wall. In some embodiments, a side cover may extend over some of the plurality of cable openings in the outer wall of the cover. |
| US10361049B2 |
Electromagnetic relay
An electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnet, an armature configured to shift in response to a magnetic force generated by the electromagnet, a movable spring having a movable contact disposed thereon, a fixed spring including a first contact strip and a second contact strip, the first contact strip having a first fixed contact disposed thereon, the second contact strip having a second fixed contact disposed thereon, the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact facing the movable contact, and a linkage member configured to link the armature and the movable spring to shift the movable spring in conjunction with movement of the armature. |
| US10361048B2 |
Pyrotechnic circuit protection systems, modules, and methods
A pyrotechnic circuit protection system includes a first connection terminal, a second connection terminal and a plurality of pyrotechnic modules connected between the first and second connection terminals. Each of the pyrotechnic modules includes a nonconductive housing and electrical connectors facilitating plug-in connection of the pyrotechnic modules to one another. A single control module may control and coordinate a plurality of pyrotechnic disconnect modules. |
| US10361041B2 |
Emergency stop mechanism for cable-pull safety switch
A safety switch is disclosed herein. The safety switch may comprise: a housing, wherein the housing comprises a mating cam; a face plate, wherein the face plate is coupled to the housing; and a subassembly coupled to the face plate, wherein the subassembly comprises: a base, wherein the base comprises a slot; a cam, wherein the cam is positioned within the base; a pushbutton, wherein the pushbutton comprises a hole; and a pin positioned through the hole of the pushbutton and the slot of the base; wherein the cam, the base, and the pushbutton are mated together with the pin; wherein the subassembly is not rotatable due to the pin. |
| US10361039B2 |
Electrode material and method for manufacturing electrode material
It is an electrode material that is used as an electrode contact of a vacuum interrupter and that contains one or more parts by weight of a heat-resistant element and one part by weight of Cr, the remainder being Cu and an unavoidable impurity. A part of Cr powder and the heat-resistant element powder are mixed together, and this mixed powder is sintered such that a peak corresponding to Cr element disappears in X-ray diffraction measurement. A solid solution powder obtained by pulverizing a sintered body of the heat-resistant element and Cr obtained by the sintering is mixed with the remaining Cr powder, and this mixed powder is shaped and then sintered. A sintered body obtained by this sintering is infiltrated with Cu. |
| US10361036B2 |
Capacitor package structure
The instant disclosure provides a capacitor package structure including a capacitor unit, a first enclosing layer and a second enclosing layer. The capacitor unit includes a capacitor, a first conductive pin and a second conductive pin. The first enclosing layer encloses the entire capacitor, a part of the first conductive pin and a part of the second conductive pin. The second enclosing layer encloses the entire first enclosing layer, a part of the first conductive pin and a part of the second conductive pin. One of the first enclosing layer and the second enclosing layer is a package gel formed by a package material, and another one of the first enclosing layer and the second enclosing layer is a moisture and air resistant film formed by a moisture and air resistant material. |
| US10361033B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body, a first external electrode, a pair of second external electrodes, and a pair of insulating coating portions. The pair of insulating coating portions extends in a laminating direction between each of the pair of second external electrodes and the first external electrode on a second principal surface, from the second principal surface to respective portions of a first side surface and a second side surface. A maximum thickness of the first external electrode on the second principal surface is larger than a maximum thickness of the pair of second external electrodes on the second principal surface. The maximum thickness of the pair of second external electrodes on the second principal surface is larger than a maximum thickness of the pair of insulating coating portions on the second principal surface. |
| US10361027B2 |
Ignition device
A step-up transformer, an oscillator, and an ignition plug are comprised. The step-up transformer has a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a core. The ignition plug is connected to a first end of the secondary winding. A gap is formed in the core. The step up transformed is provided with a shielding part which is made of a conductive material and shields the magnetic flux leaking from the gap. A second end of the secondary winding is electrically connected to the shielding part. |
| US10361017B2 |
Electrical isolator
There is described an electrical isolator comprising a first fluid-carrying member and a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from said first fluid-carrying member, a resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component located between and sealed against said first and second fluid-carrying member, wherein said resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component is adapted to convey fluid flowing from said first fluid-carrying member to said second fluid-carrying member, a reinforcing composite encircling said first fluid-carrying member, said second fluid-carrying member and said resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component, wherein said reinforcing composite is continuous and provides a conductive path between said first fluid-carrying member and said second fluid-carrying member, wherein said reinforcing composite comprises fiber and a resin mixture, and said resin mixture comprises resin and a conductive additive. |
| US10361010B2 |
Energy cable having a crosslinked electrically insulating system, and method for extracting crosslinking by-products therefrom
An energy cable comprising at least one cable core comprising an electric conductor, a crosslinked electrically insulating system comprising an inner semiconducting layer, an insulating layer and an outer semiconducting layer and zeolite particles placed between the electric conductor and the inner semiconducting layer of the insulating system. The zeolite particles are able to efficiently extract and irreversibly absorb the by-products deriving from the cross-linking reaction, so as to avoid space charge accumulation in the insulating material during cable lifespan. This allows to eliminate the high temperature, long lasting degassing process of the energy cable cores having a crosslinked insulating layer, or at least to reduce temperature and/or duration of the same, so as to increase productivity and reduce manufacturing costs. |
| US10361008B2 |
Method of making a nuclear fuel pellet for a nuclear power reactor
A method of making a nuclear fuel pellet for a nuclear power reactor. The method includes: providing a nuclear fuel material in powder form, the nuclear material is based on UO2; providing an additive; forming a green pellet, wherein said additive is added either to said nuclear fuel material or to the green pellet; and sintering the green pellet, wherein said additive causes larger grains in the nuclear fuel pellet, and wherein said additive is made of or includes a substance which causes the larger grains and which substantially leaves at least an outer portion of the pellet before and/or during the sintering step, wherein said substance is made of, or comprises, B and/or Cr. |
| US10361007B2 |
Method of making a nuclear fuel pellet for a nuclear power reactor
A method of making a nuclear fuel pellet for a nuclear power reactor. The method includes: providing a nuclear fuel material in powder form, pressing the powder such that a green pellet is obtained; providing a liquid that comprises an additive which is to be added to the green pellet; contacting the green pellet with the liquid so the liquid, with the additive, penetrates into the pellet; and sintering the treated green pellet. The additive is such that larger grains in the nuclear fuel material are obtained with the additive. |
| US10361002B2 |
Method and apparatus for setting imaging environment by using signals transmitted by plurality of clients
A method and apparatus for setting an imaging environment of a medical apparatus based on one or more signals transmitted from a plurality of clients are provided. The method of setting an imaging environment of a medical apparatus based on one or more signals transmitted from a plurality of clients includes transmitting information regarding an imaging operation of the medical apparatus to the plurality of clients, receiving one or more response signals with respect to the information from the plurality of clients, and setting the imaging environment of the medical apparatus based on the one or more response signals. |
| US10361000B2 |
System and method for protocol adherence
The system and method disclosed herein provides an integrated and automated workflow, sensor, and reasoning system that automatically detects breaches in protocols, appropriately alarms and records these breaches, facilitates staff adoption of protocol adherence, and ultimately enables the study of protocols for care comparative effectiveness. The system provides real-time alerts to medical personnel in the actual processes of care, thereby reducing the number of negative patient events and ultimately improving staff behavior with respect to protocol adherence. |
| US10360999B2 |
Medical scan comparison system
A medical scan comparison system is operable to receive a medical scan via a network and to generate similar scan data. The similar scan data includes a subset of medical scans from a medical scan database and is generated by performing an abnormality similarity function to determine that a set of abnormalities included in the subset of medical scans compare favorably to an abnormality identified in the medical scan. At least one cross-sectional image is selected from each medical scan of the subset of medical scans for display on a display device associated with a user of the medical scan comparison system in conjunction with the medical scan. |
| US10360997B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically detecting electronic access of files and surfacing contextually relevant content in response thereto
Systems and methods for surfacing contextually relevant data into the workflow of a third party system are discussed herein. The system implements a near-real-time method of detecting activity corresponding to particular electronic health records associated with particular patients in third-party systems using specifically configured software systems. A cloud-based micro-services architecture is communicably coupled to the third-party systems and is operable to transmit contextually relevant data to the third-party system in response to particular detected activities, such as accessing a patient's electronic health record. The contextually-relevant data is identified by comparing electronic health record data from various third-party systems, each third-party system associated with the particular patient, to determine gaps in the records. The contextually relevant data is transmitted to the third-party system and visually integrated into the third-party system's pre-existing clinical workflow. |
| US10360996B2 |
Method for selectively associating content items with pre-configured alternatives based upon directed user input
Computerized methods for selectively associating content items with pre-configured alternatives based upon directed user input are provided. The method includes receiving a first content item; determining a plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the first content item, each of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives being determined utilizing one or more of pre-configured content, facility- and personnel-specific content, a facility and personnel profile, and informational assistance data; presenting the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for user selection; receiving user selection of one of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives for association with the first content item; receiving a second content item; and determining at least one pre-configured alternative for association with the second content item. The at least one-preconfigured alternative is a member of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives but is not the one of the plurality of pre-configured alternatives selected by the user for association with the first content item. |
| US10360994B2 |
Method of quantifying hydrocarbon formation and retention in a source rock
The method according to the invention allows modelling of oil and the retention phenomenon in the source rock. Organic matter characterization experiments are used to establish the molecular model (MM) of the initial sample. The thermal cracking reaction of this molecular model is reproduced by dynamic molecular simulation computations with a reactive force field and validated by comparison with experimental data. The reaction mechanism permits a kinetic study by variation of the temperature parameter. The successive phase equilibrium assessments at various progress stages of the cracking reaction allow following the physicochemical evolution of the thermal maturation of the organic sample. The free hydrocarbons are not retained in the solid residue can be quantified throughout numerical modelling of the sample maturation. |
| US10360981B2 |
Semiconductor memory device for providing different voltages to grouped memory blocks
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of blocks of memory cells, including first, second, and third blocks of a first group of blocks and fourth fifth and sixth blocks of a second group of blocks, a plurality of word lines for each of the blocks, a first decode circuit for the first group, and a second decode circuit for the second group. When the first block is selected, the first decode circuit transfers a first voltage to the word lines of the first block, transfers a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the word lines of the second block, and causes the word lines of the third block to go into an electrically floating state, and the second decode circuit causes the words lines of the fourth block, the fifth block, and the sixth block into the electrically floating state. |
| US10360980B2 |
Sequential write and sequential write verify in memory device
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods for performing a first stage of an operation of storing information in a first memory cell and a second memory cell, and performing a second stage of the operation after the first stage to determine whether each of the first and second memory cells reaches a target state. The first memory cell is included in a first memory cell string coupled to a data line through a first select transistor. The second memory cell is included in a second memory cell string coupled to the data line through a second select transistor. |
| US10360978B2 |
Semiconductor memory device for performing coding program and operating method thereof
Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks sharing one or more drain select lines; a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation on the memory cell array; and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to coding-program one or more drain select transistors included in each of the plurality of memory blocks. |
| US10360975B2 |
Accessing memory cells in parallel in a cross-point array
Methods and structures for accessing memory cells in parallel in a cross-point array include accessing in parallel a first memory cell disposed between a first selected column and a first selected row and a second memory cell disposed between a second selected column different from the first selected column and a second selected row different from the first selected row. Accessing in parallel includes simultaneously applying access biases between the first selected column and the first selected row and between the second selected column and the second selected row. The accessing in parallel is conducted while the cells are in a thresholded condition or while the cells are in a post-threshold recovery period. |
| US10360973B2 |
Data mapping enabling fast read multi-level 3D NAND to improve lifetime capacity
In this disclosure, data mapping based on three dimensional lattices that have an improved sum rate (i.e., lifetime capacity) with low read latency is disclosed. During the write, a memory location is written to multiple times prior to erasure. Specifically, for the first write, there are 4/3 bits per cell available for writing, which is about 10.67 kB per cell are used for data storage. Then, for the second write, there is one bit per cell, which is 8 kB per cell for data storage. If considering a block with 128 different cells and writing 32 kB of data, the first write results in 42.66 data writes while the second write results in 32 writes for a total of 74.66 writes. Previously, the number of writes for 32 kB would be 64 writes. Thus, by writing twice prior to erasure, more data can be stored. |
| US10360969B2 |
Light emitting element driving semiconductor integrated circuit, light emitting element driving device, light emitting device, and vehicle
A light emitting element driving semiconductor integrated circuit constitutes at least a part of a light emitting element driving device arranged to drive a series connection unit including a plurality of light emitting elements. The light emitting element driving semiconductor integrated circuit includes a single-element short-circuit detection unit arranged to detect that one of the plurality of light emitting elements is short-circuited, and a control unit arranged to control a power element of the light emitting element driving device so that current supplied from the light emitting element driving device to the series connection unit is increased, when the single-element short-circuit detection circuit detects that one of the plurality of light emitting elements is short-circuited. |
| US10360968B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for refresh control
Apparatuses and methods of for refresh control of a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes a command control circuit that provides a plurality of pulses on a first control signal in series responsive to a plurality of refresh commands issued in series; a signal generation circuit that produces a plurality of pulses on a second control signal in sequence; and a refresh control circuit that receives two or more of the plurality of pulses on the first control signal during a period of time between one pulse and a succeeding pulse of the plurality of pulses on the second control signal, disables refresh operations responsive to at least one of the two or more of the plurality of first control signal and executes a refresh operation responsive to remaining one or more pulses of the two or more of the plurality of pulses on the first control signal. |
| US10360960B2 |
Magnetic memory device
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a conductive layer, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic layer, and a controller. The conductive layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion between the first and second portions. The first magnetic layer is separated from the third portion. The second magnetic layer is provided between the third portion and the first magnetic layer. The first nonmagnetic layer is provided between the first and second magnetic layers. The controller is electrically connected to the first and second portions. The third portion includes a first region and a second region. The second region is provided between the first region and the second magnetic layer. The controller implements a first operation of supplying a first current to the conductive layer, and a second operation of supplying a second current to the conductive layer. |
| US10360959B2 |
Adjusting instruction delays to the latch path in DDR5 DRAM
Memory devices may provide a communication interface that is configured to receive control signals, and/or address signals from user circuitry, such as a processor. The memory device may receive and process signals employing different signal paths that may have different latencies, leading to clock skews. Embodiments discussed herein the application are related to interface circuitry that may decrease certain response times of the memory device by adding delays that minimize the clock skews. For example, a delay in a control path, such as a chip select path, may allow reduction in a delay of an address path, and leading to a decrease of the access time of the memory device. Embodiments also disclose how training modes may be employed to further adjust the delays in the control and/or address paths to decrease access times during regular operation. |
| US10360957B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor system
Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a semiconductor system. The semiconductor device includes a command processing circuit for generating a write enable signal and a read enable signal in response to a command, a data strobe signal processing circuit for generating a data strobe signal in response to a clock and the read enable signal or for receiving the data strobe signal in response to the write enable signal and outputting a write data strobe signal, and a data processing circuit for converting analog data into digital data in response to the write data strobe signal and the write enable signal and converting the digital data into the analog data in response to the read enable signal. |
| US10360955B2 |
Apparatuses including multiple read modes and methods for same
Apparatuses and methods including multiple read modes for reading data from a memory are described. An example apparatus includes a memory including a first read mode and a second read mode. The memory has a read operation for the first read mode including a first pre-access phase, an access phase, and a first post-access phase. The read operation for the second read mode includes a second pre-access phase, the access phase, and a second post-access phase. The read operation for either the first read mode or the second read mode is performed responsive to the memory receiving a read command. The second pre-access phase is different from the first pre-access phase, with the second pre-access phase having a shorter time than the first pre-access phase measured from receipt of the read command. |
| US10360954B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for chip identification in a memory package
Apparatuses, methods, memory packages, and semiconductor chips are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a semiconductor chip including a layer identification setting path circuit configured to receive respective input signals from a plurality of input layer identification setting paths. The layer identification setting path circuit is further configured to change a value of at least one of the respective input signals to generate respective output signals and to provide the respective output signals to a plurality of output layer identification setting paths. The apparatus further includes an identification circuit configured to determine identification information based on the respective input signals and to compare the identification information to received access layer identification information. The identification circuit is configured to process received command signals based on the comparison between the identification information and the access layer identification information. |
| US10360951B1 |
Internal write adjust for a memory device
Methods and systems for internal timing schemes are provided. A data strobe (DQS) signal is received at a memory device. The DQS signal is shifted in a negative direction relative to a clock of the memory device to cause a fail point of a flip flop of the memory device. After causing the fail point, the DQS signal is shifted in a positive direction relative to the clock. A transition edge of an internal write signal (IWS) is centered in a DQS period, such as a write preamble. The IWS indicates that a write command is to be captured. Moreover, centering the transition edge includes selectively delaying the IWS in the negative direction. |
| US10360950B2 |
Methods, semiconductor devices, and semiconductor systems
A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may be configured to shift storage positions of data and error information on the data to store the data into shifted storage positions based on the address signals having a certain combination being inputted a predetermined number of times. |
| US10360948B2 |
Memory device and operating method of memory device
A memory device includes a memory cell array that includes memory cells, a row decoder that is connected to the memory cell array through word lines, a column decoder that is connected to the memory cell array through bit lines and source lines, a write driver that transfers a write voltage to a bit line, which is selected by the column decoder, from among the bit lines by using a gate voltage in a write operation, and control logic that generates the gate voltage. The gate voltage is higher than the write voltage. |
| US10360940B2 |
Method of protection of optical media, such as CDs and DVDs against unauthorised copying and a non-standard optical audio disc and video disc with protection against loading and playing in personal computers and matrices for making thereof
Subject-matter is that between an inner edge and an outer edge of a lead-in area, are created by mechanical means grooves in the form of concentric circles around the central axis with the profile of the letter “V” in the protective layer, wherein these grooves have peaks and edges are created in such a way that the groove with the largest possible diameter of the circle does not exceed the inner part of the outer edge and the groove with the smallest possible diameter of the circle does not exceed the inner edge of the lead-in area, wherein the density of the grooves is such that edges of the grooves are touching each other on the surface of the protective layer and between the individual edges of the grooves there is no area undamaged by the grooves. Non-standard audio discs and video discs are manufactured by pressing from the matrix, they contain lead-in area data area and lead-out area and in the area with the radius from 18.00+1 mm to 23.50+1 mm are provided with the zone of the mechanical protection, which contains a set of grooves in the form of concentric circles, with the profile of the letter “V”, which are arranged closely to each other in such a way, that their upper edges are touching. |
| US10360938B2 |
Apparatus, methods, and systems for controlling tonearm tracking for a record turntable
Apparatus, methods, and systems for use in providing tangential (linear) tracking of a stylus on a record during play. In some embodiments, a tonearm assembly includes a tonearm with a laser emission source mounted thereto, and a receiver for receiving a light beam from the laser emission source and for splitting the light beam, and a movement actuator for adjusting a position of the tonearm based on a differential in light intensity between different portions of the split beam. |
| US10360935B1 |
Dual write heater for slider surface topography control in double perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writers
A dual perpendicular magnetic recording writer is disclosed wherein first and second dynamic fly height (DFH) heaters WDFH1 and WDFH2, are formed in first and second writers, respectively, on a slider in a head gimbal assembly. In one embodiment, WDFH1 and WDFH2 have front sides that are recessed behind first and second back gap connections (BGC), respectively, and join together at their respective backsides behind the interconnect which connects a bucking coil and driving coil each symmetrically disposed about a center plane separating the two writers. In another embodiment with a separate bucking coil in each writer, WDFH1 and WDFH2 are formed behind separate interconnects. Magnetic spacing loss is reduced compared with a single DFH heater spread across both writers. Close point at touchdown in a cross-track direction and the size of the touchdown area are controlled by applying a WDFH1:WDFH2 power ratio from 100:0 to 0:100. |
| US10360933B2 |
Hybrid dielectric gap liner and magnetic shield liner
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a transducer structure having a lower shield and an upper shield, the upper and lower shields providing magnetic shielding. A current-perpendicular-to-plane sensor is positioned between the upper and lower shields. An electrical lead layer is positioned between the sensor and one of the shields. The electrical lead layer is in electrical communication with the sensor. A resistance of the electrical lead layer along a direction orthogonal to a media facing surface is less than a resistance across the sensor along a direction parallel to the media facing surface. A spacer layer is positioned between the electrical lead layer and the one of the shields. One or both of the shields has at least one laminate pair comprising a magnetically permeable layer and a harder layer, the harder layer having a mechanical hardness that is higher than a mechanical hardness of the magnetically permeable layer. |
| US10360930B1 |
Disk device and method of manufacturing disk device
According to one embodiment, in a disk device, the head includes a first read element and a second read element. The disk medium is partitioned into a plurality of zones. The plurality of zones include a first zone and a second zone. The first zone includes a plurality of tracks on each of which a servo area and a data area are placed, a servo burst region in the servo area from which to detect the amount of off-track of the head from the center of a track, having a first bit length. The second zone includes a plurality of tracks on each of which a servo area and a data area are placed, a servo burst region in the servo area from which to detect the amount of off-track of the head from the center of a track, having a second bit length shorter than the first bit length. |
| US10360926B2 |
Low-complexity voice activity detection
Many processes for audio signal processing can benefit from voice activity detection, which aims to detect the presence of speech as opposed to silence or noise. The present disclosure describes, among other things, leveraging energy-based features of voice and insights on first and second formant frequencies of vowels to provide a low-complexity and low-power voice activity detector. A pair of two channels is provided whereby each channel is configured to detect voice activity in respective frequency bands of interest. Simultaneous activity detected in both channels can be a sufficient condition for determining that voice is present. More channels or pairs of channels can be used to detect different types of voices to improve detection and/or to detect voices present in different audio streams. |
| US10360924B2 |
Removal of audio noise
A system for removing noise from an audio signal is described. For example, noise caused by content playing in the background during a voice command or phone call may be removed from the audio signal representing the voice command or phone call. By removing noise, the signal to noise ratio of the audio signal may be improved. |
| US10360921B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining coding mode
Provided is a method and apparatus for determining a signal coding mode. The signal coding mode may be determined or changed according to whether a current frame corresponds to a silence period and by using a history of speech or music presence possibilities. |
| US10360919B2 |
Methods for parametric multi-channel encoding
The present document relates to audio coding systems. In particular, the present document relates to efficient methods and systems for parametric multi-channel audio coding. An audio encoding system configured to generate a bitstream indicative of a downmix signal and spatial metadata for generating a multi-channel upmix signal from the downmix signal is described. The system comprises a downmix processing unit configured to generate the downmix signal from a multi-channel input signal; wherein the downmix signal comprises m channels and wherein the multi-channel input signal comprises n channels; n, m being integers with m |
| US10360912B1 |
Presentation of indications with respect to questions of a communication session
According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, operations regarding providing indications with respect to questions of a communication session may include obtaining transcript data. The transcript data may include a transcription of audio of the communication session. The operations may further include obtaining multiple questions determined to be asked during the communication session. The operations may further include determining, based on an analysis of the transcript data during the communication session, which of the questions have been asked during the communication session. In addition, the operations may include causing, during the communication session, the device involved in the communication session to indicate which of the questions have been asked. |
| US10360911B2 |
Analyzing conversations to automatically identify product features that resonate with customers
A product functionality identification system to automatically determine product features that are a favorite of customers by analyzing conversations of representatives with the customers. The product functionality identification system retrieves recordings of various conversations, extracts features of the conversations, and analyzes the features to determine a set of features that is indicative of favorite functionalities of a product for one or more customers. A favorite functionality is one of multiple product features that is determined to be a favorite of one or more customers. The set of features is further analyzed to generate a favorite functionality manifest, which includes information regarding the favorite functionalities (a) as a summary of what is discussed in the conversations or (b) verbatim from the conversations. |
| US10360908B2 |
Recommending a dialog act using model-based textual analysis
A computer program product for recommending a dialog act to a participant in a conversation according to one embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, where the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method including receiving textual data associated with a real-time conversation between a first participant and a second participant, utilizing the processor, receiving an objective of the first participant for the real-time conversation between the first participant and the second participant, utilizing the processor, determining, utilizing the processor, a dialog act to be entered by the first participant at a current point in the real-time conversation that meets the objective, utilizing a model, and returning the dialog act to the first participant, utilizing the processor. |
| US10360907B2 |
Smart necklace with stereo vision and onboard processing
A wearable computing device includes an input/output port for communicating with an external mobile device, a microphone for receiving speech data, a speaker for outputting audio feedback data, and a mobile processor. The mobile processor is designed to receive detected speech data corresponding to a request to open an application on the external mobile device, transmit the request to the external mobile device, and receive a description of content within the application from the external mobile device. The mobile processor is also designed to transmit the description to the speaker to be output, receive detected speech data corresponding to a request for the external mobile device to perform an action within the application, and transmit the request to the external mobile device. The mobile processor is also designed to receive results of the action from the external mobile device and transmit the results to the speaker to be output. |
| US10360897B2 |
System and method for crowd-sourced data labeling
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for crowd-sourced data labeling. The system requests a respective response from each of a set of entities. The set of entities includes crowd workers. Next, the system incrementally receives a number of responses from the set of entities until one of an accuracy threshold is reached and m responses are received, wherein the accuracy threshold is based on characteristics of the number of responses. Finally, the system generates an output response based on the number of responses. |
| US10360895B2 |
Dynamic sound adjustment based on noise floor estimate
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving a plurality of representations of the signal corresponding to samples of the signal within a frame of predetermined time duration, and estimating a power spectral density (PSD) for each of a plurality of frequency bins. The PSD for a particular frequency bin is estimated based on a smoothing parameter calculated from a noise estimate for the particular frequency bin as obtained from samples corresponding to a preceding frame. The method also includes generating, based on the PSD for each of the plurality of frequency bins, an estimate of the steady-state noise floor, and computing a measure of spectral flatness associated with the samples within the frame. The method also includes determining that the measure of spectral flatness satisfies a threshold condition, and in response, computing an updated estimate of the steady-state noise floor. |
| US10360893B2 |
Active vibration and noise control device and active vibration and noise control circuit
An active vibration and noise control device robust against outside disturbances, and an active vibration and noise control circuit are provided. An adaptive control circuit of this active vibration and noise control device has a cross-correlation value calculation unit which calculates the cross-correlation value of error signals, and a canceling output limiting unit which determines whether or not the cross-correlation value is less than a cross-correlation threshold value, and limits increases in the cancelling output if it is determined that the cross-correlation value is less than the cross-correlation threshold value. |
| US10360891B2 |
Wireless noise and vibration sensing
A noise and vibration measurement arrangement, system, and method are disclosed. The arrangement is configured to operate with an active road noise control system. The arrangement includes an energy harvester, an acceleration sensor, a signal processor, and a signal transmitter. The energy harvester obtains electrical energy from an ambient energy source. The acceleration sensor is configured to generate a sense signal. The signal processor is configured to provide a processed sense signal. The signal processor includes a normal mode of operation and an energy saving mode of operation. The signal transmitter includes a normal mode of operation and an energy saving mode. The energy controller evaluates the electrical energy from the energy harvester to operate in the energy saving mode when the electrical energy is below a predetermined energy level and to operate in the normal mode when the electrical energy is above the predetermined energy level. |
| US10360890B2 |
Handheld electronic musical percussion instrument
An apparatus, system, and method for an electronic handheld musical instrument that generates electronic signals for processing by a processor-based module to generate musical sounds adapted to replicate non-electronic traditional hand percussion and other handheld instruments, is provided. A piezoelectric-based trigger is secured in an enclosed volume or enclosure formed in the electronic handheld musical instrument. When manipulated by a musician in a normal fashion, freely moving beads float or travel within the enclosure of the electronic handheld musical instrument and strike against a sensitive face of the piezoelectric transducer device to create a desired sound effect. |
| US10360884B2 |
Electronic wind instrument, method of controlling electronic wind instrument, and storage medium storing program for electronic wind instrument
An electronic wind instrument according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of performance keys for specifying pitches, a breath sensor which detects at least a breath input operation, and a controller (CPU), wherein the controller (CPU) selectively switches between a first mode of outputting first sound waveform data generated on the basis of the breath input operation and operation of at least one performance key from among the plurality of performance keys, and a second mode of, when the breath input operation is detected, outputting second sound waveform data based on musical piece data regardless of whether operation of the at least one performance key is detected or is not detected. |
| US10360876B1 |
Displaying instances of visual content on a curved display
Various approaches discussed herein enable techniques for displaying instances of content on a curved display screen. Multiple users of a curved display screen may desire to view separate instances of content on different regions of the same display screen. A location of the separate users may be determined, and a region associated with each user determined and positioned on the display such that the region is within the field of view of the respective user. The content associated with the particular user is displayed in the region of the display that is directed at the associated user. |
| US10360875B2 |
Method of image processing and display apparatus performing the same
A method of image processing includes extracting first image information from an input image by analyzing the input image, determining, based on the first image information, whether to utilize a high dynamic range (HDR) function for the input image, setting an image output mode based on a result of the determination, setting a reference tone curve for the input image based on the image output mode, and generating an output image by converting the input image based on the reference tone curve. |
| US10360870B2 |
Display driver, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
A display driver includes a plurality of output terminals that output a plurality of data signals to an electro-optical panel, and a drive circuit including a plurality of drive units that output the plurality of data signals. Each drive unit includes an amplification circuit and a drive assistance circuit assisting drive performed by the amplification circuit. Drive assistance capability of the drive assistance circuit of an ith drive unit changes on the basis of gradation change information of a drive unit other than the ith drive unit. |
| US10360865B2 |
Gate driving circuit having high reliability and display device including the same
A gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages to provide gate signals to gate lines of a display panel. At least one of the stages includes an input circuit receiving a carry signal from a previous stage. A first output circuit outputs a first clock signal as a gate signal. The second output circuit outputs the clock signal as a carry signal. The discharge hold circuit delivers the clock signal to a node based on the clock signal and discharges the node as a second voltage based on the carry signal. The pull down circuit discharges the gate signal as a first voltage based on a signal of the node and a succeeding carry signal from a succeeding stage and discharges another node and the carry signal as the second voltage. The switching circuit delivers the carry signal from the previous stage based on a second clock signal. |
| US10360864B2 |
Active-matrix substrate and display device including the same
A technique of suppressing variations in property changes of switching elements in drive circuits provided for each gate line to reduce display performance degradation is provided. An active-matrix substrate includes: a plurality of drive circuits (11) provided in a display region for each gate line, for switching the gate line to a selected state; and a signal supply unit (12g) for supplying control signals (GCK1, GCK2, CLR, VSS) to each of the plurality of drive circuits for each gate line. The drive circuits (11) each include a plurality of switching elements that are turned on or off in response to the control signals. At predetermined time intervals, the signal supply unit (12g): supplies, to at least one of the plurality of switching elements in any of the plurality of drive circuits, a stop signal that holds the switching element off; and supplies, to each of the other switching elements in the drive circuit and the plurality of switching elements in each of the other drive circuits, a drive signal that turns the switching element on. |
| US10360859B1 |
Eye animation device and method to show eye expression in 2D and 3D lighted displays
An illuminated display device with a base member representing an eye and having a primary cavity therein, usually existing as a pair of devices to represent two eyes. Thin walls within the primary cavity divide it into multiple chambers wherein each chamber has a shape and volume that represents a view of a different, unique emotive response in an eye. Illumination devices are placed in each thin-walled chamber shape to emit light from the chamber volume through a top opening of the cavity in a pattern. Lighting all illumination devices equally imitates an open eye while illuminating the volume of one or more chambers at OFF or lesser brightness than the volume in other chambers creates the illusion that the eye has changed shape to equal the shape in the brightly lit chambers only. The device can thus imitate the changing shapes in an eye when expressing emotion. A speaker can emit sounds in synchronization with a pattern of illumination to enhance the emotive effect. The chamber shapes and volumes in the primary cavity can be covered by translucent material that may be printed with a graphic representation of an eye. |
| US10360857B2 |
Global illumination mode liquid crystal display for virtual reality
Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystals in a pixel area and a backlight unit coupled to the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of pixels are disposed in the pixel area. The backlight unit is configured to project light towards the entire pixel area of the liquid crystal layer during an illumination time period of a frame time, and not to project the light towards any of the pixel area of the liquid crystal layer during a non-illumination time period of the frame time. By enabling the backlight unit for the illumination time period less than the frame time, image streaking and latency can be reduced. |
| US10360856B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
The present inventive concept relates to a display device improving a bright difference.An exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept provides a display device, including a panel including a plurality of pixel areas having different widths, and a data driver supplying data signals having different voltages to the plurality of pixel areas in response to a same grayscale. |
| US10360851B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a first substrate including a conductive particle provided therein; a first line connected with the first substrate on the side of a first surface of the first substrate; a display element connected with the first line; and a second line connected with the first line via the conductive particle on the side of a second surface of the first substrate. |
| US10360841B2 |
Display device including a circuitry of multiple VBO input
Providing a display device including a circuitry of multiple VBO inputs, which comprises: a circuit board includes a VBO output; a controlling board includes a plurality of VBO inputs; a plurality of first switches, each includes a controlling port interconnected to one of the VBO inputs of the controlling panel through a first resistor, each switch further includes a first connecting port connected to a power source through a second resistor, and a second connecting port is connected to a ground; and a second switch, includes a controlling port interconnected to each first connecting port of the plurality of first switches through a third resistor, and a first connecting port of the second switch connected to a power source through a forth resistor and to the VBO input of the circuit board, and a second connecting port is connected to a ground. |
| US10360838B2 |
Display device and power delivery system including the same
A display device includes an interface, a power supply, a switch arrangement, and a display. The interface is driven by driving power and receives image data from an external source. The power supply generates first and second power based on a first input power in a first mode and delivers the driving power to the interface in the first mode. The switch arrangement forms a first delivery path to deliver the first power from the power supply to the interface in the first mode The display receives the second power from the power supply when driven in the first mode and receives the image data from the interface. The switch arrangement forms a second delivery path to deliver second input power to the power supply in a second mode when the interface receives the second input power from the external source in the second mode. |
| US10360834B2 |
Display substrate having gate driving circuit
A display substrate includes a first substrate having a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of pixels at the display area, and a gate driving circuit at the non-display area and including an output transistor including a channel region, an insulation layer covering the output transistor, and a capacitor on the insulation layer, electrically connected to the output transistor, and including a first capacitor electrode on the insulation layer, overlapping the channel region of the output transistor, and electrically connected to a first electrode of the output transistor, a first protection layer covering the first capacitor electrode, and a second capacitor electrode on the first protection layer, overlapping the channel region of the output transistor, and electrically connected to a gate electrode of the output transistor. |
| US10360832B2 |
Post-rendering image transformation using parallel image transformation pipelines
Techniques for post-rendering image transformation including outputting an image frame including a plurality of first pixels by sequentially generating and outputting multiple color component fields including a first color component field and a second color component field by applying one or more two-dimensional (2D) image transformations to at least one portion of the plurality of source pixels by first, second, and third image transformation pipelines, to generate transformed pixel color data for the first color component field and the second color component field. |
| US10360831B2 |
Semiconductor display device
It is an object to provide a semiconductor display device with high reliability. Further, it is an object to provide a semiconductor display device which can reduce power consumption. A decoder is provided for a scan line driver circuit and operates such that, in accordance with a signal input to the scan line driver circuit, a pulse is sequentially input only to scan lines included in pixels of rows performing display and a pulse is not input to scan lines included in pixels of rows at which display is not performed. Then, all pixels or part of pixels in the line selected by the pulse is supplied with a video signal from a signal line driver circuit, whereby display of an image is performed in pixels arranged in the specific area of the pixel portion. |
| US10360830B2 |
GIP circuit and driving method therefor, and flat panel display device
A GIP circuit, a method for driving the GIP circuit and a flat panel display device incorporating the GIP circuit. The GIP circuit is simple in structure and is capable of producing GIP signals that can be neatly pulled from a high level down to a low level. This allows better driving, avoids ripples and achieves higher display quality of the flat panel display device. |
| US10360829B2 |
Head-mounted display and chroma aberration compensation method using sub-pixel shifting
A chroma aberration compensation method using sub-pixel shifting for use in a head-mounted display is provided. The method includes the steps of: obtaining image data from a host, wherein the image data includes a left-eye image and a right-eye image; obtaining a refraction characteristics curve corresponding to a left-eye lens and a right-eye lens and calculating a resolution of the image data; calculating a distance and a relative direction between each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data and a center of the image data; adjusting an offset value of each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data according to the calculated distance and relative direction; performing a sub-pixel shifting compensation process to adjust a sub-image corresponding to each color channel to generate an output image according to the offset value of each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data. |
| US10360828B2 |
Application processor and display device including the same
An application processor includes a scaling rate calculator that determines a scaling rate of first image data based on stress data that includes pixel degradation information for each pixel; and an image processor that generates second image data by decreasing a maximum grayscale value of the first image data based on the scaling rate, where the first image data is received from an external component. |
| US10360827B2 |
Systems and methods for indirect threshold voltage sensing in an electronic display
An electronic device includes one or more unit pixels and threshold voltage (Vth) sensing circuitry. The threshold voltage sensing circuitry senses Vth of the one or more unit pixels, by: sampling a charge of a capacitor of the one or more unit pixels, transitioning from the sampling, and reading out the threshold voltage based upon a change in the charge of the capacitor, such that an operation of the one or more unit pixels may be modified based upon the threshold voltage. |
| US10360826B2 |
Systems and methods for indirect light-emitting-diode voltage sensing in an electronic display
An electronic device includes one or more unit pixels with a first node, a second node, and a third node. The device includes light-emitting-diode (LED) voltage (Vled) sensing circuitry, that senses Vled of the one or more unit pixels, by: sampling a charge of a capacitor of the one or more unit pixels, transitioning from the sampling, and reading out the Vled based upon a change in the charge of the capacitor, such that an operation of the unit pixel may be modified based upon the Vled. |
| US10360825B1 |
Flexible electronic device
A flexible electronic device is provided and includes a supporting substrate, a first flexible substrate disposed on the supporting substrate, a first oxide layer or a conductive layer disposed between the first flexible substrate and the supporting substrate, a second oxide layer directly on the first flexible substrate opposite to the first oxide layer, and an electronic structure disposed on the second oxide layer. The first thickness of the first oxide layer or the conductive layer is greater than a second thickness of the second oxide layer. |
| US10360823B2 |
Label, method for producing label, method for using label, and adherend having label
A label containing a base layer (A) and an adhesive layer (C) provided in contact with one surface of the base layer (A), wherein the base layer (A) contains a thermoplastic resin and at least one of inorganic fine powder and an organic filler, and the base layer (A) is stretched in at least one direction, and the film has an internal bond strength measured according to TAPPI T569 of from 0.4 to 0.95 kg·cm on a side of the adhesive layer (C) and from 0.4 to 1.5 kg·cm on a side opposite thereto, is easily recognized by the naked eye for the fact that the film has been peeled from an adherend, and is difficult to be restored by re-adhering after peeling. |
| US10360821B2 |
Sentence recognition device, sentence recognition method, and recording medium
A character code conversion device (10) utilizes not a standard character code table but a conversion character code table that is the converted standard character code, and transmits a conversion character code string indicating a sentence subjected to transmission to a sentence recognition device (20) via a network (N). Hence, even if a third party obtains the conversion character code string, the standard character code table is utilized, and thus the character string specified from the conversion character code string is completely different from the sentence subjected to transmission. Accordingly, proper recognition of the sentence subjected to transmission is difficult. Consequently, the security of the sentence subjected to transmission is enhanced. |
| US10360820B2 |
Instrumentation privacy apparatus and method
An apparatus implements a process to enhance message privacy and includes memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor accesses a plain-text message in binary computer code; utilizes a key aligned with a first segment of the plain-text message; utilizes the “one” bits of the key to point to tapped bits in the first segment; removes each tapped bit and places them into a new block; shifts the remaining bits in the first segment rightward (or leftward) and creates a ciphered message by three steps: filling the empty spaces in the message block with the tapped bits; adding the tapped bits as a second block after the first segment; and inserting the tapped bits into a second block of the plain-text message displacing bits located at an end of the second block and then moving those displaced bits into the empty bit spaces in the first segment. |
| US10360819B2 |
Methods and devices for modeling the eye
The presently disclosed subject provides a biomimetic eye model, and methods of its production and use. In one exemplary embodiment, the biomimetic eye model can include a scaffold having a convex curvature, a fluidic device coupled to the scaffold, a fabricated eyelid coupled to the fluidic device and a motor coupled to the fabricated eyelid. In certain embodiments, the scaffold can be impregnated with one or more keratocytes and a surface of the convex curvature of the scaffold can be covered with one or more layers of epithelial cells. |
| US10360818B2 |
Wearable partial task surgical simulator
A wearable device for simulating wounds and injuries received during a trauma event includes a raiment and vest for covering the torso of a person. The raiment has an outer surface with a color and a texture comparable to human skin. Mounted on the outer surface is at least one wound simulator formed with an orifice that is in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir. Thus, the person can selectively expel a blood-like fluid from the reservoir, and through the wound simulator orifice, to simulate a trauma event. The vest includes an artificial rib cage and prosthetic internal organs juxtaposed with at least one wound simulator to simulate internal effects of a trauma event. |
| US10360816B2 |
System and method for simulating fetal heart rate for noninvasive intra-partum fetal monitoring
A method and apparatus to simulate a fetal heart rate to train clinicians in using a Doppler probe. The apparatus includes an enclosure housing a bladder, with a piece of deformable material to be placed in contact with the bladder and the Doppler probe. The bladder is selectively pressurized by a source of compressed gas, the flow being controlled by a flow valve. A pressure release valve is provided to reduce pressure in the bladder. A pressure sensor monitors the bladder pressure. The flow valve may be controlled by a software run on a processor to achieve pre-determined bladder pressures to mimic a fetal heart rate. |
| US10360815B2 |
Simulating eye surgery
A reusable surgical model of the eye has mating anterior and posterior segments. The posterior segment has structures corresponding to those of the eye, including a hollow globe and an image of the fundus positioned upon an interior, posterior portion of the globe. A mating connector is peripherally formed about an open end of the globe. The anterior segment includes structures corresponding to those of the eye, including a pars plana, an opening in a region corresponding to an iris, and a lens positionable within the opening. The anterior segment has a peripheral connector which mates with that of the posterior segment. The lens is removably connected to the anterior segment, and has a focal length corresponding to a natural eye. A coating is applied to the fundus to enable simulation of a membrane peeling procedure, and the globe is fillable with a vitreous substitute. |
| US10360812B2 |
Controlling multi-function cooking apparatuses
Control system, method, and computer program product for partitioning machine readable recipe programs to control one or more multi-function cooking apparatuses for processing one or more food products. The system may include recipe program interface configured to receive one or more separate recipe programs for preparing food products. A partitioning module is configured to identify, in accordance with predefined partitioning rules, subsets of recipe program instructions in the one or more recipe programs. A first subset includes recipe program instructions for executing food processing steps with compatible ingredient information at temperatures below a predefined temperature threshold and a second subset includes recipe program instructions for executing food processing steps with compatible ingredient information at temperatures equal to or above the predefined temperature threshold. |
| US10360808B2 |
System and method for synthesizing and preserving consistent relative neighborhood position in multi-perspective multi-point tele-immersive environments
An e-learning system has a classroom having a seating arrangement for students, a plurality of depth-sensing cameras, a session controller coupled to the depth-sensing cameras, executing software from a non-transitory medium, a presenter station, and a plurality of augmented-reality headsets, one each associated with each of the seats in the fixed-seating arrangement, and one associated with the presenter station. The software operates in one of an instruction mode, an interaction mode, and a discussion mode. The viewpoints and audio feeds to all of the headsets are controlled such that the students directly interacting see and hear one another directly, and the remainder of the headsets see and hear one or the other of the directly-engaged students according to which student is speaking. |
| US10360805B2 |
Operation control apparatus of movable body, method of controlling operation of movable body, and computer readable medium
Provided is an operation control apparatus of a movable body that carries out a task at a destination. The operation control apparatus includes a memory, an information acquiring unit, a cell dividing unit, a calculating unit, a determining unit, and a destination changing unit. The cell dividing unit divides map information into multiple cells that include a first cell including the destination, and a second cell. The calculating unit calculates an evaluation value related to a degree to which the task is impeded, of each of the multiple cells. The determining unit determines whether the evaluation value of the first cell is higher than a threshold. The evaluation value determined as higher, the destination changing unit changes the destination to a location in the second cell, the evaluation value of which is equal to or lower than the threshold and is minimal. |
| US10360801B2 |
Systems and methods for departure routing
System including one or more programs with instructions for storing a plurality of planned departures associated with departure routes and departure fixes in the memory, storing at least one constraint associated with one or more of the departure routes and departure fixes in the memory, generating a departure model for modifying the plurality of planned departures based on the at least one constraint, wherein the departure model comprises a directed graph representing the planned departures, the departure routes, and the departure fixes, determining an optimized set of flows through the departure model based on the at least one constraint, and identifying a reroute for at least one planned departure based on the optimized set of flows. |
| US10360799B2 |
Apparatus and method for safety improvement by collaborative autonomous vehicles
In embodiments, an apparatus for safety collaboration in autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles may include an input interface to obtain sensor data from one or more sensors of a computer-assisted or autonomous driving (CA/AD) vehicle, an output interface, and an analyzer coupled to the input and output interfaces to process the sensor data to identify an emergency condition of the CA/AD vehicle, and in response to the identified emergency condition, cause a communication interface of the CA/AD vehicle, via the output interface, to broadcast a request for assistance to be received by one or more nearby CA/AD vehicles. In embodiments, the apparatus may be disposed in the CA/AD vehicle. |
| US10360792B2 |
Mobile device and method for controlling mobile device
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling a mobile device capable of communicating with a digital device comprises the steps of: transmitting a first pointing signal to a first virtual region; displaying an identification (ID) capable of identifying the digital device positioned in the first virtual region; transmitting a second pointing signal to a second virtual region; and transmitting, to the digital device, a command for executing a specific function of the digital device, with reference to a memory. |
| US10360790B2 |
Safety touch button system having an intercommunications link
Apparatus and associated methods relate to dual safety touch button systems for generating machine operation commands, according to predetermined safety guidelines, from status information received via an intercommunications link (ICL) operably connecting the dual safety touch buttons (STBs). In an illustrative example, each of a pair of STBs includes a processor configured to receive, via an intercommunications link port, status information from the other STB. In response to the received information and predetermined safety guidelines, the STBs may generate machine operation commands that operate a pair of relay switches. In some embodiments, each STB may be activated within a substantially simultaneous period (e.g., less than 0.5 seconds) to actuate corresponding relay switches for operating a potentially dangerous machine. |
| US10360787B2 |
Discriminating patient care communications system
According to the present disclosure, devices, systems, and methods for locating, tracking, and conducting communications between care devices and networks of care facilities through local communications hubs. |
| US10360786B2 |
Hygiene nudging system
The present invention relates to a hygiene nudging system for improving the overall cleanliness of a room or an area having one or more predetermined surfaces, comprising a dispenser unit configured to dispense cleaning wipes for cleaning the one or more surfaces, a control unit connected with the dispenser unit, wherein the system comprises a nudging unit connected with the control unit, the control unit being configured to control the nudging unit, the nudging unit is configured to issue an indication when activated by the control unit, and a first sensor is connected with the dispenser unit and the control unit, the first sensor being configured to detect dispensing from the dispenser unit and to signal the detection of dispensing to the control unit, whereby the control unit deactivates the nudging unit. The present invention also relates to a facility comprising one or more hygiene nudging systems according to the present invention. Further, the present invention relates to a monitoring and nudging system, to a method for improving an overall cleanliness of a room or an area and to use of the hygiene nudging system according to the present invention. |
| US10360784B2 |
Encoder system having function of detecting abnormality, and method for detecting abnormality of the same
An encoder system includes an encoder for outputting positional data and magnetic pole data of an output axis of a motor; and a controller for communicating with the encoder. The encoder includes a positional data generation circuit; a magnetic pole data generation circuit; a first data abnormality detection circuit for detecting an abnormality based on the positional data and the magnetic pole data, and outputting a first alarm signal; and a parallel-to-serial conversion circuit for outputting the positional data, the magnetic pole data, and the first alarm signal to the controller. The controller includes a second data abnormality detection circuit for detecting an abnormality based on the positional data and the magnetic pole data, and outputting a second alarm signal; and a communication abnormality detector for detecting an abnormality in a communication path based on the first and second alarm signals. |
| US10360779B2 |
Occupancy simulation within a monitored property
A monitoring system includes one or more sensors, one or more connected electronic, and a monitor control unit that is configured to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, determine usage data that reflects a level of usage of the one or more connected electronic devices, receive occupancy data that reflects an occupancy level of the property, train a predictive model that is configured to determine a likely occupancy level of the property, receive, at a current time and from the one or more sensors, current sensor data, determine, at the current time, current usage data that reflects a current level of usage of the one or more connected electronic devices, apply the current usage data and the current sensor data to the predictive model, determine a likely current occupancy level of the property, determine that the likely current occupancy level of the property is unexpected, and perform an action. |
| US10360775B1 |
Systems and methods for designing haptics using speech commands
Systems and methods for designing haptics using speech commands are disclosed. One illustrative system described herein includes: a processor configured to: receive an audio signal from an audio capture device, the audio signal associated with vocal user interaction; determine a haptic effect based in part on the audio signal, the haptic effect configured to be output by a haptic output device; and store the haptic effect on a data store. |
| US10360772B2 |
Doorbell apparatus and method of controlling power supply of the same
A doorbell apparatus and a method of controlling power supply to a doorbell apparatus are provided. The doorbell apparatus may include a power supplier, a battery device charged with power from the power supplier device, a doorbell controller driven using the power from the power supplier device or the power charged in the battery device, and a power supply controller configured to control supply of power to the doorbell controller according to whether the power is input from the power supplier device. |
| US10360771B2 |
Alert processing
Controlling transmission of an alert to a user of a device providing audio. An event which is identified as an alert is detected, and it is determined that the alert is a notifiable alert. A movement sensor associated with the user is monitored during a time period after detection of the notifiable alert. During the time period, it is determined whether movement of the sensor has deviated from a prior pattern of movement. A deviation indicates a user response to the alert. An action to alert the user is taken if the movement of the sensor during the time period has not deviated from the prior pattern of movement indicating that the user has not responded to the original alert. There is no such action if the movement of the sensor has deviated from the prior pattern of movement indicating a user response to the alert. |
| US10360769B2 |
Gaming machine, system, and method for introducing skill-dependent play in a wagering game
A method includes receiving a skill level input specifying a first skill level from a set of different skill levels, and in response to the skill level input, placing the gaming machine in a first state. Each respective skill level in the set of different skill levels is correlated to a different respective proportion between a player skill-dependent component and random component of the wagering game. Thus placing the gaming machine in the first state has the effect of setting that skill-dependent to random proportion to a desired value. After placing the gaming machine in the first state, the method includes receiving player inputs for which a prize may ultimately be awarded. This prize is determined by (i) any player inputs included in the player input set for the player skill-dependent component and (ii) the random component in an award proportion based on the desired value. |
| US10360766B2 |
Head-to-head and tournament play for enriched game play environment
A network distributed hybrid game system has a real world server, a game world server, a controller and a global betting manager; the real world server provides a real world credit meter and wagering results, the controller provides an entertainment game, the game world server distributes wager triggers from the controller to the real world server, and interfaces with the global betting manager to provide side bets based on game data from the controller and distributes results of side bets to the real world server that adjusts the real world credit meter. |
| US10360764B2 |
System and method for mapping results from sporting events to game inputs
A method of mapping sporting event results to inputs for a game is provided. One or more event results of a particular sporting event having a particular number of participants are received, and a set of rules is selected from a plurality of sets of rules based on the particular number of participants in the particular sporting event. For each of a plurality of bets, one or more inputs for a game are determined by applying the selected set of rules to the received one or more event results of the particular sporting event. The result of the game is then determined for each of the plurality of bets based at least on the one or more determined inputs for that bet. |
| US10360763B2 |
System and method for utilizing a mobile device to facilitate fund transfers between a cashless wagering account and a gaming establishment retail account
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a mobile device to facilitate the transfer of funds between a gaming establishment retail account and a cashless wagering account, and further between the cashless wagering account and an electronic gaming machine. |
| US10360762B2 |
Bonus round items in an interleaved wagering system
An electronic gaming system including an interactive controller constructed to communicate application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller. The system also includes a wager controller constructed to communicate a wager result associated with a received wager request. The system also includes the application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to: determine whether to trigger a supplementary mode; when triggering the supplementary mode is determined, communicate a notification to provide a supplementary mode session. The interactive controller is further constructed to: provide the supplementary mode session upon receiving the supplementary mode notification; communicate results of the supplementary mode session. The application controller is further constructed to: receive the results of the supplementary mode session; and when the received results are successful, communicate a request for benefits. |
| US10360761B2 |
System and method for providing a gaming establishment account pre-approved access to funds
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that enables funds attempted to be transferred into the system from one or more funding sources to be used in association with various system components prior to the fund transfers being completed by such funding sources. |
| US10360756B2 |
Functional identifiers on wireless devices for gaming/wagering/lottery applications and methods of using same
A user interface and a method of using the user interface are provided for conducting a business-related action and/or transaction for at least one remote product or service, by providing user interaction with a functional component on a wireless gaming device. Functional components are identified via functional identifiers, such as a company's mark, including logos, trademarks, brands, names, and etc. The functional identifiers are strategically placed in or on the functional components of the wireless gaming device. The business-related action and/or transaction are for gaming, wagering, betting, gambling, and/or lottery play. |
| US10360754B2 |
Integrated active control system for managing gaming devices
An integrated active control system includes gaming devices, a server, and a network connecting the server and gaming devices. The gaming devices include gaming terminals and gaming tables. The integrated active control system aggregates gaming transaction information from the gaming devices and determines, for example, the effectiveness of the gaming establishment's floor configuration. Based on this effectiveness determination, at least one of the gaming devices are instructed to change their configuration. Staffing information may also be considered and reconfigured. The integrated active control system further monitors and configures gaming chips. The gaming chips are programmable, and may store monetary chip value and chip identification information. The programmable gaming chips are monitored for tracking the wagers made with the chips as well as for detecting their location. |
| US10360750B2 |
Systems and methods for pattern generation and security features
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for providing user participatory design as a process to generate unique patterns on transaction cards are disclosed. For example, a system for providing an interactive design environment for designing a transaction card is disclosed. Accordingly, the system may provide for deeper customization of transaction cards through generative patterns curated by designers and informed by end-users. As a result, the patterns on transaction cards may be unique to every user, and these unique patterns may provide additional security functions to cardholders. |
| US10360749B2 |
Bill separating and stacking unit
The present invention is directed to providing a bill-separating-and-stacking unit with a simplified power-transmission structure by integrating driving units of a push plate and a shutter into a single unit. The bill-separating-and-stacking unit includes a sheet roller configured hit bills entering a bill-stacking space with a sheet, which is rotated, and configured to guide the bills to be stacked, a push plate configured to perform reciprocation and support the bills which are stacked in the bill-stacking space, a shutter which is rotated in one direction to be located in a stacking position so that the sheet of the sheet roller is rotatable to an upper side of the bill-stacking space when the bills are stacked, and is rotated in a direction opposite the one direction to be located in a separating position so that the sheet is prevented from protruding to the upper side of the bill-stacking space when the bills are separated, and a push-plate-and-shutter driving unit having a single driving source so that the push plate and the shutter are worked in conjunction with each other. |
| US10360743B2 |
Wireless reader system
An electronic system including a mobile device that communicates with a reader device. In one embodiment, the mobile device may be configured as a mobile phone and the reader device may be configured as an electronic reader associated with an electronic lock. One or more devices in the system may determine the position of the mobile device in relation to the reader device, and cause an electronic lock or another type of access control device to perform a selected function based at least in part on the position of the mobile device in relation to the reader device. |
| US10360740B2 |
Methods and systems for diagnosing a vehicle using sound
Systems and methods for diagnosing a vehicle using sound data. One system includes a server storing a plurality of models and a communication device including a microphone. The communication device is configured to receive sound data received through the microphone associated with the vehicle and wirelessly transmit a diagnosis request to the server. The server is configured to receive the diagnosis request and select a model based on the vehicle data. The server is also configured to apply the selected model to the sound data to generate a response to the diagnosis request and wirelessly transmit the response to the diagnosis request to the communication device. The communication device is further configured to output at least a portion of the response on an output mechanism of the wireless communication device, the response including at least one diagnosis of the vehicle. |
| US10360739B2 |
Vehicle event recording system and method
This disclosure relates to a system configured to generate synchronized electronic vehicle event records. The synchronized vehicle event records may include vehicle operation information, video information, and/or other information. The synchronized electronic vehicle event records may be generated remotely (e.g., “in the cloud”) from a vehicle. The system is configured to communicate with factory installed and/or other (e.g., third party) vehicle systems to generate the vehicle event information and/or cause other information relevant to a particular vehicle event to be transmitted in addition to the vehicle event information. By communicating with existing vehicle systems and causing these systems to transmit information related to vehicle events themselves, and generating the synchronized electronic vehicle event records remotely from a vehicle the system reduces the amount and/or cost of aftermarket equipment that must be installed in a vehicle for vehicle event monitoring. |
| US10360736B2 |
Visual editor for designing augmented-reality effects
In one embodiment, a method for designing an augmented-reality effect may include receiving a model definition of a virtual object. The virtual object may be rendered in a 3D space based on the model definition. The system may display the virtual object in the 3D space from a first perspective in a first display area of a user interface. The system may display the virtual object in the 3D space from a second perspective, different from the first, in a second display area of the user interface. The system may receive a user command input by a user through the first display area for adjusting the virtual object. The virtual object may be adjusted according to the user command. The system may display the adjusted virtual object in the 3D space from the first perspective in the first display area and from the second perspective in the second display area. |
| US10360734B2 |
Contextual applications in a mixed reality environment
A method of implementing a plurality of contextual applications within a mixed reality (MR) environment on an MR-capable device of a user is disclosed. At least one real-world object is identified in the MR environment by applying an object recognition algorithm to one or more attributes of the at least one real-world object that are captured by sensors of the MR-capable device. A first contextual application of the plurality of contextual applications is used to determine an association between a first set of contextual triggers and a second contextual application of the plurality of contextual applications. A second contextual application is initiated based on a satisfying of the at least one contextual trigger. A function is invoked within the second contextual application based on an interaction of the user with at least one virtual object satisfying a second set of contextual triggers associated with the second contextual application. |
| US10360733B2 |
System controlled augmented resource facility
A system, computer program product, and method for management of resources through an augmented resource facility is provided. In particular, a virtual center owned and operated by an entity may include a user-facing computing system. Said computing system may, through one or more cameras, sensors, and/or displays, provide an augmented or virtual reality experience to the user when the user interacts with the computing system to manage account resources. |
| US10360726B2 |
Singularity reduction in quadrilateral meshes
Systems and methods for modifying and generating quadrilateral meshes for computer graphic structures include obtaining a polygon mesh representing a computer graphic structure, the polygon mesh comprising a plurality of polygonal faces and a plurality of singularities, determining, based on a first singularity of the plurality of vertices, selecting, based on one or more characteristics of the patch, a first minimum singularity template (MST) of a plurality of MSTs each representing a corresponding quadmesh that has three or fewer singularities, and replacing, within the polygon mesh, the patch with the first MST. |
| US10360724B2 |
Methods and systems for emission computed tomography image reconstruction
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for reconstructing an Emission Computed Tomography (ECT) image based on locally adaptive gating. ECT projection data relating to a subject may be obtained. The ECT projection data may correspond to a plurality of voxels in a reconstructed image domain. The ECT projection data may be divided into a plurality of frames. A plurality of intermediate images may be reconstructed according to the plurality of frames. A plurality of motion amplitudes of the plurality of voxels may be obtained based on the plurality of intermediate images. A plurality of gate numbers may be determined for the plurality of voxels based on the plurality of motion amplitudes of the plurality of voxels. A plurality of ECT images may be reconstructed based on the ECT projection data and the plurality of gate numbers. |
| US10360723B2 |
Method and apparatus for automated projection mapping previsualization
A method and apparatus for automated projection mapping previsualization is provided. A computer model of an object is received, at a controller of a device, from a publicly accessible remote mapping server, the computer model comprising a publicly available three-dimensional computer model, the computer model defining an object in geographic coordinates and elevation coordinates, the object located at given geographic coordinates. The controller generates a time dependent previsualization projection mapping model for the object using images to be projected onto the object, the computer model, and data for generating one or more of Sun behavior and the Moon behavior at the given geographic coordinates. The controller controls a display device to render a previsualization of the time dependent previsualization projection mapping model. |
| US10360722B2 |
Base member and an RFID member for 3D image creation
Disclosed is a base member for use with a plurality of interchangeable reference members. The base member is intended to be connected to an element of a scene and includes a first surface and a second surface, a hole adapted to receive a fastening member for connecting the base member to the element, and a connecting portion adapted to detachably connect a reference member to the base member. The base member also includes a cavity adapted to receive and hold an RFID member, which cavity is coaxial with the hole, connects the hole and the second surface and has a smallest diameter larger than the largest diameter of the hole. Also disclosed is an RFID member adapted to fit in the cavity of the base member to cover the hole in the base member. |
| US10360721B2 |
Method and apparatus for signaling region of interests
Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus that includes an interface circuit, an image generating circuit and a display device. The interface circuit is configured to receive media data with timed directorial information indicative of a region of interests at a time. The image generating circuit is configured to extract the timed directorial information, and generate one or more images of the region of interests based on the media data and the timed directorial information. The display device is configured to display the one or more images at the time. |
| US10360715B2 |
Storage medium, information-processing device, information-processing system, and avatar generating method
An example information-processing device (10) includes an image capture unit (110) that captures a video of a subject, an image generation unit (120) that generates plural avatars based on plural images constituting the video captured by the image capture unit (110), the plural images corresponding respectively to different image capture timings, each of the plural avatars representing a subject shown in one of the plural images, and a display unit (130) that displays the plural avatars generated by the image generation unit (120). |
| US10360714B1 |
Systems and methods for displaying autonomous vehicle environmental awareness
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include displaying vehicle environment awareness. In some embodiments, a visualization system may display an abstract representation of a vehicle's physical environment via a mobile device and/or a device embedded in the vehicle. For example, the visualization may use a voxel grid to represent the environment and may alter characteristics of shapes in the grid to increase their visual prominence when the sensors of the vehicle detect that an object is occupying the space represented by the shapes. In some embodiments, the visualization may gradually increase and reduce the visual prominence of shapes in the grid to create a soothing wave effect. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10360708B2 |
Avatar based ideogram generation
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for generating ideograms from a set of images received in an image stream. The systems and methods detect at least a portion of a face within the image and identify a set of facial landmarks within the portion of the face. The systems and methods determine one or more characteristics representing the portion of the face, in response to detecting the portion of the face. Based on the one or more characteristics and the set of facial landmarks, the systems and methods generate a representation of a face. The systems and methods position one or more graphical elements proximate to the graphical model of the face and generate an ideogram from the graphical model and the one or more graphical elements. |
| US10360702B2 |
Time-series analysis system
Various systems and methods are provided that display various graphs in an interactive user interface in substantially real-time in response to input from a user in order to determine information related to measured data points and provide the determined information to the user in the interactive user interface. For example, a computing device may be configured to retrieve data from one or more databases and generate one or more interactive user interfaces. The one or more interactive user interfaces may display the retrieved data in one or more graphs, such as time-series or scatterplots. The user interface may be interactive in that a user may manipulate one graph, which causes an identical or nearly identical manipulation of another displayed graph in real-time. The manipulations may occur even if the displayed graphs include data across different time ranges. |
| US10360698B2 |
System and method for reconstructing a computed tomography image
A method for reconstructing an image may include obtaining scan data relating to a subject. The method may also include determining a first field of view (FOV) and determining a second FOV. The method may further include reconstructing a first image based on a first portion of the scan data corresponding to the first field of view, and reconstructing a second image based on a second portion of the scan data corresponding to the second field of view. The method may also include generating a third image based on the first image and the second image. |
| US10360697B2 |
Fast sparse computed tomography image reconstruction from few views
A method for performing Computed Tomography (CT) reconstruction includes acquiring a sparse measurement matrix using a CT scanner and applying a reconstruction process over a number of iterations to reconstruct image data from the sparse measurement matrix. The reconstruction process performed during each respective iteration includes generating a random view subset and determining a portion of the sparse measurement matrix corresponding to the random view subset. The reconstruction process further includes performing a stochastic gradient descent on the portion of the sparse measurement matrix to yield an image, applying a proximal total variation regularization to the image, and adjusting a step size associated with the stochastic gradient descent. |
| US10360692B2 |
Tracking system and method for tracking wood products in a production line
The wood tracking system for a production line generally has a wood product optimizer; a wood product trimmer downstream from the optimizer in the production line; a conveyor for moving wood products from the optimizer to the trimmer and across a handling area therebetween, the optimizer being configured to scan each of the wood products in a given order and to generate optimization data for each wood product; and a computer vision system positioned proximate the handling area along the production line, the computer vision system having a camera, a processor in communication with the optimizer and with the trimmer and a computer-readable memory for storing the optimization data, the processor being configured to acquire images of the handling area from the camera, the processor being configured to associate the optimization data of a given wood product across each of the images until it arrives at the trimmer. |
| US10360689B2 |
Detecting specified image identifiers on objects
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, apparatus, and system for detecting a specified image identifier. The method includes retrieving a target image to be detected from a predetermined area, binarizing the target image to be detected to obtain a target binary image to be detected, calibrating connected domains of the target binary image to be detected, successively retrieving image features of candidate connected domains, and comparing the image features corresponding to the candidate connected domains to image features of a standard specified identifier image, wherein the candidate connected domains are determined based at least in part on the calibration of the connected domains, and determining a candidate connected domain as the location of the specified identifier image based at least in part on the comparison of the image features corresponding to the candidate connected domains to image features of the standard specified identifier image. |
| US10360682B2 |
Method and system for analyzing blood flow condition
The present application relates to a method and system for analyzing blood flow conditions. The method includes: obtaining images at multiple time phases; constructing multiple vascular models corresponding to the multiple time phases; correlating the multiple vascular models; setting boundary conditions of the multiple vascular models respectively based on the result of correlation; and determining condition of blood vessel of the vascular models. |
| US10360679B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image processing method
According to some aspects, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to receive an image of a plurality of images. The information processing apparatus further includes at least one storage medium configured to store processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method. The method includes setting at least one axial direction in the image, wherein the image includes an analysis target. The method further includes determining motion information for the analysis target by analyzing motion of the analysis target to identify, with respect to the at least one axial direction, at least one of a motion amount of the analysis target and a motion direction of the analysis target. |
| US10360676B2 |
Cell image evaluation device, method, and program
There is provided a cell image evaluation device, method, and program to appropriately evaluate the state of a stem cell colony according to different changes in form of respective local regions of the cell colony. There are included a low magnification image acquisition unit 20 that acquires a cell image by imaging cells; a cell evaluation unit 23 that evaluates the cell image; and a local region information acquisition unit 21 that acquires the specific information of a local region in a colony region of the cells in the cell image. The cell evaluation unit 23 determines, for each local region in the colony region, an evaluation method for a cell image in the local region based on the specific information of the local region, and evaluates the cell image of the local region using the determined evaluation method. |
| US10360674B2 |
Flow analysis in 4D MR image data
A method is provided for flow analysis in a target volume of a moving organ, which involves a sequence of first volumetric image data sets that include structural information and three-directional velocity information of the target volume and a sequence of second volumetric image data sets that include structural information of the target volume. The method involves tracking a feature of interest within the sequence of the second volumetric data sets, determining time varying spatial orientation of a plane containing the feature of interest in the sequence of the first volumetric image data sets by transferring the plane from the second volumetric image data sets to the first volumetric image data sets, reformatting the three-directional velocity information into one-directional velocity information on the plane, and performing bi-dimensional quantitative flow analysis using the one-directional velocity information. A corresponding apparatus and computer program are also disclosed and claimed. |
| US10360671B2 |
Tool health monitoring and matching
Systems and methods for tool health monitoring and matching through integrated real-time data collection, event prioritization, and automated determination of matched states through image analysis are disclosed. Data from the semiconductor production tools can be received in real-time. A control limit impact (CLI) of the parametric data and the defect attributes data can be determined and causation factors can be prioritized. Image analysis techniques can compare images and can be used to judge tool matching, such as by identifying one of the states at which the two or more of the semiconductor manufacturing tools match. |
| US10360668B1 |
Methods for requesting and authenticating photographic image data
A system and method include obtaining and authenticating image files from users, such as insured users, at the request of an entity, such as an insurance provider. The requesting entity may supply an electronic address of the user and a unique identifier. The system may transmit a link to the electronic address. When selected, the link causes an image authentication application to be installed on a user device. The application takes the images securely and separately from a native camera application. Each image authentication application may be customized for each requesting entity. An authentication server may identify the requesting entity that made the request and identify a corresponding image authentication application to be provided to the electronic address. The images from the image authentication application may be authenticated via reverse image search, time, geolocation, and/or other information. The authenticated images and/or related data may be provided to the requesting entity. |
| US10360666B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing high dynamic range images
An input HDR image may be represented using an SDR image and a modulation value. For the SDR image to be viewable and representative of the HDR image, we propose a mid-tone optimization technique to calculate the modulation value. In particular, we use two conditions when deriving the modulation value: (1) the blacks are not clipped down to zero too aggressively; and (2) the number of codewords in the SDR image used to represent the mid-tone range of the HDR image is maximized. The modulation value can further be clipped to avoid over-shooting in both very dark images and very bright images. Temporal stabilization can also be used to smooth temporal variations of the luminosity in the SDR video. After the modulation value is determined, the SDR image can be obtained based on the HDR image and the modulation value. |
| US10360660B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for handling raw images
An image processing apparatus that handles RAW images favorably performs display when shooting and display when reproducing. The apparatus images a subject and generates RAW images, and reduces the RAW images and generates reduced RAW images. The RAW images and reduced RAW images are recorded in a recording medium. When shooting, the reduced RAW images are subjected to developing processing for display, and when reproducing, the reduced raw images recorded in the recording medium are acquired and subjected to developing processing in accordance with instructions to reproduce, and each is used for display. |
| US10360655B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling motion-based user interface
A method and apparatus for controlling a motion-based user interface are provided. The apparatus includes a touch screen for displaying an image and for receiving input of a user touch on at least one spot of the touch screen, a sensor unit for sensing a motion of the apparatus, a motion calculator for calculating a degree of the motion of the apparatus, when sensing the motion of the apparatus at the sensor unit, and a controller for, when the at least one spot is touched on the touch screen, determining the number of touched spots, for receiving information about the degree of the motion of the apparatus from the motion calculator, and for determining whether to change the size of the image or the position of the image according to the number of touched spots. |
| US10360649B2 |
Automated data entry method and system
A data entry method includes, in a computer-based data record including a plurality of data fields, defining one or more data fields for which desired field data is to be acquired. A data source in possession of the desired field data is contacted, and the desired field data is received from the data source. |
| US10360648B1 |
Synchronizing KDS functionality with POS waitlist generation
Techniques and arrangements for synchronizing kitchen display system functionality with point-of-sale (POS) waitlist generation. In some examples, a POS device generates a waitlist using both front of the house data (e.g., data associated the POS device) and back of the house data (e.g., data associated with the kitchen display system). For instance, the POS device can receive input associated with transactions between a merchant and customers. The POS device can then generate a waitlist based on the input. Additionally, the POS device can receive data associated with order tickets from the kitchen display system. Based on receiving the data, the POS device can update the waitlist using the data. In some examples, the POS device updates the waitlist by determining a state associated with each of the transactions, and the updating wait times for the transactions based on the states. |
| US10360647B2 |
System and method for wirelessly activating an electromechanically controlled fuel dispenser
A system and method are provided for remotely activating electromechanically controlled fuel dispensers. Each fuel dispenser is associated in a database with a unique identification code, and a first code is associated with an electronic payment system pre-identified by a fuel purchasing customer for automatic payment processing during fuel purchase transactions. In response to a wirelessly received identification code, the fuel dispenser associated in the database with the identification code that matches the wirelessly received identification code is identified, the identified fuel dispenser is activated to an active state in which the identified fuel dispenser is enabled to dispense fuel if the first code in the database matches a wirelessly received second code, and payment for the purchase of fuel dispensed from the identified fuel dispenser is automatically processed following activation thereof using the pre-identified electronic payment system associated with the first code in the database. |
| US10360645B2 |
Integrating an application into operating system components of a mobile computing platform
The subject disclosure is directed towards integrating an application into an operating system component of a mobile computing platform. The application communicates registration information to an extension mechanism within the mobile computing platform. The extension mechanism registers the application and modifies the operating system component to provide interoperability with the application based on the registration information. The extension mechanism couples the operating system component with content from a counterpart application to the application, which corresponds to information presented on the operating system component. |
| US10360642B2 |
Global comments for a media item
Providing global comments for a media item is described. A computing device determines whether a media item is to be presented in a social share with comments from other social shares. In response to a determination that the media item is to be presented with the comments from the other social shares, the computing device obtains the comments from a data store using an identifier of the media item for presentation to a user. |
| US10360640B2 |
System and method for comprehensive sales and service event processing and reporting
Example systems and methods provide comprehensive sales and service data processing and reporting. Sales and service events that take place at a front end branch of an enterprise may be input into a front end system and transmitted to a backend system where various modules then use the front end system data to generate various data and reports to determine sales incentive metrics and key performance indicators. |
| US10360635B2 |
Communication of insurance claim data
Aspects of the invention include methods and systems for a vehicle insurance claim management application which improves communication and streamline tasks between a vehicle repair shop and an insurance company system in three general task groups: assignment (comprising work requests, estimates/photos, and reinspections), financial management, and performance measurement. Aspects of the invention also provide interoperability with different types of estimating systems that do not necessarily follow an industry standard. This interoperability is provided through an adapter module with a claim processing system to communicate with the insurance company system and the vehicle insurance claim management application. The invention is preferably accessed by a user over a computer network such as the Internet, from a remote location such as a vehicle repair shop. |
| US10360631B1 |
Utilizing artificial intelligence to make a prediction about an entity based on user sentiment and transaction history
A device receives comment information that is associated with users and includes comments provided by the users, about an entity, via social media sources, and receives transaction information that is associated with the users and includes financial transactions of the users with the entity. The device determines correlations between the comment information and the transaction information, where the correlations between the comment information and the transaction information provide weights to the comment information to generate weighted comment information. The device generates a prediction about a future stock price of the entity based on the weighted comment information, the transaction information, and the correlations between the comment information and the transaction information, and provides the prediction about the future stock price of the entity for display. |
| US10360630B2 |
Basket creation system and method
An apparatus and method is provided for modeling and generating basket data for non-transparent exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for share creation and redemption. Portfolio data, including start of day positions for the ETF and trading information for trades executed by a fund management computer (FMC) during the trading day, is transmitted from the FMC to a basket modeling application computer (BMA). The BMA receives, stores and electronically time-stamps the portfolio data in the native FMC format, and captures, decrypts, stores, and time-stamps encrypted T−1 basket data and creation order data from a primary market trading computer (PMTC) in native PMTC format, this data including creation orders executed by the PMTC during the trading day. The BMA technically validates and transforms the data to form a composite image of the ETF portfolio, applies a set of rules to generate today's basket data (T basket), and disseminates the T basket. |
| US10360629B2 |
Volume attentive trade liquidity builder
Systems and methods are described for aggregating and filling Volume Attentive Trade (VAT) orders using a VAT Liquidity Builder. As described, in various aspects a first grouping of VAT orders may be aggregated by the VAT Liquidity Builder. A second grouping of VAT orders may also be aggregated by the VAT Liquidity Builder. Each of the VAT orders for the first and second groups may each include a set of VAT rules that define a limit price, a share quantity and a VAT delta. The VAT Liquidity Builder may then generate an effective limit price for each of the first group of VAT orders using the corresponding limit prices and VAT deltas, and generate an execution command to fill a particular VAT order having the largest share quantity from the second group of VAT orders with one or more qualifying VAT orders from the first group. |
| US10360622B2 |
Method and system for attribution rule controls with page content preview
A computer-implemented method includes providing a user interface that allows selection of a product attribute and in the alternative allows selection of a previously defined rule. When a product attribute is selected in the user interface, a rule under construction that describes what products are to appear on a retail webpage is altered based on the selected product attribute. When a previously-defined rule is selected in the user interface, the rule under construction is modified so that the rule under construction uses the selected rule. |
| US10360615B2 |
Connecting people within physical spaces
Facilitating conversations among people within physical spaces is described. An interaction tablet can be housed within a physical space and configured to receive profile information from mobile devices of customers. The profile information can indicate conversational topics that customers are interested in within the physical space. Similarities between conversational topics of customers can be determined and those customers can be recommended to engage in a conversation regarding that conversational topic. One customer can also be provided information regarding what another customer prefers to purchase from the physical space and, therefore, use the purchase to facilitate a conversation to create a more engaging environment within the physical space. |
| US10360613B2 |
System and method for monitoring display unit compliance
Examples of the disclosure provide a compliance monitoring system suitable for display units in a retail store. A wearable device is configured to be worn by a user while in use. The wearable device may be coupled to a server. The wearable device is configured to capture an image of a product label on a display unit. The wearable device may process the captured image to extract product identity information from a machine-readable portion of the product label. The wearable device may retrieve stored label information from the server based on the extracted product identity information. The wearable device may display the retrieved stored label information in a field of view of the user while the user views a human readable portion of the product label, thereby allowing a compliance comparison therebetween. |
| US10360612B1 |
Consolidation of product data models
A model consolidation process combines multiple configuration models into a single unified configuration model that contains the union of the allowable combinations (i.e. combinations that are buildable) from each of the original models. An aspect of at least one embodiment of the model consolidation process is that it allows models to be combined in such a way that any incompatibilities or contradictions between models are detected and automatically resolved where possible. If an incompatibility is detected that cannot be automatically resolved, then the configuration models should not be combined. Instead if this incompatibility case occurs, at least one embodiment of the model consolidation process produces a description of the problem encountered and report the problem along with the necessary information required for a human to resolve it. |
| US10360608B2 |
Transaction arbiter system and method
A transaction arbiter system and method is disclosed which incorporates a merchant function database under control of a transaction arbiter that permits merchants to interact in an automated way with bids generated by other merchants. Rather than utilizing fixed price schedules as taught by the prior art, the present invention permits each merchant to define a set of functions which describe how the merchant will respond to a customer request-for-quote for a given product or service. These merchant functions interact with both the customer request-for-quote and the results of other merchant functions to generate a dynamic real-time bidding system which integrates competition among merchant bidders to achieve an optimal consumer price for a given product or service. |
| US10360604B2 |
Apparatus and method of scanning products and interfacing with a customer's personal mobile device
Methods and apparatuses are provided to allow a customer to acquire product information from a scanning system. For example, in some embodiments, a method performed by a control circuit comprises establishing a wireless communication connection between a user's personal mobile device and a portable scanning system configured to optically scan identification codes of distinct products; wirelessly receiving at the mobile device product identifying information from the scanning system of each product scanned by the scanning system and available for purchase at the retail store; associating, at the mobile device, a plurality of the product identifying information received from the scanning system with each of a plurality of user specified product information locally accessible through the mobile device; and communicating from the mobile device to a checkout system, during a checkout process, the product identifying information received from the scanning system of each product scanned by the scanning system. |
| US10360602B2 |
Metering accelerator usage in a computing system
A method for metering accelerator usage in a computing system includes receiving, from an accelerator, a set of metering rules, the metering rules including a unit of accelerator usage and a tariff per unit of accelerator usage. The unit of accelerator usage corresponds with an amount of work performed by the accelerator in executing data processing operations. The method may further include receiving on a first bus from a partition of the computing system a command block, the command block having data processing operations executable by the accelerator. The method may additionally include calculating, based on the command block and the set of metering rules, an accelerator usage value for the partition. The method may then include providing, on a second bus, the accelerator usage value. |
| US10360601B1 |
Method for generating a repair estimate through predictive analytics
Method for producing a list of parts and labor records to determine the total cost to repair and/or replace damaged parts of a vehicle involved in a collision that can evaluate millions of estimates previously written for vehicles similar to the one being assessed to produce a reliable repair estimate based on evaluation of all previous estimate data of vehicles that have incurred damage on the same points-of-impact, with similar extent-of-damage, presented as a number between 0 and 10, 10 representing the maximum amount of damage. A user inputs or selects a series of values and the method also receives input from various other sources to query a database containing millions of previously written estimates for vehicles, or structured repair data specifically produced for this propose. A cost estimate for repairing the damage and presents it as the output of the method based on the input and predictive models applied. |
| US10360600B1 |
Big tree method and system for verifying user reviews
A system and method for generating recommendations based on verified user reviews receives verified user reviews from a rating system. The system and method constructs and updates user profiles based on various factors including location and demographic information. This information is used to create comparison points between profiles which is used to amplify certain possible recommendations based on the similarity between the users. This information may then be used to trigger the population of a user interface. |
| US10360598B2 |
Efficient translation and load balancing of openrtb and header bidding requests
Efficient translation and load balancing of bid requests is disclosed. For example, a first network interface receives a notice from a publisher and triggering a first interrupt on a first processor. The first processor processes the first interrupt and provides the notice to a notice queue. A request translator executing on a distinct second processor translates the notice into a request. A request router sends the request to an advertiser through a selected network interface, which receives a first response triggering a second interrupt on a third processor. The second processor processes the second interrupt and provides the first response to a response queue. A response translator executing on the second processor translates the first response into an offer, which is sent to the publisher through the first network interface. Meanwhile, a second network interface triggers a third interrupt on a fourth processor after receiving a second response. |
| US10360593B2 |
Retail proximity marketing
Methods, systems and devices for presenting marketing information to a customer based on proximity to marketing areas. A wireless identity transmitter associated with the customer may periodically transmit wireless broadcast messages that include obscured identifiers. A proximity broadcast receiver within a retail store, such as near a product display or aisle, may receive and relay the broadcast messages to a server which may process the included information. Based on proximity information and other conditions, the server may transmit marketing information relevant to the customer and a proximate marketing area, such as coupons and offers. In an embodiment, the server may store data based on broadcast messages that may indicate foot traffic and other information valuable to merchants. The server may also transmit messages based on stored permissions that indicate whether the customer desires to receive marketing information and whether the server is authorized to provide the customer's identity to merchants. |
| US10360592B1 |
Rewards for purchases
Providing rewards for purchases is disclosed. In some embodiments, electronic couponing data corresponding to an available reward offer for an item as well as an association of a loyalty identifier with the reward offer is provided to an electronic coupon processor; and in response to receiving an indication from the electronic coupon processor that the loyalty identifier was associated with a transaction in which the item was purchased, a user account is credited with a reward amount associated with the reward offer. |
| US10360591B2 |
Systems and methods to process referrals in offer campaigns
In one aspect, a computing apparatus is configured to represent offer rules based on requirements for the detection of predefined types of events, and actions scheduled to be performed in response to the detection of each occurrence of the events. The events are processed independently from each other and are linked via prerequisite conditions to formulate the requirements of an offer campaign. In one embodiment, the requirements for the detection of the events are specified based on predetermined types of events, including a first type for an event specified for interaction with a first user when the first user performs an action as a result of a referral from a second user, and a second type for an event specified for interaction with the second user in response to the first user performing the action. |
| US10360590B2 |
Auto recognition of acquirable entities
A method of identifying, to a user, acquirable entities that the user may be interested in is disclosed. The method includes at a component configured to analyze information across a plurality of applications, analyzing in one or more of the applications being used by a user, content in the one or more applications. The method further includes based on the content, identifying one or more acquirable entities from the content. The method further includes identifying to the user the identified acquirable entities. |
| US10360584B2 |
System and method for direct response advertising
Systems and methods to guide a user response to advertising determine and/or obtain information identifying a commercial good that is related to an advertisement presented to a user, and further determine and/or obtain commercial sources for that commercial good. Information regarding the particular commercial sources is used to select a commercial source. Information regarding the particular commercial good and the selected commercial source is presented to the user, for example using a graphical user interface. The user may subsequently be able to buy the commercial good from the selected commercial source. |
| US10360581B1 |
Automatic performance-triggered feature discovery
Automatic performance triggered model adjustment. A hierarchical feature tree is generated. Each child node's feature is more specific than its respective parent node's feature. A behavioral model comprising features of the feature tree is created and used in the operation of an advertising campaign. A degraded model feature is detected at the discovery system by comparing a performance metric of a model feature from two different time windows. The discovery system matches a node of the feature tree with the degraded feature and selects a prospective model feature from a same-level node or from a lower level node than the matching feature's node. An estimated performance metric for the prospective model feature is determined and the results are used to decide if the model should be updated to include the prospective model feature. The campaign can be operated with the automatically updated model. |
| US10360580B1 |
Promotion system for determining and correcting for insufficiency of promotion data
A promotion system for determining a deficiency in promotion data and correcting for the deficiency is disclosed. Issuing offers from a promotion program results in promotion data being generated. The promotion data may be analyzed to determine an acceptance rate of the offers. The promotion system may compare whether the acceptance rate is above a predetermined threshold, but has a confidence level that is less than a confidence rate threshold. In that event, the promotion system may issue additional offers in order to increase the confidence level associated with the acceptance rate by a predetermined amount. |
| US10360578B2 |
Systems and methods to process payments based on payment deals
In one aspect, an account identifier is associated with a deal purchased by a user from a deal site. The deal has a face value applicable to a transaction with a predetermined merchant, if the transaction satisfies one or more predetermined criteria. The user pays the deal site an amount smaller than the face value. When the account identifier is used at a transaction terminal to initiate a payment transaction, a transaction handler determines whether the payment transaction satisfies the one or more predetermined criteria; and if so, the transaction handler provides the transaction terminal with an authorization response identifying the remaining balance, which is determined by deducting the face value from the payment transaction. The account identifier may be a one-time account number generated specifically for the deal purchased by the user, or an account number of the user used to purchase the deal from the deal site. |
| US10360577B2 |
Distributed generation of a coupon using a game of chance, a random number generator and a payout table to determine the value of the coupon
Coupons are electronically delivered by a coupon generating subsystem to a plurality of mobile devices via gaming sessions experienced on the mobile devices. A memory of the coupon generating subsystem stores a set of rules associated with delivery of the coupons from the coupon generating subsystem to the mobile devices, wherein the set of rules include a payout table that determines the value of coupons that are delivered. A gaming session is initiated on one of the mobile devices when the mobile device is within a broadcast range of the coupon generating subsystem. The gaming session uses a random number generator and a central processing unit of the coupon generating subsystem to generate a result for the game of chance using the payout table in the memory. The result determines the value of a coupon to be electronically delivered via the coupon generating subsystem to the mobile device. |
| US10360576B1 |
Interactive rewards system for rewarding drivers
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses are disclosed for an interactive rewards system for engaging and rewarding drivers. In one aspect, a system comprising a first computing associated with a driver and a second computing device is disclosed, where the second computing device is configured to receive, from the first computing device, driving score information for the driver, assign at least one lottery ticket to the driver based on the driving score information, and send, to the first computing device, a notification indicating that the at least one lottery ticket has been assigned to the driver. In another aspect, the second computing device may be configured to assign, to a driver, a card for a virtual card game. The particular card assigned may be based on the driver's driving behavior. |
| US10360575B2 |
Consumer household spend capacity
The spend capacity of a consumer typically increases as the number of consumers in the household increases, since the consumer can draw on the spending power of other consumers in the household. The size of wallet of the household is thus a better indicator of the consumer's spend capacity than an individual size of wallet. All consumers in a given household can be aggregated based on, for example, their address of record. Duplicate tradelines within each household are removed from consideration in a size of wallet estimate. A spend capacity is then estimated for each tradeline using calculations derived from a consumer behavior model. The spend capacities for all tradelines in the household are combined to determine a household size of wallet. Each consumer in the household is then tagged with the household size of wallet, rather than their individual size of wallet. |
| US10360570B2 |
System and method for conducting a gift value transaction
A system and method for conducting a gift value transaction is described herein. The method includes receiving a request for payment for a gift, wherein the request includes buyer-imposed conditions on use of the gift; notifying a gift recipient of the gift; and tracking the gift recipient's account balances at the different merchants with the buyer-imposed conditions. |
| US10360567B2 |
Method and system for distributing electronic tickets with data integrity checking
This invention discloses a novel system and method for distributing electronic ticketing to mobile devices such that the ticket stored on the device is checked for its integrity from tampering and the device periodically reports on ticket usage with a central server. |
| US10360566B2 |
Compliance system for display units in a retail setting
A system for monitoring compliance with a retail display program includes a beacon coupled to a promotional display structure. The beacon is configured to transmit a beacon signal that includes a beacon ID and is configured to be received by a user device. A database stores the beacon ID along with a specified retail facility and time period associated with the promotional display structure. A computing device is configured to receive a beacon data record at least partially generated by the user device. The beacon data record includes the beacon ID, a time stamp, and location-specific data associated with a retail facility in which the beacon data record is generated. The computing device is configured to compare the location-specific data and time stamp to the specified retail facility and time period to determine whether the promotional display structure is displayed in the specified retail facility during the specified time period. |
| US10360563B1 |
Architecture for a system and method for work and revenue management
There is disclosed a system and method for processing requests over an architecture. The architecture may utilize logical partitioning to distribute work load across multiple logical servers in an efficient manager. The system may comprise a router, a directory, at least one logical server, and a wallet server. The router may receive a request from a consumer via the consumer's device and extract a value from the request that identifies the consumer. The router may access the directory, which may contain a map that matches consumers with logical servers, to determine which logical server to forward the request to. The router may then pass the request to the determined logical server. The logical server may process the request by utilizing both generic and network or market specific plug-in processing. If the logical server determines that it does not have the necessary resources or loans to complete a request, then it may communicate with the wallet server to obtain additional loans of wallets containing usage resource. The logical server may generate a reply to the router for audit and transaction assurance, to generate an optional acknowledgement to the system generating the external request. |
| US10360561B2 |
System and method for secured communications between a mobile device and a server
The present systems and methods provide for secured communication between a mobile device and a server/gateway. The systems and methods can be used, for example, as a way to confirm whether or not a transaction was actually authorized by the user, thereby settling a chargeback dispute for a previously executed transaction. The method comprises receiving the dispute regarding the transaction including associated transaction data, and retrieving a digital signature associated with the transaction data, the digital signature computed by signing the transaction data. The digital signature is then verified using a public key, wherein the public key corresponds to a private key stored on a mobile device. It is then determined whether or not the transaction is fraudulent based on a verification result of the digital signature. |
| US10360557B2 |
Dynamic transaction card protected by dropped card detection
A dynamic transaction card that includes a transaction card having a number of layers, each of which may be interconnected to one another. For example, a dynamic transaction card may include an outer layer, a potting layer, a sensor layer that may detect and identify a card free fall and/or subsequent impact, which may trigger a microcontroller to send a mobile notification to a cardholder notifying the user that the card has been dropped, and/or may disable or deactivate the card and/or a user account associated with the card, a display layer (including, for example, LEDs, a dot matrix display, and the like), a microcontroller storing firmware, Java applets, Java applet integration, and the like, an EMV™ chip, an energy storage component, one or more antenna (e.g., Bluetooth™ antenna, NFC antenna, and the like), a power management component, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a chassis, and/or a card backing layer. |
| US10360555B2 |
Near field authentication through communication of enclosed content sound waves
A method for near field authentication of sources using an audio transceiver computing device includes scanning a plurality of predetermined frequencies for a free frequency, selecting the free frequency from the plurality of predetermined frequencies, generating a periodic enclosed content message, generating a modulated carrier wave representing the periodic enclosed content message, and transmitting the modulated carrier wave at the free frequency. A method for near field authentication of sources using a microphone input of a receiving computing device includes scanning a plurality of predetermined frequencies to detect a signal using the microphone input, verifying, responsive to detecting the signal, that the signal includes at least one enclosed content message, and extracting a content from the enclosed content message. |
| US10360553B2 |
Mobile device management
A device may receive information associated with a particular entity and trigger, based on the information, a status for the particular entity. The device may transmit, based on triggering the status, a list of a plurality of mobile devices and may receive an identified set of mobile devices from the list of the plurality of mobile devices. The device may further receive, from a selected mobile device, a request to perform an action and receive a string of characters from the selected mobile device. The device may further transmit, based on receiving the string of characters, an instruction command to the selected mobile device when the string of characters matches a verification string of characters. |
| US10360547B2 |
Processing payment at a point of sale with limited information
A consumer at a POS is able to obtain instant credit from a third party payment provider by providing identification information, such as from a driver's license, through a sales associate at the POS and by providing directly the last four digits of the consumer's social security number (SSN). When the consumer wants to make subsequent purchases through the payment provider, the sales associate need only enter the consumer's last name, zip code, and date of birth for the payment provider to locate and retrieve the consumer's account. The consumer may then enter the last four digits of the consumer's social security number, such as into a PIN pad at the POS, and have the information processed by the payment provider. |
| US10360541B2 |
Time analysis of a banking system
A banking system that utilizes metrics in acquiring and processing event data related to financial transaction activity at a plurality of automated banking machines. Automated banking machine include sensors able to detect event data during a transaction. The event data can include transaction data related to the type of transaction, time analysis data related to duration of the transaction, and operational data related to machine components used in carrying out the transaction. The event data for automated banking machines can be obtained, analyzed, and stored. Statistical averages associated with the banking system machines can be determined in real time. The averages allow a respective machine to be compared to other machines with respect to operational efficiency. An alert can be issued concerning a statistical anomaly regarding the respective machine. |
| US10360536B2 |
Implementing a consistent ordering of operations in collaborative editing of shared content items
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for ordering editing operations in collaborative editing of shared content items. The content management system can receive an edit operation from a first client for a content item that is shared for collaborative editing between the first client and a second client. In response to receiving the operation, the system can send an update to the first client including a previous operation received from the second client prior to receiving the operation from the first client, wherein the update can instruct the first client to perform a transform operation to transform a parameter of the operation according to an effect of the previous operation received from the second client. The system can then receive a result of the transform operation from the first client and update the shared content item based on the previous operation and the result of the transform operation. |
| US10360534B2 |
Systems and methods for automating monitoring of the contents of a container
The present technology relates to a container monitoring system for monitoring the content of containers, such as beverage bottles. The monitoring system is automated to record the content of the containers according to a metric such, as the container's weight and capture variances in the container's content for reconciliation with data such as sales data to expose irregularities in the consumption of the container's contents to provide inferences as to the cause of those irregularities. Various embodiments of the monitoring system may comprise a scale assembly for producing scale data, a processor module communicatively linked to the scale assembly, and a front end server application for processing and comparing the scale data to point of sale data and pushing notifications, reports, and other data to a user. |
| US10360524B2 |
System and a method for providing risk management
The present invention provides a system and a method for the risk management through ratio scale measures. The present invention identifies the risk of occurrence of events, develops ratio scale measures for impact of events and likelihood of events and deriving the risk of the events by multiplying the ratio scale measures for impacts with the ratio scale measures for likelihoods of the identified risk events. The ratio scale measures for impact of risk events is the sum-product of the ratio scale measures of the importance of the objectives and ratio scale measures of the impact of associated risk events on the objectives. The ratio scale measures for likelihoods of risk events is the sum-product of the probabilities of the identified causes times the probability of the risk events given the identified causes. |
| US10360520B2 |
Operational data rationalization
An approach is provided for rationalizing operational data. A current data profile of a current dataset utilized by a current data transaction is determined. Persisted knowledge of previous data transactions is determined to include a previous data profile of a previous dataset that matches the current data profile. If the persisted knowledge indicates that data size and shape corrections were applied to the previous dataset, filtering corrections of the current dataset based on the data size and shape corrections are determined, the persisted knowledge is rationalized based on the filtering corrections, and queries of the current transaction are modified based on the filtering corrections, or if the data size and shape corrections were not applied to the previous dataset, the persisted knowledge is rationalized based on the data profile match and the queries of the current transaction are modified based on the rationalized persisted knowledge. |
| US10360516B2 |
Automated dynamic data quality assessment
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for automated dynamic data quality assessment. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification includes the actions of receiving a data quality job including a new data sample; and, if the new data sample is determined to be added to a reservoir of data samples, sending a quality verification request to an oracle; receiving a new data sample quality estimate from the oracle; and adding the new data sample and estimate to the reservoir. A second aspect of the subject matter includes the actions of receiving, from a predictive model, a judgment associated with a new data sample; analyzing the new data sample based in part on the judgment to determine whether to send a new data sample quality verification request to an oracle; and, if a new data sample quality estimate is received from the oracle, determining whether to add the new data sample and the judgment to the reservoir. |
| US10360514B2 |
Method and system to dynamically enable SDN network learning capability in a user-defined cloud network
A software defined network controller for controlling a radio access network has a leaning capability by which usage characteristics are learned for each service provided by the radio access network. For example, bandwidth data, connection duration data and latency data may be used to learn usage characteristics for each radio access network service. The learned usage characteristics are then used in allocating network resources in response to a service request. |
| US10360512B2 |
Intelligent service request classification and assignment
Approaches presented herein enable intelligent service request classification and assignment learning. More specifically, a request comprising a free form text or spoken description is received from a user. The request description is parsed and classified by a regression-based classifier. The regression-based classifier classifies based on, for example: the description itself; the requestor's history of requests, and/or supplemental demographics about a requestor. Optionally, a user may verify the classification or select from a plurality of returned classifications. A service provider or administrator confirms that a classification is correct. If not, the incorrectly classified request is queued. If so, the correctly classified request is added to a set of training data to be used in classifying future requests. |
| US10360511B2 |
System and method to estimate region of tissue activation
A computer-implemented method for determining the volume of activation of neural tissue. In one embodiment, the method uses one or more parametric equations that define a volume of activation, wherein the parameters for the one or more parametric equations are given as a function of an input vector that includes stimulation parameters. After receiving input data that includes values for the stimulation parameters and defining the input vector using the input data, the input vector is applied to the function to obtain the parameters for the one or more parametric equations. The parametric equation is solved to obtain a calculated volume of activation. |
| US10360505B2 |
Applying a plurality of rules to a multiplicity of streaming messages to perform intelligent data analytics
A plurality of messages comprising a stream of sensed data is received from an Internet of Things (IoT) device. A plurality of rules is identified. Responsive to a received message of the plurality of messages, the plurality of rules are distributed into a rule index tree based upon a cost model which minimizes a cost for analyzing the plurality of rules to determine whether or not each of the plurality of rules can be applied to the received message. The rule index tree is used to identify a set of rules of the plurality of rules that can be applied to the received message. The set of rules is applied to the received message to generate an outgoing message. |
| US10360504B2 |
Generalized faceted browser decision support tool
Embodiments of the present invention provide a faceted browser for decision-making that enables interactive visualization of a decision space as choices are made. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a selection of a first choice from a user. The first choice is displayed in a user interface that includes a plurality of facets, each facet including a plurality of choices. The method further comprises disabling at least one second choice in response to the selection of the first choice, and determining a first result set in response to the selection of the first choice. The user interface is then updated in real-time to display the selected status of the first choice, the disabled status of the second choice, and the first result set to the user. |
| US10360501B2 |
Real-time capture and translation of human thoughts and ideas into structured patterns
Examples of techniques for the real-time capture and translation of human thoughts and ideas into structured patterns are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include capturing, by a processing device, unstructured data. The method may also include extracting key terms from the unstructured data. Additionally, the method may include assigning an attribute to at least one of the key terms. The method may further include generating, by the processing device, a structured pattern based on the key terms and the attributes. |