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| US10368468B1 |
RAM air system for cooling servers using flow induced by a moving vehicle
A ram air system for cooling information handling systems (IHSs) in a mobile data center includes a volumetric container having a first aft-facing wall, the container designed for placement on a trailer capable of being moved in at least an aft-facing direction. At least one heat generating information technology (IT) equipment is positioned within the enclosure. The container is configured with an air intake opening placed in the aft-facing wall providing an intake path for exterior air to ingress into the container at a high velocity to provide a flow of cooling air that cools the at least one heat generating IT equipment while the trailer is moving in the forward/aft direction. An air intake damper is positioned within the air intake opening and is capable of being selectively positioned in one of a plurality of air intake positions, ranging from a fully open position to a fully closed position. |
| US10368466B1 |
Rack mountable cooling canister
A cooling canister includes a canister body and a sealing surface that seals with a subset of servers mounted in a rack. A cooling canister facilitates airflow isolation between subsets of servers mounted in a rack and is configured to couple with one or more fans that direct airflow through the subset of servers coupled with the cooling canister. In some embodiments, a cooling canister includes louvers configured to restrict airflow through empty rack slots to which the cooling canister is coupled. |
| US10368465B2 |
Electrical unit
An electrical unit includes a thermally conductive housing, an electrically insulating frame disposed in the thermally conductive housing, a plurality of bus bars disposed at least partially between a base wall of the thermally conductive housing and a first side of the electrically insulating frame, and a plurality of electrical components connected to a second side of the electrically insulating frame. At least one bus bar of the plurality of bus bars may be connected to the electrically insulating frame via one or more plastic rivets. Thermally conductive material may be disposed between at least one bus bar of the plurality of bus bars and a wall of the housing. |
| US10368459B2 |
Equipment clamping assembly using clamps and friction to secure equipment for use in rugged and other environments
An apparatus includes a clamping assembly configured to receive and secure a component in a support structure. The clamping assembly includes a faceplate configured to be coupled to the support structure. The clamping assembly also includes first and second side rails configured to be coupled to the support structure and to apply frictional forces to the component. The clamping assembly further includes first and second spring assemblies configured to be coupled to the faceplate. The spring assemblies are also configured to pull clamps mounted to the side rails toward the faceplate in order to apply clamping forces to the component. |
| US10368455B2 |
Lift handles having safety interlocks for a rack-mounted enclosure
According to one embodiment, a system includes an enclosure configured to be removable from a rack system, the enclosure including at least one bay for insertion of a component therein, a horizontally-oriented upper wall, a horizontally-oriented lower wall, two vertically-oriented sidewalls coupled to the upper and lower walls, and a set of integrated handles, each handle being configured to transition from a recessed position to an extended position, and each handle being configured to be gripped by a hand when in the extended position, wherein each handle is configured to extend higher than the upper wall of the enclosure when in the extended position, and wherein each handle is configured to retract to within an outer profile of the enclosure when in the recessed position. Each handle is configured to rotate 180° from the recessed position to the extended position. |
| US10368454B2 |
Shock absorbing structure adapted for a circuit board of an electronic device and electronic device therewith
A shock absorbing structure includes at least one protruding column and at least one resilient module. The at least one protruding column is fixed on an electronic device and passes through a circuit board of the electronic device. The at least one resilient module is disposed between the at least one protruding column and the circuit board. When the electronic device is affected by an external shock load, the at least one resilient module is forced by the circuit board to be deformed for generating a resilient force. When the at least one resilient module is not forced by the circuit board any more, the resilient force generated by the at least one resilient module drives the circuit board to recover. |
| US10368451B2 |
Module for the interconnection of a circuit breaker and a contactor for an electrical assembly
A module for the interconnection between an electrical circuit breaker and an electrical contactor includes a housing and multiple high-power electrical conductors that are housed inside the housing, each of the high-power electrical conductors being suitable for electrically connecting an electrical output of a circuit breaker to an electrical input of a contactor, in order to allow a supply electric current to flow from the circuit breaker to the contactor. The interconnection module additionally includes a device for measuring the current, which device is suitable for measuring the values of the current that flows through the high-power electrical conductors, and an electronic processing unit, which unit is equipped with an interface for connection to a data bus and which unit is programmed to transmit the values measured by the measurement device to the data bus. |
| US10368447B2 |
Component mounting machine
A chuck device is provided with multiple types of chuck claws clamping a component, a chuck claw switching mechanism switching the chuck claw in use among the multiple chuck claws based on the type of component to be clamped, and a driving mechanism causing the chuck claw subjected to the switching by a chuck claw switching mechanism perform a clamping operation. The chuck claw switching mechanism causes the respective chuck claws to move vertically independently of each other and performs switching of the chuck claw in use by a rotating cylindrical cam in a state where rotation of a tubular guide member placed on an outer peripheral side of a cylindrical cam is locked. A rotation locking member locking the rotation of the tubular guide member during switching of the chuck claw in use and a cam follower moving the rotation locking member are disposed in a mounting head. |
| US10368442B2 |
Integrated circuit structure and method of forming
An integrated circuit structure and method of forming is provided. A die is place on a substrate and encased in molding compound. A redistribution layer is formed overlying the die and the substrate is removed. One or more surface mounted devices and/or packages are connected to the redistribution layer on an opposite side of the redistribution layer from the die. The redistribution layer is connected to a printed circuit board. |
| US10368441B2 |
Method and apparatus for strain relieving surface mount attached connectors
An interconnect structure that includes a component circuit board containing a plurality of electrical components, and a wafer connector assembly. The wafer connector assembly includes a plurality of interconnect circuit boards that are in electrical connection with the components circuit board through a plurality of rows of solder joints, the plurality of interconnect circuit boards having a connection end including at least one contact. An adhesive is present structurally reinforcing at least a row of the solder joints that is proximate to the connection end of the plurality of interconnect circuit boards of the wafer assembly. |
| US10368426B2 |
Associating wireless control devices
A load control system may include one or more wireless control devices that may be associated via a programming device. An identifier for a first wireless control device may be determined in response to an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. An association between the first wireless control device and a second wireless control device may be defined at the programming device. The identifier for the first wireless control device may be transmitted to the second wireless control device, which may cause the first wireless control device to enter a sleep mode. The first wireless control device may enter the sleep mode after an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. The identifier may be determined in response to the actuation of the button on the first wireless control device and/or prior to the first wireless control device entering the sleep mode. |
| US10368425B2 |
Lighting system, method for transmitting schedule information in lighting system, and operation terminal
An operation terminal in a lighting system includes: a storage which stores identification information of each of the plurality of lighting controllers; a communication circuit which performs wireless communication with the plurality of lighting controllers; and a terminal controller which transmits schedule information for each of the plurality of lighting devices to the plurality of lighting controllers via the communication circuit. The terminal controller obtains the identification information of a current lighting controller currently connected to the operation terminal from the current lighting controller via the communication circuit. The terminal controller then confirms, based on the identification information, that the identification information of the current lighting controller is identical to the identification information of the target lighting controller to which the schedule information for a target lighting device is to be transmitted, and then transmits the schedule information for the target lighting device to the current lighting controller. |
| US10368422B2 |
Signal-preserving power booster and related method
A signal-preserving power booster and a related method. An input module, comprises a reference port and two input ports, receives an input light signal, which conveys an input lighting power component at a first power level and a data-over-light digital stream component imperceptible to a human eye. A MOSFET amplifier module, having access to the reference port, provides an output light signal between two output ports, a first output port being connected to an internal amplifier circuit connected to the first input port and a second output port being connected to the second input port. The output light signal conveys the data-over-light digital stream component from the input light signal and an output lighting power component, at a second power level equal to or greater than the first power level, the output light signal powering an array of LEDs at the second power level. |
| US10368421B2 |
Switching signal responding illumination device
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling an illumination device, such as a light bulb, LED light, or the like. In one embodiment, a lighting control adapter is described, comprising a male base for physically attaching the lighting control adapter to a light fixture and for receiving power from the light fixture via a light switch connected to the light fixture, a female socket for receiving a base of an illumination device, a switching circuit for providing switchable power to the illumination device, and a processing circuit coupled to the switching circuit, for detecting one or more power toggles of the power received by the male base, and for controlling illumination of the illumination device based on the detection of one or more detected toggles. |
| US10368420B2 |
Apparatus and methods thereof for controlling light emitting devices
The present application relates to a lighting control apparatus (2) configured to control light emitted from at least one light emitting device (4) using one or more control signals (6). The apparatus (2) uses data (10) associated with a physiological or cognitive state of a user to determine an appropriate control signal (6) to send to the light emitting device (4) when light control input data (8) is provided via a light control input device (30). The apparatus (2) is used in conjunction with a network of lights providing different combinations of intensity and hue. Also presented is a method (14) for controlling light emitted from at least one light emitted device (4) using one or more control signals (6). |
| US10368417B2 |
Display device having semiconductor light-emitting device with inclined portion
The present invention relates to a display device and, particularly, to a display device using a semiconductor light-emitting device. The display device according to the present invention comprises a semiconductor light-emitting device, and the semiconductor light-emitting device comprises: a first conductive semiconductor layer; a second conductive semiconductor layer having a lateral surface, and overlapped with the first conductive semiconductor layer; a first conductive electrode electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer; and a second conductive electrode electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the second conductive semiconductor layer has an inclined part inclined with respect to the lateral surface, and the second conductive electrode is formed so as to cover the inclined part. |
| US10368415B2 |
Lighting apparatus
An improved lighting apparatus is disclosed. The lighting apparatus includes a direct current power supply unit, a light emitting unit operating in response to a direct current voltage applied from the direct current power supply unit, and a voltage control unit located between the direct current power supply unit and the light emitting unit to control the level of a voltage applied from the direct current power supply unit to the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit includes first light emitting groups having a first correlated color temperature and being turned on at a first turn-on voltage (VB) or above and second light emitting groups having a second correlated color temperature and being turned on at a second turn-on voltage (VA) greater than the first turn-on voltage. The first light emitting groups are connected in parallel with the second light emitting groups. The voltage control unit includes at least one variable resistor to control the level of the voltage applied to the light emitting unit such that the second light emitting groups emit light or are prevented from emitting light, achieving a desired correlated color temperature according to a preset proportion. |
| US10368412B2 |
LED driver
In described examples, a circuit for controlling a light emitting diode (LED) includes a switch control circuit to generate a first control signal for a first switch coupled in parallel with the LED. The switch control circuit generates the first control signal responsive to a magnitude of loop current through the first switch relative to a first reference signal. A switch driver generates a second control signal for a second switch coupled to the first switch via an inductor. The first switch driver generates the second control signal responsive to the magnitude of the loop current through the first switch relative to the first reference signal. |
| US10368409B2 |
Light emitting device and LED light bulb
A light emitting device includes: a first white light source which includes N pieces of first white light emitting diodes and emits a first white light; and a second white light source which includes M pieces of second white light emitting diodes and a first resistance element electrically connected in series to the second white light emitting diodes and having a first resistance value, is electrically connected in parallel to the first white light source, and emits a second white light, the light emitting device emitting a mixed white light of the first white light and the second white light. The drive voltage of the first white light source is higher than a drive voltage of the second white light source, and a color temperature of the mixed white light is higher as a total luminous flux of the mixed white light is higher. |
| US10368408B2 |
Light emitting device and LED light bulb
A light emitting device includes: a first white light source which includes N pieces of first white light emitting diodes and emits a first white light; and a second white light source which includes M pieces of second white light emitting diodes and a first resistance element electrically connected in series to the second white light emitting diodes and having a first resistance value, is electrically connected in parallel to the first white light source, and emits a second white light, the light emitting device emitting a mixed white light of the first white light and the second white light. The drive voltage of the first white light source is higher than a drive voltage of the second white light source, and a color temperature of the mixed white light is higher as a total luminous flux of the mixed white light is higher. |
| US10368407B2 |
Electronic converter and related lighting system
Herein is disclosed an electronic converter, including a measurement circuit for determining a first signal indicative of the voltage or current supplied by the electronic converter, a regulation circuit for generating a regulation signal as a function of the first signal and one or more reference signals, and a driver circuit for driving the switching stage of the electronic converter as a function of the regulation signal. |
| US10368404B2 |
Solid-state microwave device
A solid-state microwave generator for applying energy to a load disposed in a cavity is provided. The microwave generator comprises an oscillator, a preamplifier coupled to the oscillator, a power amplifier coupled to the preamplifier; a radiating element coupled to the power amplifier and in communication with the cavity; and a passive, microstrip bandpass filter with a predetermined passband in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum connected in a line between the oscillator and the power amplifier. The output of the passive, microstrip bandpass filter is connected to an input of the power amplifier to limit the energy transmitted by the radiating element into the cavity at frequencies outside of the passband. |
| US10368402B2 |
Microwave heating device and method for operating a microwave heating device
A microwave heating device and a method for operating a microwave heating device to heat a product inside a heating chamber includes at least two radiating portions that are adapted to radiate microwaves to the heating chamber and can be operated according to a plurality of operational configurations that differ in frequency or phase shift(s) between the radiated microwaves. A learning procedure can be executed by sequentially operating the radiating portions in several operational configurations for which energy efficiency data are calculated. An operating frequency can be selected via an algorithm that optimizes a mathematical function based on energy efficiency data. An operational configuration with a maximum energy efficiency at the selected operating frequency may be taken as a reference. A heating procedure can be executed by sequentially operating the radiating portions in operational configurations having the selected operating frequency and respective phase shift(s) chosen around the respective phase shift(s) of the reference operational configuration. |
| US10368401B2 |
Multi-functional composite structures
A multi-functional composite system, the multi-functional composite system comprising a core, a plurality of structural composite fiber layers, a matrix material, a composite conductor assembly, the composite conductor assembly having one or more conductors disposed between two or more insulating layers, and an electric power source electronically coupled with said composite conductor assembly, the electric power source is configured to pass electric current through at least one of said one or more conductors. |
| US10368394B2 |
PTC heater with autonomous control
A heating arrangement has a positive temperature coefficient (“PTC”) heater. A resistor is electrically in series with the PTC heater sized and configured to limit current through the PTC heater and the resistor below a selected value. |
| US10368393B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for enhancing the setup of carrier aggregation, dual connectivity, multi connectivity, license assisted access, or LTE-WLAN in communications networks
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhancing the setup of carrier aggregation (or dual connectivity or multi connectivity or stand-alone LTE/LTE-like on unlicensed band or LAA or LTE-WLAN aggregation) from IDLE mode (or semi-idle or semi-connected or suspended state) are provided. One method includes providing an indication, to at least one UE, of (or configuring the UE with) potential inter-frequency carriers that the UE should measure during IDLE mode (or during semi-idle or semi-connected or suspended state) for potential SCells. The method may further include during or after RRC connection establishment, receiving an indication from the at least one UE that it has inter-frequency carrier(s) and/or SCell measurement results available, and based on the received measurement results, configuring carrier aggregation (or dual connectivity or multi connectivity or LAA or LTE-WLAN aggregation) without further measurements and activating the SCell. |
| US10368390B2 |
Method and electronic device for providing communication function
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication module configured to communicate with an external device through a first communication scheme, a second communication module configured to communicate with the external device through a second communication scheme, and a processor configured to identify a state of the second communication module, generate availability information indicating whether the second communication module is available to perform a same function with the first communication module, based on the state of the second communication module, and control the first communication module or the second communication module to transmit the availability information of the second communication module to the external device. |
| US10368383B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing multiple connections using different radio access technology in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. To provide multiple connections, a method of operating a terminal includes receiving a message instructing to establish a second connection based on a second radio access technology (RAT) from a first access node which provides a first connection based on a first RAT, and transmitting a signal for establishing the connection to a second access node using the second RAT. |
| US10368382B2 |
Techniques for managing communication links of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs)
A UE may receive, via a first communication link that uses a first radio access technology (RAT), information that identifies a threshold associated with a second communication link that uses a second RAT. The UE may monitor one or more communications on the second communication link. The UE may determine whether a parameter associated with the second communication link satisfies the threshold based at least in part on monitoring the one or more communications on the second communication link. The UE may provide a message via the first communication link when the parameter associated with the second communication link satisfies the threshold. |
| US10368380B2 |
Wireless communication system and method
User equipment included in a wireless communication system wirelessly connects to a donor base-station to establish a macro link, wirelessly connects to a mobile relay to establish an access link, and simultaneously maintains connections with the donor base-station and the mobile relay coexisting in the same coverage area, wherein a first pre-established frequency band can be used for the access link and a second pre-established frequency band can be used for the macro link. Furthermore, the user equipment can wirelessly connect to the mobile relay to establish an access link, be assigned, from the mobile relay, a wireless resource for device-to-device communication with at least one other user equipment within the same mobile relay cell, and perform device-to-device communication with the at least one other user equipment using the assigned wireless resource. |
| US10368375B2 |
Optimizations for prose communications
Methods and devices are described for communication using proximity services (ProSe). An aggregate maximum bit rate parameter (AMBR) may limit a data rate that may be transmitted by one or more ProSe bearers. A wireless transmit-receive unit (WTRU) may request authorization from the network prior to establishing a ProSe bearer specifying a required quality of service (QoS) or other requirements. Each ProSe bearer may have a corresponding EPS bearer to support service continuity. Packets may be evaluated by a WTRU first using a ProSe check to determine if the packet is destined for a ProSe bearer and then using a packet filter or filters in order of precedence. Embodiments may include methods of initiation communication after discovery. Embodiments may include methods of maintaining session continuity when traffic is switched between an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer and a ProSe bearer. |
| US10368373B2 |
Beam selection and refinement during a random access channel (RACH) procedure
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to beam refinement during a RACH procedure. A NB may receive a message via a first beam from a UE as part of a RACH procedure and may transmit at least one signal for beam refinement during the RACH procedure. A UE may transmit, to a NB, a message via a first beam as part of a RACH procedure and may receive, from the NB, at least one signal for beam refinement during the RACH procedure. Any directional signal beam may be used for beam refinement as described herein. |
| US10368370B2 |
Multichannel access method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present application disclose a multichannel access method, including: obtaining a transmission opportunity TXOP of a first reserved channel; sensing a non-reserved channel other than the first reserved channel in a preset time segment in the TXOP, and if the non-reserved channel is in an idle state, using the non-reserved channel as a second reserved channel; and when an ending moment of the preset time segment is reached, sending a current data frame on the first reserved channel and the second reserved channel. Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present application further disclose a multichannel access apparatus. Channel utilization can be improved by implementing the embodiments of the present application. |
| US10368368B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for multi-user scheduling in wireless local-area networks
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are shown for multi-user scheduling in wireless local-area networks (WLANs). A wireless communication device is shown including circuitry to determine a plurality of schedules for each of a plurality of channels for an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication in a wireless local-area network (WLAN). Each of the plurality of schedules may include a frequency allocation for one or more communication devices. The circuitry may be further configured to transmit the corresponding schedule of the one or more schedules on each of the one or more channels. Each of the plurality of schedules may include a schedule type and a user association identification (AID) list. A number of user AIDs in the user AID list may be based on the schedule type. |
| US10368367B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink signal in wireless LAN system
One example of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting, by a terminal, an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a TA command in subframe n; and transmitting the uplink signal by applying the TA command in subframe n+6, wherein if the terminal transmits a scheduling assignment (SA) in subframe n+b (1 |
| US10368365B2 |
Time mask techniques for shortened transmission time intervals
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that support time mask techniques for shortened transmission time intervals (sTTIs) that may enhance low latency communications. Time masks may be identified and applied for transmissions that use sTTIs, in a manner that provides increased portions of sTTI durations having higher transmission power, and thus increase the likelihood of successful reception of such transmissions at a receiver. In some cases, a transmitter, such as a user equipment (UE), may identify one or more sTTIs for transmissions of a first wireless service (e.g., an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) service). An sTTI may be identified based on a duration of a TTI associated with the first wireless service being below a threshold duration (e.g., a TTI duration of less than 1 ms may be identified as an sTTI). |
| US10368362B2 |
Configuration of transmission order of uplink data
A method for configuring transmission order of uplink data, performed by an REC of an access node. The REC has an interface to an RE of the access node. The method comprises providing instructions to the RE how to prioritize transmission order of uplink data. The uplink data is received by the RE on a radio interface and is to be transmitted from the RE to the REC on the interface. The REC thereby configures the transmission order. |
| US10368359B2 |
Method and user equipment for predicting available throughput for uplink data
A method in a user equipment for predicting an available throughput for uplink data to be sent from the user equipment to a base station over a radio link. The user equipment obtains (201) an information about a past scheduling of the user equipment. The user equipment obtains (202) a radio quality measure related to the radio link. The user equipment predicts (204) the available throughput based on a relationship between the information about a past scheduling of the user equipment and one or more previously obtained pieces of information about the past scheduling of the user equipment. The user equipment predicts the available throughput further based on a relationship between the radio quality measure and of one or more previously obtained radio quality measures. The user equipment predicts the available throughput further based on a previously obtained throughput. The previously obtained throughput is associated with the one or more previously obtained pieces of information about a past scheduling and the one or more previously obtained radio quality measures. |
| US10368355B2 |
Method and apparatus for operation of multi-SIM device
Method, device, and chip for allocating radio frequency (RF) resources by a multi-subscriber identification module (SIM) including at least a first SIM and a second SIM. The method includes determining a frequency of RF resource allocation to the second SIM based on at least one of a data communication state of the first SIM in a connected mode and a received signal state of the second SIM in an idle state, and allocating the RF resources to the second SIM based on the frequency of the RF resource allocation. |
| US10368347B2 |
Method and apparatus for subframe configuration and generation in a multi-carrier communication system
Methods and apparatus for subframe configuration and generation in a multi-cell multi-carrier system. A frame for radio transmission in the system consists of multiple subframes, and each subframe consists of multiple Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. Training symbols, frequency-domain data scrambling, size of Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT), or length of cyclic prefix can be configured differently for each subframe to facilitate different applications, such as unicasting or broadcasting. |
| US10368346B2 |
Dynamic subframe structure
Various aspects provide for receiving signaling including information configured to indicate whether to adjust a structure of a time-division duplex (TDD) subframe. Such adjusting may include adjusting a time or subcarrier allocated for a control channel, data, and/or a reference signal, such as a user equipment (UE)-specific reference signal (UERS). The UERS may be time-aligned with a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of another TDD subframe. The UERS may be utilized for inter-link multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) when the UERS is orthogonal to the DMRS. Various other aspects provide for communicating one or more pilot or null tones in a data portion of a first TDD subframe. The one or more pilot or null tones may be used to capture interference from a second TDD subframe communicated by another apparatus. The first TDD subframe may be communicated at least partially concurrent with the second TDD subframe. |
| US10368341B2 |
Method and device for uplink resource allocation
A method for transmitting an uplink signal by a device in a wireless communication system, the method includes receiving a downlink control channel (DCI) format defined for uplink (UL) multi-antenna transmission mode, the DCI format including a resource allocation (RA) field; and transmitting an uplink signal using the RA field, wherein a size of the RA field is represented by the following expression: MAX (RASizeA, RASizeB), wherein RASizeA is a first number of bits required for representing a resource indication value (RIV) corresponding to a starting resource block (RB) and a length of contiguously allocated RBs within a given uplink bandwidth, and wherein RASizeB is a second number of bits required for representing a combinatorial index r corresponding to 4 indexes, and the 4 indexes are used to indicate a start resource block group (RBG) index and an end RBG index of a first RB set and a start RBG index and an end RBG index of a second RB set within the given uplink bandwidth. |
| US10368340B2 |
Network service exposure method and apparatus utilizing the same
A machine type communication (MTC) gateway device is operable to provide usage type information to a 3GPP network entity and an application out of the 3GPP network. The disclosed MTC gateway device and base station provide an enhanced monitoring response with an enhanced positioning granularity to a position monitoring request. Exposure of usage type and subscription information associated with a user equipment (UE) device is a first step to virtual network function and network slice related provisioning and dedicated core network related provisioning for the UE device. Providing UE usage type through a network exposure function to a third party application enables the third party application to adapt for the usage type. |
| US10368338B2 |
Wireless device, network system and control method of wireless device
There is provided a wireless device that includes circuitry configured to receive information from one or more devices connected with the wireless device, select specific information out of the information received from the one or more devices, generate shared information using the specific information as selected by the circuitry, and send the shared information to the one or more other wireless devices by direct wireless communication. |
| US10368337B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing network broadcast information to WLAN enabled wireless communication devices
One illustrative method of providing network broadcast information to a wireless device from a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes the steps of receiving, from one or more available cellular networks or a network database, cellular network broadcast information associated with the one or more available cellular networks; providing the cellular network broadcast information in a generic container message which varies in content and format according to one or more cellular standards associated with the one or more available cellular networks; and causing the generic container message to be regularly broadcasted for receipt and use by a wireless device. In an alternative approach, the steps include regularly broadcasting a network interworking indicator which is indicative of whether cellular network broadcast information is available for receipt from the WLAN; receiving a probe request from a wireless device; and causing the cellular network broadcast information to be sent to the wireless device in the generic container message in response to the probe request from the wireless device. The generic container message may alternatively or additionally include wireless network broadcast information from different types of wireless networks (e.g. Wi-MAX) which are available to the WLAN. |
| US10368332B2 |
Enhanced location determination of wireless devices
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced location determination. A device may cause to exchange one or more capabilities information with one or more station devices. The device may cause to assign one or more unassociated identifications (UIDs) to one or more unassociated station devices of the one or more station devices to participate in location determination of the one or more unassociated station devices. The device may cause to send a trigger frame comprising at least one of the one or more UIDs; wherein the trigger frame contains one or more resource assignments. The device may identify one or more sounding information from at least one of the one or more station devices. |
| US10368330B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method, communication system, and computer program
A communication system includes a plurality of communication stations arranged to respectively transmit a beacon on which beacon time information related to a beacon received from a peripheral communication station is placed at a predetermined transmission interval and control a beacon transmission timing of its own station while a collision with the beacon transmitted from the peripheral communication station is avoided on the basis of beacon information placed on the received beacon, in which at least a part of the communication stations includes means configured to decide a priority with respect to beacons received from at least one peripheral communication station and means configured to place beacon time information of a beacon having a high priority among the received beacons on a beacon of its own station, and transmits the beacon at a predetermined transmission interval. |
| US10368328B2 |
Enhanced mechanism of uplink time alignment maintenance for inter-eNB carrier aggregation
Apparatus and method are provided to configure two-tier identifiers for serving cells of a UE configured with inter-eNB carrier aggregation (CA). In one novel aspect, cell group identifiers are configured. The cell group identifier is a super set of one or more uplink group identifiers that are associated with serving cells served by the same base station. In one embodiment, different MAC entities are associated with different cell group identifiers. The UE performs uplink alignment, monitoring and management procedures linking to the cell group identifier. In another novel aspect, a group TAG, which is a super set identifier of one or more cell TAGs associated with serving cells served by the same base station, is configured. In one embodiment, the UE performs uplink alignment procedure based on the status of the group TAG, which is determined based on the status of the cell TAGs associated with the group TAG. |
| US10368326B2 |
Circuit arrangement for compensating for signal attenuation during the transmission of signals from or to a mobile communications device, and associated method
A circuit arrangement for compensating for signal attenuation during the transmission of transmission signals of a mobile communications device includes at least one amplifier is switched out of the signal transmission path or is deenergized, or does not amplify, attenuate or forward the detected input signal, unless an input signal level is detected which is greater than or equal to the input signal detection level (SEP) or a trigger level (SAP) which is at most 10 dB higher than the same. Alternatively or in combination, the amplifier is operated at a variable amplification factor in an adjustment range (X1) which begins at an input signal detection level (SEP) or a trigger level (SAP) which is at most 10 dB higher than the same, and extends to cover higher signal levels than these, wherein, if the input signal detection level (SEP) or the trigger level (SAP) is reached or exceeded, the input signal is either non-amplified or is attenuated at an amplification factor≤1. |
| US10368325B2 |
System and method for beam adaptation in a beam-based communications system
A method for beam adaptation in a beam-based communications system is provided. The beam-based communications system includes user equipment (UE) and a transmit-receive point (TRP). The method includes that UE determines a beamforming gain headroom (BHR) based on a UE maximum beamforming gain and a beamforming gain of a UE beam between the UE and the TRP, sends the BHR to the TRP, and receives a beam adaptation indication from the TRP. |
| US10368324B2 |
Power headroom configuration for primary and secondary cells based on PUCCH activation
Processing relating to transmit power is efficiently performed. A terminal device includes a reception unit configured to receive a first parameter and a second parameter, and a first MAC processing unit configured to acquire a type 2 power headroom. The first MAC processing unit acquires a value of the type 2 power headroom for a primary cell, in a case that the first parameter is configured and that simultaneous transmissions on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) and on a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) are configured, and acquires a value of the type 2 power headroom for the primary cell, regardless of whether simultaneous transmissions on the Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) and on the Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) are configured in a case that the second parameter is configured. |
| US10368321B1 |
Minimizing interference caused by high-powered uplink transmissions
Systems, methods, and processing nodes for minimizing interference caused by high-powered wireless devices to other wireless devices in the network by determining an increase in a number of high-powered wireless devices attached to a serving access node causing a corresponding increase in a potential interference to standard-powered wireless devices attached to the serving access node. In response to determining this increase, the methods include activating a coordinated transmission mode for one or more standard-powered wireless devices. |
| US10368312B2 |
Method, device, and system for detecting device power
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for detecting device power. The method for detecting device power according to the present invention includes: detecting, by a monitoring terminal, power information of a monitored device; setting a monitoring time interval according to the power information and a preset time interval; and detecting the power information of the monitored device according to the monitoring time interval. The embodiments of the present invention implement that a time interval between next detection and current detection is determined according to detected power information, which can fully save resources without affecting use of a user. |
| US10368310B2 |
Power saving in a computing device that includes multiple radios
A computing device may include an accessory radio that facilitates point-to-point wireless connectivity between the computing device and one or more accessory devices. The accessory radio may periodically broadcast its presence to the one or more accessory devices while operating in an active state. The accessory radio may transition from the active state to a sleep state after a period of inactivity. The computing device may also include a general purpose radio that may facilitate general wireless connectivity between the computing device and other devices. The general purpose radio may listen for any messages that are intended for the accessory radio while the accessory radio is in the sleep state. The general purpose radio may activate the accessory radio in response to the general purpose radio receiving a message, while the accessory radio is in the sleep state, that satisfies at least one activation condition. |
| US10368307B2 |
System and method for controlling a wireless network
In one embodiment, a method is performed by a wireless station. The method includes receiving from an access point (AP) a request for measurement of at least one link-quality parameter. The method further includes measuring the at least one link-quality parameter to generate a link-quality-parameter measurement. The method also includes determining, for the wireless station, an appropriate wireless-station category of a plurality of wireless-station categories. The plurality of wireless-station categories are defined based at least in part on the link-quality-parameter measurement. In addition, the method includes communicating with the AP in accordance with a transmission schedule corresponding to the plurality of wireless-station categories. |
| US10368304B2 |
Encoding and decoding data for group common control channels
An improved technique for encoding and decoding of data for group common control channels is provided herein. Generally, the embodiments disclosed herein involve masking the information bits of the group common PDCCH (or group common control channel information) with the common RNTI, without using parity bits, which reduces the power requirements of the transmitter and receiver. In a first embodiment, the information block and the common RNTI can each be encoded using separate encoders, and then the encoded information block can be masked with the encoded common RNTI, and the resulting code symbol can be transmitted to the group of mobile devices. In a second embodiment, an information block can be appended with bits to match a size of the common RNTI, and then be masked by the common RNTI. |
| US10368303B1 |
Multi-channel RF system with off-channel scanning
A radiofrequency system includes a plurality of transceivers providing a plurality of channels, and circuitry configured to perform off-channel functions. A first subset of channels performs radiofrequency communication functions, and a second subset of channels provides signals for the off-channel functions. The first subset of channels may be provided by a first subset of transceivers, and the second subset of channels may be provided by a second subset of transceivers. A spectrum sensing unit may select between the first subset of transceivers and the second subset of transceivers. The circuitry configured to perform the off-channel functions may use the second subset of the plurality of channels to perform neighborhood discovery. The circuitry configured to perform the off-channel functions may scan available communications channels for interference, storing identifications of interference-free channels, and, upon detection of interference on a channel in use, may select one of the interference-free channels. |
| US10368302B2 |
Indicator-controlled utilization of outdated configuration defined in access information table for access network
A radio device (10) receives an access information table (402) from the cellular network. The access information table (402) comprises parameters of a plurality of configurations for controlling access of the radio device (10) to the cellular network. Further, the radio device (10) receives an identifier (403) from the cellular network. Depending on the identifier (402), the radio device selects one of the configurations from the access information table (402). In response to determining that at least one of the received access information table (402) and the received identifier (403) is outdated, the radio device (10) determines, depending on an indicator associated with the selected configuration, whether to perform an access attempt (409) to the cellular network on the basis of the selected configuration. |
| US10368297B2 |
Methods, systems and computer program products for network-controlled selection of radio access networks
There is provided a method of operating a wireless communication device to facilitate selection among a set of two or more radio access networks, RANs, the wireless communication device being served by one of the RANs in the set, the method comprising receiving (1010) a network selection policy from a server; evaluating (1020) the network selection policy; and transmitting (1030) information indicating a result of the evaluation of the network selection policy to the RAN serving the wireless communication device. |
| US10368294B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining a network search parameter in a mobile communications network
The present disclosure provides a method for more efficiently managing a mobile communications network by varying the frequency with which a mobile terminal searches for a home network. |
| US10368293B2 |
Utilizing explicit congestion notification for network selection
Explicit congestion notification (ECN) bits that have traditionally been utilized in end to end congestion mitigation can be redefined to identify and compare congested and uncongested wireless accesses. Accordingly, mobile devices or other user equipment can leverage ECN data in order to make intelligent network selection, e.g., selecting a network with no congestion over one in a congested state. Accordingly, an application executing at the mobile device can send or receive data via the selected network that is selected based on ECN data. |
| US10368287B2 |
Method and apparatus for reselecting cell in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for selecting a cell in a wireless communication system supporting a low latency service. According to the present invention, provided are a method including: receiving a first control message including first scheduling delay information indicating a delay time related with resource allocation of a serving base station from the serving base station; transmitting a request message including an UL (uplink) resource request IE (information element) for requesting UL resource allocation to the serving base station or a neighboring base station; receiving a response message in response to the request message from the serving base station or the neighboring base station; and receiving the UL resource from the serving base station or the neighboring base station based on the request message, in which the UL resource request IE includes an UL grant offset field indicating an UL resource request time of the UE, and an apparatus. |
| US10368285B2 |
Station (STA), access point (AP) and method of communication in the presence of spatial reuse
Embodiments of a station (STA), access point (AP) and method for communication in the presence of spatial reuse (SR) transmissions are generally described herein. An STA may determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) based on one or more inbound physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data units (PPDUs) received from a destination STA. The STA may determine, based at least partly on a comparison between the RSSI and a predetermined threshold, whether SR transmissions by other STAs in the channel are permissible. The SR transmissions may be concurrent to transmissions by the STA within the TXOP in the channel. The STA may transmit a PPDU to the destination STA that includes an SR indicator that indicates whether the SR transmissions are permissible. |
| US10368284B2 |
Quality of experience-based handover management
A telecommunication carrier may use quality of experience metrics to manage user device handovers. A handover controller may receiving a quality metric value obtained by a user device for a current base station of a carrier network. The quality metric value may measure quality of experience characteristics of an application that is in communication with the current base station. The handover controller may compare the quality metric value to a corresponding quality metric value for an adjacent base station of the carrier network. The corresponding quality metric value may measure the quality of experience characteristics of an additional application that communicated with the adjacent base station. When the corresponding quality metric value is greater than the quality metric value, the handover controller may command the user device to perform a handover that switches the user device from communicating with the current base station to communicating with the adjacent base station. |
| US10368280B2 |
Method for controlling handover, user equipment, base station, and radio communication system
Provided is a method for controlling a handover from a first base station to a second base station by a user equipment that performs radio communication over a communication channel formed by aggregating a plurality of component carriers, wherein scheduling information on each component carrier is transmitted to the user equipment according to either of a straight scheduling method and a cross scheduling method, and the method includes at the first base station, commanding first the user equipment to perform a handover from the first base station to the second base station on a second component carrier to be operated according to the straight scheduling method in the second base station, when it is determined that a handover on a first component carrier following the cross scheduling method is to be executed. |
| US10368277B2 |
Method for transmitting data by terminal in wireless communication system supporting high-speed uplink, and apparatus for same
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting data by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting high-speed uplink transmission, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting or receiving a signal to or from a serving cell by a terminal in a state where the terminal is in radio resource control (RRC) connection with the serving cell; performing measurements for the serving cell and a neighboring cell; and transmitting data to the neighboring cell on the basis of the measurements in a state where RRC connection with the serving cell is established. |
| US10368273B2 |
Method and system for supporting fast recovery of user equipment
A method for supporting fast recovery of a User Equipment (UE) includes performing, by a serving base station, UE context synchronization for one or more other base stations in a related small cell cluster when a UE accesses the serving base station, performing, by a base station that the UE performs a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment, the RRC connection re-establishment for the UE according to UE context saved in a synchronization process. The present also discloses another method and system for supporting UE fast recovery. By applying the technical solution disclosed by the present disclosure, when the UE moves in a small cell scenario, the UE can be recovered quickly in the case of a failure, so as to avoid the UE returns to an idle mode, avoid data loss, guarantee business continuity, and improve UE experience. |
| US10368271B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting synchronization signals for a moving cell
Disclosed is a method of transmitting a synchronization signal from a moving cell base station in a wireless communication system. The present invention includes mapping a moving cell synchronization signal sequence generated on a basis of a sequence assigned for a moving cell to a frequency region and transmitting the mapped moving cell synchronization signal sequence. Moreover, the moving cell synchronization signal sequence may be mapped to the frequency region different from a prescribed frequency region for transmitting a synchronization signal for a user equipment unsupportive of the moving cell. |
| US10368270B2 |
Method and apparatus for accessing a random access channel by selectively using dedicated or contention-based preambles during handover
A method and apparatus for accessing a random access channel (RACH) during handover are disclosed. A handover procedure is initiated and a maximum handover interruption timer is activated. A dedicated preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that the dedicated preamble is reserved in a current random access opportunity and the maximum handover interruption timer has not expired. A contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that a dedicated preamble is not reserved in a current random access opportunity. If the maximum handover interruption timer has expired, a contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH. |
| US10368269B2 |
Bandwidth determination for multiple user transmission in a high efficiency wireless LAN
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining a bandwidth for Multi-User (MU) transmission in a High Efficiency WLAN (HEW). According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting by a Station (STA) to an Access point (AP) an uplink Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) frame in a WLAN may be provided. The method may include receiving a trigger frame including bandwidth information, the trigger frame eliciting a transmission of the uplink PPDU frame including a data unit of the STA and at least one data unit of at least one other STA, and transmitting the data unit of the STA in the uplink PPDU frame, based on an available bandwidth of the STA and a bandwidth indicated by the bandwidth information included in the trigger frame. |
| US10368266B2 |
Efficient uplink scheduling mechanisms for dual connectivity
The present disclosure mainly relates to improvements for the buffer status reporting and the logical channel prioritization procedures performed in the UE, in scenarios where the UE is in dual connectivity and the PDCP layer of the UE is shared in the uplink for MeNB and SeNB. According to the present disclosure, a ratio is introduced according to which the buffer values for the PDCP are split in the UE between the SeNB and the MeNB according to said ratio. |
| US10368265B2 |
Enhanced mechanism of buffer status reporting to multiple schedulers in a wireless network
Apparatus and method are provided to enhance buffer status report (BSR) to multiple schedulers with inter base station carrier aggregation. In one novel aspect, the UE calculates a buffer size value, detects a BSR trigger event, selects one or more base stations (BSs) to send the BSR reports and generates the BSR reports for the selected one or more BSs. In one embodiment, one BS is selected based on predefined criteria. In other embodiments, multiple base stations are selected. In one embodiment, the same contents for BSR are generated. In another embodiment, different BSR reports are generated for different base stations from which the UE receives UL grants. In one novel aspect, the UE calculates a buffer size value and determines if a budget BSR triggering criteria is satisfied. The UE triggers budget BSR procedure by sending a budget BSR report to a selected base station based on predefined thresholds. |
| US10368264B2 |
Method for triggering a buffer status reporting in dual connectivity and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for triggering a buffer status reporting in dual connectivity, the method comprising: configuring a threshold value for a PDCPentity associated with a first MAC entity for a first eNB and a second MAC entity for a second eNB for a radio bearer; checking, by the PDCP entity, whether an amount of uplink data available for transmission in the PDCP entity is less than the threshold value; and indicating, by the PDCP entity, that the amount of uplink data available for transmission in the PDCP entity is ‘0’ to the second MAC entity, if the amount of uplink data available for transmission in the PDCP entity is less than the threshold value. |
| US10368261B2 |
Synchronization method and apparatus for D2D communication
A synchronization method and an apparatus for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method includes comparing a reception power of a signal received from an evolved Node B (eNB) with a first reference power, if the reception power is less than the first reference power, generating and transmitting a synchronization signal for D2D communication by operating as a synchronization reference UE, comparing the reception power of a signal received from the eNB with a second reference power, and if the reception power is greater than or equal to the first reference power and less than the second reference power, relaying a synchronization signal received from the eNB by operating as a synchronization relaying UE. |
| US10368260B2 |
Method and UE for measuring CSI-RS
An example of the present disclosure provides a method and User Equipment (UE) apparatus for measuring a Channel State Indication (CSI)-Reference Signal (RS), by utilizing multiple CSI-RS resources, which includes: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), a signaling, in which the signaling indicates a multiple CSI-RS resource combination, which corresponds to a CSI-RS Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), and/or, a CSI-RS Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ), and corresponding configuration information; obtaining, by the UE, a resource location corresponding to the obtained multiple CSI-RS resource combination, and the corresponding configuration information from the signaling; measuring, by the UE, the CSI-RS at the corresponding resource location, and reporting a measurement result. |
| US10368253B2 |
System and method for managing dual connectivity with dynamic anchor cell selection
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining dual connectivity values for neighbor cells of a serving cell of a wireless network. A dual connectivity capability is determined of a wireless device that engages in wireless communications coordinated by the serving cell. A target cell of the neighbor cells is determined based on a dual connectivity value. Initiation of a dual connectivity service is facilitated based on the wireless device via the target cell, wherein the target cell serves as a master cell of the dual connectivity service, and wherein the dual connectivity service includes exchanging user plane messages between the wireless device, the master cell and a secondary cell of the wireless network. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10368249B2 |
Modeling fiber cabling associated with cell sites
Systems and method for creating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a cell site and associated fiber connectivity for one or more of a cell site audit, a site survey, and cell site planning and engineering include determining fiber connectivity at or near the cell site; obtaining first data capture of the fiber connectivity at or near the cell site; obtaining second data capture of paths of the fiber connectivity from the cell site; obtaining third data capture of the cell site including a cell tower, associated cell site components on the cell tower, one or more buildings, and surrounding geography around the cell site; utilizing the first data capture, the second data capture, and the third data capture to develop the 3D model; and utilizing the 3D model to perform the one or more of the site audit, the site survey, and the cell site planning and engineering. |
| US10368248B2 |
Dynamic link-budget monitoring and graphical display
The presently disclosed subject matter includes: calculating link-budget of at least one antenna on-board a vehicle with respect to at least one target antenna; the link-budget comprises a respective link-budget value assigned to each pixel in a collection of pixels, where each pixel in the collection of pixels represents a respective radiation vector in a three-dimensional space around the at least one antenna; determining for each pixel in the collection of pixels, compliance of the respective link-budget value with a sensitivity threshold value of the transceiver, thereby obtaining a respective antenna envelope of the at least one on-board antenna; displaying on a computer display device graphical representation of a pixel map representing at least the respective antenna envelope; continuously monitoring dynamics of the input data for repeatedly updating the pixel map, and displaying an updated graphical representation of the pixel map. |
| US10368243B1 |
System and method for authentication and sharing of subscriber data
A wireless communication service subscriber authentication platform includes a processor, memory, and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor: receives a request to authenticate a user from an enterprise (the request identifies a phone number of a user equipment device (UE) and an identity of a mobile communication service subscriber associated with the UE); determines a wireless communication service provider that provides wireless communication service to the UE based on the phone number of the UE; sends a request for information about the mobile communication service subscriber to the wireless communication service provider (the information request comprises the phone number of the UE and the identity of the subscriber); receives information from the wireless communication service provider determined to provide service to the UE; and sends an authentication response to the enterprise. The enterprise completes a transaction with the subscriber based on the authentication response. |
| US10368241B1 |
Security for mobile and stationary electronic systems
An automated system and method for electronic systems is disclosed providing proactive and anticipatory autonomous security procedures for mobile device and stationary environments including hybrid security and authentication mechanisms. |
| US10368237B2 |
Terminal, processing apparatus, processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A terminal includes a connection unit, an acquisition unit, a memory, a detector, and a transmitting unit. The connection unit connects the terminal to a processing apparatus through a first communication channel for wireless communication using connection information. The acquisition unit acquires identification information of the processing apparatus. The memory stores the connection information for the first communication channel and the identification information such that the connection information is associated with the identification information. The detector detects that the connection to the processing apparatus through the first communication channel is cut off. The transmitting unit transmits, in a case where the detector detects that the connection to the processing apparatus is cut off, connection information used when the processing apparatus is connected to the terminal to the processing apparatus via a second communication channel using the connection information and the identification information stored in the memory. |
| US10368231B1 |
SIM card selection
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an instruction to perform a task; selecting, responsive to the receiving and from at least two Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards associated with the information handling device, a SIM card; and performing, using at least the selected SIM card, the task. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10368228B2 |
Terminal discovery method and device
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a terminal discovery method and a device, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem that a process of filtering a user code word is relatively complex when a terminal needs to monitor multiple terminals. |
| US10368226B2 |
Method of updating a location information representing a physical location of a communication device, a computer program product for executing the method, and a communication system for updating the location information
A method of updating a location information, which represents a physical location of a communication device (2), is generated by a location source (1), and sent from the location source (1) via a location object generating unit (1A, 2A) and a cache unit (3A) to a location consumer (4), comprises caching a first location information (6) in the cache unit (3A), monitoring of a second location information (60) received subsequently to the first location information (6) at the location object generating unit (1A, 2A) by the location object generating unit (1A, 2A) to detect an invalid location information, and, triggered by the detection of an invalid location information (30, 50, 70), sending a location object (31, 51, 61, 71, 81) generated by the location object generating unit (1A, 2A) from the location object generating unit (1A, 2A) to the cache unit (3A), wherein the location object (31, 51, 61, 71, 81) comprises an invalidation information (85-88) indicating that a location information (6, 83) sent prior to the location object (31, 51, 61, 71, 81) is invalid such that, when the location object (31, 51, 61, 71, 81) is received at the cache unit (3A), the cached first location information (6) is discarded by the cache unit (3A). |
| US10368222B2 |
Self-directing node
Lost, misplaced, incorrectly delivered, and damaged assets are a common occurrence in shipment or asset tracking. Disclosed are various embodiments concerning a battery-less or intermittent battery use environments in which a node uses internal logic (e.g., circuitry and/or software) that, based at least in part on sensor information and stored information regarding the history of the node, may track events that have occurred to the node. The node may be responsive to events and determine whether exceptions have occurred that require attention. For example, detecting damage might cause the node to update an output to indicate the node and associated material, if any, needs to be rerouted to address the exception. |
| US10368220B2 |
Method and arrangements for MTC communication
A server for controlling user MTC devices. The server ascertains if a user MTC device has an IP connection to a cellular access network, and if so, sends a message to trigger the user MTC device to initiate an application defined in the message. If a user MTC device does not have an IP connection, the server ascertains if the user MTC device is a mobile or a stationary user MTC device, and for a stationary user MTC device, the server sends a message to the cellular access network to trigger the user MTC device to initiate an IP connection, and for a mobile user MTC device, waits until the user MTC device has an IP connection, and for both kinds of user MTC devices, when the user MTC device has an IP connection, transmits a message to the user MTC device to initiate an application defined in the message. |
| US10368219B2 |
System and method for EUICC personalization and network provisioning
A method is provided for self-provisioning and personalization of a companion device. A primary user device receives input to initiate a cellular service activation process for a companion device, wherein the companion device includes a preloaded version of a service provider application for facilitating remote provisioning. The primary device provides, to the companion device, an updated version of the service provider application that replaces the preloaded version. The primary device receives, from the companion device, an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) identifier for the companion device and forwards the eUICC identifier to a network device and an identifier for the primary device. When the network device verifies that the cellular service activation for the companion device can be provisioned, the primary device receives an activation code for the companion device to use to initiate a request for a new line of service for the eUICC identifier and forwards the activation code to the companion device. |
| US10368210B2 |
Service processing method, terminal device, and service roaming network
A service processing method includes determining, by a first local terminal, whether a service needs to be roamed, and when the service needs to be roamed, transferring, by the first local terminal, the service to a second local terminal, where the second local terminal is in communication with the first local terminal using a first network. Local terminals in the first network are interconnected, such that service roaming can be implemented. The first network is a locally interconnected network, roaming does not need to be controlled by an operator network, and the local terminal can control the roaming. |
| US10368205B2 |
Providing, organizing, and managing location history records of a mobile device
Methods and systems for providing information associated with a location history of a mobile device to one or more applications are disclosed. A mobile device generates one or more location history records based on one or more locations of the mobile device, each location history record comprising one or more points of interest and a duration at the one or more points of interest, receives an information request from at least one application, determines a subset of the one or more location history records that meet criteria from the information request, determines a level of permission for the at least one application based on the information request and the subset of the one or more location history records, and provides information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records to the at least one application based on the level of permission. |
| US10368203B1 |
System and a method for entity tracking
A system and method for monitoring and tracking entities in one or more transit points is provided. The present invention provides for receiving one or more types of signaling functions associated with an entity in response to a code generated by a transmitter device. The code comprises a unique transmitter ID associated with a unique entity ID. Further, the invention provides for ascertaining validity of at least one type of signaling function and generating a time stamped record of at least one type of signaling function. Further, the invention provides for processing the code with tracking data to generate an event message. The tracking data comprises at least location of the entity along with other parameters associated with the entity. Further, the invention provides for extracting the unique entity ID and tracking data associated with the entity from the event message, and generating a tracking file. |
| US10368202B1 |
Method and system for wireless device communication
A method, system and apparatus for wireless device communication. A wireless device may be engaged in a wireless data communication session within a local geographic region. The wireless device may be tracked within the local geographic region. The targeted information may be provided to the wireless device regarding the local geographic region based on the tracking of the wireless device. |
| US10368201B2 |
Personal monitoring using a remote timer
Method and apparatus for monitoring the status and location of personnel using a remote timer. In some embodiments, a method includes logging in, through a network accessible device, a geo position of a subject to initiate a monitored session associated with the subject. A countdown timer of a remote server is initiated to denote a monitored time interval, the remote server in communication with the network accessible device over a network. A notification is generated and transmitted across the network to a monitoring device responsive to a conclusion of the monitored time interval. |
| US10368200B2 |
Device and method for position measurement 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). In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for position measurement in a wireless communication system. An operating method of a terminal in the wireless communication system includes transmitting a signal for requesting for positioning, and receiving positioning signals for the positioning of the terminal from a plurality of other terminals. |
| US10368199B2 |
Location sharing
Geographic location data is sent from a first device to a second device with a modified message to signal the presence of geographic location data associated with the message. The message can include (or attach) the geographic location data or file, or the message can include a link to a network-based resource which the second device can use to obtain the geographic location data. In some implementations, when a user of the first device views a location on a map display of the first device, a graphical user interface is presented to allow the user to select an option to share the geographic location with the second device. The second device receives geographic location data or a link from the first device which can trigger a map display on the second device showing the location of the first device and, optionally, the location of the second device. |
| US10368198B2 |
Method for requesting transportation services
A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices. |
| US10368195B2 |
Electronic device in wireless communication system and wireless communication method
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device in a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method. The electronic device comprises: one or more processing circuits, wherein the processing circuits are configured to execute the following operations: acquiring an on/off state of a small cell base station in a pre-determined geographical area; and on the basis of the acquired on/off state of the small cell base station, generating reconfiguration information about a positioning reference signal (PRS) used for the small cell base station in the pre-determined geographical area, so as to position user equipment in the pre-determined geographical area. By using the electronic device and the wireless communication method in the present disclosure, an existing PRS signal can be reconfigured, so as to improve the positioning accuracy, and achieve the purpose of accelerating the positioning process. |
| US10368193B2 |
Techniques for sharing a device location via a messaging system
A computer-implemented method may include receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device; determining whether the second client device is authorized to send the location request to the first client device; starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and sending a location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10368190B2 |
Physical and virtual phone mobility
A physical and virtual phone mobility system enables application tasks and resources to be shared between a mobile device and a desktop device by hosting a virtual mobile device on the desktop device when the mobile device is determined to be within a predetermined proximity of the desktop device. The local resources available to the mobile device that are typically used to perform a given application task are compared with resources that are available to the desktop device. At least partial execution of the application may be transferred, along with some state information in some cases, from the mobile device to the desktop device based on the results of the comparison according to one or more transfer rules. |
| US10368189B2 |
Device and method for directing employee movement
Described is a system for directing employee movement to maintain a minimum distance between any two employees on a sales floor, and maximize employee coverage on the sales floor. The system includes a first mobile computing device carried by a first employee. The first mobile computing device includes a proximity detection module that detects the proximity of a second mobile computing device carried by a second employee. If it is determined that the distance between the first and the second employee is too small, the first mobile computing device will output a motion direction instruction to the first employee, telling the first employee to change direction, thus increasing the distance between the first and the second employee. The mobile computing devices can be in communication with a base station that receives proximity information and helps coordinate employee coverage and motion direction instructions. |
| US10368188B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying location-based services
Methods and systems to perform location-based services using a mobile application on a mobile computing device are discussed. A user uses the mobile computing device to scan a machine-readable element. The mobile application is configured to decode the machine-readable element to identify available types of services that are supported in a location of the machine-readable element. A services management framework determines available ordered services in the location-based on the available types of services. |
| US10368187B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying available location-based services
Described in detail herein are methods and systems to identify available location-based services using a mobile application on a mobile computing device. The mobile application receives a code from a location-specific computing device and uses the code to identify available types of services supported at the location of the location-specific computing device. A services management framework determines what ordered services are available at the location. A user uses the mobile computing device to scan a machine-readable element at the location to initiate performance of at least one of the available ordered services. |
| US10368185B2 |
Mobile device location proofing
A computer implemented method, a computer program product and a computer system are disclosed that verify the location specified by a mobile device, for example when trying to gain access to a location-restricted service hosted by a computer system. This may be achieved by identifying at least one reference mobile device in the vicinity of the identified location of the first mobile device of which an identified location is to be verified, requesting from the at least one reference mobile device a reference location report including further pairing information identifying mobile devices with which the reference mobile device is paired; receiving the reference location report from the at least one reference mobile device; and verifying the location identification in a first location report received from the first mobile device by identifying the first mobile device in the further pairing information in the received at least one reference location report. |
| US10368183B2 |
Directivity optimized sound reproduction
An audio system is described that receives a piece of sound program content for playback from a content distribution system. The piece of sound program content may include a multi-channel dialog signal and a combined multi-channel music and effects signal. The audio system may determine a first set of directivity patterns for the multi-channel dialog signal and a second set of directivity patterns for the combined multi-channel music and effects signal. The first set of directivity patterns associated with channels of the dialog signal may have higher directivity indexes than the second set of directivity patterns associated with corresponding channels of the music and effects signal. By associating dialog components with a higher directivity than music and effects components, the system increases the intelligibility of dialog for a piece of sound program content while allowing music and effects to retain conventional directivity having a typical ratio of direct-to-reverberant sound energy. |
| US10368175B2 |
Hearing device comprising a feedback detection unit
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a forward path for processing an electric signal representing sound including a) an input unit for receiving or providing an electric input signal representing sound, b) a signal processing unit, c) an output transducer for generating stimuli perceivable as sound to a user, d) a feedback detection unit configured to detect feedback or evaluate a risk of feedback via an acoustic or mechanical or electrical feedback path from said output transducer to said input unit and comprising d1) a magnitude and phase analysis unit for repeatedly determining magnitude, Mag, and phase, Phase, of said electric input signal and further parameters based thereon, and d2) a feedback conditions and detection unit configured to check criteria for magnitude and phase feedback condition, respectively, based on said values, and to provide a feedback detection signal indicative of feedback or a risk of feedback. |
| US10368174B2 |
Distributed phase locked loop in hearing instruments
A system, in some embodiments, comprises: an antenna; a receiver, coupled to the antenna, to receive wireless signals from another electronic device; a signal processor (SP) coupled to the receiver; and a phase locked loop (PLL), distributed among the receiver and the SP, to synchronize the frequency of a data sampling clock used by the SP with the frequency of a source clock determined by the receiver. |
| US10368171B2 |
Audio apparatus and audio output port
An audio apparatus includes an analog module that receives a digital left (L) channel signal and a digital right (R) channel signal and outputs first and second analog L signals and first and second analog R signals, a first output port that includes first to fifth conductors, through which the first and second analog L signals, the first and second analog R signals, and a ground voltage are provided, and a second output port that includes sixth to ninth conductors, through which the first and second analog L signals and the first and second analog R signals are provided. When an audio jack including first to third terminals is inserted into the first output port, the first and second conductors are connected to the first terminal, the third and fourth conductors are connected to the second terminal, and the fifth conductor is connected to the third terminal. |
| US10368167B2 |
Audio power circuit and method
An apparatus and method for controlling an audio power circuit. The audio power circuit includes an audio amplifier having a power input and a speaker connected to the audio amplifier. The audio power circuit also includes a control circuit configured to be connected to a battery and the power input and to control a supply of power to the power input. The audio power circuit further includes a thermal protection circuit connected between the audio amplifier and the speaker, the thermal protection circuit configured to generate a thermal protection signal and provide the same to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit is further configured to control the supply of power based on the thermal protection signal. |
| US10368158B2 |
Earphone device that switched to an open-type or a closed-type earphone device
An earphone device comprises a casing, an earphone body and a switching unit. The casing includes an opening and an accommodating space, and the opening communicates with the accommodating space and an outside of the casing. The earphone body is disposed in the accommodating space. The switching unit is disposed on the casing. The switching unit can selectively seal or expose the opening to correspondingly switch the earphone device to an open-type earphone device or a closed-type earphone device. |
| US10368157B2 |
Adjustable earcup in continuous headband-spring headphone system
Various implementations include headphone systems. In one implementation, a headphone system includes: a pair of earcups; a continuous headband spring connecting the pair of earcups, the continuous headband spring having an internal slot with an opening along an inner surface thereof; and an adjustment apparatus coupled with one of the pair of earcups and the continuous headband spring, the adjustment apparatus having: a shoe coupled with the one of the pair of earcups and positioned in the internal slot; a tongue coupled with the shoe and extending at least partially along the continuous headband spring; and a resistance member coupled with the tongue for resisting movement of the tongue relative to the continuous headband spring. |
| US10368152B2 |
Microphone arrangement
The disclosure relates to a microphone arrangement comprising at least three groups of microphones that are mounted on a head-wearable support structure. The at least three groups of microphones comprising a first group of microphones with one or more microphones, a second group of microphones with one or more microphones, and a third group of microphones with one or more microphones, wherein the first group is mounted to a casing that accommodates signal transmission circuitry, the second group is mounted to slide with respect to the casing and the first group is mounted in a direction of a first axis. Furthermore, the third group comprises either at least one microphone that is arranged on the support structure so as to exhibit less sensitivity for sound coming from a user's mouth than for sound coming from a user's environment when the microphone arrangement is head-worn; or at least two microphones that are arranged symmetrically with respect to a user's head when the microphone arrangement is head-worn and that provide for a directionality that is orientated to the direction of a user's vision; or both. |
| US10368149B2 |
Methods and apparatus for a colorless directionless and super-channel contentionless (CDsC) optical network architecture
In some embodiments, a system includes a super-channel multiplexer (SCM) and an optical cross connect (OXC) switch. The SCM is configured to multiplex a set of optical signals into a super-channel optical signal with a wavelength band. The OXC switch is configured to be operatively coupled to the SCM and a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) degree. The OXC switch is configured to be located between the SCM and the ROADM degree and the OXC switch, the SCM, and the ROADM degree are configured to be included in a colorless, directionless, and contentionless (CDC) optical network. The OXC switch is configured to switch, based on the wavelength band, the super-channel optical signal to an output port from a set of output ports of the OXC switch. The OXC switch is configured to transmit the super-channel optical signal from the output port to the ROADM degree. |
| US10368144B2 |
Method and device for transmitting and receiving broadcast signal
The present invention relates to a device and a method for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal including a subtitle service. Provided in one embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting a broadcast signal, comprising the steps of: generating a broadcast signal including video data and subtitle data; and transmitting the generated broadcast signal. According to the embodiment of the present invention, a transmission stream providing a digital broadcast subtitle service using XML subtitles can be transmitted. |
| US10368142B2 |
Delivery of content and priority messages
Herein described are at least a system, computer readable storage media, and method for resuming consumption of content which was interrupted by a high priority message. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving the message while tuned to a first communications channel for receiving content, and transmitting a first signal responsive to detecting the start of the message. The first signal may pause delivery of the content, and may determine a location in the content corresponding to the start of the message. The method may further transmit a second signal responsive to detecting an end of the message, and trigger a resumption of delivery of the content starting at the indexed location. |
| US10368140B2 |
Information processing method and apparatus, terminal and storage medium
An information processing method performed at a terminal includes: while playing a video on a display device of the terminal, obtaining a first input operation of a user, and selecting an object from a current frame played in the video corresponding to the first input operation of the user; obtaining, from the current frame played in the video, identification information of the object corresponding to the first input operation of the user; obtaining attribute information of the object according to the identification information of the object; identifying, from the video, a preset video segment including the current frame; and replaying the video segment on the display device while displaying the attribute information of the object. |
| US10368139B2 |
Received path delay mechanism
A reception device comprising: at least one receiver and a corresponding delay buffer configured to receive portions of data for at least one data stream; wherein based on a request to switch from decoding delayed data portions retrieved from a host device from a first time point to decoding delayed data portions from a different, second time point, the request received while the controller is configured to receive the delayed data portion from said first time point for decoding; the controller is configured to; (a) identify one or more second-time-point delayed data portions to request from the host device; (b) request the one or more identified second-time-point delayed data portions; and (c) while one or both of requesting and receiving the one or more second-time-point delayed data portions, requesting one or more delayed data portions corresponding to the first time. |
| US10368137B2 |
System for presenting video information and method therefor
A system and method for scrolling through a media file is presented. Playback of a media file is initiated. An instruction is received an instruction to enter an expanded view mode. The expanded view mode can include an information view mode and a poster mode. In the information view mode, a variety of information about the media file is displayed, including a synopsis, cast information, and the like. In the poster mode, a variety of graphical images are displayed, each representing a different media file and configured to resemble a movie poster. The media files can be trailers or other type of previews. There can be a method for a user to add a preview to a wishlist or order the media file represented by the preview. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10368134B2 |
Live content streaming system and method
A live media streaming system and method is presented herein. The system and method includes broadcasting a live media stream in at least one of a plurality of themed broadcasting channels, the live media stream being transmitted from a broadcasting device corresponding to a broadcasting user. A jump zone (a physical region or area) is selected or defined based upon predetermined jump zone criteria corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of themed broadcasting channels. Further, a next broadcasting user is selected, wherein the user is located within the physical geographic region of the jump zone. Once the next broadcasting user is selected, a live media stream is broadcasted from the next user's broadcasting device. |
| US10368129B2 |
Method of processing video data, device, computer program product, and data construct
The invention relates to a method of processing video data, a device (102) and a computer program product for implementing said method, and a data construct including video data processed by said method. The method processes unprocessed video data into processed video data, said unprocessed video data being provided by picking up (112) sequential images of a situation or scene (100), and includes the steps of: applying a motion and gesture recognition technology (114) in real time to said situation or scene; identifying undesirable image contents contained in said unprocessed video data, based on a result of said motion and gesture recognition, said undesirable image contents preferably including inappropriate body expression (128-132) such as obscene gestures or indecent exposures, and providing content information relating to any identified undesirable age contents; and using said content information to produce said processed video data. |
| US10368128B2 |
Memory allocation type for media buffer
Methods and devices for allocating memory for use with a camera resources may include receiving camera resource requests from application plurality of applications to use a camera resource. The methods and devices may include determining a memory type to allocate to the applications for the camera resource based on the camera resource request and compatibility information of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include determining a buffer and a buffer type to provide each of the applications based on an access mode of the camera resource, wherein the buffer type comprises one or more of a shared type, a copy type, and a secure type. The methods and devices may include providing the application access to the buffer based on the determination. |
| US10368125B2 |
Method and system for efficient communication
Methods and apparatus for efficiently directing communications are disclosed. On example entails receiving, from a mobile terminal, a communication directed to a cellular communication network, the communication being received in an alternative channel that differs from a channel of the cellular communication network. The communication is then converted for a relayed communication to the cellular communication network on behalf of the mobile terminal, the relayed communication being made through the cellular communication network. |
| US10368124B2 |
Real-time audience measurement system
Techniques for real-time audience measurement are provided. The techniques include instant message protocol in a DVR environment to obtain real-time audience measurement data to modify the scheduled recording time of a media content in real-time, to bookmark in real-time, and to gather audience ratings on commercials and viewership in real-time. |
| US10368119B2 |
Method, device and computer program product for outputting a transport stream
A method comprising: receiving, via a distribution channel, video data having an identifier that identifies a position within a video and an address defining a location of a stored playlist. The method also comprises obtaining from a server a playlist in response to a user input, where the playlist includes location information identifying a location of a stored transport stream. The method also comprises receiving the transport stream from the location identified in the playlist over a network, and displaying the obtained transport stream. |
| US10368116B2 |
Roll-off parameter determining method and module
A roll-off parameter determining module disposed at a receiving terminal is provided. The receiving terminal receives first roll-off information of a first frame and second roll-off information of a second frame. The first frame is adjacent to the second frame. The module for determining a roll-off parameter includes: a register unit; a first determining unit, determining whether one of the first roll-off information and the second roll-off information includes a first data type, and generating a first roll-off parameter indicator; a second determining unit, determining whether one of the first roll-off information and the second roll-off information includes a second data type and outputting a second roll-off parameter indicator; and a look-up table (LUT) unit, looking up an LUT according to the first roll-off parameter indicator and a second roll-off parameter indicator to output a roll-off parameter. |
| US10368108B2 |
Downstream video composition
A video source, a display and a method of processing multilayered video are disclosed. The video source decodes a multilayered video bit stream to transmit synchronized streams of decompressed video images and corresponding overlay images to an interconnected display. The display receives separate streams of video and overlay images. Transmission and reception of corresponding video and overlay images is synchronized in time. A video image received in the display can be selectively processed separately from its corresponding overlay image. The video image as processed at the display is later composited with its corresponding overlay image to form an output image for display. |
| US10368105B2 |
Metadata describing nominal lighting conditions of a reference viewing environment for video playback
Innovations in the areas of generating, parsing, and using metadata that describes nominal lighting conditions of a reference viewing environment for video playback are presented herein. In various examples described herein, metadata includes parameters that describe the nominal lighting conditions (e.g., level of ambient light, color characteristics of ambient light) of a reference viewing environment. By conveying a representation of the nominal lighting conditions of the reference viewing environment (e.g., one assumed when mastering image content), a transmitter system can enable a receiver system to adapt its local display of the image content. Upon receiving image content and the metadata, the receiver system can identify characteristics of the actual viewing environment, use the metadata to determine whether the actual viewing environment matches the reference viewing environment, and, if not, adjust sample values of the image content, adjust a display device, or adjust lighting conditions of the actual viewing environment. |
| US10368100B2 |
Video data decoding method and video data decoding apparatus
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for decoding video data. The method for decoding video data includes receiving coded video data including multi-view video data and depth data corresponding to the video data, acquiring motion data for inter-view prediction of a coding unit of the coded video data from the depth data, and performing inter-view prediction based on the motion data, and restoring video data according to the multi-view video data including the coding unit and the depth data based on the motion prediction. |
| US10368097B2 |
Apparatus, a method and a computer program product for coding and decoding chroma components of texture pictures for sample prediction of depth pictures
A method comprising decoding one or both chroma components of a coded texture picture into one or two decoded chroma sample arrays, obtaining a reference sample array on the basis of said one or two decoded chroma sample arrays, and forming a decoded depth view component on the basis of said reference sample array; encoding one or two chroma components of a texture picture into one or two coded chroma components and reconstructing one or two reconstructed chroma sample arrays, obtaining a reference sample array on the basis of said one or two reconstructed chroma sample arrays, and using the reference sample array as a reference for prediction in encoding of a depth view component. |
| US10368093B2 |
Line-based compression for digital image data
A method of compressing digital image data is provided that includes selecting an entropy code for encoding a line of pixels in the digital image data, wherein the entropy code is selected from a plurality of variable length entropy codes, using spatial prediction to compute a pixel predictor and a pixel residual for a pixel in the line of pixels, and selectively encoding the pixel residual using one of the entropy code or run mode encoding. |
| US10368091B2 |
Block flipping and skip mode in intra block copy prediction
Innovations in the area of encoding or decoding of blocks using intra block copy (“BC”) prediction improve coding efficiency for intra-BC-predicted blocks in many situations. For example, some of the innovations relate to block flipping in which an intra-BC-predicted block is flipped relative to a reference region, which can be indicated by a block vector (“BV”) value. Other innovations relate to signaling of a skip mode in which a current intra-BC-predicted block uses a signaled BV differential but lacks residual data. |
| US10368090B2 |
Intra-prediction method, and encoder and decoder using same
The present invention relates to an intra-prediction method and to an encoder and decoder using same. The intra-prediction method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving a prediction mode of a current block; and generating a prediction block with respect to the current block on the basis of the prediction mode of the current block. When the prediction mode of the current block is an intra-angular prediction mode, values of boundary samples from among left boundary samples and upper boundary samples of the prediction block, which are not positioned in a prediction direction of the intra-angular prediction mode, are derived on the basis of reference samples positioned in the prediction direction of the intra-angular prediction mode, and on the basis of adjacent reference samples. |
| US10368089B2 |
Video encoding method and apparatus, and video decoding method and apparatus
Disclosed are a video encoding method and a video decoding method. A multilayer video encoding method comprises the steps of: performing an interlayer prediction for a picture of each layer constituting a multilayer video; determining a reference layer to which the picture of each layer refers, on the basis of the result of the interlayer prediction; and adding reference layer information of each layer to a parameter set including the information which is commonly applied to the layers included in the multilayer video. |
| US10368087B2 |
Dynamic reload of video encoder motion estimation search window under performance/power constraints
A processing apparatus is provided that includes an encoder configured to encode current frames of video data using previously encoded reference frames and perform motion searches within a search window about each of a plurality of co-located portions of a reference frame. The processing apparatus also includes a processor configured to determine, prior to performing the motion searches, which locations of the reference frame to reload the search window according to a threshold number of search window reloads using predicted motions of portions of the reference frame corresponding to each of the locations. The processor is also configured to cause the encoder to reload the search window at the determined locations of the reference frame and, for each of the remaining locations of the reference frame, slide the search window in a first direction indicated by the location of the next co-located portion of the reference frame. |
| US10368083B2 |
Picture order count based motion vector pruning
In general, this disclosure described techniques for pruning a list of motion vector prediction candidates based on picture order count (POC) values. A video coding device may be configured to generate the list of motion vector prediction candidates for a prediction unit (PU) of video data. The video coding device may prune a first motion vector prediction candidate from the list of motion vector prediction candidates when a POC value for a reference picture identified by the first motion vector prediction candidate is equal to a second POC value of a reference picture identified by a second motion vector prediction candidate in the list of motion vector prediction candidates. The video coding device may code the PU using the pruned list. |
| US10368082B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
Provided is an image processing device including a control section configured to set, based on a first quantization parameter offset set for a chroma component of a first layer, a second quantization parameter offset for a chroma component of a second layer decoded with reference to the first layer, and an inverse quantization section configured to inversely quantize transform coefficient data of the chroma component of the second layer using a quantization parameter computed using the second quantization parameter offset set by the control section. |
| US10368077B2 |
Method and device for intra prediction
A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving and decoding MPM index information for indicating an MPM candidate which is to be used as an intra prediction mode of a current block; generating an MPM candidate list containing a plurality of MPM candidates for the current block; determining the MPM candidate indicated by the decoded MPM index information as the intra prediction mode of the current block, among the plurality of the MPM candidates which constitute the MPM candidate list; and generating a prediction block corresponding to the current block by performing intra prediction for the current block based on the determined intra prediction mode. |
| US10368066B2 |
Methods and systems for image intra-prediction mode management
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for ordering, communicating and applying pixel intra-prediction modes. |
| US10368064B2 |
Wireless transmission of real-time media
A method, for wireless transmission of real-time media from a source to a sink over a wireless transmission channel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises encoding media as a plurality of sets of frames, wherein each set of frames includes a key-frame, wherein the media is encoded for the wireless transmission such that a time-required for transmission of the key-frame of each set of frames is less than or equal to a time-allocation for the wireless transmission; and wirelessly transmitting the media from the source device to the sink device. |
| US10368058B2 |
Method and apparatus for extending binocular camera positioning range
An apparatus for extending binocular camera positioning range includes: a rotatable base, a positioning module, a judging module, and a controlling module. The rotatable base is disposed on the binocular camera and drives a lens of the binocular camera to rotate. The positioning module calculates, in real time, spatial coordinates of the target to be positioned in the field of vision of the binocular camera according to an image of the target collected by the binocular camera. The judging module determines whether the target to be positioned will go out of the field of vision of the binocular camera soon according to the spatial coordinates. The controlling module may control the rotatable base to drive the lens of the binocular camera to rotate and adjust a direction of the lens of the binocular camera so that the field of vision of the binocular camera always covers the target. |
| US10368056B2 |
Depth data detection and monitoring apparatus
A depth data detection apparatus and monitoring apparatus are disclosed. The depth data detection apparatus has at least two infrared light generators (11, 12) alternately operating, thereby ensuring that each of the infrared light generators has a sufficient power-off time while ensuring continuous operation of the system, so that each infrared light generator can reach its service lift as much as possible. Different infrared light generators can project infrared beams with different angles and/or from different positions, and the depth information obtained can be fused with each other in order to acquire the depth information of the object to be measured more completely. In addition, different infrared light generators can also project infrared beams to different areas or the same area of the space to be measured for their respective purposes. |
| US10368055B2 |
Actor-mounted motion capture camera
The present invention relates to computer capture of object motion. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to capturing of facial movement or performance of an actor. Embodiments of the present invention provide a head-mounted camera system that allows the movements of an actor's face to be captured separately from, but simultaneously with, the movements of the actor's body. In many embodiments, multiple cameras are provided mounted on a bracket for placement on the head of an actor. In some embodiments, the cameras record grayscale images of an actor's face, which has been marked with dots of makeup. In many embodiments, the cameras record images of an actor's face from at least two angles. |
| US10368053B2 |
Structured light active depth sensing systems combining multiple images to compensate for differences in reflectivity and/or absorption
A receiver sensor captures a plurality of images, at two or more (different) exposure times, of a scene onto which a code mask is projected. The two or more of the plurality of images are combined by extracting decodable portions of the code mask from each image to generate a combined image. Alternatively, two receiver sensors, each at a different exposure time, are used to capture a plurality of images. The first and second images are then combined by extracting decodable portions of the code mask from each image to generate a combined image. Depth information for the scene may then be ascertained based on the combined image and using the code mask. |
| US10368052B2 |
Dynamic distribution of three-dimensional content
Methods, apparatuses, and software are disclosed for sending only a first video component (e.g., data comprising one of a left or right component) of content to a plurality of client devices. Further aspects provide for sending, responsive to a request from one of the plurality of client devices, both the first video component and a second video component (e.g., data comprising both of the left and right components) to one or more of the plurality of client devices. |
| US10368051B2 |
3D-HEVC inter-frame information hiding method based on visual perception
A 3D-HEVC inter-frame information hiding method based on visual perception includes steps of information embedding and information extraction. In the step of information embedding, the human visual perception characteristic is considered, stereo salient images are obtained by a stereo image salient model, and the stereo salient images are divided into salient blocks and non-salient blocks with an otsu threshold. The coding quantization parameters are modified according to different modulation rules for different regions. Then, based on the modified quantization parameters, the coding-tree-units are coded to complete the information embedding. In the step of information extraction, no original video is needed, no any side information needs to be transmitted, and the secret information can be blindly extracted. The present invention combines with the human visual perception characteristic, and selects P frames and B frames as embedded frames for effectively reducing the decrease of the stereo video subjective quality. |
| US10368050B2 |
Method and apparatus for distribution of 3D television program materials
Method, apparatus and computer readable media for receiving a multiprogram program transport service that includes one or more compressed video services and one or more 3D-2D conversion options, generating an uncompressed video signal by performing a decoding portion of a transcoding operation for one of the one or more of the video services, determining from the 3D-2D conversion option whether a 3D-2D conversion is to be performed, performing a scale conversion on the uncompressed video according to a specified type of 3D-2D conversion, generating a compressed video service by performing an encoding portion of a transcoding operation on the uncompressed video that has been scale converted, and generating a second multiprogram program transport service that includes the compressed video signal that has been 3D-2D converted. |
| US10368049B2 |
Light field display control method and apparatus, and light field display device
Embodiments of the present application disclose a light field display control method and apparatus and a light field display device. The light field display control method comprises: determining at least one depth distribution sub-region of content according to a display depth of field (DoF) range of a light field display device and depth distribution information of the content, wherein each depth distribution sub-region of the at least one depth distribution sub-region is located outside the display DoF range; and adjusting a focal length of a first lenslet according to at least the display DoF range and the depth distribution sub-region, wherein the first lenslet is a lenslet that is in a lenslet array of the light field display device and affects display of a first object, and the first object is a part, which is located in the depth distribution sub-region, of the content. The present application can improve display quality of an object, which is located in at least depth distribution sub-region outside the display DoF range, of content to be displayed or content being displayed. |
| US10368048B2 |
Method for the representation of a three-dimensional scene on an auto-stereoscopic monitor
An auto-stereoscopic monitor and method for the presentation of a three-dimensional scene on an auto-stereoscopic monitor, wherein a number of basic images of a scene is predefined, b) an image mask is predefined for each of the basic images, c) the individual basic images are weighted pixel by pixel or subpixel by subpixel with the values of the respectively associated image mask and are then added to form a raster image, d) the determined raster image is displayed on the screen of the auto-stereoscopic monitor, e) a current normal distance of the viewer from the monitor is determined, and f) a stretch factor is determined as a function of the determined current normal distance and a nominal distance off the screen, wherein the image masks are stretched or compressed in the direction of the horizontal image axis as a function of the stretch factor. |
| US10368044B2 |
Displaying DCI and other content on an enhanced dynamic range projector
Systems and methods of rendering DCI-compliant image data on Enhanced Dynamic Range (EDR) display systems are disclosed. One embodiment of an EDR projector system comprises a first modulator and a second modulator. One method for rendering DCI-compliant image data on an EDR projector system comprises: receiving input image data, said image data comprising a plurality of image formats; determining whether the input image data comprises DCI image data; if the input image data comprises DCI image data, then performing dynamic range (DR) processing on the DCI image data; and rendering the dynamic range processed DCI image data on the EDR projector system. One DR processing method is to set the first modulator to a desired luminance level—e.g., fully ON or a ratio of DCI max luminance to the EDR max luminance. In addition, a desired minimum level of luminance may be set for the EDR projector. |
| US10368036B2 |
Pair of parking area sensing cameras, a parking area sensing method and a parking area sensing system
A pair of parking area sensing cameras, comprising a first parking area sensing camera configured to monitor a first parking area and generate a parking area status of the first parking area and a second parking area sensing camera configured to monitor a second parking area and generate a parking area status of the second parking area. The first parking area sensing camera is configured to display the parking area status of the second parking area. |
| US10368029B2 |
Electronic device and method for projection of displayed content
An electronic device and method include receiving one of a plurality of projection-mode triggers, each projection-mode trigger having associated projection-mode display parameters, based on the received projection-mode trigger, initiating a projection mode at the electronic device, receiving, from an application, content information for display on a display of the electronic device, altering the content information based on the display parameters associated with the received one of the plurality of projection-mode triggers to generate altered content information, and displaying the altered content information on the display of the electronic device. |
| US10368028B2 |
Detection of an analog connection in a video decoder
A video and/or audio decoder provided with a first terminal for supplying an analog audio and/or video signal, including: a first circuit capable of supplying a digital signal which is an image of said analog signal; a digital-to-analog converter capable of receiving as an input said digital signal; an amplifier coupling a second output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter to the first terminal; and a second circuit capable of comparing a signal representative of the voltage or current level on the first terminal with a reference signal, and of deducing therefrom whether the first terminal is connected or not to an analog input terminal of a video signal display and/or audio signal playing device. |
| US10368024B2 |
Solid-state image sensor capable of restricting digital signal processing operation during time sensitive and heavy load periods, method of controlling the same, electronic device, and storage medium
A stacked-type solid-state image sensor including a first semiconductor layer in which an imaging pixel portion is implemented, and a second semiconductor layer in which a digital signal processing unit is implemented, comprises a first timing control unit configured to generate a drive timing signal of the imaging pixel portion, an A/D converter configured to convert an analog signal output from each pixel of the imaging pixel portion into a digital signal, a second timing control unit configured to generate a drive timing signal of the A/D converter; and a status generation unit configured to receive an event signal generated by at least one of the first timing control unit and the second timing control unit and generate a status signal to restrict an operation of the digital signal processing unit. |
| US10368021B2 |
Systems and methods for derivative sensing using filtering pixels
Embodiments of the technology disclosed herein provide filtering pixels for performing filtering of signals within the pixel domain. Filtering pixels described herein include a hybrid analog-digital filter within the pixel circuitry, reducing the need for computationally intensive and inefficient post-processing of images to filter out aspects of captured signals, and account for ineffectiveness of optical filters. |
| US10368008B2 |
Imaging apparatus and control method wherein auto bracket parameters and image processes applied are determined from image analysis
An imaging apparatus is provided which allows acquisition of a plurality of images in response to one instruction to generate images without requiring a user to perform complicated setting operations and advanced knowledge. A control unit in the imaging apparatus selects a photographing parameter to be changed for the auto bracketing from a plurality of photographing parameters based on a result of analysis on an image captured in advance by the imaging unit and sets a variance range of values of the selected photographing parameters based on a category instructed by a user. |
| US10368006B2 |
Information communication method
A method includes obtaining a destination of a user of a terminal device, and setting an exposure time of an image sensor included in the terminal device so that, in an image obtained by capturing a subject by the image sensor, a bright line corresponding to each of a plurality of exposure lines appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing the subject that changes in luminance by the image sensor with the set exposure time, and obtaining identification information of the subject, by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines. The method includes obtaining a position of the terminal device, and displaying an arrow that indicates a direction from the position of the terminal device toward the destination on a map on the terminal device. |
| US10368003B2 |
Imaging device and time-lapse imaging method
The present invention provides an imaging device and a time-lapse imaging method capable of simply realizing time-lapse imaging using a pan and tilt mechanism. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes a pan and tilt mechanism that rotates an imaging unit in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction relative to a device body, transmits a live view image to a smartphone, displays the live view image on a display and input unit, and receives an instruction input for specifying camerawork in time-lapse imaging using the display and input unit. Accordingly, the instruction input for specifying camerawork for performing time-lapse imaging using the pan and tilt mechanism can be simply input. The imaging device controls at least the pan and tilt mechanism based on the instruction input for specifying camerawork and controls the imaging unit to perform time-lapse imaging. |
| US10368002B2 |
Camera modules with autofocus and optical image stabilization functions
A camera module includes an image sensor, a lens assembly, and a mechanical actuator. The lens assembly is positioned to focus an image on the image sensor and includes a variable focus lens. The mechanical actuator causes relative translation between the lens assembly and the image sensor in each of an X-direction parallel to a first lateral axis and a Y-direction parallel to a second lateral axis. The first lateral axis is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens assembly, and the second lateral axis substantially perpendicular to each of the optical axis and the first lateral axis. The lens assembly is fixed relative to the image sensor in each of a first rotational direction about the first lateral axis and a second rotational direction about the second lateral axis. |
| US10368001B2 |
Image sensor controlling gyroscope sensor and imaging device including same
An image sensor includes; a pixel array including pixels providing pixel signals, a timing controller that controls exposure time for the pixels and generates a flag signal indicating a start and a stop for the exposure time, and a first connection pin configured to transfer the flag signal to a gyroscope sensor. |
| US10368000B2 |
Distance measurement device, distance measurement method, and distance measurement program
A distance measurement device includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, an emission unit, a derivation unit which performs a distance measurement to derive a distance to a subject based on a timing at which directional light is emitted by the emission unit and a timing at which reflected light is received by a light receiving unit, a shake correction unit which performs shake correction as correction of shake of the subject image caused by variation of an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a control unit which performs control such that the shake correction unit does not perform shake correction or performs shake correction with a correction amount smaller than a normal correction amount determined in advance in a case of performing the distance measurement and performs shake correction with the normal correction amount in a case of not performing the distance measurement. |
| US10367997B2 |
Enriched digital photographs
In one embodiment, a method for taking an enriched digital photograph is described. The method includes a specially programmed physical device performing the following steps: automatically start capturing audio video data with a capture device; capturing a digital; photograph during the capture of the audio video data; and automatically stop capturing the audio video data. |
| US10367995B2 |
Imaging apparatus having control circuit that corresponds a region of first image data with second image data
An image generation apparatus and method includes a first imaging circuit that acquires first image data, a second imaging circuit that acquires second image data, a control circuit that searches a region corresponding to the first image data from the second image data, a designating circuit that limits a region in the second image data corresponding to the first image data by a touch operation designating a limited region in the second image data corresponding to the first image data, and a communication circuit that is provided in the second imaging circuit, transmits, upon receipt of an information acquiring operation, information obtained by analyzing the limited region or the corresponding region in the second image data to a server, and receives information relating to the first image data from the server. |
| US10367991B2 |
Focus adjustment device and control method of focus adjustment device
A focus adjustment device includes a focus detection region setting section, a direction determination section and control section. The focus detection region setting section sets focus detection regions which are different in size from one another. The direction determination section determines a movement direction of a focus lens to be in focus based on a change of the contrast caused by the movement of the focus lens. The control section repetitively determines whether determination results of the movement direction obtained in the respective focus detection regions are different. The control section inhibits a switchover of a focus adjustment operation when it is consecutively determined a predetermined number of times or more that the determination results of the movement direction are different, otherwise the control section does not inhibit the switchover. |
| US10367988B2 |
Data processing system executing predetermined data processing by plurality of apparatuses linking
A data processing system (S) is configured so as mutually register transmission destinations between devices performing communication. In addition, the data processing system (S) performs a predetermined communication procedure for communicating predetermined information to transition to a communication connection state establishing a mutual communication connection, and in the communication connection state, performs intermittent periodic communication every predetermined interval, where the communication connection state is maintained while periodic communication is maintained, and the communication connection state is released in a case of the periodic communication being interrupted, and in the state in which the communication connection state is released, controls the allowance of transition to the communication connection state again, according to a change state of contents of the predetermined information sent upon transitioning to the communication connection state, and the presence of a transmission destination recorded. |
| US10367987B2 |
System and method for sensor-driven automatic device interaction
A system and method for sensor-driven automatic device interaction, comprising a sensor aggregator that receives a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of hardware sensors, analyzes at least a portion of the sensor data, determines a sensor threshold, iteratively compares the results of the analysis to the sensor threshold, and directs the operation of a camera based on the results of the comparison. |
| US10367984B2 |
Method of forming camera module for vehicular vision system
A method of forming a camera module for a vehicular vision system includes providing a circuit board and providing a lens holder for holding a lens assembly. A lens holder and circuit board construction is placed in a first mold and datumed in the first mold by a portion of the lens holder. An inner molded construction is formed by molding an inner molding over the circuit board and a portion of the lens holder. The inner molded construction is placed in a second mold and datumed in the second mold by the portion of the lens holder. An outer molded construction is formed by molding an outer molding over the inner molding and over another portion of the lens holder. The outer molded construction may include a connector portion that is configured to connect to a connector end of a vehicular wire harness. |
| US10367981B2 |
Portable electronic device, image-capturing module thereof and carrier assembly thereof
The present invention provides a portable electronic device, and an image-capturing module thereof and a carrier assembly thereof. The image-capturing module includes a circuit substrate, an image-sensing chip, at least one electronic component, a package structure, and a lens assembly. The circuit substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The image-sensing chip is electrically connected to the circuit substrate, and the image-sensing chip has an image-sensing area. The at least one electronic component is disposed on the bottom surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The package structure is disposed on the bottom surface of the circuit substrate to cover the at least one electronic component. The lens assembly includes a holder structure disposed on the top surface of the circuit substrate and a lens structure held by the holder structure and corresponding to the image-sensing area. |
| US10367979B2 |
Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, driver monitoring system, vehicle, and image processing method
An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit and a controller. The image acquiring unit acquires a captured image capturing a subject illuminated by light from at least one light source. The controller generates adjustment information for adjusting an intensity of the light from the at least one light source on the basis of a size of a pupil of the subject determined from the captured image. |
| US10367978B2 |
Camera switching method and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a plurality of cameras that are arranged on at least one surface of the housing, a display that is arranged on at least one surface of the housing to display image data obtained through at least one of the cameras, a memory that is arranged inside the housing to store the image data, a processor that is arranged inside the housing and is electrically connected to the cameras, the display, and the memory, and a cover that is arranged to cover at least a portion of the housing such that the at least a portion of the housing is opened and closed to provide at least a first arrangement state or a second arrangement state. The processor is configured to determine an arrangement state of the cover in response to a request signal to set at least one camera among the cameras to a photographing ready state for obtaining the image data, and to switch a photographing unit from the at least one camera to at least one other camera based on the determination result. In addition, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible. |
| US10367971B2 |
Image processing apparatus detecting toner peeling area on crease in document and correcting pixel data
A crease detecting unit 13 detects a crease in a document image. A toner peeling detecting unit (a) detects as a toner peeling part a pixel area on the crease, the pixel area (a1) having a width of the predetermined number of pixels in a direction perpendicular to the crease, (a2) having a background color, and (a3) of which both sides are adjacent to at least two pixels in a direction perpendicular to the crease, the at least two pixels having a color other than the back ground color, and (b) corrects a pixel value of the toner peeling part on the basis of pixel values of at least two pixels adjacent to both sides of the pixel area. |
| US10367970B2 |
Image forming apparatus, recording medium, and image forming system
An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface capable of communication over a plurality of frequency bands and a controller configured to determine whether the content of communication of the communication interface satisfies a predetermined condition. The controller is configured to execute control for switching the frequency band of communication via the communication interface to another frequency band over the frequency bands when the content of communication of the communication interface satisfies a predetermined condition. |
| US10367969B2 |
Management system, image forming apparatus, management server, and recording medium
A management system includes an image forming apparatus and a management server. The management server manages the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus is configured to switch a constant connection with the management server by a protocol for the constant connection between enabling and disabling. The management server is configured to operate the image forming apparatus via the constant connection. |
| US10367959B2 |
Post processing apparatus
A post processing apparatus includes: a reader that reads paper on which an image is formed by an image forming apparatus to acquire a read image; a post processor that performs post processing on the paper; and a hardware processor that detects a position of an edge of the paper and a position of the image from the read image acquired by the reader, and controls a post processing position in the post processor on the basis of the position of the edge of the paper and the position of the image detected. |
| US10367957B1 |
Highly-scalable native fleet management
A method of providing native scalable management of a fleet of managed devices, which includes establishing a Trust Community, which includes a sub-set of the managed devices, organizing the Trust Community, configuring one of the managed devices in the organized Trust Community as a Root Device to publish files via a file sharing function, adding the Root Device to a distribution profile stored in a database, creating or downloading files via the Root Device, and sharing the files with other devices in the organized Trust Community via the Root Device. Any devices on hold or offline are placed in a temporary working area for reorganizing. Download and install schedules are set up on a per device or a bulk basis according to policies. Files are placed into a staging area before re-distribution and checked for security, integrity, and/or completeness via checksums, digitally signed certificates, and/or internal structure checks. |
| US10367956B2 |
Maintenance support device, image forming apparatus, maintenance support method, and non-transitory recording medium for storing computer readable program
A maintenance support device for supporting maintenance of an apparatus includes a communication interface configured to perform communication with the apparatus through a communication cable and to feed electric power to the apparatus; and an information obtaining portion configured to obtain from the apparatus, while the apparatus is fed with the electric power, pre-replacement individual identification information and post-replacement individual identification information for a target component for replacement work on the apparatus by communication using the communication interface. |
| US10367952B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and computer readable medium therefor
An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a controller configured to control a communication device to transmit, to an information processing terminal device, image processing information indicating a specific one of image processing operations that has been selected at a time when the controller starts establishment of communication with the information processing terminal device, control the communication device to receive execution instructing information from the information processing terminal device, and control a specific one of image processing executing devices that corresponds to the received execution instructing information to execute the specific image processing operation in accordance with the received execution instructing information. |
| US10367951B2 |
Wireless ringer
Embodiments of the invention include a device and method for extending alerts for a wireless device. In one embodiment, a method for extending alerts for a wireless device includes linking the wireless device through a wireless connection with a wireless ringer module; wherein the wireless ringer module is removably coupled to a device having an interface for receiving and coupling with the wireless ringer module. The method further includes transmitting a signal to the wireless ringer that triggers an alert feature of the wireless ringer for notifying a user of an incoming communication in response to the wireless device receiving an indication of an incoming communication. |
| US10367949B2 |
Echo canceller device and voice telecommunications device
Disclosed is an echo canceller including: a false echo calculator that calculates false echo signals by performing a filtering operation using each of current and previous filter-coefficient groups which used by an adaptive filtering unit on a sequence of reception signals (x(n)); an evaluation value calculator that calculates evaluated values of an echo cancellation quantity on the basis of a voice-transmission signal (y(n)) and the false echo signals; a false echo selector that selects an estimated echo component from the false echo components on the basis of the evaluated values of the echo cancellation quantity; and a signal output unit (Sout) that outputs a residual signal (e(n)). |
| US10367945B2 |
Performing contextual analysis of incoming telephone calls and suggesting forwarding parties
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, an incoming telephone call from a caller; identifying, by the computing device, a telephone number associated with the telephone call; obtaining, by the computing device, contextual data based on the telephone number, predicting, by the computing device, one or more reasons for the telephone call based on the contextual data; and displaying, by the computing device, the one or more reasons for the telephone call. |
| US10367943B2 |
Electronic system with group location mechanism and method of operation thereof
An electronic system includes: a communication unit configured to provide a conference bridge; a storage unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to implement a code for the conference bridge; a control unit, coupled to the storage unit, configured to: determine a security setting for the conference bridge; and disconnect a connection from the conference bridge based on the security setting. |
| US10367934B2 |
Motor vehicle safe driving and operating devices, mechanisms, systems, and methods
A motor vehicle safe driving device that provides a secure location to hold and store one or more mobile electronic devices while they are in a motor vehicle, thereby preventing the hands-on use and visual distraction to the driver of the motor vehicle. Further, the motor vehicle safe driving device will monitor the location of mobile electronic devices while in a motor vehicle and if one is moved to close in proximity to the driver or if the display screen is shown to the driver, the motor vehicle safe driving device will render the display screen of the mobile electronic device black, and it can power-off the mobile electronic device. Further, the motor vehicle safe driving device can provide an all audible experience with all forms of communication. |
| US10367930B2 |
Speakerphone configuration for conferencing
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a speakerphone configuration for audio and/or video conferencing that includes a cavity underneath the speakerphone where cable ports are arranged. The arrangement of the cable ports are such that when a power plug is installed in the speakerphone, a telecommunication port is blocked, and vice versa. In addition, the port arrangement allows cables to attach to opposite walls in the cavity such that cables run parallel to each other within the cavity. The disclosed speakerphone may be daisy-chained together and function as a single unit. Therefore a speakerphone according to the disclosure may function as either a master unit, a mid unit, or an end unit in a string of speakerphones depending on how the speakerphone is wired. The port arrangement in the cavity increases ease for setup and daisy-chaining of multiple speakerphone units. |
| US10367929B2 |
System and method for connecting a user to business services
A system and method for interacting with a user receives a request from the user to be connected to a business. The system then checks to determine if a voice application has been prepared for that business, or to determine if there are any voice applications that are relevant to the goods and/or services provided by the business. If so, the system performs the voice application for the user, instead of connecting the user to the business. If no such voice applications exist, then the system proceeds to connect the user to the business. |
| US10367927B2 |
Wearable device with an antenna system
A wearable device and methods for using the same provided. In one embodiment, a wearable device includes an antenna disposed in a controller and/or a band. The antenna is an electrically conductive element with three connection points, defining three segments. With one of the connection points driven and the other two grounded, the antenna has characteristics of an inverted-F antenna along with a parasitic element between the two grounded points, parasitic element altering the antenna's directionality. In an embodiment, the antenna includes apertures through which portions of a shielded cable protrude to allow conductors in each cable portion to connect to the printed circuit board which is enclosed within the periphery of the antenna. The shields of the cable portions connect to a ground plane of the printed circuit board and both the shields and the ground plane of the printed circuit board act as a ground for the antenna. |
| US10367925B2 |
Method of communications in a network interconnecting at least two power generators, and corresponding interfacing device
A method is provided for communications in a network interconnecting at least two power generators, each power generator being connected to said network by at least one interfacing device capable of sending and receiving communications frames. The frames have at least one piece of supervision data and at least one piece of information data. The method includes an act of sending during which the same pieces of information data are sent at least twice, wherein two operations of sending frames have identical pieces of information data being separated in time by a predetermined time interval; and an act of receiving, implementing a systematic elimination of one of the frames received when two frames having identical pieces of information data have been received. |
| US10367921B2 |
Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method
The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that efficiently broadcast IP packets to ensure a quick process. A transmission packet including the IP packet is transmitted and received. A header in the transmission packet is constituted of type information and length information. The type information expresses whether an IP header and a UDP header are compressed. The length information expresses a length of the transmission packet to transmit the IP packet including a UDP packet. A payload in the transmission packet is constituted of a destination IP address and a destination port number or a destination index made correspond to the destination IP address and the destination port number and a payload in the UDP packet. The present technology is, for example, applicable to the broadcast of the IP packets. |
| US10367918B2 |
System to dynamically adjust request values at a back-end application server
According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means may receive data streams from remote third-party administrator computer servers. A back-end application computer server may receive a set of requests from a first third-party administrator computer server, each request being associated with a request value. The back-end application server may retrieve a first set of pre-determined rules and automatically apply them to the set of requests, resulting in an adjusted request value and an overall value. The back-end computer server may then automatically transmit a settlement instruction, including the overall value, to an electronic transaction system, and render a transaction activity report display via a remote computer device, associated with the first third-party administrator computer server, including information about the set of requests, the adjusted request value along with an indication of a reason for the adjustment, and the overall value. |
| US10367915B2 |
Optimized image delivery over limited bandwidth communication channels
Large-scale images are retrieved over network communications channels for display on a client device by selecting an update image parcel relative to an operator controlled image viewpoint to display via the client device. A request is prepared for the update image parcel and associated with a request queue for subsequent issuance over a communications channel. The update image parcel is received from the communications channel and displayed as a discrete portion of the predetermined image. The update image parcel optimally has a fixed pixel array size, is received in a single and or plurality of network data packets, and were the fixed pixel array may be constrained to a resolution less than or equal to the resolution of the client device display. |
| US10367909B2 |
Method, device, and system for displaying information associated with a web page
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, device, and system for displaying information. The method includes receiving a web page access request, in response to receiving the web page access request, displaying a first web page and obtaining designated information associated with the first web page, the first web page being associated with the web page access request and the designated information including content of the first web page, receiving an instruction to navigate to a second web page, in response to receiving the instruction to navigate to the second web page, communicating the designated information to a server associated with the second web page, and displaying the second web page, the second web page including information communicated by the server associated with the second web page. |
| US10367903B2 |
Security systems for mitigating attacks from a headless browser executing on a client computer
Computer systems and methods in various embodiments are configured for improving the security and efficiency of server computers interacting through an intermediary computer with client computers that may be executing malicious and/or autonomous headless browsers or “bots”. In an embodiment, a computer system comprises a memory; one or more processors coupled to the memory; a processor logic coupled to the memory and the one or more processors, and configured to: intercept, from a server computer, one or more original instructions to be sent to a browser of a client computer; send the one or more original instructions to the browser and one or more telemetry instructions, wherein the telemetry instructions are configured, when executed, to generate a set of telemetry data indicating one or more objects that were referenced by the browser and to send the set of telemetry data to the intermediary computer; receive the set of telemetry data and determine whether the browser is legitimate or illegitimate based on the set of telemetry data. |
| US10367902B2 |
Media resource address resolution and acquisition method, system, server and client terminal
The present invention provides a media resource address resolution and acquisition method, system, a server and a client terminal, and relates to the field of multimedia technologies, wherein the resolution method includes: sending an assist resolution request to a client terminal, the assist resolution request carrying reference address information of a media resource on a target website, used for directing the client terminal to acquire webpage information of the media resource from the target website according to the reference address information and return the webpage information; and receiving the webpage information of the media resource returned by the client terminal, and resolving the webpage information of the media resource to obtain a playback address of the media resource. Thus, the capability of the client terminal is utilized to assist in acquiring webpage information of a media resource required by address resolution, and the success rate of the address resolution is improved. |
| US10367899B2 |
Systems and methods for content audience analysis via encoded links
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for analyzing content audience by generating respective encoded links for content publishers, determining, for each content publisher, statistics related to user interactions with encoded links, and providing user-specific or aggregate information based on the statistics. The server of a content audience analysis system receives multiple interactions with encoded links generated by the content audience analysis system and linked to resources of a first content publisher. The server may identify from the multiple interactions, multiple cookies assigned to unique client devices. The server may identify second content publishers having resources that were accessed by the client devices corresponding to the multiple cookies via encoded links generated by the server. The server may provide to the first content publisher, data corresponding to the second content publishers having resources accessed by client devices that also accessed the resources of the first content publisher. |
| US10367898B2 |
Interest profiles for audio and/or video streams
A method includes determining, at a processor, a difference between a first user interest profile of a first user and a second user interest profile of a second user. The difference is associated with a portion of a first streaming media item. The method further includes transmitting, to a device associated with a third user interest profile of a third user, a first indication associated with the first streaming media item based on the difference. The first user, the second user, and the third user are distinct users. |
| US10367897B2 |
Method and apparatus for releasing services in stages
A method and apparatus for releasing services on a server in stages is provided, the method comprising setting a number of accounts that can access a new service and releasing the new service to the accounts in a first time period; setting an access rate for the new service and releasing the new service in accordance with the access rate in a second time period; and releasing the new service to the entire server in a third time period. In accordance with the method and apparatus for releasing services on a server in stages in this embodiment, new service can be released in different ways to suit different situations, which reduces the risk in releasing the new service, and improves efficiency. |
| US10367894B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and information processing system
This invention provides, for each apparatus, one communication control unit that generically controls communication between a relay server and a communication client or a communication server in each apparatus. More specifically, each communication control unit creates a communication socket that designates a predetermined port and an IP address indicating a local apparatus, and exchanges data between the communication server and the communication client via the communication socket, adjusting and relaying communication data between HTTP and the communication protocol of each of the communication server and the communication client. |
| US10367893B1 |
Method and apparatus of performing peer-to-peer communication establishment
A method and apparatus of establishing a network connection for P2P communications is disclosed. According to one example, a method of establishing a network connection may include establishing an initial data connection between a first network device and a second network device via a third network device, the third network device providing an initial communication channel required to exchange setup messaging between the first network device and the second network device. Other operations may include establishing another data connection between the first network device and the second device after the setup messaging is exchanged, the another connection being independent of the third network device, and transferring data messages between the first network device and the second network device via the another connection. Once the P2P connection is established, the initial data connection may be removed. |
| US10367889B2 |
Smart routing for on-vehicle telematics protocol
A vehicle system includes a gateway including a database and configured to transfer messages between a plurality of controllers, each controller connected to one of a plurality of nodes, the gateway further configured to broadcast, to all the nodes, a request message received from a first controller for receipt by a second controller, receive, from a first node, a response message from the second controller for receipt by the first controller, and link, in the database, the first node and the second controller. |
| US10367885B1 |
Methods for using extracted features to perform an action associated with selected identified image
Methods and systems to perform methods comprising receiving, at a computer system from a first electronic device a first electronic media work; extracting one or more features therefrom; determining that at least a portion of the first electronic media work corresponds to a first reference media work based on a matching of the extracted features against a database of reference features; receiving, from a second electronic device, a query related to the first electronic media work; linking the query to action information in an action database based upon determining that at least a portion of the first electronic media work corresponds to the first reference media work; generating machine-readable instructions associated with the action to be performed based at least in part on the linking of the query to the action information; transmitting, to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions; and logging an event associated with the machine-readable instructions. |
| US10367881B2 |
Management of computing infrastructure under emergency peak capacity conditions
A capability for management of computing infrastructure under emergency peak capacity conditions is presented. The capability for management of computing infrastructure under emergency peak capacity conditions may support configuration of computing infrastructure to provide additional computing capacity for the emergency peak capacity conditions. The computing infrastructure may include capacity supporting equipment configured to provide computing capacity of the computing infrastructure and environmental equipment configured to support operation of the capacity supporting equipment. The configuration of computing infrastructure to support additional computing capacity for an emergency peak capacity condition may include configuration of capacity supporting equipment to operate in emergency operating mode, rather than normal operating mode, to support the additional computing capacity for the emergency peak capacity condition. The configuration of cloud computing infrastructure to provide additional computing capacity for an emergency peak capacity condition may include configuration of environmental equipment to support operation of capacity supporting equipment in emergency operating mode. |
| US10367877B2 |
System and method for identifying publicly available cameras
A method for identifying network cameras is disclosed. The method includes receiving name of an organization, identifying a range of internet protocol (IP) address associated with the organization, querying each IP address in the range of the IP addresses, receiving a response from the IP addresses in response to the queries, verifying the received response is from a camera by obtaining an image file from the IP address and analyzing the image file, and adding IP address to a list of identified cameras. |
| US10367876B2 |
Environmentally adaptive and segregated media pipeline architecture for multiple streaming sessions
Systems and methods monitor a system including a remote desktop, a trusted mobile instance, and a delivery handler. The delivery handler can determine if the system is overloaded and to take the appropriate measures to maintain a negotiated minimal QoS and adapt as necessary when the conditions vary. Additionally, the systems and method can address security issues by separating privileges that are typically bundled together in conventional systems, and by applying isolation mechanisms to exposed areas of the system. |
| US10367875B2 |
Method and system for dynamic rate adaptation of a stream of multimedia contents in a wireless communication network
A method of downloading multimedia content from a server to a client through a wireless communication network is proposed. The multimedia content is subdivided into a plurality of portions and for each portion the server stores a plurality of versions thereof each of which is encoded with a specific encoding quality. The method comprises: selecting, among the plurality of versions of each portion of the multimedia content, a version of the portion of the multimedia content to be downloaded on the basis of wireless communication parameters determined at at least two different layers of a wireless communication network OSI protocol stack at the client. |
| US10367873B2 |
Method of communicating data packets within data communication systems
A data communication system is provided. The data communication system includes at least one transmitter that is operable to communicate data packets via a data communication network and/or a data carrier to at least one receiver. The at least one transmitter is operable to include within at least one of the data packets a plurality of mutually different types of data having mutually different priorities. Optionally, the data communication system is operable to communicate to the at least one receiver information that is indicative of the one or more priorities of the plurality of mutually different types of data. Optionally, the data communication system is operable to communicate the information that is indicative of the mutually different priorities of the plurality of mutually different types of data within the at least one of the data packets. |
| US10367871B2 |
System and method for all-in-one content stream in content-centric networks
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for assembling a single content stream that enables downloading of a content collection using the single content stream over a network. During operation, the system obtains the content collection that includes a plurality of content components, and generates a manifest for the content collection. A respective entry in the manifest corresponds to a content component. The system assembles the single content stream by including the manifest followed by the plurality of content components. The manifest and the content components are packaged into objects under a same namespace, thereby facilitating a requester requesting one or more content components within the content collection using interests under the same namespace. |
| US10367867B2 |
In-band quality data
A method of transmitting data in a media stream in accordance with a media streaming protocol includes generating data of a first type associated with a first type identifier in accordance with the protocol, encapsulating the generated data in a data structure defined by the protocol, the data structure including a type identifier field for specifying a type of data contained within the data structure, setting the type identifier field to a second type identifier different than the first type identifier, forming a packet comprising the first data structure, and transmitting the packet in the media stream. |
| US10367864B2 |
Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device
Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for controlling an electronic device. The electronic device comprises an application processor, a network processor, a control unit connected to a companion device, and a communication unit for transmitting/receiving data to/from the companion device, wherein the application processor makes a request for connection with the companion device to the network processor and the network processor connects the companion device to the application processor having made the request for the connection when receiving the request for the connection from the companion device. |
| US10367863B2 |
Method for providing dynamic quality of service for push-to-talk service
A system and method for providing dynamic quality-of-service (QoS) for Push-to-Talk (PTT) services in a wireless communications network. One or more servers interface to the wireless communications network to perform the PTT services for mobile units therein. Both the servers and the mobile units communicate with each other using control messages transmitted across bearers in the wireless communications network, and at least one of the servers transmits media streams comprised of voice messages for the PTT services between the mobile units across the bearers in the wireless communications network. At least one of the servers sets up a dedicated bearer in the wireless communications network for at least one of the mobile units, wherein the dedicated bearer has a specified quality of service (QoS) for transmission of at least the media streams to the mobile unit. The dedicated bearer may be static or dynamic. |
| US10367860B2 |
Social networking permissions
Enabling access to user-specific content includes maintaining data indicating a social network that indicates a first user and a second user that are connected by one or more relationships through zero or more intermediary users. At least one of the relationships that connect the first and second users is categorized. A request for access to content maintained by the second user is received from the first user. One or more of the relationships that connect the first user to the second user are identified using the data indicating the social network. A category of at least one of the identified relationships is identified. A type of access to the content to be provided to the first user is identified based on the identified to category. The first user is enabled to access the content in accordance with the identified type of access. |
| US10367859B2 |
Organizing a synchronous communication session according to context
Organizing a synchronous communication session can include determining, using a processor of a data processing system, a context responsive to detecting a trigger event. The context specifies a foreground application executing within the data processing system. Candidate participants can be determined from the context. A user interface is displayed separate from the foreground application. The user interface lists the candidate participants. Further, responsive to a user input received within the user interface, an invite to the candidate participants is sent. The invite specifies access information for the synchronous communication session. |
| US10367852B2 |
Multiplexed demand signaled distributed messaging
A multiplexed demand signaled distributed messaging (MDSDM) system and method enables high capacity real-time messaging between application services by generating and utilizing innovative techniques for message management such as lanes, links and message distribution-related functionality. |
| US10367849B2 |
Method and system for detecting phishing page
The present disclosure provides a method and system for detecting a phishing page. The method comprises: intercepting user data attempted to be submitted by a current page to a server; constructing detection data having a structure identical to a structure of the user data, content of the detection data being different from content of the user data; submitting the detection data to the server; and determining whether the current page is a phishing page based on a response from the server. By using the method and the system for detecting a phishing page provided in the present disclosure, a user can immediately and accurately determine whether the current page is a phishing page, thereby protecting privacies and assets better. |
| US10367846B2 |
Selectively choosing between actual-attack and simulation/evaluation for validating a vulnerability of a network node during execution of a penetration testing campaign
Methods and systems for penetration testing of a networked system by a penetration testing system. In some embodiments, both active and passive validation methods are used during a single penetration testing campaign in a single networked system. In other embodiments, a first penetration testing campaign uses only active validation and a second penetration campaign uses only passive validation, where both campaigns are performed by a single penetration testing system in a single networked system. Node-by-node determination of whether to use active or passive validation can be based on expected extent and/or likelihood of damage from actually compromising a network node using active validation. |
| US10367844B2 |
Systems and methods of network security and threat management
The present disclosure generally provides systems and methods of network security and threat management. An exemplary system includes detection and prevention modules (DPM) designed specifically to collect and transmit suspicious binary network packet data. The collected network packets are sent to a behavioral correlation module to perform automatic behavioral correlation: (1) within each DPM, (2) across all DPMs installed on a network, and (3) across all DPMs installed on all networks. The results of the behavioral correlation are sent to a security dashboard module (SDM), which generally acts as a fully integrated Security Event Management system and collects, correlates, and prioritizes global network alerts, local network alerts, posted vendor alerts, and detected network vulnerabilities with enterprise assets. The SDM could display the results in a user-friendly graphical user interface and has the ability to perform geographic mapping of externally generated threats. |
| US10367843B1 |
Securing a network
Methods and systems for visualizing, analyzing, archiving and securing computer and internet of things (IoT) data networks are disclosed. The system includes a data collection device (sensor), preprocessing unit, analysis unit containing at least the Koopman mode analysis unit, and a postprocessing unit. The methods include Koopman mode analysis, support vector machines or deep learning used to compute the baseline, detect and rank known and unknown threats to the system, visualize and archive them. |
| US10367842B2 |
Peer-based abnormal host detection for enterprise security systems
Systems and methods for determining a risk level of a host in a network include modeling a target host's behavior based on historical events recorded at the target host. One or more original peer hosts having behavior similar to the target host's behavior are determined. An anomaly score for the target host is determined based on how the target host's behavior changes relative to behavior of the one or more original peer hosts over time. A security management action is performed based on the anomaly score. |
| US10367838B2 |
Real-time detection of abnormal network connections in streaming data
Methods and systems for detecting anomalous network activity include determining whether a network event exists within an existing topology graph and port graph. A connection probability for the network event is determined if the network does not exist within the existing topology graph and port graph. The network event is identified as abnormal if the connection probability is below a threshold. |
| US10367837B2 |
Optimizing security analyses in SaaS environments
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for performing a security analysis on a set of observables by inferring malicious relationships. The method includes receiving a set of observables and structured and unstructured threat data. The method further includes analyzing the observables and the structured and unstructured threat data using cognitive computing, and creating and transferring a subgraph. |
| US10367833B2 |
Detection of forbidden software through analysis of GUI components
A mechanism is provided for controlling execution of a computer program. An execution of unallowed software may be prohibited. Structural elements of a graphical user interface of the computer program are detected. The detected structural elements are compared with a stored signature, each signature comprising structural elements of a graphical user interface of allowed computer programs. Upon not finding a matching signature among the stored signatures when comparing, further executing of the computer program is inhibited. |
| US10367831B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for defending a network
Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising: within a backbone network: for backbone network traffic addressed to a particular target and comprising attack traffic and non-attack traffic, the attack traffic simultaneously carried by the backbone network with the non-attack traffic: redirecting at least a portion of the attack traffic to a scrubbing complex; and allowing at least a portion of the non-attack traffic to continue to the particular target without redirection to the scrubbing complex. |
| US10367830B2 |
Security action of network packet based on signature and reputation
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to perform a security action, (e.g., filtering) based on reputation and a signature match. A reputation is determined of a devices associated with a network packet or network packet stream. It is determined whether a signature matches the network packet or an associated flow of the network packet. The security action is determined based on the reputation and the match. |
| US10367828B2 |
Action response framework for data security incidents
An incident manager application (IM) for responding to data security incidents in enterprise networks is disclosed. An IM tracks the incidents in an enterprise network by storing incident objects and incident artifact (IA) metadata created for the incidents, where the incident objects and IAs include information concerning the incidents. Incident response team (IRT) personnel of the enterprise networks can define action conditions within the IM that are associated with the incident objects. When the information within the incident objects and/or IAs meets the defined action conditions, the IM includes the objects that cause the action conditions to be satisfied in messages. Devices such as user account databases and configuration servers within the enterprise network can then download the messages and execute actions that reference the objects extracted from the downloaded messages to implement a response to the incidents. |
| US10367827B2 |
Using network locations obtained from multiple threat lists to evaluate network data or machine data
Systems and methods are provided for identifying network addresses and/or IDs of a deduplicated list among network data, machine data, and/or events derived from network data and/or machine data, and for identifying notable events by searching for the presence of network addresses and/or network IDs that are deduplicated across lists received from multiple external sources. One method includes receiving a plurality of lists of network locations, wherein each list is received from over a network, wherein each of the network locations includes a domain name or an IP address, and wherein at least two of the plurality of lists each include a same network location; aggregating the plurality of lists of network locations into a deduplicated list of unique network locations; and searching network data or machine data for a network location included in the deduplicated list of unique network locations. |
| US10367826B2 |
Identity and trustworthiness verification using online and offline components
Methods and systems for verifying the identity and trustworthiness of a user of an online system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving online and offline identity information for a user and comparing them to a user profile information provided by the user. Furthermore, the user's online activity in a third party online system and the user's offline activity are received. Based on the online activity and the offline activity a trustworthiness score may be calculated. |
| US10367824B2 |
Policy management, enforcement, and audit for data security
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing, and enforcing policies on data security. A policy appliance includes a policy administration point, a policy decision point, a policy enforcement point and, optionally, an auditing module. The policy appliance can execute in a self-contained environment, e.g., a single virtual machine, a single physical machine, or a cluster of virtual machines or physical machines identically configured. The self-contained policy appliance can receive, manage, enforce and audit multiple policies that specify access privileges of multiple users on multiple databases. The databases can include heterogeneous databases that are configured separately and differently from one another. A single configuration of the policy appliance centralizes and unifies policy management of the heterogeneous database in the self-contained environment. |
| US10367823B2 |
Augmented and virtual reality based process oversight
The present disclosure involves systems and computer implemented methods for generating a virtual or augmented reality-based oversight system of business processes at a location remote from where the business process is executed. In one example, system operations include identifying a process-based operation performed at a physical first location, where the operation is associated with a request for oversight from a remote second location. A current state of the operation at the first location is identified, and at least one input source at the first location is identified. A simulation of the current state of the operation at the first location incorporating input from the input source(s) is generated for presentation at the second location. An action performed at the first location in the current state of the operation is identified, and the second location is then transmitted a request to authorize the identified action. |
| US10367821B2 |
Data driven role based security
Aspects extend to methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling performance of a requested user operation. It is determined if a requested user operation can access data on behalf of a user based on an obtained user context associated with the user. The user context identifies the location of an object representing a user relative to other objects within a hierarchical data structure. The context is used to derive a role for the user. A control expression is accessed. The control expression governs access of the requested user operation for the derived role. A set of permissions is formed for the user by evaluating the control expression using the user context and a data context for the data. The user's authorization to perform the requested user operation is determined from the set of permissions. The requested user operation is performed according to the determined user's authorization. |
| US10367819B2 |
Streamlined utility portals for managing demand-response events
A method for automatically enrolling a smart-home device in a demand-response program includes receiving an identification of a user account that is sent from a utility provider computer system based on an agreement that the smart-home device will be enrolled in the demand-response program. The identification of the user account is also sent to indicate to the device management server that the smart-home device should be sent to a location associated with the user account. The method also includes causing the smart-home device to be sent to the location associated with the user account. The method additionally includes receiving an indication from the smart-home device that the smart-home device has been installed at the location associated with the user account, and enrolling the smart-home device in the demand-response program. |
| US10367814B2 |
Enabling user entropy encryption in non-compliant mobile applications
Methods and systems for preventing unsecured mobile applications from accessing encrypted resources are presented. In some embodiments, a mobile device may determine that a background process associated with a mobile application is requesting to access an encrypted resource. The mobile device may further determine whether the mobile application has been secured with authentication information. In response to determining that the mobile application has not been secured, the mobile device may suspend the background process until the mobile application has been secured and transmit a request to a mobile application management agent to secure the mobile application using authentication information. |
| US10367810B2 |
Electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) installation and testing
Provisioning of an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) to an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) is observed to acquire a captured payload. The captured payload is then used in replay test sessions. In a live test session, test equipment can be used to monitor the communication between an eSIM server and the eUICC in order to capture the payload transmitted from the eSIM server. In the live test session, the eUICC can be in a debug mode that persists an ability to generate the same keys. In the replay test sessions, the payload captured can be reused and the eUICC can regenerate the same keys to decrypt an encrypted eSIM in the payload. After an installation attempt, the eUICC can provide notifications to the test equipment. The eUICC can be stress-tested using methods described herein without consuming a large number of eSIMs from an eSIM server inventory. |
| US10367809B2 |
Device registration, authentication, and authorization system and method
A system includes one or more processors to receive a registration request, the registration request comprising a representation of a username and a password, verify the username and the password and transmit a one-time-use password, receive the one-time-use password and first device identifier information from a mobile computing device, receive an access request from the mobile computing device comprising the representation of the username and the password, second device identifier information, and application key information, verify the username, the password, the second device identifier information, and the application key information, and transmit a token to the mobile computing device, and receive a resource request from the mobile computing device comprising the token and third device identifier information. |
| US10367800B2 |
Local data aggregation repository
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for a local repository of aggregated data. A hardware device comprises a local repository of data aggregated, for a user, from a plurality of third party service providers. A hardware device comprises a local authentication module configured to secure, on the hardware device, aggregated data and electronic credentials of a user for a plurality of third party service providers. A hardware device comprises an interface module configured to provide access controls to a user defining which of a plurality of other third party service providers the user authorizes to access aggregated data, and to provide the aggregated data to the authorized other third party service providers. |
| US10367799B2 |
Systems and methods for determining an authentication attempt threshold
Systems and methods are provided for determining an authentication attempt threshold. Authentication systems often have predetermined authentication attempt thresholds that may not be sufficient for some users and do not necessarily provide any increased security. Systems and methods provided for determining an authentication thresholds described herein may determine the authentication threshold based on certain factors in a user's authentication attempt history that may provide information about a user's probability of a successful authentication to provide additional security for users more likely to successfully authenticate while providing additional assistance to users who may be less likely to successfully authenticate. |
| US10367796B2 |
Methods and apparatus for recording a change of authorization state of one or more authorization agents
Roughly described, a method of recording a change of authorization state of one or more authorization agents, the method comprising: establishing a copy of a blockchain ledger at each of a plurality of blockchain nodes, wherein each of the blockchain nodes is associated with a different controlling entity; providing a public key/private key pair for a first of the blockchain nodes; receiving, from the communication device, a first message comprising: first data indicative of a change of authorization state of a first authorization agent associated with the first controlling entity, the first data being encrypted; and a digital signature based on the blockchain ledger and the private key; authenticating the message using the public key; adding a block to the blockchain ledger based on the first message, thereby to generate a new blockchain ledger that records the change of authorization state of the first authorization agent. |
| US10367793B2 |
Secure data exchange method between a communication device and a service provider based on asymmetric public key handling and encryption using hardware key, and communication device and system implementing the same
The invention relates to a method for securely exchanging data (5) between a communication device (1) and a server (8) of a service provider (2) via a communication network (3), the communication device (1) enabling at least one user (13) of the communication device (1) to use the services (4) provided by said service provider (2), said method being characterized in that it includes the following steps for exchanging data (5) between the communication device (1) and at least one server (8) of the service provider (2): in order to send the data (5), encrypting at least a portion of the sent data (5) using a physical key (7) which is known to the service provider (2) and which is physically written in a read-only memory of an electronic chip (6) of the communication device (1); and, upon receiving the data (5), decrypting the received data using said physical key (7). |
| US10367790B2 |
Efficient sensor data delivery
A method is provided to enhance efficiency of sensor event data transmission over network. Specifically, a method is described to buffer a set of sensor data, to group one or more of the set of sensor data having a same type for batch processing. The batch processing includes compressing and securing operations on the grouped sensor data, and restore the original message sequence of the grouped sensor data. |
| US10367786B2 |
Configuration management for a capture/registration system
A method, apparatus, and system is described for distributing a rule to a distributed capture system and storing the rule in a global configuration database, wherein the rule defines an action for the distributed capture system to perform regarding packets intercepted by the distributed capture system. |
| US10367781B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus determines, when a data transmission is executed, whether or not a host name designated as a destination of the data transmission is set to a terminal list indicating an external terminal that is permitted as a data transmission destination, and if a result of the determination is that the host name is set to the terminal list, permits data transmission irrespective of whether or not an IP address corresponding to the host name is set to the terminal list; and executes data transmission if data transmission is permitted. |
| US10367776B2 |
Response status management in a social networking environment
Disclosed aspects relate to response status management in a social networking environment. A message from a source user to a recipient user may be detected in the social networking environment. A set of message response actions related to the recipient user may be identified. A response status may be determined based on the set of message response actions. An indication of the response status may be provided to the source user. |
| US10367774B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices for enriching microblog page
The present disclosure discloses methods, systems and devices providing enriched message on a microblog page. The methods include providing the microblog page on a terminal of a user, the page being displayed in a timeline format; and providing an enriched message associated with an interactive application in the timeline, wherein the enriched message is configured to direct the terminal to present the interactive application in the timeline when the user clicks the enriched message. |
| US10367769B2 |
Processing of email based on semantic relationship of sender to recipient
Embodiments are provided for processing received electronic mail messages. A received message is processed based upon a set of rules made up of at least first and second sets of rules. The processing includes ascertaining a property derived from the received message and determining a set of rules associated with the ascertained property. The received message is processed corresponding to at least one rule in the first set of rules if the ascertained property is associated with the first set of rules, and the received message is processed corresponding to at least one rule in the second set of rules if the ascertained property is associated with the second set of rules. The received message is communicated to a recipient based on the at least one rule. |
| US10367767B2 |
Modular inbox and generation of content modules
Exemplary embodiments relate to improvements in the design of a messaging inbox. The inbox may display different units or “modules” for providing a user with quick access to different inbox functionalities. Examples of modules include modules for sharing articles, videos, or pictures (e.g., from a social networking service associated with the messaging service). Content recommendations may be provided, and a user may provide a list of users with whom they would like to share the content. The content recommendations may be retrieved from a social network based on consumption information, or may come from multiple different locations. Content may be ranked based on recency, likelihood of user enjoyment, an amount time spent watching the content, etc. A group of recommended recipients may be provided, for example based on the users considered to be most likely to enjoy the content. |
| US10367759B2 |
Adaptive speed data collection
A mobile device is arranged to perform an adaptive speed data collection method. A host application running on the mobile device cooperates with a background service also running on the mobile device. The background service is arranged as a state machine. On each pass through the state machine, quality of service (QoS) data associated with a particular wide area network, such as a cellular network, is collected. Also on each pass through the state machine, a sample time value is calculated based on a plurality of asserted triggers and rules applied to the asserted triggers. An alarm is loaded with the sample time value, and the background service is suspended until the alarm expires or an interrupt is asserted. The asserted interrupt begins a new sequential pass through the state machine. |
| US10367756B2 |
Programmable logic device with integrated network-on-chip
Systems and methods for providing a Network-On-Chip (NoC) structure on an integrated circuit for high-speed data passing. In some aspects, the NoC structure includes multiple NoC stations with a hard-IP interface having a bidirectional connection to local components of the integrated circuit. In some aspects, the NoC stations have a soft-IP interface that supports the hard-IP interface of the NoC station. |
| US10367747B2 |
Flow controller automatically throttling rate of service provided by web API
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for automatically throttling the rate of service provided by a Web application programming interface (API) for a software service. A flow controller executing on the data processing system assigns a queue to each consumer of the software service. Responsive to receiving a current request for the software service from a given consumer of the software service, a flow controller executing on the data processing system adds the current request to a given queue assigned to the given consumer. The flow controller sends a next request from the given queue to the Web API based on a licensed rate of service of the given consumer. |
| US10367744B1 |
Systems and methods for network traffic routing to reduce service congestion at a server
The disclosed computer-implemented method for network traffic routing to reduce service congestion at a server may include (1) receiving, by the computing device and from the cloud server, a traffic routing policy, (2) identifying, for a transaction and using at least one hook inserted into an operating system of the computing device, metadata describing a traffic type, (3) comparing the metadata with the traffic routing policy to determine the transaction is bypass traffic, and (4) sending the bypass traffic from the computing device to a destination other than the cloud server. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10367735B2 |
Cloud provider classification for different service deployment schemes
A cloud provider provides services to tenants over a network. Each cloud-based service is configured according to a respective service deployment scheme. The cloud provider maintains, for each service, classification information, including: a scheme type; a three-tuple cloud identifier including a cloud identifier, a service identifier, and a tenant identifier; and one or more scheme-specific service identifiers. The cloud provider distributes the classification information within the cloud provider, including to the services, to enable a respective tenant to exchange Internet Protocol (IP) packets with, and thereby access, a respective service and components of the service based on the classification information. The IP packet includes, for the respective service, the scheme type, the cloud identifier, the service identifier, the tenant identifier of the respective tenant, and the one or more scheme-specific service identifiers. |
| US10367734B2 |
Forwarding of packets in a network based on multiple compact forwarding identifiers represented in a single internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) address
In one embodiment, packets are forwarded in a network based on multiple compact forwarding identifiers represented in a single 128-bit Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) address, such as, but not limited to being in the destination address field of the IPv6 header (e.g., possibly in an extended IPv6 header). One embodiment follows the forwarding order of these multiple compact forwarding identifiers by respectively placing them in the single IPv6 address from high-order to lower-order bit positions. In one embodiment, a compact forwarding identifier prefix is part of the address represented by each compact forwarding identifier, typically with the compact forwarding identifier prefix stored in the highest-order bit positions. One embodiment uses a longest prefix matching operation to match the compact forwarding identifier to be used in determining how to next process the packet. |
| US10367727B2 |
Method for routing in a central conferencing routing server
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. A collaboration conferencing routing server may provide configurability in routing a collaboration conference to a conference bridge based on any number of criteria and information about the requester and the communications network on which the conference occurs. |
| US10367724B1 |
Optical channel data unit (ODU) fault propagation and link recovery using ODU-delay measurement
In some embodiments, a system includes a first router and a second router both configured to be included within an OTN. The first router is configured to send to the second router a first signal having an ODU with a path delay measurement (DMp) bit set. The first router is configured to, in response to not receiving within a path-length-dependent time period from the second router a second signal having the DMp bit set, (1) trigger a protection action at the first router, and (2) send to the second router a signal configured to notify the second router to trigger the protection action at the second router. The second router is configured to, in response to receiving the signal configured to notify, trigger the protection action at the second router. |
| US10367720B2 |
Method for obtaining a powerline communication route
Method for obtaining an initial communication route between a node device and a data concentrator device in a network using powerline communications based on a communication protocol including a method for seeking an initial communication route, the method including the following steps: obtaining information representing a risk of overloading of said network; applying the method for seeking an initial communication route in order to determine the initial communication route when the information representing the risk of overloading of the network indicates that the network does not risk being overloaded. |
| US10367713B2 |
Cloud based system and method for managing testing configurations for cable test devices
A system and method for receiving a data packet in a cable network testing device from a remotely located cloud host service/device. The data packet contains selected cable test device configuration instructions. The selected device instructions, once implemented in a cable test device, configure the cable test device to perform one or more cable network testing procedures in accordance with predetermined testing parameters. The cloud host service/device contains a plurality of test device configuration instructions to be selected by a user, which user may be remote from the cable test device. |
| US10367712B2 |
Auto tuning of hybrid wan links by adaptive duplication of packets on alternate links
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a system and method for dynamically duplicating network packets onto a reliable link. Network devices can be connected by a primary link and by a secondary link. As the network quality of the first link degrades, the system can adaptively duplicate network packets onto the second link. As a high priority link, the secondary link can have less total bandwidth when compared to the primary link. Accordingly, all the traffic traversing the primary link may not be able to be duplicated onto the secondary link to preserve network reliability when the quality of the first link degrades. The present solution can effectively manage the bandwidth of the secondary link and set duplication rates that control the duplication of the packets onto the secondary link. |
| US10367708B2 |
Network coding aware nodes in a distributed network
Embodiments are directed to transmitting network coding (NC) traffic in heterogeneous networks having both NC and non-NC nodes. A non-NC node, upon receiving the first NC encoded packet will return an error in acknowledgement to the source NC node. The source NC node maintains a table of directly neighbor nodes that indicates whether or not NC is supported. The source NC node decodes the packet for any non-NC destination node and sends the encoded packet to NC nodes per the table. For a non-NC node in the network, the source NC node will send an encoded packet and based on an acknowledgement, the table entry for that node is updated. If NC is supported, the source sends the encoded packet, otherwise it sends the decoded packet. |
| US10367703B2 |
Analysis of network traffic rules at a network visibility node
Techniques are disclosed for monitoring usage of network traffic rules applied by devices on a computer network. Operations in accordance with the disclosed techniques can be performed at one or more network visibility nodes that operate as part of a visibility fabric, for example for monitoring traffic on the network. In certain embodiments, packets associated with the traffic are received at a network visibility node communicatively coupled to the network that is operable to enable visibility across the network. The network visibility node can access network traffic rules that mirror the network traffic rules applied at devices on the network. The network visibility node can further process the received packets using the accessed network traffic rules to identify packets or flows of packets that satisfy criteria associated with the accessed network traffic rules. |
| US10367701B2 |
Framework for provisioning network services in cloud computing environment
This disclosure relates generally to provisioning network services in a cloud computing environment, and more particularly to framework for provisioning network services in a heterogeneous cloud computing environment. In one embodiment, the disclosure includes a network as a service (NaaS) layer under a cloud provisioning platform. The NaaS layer can be interfaced with any cloud provisioning platform. The NaaS layer serves the networking needs of the heterogeneous cloud environment. It provides network services like monitoring, notifications, QoS policies, network topology and other services. For example, the cloud provisioning platform defines a virtual network and attaches a plurality of virtual machines to it. All the communications related to creation/deletion/update of virtual networks, virtual subnets, virtual ports, virtual router, virtual interfaces etc., are sent to the NaaS layer. On receiving the communication, the NaaS layer takes necessary steps to provide the network services as per the needs of the request. Apart from provisioning, the NaaS layer periodically monitors the network elements as well. |
| US10367699B2 |
Network architecture for predictive services management in cable network environments
An example system for Predictive Services Management (PSM) in cable network environments is provided and includes a data collector located in a cable network that captures multi-tone signals traversing the cable network, a data repository located in a cloud network, and a central server having PSM algorithms configured for: retrieving key performance indicators from the multi-tone signals; identifying a fault signature based on the key performance indicators, the fault signature being identified based on phase domain analysis of a channel response; accessing the data repository for geographical information; determining a location of a fault in the cable network based on the fault signature and the geographical information; accessing the data repository for device information; determining a type of fault based on the location of the fault and the device information; and activating repair and maintenance activities based on the type of fault, location of the fault and the fault signature. |
| US10367696B2 |
Automatic network management system and methods
A network management architecture referred to as the Control/Orchestration/Management/Policy/Analytics (COMPA) architecture (or COMPA for short). The COMPA architecture functions to simplify and automate the operations (both management and business process) of a network. In one aspect, the COMPA architecture addresses four use case categories: (1) Resource/Service Onboarding; (2) Automated Product Offerings; (3) Automated Management; and (4) Service Exposure. COMPA enables rapid service introduction into the network and lifecycle management; dynamic network governance via policy; and controlled access to functionality provided by different responsibility domains. |
| US10367694B2 |
Infrastructure costs and benefits tracking
A method and system for tracking an IT infrastructure is provided. The method includes modeling an IT infrastructure as a collection of hardware components, software components, and networking components. An observer agent is deployed on each of the components. The observer agent performs a measurement process with respect to each of the components and a mapping process is performed with respect to the measurement process. An aggregation module is deployed and an aggregation process is performed with respect to results of the mapping process. In response, a two dimensional moving graph indicating results of the aggregation process is generated and displayed. |
| US10367689B2 |
Monitoring internet usage on home networks of panelist users
The present disclosure relates generally to monitoring internet usage on home networks of panelist users. One examples method includes after determining that a user has accepted an offer to modify a home network of the user to monitor network traffic generated by devices connected to the home network, identifying a gateway device on the home network configured to receive network traffic from devices connected to the home network and communicate with an external network on behalf of the devices; determining that the gateway device is operable to be modified over the home network to include a monitoring application; and in response to determining that the gateway device is operable to be modified, modifying the gateway device over the home network to include the monitoring application. |
| US10367688B2 |
Discovering changes of network interface controller names
Systems and methods for discovering changes of network interface controller (NIC) names are disclosed. An example method may comprise receiving new network configuration data comprising first network interface controller (NIC) configuration data for a NIC device that is identified by a permanent identifier (ID), identifying the permanent ID of the NIC device in current network configuration data comprising second NIC configuration data for the NIC device, responsive to a first NIC name corresponding to the permanent ID in the new network configuration data being different than a second NIC name corresponding to the permanent ID in the current network configuration data, updating, by a processing device, the first NIC configuration data in the new network configuration data to be the same as the second NIC configuration data, and saving, by the processing device, the updated new network configuration data as the current network configuration data. |
| US10367687B1 |
Methods and systems for provisioning settings of a media playback device
A system is provided for streaming media content in a vehicle. The system includes a personal media streaming appliance system configured to connect to a media delivery system and receive media content from the media delivery system at least via a cellular network. The media delivery system is configured to link a user media streaming account with a particular personal media streaming appliance to provide personalized media content to the appliance. Media contexts are assigned to multiple preset settings automatically so that the personal media streaming appliance system is configured to output personalized media content upon first use. |
| US10367686B2 |
Automatically detecting roles of nodes in layered network topologies
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that automatically detects a role of a node in a network with a layered topology. During operation, the system uses a local shortest path tree (SPT) for a node in a network with a layered topology to identify one or more additional nodes in the network that are farthest from the node. Next, the system compares the local SPT with a remote SPT for the one or more additional nodes to identify a position of the node in the layered topology. The system then outputs the position of the node for use in configuring the operation of the node in the network. |
| US10367684B2 |
Fault detection method and mobile wireless system
A method in which a base station installed in each of a plurality of sections of a route, an antenna which is connected to the base station and installed along the route, and a control device which controls all the base stations installed along the route are used includes: measuring a strength of a signal emitted from the antenna in at least one mobile body in operation; acquiring a temporary failure determination result based on the signal strength, transmitting announcement information by the control device via the base station and the antenna to which it is determined that a failure occurs when the temporary failure determination result is acquired, transmitting an answer to the control device by an arbitrary mobile body in operation and receives the announcement information, and making a final failure determination based on the answer transmitted from each mobile body in the control device. |
| US10367682B2 |
Node failure recovery tool
A node failure recovery tool includes an interface and one or more processors. The interface is configured to receive one or more portions of state information from a first node, each of the one or more portions of state information comprising data corresponding to a user and an action and an indication of whether the portion of state information is related to one or more other portions of state information. The one or more processors are configured to determine a time corresponding to each of the one or more portions of state information and determine that the first node has crashed. The one or more processors are further configured to determine the portion of state information that was last received from the first node and send, to the first node, the portion of state information that was last received from the first node. |
| US10367680B2 |
Network relay apparatus, gateway redundancy system, program, and redundancy method
Provided is a network relay apparatus of a gateway redundancy system, including: a storage unit configured to store, as an internal status, a redundancy status for indicating whether the network relay apparatus operates as an active system or a standby system for each subscriber terminal or subscriber terminal group, and a subscriber status for indicating a list of used address information for each subscriber terminal; and a management unit configured to: monitor communication between another network relay apparatus in a redundancy configuration and a subscriber terminal group; record, into the storage unit, used address information assigned by the another network relay apparatus to a subscriber terminal as a part of the subscriber status; and notify or advertise the sequentially recorded internal status to a notification destination sequentially at a predetermined timing. |
| US10367674B2 |
Methods and apparatus for array-based compressed sensing
An array-based Compressed sensing Receiver Architecture (ACRA) includes an antenna array with two or more antennas connected to two or more ADCs that are clocked at two or more different sampling rates below the Nyquist rate of the incident signals. Comparison of the individual aliased outputs of the ADCs allows for estimation of signal component characteristics, including signal bandwidth, center frequency, and direction-of-arrival (DoA). Multiple digital signal processing (DSP) techniques, such as sparse fast Fourier transform (sFFT), can be employed depending on the type of detection or estimation. |
| US10367673B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
A method for transmitting broadcast signals, the method includes encoding service data; parity interleaving parity bits of the encoded service data; group-wise interleaving bit groups included in the parity interleaved service data according to a permutation order; block interleaving the group-wise interleaved bit groups with a set including a number of bit groups, wherein the number of bit groups included in the set corresponds to a modulation order, wherein the block interleaving includes row-wise writing bits of the group-wise interleaved bit groups in the set; and column-wise reading 1 bit from each row of the set; building at least one signal frame including the block interleaved service data; modulating data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme; and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data. |
| US10367672B2 |
Enhancements to phase-noise compensation reference signal design and scrambling
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In one example, phase-noise compensation tracking signals (PTRS) may be transmitted using sets of resource blocks (RBs), where a frequency for each PTRS within the sets RBs is different from a frequency corresponding to a direct current (DC) tone. In another example, a time-domain-based PTRS may be used, where a discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol may include a cyclic prefix and a PTRS inserted in the DFT-s-OFDM symbol. Additionally or alternatively, a guard-interval-based DFT-s-OFDM symbol may include a PTRS that replaces part or all of a guard interval. In some examples, subsets of tones used for PTRS across a system bandwidth may be transmitted using a scrambled modulation symbol, where at least one antenna port may be used for the transmission of PTRS. |
| US10367671B2 |
Time domain transmitter signal shaping
High peak-to-average ratio of OFDM signals requires large back-off from an RF power amplifier's saturation power. A spectral shaper device therefore increases the output power and efficiency of the power amplifier. The shaper device performs linearization through digital predistortion, based on an out-of-band regrowth limit, as well as the EVM requirement for a particular data rate. The shaper can distribute the error energy, precisely, over frequencies such that each of the inband and out-of-band requirements is independently and individually met. The shaper distributes error energy to frequency regions in the spectrum to the maximally allowed by the standards and regulations, while not increasing the total error. The error energy is kept to the minimum where it is crucial in meeting EVM requirements. In this way, the shaper maximizes the allowable output power of the nonlinear power amplifier. |
| US10367669B2 |
Broadcast signal frame generation apparatus and broadcast signal frame generation method using layered division multiplexing
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling, type information of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs) and time interleaver information shared by the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal. |
| US10367667B2 |
Joint ad-hoc signal and collision detection method
Various embodiments relate to a method for classifying received radio frequency signals, including: receiving an input signal; matched filtering the input signal to produce a correlation result signal; sampling the correlation result signal at a plurality of half-bit-grids and a plurality of bit-grids to produce a set of modulated phase correlation result samples and a set of non-modulated phase correlation result samples; calculating a minimum of the set of modulated phase correlation result samples; calculating a maximum of the set of non-modulated phase correlation result samples; and classifying the input signal as valid data or collision data based on the minimum and the maximum. |
| US10367665B2 |
Radio analyzer and detecting method
A radio analyzer includes a memory configured to store a first reference signal, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to calculate a first correlation value between a received wave and a non-modulated wave, calculate a second correlation value between the received wave and the first reference signal in a target section of the received wave, the first correlation value being smaller than a first threshold value in the target section, and detect a modulated wave from the received wave based on the second correlation value. |
| US10367664B2 |
Method and system for split voltage domain transmitter circuits
Methods and systems for split voltage domain transmitter circuits are disclosed and may include a two-branch output stage including a plurality of CMOS transistors, each branch of the two-branch output stage comprising two stacked CMOS inverter pairs from among the plurality of CMOS transistors; the two stacked CMOS inverter pairs of a given branch being configured to drive a respective load, in phase opposition to the other branch; and a pre-driver circuit configured to receive a differential modulating signal and output, to respective inputs of the two stacked CMOS inverters, two synchronous differential voltage drive signals having a swing of half the supply voltage and being DC-shifted by half of the supply voltage with respect to each other. The load may include a series of diodes that are driven in differential mode via the drive signals. An optical signal may be modulated via the diodes. |
| US10367663B2 |
Method for cancelling self-interference by apparatus that uses FDR scheme
A method for cancelling self-interference by a base station that uses a full duplex radio (FDR) scheme may comprise the steps of: transmitting, to a terminal, information associated with reference signal (RS) power boosting, which has been changed for estimation of a self-interference channel; transmitting an RS on the basis of the changed RS power boosting; estimating the self-interference channel according to the RS; and cancelling the self-interference on the basis of the estimation of the self-interference channel. |
| US10367658B2 |
Wireless network session establishment method and apparatus utilizing a virtual local area network label
The present invention is applicable to the field of communications and provides a session establishment method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring an infrastructure virtual circuit IVC corresponding to a user equipment UE; sending a virtual local area network VLAN label corresponding to the IVC to a customer location function set, so that the customer location function set adds the VLAN label to a packet of the UE, where the VLAN label is configured by an L2 session control functional entity for the IVC; and notifying an L2 forwarding functional entity of the VLAN label, so that the L2 forwarding functional entity forwards, to the IVC, the packet sent by the customer location function set and added with the VLAN label. In the present invention, a case in which the L2 forwarding functional entity needs to store a large MAC table is avoided, and packet forwarding efficiency is improved. |
| US10367652B2 |
Smart home automation systems and methods
A smart home interaction system is presented. It is built on a multi-modal, multithreaded conversational dialog engine. The system provides a natural language user interface for the control of household devices, appliances or household functionality. The smart home automation agent can receive input from users through sensing devices such as a smart phone, a tablet computer or a laptop computer. Users interact with the system from within the household or from remote locations. The smart home system can receive input from sensors or any other machines with which it is interfaced. The system employs interaction guide rules for processing reaction to both user and sensor input and driving the conversational interactions that result from such input. The system adaptively learns based on both user and sensor input and can learn the preferences and practices of its users. |
| US10367649B2 |
Smart scheduling and reporting for teams
The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing collaboration among users within a group and to provide improved scheduling and reports based on group characteristics. |
| US10367648B2 |
Multicast forwarding table entry in an overlay network
An edge router (ED) receives a query packet for a multicast group and records a port that received the query packet into at least one list in a multicast forwarding table entry corresponding to the multicast group. The ED removes a forwarding flag in the query packet and sends the modified query packet through all of overlay tunnel ports, except an overlay tunnel port that received the query packet. |
| US10367645B2 |
Proof-of-work for smart contracts on a blockchain
A blockchain configuration may be used to store a distributed ledger for information security and accessibility. One example method of operation may include determining a proof-of-work via a device and using a predefined set of nonce values when determining the proof-of-work, storing the proof-of-work on a blockchain, and broadcasting the proof-of-work as a broadcast message. |
| US10367644B2 |
Methods for managing content, computer program products and secure element
There is disclosed a method for managing content, including generating, by a service provider, an authenticable management script configured to manage content comprised in a secure element; providing, by the service provider, the authenticable management script to the secure element. Furthermore, there is disclosed a method for managing content, comprising: receiving, by a secure element, an authenticable management script for managing content comprised in the secure element; authenticating, by the secure element, the authenticable management script; executing, by the secure element, the management script if the management script is authentic. Furthermore, there are disclosed corresponding computer program products and a corresponding secure element. |
| US10367641B2 |
Chain of trust identification system and method
Embodiments of a system and method for creating a chain of trust are generally described herein. A method may include generating a private secret value, determining a public test value using the private secret value, sending, from a first device in a trusted environment with a second device and a third device, the public test value to the second device, receiving, at the first device outside the trusted environment, a challenge from the third device, determining a verification to the challenge using the private secret value, sending, from the first device outside the trusted environment, the verification to the second device, and receiving, at the first device outside the trusted environment, confirmation from the third device that the verification was successfully verified by the second device and the third device. |
| US10367639B2 |
Graphics processor with encrypted kernels
An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a graphics processor including a kernel executor, and a security engine communicatively coupled to the graphics processor. The security engine may be configured to create a kernel security key, encrypt an executable kernel for the kernel executor in accordance with the kernel security key, and share the kernel security key with the graphics processor. |
| US10367635B2 |
Signal transmission apparatus, carrier phase recovery apparatus and method
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a signal transmission apparatus, a carrier phase recovery apparatus and method. By inserting phase modulation signals with variable amplitudes into data modulation signals and performing carrier phase recovery on received signals at a receiving end according to the phase modulation signals, the apparatuses and methods are applicable to communications systems of various modulation formats and are compatible with existing communications systems, and calculation complexity is relatively low. Furthermore, as the amplitudes of the inserted phase modulation signals are variable, the phase modulation signals may be flexibly configured in data modulation signals, to lower redundancy and influence on the system capacity is relatively small. |
| US10367633B2 |
Wireless communication
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core configured to determine that the apparatus has uplink information to transmit, to cause a transmitter to transmit a beacon, and to transmit the uplink information using either a full duplex resource or a half duplex resource based at least in part on a determination concerning a response to the beacon, and a receiver configured to listen for the response to the beacon. |
| US10367629B2 |
Method for estimating, by device using FDR scheme, non-linear self-interference signal channel
A method for estimating, by a device using an FDR scheme, a non-linear self-interference signal channel comprises a step of estimating a non-linear self-interference signal channel using a first sequence set included in a predefined first sequence set, wherein the predefined first sequence set is defined in consideration of non-linear self-interference signal components in an RF transmission chain and an RF reception chain of the device. |
| US10367628B2 |
Method, base station and user equipment for radio communication in radio communication system
A method, base station, and user equipment (UE) for radio communication in a radio communication system including a base station and a UE, the UE communicating with the base station in carrier aggregation mode over plural component carriers. The method includes: the base station assigns a priority to each component carrier according to at least one of the following rules to enable the UE to select, on overlapped uplink subframes, the component carrier having highest priority for uplink signal transmission, the rules including: desired power loss of uplink signal transmission over the component carrier, burden of uplink signal transmission over the component carrier, number of uplink subframes of the component carrier, and primary/secondary attributes of the component carrier for transmission of a downlink signal corresponding to the uplink signal transmitted over the component carrier. The method, base station, and UE can flexibly adjust the transmission carrier of a PUCCH. |
| US10367625B2 |
Hybrid beamforming method and apparatus for multi-rank support in wireless access system
Provided is a method by a first transmitting node transmitting, in cooperation with two other transmitting nodes, radio signals using two radio resource units to three receiving nodes which the respective transmitting nodes serve, the method being performed by the first transmitting node and comprising: establishing, for a first receiving node, a CSI-RS resource and a CSI-IM resource; receiving, from the first receiving node, a first recommended PMI for the first transmitting node according to information measured in the CSI-RS resource and the CSI-IM resource, and receiving, from the remaining two transmitting node, a second recommended PMI for the first transmitting node, which has been reported from the remaining two receiving nodes; and muting at a first wireless resource unit among the two wireless resource units, and transmitting, at the second wireless resource unit, a wireless signal based on the first recommended PMI or the second recommended PMI. |
| US10367624B2 |
Uplink multi-bits acknowledgement for self contained transmissions
Aspects described herein relate to communicating feedback in wireless communications. A user equipment (UE) can receive, in a downlink portion of a slot, data communications from a base station, where the data communications comprise multiple code blocks received in one or more downlink symbols. The UE can generate one or more feedback bits to provide feedback for the multiple code blocks. The UE can transmit, to the base station and in an uplink portion of the slot, an indication of the one or more feedback bits. |
| US10367619B2 |
Transmitter device, receiver device and methods thereof
Embodiments relate to a transmitter device and a receiver device. The transmitter device comprises a processer configured to: map at least one first signal to a first subframe, map at least one second signal to a second subframe having a variable time offset in relation to the first subframe; and a transceiver configured to transmit the first signal in the first subframe, transmit the second signal in the second subframe. The receiver device comprises a receiving device configured to receive a first signal transmitted in a first subframe, and receive a second signal transmitted in a second subframe having a variable time offset in relation to the first subframe; and a processor configured to process the received first signal, and process the received second signal. Furthermore, the embodiments also relate to corresponding methods, a computer program, and a computer program product. |
| US10367617B2 |
Method, base station and user equipment for transmission
Method, base station and user equipment are disclosed for transmission. A method comprises performing listen-before-talk on at least one channel within a first window comprising two or more channels; selecting at least one available channel based on a result of the listen-before-talk; and transmitting a discovery reference signal on at least one resource block of the at least one available channel. |
| US10367616B2 |
Dynamic sounding reference signal scheduling
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may identify a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration for user equipment (UE). The base station may transmit an SRS grant message to a UE indicating the SRS configuration. An indication of SRS parameters may be included in the SRS grant message, and may include the SRS parameters or a location of the SRS parameters. That is, SRS parameters may be transmitted in a control channel with the SRS grant message or may be separately sent in a data channel as indicated by the indication of SRS parameters. In some cases, SRS parameters may be determined based on previously received UE feedback regarding channel conditions or power limitations. Alternatively, the base station may make its own environment measurements or assign SRS parameters autonomously. The UE may signal SRS transmissions to the base station according to the SRS grant message. |
| US10367615B2 |
Access point AP, station STA, communications system, and data transmission method
A data transmission method includes sending, by a master station (STA), a request to send (RTX) to an access point (AP) in a same basic service set (BSS), which includes the AP and multiple STAs, and the master STA is a STA that is the first to obtain a channel by contention in the multiple STAs, instructing a surrounding STA to determine, according to conditions, whether to follow the master STA to send an RTX, where a STA following the master STA to send the RTX satisfies conditions that the STA has buffer data to be transmitted, the STA is in the same BSS as the master STA, and a power of a signal received from the master STA is greater than a preset threshold, and receiving response information from the AP to transmit uplink data on a specified sub-channel. |
| US10367614B2 |
Method and apparatus for MU resource request
Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus includes a transceiver and a processing circuit. The transceiver is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The processing circuit is configured to configure a field within a data unit for buffer information report, determine a first scale factor for scaling a first value indicative of buffered traffic of a first category, and a second scale factor for scaling a second value indicative of buffered traffic of a category, configure the field to include the first scale factor with the first value and the second scale factor with the second value, and provide the data unit to the transceiver for transmitting to another apparatus that allocates resources for transmission between the two apparatuses. |
| US10367613B2 |
User equipment, control method thereof and network side device
A user equipment, a control method thereof and a network side device are provided in the present disclosure. The control method includes: indicating configuration information of a subband to be configured to a user equipment via a common control channel of a basic subband, such that the user equipment can use the subband to be configured according to the configuration information, wherein the basic subband is a subband to which the user equipment has access, and the subband to be configured comprises any subband within a bandwidth resource. The above method can support the flexibility of subband configuration. |
| US10367610B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for performing hybrid automatic retransmission request in wireless access system supporting machine-type communication
The present invention relates to a wireless access system which supports machine-type communication (MTC), and more specifically, to various methods for establishing the number of hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) processes to support HARQ, and to apparatuses supporting same. A method for establishing the number of HARQ processes in a wireless access system which supports machine-type communication (MTC), according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: determining, by a base station, the number of HARQ processes to be applied to an MTC terminal; and transmitting, by the base station, downlink control information including a HARQ process value allocated to the MTC terminal from among the determined number of HARQ processes. The number of HARQ processes can be determined on the basis of at least one of the number (N1) of repeated transmissions of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to the MTC terminal, time (F) required for the MTC terminal to receive and process the repeatedly transmitted PDCCH, the number (N2) of repeated transmissions of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), time (p1) required for the MTC terminal to receive and process the repeatedly transmitted PDSCH, the number (N3) of repeated transmissions of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and time (p0) required for the base station to receive and process the repeatedly transmitted PUCCH. |
| US10367609B2 |
Error correction for data packets transmitted using an asynchronous connection-less communication link
As many applications, such as wireless headsets used with cellular phones, require mostly error free data to accurately reproduce a telephone conversation, uncorrected erroneous data packets may impact a perceived quality of a given application. The error correction techniques of the present disclosure promote error-correction in communication systems that lack FEC with respect to one or more portions of a data packet. The techniques therefore provide error correction for the entire packet, including those portions not protected by any imbedded error correction mechanism. As a result, data communications over noisy communication mediums may be improved as the techniques may reduce bit error rates, and increase the sensitivity of the receiving device such that the transmission power of a data packet may be reduced. For voice packets or other streaming data packets, the techniques promote improved audio quality over systems that do not employ the techniques described in the present disclosure. |
| US10367607B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder to encode service data corresponding to a number of physical paths, a time interleaver to time interleave the encoded service data in each physical path, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved service data, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data. |
| US10367605B2 |
High speed interconnect symbol stream forward error-correction
Disclosed herein are techniques to provide forward error correction for a high-speed interconnect symbol stream, such as, DisplayPort. The symbol stream may be split into FEC blocks and parity bits generated for each of the FEC blocks. The parity bits may be interleaved, encoded, and transmitted over an interconnect along with the symbol stream to provide forward error correction for the symbol stream. |
| US10367604B2 |
Encoding variable length symbols to enable parallel decoding
An approach is provided in which a source system partitions multiple symbol sets into multiple fixed width data chunks. During the partitioning, the source system creates symbol boundary information corresponding to symbols in the symbol sets relative to boundaries of the fixed width data chunks. In turn, the source system combines the fixed width data chunks into a multiplexed bit stream based on the symbol boundary information and provides the multiplexed bit stream to a destination system. |
| US10367600B2 |
Forward error correction with contrast coding
In data communications, a suitably designed contrast coding scheme, comprising a process of contrast encoding at a transmitter end and a process of contrast decoding at a receiver end, may be used to adjust the contrast in bit error rate (BER) experienced by different classes of bits. Contrast coding may be used to tune the BERs experienced by different subsets of bits, relative to each other, to better match a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) schemes used for transmission of information bits, which may ultimately provide a communications system having a higher noise tolerance, or greater data capacity, or smaller size, or lower heat. |
| US10367597B2 |
Method and central network device for establishing an embedded optical communication channel in an optical WDM transmission system
A method for establishing an embedded optical communication channel in an optical WDM transmission system including: creating, at the central network device, a broad-band optical signal, supplying the broadband optical signal, transmitting the broadband optical signal and the plurality of second optical channel signals to an optical demultiplexer device, transmitting an optical signal consisting of a dedicated second optical channel signal and a filtered broadband optical signal; receiving the optical signal and creating a corresponding electrical receive signal and extracting the electrical signal corresponding to the filtered broadband optical signal from the electrical receive signal and detecting whether the electrical signal contains information intended for the respective first channel transceiver. |
| US10367596B1 |
Multiple wavelength selective switch with shared switch
A multiple wavelength selective switch has an optics assembly to receive a first input optical signal from a first ingress port and a second input optical signal from a second ingress port. A switch assembly has a single switching mechanism to direct the first input optical signal to the optics assembly as a first output optical signal and the second input optical signal to the optics assembly as a second output optical signal. The switch assembly directs the first output optical signal to a first egress port selected from the first set of egress ports and directs the second output optical signal to a second egress port selected from the second set egress ports. The first egress port and the second egress port have the same wavelength channel. The multiple wavelength selective switch supports an arbitrary number of wavelength channels that can be switched at the same time. Each switch assembly directs signals from a set of ingress ports to a set of egress ports sharing the same wavelength channel. |
| US10367594B2 |
Method and apparatus for fine timing offset estimation
Provided is a method of determining timing of arrival of a signal on a path to a receiver in a mobile wireless communications system. The method comprises obtaining a channel impulse response (CIR) of a signal received at the receiver and deriving a power characteristic of the CIR. The method includes producing a first derivative of the power characteristic with respect to time, selecting some or all extrema from the first derivative of the power characteristic as indicative of candidate signal paths, and selecting one or more of said candidate signal paths. The method preferably includes determining timing of arrival of a signal on a first path of arrival at the receiver by assessing an energy value of each of said candidate signal paths against a threshold value. |
| US10367593B2 |
Architecture for a wireless media system
A media system that includes one or more wireless portions. |
| US10367591B2 |
Optical driver with asymmetric pre-emphasis
An optical driver is disclosed, including a PMOS pull-up circuit, an NMOS pull-down circuit, and an inductive circuit. The PMOS pull-up circuit may include a first terminal to receive a first input signal based on a received data signal, and a P output terminal coupled to the inductive circuit. The NMOS pull-down circuit may include a second input terminal to receive a second input signal based on the received data signal, and an N output terminal coupled to the inductive circuit. The inductive circuit may include an L output terminal to output an output signal, a P coil coupled between the P output terminal and the L output terminal, and an N coil coupled between the N output terminal and the L output terminal. The P coil may be configured to hide a parasitic capacitance associated with the PMOS pull-up circuit during a falling edge transition of the received data signal, and the N coil may be configured to hide a parasitic capacitance associated with the NMOS pull-down circuit during a rising edge transition of the received data signal. |
| US10367587B2 |
Frequency allocation method and transmission apparatus for performing the method
Provided is a frequency allocation method and a transmission apparatus for performing the method, the frequency allocation method may allocate a center frequency of a first intermediate frequency (IF) carrier of combined IF carriers at a position which is a predetermined interval apart based on direct current (DC) to avoid in view of a non-linear signal distortion component that is generated by an interaction between a chirp and a chromatic dispersion of a laser in a mobile fronthaul. |
| US10367584B2 |
Electro-mechanic-photonic delay line for analog signal processing
A photonic modulator is provided that includes a transducer element that receives a RF input signal and converts the RF input signal into an elastic wave. One or more optical waveguides receive the elastic wave that has propagated a specified distance through an acoustic delay line. The one or more optical waveguides perform optomechanical transduction on the elastic wave in the presence of an optical wave, which produces one or more scattered optical waves. An optical circuit sums the one or more scattered waves to produce an optical signal output. |
| US10367581B2 |
Notification device, notification method, and non-transitory recording medium
A portable terminal detects a color change region corresponding to a marker in frames, and determines whether the brightness and/or hue change with time in the color change region matches a search rule. Subsequently, when the brightness and/or hue change with time in the color change region matches a search rule, the portable terminal restores information by decoding and determines whether the information is the content of predetermined information corresponding to the search rule determined to match. Furthermore, when the restored information is the content of predetermined information corresponding to the search rule determined to match, the portable terminal displays the information in association with the color change region to provide notice that the corresponding flying object is an appropriate flying object performing optical communication. |
| US10367579B2 |
Device and method of handling communication operation
A network transmitting a duration of a subframe of a first type to a communication device; transmitting a multiplexing scheme for the subframe of the first type and a subframe of a second type to the communication device, wherein the duration of the subframe of the first type is shorter than a duration of the subframe of the second type; determining a duration of a subframe of a third type, wherein the duration of the subframe of the second type is not an integral multiple of the duration of the subframe of the first type; transmitting the duration of the subframe of the third type to the communication device; and performing the communication operation in a plurality of subframes of the first type in at least one subframe of the third type according to the multiplexing scheme via a physical channel. |
| US10367576B1 |
System and method for demonstration and evaluation of a nanosatellite communication constellation
A system includes a computing device configured to implement a central user ground module that enables a user to emulate a plurality of central user ground nodes having fixed locations and that transmit and receive messages from at least one nanosatellite (nanosat), a second computing device configured to implement a remote user ground module that enables a user to emulate a plurality of remote user ground nodes that do not have fixed locations and that transmit and receive messages from at least one nanosat, and at least one additional computing device configured to implement a nanosat space module that emulates a nanosat, which transmits and receives messages from the ground nodes. |
| US10367574B1 |
Ground network with access node clusters for end-to-end beamforming
Methods and systems are described for providing end-to-end beamforming. For example, end-to-end beamforming systems include end-to-end relays and ground networks to provide communications to user terminals located in user beam coverage areas. The ground segment can include geographically distributed access nodes and a central processing system. Return uplink signals, transmitted from the user terminals, have multipath induced by a plurality of receive/transmit signal paths in the end to end relay and are relayed to the ground network. The ground network, using beamformers, recovers user data streams transmitted by the user terminals from return downlink signals. The ground network, using beamformers generates forward uplink signals from appropriately weighted combinations of user data streams that, after relay by the end-end-end relay, produce forward downlink signals that combine to form user beams. |
| US10367570B2 |
Electronic devices having printed circuits for antennas
An electronic device may be provided with antenna structures and control circuitry. The antenna structures may include an antenna resonating element arm, an antenna ground, and an antenna feed coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground. The electronic device may include a tunable component configured to tune a frequency response of the antenna structures. The electronic device may also include a substrate, a radio-frequency transceiver on the substrate, control circuitry configured to generate control signals, a flexible printed circuit, and a connector. The connector may mechanically secure the flexible printed circuit to the substrate and may be electrically coupled to the transceiver and the control circuitry. The flexible printed circuit may include a radio-frequency transmission line coupled between the antenna feed and the connector and a control signal path coupled between the tunable component and the connector. |
| US10367567B2 |
Method, apparatus and communication unit
A method, an apparatus and a communication unit for generating precoding feedback information in a multiple frequency radio transmission system are disclosed. A rank for precoding matrices, wherein the rank is constant over the multiple frequencies, is selected and a plurality of precoding matrices having the selected rank are selected. A different precoding matrix is selected for each frequency subset of the multiple frequencies. |
| US10367566B2 |
Techniques for non-coherent joint transmissions in wireless communications
Multiple base stations or transmit points (TPs) may use single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) layer-specific and codeword-specific communication configurations for non-coherent joint transmissions (NCJTs) to a user equipment (UE). Two TPs may be configured for NCJTs to the UE, and one or more of the TPs may transmit a set of communication configurations to the UE. The communication configurations may be transmitted in a single downlink control information (DCI) transmission that configures the UE to receive NCJTs as two codewords in a SU-MIMO transmission. The UE may receive the DCI, receive the multiple NCJTs, and demodulate/decode the NCJT transmissions as multiple codewords in a SU-MIMO transmission. In some cases, the two codewords may be received from two TPs. Alternatively, the two codewords may be received in two spatial layers transmitted from a single TP. |
| US10367564B2 |
Channel state information feedback method and related device for FD MIMO system
The present invention discloses a channel state information (CSI) feedback method and related device for an FD MIMO system, and is configured to support the scenario in which various CSI related information needs to be fed back after a CSI measurement in an FD MIMO system. The method comprises: a terminal receives a CSI feedback configuration group indicated by a base station and configuration information for performing a CSI feedback based on the CSI feedback configuration group; and the terminal performs a CSI measurement and feedback according to the CSI feedback configuration group and the configuration information, wherein the CSI feedback configuration group comprises at least one CSI feedback configuration, and the CSI feedback configuration is a downlink signal configuration for a downlink CSI measurement and feedback. |
| US10367557B2 |
Artificially mutual-coupled antenna arrays
A mechanism for mutually coupling multiple antennas for transmission in a wireless communication environment, wherein, for a received or transmitted radio signal a precoding matrix is created that includes artificial mutual antenna coupling coefficients and processing the received or transmitted radio signal using the created precoding matrix. |
| US10367556B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring and feeding back channel information
A method for measuring and feeding back channel information and a corresponding apparatus are provided. In an embodiment the method includes determining, by a first network device, a first codebook from a first codebook set, wherein the first codebook set comprises at least two first codebooks, wherein a sub-vector Wx of each first codebook is formed by a zero vector and a non-zero vector, wherein vectors forming the Wx are associated with different groups of antenna ports, wherein each first codebook comprises at least one first sub-vector [ V a 0 0 V a 1 0 ] and/or at least one second sub-vector [ 0 V b 0 0 V b 1 ] , and wherein Va0 and Va1 are elements in the vector Va, and Vb0 and Vb1 are elements in the vector Vb and sending a codebook index to a second network device, wherein the codebook index is associated with the first codebook selected from the first codebook set. |
| US10367552B2 |
Signal generation method and signal generation device
A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device. |
| US10367551B2 |
Precoding resource block group bundling enhancement for full dimension multi-in-multi-output
A method comprises configuring a transmission mode for a user equipment (UE) based on user equipment specific reference signals (UE-RS) and configuring one or more precoding resource groups; and providing a dynamic indication to indicate which precoding resource group is valid for a physical downlink shared channel. |
| US10367548B2 |
Electronic device and operation method therefor
An electronic device and an operating method thereof according to various embodiments are capable of releasing a connection between a first antenna and a first magnetic field module, receiving power wirelessly through the first antenna by a second magnetic field module coupled to the first antenna, coupling the first antenna and the first magnetic field module, and performing first short range communication through the first antenna by the first magnetic field module. |
| US10367547B2 |
Devices and methods for power consumption control in powerline communications systems and apparatus
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing power consumption for power line communication (PLC). An example system may include a coupler that connects the system to a power line; an analog front end (AFE) for handling communications over the power line via the coupler; and a processor for controlling power consumption of the AFE. The processor may determine information regarding one or more control parameters of the analog front end (AFE), the information relating to powerline communications (PLC) over the power line; and based on the information, sets or adjusts the one or more control parameters of the analog front end (AFE), to control power consumption of the analog front end (AFE) during the powerline communications (PLC) over the power line. The analog front end (AFE) may then transmit or receive data over the power line using powerline communications (PLC), based on the one or more control parameters. |
| US10367545B2 |
Adaptive filter with manageable resource sharing
The present application relates to an adaptive filter using manageable resource sharing and a method of operating the adaptive filter. The adaptive filter comprises a cluster controller configured for allocating each of several computational blocks to one of several clusters and a routing controller for configuring the routing of tapped delay signals by a routing logic to the respective cluster in accordance with an allocation of the tapped delay signals to the clusters. Each of computational blocks is configured for adjusting one filter coefficient, ci(n), in one cycle of an iterative procedure according to an adaptive convergence algorithm. The number of computational blocks is less than an order of the adaptive filter. |
| US10367542B2 |
Self-interference signal cancellation device and method
A self-interference signal cancellation device and method are disclosed. A power divider divides a signal source into two paths, with one being connected to a transmit antenna and the other being connected to an input end of a self-interference signal reconstruction circuit. An output end of the self-interference signal reconstruction circuit is connected to a first input end of a combiner. An output end of a receive antenna is connected to a second input end of the combiner and a feedback regulating end of the self-interference signal reconstruction circuit, respectively. The transmit antenna and the receive antenna are arranged at different positions. According to the self-interference signal cancellation device of the present invention, by means of polarization isolation and separate arrangement between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, high isolation between the antennas can be achieved, thereby reducing requirements for simulation elimination. |
| US10367539B2 |
Integrated circuit including a plurality of components including a transformer
An integrated circuit comprising a transceiver including a transformer. The transformer includes an input coupled to one or more primary windings. The transformer also includes a first differential output coupled to a first set of one or more secondary windings. The transformer further includes a second differential output coupled to a second, different set of one or more secondary windings. A method of making an integrated circuit comprising a transceiver. The method includes forming a plurality of components on and/or in a semiconductor substrate. At least one of the components comprises a transformer. The method includes forming the transformer by forming one or more primary windings coupled to an input, forming a first set of one or more secondary windings coupled to a first differential output, and forming a second, different set of one or more secondary windings coupled to a second differential output. |
| US10367538B2 |
Waterproof case
A protective case for an electronic device may include a housing, a case cover and a gasket positioned between the housing and the case cover. The housing may include a case member, having a plurality of housing snap attachment structures formed therein. The case cover may likewise include case cover snap attachment structures formed thereon that couple with the housing snap fit structures. The gasket is positioned between planar surfaces of the case member and case cover so that it is axially compressed between the case member and the case cover to provide a water and air tight seal, with the compression of the gasket being maintained by the connection of the housing snap attachment structures and the case cover snap attachment structures. |
| US10367537B2 |
Mobile communication using a plurality of subscriber identity modules
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a first subscriber identity module, a second subscriber identity module, and a communication module to communicate data via a first network using the first subscriber identity module, wherein the communication module may activate the second subscriber identity module during a tune-away period for a second network to communicate the data. |
| US10367536B2 |
Aggregate signal amplification device and method
A surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter that receives an aggregate circuit and outputs two or more sub-signals on outputs each of a different frequency band. The sub-signals are amplified by low noise amplifiers and, in one implementation, the amplified sub-signals can be summed. The outputs are connected via a switched passive network so that portions of the sub-signals on the outputs that are not in the selected frequency band are at least partially terminated. |
| US10367535B2 |
Cartesian loop circuits, transmitters, devices, and related methods
A Cartesian loop circuit includes a reference signal amplifier, a forward path coupled to the reference signal amplifier, a feedback path coupled to the forward path, and a controller. The forward path includes an up-mixer to up mix a forward path signal to a radio frequency signal. The feedback path includes a down-mixer to down mix a feedback signal to a frequency of a baseband reference signal inputted to the forward path. The feedback path provides the down-mixed feedback signal to the forward path. The controller is to perform power control at a low power by controlling a gain of the reference signal amplifier and is to perform power control at a high power by controlling a gain of the down-mixer. At the high power, the controller may perform power control by further controlling the gain of the up-mixer. |
| US10367534B2 |
Digital broadcasting system and data processing method
A method of transmitting broadcast signals includes forward error correction (FEC) encoding mobile data; interleaving the FEC encoded mobile data; encoding signaling information for the mobile data; mapping the interleaved mobile data and the encoded signaling information into a data unit, wherein the data unit includes a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is concatenated with the second region, wherein the first region includes known data and the encoded signaling information, and wherein the second region includes known data and the encoded mobile data; and transmitting the broadcast signals including the data unit, wherein the data unit is multiplexed with a data unit of main data in a specific time period, wherein the signaling information includes information of the data unit having the interleaved mobile data. |
| US10367531B2 |
Transmitting apparatus and interleaving method thereof
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to perform a low-density parity check (LDPC) encoding on input bits using a parity check matrix to generate an LDPC codeword comprising information word bits and parity bits; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol. |
| US10367530B2 |
Unified code block segmentation providing a cyclic redundancy check for low density parity check code codewords
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes selecting an encoding type for each payload of a plurality of payloads. The selecting includes selecting a low density parity check code (LDPCC) encoding type for at least a first payload and selecting a turbo code (TC) encoding type for at least a second payload. The method also includes segmenting each payload into a plurality of code blocks; generating, for each code block, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC); encoding each code block and associated CRC in one or more codewords of a plurality of codewords, in which the encoding is based at least in part on the selected encoding type for a payload associated with the code block; and transmitting the codewords. |
| US10367525B2 |
Incremental loop modification for LDPC encoding
Techniques are disclosed relating to encoding communications. In some embodiments, for different rows of an encoding matrix, the following operations are performed: generate a set of operations for entries in the row, where the set of operations includes respective operations to be performed on the entries for multiplication of the matrix by a vector, propagate values of entries in the encoding matrix into the set of operations, and simplify ones of the set of operations based on the propagated values to generate an output set of operations. In some embodiments, the output sets of operations are usable to encode input data for communication over a medium. In some embodiments, the disclosed techniques facilitate loop unrolling within compiler memory constraints. In some embodiments, an apparatus (e.g., a mobile device) is configured with the output sets of operations. |
| US10367522B2 |
High efficiency power amplifier architectures for RF applications
A parallel delta sigma modulator architecture is disclosed. The parallel delta sigma modulator architecture includes a signal demultiplexer configured to receive an input signal and to demultiplex the input signal to output a plurality of streams, a plurality of delta sigma modulators executing in parallel, each delta sigma modulator configured to receive a stream from the plurality of streams and to generate a delta sigma modulated output, and a signal multiplexer configured to receive a plurality of delta sigma modulated outputs from the plurality of delta sigma modulators and to multiplex together the plurality of delta sigma modulated outputs into a pulse train. |
| US10367520B1 |
Charge-scaling subtractor circuit
A subtractor circuit can be fabricated within an integrated circuit (IC) and can be configured to draw a difference output node to a voltage proportional to a difference between two received N-bit binary numbers. The subtractor circuit includes sets of N inputs that receive N-bit binary numbers, each set of N inputs indexed by an integer bit number “n.” The subtractor circuit includes two sets of scaled capacitors, each capacitor of one set connected to an nth input of the corresponding set of N inputs and to the difference output node. Each scaled capacitor has a capacitance equal to 2(n)*a unit capacitance (CUNIT). The subtractor circuit includes a reference capacitor connected to ground and the difference output node, and a reset circuit configured to draw, in response to a received RESET signal, the difference output node to ground. |
| US10367518B2 |
Apparatus and method for single temperature subthreshold factor trimming for hybrid thermal sensor
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a thermal sensor comprising one or more n-type devices or p-type devices that suffer from subthreshold factor variation, wherein the thermal sensor is to generate an output digital code representing a temperature; and a calibration circuitry coupled to the thermal sensor, wherein the calibration circuitry is to trim the effects of subthreshold factor variation from the output digital code. |
| US10367513B2 |
Suppression of noise up-conversion mechanisms in LC oscillators
A phase-locked loop circuit includes an oscillator, a frequency control device, the frequency control device generating a frequency control signal that controls a frequency of the oscillator, and a bias optimizer that monitors the frequency control device and generates a bias voltage for the oscillator, the oscillator includes a transfer function from bias voltage to frequency that is proportional to a transfer function from a low frequency noise component to frequency, the transfer function from bias voltage to frequency having a convex shape with a local minimum at which a sensitivity of the frequency to changes in the bias voltage is zero, and the bias voltage from the bias optimizer is set to the local minimum. |
| US10367510B2 |
Crystal oscillator and method for manufacturing crystal oscillator
A crystal oscillator includes a quartz crystal piece, a semiconductor chip, and a temperature sensor. The semiconductor chip includes an oscillator circuit to cause the quartz crystal piece to oscillate and a first bump. The first bump is connected to the oscillator circuit and disposed on a surface of the semiconductor chip facing the quartz crystal piece. The temperature sensor is bonded to the first bump. |
| US10367506B1 |
Digital circuit based on a modified tristate circuit
A tri-state circuit that includes a control circuit coupled to a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a first type of transistor connected in series with a second type of transistor. The control circuit receives an input data signal at an input data rate and a plurality of clock signals, and supplies a first signal and a second signal to the first type of transistor and the second type of transistor in response to the receipt of the input data signal. The control circuit further controls a tri-state switching operation of the first type of transistor and the second type of transistor such that the input data signal is selected and an output data signal is generated at an output data rate. The tri-state circuit is further utilized in other digital circuits, such as latch circuits, latch-based memory circuits or parallel-to-serial converter circuits to reduce inter symbol interference. |
| US10367504B1 |
Low power negative voltage level shifter
A negative voltage level shifter includes a pair of input transistors, a pair of output transistors and a clamp circuit. The clamp circuit is coupled between the pair of input transistors and the pair of output transistors, for clamping source voltages of the pair of input transistors. |
| US10367495B2 |
Half-bridge driver circuit
A circuit for controlling a high-side power switch includes a level shifting circuit including a latching circuit. The level shifting circuit is configured to receive a control signal for selectively configuring the latching circuit to be in a set state, for providing a first output signal to the high-side power switch, and in a reset state, for providing a second output signal, different from the first output signal, to the high-side power switch. |
| US10367491B2 |
Delay line circuit and method of operating the same
A delay line circuit including: a coarse-tuning arrangement, including delay units, the coarse-tuning arrangement being configured to coarsely-tune an input signal by transferring the input signal through a selected number of the delay units and thereby producing a first output signal; and a fine-tuning arrangement configured to receive the first output signal at a beginning of a signal path which includes at least three serially-connected inverters, finely-tune the first output signal along the signal path, and produce a second output signal at an end of the signal path; the fine-tuning arrangement including: a speed control unit which is selectively-connectable, and a switching circuit to selectively connect the speed control unit to the signal path based on a process-corner signal. |
| US10367490B2 |
Electronic circuits for outputting post emphasis signals
An electronic circuit may include a driver, a delay circuit, a strength control circuit, and an adder circuit. The driver may generate a second signal based on a first signal. The delay circuit may delay the first signal by as much as a reference time, to generate a third signal. The strength control circuit may adjust an amplitude of the third signal to generate a fourth signal. The adder circuit may add the second signal and the fourth signal to generate a fifth signal. In a first time interval determined based on the reference time, an amplitude of the fifth signal may be greater than an amplitude of the second signal. In a second time interval except for the first time interval, the amplitude of the fifth signal may be smaller than the amplitude of the second signal. In the second time interval, the amplitude of the fifth signal may be smaller than an amplitude of the first signal. |
| US10367484B2 |
Ramp based clock synchronization for stackable circuits
A phase generation circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a ramp generation circuit arranged to generate a ramp signal in synchronization with a synchronization clock signal. A phase selection circuit generates a reference signal in response to a phase selection signal. A comparator has a first input terminal coupled to receive the ramp signal and a second input terminal coupled to receive the reference signal. The comparator produces a phase clock signal at an output terminal. |
| US10367482B2 |
Schmitt trigger circuit
A Schmitt trigger circuit includes a first circuit; a second circuit; a first switch; a third circuit; and a second switch. The first circuit output the output signal of a second or first logical level. The second circuit is coupled to a first potential node at a first end, and sends a current between the first end and a second end based on the output signal. The first switch electrically couples or uncouples the second end and a first node based on a selection signal. The third circuit is coupled to a second potential node at a third end, and sends a current exclusively with the second circuit between the third end and a fourth end based on the output signal. The second switch electrically couples or uncouples the fourth end and the first node based on the selection signal. |
| US10367479B2 |
Method and apparatus to reduce noise in CT data acquisition systems
The disclosure provides a circuit that includes an integrator that generates an integrated signal in response to a current signal. A comparator is coupled to the integrator and receives the integrated signal and a primary reference voltage signal. The comparator generates a feedback signal. A switched capacitor network is coupled across the integrator. The feedback signal activates the switched capacitor network. |
| US10367475B2 |
Acoustic wave filter including surface acoustic wave resonators and bulk acoustic wave resonator
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a multiplexer, such as a duplexer, a quadplexer, a hexaplexer, or the like. The multiplexer includes acoustic wave filters coupled to a common node. At least one of the acoustic wave filters includes surface acoustic wave resonators and a series bulk acoustic wave resonator coupled between the surface acoustic wave resonators and the common node. |
| US10367474B2 |
Apparatus and method for selecting frequency band
A switching circuit is provided. The switching circuit includes at least one Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filter, a Single-Pole n Throw (SPnT) switch connected to an input port of each of the at least one SAW filter, and a Dual-Pole n Throw (DPnT) switch connected to an output port of each of the at least one SAW filter. |
| US10367472B2 |
Acoustic resonator having integrated lateral feature and temperature compensation feature
A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator device includes a bottom electrode on a substrate over one of a cavity and an acoustic mirror, a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode, a top electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a temperature compensation feature having positive temperature coefficient for offsetting at least a portion of a negative temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer. At least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode includes an integrated lateral feature configured to create at least one of a cut-off frequency mismatch and an acoustic impedance mismatch. |
| US10367471B2 |
Resonator package and method of manufacturing the same
A resonator package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method of manufacturing a resonator package involves etching a lower electrode with a hardmask, in which only a portion of a thickness of the lower electrode is etched to shape the lower electrode. |
| US10367467B2 |
Composite electronic component
A composite electronic component includes a capacitor component and an inductor component. A capacitor body has a first end face and a second end face that are opposed to each other in a longitudinal direction and a first side face. At least one of capacitor outer electrodes is provided on the first end face of the capacitor body. An inductor body has a first end face and a second end face that are opposed to each other in the longitudinal direction and a first side face. At least one of inductor outer electrodes is provided on the first end face of the inductor body. The first side face of the capacitor body is opposed to the first side face of the inductor body, and the first end face of the capacitor body and the first end face of the inductor body are positioned in the same direction. |
| US10367463B2 |
Variable gain distributed amplifier systems and methods
Distributed amplifier systems and methods are disclosed. An example distributed amplifier system includes first stage traveling wave amplifier (TWA) circuitry that is controllable to provide one of a first set of discrete gain settings. The first stage TWA circuitry includes a first input transmission line, a first output transmission line, and a first plurality of amplifiers coupled antiparallel between the first input transmission line and the first output transmission line. The first set of discrete gain settings has approximately constant logarithmic spacing. |
| US10367460B2 |
Amplifier circuit
An amplifier circuit comprising: a delta-PWM-modulator, a three-level-DAC, a loop-integrator, and a comparator. The delta-PWM-modulator receives a digital-input-signal; and processes the digital-input-signal and a modulator-triangular-signal to generate a delta-pulse-width-modulation-signal. The delta-pulse-width-modulation-signal is representative of the difference between a square-wave-carrier-signal and a digital-pulse-width-modulation of the digital-input-signal. The three-level-DAC receives the delta-pulse-width-modulation-signal from the delta-PWM-modulator and provides a three-level-analog-signal. The loop-integrator comprises: a virtual-ground-node-terminal configured to receive: (i) the three-level-analog-signal from the three-level DAC; and (ii) a feedback-signal from an output stage of the amplifier circuit via a feedback loop; and an integrator-output-terminal configured to provide a loop-integrator-output-signal. The comparator comprises a comparator-input-terminal configured to receive the loop-integrator-output-signal; a comparator-reference-terminal configured to receive a triangular-reference-signal that corresponds to the integral of the square-wave-carrier-signal; and a comparator-output-terminal configured to provide a drive-signal suitable for driving an output-stage of the amplifier circuit. |
| US10367456B2 |
Amplifier assembly and spatial power combining device
An amplifier assembly for a spatial power combining device. The amplifier assembly includes a body that forms a first antenna, wherein the first antenna is a first Vivaldi antenna including a first circular backstub and a first tapered slot portion. The amplifier assembly further includes a second antenna, and a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly fixed to the body. The PCB assembly includes a PCB, an amplifier mounted on the PCB, a first transmission line coupled to the first antenna and to the amplifier, and a second transmission line coupled to the second antenna and to the amplifier. |
| US10367451B2 |
Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator based on digital circuit
The present invention provides a temperature-compensated crystal oscillator based on digital circuit, a closed-loop compensation architecture is employed to realize the high precision compensation of the crystal oscillator. The output frequency f(T) of the TCXO to be compensated is directly connected with the compensation voltage Vc(T) in real time, and the compensation voltage is fed back to the voltage control terminal of the VCXO to be compensated to compensate, so that the output frequency after compensation is equal to the target frequency signal, thus avoiding the frequency shift of output signal caused by temperature hysteresis, i.e. the discrepancy between the temperature acquired by a temperature sensor and the real temperature of the resonant wafer in the prior art. |
| US10367446B2 |
Mount for solar panel
A mount for a solar panel capable of changing a tilt angle of the solar panel easily and positively, includes a tilted support frame including a pair of horizontal members extending along a horizontal direction in parallel with different heights and a pair of tilted members arranged between the horizontal members and extending in parallel to be tilted in one side, a fixed support member fixing and supporting the tilted support frame, a square-shaped panel support member on which a solar panel is fixed, a support shaft extending between the tilted support frame and the panel support member and supporting the panel support member to rotate, and a pair of stopper members respectively provided on both rotating end sides of the panel support member so that one end portions rotate freely and including engaging concave portions engaged with half circumferences of outer peripheries of the horizontal members. |
| US10367439B2 |
Pump assembly and controlling method
A pump assembly (1) includes a pump unit (2) capable of providing a desired head (H0) at zero flow rate, a brushless speed-controlled permanent-magnet AC drive motor (205) for driving the pump unit (2), and a control unit for controlling the drive motor (205). The control unit includes a frequency converter configured to receive an input voltage (Uin). The drive motor (205) is operable in a field-weakening mode and non-field-weakening mode. The drive motor (205) is undersized for driving the pump unit (2) at a design input voltage (U0) to provide a lower head (H) than the desired head (H0) at zero flow rate in the non-field-weakening mode and for driving the pump unit (2) to provide the desired head (H0) at zero flow rate in the field-weakening mode. |
| US10367438B2 |
Inverter control device
An object of the present invention is to reduce an overcurrent of an inverter and a motor. A control device for an electric motor in which windings of respective phases are independently connected, the control device for the electric motor uses a zero-phase current calculation means for calculating a zero-phase current based on detection values of currents of the respective phases flowing in the electric motor and a position of a rotor of the electric motor to control a current flowing in the electric motor such that a vector sum of a drive current and the zero-phase current is equal to or lower than a predetermined current. |
| US10367437B2 |
Systems, methods and devices for approximate dynamic programming vector controllers for operation of IPM motors in linear and over modulation regions
Described herein is an approximate dynamic programming (ADP) vector controller for control of a permanent magnet (PM) motor. The ADP controller is developed using the full dynamic equation of a PM motor and implemented using an artificial neural network (ANN). A feedforward control strategy is integrated with the ANN-based ADP controller to enhance the stability and transient performance of the ADP controller in both linear and over modulation regions. Simulation and hardware experiments demonstrate that the proposed ANN-based ADP controller can track large reference changes with high efficiency and reliability for PM motor operation in linear and over modulation regions. |
| US10367436B2 |
Single-axis linear motion system
A linear motion system utilizing one or more printed circuit boards embedded within a stage wherein the system components, including the controller, drive, and controller, may be mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB), and the electrical communications between the system components and the power to the system components are supplied through traces or etchings on the printed circuit board, thereby omitting the need for additional power and communication cables. |
| US10367435B2 |
Dual-voltage brushless motor
A dual-voltage brushless motor (30) includes a casing, a motor shaft (20) rotatably coupled to the casing, a rotor fixedly connected to the motor shaft (20), and a stator (28) configured to face the motor. The rotor contains a plurality of permanent magnets, and the stator (28) includes a first set of winding and a second set of winding. The first winding is electrically isolated from the second winding. The dual-voltage brushless motor (30) is adapted to be driven when the first set of winding receives a first control signal or when the second set of winding receives a second control signal. By configuring two separate motor controllers of the motor, the motor (30) can be operated under different power supplies such as AC power supply and DC power supply. As a result the application of the motor is greatly extended. |
| US10367434B2 |
Harvesting energy from fluid flow
The bluff body attaches to an elastic mount and is capable of generate vortex shedding when the elastic mount orients the bluff body in a flow-line traverse to a fluid flow and vibrates in response to the vortex shedding. A harvester is located within the bluff body and is capable of generating power above a specified threshold in response to the vibration. |
| US10367426B2 |
Power conversion device
The effect of decreasing the inductance, which cancels the recovery current generated upon the switching operation of the switching element, is enhanced. Provided are a circuit body which has first and second switching elements constituting upper and lower arm circuits and a conductor portions, a metal member, and a relay conductor portion which is arranged to face the metal member with the circuit body interposed therebetween and electrically connected to a terminal connected to any one of conductor portions. An eddy current is induced at the metal member and the relay conductor portion by the recovery current flowing through the conductor portions according to the switching operation of the first and second switching elements. |
| US10367425B2 |
Matrix converter
A matrix converter includes a plurality of first bidirectional switches electrically connected to each of input phases of an AC power supply and each of output phases of a load, respectively, and a plurality of second bidirectional switches electrically connected to each of the input phases and each of the output phases, respectively. The first bidirectional switch and the second bidirectional switch are electrically connected in parallel to one of the input phases and one of the output phases. |
| US10367423B1 |
Power conversion device
Each DC/DC converter includes a transformer, first and second switching circuits each formed of a plurality of legs having a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, capacitors, a discharge circuit connected in parallel to the secondary side capacitor, and a bypass switch for bypassing the capacitor. When detecting a malfunction in semiconductor switching elements, a control circuit turns OFF all of the semiconductor switching elements, and controls the bypass switch after discharge of the capacitor through the discharge circuit, so that the capacitor is bypassed. |
| US10367421B1 |
Method and system for grid-connected converter synchronization fault prevention with recovery
A method and system of controlling a power converter coupled between one of a motor drive inverter and a grid-tie inverter within an electric grid. The method comprises operating the power converter in a first PLL control mode that establishes a state of synchronization with the electric grid, detecting a grid disturbance voltage dip event; keeping the power converter synchronized and preserving charge of a set of dc-link capacitors, switching from the first PLL control mode to a second PLL control mode of operation of the power converter to obtain fast re-synchronization after dip period ends, and reverting to operation in the first PLL control mode upon re-establishing of the state of synchronization. |
| US10367419B2 |
Power conversion device with integrated discrete inductor
A switching regulator may comprise an inductor housed in an inductor housing, a wire electrically coupled to the inductor and housed in the inductor housing, an electrical component including a terminal, and a board including a board trace. The board trace may electrically couple the terminal with first wire. The electrical component and the inductor housing may be attached to the board. The attachment of the inductor housing to the board may create a space between the inductor housing and the board. The electrical component may be disposed within the space. |
| US10367418B2 |
Power converter
A power converter comprises an inductor coupled between a switching terminal and an output terminal of the power converter, a high side switching element coupled between an input terminal of the power converter and the switching terminal, a low side switching element coupled between the switching terminal and a reference terminal, and a feedback circuit comprising a continuous comparator unit configured to compare a ramp signal with an error signal using a first enable signal, a latched comparator unit configured to compare the ramp signal with the error signal using a second enable signal, wherein the error signal is based on a difference between a reference voltage and an output voltage at the output terminal of the power converter. |
| US10367415B1 |
Processor module with integrated packaged power converter
A power management module comprises one or more power converter chips that are mounted on a power management package substrate. First and second electrical contacts are disposed on opposing first and second sides of the power management package substrate. The power management module can be mounted on a processor module to supply power to one or more processor chips in the processor module. In one example, the processor chip(s) are mounted on a first side of a processor package substrate and the power management module is mounted on an opposing second side of the processor package substrate. The power management module and the processor module can be centered and aligned with respect to each other or they can be offset laterally from each other. In another embodiment, the power management module and the processor chip(s) are mounted on the same side of the processor package substrate. |
| US10367411B2 |
Interleaved boost converter with holdup time extension
A power factor correction device for providing tolerance to a fault condition in an input supply can include a first boost circuit, a second boost circuit, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit can interleave operation of the first boost circuit and operation of the second boost circuit such as to generate an output voltage when the input supply is received at the power factor correction device. The controller circuit can route, in response to the fault condition, a stored supply of the second boost circuit to an input of the first boost circuit. The controller circuit can control the first boost circuit to maintain the output voltage. |
| US10367409B2 |
Apparatus and system for generating a signal with phase angle configuration
Described herein is an apparatus and system for generating a signal with phase angle configuration. The apparatus comprises an array of switch-resistors, each switch resistor to receive a control signal, wherein the array of switch-resistors to generate an output signal; and a circuit to configure phase angle of the output signal. The apparatus can be used for different package and inductor configurations. The apparatus provides flexibility to mitigate switching noise by adjusting phase angles, and provides the ability to enable and disable switch-resistors on the fly without ripples. The apparatus also saves power consumption by selectively turning off switch-resistors when phases are disabled. The output signal of the apparatus has smooth triangular waveforms for improving the quality of power supply generated using the output signal. Overall, the apparatus exhibits reduced sensitivity to process variations compared to traditional signal generators. |
| US10367405B2 |
Vertically mounted and magnetically driven power generation apparatus with weight-free and energy-saving effect
A vertically mounted and magnetically driven power generation apparatus has multiple shelves vertically arranged and spaced apart. Each shelf has a through hole tapering downwards. A spindle is mounted through the multiple through holes. A motor driving the spindle and a primary power generator driven by the spindle and located below the motor are mounted around the spindle. Because of the weight of the primary power generator, adding additional weight is not need. A magnetic driven member is mounted around the spindle and located within a corresponding through hole. Multiple magnetic drive assemblies are mounted on inner walls of the multiple through holes. Each magnetic driven member is subject to forces of magnetic repulsion caused by first and second magnetic drive members of a corresponding magnetic drive assembly for the spindle to be rotated under a friction-free condition to enhance torque and rotation speed of the spindle. |
| US10367404B2 |
Mid-bus voltage generation via idle phases in a linear motor track system
Drive coils in sections of a linear motor track that are normally used to electromagnetically propel movers along the track when such movers are nearby can be used to generate a mid-bus voltage for the section when not being used to propel movers. Such drive coils not being used to propel movers are considered “idle” and available for mid-bus voltage generation. The mid-bus voltage, and a full-bus voltage from which the mid-bus voltage is derived, in turn, can be applied across other drive coils that are near movers with varying polarities and magnitudes to propel movers along the track. Track sensors can be positioned along the track to detect presences or absences of movers with respect to drive coils for determining propulsion of such movers or generation of the mid-bus voltage. Accordingly, power supplies can be used more efficiently by not requiring them to generate mid-bus voltages in addition to full-bus voltages and DC references. |
| US10367402B2 |
Vibration motor
A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a casing and a coil; a vibrator including a magnet, and at least one elastic member. The magnet is arranged on an upper side of the coil. The stationary portion includes at least one projecting portion arranged to project in the vertical direction. A portion of the at least one projecting portion is arranged opposite to a portion of the vibrator in the one direction. The at least one elastic member includes a plate spring portion arranged to support at least one of both ends of the vibrator with respect to the one direction. The plate spring portion includes a decreased width portion and an increased width portion, the decreased width portion being above or below a corresponding one of the at least one projecting portion when viewed from one side in the one direction. |
| US10367399B2 |
Motor with adjustable back-electromotive force
The described apparatus and method enable alteration of motor properties during operation of a motor. For example, the rotor of the motor may be adjustable, during motor operation, between a first diameter and a larger, second diameter. When the diameter of the rotor increases, the distance between the electromagnetic coils of the stator and the magnets of the rotor increases, thereby reducing the back-electromotor force (back-EMF) of the motor. When the back-EMF of the motor decreases, the torque of the motor decreases but the maximum revolutions per minute (RPM) increases. When the diameter of the rotor decreases, the distance between the electromagnetic coils of the stator and the magnets of the rotor decreases, thereby increasing the back-EMF of the motor. When the back-EMF of the motor increases, the torque of the motor increases but the maximum RPM decreases. |
| US10367395B2 |
Glockenspiel power generator
A power generator that enables electrical power generation from a cranking motion and subsequently transmits that energy to mobile devices, vehicles, or other electrically-powered items. The power generator includes a cranking mechanism, a casing, at least one energy-converting mechanism and a charging output. The cranking mechanism allows the user to input mechanical energy to the power generator. The casing conceals and protects the internal components of the power generator. The at least one energy-converting mechanism allows the power generator to convert mechanical energy, produced by the cranking mechanism, into electrical energy. The charging output allows the power generator to transfer the electrical energy, produced by the at least one energy-converting mechanism, to any device that runs on electricity such as, but not limited to, a mobile device or vehicle. |
| US10367392B2 |
Rotary magnetic transmission structure
A rotary magnetic transmission structure that can achieve stable transmission is provided. Two magnetic members having radial magnetic fields are fixed on each shaft of two parallel shafts A and B; the radial magnetic fields of the two co-axial magnetic members both spread at an angle greater than 60 degrees and less than 90 degrees; using the first magnetic members of each shaft A and B as references, the direction of opening of the angle between the radial magnetic field of the second magnetic member and the radial magnetic field of the co-axial first magnetic member on the same shaft is opposite to that on the other shaft. This structure can obviously reduce the peak effect at the two poles of the magnetic fields of the magnetic members between the two shafts, so that the transmission is stable during non-contact rotary transmission. |
| US10367383B2 |
Structure for fixing permanent magnet and motor and method of fixing permanent magnet
A fixing structure for a permanent magnet includes: a cylindrical housing; a permanent magnet housed inside the housing; and an adhesive layer formed in a gap G between the housing and the permanent magnet and having an adhesive for fixing the permanent magnet to the housing. The adhesive layer is formed such that a filling rate of the adhesive is higher in the gap at another axial end of the permanent magnet than at one axial end of the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet is configured such that a density at said other axial end is higher than the density at said one axial end. |
| US10367382B2 |
Laminated core of a stator or a rotor and electrical machine
A laminated core can be contained in a rotor and/or in a stator and include at least one first sheet metal part assembly and at least one second sheet metal part assembly. The two sheet metal part assemblies are arranged alternately lying one against the other in a stacking direction. Every first sheet metal part has first teeth projecting from a connecting part radially relative to the axis of rotation. Correspondingly, every second sheet metal part has second teeth projecting from a second connecting part. The first teeth extend from the axis of rotation at a distance different from how far the second teeth extends from the axis of rotation to form a step to mesh the rotor with an associated stator and increase the air gap between them without increasing dimensions of the laminated cores in the stacking direction. |
| US10367376B2 |
Wireless power transfer system supplying power required by adiabatic circuit
A wireless power transfer system includes a power supply side and a power reception side. The power supply side is configured to provide wireless power. The power reception side is electrically connected to the power supply side. The power reception side is configured to receive the wireless power and convert the wireless power into power of a required type. The power reception side includes an adiabatic circuit that operates at AC power and a memory circuit that operates at DC power. The adiabatic circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit. When the first circuit operates during one of a working period and a waiting period, the second circuit operates during the other one of the working period and the waiting period. |
| US10367373B2 |
Mobile cart and power system therefor
A mobile cart has a battery assembly, which includes an on-board charger for selectively recharging one or more batteries to ensure constant operation of the powered equipment provided on the cart. The battery assembly possesses a removable battery configuration and is operated by a Battery Control System (BCS). The BCS is an intelligent control system for removable batteries and battery cell packs to provide an improved system of charging and discharging the individual batteries. |
| US10367371B2 |
Intelligent charging system and intelligent charging method
An intelligent charging system comprises a first switching element, a phase detecting device, a current detecting device and a controller. The first switching element is turned on or off based on a first control signal. The phase detecting device is configured to determine an allowable phase time interval of a phase of a power source. The current detecting device is connected to the first switching element. The current detecting device is configured to detect a first turned on time point when the first switching element is turned on. The controller is connected to the phase detecting device and the current detecting device. The controller is configured to determine whether the first turned on time point is within the allowable phase time interval. If the first turned on time point is not within the allowable phase time interval, the controller resets a first control parameter of the first control signal. |
| US10367365B2 |
Method for reading, writing, or updating information for battery cell via connecting interface between portable device and battery pack including battery cell so as to obtain precise information
A method used between a portable device and a battery pack including at least one battery cell includes: transmitting information for the battery cell from the portable device to the battery pack via the connecting interface or from the battery pack to the portable device via the connecting interface; and according to the information for the battery cell, performing at least one control operation that is associated with the battery cell; wherein there is an analog communication from the battery cell of the battery pack to the portable device to provide a voltage level actually from the battery cell. |
| US10367361B2 |
Information displaying method and information displaying device
An information displaying method is provided. A monitor of a display device is caused to display, for each of a plurality of devices, first information and second information. The first information indicates a device of the plurality of devices. The second information indicates a state of charge of a battery pack in the device. The first information and the second information are displayed in association with each other. |
| US10367359B2 |
Power control apparatus and power control system
A power control apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires information relating to a voltage and an electric current of a chargeable/dischargeable secondary battery during charging/discharging. The determination unit determines a maximum current of the secondary battery during charging on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit so that the voltage of the secondary battery does not exceed a predetermined voltage. |
| US10367357B2 |
System and method for installing solar panels
A solar panel system for determining how many solar panels connected to a controller is provided. An electrical pathway connects the controller to at least one solar panel. A first resistance is associated with each of the at least one solar panel. An external environment resistance is defined by a cumulative presence of at least the first resistance associated with each of the at least one solar panel, wherein the external environment resistance is different based on a total number of the at least one solar panels connected to the electrical pathway. A second resistance is associated with the controller. The external environment resistance and the second resistance at least partially define a voltage divider to receive an input voltage and produce an output voltage. The controller is programmed to determine from the produced output voltage the total number of the at least one solar panel connected to the controller along the electrical pathway. |
| US10367355B2 |
Cascaded multi-level inverter system and modulation method thereof, and controller
A cascaded multi-level inverter system, a modulation method and a controller for the same are provided. The method includes performing a maximum power point tracking control based on a voltage signal and a current signal of each DC source and a voltage signal and a current signal of the power grid obtained by sampling, calculating a first modulation signal for suppressing power imbalance, and outputting the first modulation signal to each inverter unit; and calculating, based on the calculated reactive current instruction value, the calculated active current instruction value, and a current signal of the reactive compensation device obtained by sampling, a second modulation signal for causing an output power factor of the cascaded multi-level inverter system to be 1, and outputting the second modulation signal to the reactive compensation device. |
| US10367353B1 |
Managing queue distribution between critical datacenter and flexible datacenter
Systems include one or more critical datacenter connected to behind-the-meter flexible datacenters. The critical datacenter is powered by grid power and not necessarily collocated with the flexible datacenters, which are powered “behind the meter.” When a computational operation to be performed at the critical datacenter is identified and determined that it can be performed more efficiently or advantageously at a flexible datacenter, the computational operation is instead obtained by the flexible datacenters for performance. The critical datacenter and flexible datacenters preferably share a dedicated communication pathway to enable high-bandwidth, low-latency, secure data transmissions. A queue system may be used to organize computational operations waiting for distribution to either the critical datacenter or the flexible datacenter. |
| US10367351B2 |
Energy management method allowing a distribution of the energy between an electrical network and a processing system intended in particular to store energy
The energy management method comprises a step of harvesting (E1) of an electrical energy from an energy source (1), notably from a renewable energy source and a step of distribution (E2) of the harvested electrical energy configured to be controlled in such a way as to, in a first configuration, inject at least a part of the harvested electrical energy into an electrical network (2), and, in a second configuration, inject at least a part of the harvested electrical energy into a processing system (3) configured in such a way as to store it in a tank (4). A step of control (E3) of the distribution of the electrical energy (E2) comprises a step of determination of a state of storage of the tank (4) and a step of determination of a time to delivery for at least a predetermined part of the content of the tank (4). |
| US10367350B2 |
Central combined active ESD clamp
An electrostatic discharge clamp for groups of terminals having cascaded and different voltage classes, a plurality of discharge paths, and a multiple-input trigger circuit. In response to detecting a positive voltage event at any of the groups of terminals, the trigger circuitry can turn on an electronic switch causing current caused by the voltage event to flow through one or more of the discharge paths instead of through functional circuitry which could potentially be damaged by the current caused by the voltage event. |
| US10367346B2 |
Electric leakage protection device and feed control device
The electric leakage protection device (feed control device includes an electric leakage detector, an electric leakage protector, and a self leakage generator. The electric leakage detector outputs an electric leakage detection signal when a current leaked from a main circuit exceeds a threshold value. The electric leakage protector opens a contact device interposed in the main circuit when receiving the electric leakage detection signal. The self leakage generator includes; a first short circuit having a first electric resistance component and a first switch component electrically connected in series with each other, and a second short circuit having a second electric resistance component and a second switch component electrically connected in series with each other. The first short circuit and the second short circuit are electrically connected in parallel with each other with regard to a pair of power supply paths constituting the main circuit. |
| US10367344B2 |
Cable armor stop
A cable armor stop for preventing cable sheathing of an electrical cable from passing the armor stop while allowing electrical conductors of the electrical cable to pass therethrough has a body with an outer shell, the body having an interior cavity formed by an interior surface of the body, the cavity extending through the body between a front side of the body and a rear side of the body, the cavity reduced by a radially protruding member extending inwardly such that a terminating end of the radially protruding member is spaced a distance from an opposite side of the interior surface closest to the terminating end, the distance being less than a minimum outside diameter of the cable sheathing of said electrical cable. An electrical connector including such a cable armor stop. |
| US10367338B2 |
Wire compression connector
A compression connector for connecting two wires is disclosed. The compression connector is made of either a single bifurcated connector body or two individual connector components that are slidably coupled and then crimped. As the compression connector is crimped, structural features on the connector components are pushed into a locked state in the two component embodiment. Bifurcated embodiments allow for more than one crimping act on the compression connectors resulting in a more reliable compression connection. The compression connector that results is much more resistant to failure compared to known C-shaped compression connectors. |
| US10367337B2 |
Conductor as a tool
A method of using a temporary conductor as a re-usable tool in maintaining, repairing or re-conductoring at least one energized phase, includes stringing the temporary conductor between support structures at either end of a first section, then energizing the said temporary conductor by bringing the temporary conductor to the voltage potential of the phase and electrically paralleling the temporary conductor with the energized phase, de-energizing and then maintaining, repairing or reconductoring the de-energized energized phase, re-energizing and electrically paralleling said energized phase, de-energizing and removing the temporary conductor for later re-use as the re-usable tool in a second section of the energized phase. |
| US10367333B2 |
Increasing fabry-perot cavity free spectral range in hybrid lasers
An apparatus includes an optical amplifier waveguide and an optical reflector located to reflect back some light received at or near a first end of the optical amplifier waveguide. The apparatus also includes another optical waveguide having a first end located to receive light at or near a second end of the optical amplifier waveguide, and the another optical waveguide having a sequence of optical ring resonators optically connected there along with each of the optical ring resonators being configured to have a different free spectral range. A system and a method are also included. |
| US10367332B2 |
Edge emitting laser light source and 3D image obtaining apparatus including the same
An edge emitting laser light source and a three-dimensional (3D) image obtaining apparatus including the edge emitting laser light source are provided. The edge emitting laser light source includes a substrate; an active layer disposed on the substrate; a wavelength selection section comprising grating regions configured to select wavelengths of light emitted from the active layer; and a gain section configured to resonate the light having the selected wavelengths in a direction parallel with the active layer. |
| US10367331B2 |
Pointing devices, apparatus, systems and methods for high shock environments
Devices, apparatus, systems and methods for providing accurate linear and angular positioning with a payload mounted to a beam having freely moveable ends. The payload can be a laser pointer mounted on a firearm, which maintains the initial precise pointing during and after exposure in high G shock and vibration environments. Vertical and lateral adjustment controls can adjust minute changes in beam orientation. Precision adjustments can be performed in a zero G, one G, or high G environment and maintains the adjustment during and after being exposed to a high G shock or vibration environment. |
| US10367330B2 |
Diffuser, laser-light-source module using the same, and method for manufacturing the same
A diffuser includes a first substrate and a gel layer. The first substrate has a first refractive index n1. The gel layer includes a body and at least one microstructure. The body is disposed on the first substrate. The microstructure is disposed on the body, wherein the dimension of the microstructure is smaller than that of the body. The body is located between the microstructure and the first substrate. The gel layer has a second refractive index n2, and n1>n2. |
| US10367328B2 |
Pulse laser device
A laser device with a ring laser resonator includes a polarization maintaining (PM) fiber, a first quarter waveplate, and an optical isolator. The PM fiber has a light input end and a light output end and is configured to guide a first linearly polarized light with a first phase along a fast axis of the PM fiber from the light input end and a second linearly polarized light with a second phase along a slow axis of the PM fiber from the input end. The first quarter waveplate is disposed at the light output end of the PM fiber and configured to convert the first and the second linearly polarized lights into left-handed and right-handed (or right-handed and left-handed) circularly polarized lights, respectively. The optical isolator is configured to unidirectionally transmit a laser pulse in the ring laser resonator. |
| US10367326B2 |
Method for energy dither of a particle beam
A method for applying an energy dither to a charged particle beam in order to vary the wavelength of the charged particle beam. Bunches of charged particle beams are accelerated by cavities that are operated at a harmonic of the bunch repetition rate. One or more secondary radiofrequency accelerator cavities are added near the wiggler after the primary beam transport to apply a fluctuation between individual bunches with a pseudo-random distribution. The secondary radiofrequency accelerator cavities provide fine variations of the beam energy about a nominal operating point. Operating a free electron laser (FEL) with a 1% change in the electron beam energy via the secondary cavity will result in a 2% wavelength variation of the FEL output. |
| US10367325B2 |
Active element slab for a laser source
An active element slab for a laser source is presented. The active element slab includes at least one input surface of a pump beam, a first section in the shape of an elongated bar along a longitudinal axis that includes a first doped matrix configured to absorb the beam pump to amplify a laser beam travelling longitudinally, a second section that covers at least partially the first section, the second section that includes a second doped matrix configured to absorb the laser beam and of being transparent to the pump beam. |
| US10367324B2 |
Laser component
A laser component is provided, including a laser medium and a transparent heat transmitting member, at least one of which is oxide. Bonding surfaces of the laser medium and the transparent heat transmitting member are exposed to oxygen plasma, and thereafter the bonding surfaces are brought into contact without heating. The laser medium and the transparent heat transmitting member are bonded at atomic levels, their thermal resistance is low, and no large residual stress is generated due to the bonding taking place under normal temperature. The process of oxygen plasma exposure ensures transparency of their bonding interface. The laser medium and the transparent heat transmitting member are stably bond via an amorphous layer. |
| US10367323B2 |
Crimping hand tool
A crimping hand tool used for crimping a coaxial cable and a coaxial terminal together is provided. The crimping hand tool includes a first body, a second body pivoted to the first body, a first linking body having a first end pivoted to the second body and a second end, a second linking body having a third end pivoted to the first body and a fourth end, a third linking body having a fifth end and a sixth end, a moving assembly, and a crimping assembly, wherein the second, the fourth, and the sixth ends are pivoted coaxially. The moving assembly is pivoted to the fifth end and slidably coupled to the first body along an axial direction. The crimping assembly is disposed on and moves along with the moving assembly to crimp the coaxial cable and the coaxial terminal together. |
| US10367319B2 |
Trunk line structure in in-vehicle network and connector for in-vehicle network
It is aimed to build a trunk line of an in-vehicle network having low connection resistance. The in-vehicle network is composed of a trunk line (1) and branch lines (2) branched from branch points (3) arranged at a plurality of intermediate positions of the trunk line (19 via connectors (CO) and to be connected to electronic control units (U). A bypass bypassed toward the connector (CO) from the trunk line (1) is formed at each branch point (3) of the branch line (1), and an exposed part of a core (7) is formed in this bypass and connected to a trunk line terminal (6). A branch line terminal (8) connected to an end of the branch line (2) and the trunk line terminal (6) are connected inside the connector (CO). |
| US10367318B1 |
Modular fixture for supplying power, control signals, and/or data communication to various devices
A modular fixture for supplying power, control signals, and/or data communication to various devices. The modular fixture includes one or more connectors for mating with a wide variety of types of electrical devices. The connectors are coupled to a plurality of conductors within the modular fixture so that the connectors may supply power, control signals, and/or data communication to various devices mated with any of the connectors. Exemplary devices include lighting devices, cameras, wireless communication devices, speaker devices, microphone devices, solar energy devices, and/or wind energy devices. The modular fixture may also be used with other types of devices. |
| US10367317B1 |
Portable electric power hub with AC power receptacles and USB charging ports
A portable electric power hub comprises a housing that includes a base section having a perimeter that is defined by a plurality of straight edges that are joined by a first plurality of rounded corners. The portable electric power hub further includes an intermediate section that includes a plurality of sides that are joined together by a second plurality of rounded corners. Each side of the intermediate section is adjacent to and aligned with a corresponding one of the plurality of straight edges of the base section and each of the second plurality of rounded corners is adjacent to and aligned with a corresponding one of the first plurality of rounded corners. The portable electric power hub further includes an upper section including a plurality of angulated sides joined by a third plurality of rounded corners. Each angulated side is adjacent to and angulated with respect to a corresponding one of the plurality of sides of the intermediate section and each of the third plurality or rounded corners is adjacent to and aligned with a corresponding one of the second plurality of rounded corners. The portable electric power hub further includes at least one electric power receptacle positioned on the housing. |
| US10367315B1 |
Chair molding with integrated electrical outlets
The chair molding with integrated electrical outlets is a dabo molding. The chair molding with integrated electrical outlets is configured for use with a vertical surface. The chair molding with integrated electrical outlets mounts on the vertical surface. The chair molding with integrated electrical outlets comprises a molding, a plurality of electrical ports, and an NEG cable. The molding attaches to the vertical surface. The molding contains the plurality of electrical ports. The NEG cable attaches the plurality of electrical ports to an external power source. In the first potential embodiment of the disclosure, the external power source is a national electric grid. |
| US10367311B2 |
Plug connector arrangement with compensation crimp
A plug arrangement having a plug and a cable that is connected thereto and includes at least one inner conductor and an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor(s); an axial terminal section of the outer conductor is electrically connected to a sleeve portion of an outer conductor housing of the plug, said sleeve portion surrounding the outer conductor; a crimp point comprising a radial constriction of the sleeve portion is located between the axial terminal section of the outer conductor and the axial end of the inner conductor in the longitudinal direction (L) of the cable. |
| US10367310B2 |
Connector, matched connector and connecting assembly
The invention discloses a connector, a connector, a matched connector, a matched connector and a connecting assembly. The connecting assembly includes the connector and the matched connector. A terminal fixing portion of the connector is provided with terminal accommodating cavities for accommodating connecting terminals. Separators for separating adjacent connecting terminals are disposed as protruding between the terminal accommodating cavities. The matched connector comprises insertion holes and isolating slots provided on a female end seat. The separators are inserted into the isolating slots. One end of the connecting terminal is disposed on the body of the connector, and the other end is held within the insertion hole and is connectable with a terminal connecting piece of the matched connector. The invention prevents connecting terminals from interfering with each other to provide a higher secure connection performance, while maintaining smaller spacing therebetween. |
| US10367306B2 |
Communication connector and communication connector with wires
A communication connector (30) includes terminals (31) to be connected to wires (12 to 18), including first wires (12, 13) and second wires (14, 15) capable of faster communication than the first wires (12, 13). The wires (12 to 18) form first and second wire rows (22A, 22B). A housing (35) accommodates the terminals (31). A conductive wire holding member (40) holds relative positions of the second wires (14, 15) on one end of the first wire row (22A) in an arrangement direction and the second wires (14, 15) on an opposite end of the second wire row (22B). The wire holding member (40) has dividing members (41A, 41B) configured to surround the second wires (14, 15) when the dividing members (41A, 41B) are assembled. |
| US10367304B2 |
Plug connection and set of plug connections
A plug connection having: a plug connector with, arranged thereon, a first coding element with a coding pattern and an insertion location with, arranged thereon, a second coding element with a coding pattern that matches the coding pattern, wherein the plug connector can be inserted, in an insertion direction (S), into the insertion location as far as a coupling position, when the first coding element and the second coding element adopt a predefined relative position. The first coding element can be rotated on the plug connector about an axis of rotation (A) that runs parallel to the insertion direction (S), and/or the second coding element is held on the insertion location so as to be able to rotate about the axis of rotation (A). |
| US10367300B2 |
Electrical and mechanical connection mechanisms
An electronic device and an attachment element that includes one or more electronic components each include connection mechanisms. The connection mechanisms of the electronic device and the attachment element may be engaged to mechanically and electrically connect the electronic device and the attachment element. Such electrical connection may electrically couple the one or more electrical components of the attachment element to the electronic device. The connection mechanisms may utilize one or more of a variety of different mechanical connection mechanism such as one or more snap mechanisms, twist mechanisms, threaded mechanisms, detent mechanisms, spring mechanisms, slide mechanisms, magnetic mechanisms, and/or any other mechanism for mechanical and electrical attachment. |
| US10367299B2 |
Plug connector assembly with an unlocking apparatus for unlocking a latch
An plug connector assembly for latching with a mating connector comprises an insulative body defining a latch apparatus on a side thereof, a cable extending along a front-to-back direction and rearwardly exposed to a rear end of the insulative body, and an unlocking assembly assembled on the insulative body and cooperate with the latch apparatus, and the latch apparatus defining a latching portion to latch with the mating connector, wherein the unlocking assembly comprises an actuator assembled on the insulative body and a operating portion connected to he actuator, and when the operating portion is operated, the actuator is derived by the operating portion to apply a force on the latch apparatus, so that the latching portion moves synchronously to release the locking with the mating connector. |
| US10367298B2 |
Electrical connector
An apparatus for connecting two electrical connectors together includes a locking collar, a first electrical connector, and a second electrical connector. The first electrical connector includes one or more electrical contacts arranged to mate with one or more electrical contacts in the second electrical connector to form an electrical connection, and the collar is arranged to receive at least a portion of the connectors and releasably lock the first and/or second connector. At least one of the electrical connectors includes a main body portion with at least one channel on a surface for cooperating with the protrusion of the locking collar, and a contact portion with a cartridge positioned within the main body portion. The contact portion further includes at least a first male contact and a first female contact connected to the cartridge. A corresponding method and electrical connector are also provided. |
| US10367293B1 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector includes an insulating housing; a conductive contact held by the housing, the conductive contact including connection portions exposed on a front side of the housing to be connected to a mating contact of a mating connector and terminal portions protruding from the housing; a cylindrical shell configured to contain the housing, the cylindrical shell including a front shell member and a rear shell member, the front shell member having a fitting portion open forward into which the mating connector is insertable, the rear shell member being provided at the rear of the front shell member so as to protrude the terminal portions therefrom, the rear shell member having a smaller diameter than the front shell member; and an elastically deformable seal member configured to be provided on an outer periphery of the rear shell member. |
| US10367285B2 |
Flexible circuit board connector
A flexible circuit board connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals assembled to the insulating housing, an elastic module and a locking board. A front surface of the insulating housing is recessed rearward to form an inserting groove. The insulating housing opens an opening. The locking board accommodated in the opening has a base board. Two opposite sides of the base board extend downward to form two side boards. Bottom edges of the two side boards protrude downward to form two locking hooks. A flexible printed circuit board is inserted rearward into the inserting groove and pushes rearward against front surfaces of the two locking hooks, after the flexible printed circuit board slips away from the two locking hooks, the two locking hooks project into two gaps of the flexible printed circuit board, respectively. |
| US10367284B2 |
Socket to support boards in a spaced relation
According to an example, a socket to support a first board in a spaced relation to a second board may include a base section having openings to receive connectors that are to electrically connect the first board to the second board. The socket may also include a plurality of walls extending from the base section, in which each of the plurality of walls is angled with respect to the base section and in which the plurality of walls include air ducts to enable air to flow through the socket when the first board is positioned on the socket. The socket may further include socket alignment elements extending from the base section, in which the alignment elements are to be inserted into mating holes in the second board. |
| US10367281B2 |
Vehicle camera with connector system for high speed transmission
A camera for a vehicular vision system includes a front housing portion, a circuit board and a rear housing portion. The front housing portion includes a lens and the rear housing portion includes a coaxial connecting element for electrically connecting to a vehicle cable. The coaxial connecting element includes a first coaxial cable connector at a first end of the coaxial connecting element that extends outward from the outer side of the rear housing portion and a second coaxial cable connector at a second end of the coaxial connecting element that extends inward from the inner side of the rear housing portion. The circuit board has a third coaxial cable connector established thereat. As the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion, the second coaxial cable connector engages the third coaxial cable connector to electrically connect the coaxial connecting element with circuitry at the circuit board. |
| US10367276B2 |
Conductive component structure of wire connection terminal
A conductive component structure of wire connection terminal is manufactured at lower cost and more securely assembled with the conductive wire. The conductive component includes a main body in the form of a plate body and a restriction body connected on the main body. The restriction body defines a mouth section and has an oblique wall connected with the mouth section. When the conductive wire is plugged into the case into contact with the conductive component, the restriction body guides the conductive wire and the rear end of the conductive wire is restricted and secured by the oblique wall. The conductive component improves the shortcomings of the conventional structure that the conductive wire is apt to deflect or swing due to external force to lead to unstable contact and insecurity and affect the electro-conductive efficiency. |
| US10367271B1 |
Terminal block with lateral elastic handles
A terminal block has an insertion opening (101) and an exit opening (102) disposed at opposite sides of the insulation base (10). A side opening (103) is located at an outer surface of the insulation base (10) between the insertion opening (101) and the exit opening (102). A conducting terminal structure (20) includes a first conductive sheet (21) and a second conductive sheet (22) connected to the first conductive sheet (21). The first conductive sheet (21) is extended with a stopping plate (211). A spring plate (30) includes an abutting section (31) abutted against the stopping plate (211) elastically. An elastic handle includes a clamping portion (41) and a resilience arm (42). The resilience arm (42) is fixed to the insulation base (10), and the clamping portion (41) presses the abutting section (31). Thereby, the height of the terminal block can be reduced for saving space and cost. |
| US10367260B1 |
Dynamic reduction of current drain for antenna tuner of a communication device
A communication device, method and computer program product provide improved performance of one radio frequency (RF) conduction path using an antenna tuner of another RF conduction path while dynamically reducing current drain by the antenna tuner. A determination is made that a first RF conduction path is active in using a first portion of a multiple band antenna system for at least one of: (i) transmitting; and (ii) receiving a signal. An antenna tuner of a second RF conduction path that uses a second portion of the multiple band antenna system is activated. The antenna tuner is configured to tune the second portion of the multiple band antenna system to isolate the second portion from the first portion used by the first RF conduction path. The antenna tuner is deactivated in response to determining that both the first and second RF conduction paths are inactive. |
| US10367255B1 |
Collimated transverse electric mode cavity antenna assembly
The disclosed apparatus may include (1) an antenna assembly defining an upper cavity with an aperture, the antenna assembly further defining a lower cavity coupled to the upper cavity via a channel along a linear edge of the antenna assembly, where the antenna assembly may include a reflective element within the lower cavity having a concave parabolic contour, and (2) an array assembly positioned in the aperture and including an array of passive elements. The reflective element may transform a divergent radio frequency (RF) beam directed toward the concave parabolic contour within the lower cavity into a collimated RF beam propagating within the lower cavity and into the upper cavity via the channel, and the array of passive elements may radiate a transmitted RF beam from the aperture in response to the collimated RF beam in the upper cavity. Various other apparatuses, methods, and systems are also disclosed. |
| US10367250B2 |
Antenna structure and electronic device including the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and an antenna radiator disposed in the housing. An opening is formed in the housing. The opening includes a first portion configured to align with a length direction of the antenna radiator at a position corresponding to the antenna radiator and penetrate the housing in a thickness direction, and a second portion connected to the first portion, the second portion being configured to form a specified angle with respect to the length direction of the antenna radiator and penetrate the housing in a thickness direction. At least a portion of the housing, which surrounds the opening, comprises a conductive member. At least a portion of a circumference of the opening comprises an electrical open curve. |
| US10367238B2 |
Space efficient battery pack designs
A battery pack includes a first side oriented battery assembly, a second side oriented battery assembly, and a vent chamber arranged between the first side oriented battery assembly and the second side oriented battery assembly. The first and second side oriented battery assemblies are thus arranged to share a common vent chamber. One of the first and second side oriented battery assemblies may additionally share a common heat exchanger device with a third side oriented battery assembly. |
| US10367236B2 |
Anode, cell, and method of stabilizing an anode for use in a lithium ion electrochemical cell
A battery comprises an anode, a cathode, a first reference electrode, and a second reference electrode. The battery also include an electrolyte between each of the anode, cathode, first reference electrode, and second reference electrode. |
| US10367230B2 |
Battery packet
A battery packet includes a first electrode, a second electrode, as well as a dielectric layer and an electrolysis material that are disposed between the first and second electrode. The electrolysis material can be NaCl or CF6Li. |
| US10367228B2 |
Diester-based polymer electrolytes for high voltage lithium ion batteries
New homopolymers and copolymers of diester-based polymers have been synthesized. When these polymers are combined with electrolyte salts, such polymer electrolytes have shown excellent electrochemical oxidation stability in lithium battery cells. Their stability along with their excellent ionic conductivities make them especially suitable as electrolytes in high energy density lithium battery cells. |
| US10367227B2 |
Electrolyte composition and metal-ion battery employing the same
An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal chloride, a chlorine-containing ionic liquid, and an additive, wherein the additive has a structure represented by Formula (I) [M]i[(A(SO2CxF2x+1)y)b−]j Formula (I), wherein M can be imidazolium cation, ammonium cation, azaannulenium cation, . . . etc., wherein M has a valence of a; a can be 1, 2, or 3; A can be N, O, Si, or C; x can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; y can be 1, 2, or 3; b can be 1, 2, or 3; i can be 1, 2, or 3; j can be 1, 2, or 3; a/b=j/i; and when y is 2 or 3, the (SO2CxF2x+1) moieties are the same or different. |
| US10367225B2 |
Power storage device
A power storage device includes a stacked electrode assembly in which a plurality of pairs of electrodes are stacked and a fixing tape which is placed astride both end portions of the stacked electrode assembly in an electrode-stacking direction and which includes a pair of bonded sections each bonded to a corresponding one of the end portions thereof and an intermediate section connecting the bonded sections together. The intermediate section of the fixing tape includes a base portion extending along a side surface of the stacked electrode assembly and a clearance portion projecting in a direction away from the side surface of the stacked electrode assembly and tape surfaces facing each other in the clearance portion are separably bonded to each other. |
| US10367223B2 |
Fuel cell stack
A fuel cell stack includes power generation cells stacked in a stacking direction. Each of the power generation cells includes a membrane electrode assembly and a separator. The membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, and electrodes between which the electrolyte membrane is sandwiched in the stacking direction. The separator is stacked on the membrane electrode assembly in the stacking direction. The power generation cells are sandwiched between end plates in the stacking direction. A resin fluid manifold member is disposed on one of the end plates opposite to the power generation cells in the stacking direction and through which a fluid is to flow. The resin fluid manifold member has a contact surface which is in contact with the one of the end plates. The resin fluid manifold member includes recessed portions provided in the contact surface and ribs provided between the recessed portions in the contact surface. |
| US10367222B2 |
Materials for flow battery energy storage and methods of using
The present disclosure relates to a mixture that includes a mediator having a first redox potential, a non-liquid active material having a second redox potential that is less than the first redox potential, and a cation. In addition, the non-liquid active material has a first condition that includes a first oxidation state, where the cation is intercalated within the non-liquid active material, and the non-liquid active material has a second condition that includes a second oxidation state that is higher than the first oxidation state, where the non-liquid active material is substantially free of the cation. In addition, the mediator has a first condition that includes a third oxidation state and a second condition that includes a fourth oxidation state that is higher than the third oxidation state. In addition, the non-liquid active material is capable of being reversibly cycled between its first condition and its second condition, and the mediator is capable of being reversibly cycled between its first condition and its second condition. |
| US10367221B2 |
Distributed energy storage system
An energy storage system reaction cell configured for distribution throughout a transport system. The length of the reaction cell is substantially greater than its width and is looped throughout the transport system in a serpentine configuration. A membrane within the reaction cell has a length substantially equal to the length of the reaction cell such that surface area of the membrane is maximized relative to volume of the reaction cell to increase electrical power provided to an electrical load of the transport system. |
| US10367217B2 |
Membrane electrode assembly manufacturing process
A method of making a component of a membrane electrode assembly comprising the steps of forming an electrode on an air-permeable backer comprising ePTFE, depositing a mixture comprising ionomer and a water-insoluble alcohol onto said electrode, drying said mixture to form a protective ionomer layer, and depositing an ePTFE-reinforced ionomer layer onto said protective ionomer layer. |
| US10367214B2 |
Fuel cell system and control method for fuel cell system
A fuel cell system that supplies an anode gas and a cathode gas to a fuel cell to cause the fuel cell to generate an electricity. The fuel cell system includes a high pressure tank, an anode gas supply passage configured to supply the anode gas to the fuel cell from the high pressure tank, an anode pressure control valve disposed on the anode gas supply passage, the anode pressure control valve adjusting an anode gas pressure of the fuel cell, an anode gas valve disposed between the high pressure tank and the anode pressure control valve, the anode gas valve adjusting a source pressure of the anode pressure control valve, and a valve control unit configured to control to open and close the anode pressure control valve and the anode gas valve on the basis of an operating state of the fuel cell system. The valve control unit controls the anode pressure control valve and then closes the anode pressure control valve after the valve control unit closes the anode gas valve such that a first pipe pressure becomes less than a predetermined pressure before the fuel cell system is stopped, the first pipe pressure being a pressure inside a first pipe between the anode gas valve and the anode pressure control valve in the anode gas supply passage. The valve control unit opens the anode pressure control valve at an activation of the fuel cell system. The predetermined pressure is smaller than a pressure that degrades a durability of the fuel cell at the activation of the fuel cell system. |
| US10367210B2 |
Power generator having integrated membrane valve
A power generator includes a case having a surface with a perforation and a cavity containing a gas generating fuel. A membrane is supported by the case inside the cavity, the membrane having an impermeable valve plate positioned proximate the perforation, wherein the membrane is water vapor permeable and gas impermeable and flexes responsive to a difference in pressure between the cavity and outside the cavity to selectively allow water vapor to pass through the perforation to the fuel as a function of the difference in pressure. A fuel cell membrane is supported by the case and positioned to receive hydrogen at an anode side of the fuel cell membrane and to receive oxygen from outside the power generator at a cathode side of the fuel cell membrane. |
| US10367208B2 |
High efficiency fuel reforming and water use in a high temperature fuel-cell system and process for the such thereof
A method of operating a fuel cell system to produce electrical power that includes a hydrocarbon or alcohol fuel feed stock containing water vapor or steam being reformed in the fuel cell or in a separate reformer with the output gas from the fuel cell going to a water gas shift reactor to convert a portion of the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and hydrogen. A portion of the carbon dioxide then being removed to yield a hydrogen rich gas that is piped back into the solid oxide fuel cell or the molten carbonate fuel cell in concert with the reformed or unreformed fuel feed stock. A system for performing the method is also provided. |
| US10367207B2 |
Fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cells and method of manufacturing the same
A fuel cell stack 101 includes a plurality of fuel cells 105 in which a fuel electrode 109, a solid oxide electrolyte 111, and an air electrode 113 are sequentially laminated, an interconnector 107 that electrically connects the fuel cells 105 which are adjacent to each other, and an interconnector connecting layer 108 that is interposed directly between the air electrode 113 and the interconnector 107. The interconnector connecting layer 108 is formed from a material, which is expressed by a composition formula of (La1-x-ySrxCay)zMnO3-AppmSiO2-DppmMgO (provided that, 0 |
| US10367203B2 |
Secondary battery-use anode, secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, electri power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic apparatus
A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The anode includes an anode active material containing an electrode compound, the electrode compound inserting and extracting an electrode reactant at a potential (a potential to lithium) of 1 V to 3 V both inclusive, and a metal salt containing one or both of a carboxylic acid compound and a sulfonic acid compound. |
| US10367195B2 |
Electro-active material of a cathode of primary battery
An electro-active material, including a mixture of a first component including at least a first compound of formula (I) LixMnOy and a second component including at least a second compound of formula (II) LixHyV3O8, wherein in formula (I): 0≤x≤2, 1≤y≤3, and 2≤2y−x≤5, and wherein in formula (II): 0≤x≤4.5, 0.01≤y≤2, and 0.01≤x+y≤6.5. The first compound is in the form of particles having a certain particle size and the second compound is in the form of nanoparticles having a certain particle size or nanofibers having certain dimensions. The first and second components are present in amounts of 1:99% to 99:1% by weight, and the mixture, upon being mechanically pressed in a range of 20 to 70 KN with a die, has a synergic effect of pressed density (SEPD) greater than 100%. |
| US10367185B2 |
Rechargeable battery
A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator; a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode plate; a second terminal electrically connected to the second electrode plate; a case accommodating the electrode assembly and portions of the first terminal and second terminal; a cap assembly sealing the case, the cap assembly being electrically connected to the first terminal; and dish-shaped first and second connection plates on the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively, the first and second connection plates being configured to invert in response to a predetermined pressure respectively applied to the first terminal and the second terminal. |
| US10367184B2 |
Rechargeable battery
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode, a case that accommodates the electrode assembly, a first lead terminal and a second lead terminal that are respectively connected to the first electrode and the second electrode of the electrode assembly, the first and second lead terminals being drawn out of the case, and a fixing member that surrounds the first lead terminal and the second lead terminal, wherein each of the first lead terminal and the second lead terminal includes a first region and a second region on opposite sides of the fixing member, a width of the first region and a width of the second region being different. |
| US10367183B2 |
Assembled battery
The objective is to obtain an assembled battery that can relieve the stress acting on the circuit board in the case. This assembled battery of the present invention includes a case for retaining a plurality of single batteries side by side, an insulation cover covering one surface side of the single batteries, bus bars electrically connecting the terminals of adjacent single batteries and exposed from the insulation cover, and a circuit board disposed above the insulation cover. Mounted on a back surface of the circuit board are elastic contact members to be brought into pressure contact with the bus bars by fixing the circuit board onto the case, and the insulation cover or the bus bars are provided with claws which are support members for supporting the circuit board by coming in contact with a front surface of the circuit board. |
| US10367178B2 |
Tamper proof battery enclosure
A neuromuscular stimulator device is described having a plastic casing housing control electronics which are maintained in contact with a power source by a metal retaining clip. The casing includes an integral cover which may be opened by breaking lines of weakness formed in the cover. The cover and clip are of such relative sizes and shapes so that once the cover is open, the clip may only be removed from the casing by deforming the clip. This deformation will ensure that the clip and other components cannot be replaced back in the casing, such that the device cannot easily be reused. In addition, the cover is not replaceable, due to the broken portions of the casing. |
| US10367177B2 |
Flexible green nonwoven battery cover and method of construction thereof
An insulative nonwoven battery cover and method of construction thereof is provided. The cover includes a plurality of nonwoven sections bonded together to form a desired structural configuration. The nonwoven sections are mats of heat-settable textile fibers and green materials including natural fibers, recycled materials and/or waste stream materials. The mats are formed having a bonded seam of the melted heat-settable textile fibers such that the cover is provided with a circumferentially continuous wall. |
| US10367175B2 |
Multicavity battery module
A battery module includes a battery module housing that defines an interior space. The battery module housing includes at least one interior wall that segregates the interior space into at least two cavities. The battery module housing and the at least one interior wall are formed of a flexible laminate material, and an electrochemical cell is disposed in one of the at least two cavities. The cell may include a housing formed of a flexible laminate material, or alternatively may be housing-free. |
| US10367174B2 |
Manufacturing method of a light emitting device
Disclosed is a manufacturing apparatus of a light-emitting element including: a main transporting route extending in a first direction, the main transporting route comprising first and second transfer devices connected through a first transporting chamber; a sub-transporting route extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the sub-transporting route comprising a second transporting chamber connected to the first or second transfer device and a delivery chamber connected to the second transfer chamber; and a plurality of first treatment chambers connected to the delivery chamber. The main transporting route is configured to transfer a substrate to be treated in a horizontal state, and one of the plurality of treatment chambers is configured to hold the substrate in a vertical state during treatment. |
| US10367171B2 |
Low reflective display device
The low reflective display device a low reflective unit including a plurality of optical lens structures arranged in a position-corresponding manner to the plurality of sub-pixels thereon respectively; a light-reflective layer covering the side-wall face of each optical lens structure; and a light-absorbing member arranged to fill spaces between neighboring optical lens structures, wherein the bottom face of each of the plurality of optical lens structures completely covers the top face of the corresponding sub-pixel among the plurality of sub-pixels, wherein the bottom face of each of the plurality of optical lens structures receives all of light-beams generated from the corresponding sub-pixel, and wherein the bottom face of each of the plurality of optical lens structures has an area that is greater than or equal to a top face area of the corresponding sub-pixel. |
| US10367170B2 |
Light emitting device with irregularities located on a first light transmissive substrate and a second light transmissive substrate
A first electrode having light transmissivity is formed on a first surface of a first light transmissive substrate and. An organic functional layer includes a light-emitting layer and is located on an opposite side to the first light transmissive substrate with the first electrode interposed therebetween. A second electrode is located on an opposite side to the first electrode with the organic functional layer interposed therebetween. A second surface which is a surface of the first light transmissive substrate on an opposite side to the above-mentioned first surface is fixed to the second light transmissive substrate, which has a bending rigidity higher than that of the first light transmissive substrate. First irregularities are present in the second surface of the first light transmissive substrate, and second irregularities are positioned in a surface of the second light transmissive substrate which faces the first light transmissive substrate. |
| US10367165B2 |
Flexible display device
A flexible display device according to an example embodiment includes: a substrate; a driver integrated circuit (IC) in a non-display portion of the substrate and configured to supply a driving voltage to a display portion of the substrate; a flexible printed circuit board attached to the non-display portion at an outer side of the driver IC; and a printed circuit board attached to the flexible printed circuit board and configured to transfer the driving voltage to the driver IC, wherein the driver IC comprises a base layer, a plurality of bumps at a bottom surface of the base layer, a first layer at an upper surface of the base layer, and second layers at the first layer to correspond to locations of the plurality of bumps. |
| US10367164B2 |
Foldable display apparatus
A foldable display apparatus that is adjustable between a folded configuration and unfolded configuration includes a flexible display panel that is foldable; a case including a first case that supports a first side of the flexible display panel and a second case that supports a second side of the flexible display panel; a link member connecting the first case to the second; and a locking unit configured to prevent rotation of the first case and the second case in a folding direction when the foldable display apparatus is in the unfolded configuration. |
| US10367161B2 |
System and method for matching electrode resistances in OLED light panels
Provided are an OLED device and a method of manufacturing the OLED device that may provide improved luminance uniformity. The disclosed OLED may have a first electrode that has a first sheet resistance Rs, and a second electrode that has a second sheet resistance, wherein the second sheet resistance may be in the range of 0.3 Rs-1.3 Rs. In addition, the disclosed OLED may have a plurality of equal potential difference between points on a first electrode and a second electrode. The equal potential difference may be provided by a gradient resistance formed on at least one of the electrodes. |
| US10367160B2 |
Light-emitting element
A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having low drive voltage is provided. Provided is a light-emitting element which includes a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound between a pair of electrodes. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex (excited complex). An emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with an absorption band located on the longest wavelength side of an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound. A peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the exciplex is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the absorption band located on the longest wavelength side of the absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound. |
| US10367159B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and organic light-emitting display apparatus
The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting device and an organic light-emitting display apparatus. The organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode layer; an organic light-emitting layer disposed on a surface of the first electrode layer, wherein the organic light-emitting layer includes a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area; and a second electrode layer disposed on a surface of the organic light-emitting layer away from the first electrode layer, wherein the second electrode layer is correspondingly disposed on a surface of the non-light-emitting area such that light emitted from the light-emitting area passes through the second electrode layer. |
| US10367152B2 |
Condensed cyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
A condensed cyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer. The organic layer includes at least one condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: When an organic light-emitting device includes the at least one condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1 in the hole transport layer or emission layer, the organic light-emitting device may have improved efficiency and long lifespan characteristics. |
| US10367151B2 |
Condensed cyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, rings, groups and variables are the same as defined in the specification. |
| US10367150B2 |
Compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
A compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2, and an organic light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer and the compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2. |
| US10367149B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
The present application relates to an organic light emitting device. |
| US10367146B2 |
Formation of carbon nanotube-containing devices
A method of fabricating a carbon nanotube based device, including forming a trench having a bottom surface and sidewalls on a substrate, selectively depositing a bi-functional compound having two reactive moieties in the trench, wherein a first of the two reactive moieties selectively binds to the bottom surface, converting a second of the two reactive moieties to a diazonium salt; and reacting the diazonium salt with a dispersion of carbon nanotubes to form a carbon nanotube layer bound to the bottom surface of the trench. |
| US10367145B2 |
Self-assembly of nanostructures
Structures and methods that include selective electrostatic placement based on a dipole-to-dipole interaction of electron-rich carbon nanotubes onto an electron-deficient pre-patterned surface. The structure includes a substrate with a first surface having a first isoelectric point and at least one additional surface having a second isoelectric point. A self-assembled monolayer is selectively formed on the first surface and includes an electron deficient compound including a deprotonated pendant hydroxamic acid or a pendant phosphonic acid group or a pendant catechol group bound to the first surface. An organic solvent can be used to deposit the electron rich carbon nanotubes on the self-assembled monolayer. |
| US10367144B2 |
Stable organic field-effect transistors by incorporating an electron-accepting molecule
The present disclosure demonstrates that the introduction of electron deficient fullerene acceptors into thin films comprised of the high-mobility semiconducting polymers suppresses an undesirable “double-slope” in the current-voltage characteristics, improves operational stability, and changes ambipolar transport to unipolar transport. Examination of a variety of high μ polymers shows general applicability. The present disclosure also shows that instability is further reduced by tuning the relative electron affinity of the polymer and fullerene by creating blends containing different fullerene derivatives and semiconductor polymers. One can obtain hole μ values up to 5.6 cm2 V−1 s−1 that are remarkably stable over multiple bias-sweeping cycles. The results provide a simple, solution-processable route to dictate transport properties and improve semiconductor performance in systems that display similar non-idealities. |
| US10367139B2 |
Methods of manufacturing magnetic tunnel junction devices
A method of manufacturing a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device including pillar contacts coupling the free magnetic layer of MTJ pillars to a top contact. The pillar contacts are electrically isolated from one or more other portions of the MTJ pillar by one or more self-aligned sidewall insulators. The MTJ device further including one of a static magnetic compensation layer or an exchange spring layer in the MTJ pillar. |
| US10367137B2 |
Electronic device including a semiconductor memory having a variable resistance element including two free layers
Disclosed are an electronic device comprising a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a variable resistance element including a free layer having a variable magnetization direction; a pinned layer having a fixed magnetization direction; and a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the free layer and the pinned layer, wherein the free layer includes: a first free layer adjacent to the tunnel barrier layer and having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at an interface with the tunnel barrier layer; and a second free layer spaced apart from the tunnel barrier layer by the first free layer and having a saturation magnetization lower than a saturation magnetization of the first free layer. |
| US10367128B2 |
Pixel structure and method for the fabrication thereof
The present application discloses a pixel structure and method for the fabrication thereof including: providing a substrate; forming a black photoresist layer having a receiving cavity and an isolation region on the substrate; coating a polyelectrolyte solution on the surface of the black photoresist layer except the isolation region, and air-dried to form a polyelectrolyte layer; coating a metal nanoparticle solution on the surface of the polyelectrolyte layer, and air-dried to form a metal particle layer; and aligning and transferring a micro light emitting diodes to the black photoresist layer. In the above-described manner, the present disclosure can improve the light utilization efficiency of the micro light emitting diode. |
| US10367118B2 |
Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode, comprises an active layer for emitting a light ray; an upper semiconductor stack on the active layer, wherein the upper semiconductor stack comprises a window layer; a reflector; and a lower semiconductor stack between the active layer and the reflector; wherein the thickness of the window layer is small than or equal to 3 μm, and the thickness of the lower semiconductor stack is small than or equal to 1 μm. |
| US10367116B2 |
Method of reducing sodium concentration in a transparent conductive oxide layer of a semiconductor device
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a semiconductor material stack having a sodium at an atomic concentration greater than 1×1019/cm3, depositing a transparent conductive oxide layer over the semiconductor material stack, such that sodium atoms diffuse from the semiconductor material stack into the transparent conductive oxide layer, and contacting a physically exposed surface of the transparent conductive oxide layer with a fluid to remove sodium from the transparent conductive oxide layer. |
| US10367115B2 |
Method of manufacturing solar cell
A method of manufacturing a solar cell can include forming a silicon oxide film on a semiconductor substrate and successively exposing the silicon oxide film to a temperature in a range of 570° C. to 700° C. to anneal the silicon oxide film. |
| US10367114B2 |
Biological detection device and processing method of the same
The present disclosure provides a biological detection device and a processing method of the same. The biological detection device comprises a chip, a light emitter, a circuit board and a covering layer. The chip comprises a photoelectric converter, and the covering layer is covered on the chip, the photoelectric converter and the light emitter; the covering layer is light transmissive; the light emitter emits light; the photoelectric converter receives the light emitted by the light emitter, and is further used for performing photoelectric converting on the light so as to obtain an electrical signal; the chip detects an object to be detected according to the electrical signal; and the circuit board provides a communication channel and power supply for the chip and the light emitter. The technical solution of the present disclosure can improve flexibility of using the biological detection device, and prevent fingerprint recognition from being cracked by prosthesis. |
| US10367112B2 |
Device for direct X-ray detection
A device for direct X-ray detection (516) comprises a plurality of substantially parallel conductive channels (501) separated from one another by a quantum dot material (510), thereby forming a composite material layer (517). The parallel conductive channels (501) are electrically connected to source and drain electrodes (503 504a) which enable a flow of electrical current through the conductive channels (501). The quantum dot material (510) generates electron hole pairs upon exposure to incident electromagnetic radiation and the thus generated charge results in an electric field which causes a change in electrical current passing through at least one of the conductive channels (501). The change in electrical current is indicative of one or more of the presence and magnitude of the incident electromagnetic radiation. Since the conductive channels (501) are oriented in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate (502), the distances between the conductive channels can be chosen under consideration of the diffusion lengths of the generated charge carriers and independently from the thickness of the composite material layer (517) required for X-ray radiation. |
| US10367111B2 |
APD focal plane arrays with backside vias
An avalanche photodiode (APD) array with reduced cross talk comprises, in the illustrative embodiment, a 2D array of Geiger-mode APDs, wherein a via is formed partially through the backside (substrate) of each APD in the array, wherein the via is offset from the active region of each said APD. |
| US10367110B2 |
Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing
Disclosed are methods for the surface cleaning and passivation of PV absorbers, such as CdTe substrates usable in solar cells, and devices made by such methods. In some embodiments, the method involves an anode layer ion source (ALIS) plasma discharge process to clean and oxidize a CdTe surface to produce a thin oxide layer between the CdTe layer and subsequent back contact layer(s). |
| US10367102B2 |
Electronic component and equipment
An electronic component includes a support member in which a recess part having a bottom face and a side face is provided, and a device unit that includes a substrate and is fixed to the support member so that a primary face of the substrate faces the recess part. An opening width of the recess part is, on the side of the bottom of the recess part with respect to the primary face, narrower than the width of the device unit and, on the opposite side of the bottom of the recess part with respect to the primary face, wider than the width of the device unit. An end face of the substrate overlaps with the side face of the recess part in a direction perpendicular to the primary face of the substrate. A photoelectric conversion element is arranged on the primary face of the substrate. |
| US10367095B2 |
Semiconductor device, method for manufacturing the same, or display device including the same
To suppress a change in electrical characteristics in a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film. The transistor includes a first gate electrode, a first insulating film, an oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a second insulating film, a second gate electrode, and a third insulating film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first oxide semiconductor film on the first gate electrode side, and a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film. The first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film include In, M, and Zn (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn). In a region of the second oxide semiconductor film, the number of atoms of In is smaller than that in the first oxide semiconductor film. The second gate electrode includes at least one metal element included in the oxide semiconductor film. |
| US10367094B2 |
Source/drain structure having multi-facet surfaces
A fin-like field-effect transistor (FinFET) device is disclosed. The device includes a semiconductor substrate having a source/drain region, a plurality of isolation regions over the semiconductor substrate and a source/drain feature in the source/drain region. The source/drain feature includes a multiple plug-type portions over the substrate and each of plug-type portion is isolated each other by a respective isolation region. The source/drain feature also includes a single upper portion over the isolation regions. Here the single upper portion is merged from the multiple plug-type portions. The single upper portion has a flat top surface facing away from a top surface of the isolation region. |
| US10367093B2 |
Method for fabricating transistor with thinned channel
A method of fabricating a MOS transistor having a thinned channel region is described. The channel region is etched following removal of a dummy gate. The source and drain regions have relatively low resistance with the process. |
| US10367088B2 |
Nitride semiconductor device
A nitride semiconductor device is provided, including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a nucleation layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate; a doped nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the nucleation layer; a doped first buffer layer disposed on the doped nitride semiconductor layer; a channel layer disposed on the doped first buffer layer; a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer; a first electrode disposed on the barrier layer; a second electrode electrically connected to the doped nitride semiconductor layer; and a doped region disposed at least in a portion of the doped nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the doped region is extended from below the first electrode to be partially overlapped with the second electrode. |
| US10367087B2 |
Transistor structure including a scandium gallium nitride back-barrier layer
A transistor structure including a scandium gallium nitride back-barrier layer. For instance, the transistor structure may include a buffer layer disposed on a substrate and a back-barrier layer disposed on the buffer layer, the back-barrier layer including scandium gallium nitride (ScxGa1-xN). The transistor structure may further include a channel layer disposed on the back-barrier layer, and a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer. The barrier layer may include at least one of aluminum gallium nitride, indium gallium aluminum nitride, scandium aluminum nitride, scandium aluminum gallium nitride, or indium gallium boron aluminum nitride. The transistor structure may be incorporated into a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT). |
| US10367086B2 |
Lateral fin static induction transistor
Presented is a lateral fin static induction transistor including a semi conductive substrate, source and drain regions extending from an optional buffer layer of same or varied thickness supported by the semi conductive substrate, a semi conductive channel electrically coupling the source region to the drain region of the transistor, a portion of the semi conductive channel being a fin and having a face covered by a gated structure, thereby defining a gated channel within the semi conductive channel, the semi conductive channel further including a drift region electrically coupling the gated channel to the drain region of the transistor. |
| US10367082B2 |
Secondary cell and method for manufacturing secondary cell
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a secondary cell having a plurality of unit cells 21 that are connected in parallel, including, a step to prepare sheet-shaped unit cells each having a structure that a first electrode layer, a metal oxide semiconductor layer, a charging layer, and a second electrode layer are layered, a step to form a cell sheet by connecting the laminated unit cells in parallel, a step to measure a capacity of the cell sheet, and a step to connect a unit cell for capacity adjustment to the cell sheet in parallel when the capacity is smaller than a specification value. |
| US10367080B2 |
Method of forming a germanium oxynitride film
A method for forming layers suitable for a V-NAND stack is disclosed. Specifically, the method may include multiple cycles for forming an oxide and a nitride in order to form an oxynitride layer. |
| US10367079B2 |
Method and structure for FinFET comprising patterned oxide and dielectric layer under spacer features
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a fin projecting upwardly through an isolation structure over the substrate; a gate stack over the isolation structure and engaging the fin; and a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate stack and in physical contact with the gate stack. The semiconductor device further includes a first dielectric layer vertically between the fin and the gate spacer and in physical contact with the sidewall of the gate stack, wherein the first dielectric layer has a laterally extending cavity. The semiconductor device further includes a second dielectric layer filling in the cavity, wherein the first and second dielectric layers include different materials. |
| US10367077B1 |
Wrap around contact using sacrificial mandrel
A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor structure includes a plurality of unmerged fin structures each in contact with their own source/drain. The semiconductor structure further includes a contact layer formed on sidewalls and a top surface of each source/drain. The method includes at least the following operations. At least one mandrel layer is formed adjacent to at least one fin structure. The at least one fin structure and at least one source/drain is epitaxially grown in contact with the at least one fin structure and the at least one mandrel layer. The at least one mandrel layer is removed after the at least one source/drain has been epitaxially grown. At least one contact layer is formed in contact with sidewalls and a top surface of the at least one source/drain. |
| US10367076B1 |
Air gap spacer with controlled air gap height
A FinFET and method for fabricating an air gap spacer in a FinFET is disclosed. The FinFET includes a sidewall spacer between a gate material and an interlayer dielectric material. The sidewall spacer includes a lower portion that extends fully between the gate and the interlayer dielectric material and an upper portion that includes an airgap. The sidewall spacer is fabricated by depositing a sacrificial gate structure in a gate region having an upper sacrificial layer and a lower sacrificial layer, and removing the upper sacrificial layer to expose a sidewall spacer region. Airgap spacer material is deposited in the exposed sidewall spacer region to form an upper portion of the sidewall spacer having the air gap. |
| US10367075B2 |
Approach to preventing atomic diffusion and preserving electrical conduction using two dimensional crystals and selective atomic layer deposition
A method of restricting diffusion of miscible materials across a barrier, including, forming a 2-dimensional material on a substrate surface, wherein the 2-dimensional material includes one or more defects through which a portion of the substrate surface is exposed, forming a plug selectively on the exposed substrate surface, and forming a cover layer on the plug and 2-dimensional material, wherein the cover layer material is miscible in the substrate material. |
| US10367070B2 |
Methods of forming backside self-aligned vias and structures formed thereby
Methods and structures formed thereby are described, of forming self-aligned contact structures for microelectronic devices. An embodiment includes forming a trench in a source/drain region of a transistor device disposed in a device layer, wherein the device layer is on a substrate, forming a fill material in the trench, forming a source/drain material on the fill material, forming a first source/drain contact on a first side of the source/drain material, and then forming a second source drain contact on a second side of the source/drain material. |
| US10367063B2 |
Semiconductor device including a semiconductor sheet interconnecting a source region and a drain region
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first source/drain (S/D) region, a second S/D region, and a semiconductor sheet. The first S/D region is disposed on the substrate. The second S/D region is disposed above the first S/D region. The semiconductor sheet interconnects the first and second S/D regions and includes a plurality of turns. A method for fabricating the semiconductor device is also disclosed. |
| US10367062B2 |
Co-integration of silicon and silicon-germanium channels for nanosheet devices
Nanosheet semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming a first stack having layers of a first material and layers of a second material. A second stack is formed having layers of a third material, layers of the second material, and a liner formed around the layers of the third material. A dummy gate stack is formed over channel regions of the first and second stacks. A passivating insulator layer is deposited around the dummy gate stacks. The dummy gate stacks are etched away. The second material is etched away after etching away the dummy gate stacks. Gate stacks are formed over and around the layers of first and second channel material to form respective first and second semiconductor devices. |
| US10367061B1 |
Replacement metal gate and inner spacer formation in three dimensional structures using sacrificial silicon germanium
A technique relates to a semiconductor device. Stacks are formed each of which including two or more nanosheets separated by a high-k dielectric material. The high-k dielectric material is formed on at least a center portion of the two or more nanosheets in the stacks. A lower spacer material is on a periphery of the two or more nanosheets, and an upper spacer material is on the lower spacer material such that the upper spacer material is above a top one of the two or more nano sheets. Source and drain regions are formed on sides of the stacks. |
| US10367058B2 |
Channel stop imp for the FinFET device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate structure including a substrate, a semiconductor fin on the substrate, and an isolation region on opposite sides of the semiconductor fin, the isolation region having an upper surface substantially flush with an upper surface of the at least one semiconductor fin. The method also includes implanting ions into the substrate structure to form a doped region in the semiconductor fin and in the isolation region, etching back the isolation region to expose a portion of the semiconductor fin, and performing an annealing process to activate the implanted ions in the doped region. Because the annealing is performed after the etching back of the isolation region, a portion of the implanted ions diffuses out of the isolation region and the fin, thereby reducing ion diffusion into the channel region and improving the device performance. |
| US10367056B2 |
Semiconductor device
An HVJT is includes a parasitic diode formed by pn junction between an n−-type diffusion region and a second p−-type separation region surrounding a periphery thereof. The n−-type diffusion region is arranged between an n-type diffusion region that is a high potential side region and an n-type diffusion region that is a low potential side region, and electrically separates these regions. In the n−-type diffusion region, an nchMOSFET of a level-up level shift circuit is arranged. The n−-type diffusion region has a planar layout in which the n−-type diffusion region surrounds a periphery of the n-type diffusion region and a region where the nchMOSFET is arranged protrudes inwardly. A high-concentration inter-region distance L1 of the nchMOS region where the nchMOSFET is arranged is longer than a high-concentration inter-region distance L2 of the parasitic diode. Thus, the reliability of the semiconductor device may be improved. |
| US10367055B2 |
Epitaxial structure having nanotube film free of carbon nanotubes
The disclosure relates to an epitaxial structure. The epitaxial structure includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer, and a nanotube film. The substrate has an epitaxial growth surface. The epitaxial layer is located on the epitaxial growth surface of the substrate. The nanotube film is located between the substrate and the epitaxial layer. The nanotube film includes a number of nanotubes orderly arranged and combined with each other by ionic bonds. |
| US10367054B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment comprises a plurality of control gate electrodes, a first semiconductor layer, and a gate insulating layer. The plurality of control gate electrodes are arranged in a first direction that intersects a surface of a substrate. The first semiconductor layer extends in the first direction and faces side surfaces in a second direction intersecting the first direction, of the plurality of control gate electrodes. The gate insulating layer is provided between the control gate electrode and the first semiconductor layer. In addition, the first semiconductor layer includes: a first portion having a first plane orientation; and a second portion having a second plane orientation which is different from the first plane orientation. |
| US10367053B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for semiconductor circuit layout
Apparatuses including circuit layout regions of a semiconductor device and methods of designing the circuit layout regions of a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes a first layout region including a first transistor area including at least one first transistor, at least one contact in proximity to the first transistor area, and a first resistor area comprising at least one first resistor coupled to the at least one first transistor. The first transistor area and the at least one contact are aligned in a first direction, and the first transistor area and the first resistor area are aligned in a second direction. The second direction may be substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The at least one contact may be one of a substrate contact and a well contact. |
| US10367051B2 |
Active-matrix display device
An active-matrix display device includes: a pixel matrix that includes a plurality of pixel cells arranged in rows and columns; a first global power supply wire that is disposed for each of the columns in the pixel matrix and connected to each of the plurality of pixel cells in the column; and a second global power supply wire that is disposed for each of the columns in the pixel matrix and connected to each of the plurality of pixel cells in the column. Each of the plurality of pixel cells includes a local power supply wire that is connected to the first global power supply wire, and the local power supply wire does not overlap the second global power supply wire in a plan view of the pixel matrix. |
| US10367049B2 |
Electro-optical element integrating an organic electroluminescent diode and an organic transistor for modulating said diode
In this element, one of the current flow electrodes of the transistor and the lower electrode of the diode form a common layer. According to the invention, the transistor includes what is called a “contact” zone made of semiconductor material which is placed between at least one of its current flow electrodes and its active zone made of semiconductor material and which is doped with one or more dopants, which are electron donors or electron acceptors. |
| US10367040B2 |
Display panel having force sensing function
A display panel, which an also function as a touch input device, includes a substrate and at least one TFT on the substrate. Such a multi-function panel also includes a force sensor sensitive to pressure of touches on the panel. The force sensor includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on the substrate. |
| US10367034B2 |
Luminaire utilizing a transparent organic light emitting device display
The examples relate to various implementations of a software configurable luminaire and a transparent display device for use in such a luminaire. The luminaire is able to generate light sufficient to provide general illumination of a space in which the luminaire is installed and provide an image display. The general illumination is provided by additional light sources and/or improved display components of the transparent display device. |
| US10367033B2 |
Cross-point memory and methods for fabrication of same
A method of fabricating a memory device is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises patterning a first conductive line extending in a first direction. The method additionally includes forming a free-standing pillar of a memory cell stack on the first conductive line after patterning the first conductive line. Forming the free-standing pillar includes depositing a memory cell stack comprising a selector material and a storage material over the conductive line and patterning the memory cell stack to form the free-standing pillar. The method further includes patterning a second conductive line on the pillar after patterning the memory cell stack, the second conductive line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. |
| US10367032B2 |
Light-emitting apparatus
A light-emitting apparatus having an LED-mounting surface having an improved light reflective efficiency is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a board, a first reflective layer arranged on the board, a second reflective layer different from the first reflective layer, arranged at a position different from the position of the first reflective layer on the board, a first configuration configured by a first LED element mounted on the first reflective layer and a first phosphor-containing resin which protects the first LED element and transforms a wavelength of light emitted from the first LED element, and a second configuration configured by a second LED element mounted on the second reflective layer and a second phosphor-containing resin which protects the second LED element and transforms a wavelength of light emitted from the second LED element. A reflective efficiency of the first reflective layer for first light emitted from the first configuration is higher than a reflective efficiency of the second reflective layer for the first light. |
| US10367030B2 |
Photoelectric conversion device and method for producing photoelectric conversion device
A photoelectric conversion device according to the present invention has a plurality of photoreceiving portions provided in a substrate, an interlayer film overlying the photoreceiving portion, a large refraction index region which is provided so as to correspond to the photoreceiving portion and has a higher refractive index than the interlayer film, and a layer which is provided in between the photoreceiving portion and the large refraction index region, and has a lower etching rate than the interlayer film, wherein the layer of the lower etching rate is formed so as to cover at least the whole surface of the photoreceiving portion. In addition, the layer of the lower etching rate has a refractive index in between the refractive indices of the large refraction index region and the substrate. Such a configuration can provide the photoelectric conversion device which inhibits the lowering of the sensitivity and the variation of the sensitivity among picture elements. |
| US10367029B2 |
Image sensors having a separation impurity layer
An image sensor includes a separation impurity layer in a semiconductor layer and defining a photoelectric conversion region and a readout circuit region, a photoelectric conversion layer in the semiconductor layer of the photoelectric conversion region and surrounded by the separation impurity layer, a floating diffusion region spaced apart from the photoelectric conversion layer and in the semiconductor layer of the photoelectric conversion region, a transfer gate electrode between the photoelectric conversion layer and the floating diffusion region, and impurity regions in the semiconductor layer of the readout circuit region. When the photoelectric conversion layer is integrated with photo-charges, the separation impurity layer has a first potential level around the photoelectric conversion layer and a second potential level on a portion between the photoelectric conversion layer and the impurity regions of the readout circuit region. The second potential level is greater than the first potential level. |
| US10367012B2 |
Transistor and display device having the same
A transistor includes a semiconductor layer comprising a channel portion, a first contact portion and a second contact portion, a gate electrode facing the floating gate, and a floating gate disposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, the floating gate being insulated from the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The floating gate comprises an oxide semiconductor. |
| US10367010B2 |
Array substrate and display device
An display device is provided which including a stacked array substrate, a display medium layer and an opposite substrate. The array substrate includes a substrate, and plurality of arrayed thin film transistors and conductor layers disposed on the substrate, the conductor layers have a plurality of gate signal lines for transmitting gate signals, each of the gate signal lines extends along a first direction and connects to the plurality of the thin film transistors disposed along the first direction, resistances of the gate signal lines are decreased along a transmitting direction of the gate signals. It realizes that the actual driving voltages of the gate signal line in respective regions are consistent with the ideal driving voltage by designing a gate signal line with a uniform decrease of resistance in a transmitting direction of the gate signal. |
| US10367009B2 |
Active-matrix substrate
Provided is an active-matrix substrate in which the line resistance is decreased. The active-matrix substrate includes a substrate 31, a plurality of gate lines Gj disposed on the substrate 31 and extending in a first direction, a plurality of source lines Si disposed on the substrate 31 and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, a transistor 2 disposed correspondingly to each of intersection points of the gate lines and the source lines Si and connected to a corresponding one of the gate lines Gj and a corresponding one of the source lines Si, an insulating layer, and extended conductive films 51, 52, and 61. At least ones of the gate lines Gj and the source lines Si each have a layered structure with connection to the extended conductive film via a contact hole provided in the insulating layer. |