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| US10367958B2 |
Display control device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for recommending that a user use a simple screen rather than a normal screen
A display control device and method configured to recommend, at proper times, that a user use a simple screen rather than a normal screen and increase effective utilization of the simple screen. A normal screen and a simple screen may be displayed for accepting a setting operation. A recommendation may be displayed that a user use the simple screen at proper times, including but not limited to, if every function set by the user on the normal screen is settable on the simple screen, if a setting period exceeds a certain value, if a ratio of functions settable on the simple screen to set functions that is calculated from the operation history regarding the plurality of setting operations is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, if a predetermined number of functions on the normal screen match functions in the operation history information, or by using operation history, acquired information about the set function, a set value, or a setting period. |
| US10367955B2 |
Image forming device and device, system, recording medium with program codes for managing consumables in image forming device
A storage unit stores therein registered data about image forming devices connected to each other via a network. An acquisition unit refers to the registered data to acquire the number of the image forming devices. A consumption ratio monitor unit monitors a consumption ratio of consumables in at least one of the image forming devices. A prediction unit predicts a predicted time for replenishment or replacement of consumables for each image forming device monitored by the consumption rate monitor, based on the consumption ratio of consumables thereof, and corrects the predicted time based on comparison between a number that the acquisition unit has acquired and another number that the acquisition unit previously acquired. A requisition unit issues a request for replenishment or replacement of consumables at the predicted time. |
| US10367950B2 |
Device notification adjustment dependent on user proximity
An aspect provides a method, including: detecting a received communication at a device; detecting, using a device orientation sensor, orientation data relating to device orientation; the orientation data being associated in time with the received communication; determining, using the orientation data, a value for a magnitude of a notification of the received communication; and adjusting, using a processor of the device, the magnitude of the notification of the received communication according to the value. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10367948B2 |
Post-mixing acoustic echo cancellation systems and methods
Acoustic echo cancellation systems and methods are provided that can cancel and suppress acoustic echo from the output of a mixer that has mixed audio signals from a plurality of acoustic sources, such as microphones. The microphones may have captured speech and sound from a remote location or far end, such as in a conferencing environment. The acoustic echo cancellation may generate an echo-cancelled mixed audio signal based on a mixed audio signal from a mixer, information gathered from the audio signal from each of the plurality of acoustic sources, and a remote audio signal. The systems and methods may be computationally efficient and resource-friendly. |
| US10367946B2 |
Mitigating attacks on emergency telephone services
The disclosed system provides a Real-time Telephony (or Call) Monitor, Analyzer and Decision SIP Server (RTMADS) for mitigating attacks on emergency telephone systems. The RTMADS works in conjunction with an ingress node to fork incoming calls to an IMS network and the RTMADS. Within the RTMADS, forked telephone calls undergo data collection and mining, and parametric analysis. A decision matrix in the RTMADS uses the results of the data collection, mining, and parametric analysis, and other information, to make a decision with respect to incoming calls. For example, the RTMADS may decide to perform call setup on an incoming call using a dedicated or backup Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), alert an Operations and Management (OAM) team regarding the incoming call, or accept and then terminate the incoming call. |
| US10367944B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method of conference assistance
A conference assistance system and method for assisting a user in utilizing conference-related information, each of which: receives input of voice or writing of at least one meeting participant; determines whether text data representing the received voice or writing is to be used by the conference assistance system to generate assistance information, to generate a determination result; when the determination result indicates that the text data is to be used, generates, based on the text data, assistance information for assisting the meeting participant; and controls a display to display the generated assistance information. |
| US10367941B1 |
Apparatus, method, and computer program for optimizing communication
Communication between callers and call center agents may be optimized. A request message may be transmitted to an application services module to connect with an agent associated with the selection. A contact number of a proxy server may be received from the application service module. The contact number may be utilized to connect with the agent via the proxy server. |
| US10367938B2 |
Mobile-device-based carrier voicemail reduction
A mobile device having phoning capabilities also include capabilities to optionally reduce an operating load on a centralized mobile carrier voicemail system. The user of the mobile device is presented with a notification of an incoming call and is provided with an opportunity to answer the call in a traditional fashion, to optionally engage the centralized mobile carrier voicemail system, or to instead have the mobile device manage options relating to locally obtaining a voicemail from a maker of the incoming call. When the mobile device manages obtaining a voicemail from the maker of the incoming call, the voicemail is originally obtained and is stored locally, without use of centralized carrier resources at the time of recording the voicemail, and the mobile device can also play the recorded voicemail at any time without use of the centralized carrier resources. |
| US10367937B1 |
Providing data messaging support by intercepting and redirecting received short message service (SMS) messages
A message receiving, intercepting and processing method and corresponding application and device may provide receiving a message at a message processing server, the message being intended for a phone number associated with a customer service provider. The method may also include identifying a telephone number of the sender of the message, parsing at least one word from the message, retrieving user account information of the sender, and generating an automated response to the message that includes contextual information that is based on at least one of the user account information and the parsed at least one word from the message. |
| US10367935B2 |
Utilizing SIP messages to determine the status of a remote terminal in VoIP communication systems
There is a growing problem in correctional facility telecommunications systems in which parties on a voice call may connect inmate callers with restricted parties. Prison communication systems monitor calls to prevent such activity, but in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) environments such systems may fail to detect this activity. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for using SIP messages common in VoIP environments to detect illicit activity initiated by a party on a voice call within a controlled environment. Scenarios are detected in which a called party connects an inmate caller to a restricted party via three-way call conferencing, call forwarding, or other call features. Corrective actions are then taken when such activity is detected, such as call blocking or alerting officials illicit activity is occurring. |
| US10367932B1 |
Calibration of measurement bias of a barometric sensor in a wireless terminal
A location engine that estimates the barometric pressure measurement bias of a wireless terminal, resulting in an improved estimate of elevation of the wireless terminal. The location engine generates an estimate of measurement bias by comparing the barometric pressure measured by the wireless terminal while at that elevation and the barometric pressure that corresponds to an estimated elevation of the wireless terminal when it made the pressure measurement (i.e., the expected pressure). The estimated elevation is based on an inferred above-ground height and the local terrain elevation, and the expected pressure is based on the measurement of barometric pressure at the pressure reference and the estimated elevation. The location engine infers the height based on various techniques disclosed herein. The location engine can use the measurement bias to adjust subsequent pressure measurements reported by the wireless terminal, in order to generate an improved estimate of elevation of the wireless terminal. |
| US10367931B1 |
Apparatus, method, and system of cognitive communication assistant for enhancing ability and efficiency of users communicating comprehension
A communication apparatus, a method, a computer readable medium, and a system providing communication with cognitive and visual assistance. The cognitive assistance and visual assistance is provided during a communication between a first communication apparatus with at least one second communication apparatus via a network. The first communication apparatus captures communication data comprising visual and audio information obtained from the communication and captures synchronized cognitive and emotional data generated from the user during the communication with the second communication apparatus. The communication data and the synchronized cognitive and emotional data is stored and converted into a visual form comprising at least one of synchronized text, symbols, sketches, images, and animation. The visual form is displayed on a display of the first communication apparatus. |
| US10367926B2 |
Housing assembly for terminal, terminal and mobile phone
A housing assembly for a terminal and a terminal are provided. The housing assembly includes a housing, an antenna radiator and a ferrite. The antenna radiator is positioned at an outer face of the housing, and has a first orthographic projection region on the outer face. The ferrite is arranged on an inner face of the housing, and has a second orthographic projection region on the outer face. The first orthographic projection region is located in the second orthographic projection region. |
| US10367923B2 |
Method for processing a data packet
The invention relates to a method for processing at least one data packet (78, 156) which comprises a first header (82, 158) and a payload (100, 160), wherein the first header (82, 158) is processed by a first mode and the payload (100, 160) is processed by a second mode, wherein a number of processing steps (172, 174) for carrying out the second mode is greater than a number of processing steps (168, 170) for carrying out the first mode, the two modes being performed separately from one another. |
| US10367922B2 |
Method and apparatus for sending transmission control protocol TCP data packet and system
A method and an apparatus for sending a TCP data packet and a system. The method includes: obtaining a first round-trip time of sending a TCP data packet in a network, and determining a second round-trip time; if the first round-trip time is longer than the second round-trip time, using a congestion window determined according to a first algorithm as a first congestion window; otherwise, using a congestion window determined according to a second algorithm as the first congestion window; and sending the TCP data packet by using the first congestion window. In the technical solution disclosed in the present invention, a current congestion window that exists when a first round-trip time is obtained grows to a first congestion window at one go, so that a requirement of a service for a throughput can be better met, and a network bandwidth can be utilized more effectively. |
| US10367912B2 |
System and method for automating the management, routing, and control of multiple devices and inter-device connections
A system and method for managing, routing and controlling devices and inter-device connections located within an environment to manage and control the environment using a control client is presented. A user configures a presentation environment into one or more sub-environments, restricts access to one or more devices of a presentation sub-environment, or schedules one or more resources within a presentation sub-environment. |
| US10367908B2 |
Extending caching network functionality to an existing streaming media server
A content delivery network (CDN) includes multiple cluster sites, including sites with streaming media servers, caching servers and storage devices accessible to the caching servers for storing streaming content. Interface software is configured to initiate retrieval, by a caching server, of electronic streaming resources from the one or more storage devices in response to requests for the electronic streaming resource received by the streaming media server. |
| US10367907B2 |
Content delivery network architecture with edge proxy
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for a content delivery network (CDN) architecture utilizing one or more proxy cache devices between a requesting device and an edge cluster of the CDN. The proxy cache device is a relatively high-speed device compared to various possible devices making up one or more edge clusters. Thus, if the proxy has cached the requested content, it is capable of directly servicing the client content request at a faster rate than providing the content from the edge cluster. Otherwise, the proxy cache may request the content from an edge cluster and store the content for quick retrieval in response to additional requests for the content. In one embodiment, the proxy cache may perform an analysis of the request or a series of requests to determine if the content is cached at the proxy cache device. |
| US10367905B2 |
Integration framework and user interface for embedding transfer services into applications
Techniques are disclosed for providing secure transaction functionality embedded into host applications executing on transaction client devices, using an integration framework and user interfaces. A transaction server may be configured to receive initial transaction sender and receiver data from an integrated software component executing within a host software application on a transaction client device. After receiving the initial transaction sender and receiver data from the integrated software component, the transaction server may determine transaction sender and transaction recipient locations, and may select a particular transaction user interface based on the sender and recipient location data. Particular transaction user interface also may be determined based on specific host applications. After determining the particular transaction user interface, the interface may be transmitted to the transaction client device, for example, via a content delivery network. |
| US10367896B2 |
Service layer session migration and sharing
Methods, devices, and systems for migration or sharing of existing M2M service layer sessions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a Session Migration and Sharing Function (SMSF) performs the migration or sharing of a M2M service layer session. Various forms of service layer session context may be used to enable the migration and sharing of M2M service layer sessions. |
| US10367892B2 |
System and method for aggregating communication connections
A system and methods are provided for aggregating communication connections. Multiple users connect to a system (e.g., a web-based system) that hosts an application or service for exchanging communications. Users who exchange communications among themselves may be considered “associates.” When one user who is on-line with the application sends a communication through the system for an associate, the system determines whether the associate is on-line or off-line. If the associate is off-line, the system crafts and sends toward the associate a notification regarding the communication, including an address of the communication server to which the one user is connected. When the associate's device receives the notification, the application may attempt to connect to the specified address. In this way associated users' connections will aggregate or gravitate toward the same communication server, thereby eliminating the latency and cost of exchanging users' communications between multiple communication servers. |
| US10367891B2 |
System and method for improving efficiency of SSL/TLS connections
A system for optimizing network traffic is described. The system includes a plurality of appliances, each having an SSL session exchange module. An appliance in active state is called a primary appliance, and one or more appliances in inactive state are called secondary appliances. An appliance of a cluster of appliances comprises a secure session exchange module and one or more network interfaces configured to facilitate a first secure session between a client device and the appliance and a second secure session between the appliance and a server. The secure session exchange module in a primary appliance is configured to provide a message for sending to one or more secondary appliances. The message indicates that the appliance is acting as a primary instance for a server. The secure session exchange module in the primary appliance is also configured to acquire at least one session-related parameter through a handshake procedure for a secure layer with the server. A network interface of the one or more network interfaces is further configured to send the at least one session-related parameter to the one or more secondary appliances. The one or more secondary appliances are configured to reuse one or more sessions based on the acquired session-related parameter. |
| US10367888B2 |
Cloud process for rapid data investigation and data integrity analysis
A system and method for rapid data investigation and data integrity analysis is disclosed. A data set is received by a server computer from one or more client computers connected with the server computer via a communications network, and the data set is stored in a distributed storage memory. One or more analytical processes are executed on the data set from the distributed storage memory to generate statistics based on each of the analytical processes, and the statistics are stored in a random access memory, the random access memory being accessible by one or more compute nodes, which generate a graphical representation of at least some statistics stored in the random access memory. The graphical representation of at least some statistics is then formatted for transmission to and display by the one or more client computers. |
| US10367886B2 |
Information processing apparatus, parallel computer system, and file server communication program
An information processing apparatus, among a plurality of information processing apparatuses that performs parallel computing processing in a parallel computer system, including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute a process including: calculating a centroid position of the information processing apparatuses based on a data length of data for which subsequent reading or writing from or to a file server is requested by the information processing apparatuses and position information on each of the information processing apparatuses; determining a first information processing apparatus that performs data relay according to the calculated centroid position; and collectively receiving or transmitting, when the determined first information processing apparatus that performs data relay is the information processing apparatus, the data for two or more of the information processing apparatuses. |
| US10367884B2 |
Contents sharing method between mobile terminal and local server
Provided is a contents sharing method between a mobile terminal and a local server. The contents sharing method between a client terminal storing metadata and a server terminal storing the metadata, the method comprising requesting the server terminal for a contents share service; and receiving information on contents corresponding to matching metadata as a result of comparing the metadata stored in the client terminal and the metadata stored in the server terminal, thereby sharing contents desired by the user without the user's intervention. Also, the user can communicate desired contents information with people in a bus, subway, library, etc., which forms a social network, and produces a contents flow between mobile terminals, thereby creating a new business model such as contents resale, promotion, etc. |
| US10367883B2 |
Computing resource management using dedicated leadership pool
Examples of systems described herein include resource management processes which may dedicate a portion of resources (e.g. memory) to serve as a dedicated leadership resource pool, accessible to only those instances of services which are designated as having a leadership role. In some examples, if sufficient resources are not available in the dedicated leadership resource pool, an instance of a service running on that computing node may decline to serve in the leadership role. Accordingly, memory and allocation of leaders may be better controlled across the distributed system in some examples. |
| US10367880B2 |
Method and system for presenting media content
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to detect a selection of media content from a media content source, detect that the selected media content comprises a plurality of media content types, present a plurality of media content type options, each option corresponding to one of the plurality of media content types or combinations thereof, detect a selection from the plurality of media content type options, submit a request to a targeted communication device to accept or decline the selected media content according to the selected media content type option, retrieve one or more metadata pointers from the media content source for retrieving the selected media content responsive to receiving an acceptance from the targeted communication device, and store the one or more metadata pointers and the selected media content type option. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10367879B2 |
Download prioritization
A method and apparatus of a device that downloads an object from a cloud service provider is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives a download request for the object from a process running on a device. The device further determines a priority hint associated with the process for the download request. In addition, the device starts a download process using the download request and the priority hint. Furthermore, the device determines a change in the priority hint of the process during the download. The device additionally changes a characteristic of the download process in response to the change in the priority hint. The device further stores the object. |
| US10367874B2 |
MPEG-DASH delivery over multicast
A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provides to receive a program including audio and video data; generate Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (MPEG-DASH) segments that have multiple bit rates; transmit first packets that include the MPEG-DASH segments; divide each of the MPEG-DASH segments into first multiple slices of program data; generate a first header for each first slice of the first multiple slices, wherein the first header includes sequence information; multicast second packets that include first headers and the first multiple slices of each of the MPEG-DASH segments; assemble the MPEG-DASH segments; divide each of the MPEG-DASH segments into second multiple slices of the program data; encapsulate the second multiple slices into third packets; generate forward error correction packets; and multicast to a user device of a multicast, the third packets and the forward error correction packets. |
| US10367872B2 |
Cloud-based video delivery
Techniques described herein provide for cloud-based media delivery that accepts or ingests media content, transcodes it according to various media profiles to create a plurality of video files, and provides notification that at least a portion of the video files is ready for delivery. The notification can be provided using a notification Unique Resource Locator (URL), which can be provided in a request to prepare the media content for delivery. Business rules can be used to customize the cloud-based media delivery based on any of a variety of factors, such as requesting party, media type, and the like. |
| US10367870B2 |
Conferencing system and method implementing video quasi-muting
A first communication is provided for use in a video conference session with a second communication portal via a network. The first communication portal may be configured to transmit live video stream of a participant through the second communication portal for presentation on a display thereof, and to a receive control instruction the participant to stop transmitting live video stream. The first communication portal may also be configured to selectively transmit a video clip showing the participant for playback on the display based on the received control instruction. |
| US10367868B2 |
Location-based playlist
Example techniques disclosed herein relate to location-based playlists. In an example implementation, a first computing device causes a graphical interface to display, in a media playback application, a location-based playlist that is based on location history of the first computing device. The first computing device receives an input indicating a selection of the location-based playlist and transmits, to a second computing device, a request for information associated with media content identified in the selected location-based playlist. The first computing device receives the requested information associated with media content identified in the location-based playlist. The information indicates at least one media item that was played back while the first computing device was located at one or more prior locations indicated in the location history of the first computing device. The first computing device causes the graphical interface to display the requested information associated with the media content. |
| US10367866B2 |
Systems and methods for automation fallback
The present disclosure is directed to a single card solid-state play out server for retrieving or receiving content from a network or cloud based storage, and playing content according to an automated playlist received from a media distribution and management system. |
| US10367861B2 |
System and method for digital audio conference workflow management
In one embodiment, a computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer read-able medium that is programmed to manage a digital audio conference including a plurality of conference units and each conference unit including a microphone is provided. The computer-program product includes instructions to receive first information corresponding to a layout of a venue that facilitates an audio conference for users of the plurality of conference units. The computer-program product further includes instructions to store second information corresponding to an arrangement of a plurality of seats in the venue and to associate a first conference unit of the plurality of conference units to a first seat of the plurality of seats. |
| US10367857B2 |
Managing conference-calls
A conference call management method, system, and computer program product include inferring an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a new user requesting to join a call including at least one other user, inferring a codec to stream an emulated network pattern for the call if the new user were to join the call, measuring a call quality perceived by the at least one other user in the call while the emulated codec is run on the call, and measuring an impact on the call quality in a case that the new user joins the call based on the perceived call quality and the network pattern. |
| US10367855B2 |
Switch controller for separating multiple portions of call
An example method includes providing third party access to listen to a call and the ability to inject audio into an isolated audio portion of the call by using a switch controller within a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) platform. The switch controller can to separate a call into multiple audio portions. The example method can further include collecting and warehousing call metadata and providing access to isolated audio portions via an external database, web object, API, etc. |
| US10367850B2 |
Managing communications between computing nodes
Techniques are described for managing communications between multiple intercommunicating computing nodes, such as multiple virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems. In some situations, users may specify groups of computing nodes and optionally associated access policies for use in the managing of the communications for those groups, such as by specifying which source nodes are allowed to transmit data to particular destinations nodes. In addition, determinations of whether initiated data transmissions from source nodes to destination nodes are authorized may be dynamically negotiated for and recorded for later use in automatically authorizing future such data transmissions without negotiation. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| US10367848B2 |
Transmitting relay device identification information in response to broadcast request if device making request is authorized
Disclosed are a communication control device, etc. which can ensure the security of an information system without imposing any significant load. The communication control device 101 comprises: a first transmission unit 102 which, in response to a request from an information processing device 202 for identification information representing a relay device 203 for relaying communications, transmits identification information representing a second information processing device, which is different from the relay device 203, to the information processing device 202; and a second transmission unit 103 which transmits the identification information representing the relay device 203 to the information processing device 202 if software information about software that is to be transmitted by the information processing device 202 on the basis of the identification information is authorized software information. |
| US10367847B2 |
Addressing login platform security risks
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a primary login platform and identifying one or more security developments associated with the primary login platform. The computer-implemented method further includes determining one or more security corrective actions based on the one or more security developments. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed. |
| US10367845B1 |
Systems and methods for evaluating infection risks based on profiled user behaviors
The disclosed computer-implemented method for evaluating infection risks based on profiled user behaviors may include (1) collecting user-behavior profiles that may include labeled profiles (e.g., infected profiles and/or clean profiles) and/or unlabeled profiles, (2) training a classification model to distinguish infected profiles from clean profiles using features and labels of the user-behavior profiles, and (3) using the classification model to predict (a) a likelihood that a computing system of a user will become infected based on a profile of user behaviors of the user and/or (b) a likelihood that a user behavior in the user-behavior profiles will result in a computing-system infection. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10367840B2 |
Technologies for secure personalization of a security monitoring virtual network function
Technologies for secure personalization of a security monitoring virtual network function (VNF) in a network functions virtualization (NFV) architecture include various security monitoring components, including a NFV security services controller, a VNF manager, and a security monitoring VNF. The security monitoring VNF is configured to receive provisioning data from the NFV security services controller and perform a mutually authenticated key exchange procedure using at least a portion of the provisioning data to establish a secure communication path between the security monitoring VNF and a VNF manager. The security monitoring VNF is further configured to receive personalization data from the VNF manager via the secure communication path and perform a personalization operation to configure one or more functions of the security monitoring VNF based on the personalization data. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10367839B2 |
Graphical user interface programmed to display complex indicators based on structured threat expressions
Computer systems and methods for visualizing cybersecurity threat information are provided. A computer system comprises a display and processors coupled to the display and non-transitory computer-readable storage media coupled to the processors and storing data and sequences of instructions. Executing the instructions causes: retrieving, from the memory, the data that represents an expression comprising a plurality of observables; parsing the data to identify the plurality of observables, one or more Boolean operators, and one or more interdependencies between the observables, wherein an interdependency determines a logical relationship between two observables concatenated using a Boolean operator of the Boolean operators; generating a plurality of observation objects that corresponds to the plurality of observables; generating Boolean graphical objects that correspond to the Boolean operators; causing to present, on the display, the observation objects, contents included in the observation objects, and the Boolean graphical objects according to the interdependencies captured for the observables. |
| US10367829B2 |
Protecting threat indicators from third party abuse
A threat analytics system expends significant resources to acquire, structure, and filter the threat indicators provided to the client-side monitoring systems. To protect the threat indicators from misuse, the threat analytics system only provides enough information about the threat indicators to the client-side systems to allow the client-side systems to detect past and ongoing threats. Specifically, the threat analytics system provides obfuscated threat indicators to the client-side monitoring systems. The obfuscated threat indicators enable the client-side systems to detect threats while protecting the threat indicators from misuse or malicious actors. |
| US10367825B2 |
Method and system for parallel validation of domain name system security extension records
A parallelized method for authenticating and/or signing a DNS query using DNSSEC is disclosed. The method provides for obtaining, at a validating DNSSEC-aware DNS client, a DNS query for a resource record for a fully qualified domain name (FQDN); segmenting the FQDN into more than one specific sub-FQDN; providing, in parallel, a DNS query for a DNSSEC-related resource record for each of the more than one specific sub-FQDN to a respective authoritative name server or recursive resolver; obtaining, in parallel, the DNSSEC-related resource record for each of the more than one specific sub-FQDN; validating, in parallel, the DNSSEC-related resource record for each of the more than one specific sub-FQDN; combining each of the DNSSEC-related resource record for each of the more than one specific sub-FQDN; and verifying a chain-of-trust of the DNSSEC-related resource records. |
| US10367822B2 |
Restrictive access control for modular reflection
Access to a module element within a first module by a second module is prohibited if the module element within the first module has not been exposed to the second module. If a particular module element within a first module has been exposed to a second module, then access to the particular module element by the second module may or may not be allowed depending on: (a) whether the particular module element has been declared with a public or non-public access modifier, (b) whether a second exposed module element, which includes the particular module element, has been declared with a public or non-public access modifier, (c) a level of access associated with the operation that attempts to access the particular module element of the first module, and/or (d) whether an accessibility override configuration is set for accessing the particular module element. |
| US10367818B2 |
Response to a machine-readable link
A system receives a user identifier and a link identifier to identify a machine-readable link in an image captured by a first device. In response to determining that the user identifier indicates a user having an administrative privilege with respect to the machine-readable link, the system sends, to the first device, a response containing information to allow performance of management with respect to the machine-readable link. |
| US10367813B2 |
Distributed authentication with thresholds in IoT devices
Managing authentication of a child device includes receiving, by a host device, sensor data from a child device, deriving simplified authentication data from the sensor data based on a capability of the child device, storing the simplified authentication data in an authentication profile for the child device, and transmitting the simplified authentication data to the child device, wherein the simplified authentication data is sufficient to allow the child device to authenticate a user without the host device. |
| US10367812B2 |
Integrated system component and electronic device
A computer-implemented method for implementing an integrated device includes operating a component of a security and/or automation system, wherein the component is housed with an electronic device that is connected to electrical wiring of a building, communicating between the component and a control panel of the security and/or automation system, and providing power to the component and the electronic device through the electrical wiring. |
| US10367807B2 |
Securely sharing confidential information in a document
A computer program product and a computer system for securely sharing confidential information in a document. A first computer sets one or more confidential attributes of the confidential information in the document and creates metadata of the confidential information. The first computer creates a first file including the confidential information and the metadata. The first computer creates a second file including non-confidential information in the document and the metadata; the metadata in the second file is as a reference to the confidential information. The confidential information in the first file is displayed by a second computer at a confidential information visibility level in accordance with an authorization level of an authorized user of the second computer. The second file is displayed at a visibility level without showing the confidential information and is accessible by all users. |
| US10367806B2 |
Managing and securing manageable resources in stateless web server architecture using servlet filters
Access is controlled to managed resources in a stateless web server architecture including a stateless web server computing platform; a resource locator map portion of the stateless web server computing platform providing a unique resource locator code representing each managed resource in a stateless web server architecture, wherein the managed resource is assigned to a plurality of application program components; a set of servlet filters disposed in a portion of the stateless web server computing platform, each servlet filter associated with one of the application program components; a resource locator matcher portion of the stateless web server computing platform, responsive to a user request to a unique resource locator, matching a pattern in the user request to one or more of the application program components using a corresponding servlet filter; and a request dispatcher portion of the stateless web server computing platform sending the user request to the matched application program component, wherein the application program component receives and processes the user request. |
| US10367805B2 |
Methods for dynamic user identity authentication
Disclosed herein are methods for dynamic user Identity authentication for authenticating the identity of a user of a login device. In some embodiments, the method includes the following steps: using a web server to receive an access request from the login device, generate a resource address information and a session identifier, and transmit the same to the login device; using the login device to generate an initiation signal and transmit the same to a signing device thereby initiating an air signature procedure to generate a target signature, wherein the signing device includes a motion sensor configured to sense movement features produced when the user moves the signing device; using a determination module to determine whether the target signature matches a reference signature and generate a authentication information based on the determination; and using the web server to determine whether the access request is granted based on the authentication information. |
| US10367804B2 |
Trust metrics on shared computers
Particular embodiments of a verification authority associated with a web service may receive a request to access the web service. The request may comprise data uniquely identifying a client device. The request may have been received from a shared device, wherein the shared device is configured for use by a plurality of users. The verification authority may access a social graph of a user associated with the client device to determine whether one or more social-networking users have previously accessed the shared device. The verification authority may then transmit to the client device information indicating which of the social-networking users have previously accessed the shared device. |
| US10367803B2 |
Managed open source medical devices
This document discusses designing and managing medical devices that are equipped with software, including a variety of ways of managing the public interest in safety and effectiveness of medical devices that are preferably implemented with open-source software. In one general aspect, a method of updating a medical device is disclosed. The method includes storing a vendor certificate in the device, and receiving and storing a licensed prescriber certificate in the device. A signed request to update code in the medical device can then be received and this request can be authenticated with one of the certificates, and the code can be updated in the medical device with code from the authenticated update request. |
| US10367802B2 |
Desktop application fulfillment platform with multiple authentication mechanisms
A service provider system may include an application fulfillment platform that delivers desktop applications to desktops on physical computing devices or virtual desktop instances. A computing resource instance may be registered with the platform, which generates a unique identifier and a security token for the computing resource instance using multiple authentication mechanisms. An end user of a customer organization may be registered with the platform, which generates a unique identifier and a security token for the end user using multiple authentication mechanisms. An application delivery agent may submit service requests to the platform on behalf of itself or the given user. The identity and security credentials included in the requests may be dependent on the request type and the entities on whose behalf they are submitted. A proxy service on the platform may receive the requests and validate the credentials, then dispatch the requests to other services on the platform. |
| US10367801B2 |
Systems and methods for credentialing of non-local requestors in decoupled systems utilizing a domain local authenticator
Embodiments as disclosed provide systems and methods that use a local authenticator within a domain to provide a credential to access a resource of the domain to a non-local requestor. When a request is received from a non-local requestor at the domain the non-local requestor can be authenticated based on the request. The local authenticator can then be accessed to obtain a credential. This credential may be the same type of credential provided to members of the domain when they authenticate using the local authenticator. The credential is provided to the non-local requestor so the non-local requestor can access the resource of the domain using the credential and authentication of the non-local requestor with respect to these accesses can be accomplished using the local domain authenticator and the credential. |
| US10367798B2 |
Communications device, system and method
A contactless communications device (10) comprises one or more near-field communication (NFC) chips (28) each configured to store information and be read by a corresponding NFC reader. The device also comprises a selection means (14) for selectively activating one or more of said chips. In use, a said NFC reader can read information from one or more of said chips only when selected and activated and when in NFC reading range. The communications device is further configured to permit data to be read from one or more of said chips only when an authentication, such as an authentication sequence, is performed utilizing the selection means in range of a said NFC chip reader. |
| US10367797B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for authenticating users using multiple services
Methods, systems, and media for automatically authenticating a user account using multiple services are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, methods for authenticating a user using multiple services are provided, the methods comprising: receiving, from a client device, first credentials for a target service account; authenticating the target service account based on the first credentials; issuing a redirecting request that directs the client device to at least one vouching service in response to authenticating the target service account; receiving a vouching response indicating that the client device has authenticated a vouching service account with the at least one vouching service, wherein the vouching response includes a vouching token; and providing the client device with access to the target service account in response to determining that the vouching service account is associated with the target service account. |
| US10367792B2 |
End-to end encryption for personal communication nodes
Systems, methods, software and apparatus enable end-to-end encryption of group communications by implementing a pairwise encryption process between a pair of end user devices that are members of a communication group. One end user device in the pairwise encryption process shares a group key with the paired end user device by encrypting the group key using a message key established using the pairwise encryption process. The group key is shared among group members using the pairwise process. When a transmitting member of the group communicates with members, the transmitting member generates a stream key, encrypts stream data using the stream key, encrypts the stream key with the group key, then transmits the encrypted stream key and encrypted stream data to group members. The group key can be updated through the pairwise encryption process. A new stream key can be generated for each transmission of streaming data such as voice communications. |
| US10367791B2 |
Resource locators with keys
Requests are pre-generated to include a cryptographic key to be used in fulfilling the requests. The requests may be encoded in uniform resource locators and may include authentication information to enable a service provider to whom the requests are submitted to determine whether the requests are authorized. The requests may be passed to various entities who can then submit the requests to the service provider. The service provider, upon receipt of a request, can verify the authentication information and fulfill the request using a cryptographic key encoded in the request. |
| US10367789B2 |
Data synchronization method and apparatus
The present disclosure provides a data synchronization method and apparatus, for synchronizing data between a first system and a second system on a same terminal. Data stored in a storage area corresponding to the first system of the terminal is retrieved; the retrieved data is sent to a remote device to process the data; the processed data is sent back to the terminal and stored in a storage area corresponding to the second system. |
| US10367788B2 |
Passport-controlled firewall
A method and system for dynamically modifying rules in a firewall infrastructure. A signed passport, which includes a heart-beat time-out interval and a firewall rule, is received. A trigger signal is generated within the heart-beat time-out interval. The signed passport and the trigger signal are transmitted within the heart-beat time-out interval to a border control agent of a firewall in the firewall infrastructure. In response to receiving, from the border control agent, a continuous confirmation of the firewall rule within a time interval shorter than the heart-beat time-out interval, the firewall is modified according to the firewall rule. In response to determining that the trigger signal was not received by the border control agent within the heart-beat time-out interval, the firewall rule is reset. |
| US10367785B2 |
Software defined traffic modification system
A network traffic system includes a network traffic mangling application for modifying a signature of packets that are transmitted in the network traffic system. The network traffic mangling application includes a user module control agent and a kernel module for executing the network traffic mangling application. The user control module agent modifies and mangles the behavior of the kernel module and communicates with the kernel module. |
| US10367783B2 |
Mechanism for optimized customer MAC address flushing in PBB-EVPN
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for flushing of Customer Media Access Control (C-MAC) addresses in a PBB-EVPN network are disclosed. A first provider edge (PE) device can maintain a plurality of service instances configured on a first interface. The first PE device can detect at least one failed ethernet virtual circuit (EVC) on the first interface and identify at least one service instance from the plurality of service instances that is associated with the at least one failed EVC. The PE device can send, to a second PE device, a C-MAC flush notification message that identifies the at least one service instance and the message can cause the second PE device to remove C-MAC addresses corresponding to the at least one service instance and the B-MAC address for the first interface. |
| US10367780B2 |
Communication message consolidation with content difference formatting
A set of similar messages addressed to a user is detected. Redundantly similar portions of the set of similar messages and a progressive set of differences between the set of similar messages are identified. The set of similar messages are consolidated into a single consolidated message. The single consolidated message includes one version of the redundantly similar portions in association with the progressive set of differences in a sequence and the progressive set of differences formatted differently from the redundant similar portions. |
| US10367775B1 |
Converting electronic messages to message posts
A system and method is disclosed for converting electronic messages to message posts. An electronic message client may be integrated with a social network. An electronic message composed using the electronic message service may be designated for one or more recipients who are also members of a social network associated with a sender of the electronic message. On determining that the one or more recipients are members of the social network; at least a portion of the electronic message may be provided as a message post to a message stream associated with the one or more recipients. |
| US10367773B2 |
Social network based on GPS and other network connections
The invention is system and method for extending social networking features to a map based system Social Navigation. It is called MySocialGPS where one can use Active Maps to locate friends, locate social activities, and send Active Messages, Plan Social Activities and Socialize. In addition to regular social networking features, a Beacon ID is generated by the system to enable social mapping on the Social GPS “SGPS” of Friends, Businesses, Places, Events and Deals. The Beacon ID enables enhanced GPS functionality enabling a Friend location to become a destination. The proposed system will have coupons and deals from merchant partners. The system provides a portal for merchants to upload their deals and coupons. MySocialGPS has a deals-events search engine, which connects to the other websites, retrieves and consolidates Featured Places, Events and Deals then displays them on the Social GPS Map for its users. Friends, Featured Places, Deals and Events are location specific and their display depends on current or selected location or Time Period of the user. |
| US10367765B2 |
User terminal and method of displaying lock screen thereof
An example user terminal device includes a display unit, including a display, configured to display a lock screen. The lock screen includes content representative information representing content included in a message that is provided by an acquaintance of a user of the user terminal device, and a first user interface element. A control unit, including a processor, is configured to, when a user input signal is received via the first user interface element, execute an application capable of reproducing the content and to reproduce the content. |
| US10367762B2 |
Wireless flight attendant panels
An adapter for tapping into an aircraft panel network in order to provide support for a wireless flight attendant panel (FAP). The adapter includes first and second connectors to insert into the server-to-FAP connection of the panel network and a third connector configured to connect to a wireless access point. The adapter has a housing to which the first, second and third connector are mounted, wherein the housing accommodates power and data connections between the first and second connectors as well as a panel network access connection line between the first connector and the third connector, thereby enabling connection of the panel network to a wireless access point. |
| US10367758B2 |
Merging read requests in network device architecture
Packet data corresponding to a multicast (MC) packet received by a network device is stored in a packet memory. A header of the MC packet is analyzed to determine two or more ports via which the MC packet is to be transmitted. It is determined that two or more pending read requests are to read packet data from a particular memory location in the packet memory. In response to determining that the two or more pending read requests are to read packet data from the particular memory location, the packet data is read a single time from the particular memory location. Respective instances of the packet data read from the particular memory location are provided to respective two or more read client devices for subsequent transmission of the packet data via the two or more ports determined by the packet processor. |
| US10367754B2 |
Sharing duty cycle between devices
A method and apparatus for offloading data from a device with a duty cycle shortage to a device with an excess of duty cycle are provided. In an example method, a packet is sent to a cloud device. A duty cycle usage remaining for transmission of data to the cloud device is calculated. If the remaining duty cycle is below a preset limit, data is offloaded to a sending device. |
| US10367752B2 |
Data packet management in a memory constrained environment
Disclosed aspects relate to data packet management in a memory-constrained environment. A data packet having a command may be received by a first device. The data packet may be processed by the first device using the command. A first portion of processed data may be loaded in the memory component by the first device. The first portion of processed data may be communicated by the first device to a second device. A second portion of processed data may be loaded in the memory component by the first device. The second portion of processed data may be communicated by the first device to the second device. A trailer may be loaded in the memory component by the first device. The trailer may be communicated by the first device to the second device. |
| US10367751B2 |
Distributing and rate limiting packets among multiple paths in a single stage switching topology to a reordering node
One embodiment includes multiple distribution nodes sending packets of different ordered sets of packets among multiple packet switching devices arranged in a single stage topology to reach a reordering node. The reordering node receives these packets sent over the different paths and stores them in reordering storage, such as, but not limited to, in queues for each distribution node and packet switching device combination. The reordering node sends packets stored in the reordering storage from the reordering node in original orderings. In response to determining that an aggregation quantum of packets received from the multiple distribution nodes via a particular packet switching device and stored in the reordering storage is outside a range or value, packets being communicated via the particular packet switching device to the reordering node are rate limited. |
| US10367750B2 |
Transmission and reception of raw video using scalable frame rate
An apparatus includes an input interface and transmit-side circuitry. The input interface is configured to receive a sequence of packets that carries a stream of video frames. The transmit-side circuitry is configured to divide the sequence of packets into multiple interleaved sub-sequences, wherein each sub-sequence carries a respective sub-stream of the stream of video frames, and wherein at least one of the sub-streams is self-contained and viewable independently of any other sub-stream, and to transmit the multiple sub-sequences of packets to a communication network over respective, different packet flows. |
| US10367749B2 |
Automatically cycling among packet traffic flows subjecting them to varying drop probabilities in a packet network
In one embodiment, a network node automatically cycles among packet traffic flows and subjects the currently selected packet flows to varying drop probabilities in a packet network, such as, but not limited to in response to congestion in a device or network. Packets of the currently selected packet traffic flows are subjected to a drop or forward decision, while packets of other packet traffic flows are not. By cycling through all of these packet traffic flows, all of these packet flows are subjected to the drop or forward decision in the long term approximately uniformly providing fairness to all packet traffic flows. In the short term, only packets of a currently selected flow are targeted for possible dropping providing unfairness to the currently selected flows, while possibly providing communication efficiencies by affecting the currently selected, but not all flows. |
| US10367743B2 |
Method for traffic management at network node, and network node in packet-switched network
A method for traffic management at a network node in a packet-switched network is proposed. The method comprises performing traffic shaping on a current packet belonging to a packet flow and stored in a memory queue associated with the packet flow, the traffic shaping comprising, if a theoretical reception time, TRT, value of the current packet is smaller than or equal to a time counter value, output the current packet through an egress port. The TRT value of the packet is determined by performing traffic policing of incoming packets of the packet flow. |
| US10367742B2 |
Multi-solution based radio system
A multi-solution based radio system is provided. A radio system adaptively selects a solution to be used in a communication method based on a quality of service (QoS). The radio system estimates a QoS, such as by using information about at least one of a channel state, a signal state, a performance using a current solution, a complexity using a current solution, and a power consumption of a terminal with respect to a current solution. When the estimated QoS does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the radio system changes a current solution to an alternative solution or changes a parameter value applied to the current solution using feedback information. |
| US10367740B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for controlling flow detection, controller and detection device
A control method, system and apparatus for flow detection, a controller and a detection device. The method includes the controller acquires a flow identifier of a flow to be detected by each flow detection module in a network; adjusts the flow to be detected by each flow detection module according to a set load balancing policy; and delivers a detection instruction to each flow detection module, where the detection instruction includes a flow identifier of a flow to be detected by each flow detection module after the adjustment. In the present invention, because multiple flow detection modules are deployed in a network in a distributed manner, when there are a large number of switching devices included in the network, load balancing can be performed for detection of flows transmitted between these switching devices. |
| US10367739B2 |
Load balancing among alternative paths
A method and a transmitting node for redirecting of a flow of data packets to a path of alternative paths, and a method and a receiving node for enabling redirection of a flow of data packets to a path of alternative paths, where data packets are marked with a value indicating the importance of the data packets. The method for directing directs one or more flows of data packets for the alternative paths, wherein data packets marked with a higher value are prioritized over data packets marked with a lower value. Based on feedback information, the transmitting node redirects a flow of data packets to a second path of the alternative paths, if the metric of congestion indicates a higher congestion on the first path than on the second path. |
| US10367738B2 |
Throughput guidance based on user plane insight
Communication systems may benefit from more accurate information regarding the passage of data through a network. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from throughput guidance based on user plane insight and optional radio channel information. A method can include monitoring the bandwidth available on at least one of a per data bearer, per application or per transmission control protocol flow basis. The method can also include providing throughput guidance to an entity configured to attempt at least one of transmission control protocol or content level optimization. The throughput guidance can be configured to assist the entity in attempting the at least one of the transmission control protocol or content level optimization. |
| US10367737B1 |
Routing methods, systems, and computer program products
In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: generate a first data structure identifying a mapping of a first path segment identifier to a first network interface that is included in the first node or that is included in a hop including an additional node reachable from the first node, where the first path segment identifier identifies a first path segment that is selected from a plurality of path segments based on at least one of a policy, a metric, or a routing table; receive an incoming data packet with a header including incoming network path information that includes the first path segment identifier as an active identifier in the incoming path information; identify a second path segment identifier as the active identifier rather than the first path identifier in outgoing network path information for a header of an outgoing data packet; and forward the outgoing data packet via the first network interface that is identified based on the first path segment identifier utilizing the mapping, wherein the second path segment identifier in the outgoing network path information identifies a second network interface of a different node in the network. |
| US10367733B2 |
Identifier-based virtual networking
A computer system provides a method for processing network packets using unique identifiers associated with source and destination virtual machines (VMs). The method includes receiving, from a first VM, a request for address information associated with a second VM, generating and returning one or more arbitrarily assigned addresses for the second VM, mapping a unique identifier of the second VM to the one or more arbitrarily assigned addresses, receiving a packet from the first VM including one or more addresses associated with the first VM and the one or more arbitrarily assigned addresses associated with the second VM, replacing the addresses associated with the first VM with a unique identifier of the first VM and the one or more arbitrarily assigned addresses associated with the second VM with the unique identifier of the second VM, and transmitting the packet to a host machine associated with the second VM. |
| US10367732B2 |
Route control for internet exchange point
A server implements a method for sending routing information in an Internet exchange point (IXP) network. The server receives control information from a first IXP member via the IXP network and obtains first routing information from the first IXP member via the IXP network, where the control information comprises an identifier of a second IXP member. Based on the first routing information and the control information, the server generates second routing information for the second IXP member, where the second routing information may be identical to the first routing information or a portion of the second IXP member. After the generation, the server sends the second routing information to the second IXP member. With the second routing information, the second IXP member may obtain some routing capability of the first IXP member. |
| US10367731B2 |
Method and apparatus for routing voice calls over voice over internet protocol networks
A method is provided for improving voice quality of Voice over IP networks in which a highest-quality routing protocol is interposed between a local IP PBX exchange and a cloud-based Internet service provider server to which calls are to be routed, wherein the highest-quality routing protocol detects the quality of the voice channel between the local IP PBX exchange and cloud-based Internet service provider servers and routes voice calls to that cloud-based Internet service provider server exhibiting the highest voice call quality, with the highest voice quality server connection determined by detecting lost packets and packet delay between the local IP PBX exchange and a server. |
| US10367728B2 |
Methods for forwarding rule hopping based secure communications
One or both end points of the communication and a network controller of a software defined network (SDN) agree on a definition of a traffic flow that varies as a function of time, where communicating end points vary one or more fields of the packet headers at the sender side before sending the flow packets to the network according to an agreed upon procedure with the network controller. The network controller dynamically updates the forwarding tables in forwarding elements such that whenever source node transitions into the next epoch, and thus alter the header fields, a corresponding forwarding rule is already installed onto the forwarding elements along the route of the packet towards the other end point of the communication, referred to as destination node. |
| US10367726B1 |
Randomized VNF hopping in software defined networks
The VNF hopping in a Software Defined Network (SDN) allows a traffic flow to change routes frequently amongst a chosen group of paths to obfuscate data paths or to meet specific performance requirements while satisfying the service chaining requirements by activating in real-time the same virtual functions on each chosen path. Using the VNF hopping method and additional capabilities built into an SDN controller and an orchestrator according to this invention, the controller determines multiple feasible routes for specific flows with desired service chaining functions and enables activation of those chained services, so that the active flow can randomly be assigned to different routes after a switch-over time period expires, or by a special randomization logic within the switch managed by the controller, or manually programmed by a system administrator. |
| US10367723B2 |
Packet sending method and apparatus based on multi-link aggregation
Embodiments of the present invention provide a packet sending method, including: receiving a packet, where the packet carries priority information indicating a priority of the packet; selecting, according to a correspondence between packet priorities and component links in a link aggregation group, a component link corresponding to the priority of the packet, where the link aggregation group includes at least a first component link and a second component link, availability of the first component link is higher than availability of the second component link, and in the correspondence between packet priorities and component links, a first priority corresponds to the first component link, a second priority corresponds to at least one of the second component link and the first component link, and the first priority is higher than the second priority; and sending the packet on the selected component link. |
| US10367721B2 |
Interworking with legacy radio access technologies for connectivity to next generation core network
Aspects of the disclosure relate to mechanisms for interworking between legacy and next generation radio access technologies (RATs) in a communication network. In some examples, a handover from a legacy access network to a next generation access network may be performed via a next generation core network. A handover request received at a next generation core network serving node may include an identifier of a next generation target cell. The next generation core network serving node may identify another next generation core network serving node to which the handover may be forwarded based on the target cell identifier or may select the next generation access network based on the target cell identifier. The next generation core network serving node may then communicate with the next generation access network to complete the handover. |
| US10367717B2 |
Processing a flow entry in VXLAN
A controller generates a Software Defined Network (SDN) entry for a Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) Tunnel End Point (VTEP). A Match field in the generated SDN entry contains a VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) corresponding to the SDN entry. The controller sends the generated SDN entry to the VTEP. |
| US10367716B2 |
Information distribution in a wireless communication system
Methods, devices, and systems for information distribution in a wireless communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a method of information distribution in a wireless communication system comprises receiving an information advertisement signal by a propagator node, wherein said information advertisement signal identifies information available from a distributor node; storing said information advertisement signal by said propagator node in a distributor routing table; and forwarding said information advertisement signal by said propagator node to another propagator node, a selector node, or both. |
| US10367709B2 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing signal delay time based on controller area network burst analysis
A method and apparatus for analyzing a signal delay time based on controller area network (CAN) burst are disclosed. An apparatus for analyzing a signal delay time, connected to a controller area network (CAN) bus includes a measuring device configured to determine a transmission start time based on a receiving time point of a CAN signal and to determine a receiving time interval between the CAN signals that are continuously received, a fixer configured to fix a burst period corresponding to CAN signals with the determined receiving time interval less than a predetermined value, a selector configured to select an analysis target CAN signal in the fixed burst period, and a determiner configured to determine a maximum transmission delay time ‘a’ corresponding to the selected CAN signal. |
| US10367706B2 |
Automatic identification of solutions for weather-related network impairments
A processor may detect an occurrence of a network anomaly from a set of network operational data collected for a portion of a communication network within a geographic area, detect an occurrence of a weather event from a set of weather data for the geographic area, and determine an occurrence of a weather-related network impairment when the occurrence of the network anomaly and the occurrence of the weather event are detected within a time period, and when the network anomaly and the weather event match a signature for the weather-related network impairment. The processor may further receive, within a time window associated with the time period, a fault report associated with a customer premises within the geographic area and provide a notification and an instruction set to resolve the weather-related network impairment, where the instruction set is stored in a solution record associated with the signature. |
| US10367704B2 |
Enterprise server behavior profiling
Generation of behavior profiling reports is provided for enterprise server devices in a network of enterprise server devices, as well as generation and association of severity scores for behavior profiling reports generated for enterprise server devices included in the network of enterprise server devices. A method can comprise receiving historical security event data representing historical security events of a first device and owner data representing an owner of the first device, and, as a function of the historical security event data and the owner data, an anomalous contact established between the first device and the second device can be identified. Further, in response to identifying the existence of the anomalous contact, the second device can be depicted on a connected graph of anomalous contacts established by the first device. |
| US10367702B2 |
Network database hosting
A method for network database hosting by a processor is described. The method includes supplying a number of servers to host a number of databases. The method also includes hosting a number of databases on the number of servers, in which each of the number of databases implements a distinct security program. |
| US10367700B2 |
Node identification using templates
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system may comprise a node accessor to access a first node belonging to a plurality of nodes and an interface determiner to determine a hardware interface associated with the first node. The system may comprise a template determiner to determine a template corresponding to the hardware interface, wherein the template contains a predefined identifier associated with the hardware interface. The system may comprise a network handler to identify a network associated with the predefined identifier associated with the hardware interface; and a network associater to associate each node in the plurality of nodes, including the first node, with a network specified in the template. |
| US10367698B2 |
Internet access authorization and regulation systems and methods for controlled environment of an institutional facility
Access and regulations systems to facilitate safe and secure access of web content by residents of an institutional facility such as a correctional facility includes an administrator workstation to define authorized and prohibited web content, a resident workstation displaying on a predetermined list of web content, and a server receiving and processing the authorized and prohibited web content and requests made by institutional residents. |
| US10367697B2 |
Graphical timeline display of network client connections with wireless endpoints
A computer-implemented method and system for a graphical network connection timeline is provided. The method comprises receiving network connection data for a client device and storing the data in a first data repository. Using the data stored in the first data repository, one or more connection time period values for the client device is calculated. Each of the connection time period values represent a time of wireless network connection of the client device to each of one or more access points. The method further comprises generating a network connection timeline that tracks a network connectivity of the client device and storing the timeline in a second data repository. The timeline comprises a frequency band indicator, a time period, and one or more markers based, at least in part, on each of the connection time period values. The network connection timeline stored in the second data repository is then displayed in a Graphical User Interface (GUI). |
| US10367692B2 |
Rules implementation system
A system and method receive raw data signals from a variety of edge devices. Observations are processed via a rule engine which may be preconfigured via a rule generator to implement a series of actions on remote or locally controlled machines. Rules are generated via a configurable user interface and may also be dynamically generated based on data received from the edge devices. |
| US10367690B2 |
Verification in self-organizing networks
It is proposed a method of operating a network by a SON Verification Function (20), monitoring a network behavior and verifying a change in network based on the monitored network behavior. The SON Verification Function performs a post-action verification of CM changes and may request from a SON coordinator to undo CM changes. |
| US10367685B2 |
Communication device, control method of communication device, and storage medium, for performing wireless communication
If first another communication device and second another communication device are wirelessly connected with one another on the basis of information acquired from a captured image, a communication device as a slave station connects with a wireless network constructed by the second another communication device as a base station, and makes communication for sharing a communication parameter with the second another communication device. |
| US10367683B2 |
Method and system to identify a source of signal impairment
A method and system for managing performance of over a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), such as a digital subscriber line network, involves receiving an indication of an impairment in network performance from an MCDN client. The MCDN node associated with the client may be identified and a community of MCDN clients coupled to the MCDN node may be further identified Impairment information, representative of MCDN equipment, may be collected for each of the MCDN clients. Detailed network diagnostics and field service may be performed for MCDN clients based on a characterization of the impairment parameters. After remediation of the MCDN node, collection of the impairment information may be terminated. |
| US10367681B2 |
Maintenance of data forwarder connection state information
An example of high availability for FC or FCoE can include maintaining connection state information in a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Data Forwarder (FDF) or Fiber Channel Data Forwarder (FcDF). A failure of a first FCoE Forwarder (FCF) associated with the FDF can be detected. A second FCF can check a configuration file of the second FCF to see if the second FCF is responsible for the FDF. The second FCF can request the virtual domain ID, of the failed FCF, from a principal switch. The second FCF can be used as a service node for the FDF. |
| US10367679B2 |
Optimizing data migration processes
Systems, methods, and apparatuses can present optimized data migration. Embodiments can provide improved data migration processes using a data migration assistant that executes on a source system to facilitate the migration of documents and data to a destination system. The migration assistant can communicate with a migration controller server to authenticate and identify the migration assistant and migration project that the migration assistant is to be used for. The migration controller server can use the identifier to determine commands corresponding to the migration project to send to the migration assistant to collect data and make changes to the source system. |
| US10367678B2 |
Mechanism for rapid network failure detection for faster switch-over in server-to-server applications
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for monitoring communication connectivity between applications remotely separated from each other in a network. The system includes: one or more processors; a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; a network interface communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; and an agent communicatively coupled to the network interface and configured to: receive a registration for an application operating on the information handling system; monitor a liveliness status of a communication session between the agent and a remote agent operating on a remote information handling system, the communication session being enabled via the network interface; and notify the application of a fault in the communication session responsive to detecting that the fault exists. |
| US10367677B2 |
Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network
Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of the plurality of beams against the reporting quality threshold; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements in response to determining that the reporting quality threshold is met for one of the beams, such that one or more beams in the first predetermined set of beams are not measured and evaluated; and reporting, to the wireless communications network, CSI for the one of the beams. |
| US10367668B2 |
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 comprises an encoder for encoding service data, a mapper for mapping the encoded service data into a plurality of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) symbols to build at least one signal frame, a frequency interleaver for frequency interleaving data in the at least one signal frame by using a different interleaving-seed which is used for every OFDM symbol pair comprised of two sequential OFDM symbols, a modulator for modulating the frequency interleaved data by an OFDM scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data, wherein the different interleaving-seed is generated based on a cyclic shifting value and wherein an interleaving seed is variable based on an FFT size of the modulating. |
| US10367661B1 |
Continuous time linear receiver that minimizes intersymbol interference due to pre-cursor distortion
A circuit and method for reducing intersymbol interference due to pre-cursor distortion. A first set of circuit elements located along a first circuit path of a receiver device process an analog input signal of the receiver to form an equalized representation of the input signal. A second set of circuit elements are located along a second circuit path that has lower latency than the first circuit path. The second set of circuit elements form a scaled signal as one of the following: a scaled representation of the input signal, an inverted scaled representation of the input signal, a scaled derivative of the input signal, and an inverted scaled derivative of the input signal. The scaled signal is combined with the equalized representation to cancel out a pre-cursor portion of the equalized representation. |
| US10367660B2 |
Rate determination apparatus, rate determination method, and reception apparatus
A rate determination apparatus 1 includes a reception unit 2 configured to receive a transmission frame modulated by an FSK modulation scheme, a symbol rate detection unit 3 configured to detect a symbol rate based on a period of a preamble portion in the received transmission frame, a multilevel symbol detection unit 4 configured to detect a multilevel-modulated multilevel symbol based on a frequency deviation in the received transmission frame, and a bit rate determination unit 5 configured to determine a bit rate based on the detected symbol rate and the detected multilevel symbol. Then, the bit rate can be determined during communication. |
| US10367659B2 |
Apparatus and method for estimating downlink channel in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a higher data transmission rate beyond the 4G communication system, such as LTE. The present invention provides a method for estimating a downlink channel by a receiver in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: estimating the downlink channel on the basis of a reference signal to recover an information bit, and checking whether the information bit recovery has succeeded; and when the information bit recovery has not succeeded, selecting at least one of the received signals as a virtual reference signal on the basis of the accuracy of the data reconstructed at a related resource location and the correlation between the related resource location and a resource location related to the reference signal, and estimating the downlink channel on the basis of at least one virtual reference signal. |
| US10367657B2 |
Bridge port extender
Example implementations relate to a bridge port extender. For example, a bridge port extender may include a processor. The processor may receive an Ethernet frame from a network bridge, where the Ethernet frame includes an encapsulated portion and an unencapsulated portion, and where the unencapsulated portion includes an E-tag. The processor may remove the E-tag from the unencapsulated portion to form a modified Ethernet frame. The processor may transmit the modified Ethernet frame to a client device based on the E-tag. |
| US10367656B2 |
Network traffic system and method of operation thereof
A system and method of operation of a network traffic system includes: a first portion of network traffic gathered from an external network; a first network filter for selecting a first network packet from the first portion of the network traffic; a first capture file for storing the first network packet; a second network packet selected from a second network filter; a second capture file for storing the second network packet concurrently with the compression of the first capture file; and a display device for displaying the first compressed capture file using a search value. |
| US10367655B2 |
Network system and method for connecting a private network with a virtual private network
A networking method including receiving, at an edge router of a cloud data center, a virtual private cloud (“VPC”) network communication from a private network via a dedicated physical connection line to the edge router. The VPC network communication is forwarded to a gateway hardware group via a first connection using Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (“VXLAN”) technology. The VPC network communication is then forwarded from the gateway hardware group to VPC of a user of the private network via a second connection using VXLAN technology to access a virtual machine (“VM”). |
| US10367654B2 |
Network design method for ethernet ring protection switching
A method and system for designing Ethernet ring protection services in a network is used to identify a major ring and sub-rings for a dual hub and spoke network architecture. |
| US10367651B2 |
System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a network connected appliance to use online services
A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a network connected appliance to use online services are disclosed. A method may include receiving an indication of a selected home automation system for a network connected appliance. The selected home automation system may be selected from multiple available home automation systems. The method may additionally include registering the network connected appliance to the selected home automation system. The method may also include enabling communication between the network connected appliance and the selected home automation system. |
| US10367643B2 |
Systems and methods for managing encryption keys for single-sign-on applications
The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing encryption keys for single-sign-on applications may include (1) receiving, from an identity service, notification of a request to access encrypted data on a cloud service, the notification including a session key for encrypting and decrypting a master key for decrypting cloud service keys, (2) deriving the master key, (3) decrypting, using the master key, a cloud service key for decrypting data on the cloud service, (4) storing the master key, encrypted using the session key, (5) receiving an additional notification of an additional request to access encrypted data on an additional cloud service, the notification including the session key, (6) without again obtaining the authentication element from the user, decrypting the master key, and (7) decrypting, using the master key, an additional cloud service key for decrypting data on the additional cloud service. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10367640B2 |
Shared secret data production system
Systems and methods for producing shared secret data are generally described. A first device may receive a public key from a second device. The public key may be based on a first secret element. The first device may generate a first ephemeral private key based on a second secret element, and may generate a second ephemeral private key based on a third secret element. The first device may generate a first element based on the public key and the first ephemeral private key, and may generate a second element based on the public key and the second ephemeral private key. The second element may relate to the shared secret data. The first device may generate a session public key based on the first element, the second secret element, and the third secret element. The shared secret data may be derivable, by the second device, from the session public key. |
| US10367634B1 |
Clock and data recovery device and phase control method
A clock and data recovery device includes a data analysis circuitry, a loop filter circuitry, a phase rotator circuitry, a multiplexer circuitry, and a phase interpolator circuitry. The data analysis circuitry analyzes input data according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal to generate an error signal. The loop filter circuitry updates an adjustment signal according to the error signal. The phase rotator circuitry adjusts rotation signals according to the adjustment signal and limit values if the adjustment signal is updated. The multiplexer circuitry outputs one of the rotation signals as a phase control signal according to third clock signals. The phase interpolator circuitry adjusts the first and the second clock signals according to the phase control signal and fourth clock signals. |
| US10367630B2 |
Method and device for performing communication using plurality of subframes in TDD-based wireless communication system
Provided are a method and device for performing communication using a plurality of subframes in a time division duplex (TDD) based wireless communication system. Specifically, groups are set by grouping a first configuration and a second configuration which arrange at least one downlink symbol and at least one uplink symbol in a subframe unit. The first configuration and the second configuration are configured in a manner that the downlink symbol and the uplink symbol do not overlap with each other in a particular symbol interval. Information indicative of a group is transmitted to a terminal for at least one subframe from among the plurality of subframes. Information indicative of a configuration to be used in the terminal of the first configuration and the second configuration in a group with respect to at least one subframe is transmitted to the terminal. |
| US10367627B2 |
Techniques for reducing communication errors in a wireless communication system
A technique for operating a wireless communication device includes transmitting a scheduling request from the wireless communication device and receiving, following the scheduling request, an uplink grant that assigns an uplink channel to the wireless communication device. The uplink grant may include one or more fields indicating whether only channel quality information is to be transmitted and/or if data is to be transmitted. |
| US10367626B2 |
Channel quality indicators
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). A method for selecting one or more data transmission parameters for transmitting data between the base station and one or more devices includes receiving an actual Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) from a device, determining an effective CQI corresponding to the actual CQI based on the actual CQI and the age of the actual CQI, and selecting one or more data transmission parameters based on the effective CQI. A terminal transmits a first CQI value to a base station, receives a request message for requesting an updated first CQI value from the base station, if a second CQI values corresponding to the first CQI value, which is determined based on the first CQI value and time elapsed since the first CQI value is transmitted, is determined that the lowest value of a plurality of CQI value, transmits the updated first CQI value to the base station. |
| US10367623B2 |
Data traffic management in virtual access point (VAP) enabled networks
In one embodiment, a supervisory device in a network forms a virtual access point (VAP) for a node in the network whereby a plurality of access points (APs) in the network are mapped to the VAP as part of a VAP mapping. The node treats the APs in the VAP mapping as a single AP for purposes of communicating with the network. The supervisory device determines a data traffic management strategy for the node based on traffic associated with the node. The supervisory device instructs the APs in the VAP mapping to implement the data traffic management strategy for the node. |
| US10367622B2 |
Deactivation timer in base station and wireless device
A plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups comprise a primary PUCCH group comprising a primary cell and a secondary PUCCH group comprising a PUCCH secondary cell. The wireless device restarts a deactivation timer of the PUCCH secondary cell if a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on any secondary cell in the secondary PUCCH group indicates an uplink grant or a downlink assignment. The wireless device deactivates the PUCCH secondary cell if the deactivation timer expires. |
| US10367620B2 |
Upload control signaling for new radio
Flexibly configured containers consisting of resources within time-frequency blocks may be used to support multiple numerologies in new radio architectures. Uplink control may be defined in resources within a container, or in dedicated resources, by various nodes.Sounding reference signal resources may be dynamically configured for each numerology. The sequence length may be adapted, as well as the time domain location of symbols. Time, frequency, and orthogonal resources may be allocated via a downlink control channel or a radio resource control.Sounding reference signals may be pre-coded, and pre-coding weights may be based on a codebook or non-codebook approaches, e.g., via a radio resource control or a downlink RRC or DL control channel. Pre-coded sounding reference signals may be adapted to user equipment antenna configuration. Further, NR-SRS may be used as UL demodulation RS (DM-RS). |
| US10367618B2 |
Techniques for transmitting positioning reference signals in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band
Techniques are described for wireless communication. In one method, a positioning reference signal (PRS) may be generated. The PRS may be configured in at least one downlink subframe among a plurality of downlink subframes. The PRS may be transmitted in the at least one downlink subframe using an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. |
| US10367611B2 |
Methods and apparatus for enhancement for HARQ with channel repetitions
Methods are provided for HARQ with channel repetitions. In one novel aspect, the user equipment (UE) receives the resource grant and determines the type of the grant as being the initial resource grant or the secondary resource grant. The initial resource grant carries full control information and the secondary resource grant carries partial control information. In some embodiments, the determination of the type of the grant is based on the RNTI or the payload size. In another embodiment, the UE performs data retransmission based on information from the secondary resource grant and the initial resource grant. In another novel aspect, the UE receives higher layer, such the RRC layer. The UE subsequently receives UL or DL secondary resource grant for both initial transmission and the re-transmission. The UE combines the parameters in the UE-specific configuration and the received secondary resource grants for its UL transmission or DL reception. |
| US10367608B2 |
Wireless communication channel scan
An example access point may include a memory and a processor executing instructions from the memory to receive an instruction to start a scan on a different wireless communication channel than an operating channel of the access point; transmit a Clear To Send-to-self frame on the operating channel of the access point, to notify client devices associated with the AP and at least a neighboring AP that the operating channel is busy, wherein the control frame includes a basic service set color associated with the access point; scan on the different wireless communication channel subsequent to transmitting the Clear To Send-to-self frame; and defer a subsequent data transmission received from the client devices in response to the data transmission including the basic service set color associated with the access point. |
| US10367606B2 |
Transmitter apparatus and signal processing method thereof
A transmitter apparatus and a receiver apparatus are provided. The transmitter apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low density parity check (LDPC) by performing LDPC encoding; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol. The modulator maps a bit included in a predetermined group from among a plurality of groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit in the modulation symbol. |
| US10367603B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting a mode of communication in a communication network
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system for detecting a condition that adversely affects a propagation of electromagnetic waves generated by the waveguide system on a surface of the transmission medium, and adjusting characteristics of the electromagnetic waves generated by the waveguide system to reduce adverse effects caused by the condition. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10367599B1 |
Systems and methods for controlling wireless communication devices
A method of detecting a transmitting device within an obstruction rich environment is disclosed. The method may involve detecting the transmitting device with a wireless transmission detection facility; communicating signal information relating to the detected transmitting device from the wireless transmission detection facility to a central unit; determining the location of the transmitting device; displaying information of the detection and location of the transmitting device through a user interface; and providing an action facility for causing actions related to the detected transmitting device. |
| US10367598B2 |
Device, system and method for processing an optical signal
A device (100) for processing a signal, the device comprising a polarization module (102) configured to receive a multi-wavelength optical input signal (Si) comprising a plurality of wavelengths, and for each wavelength. The polarization module is configured to convert a component of each wavelength having a first polarization mode into a converted component having a second, different, polarization mode. The device further comprises a processing module (104,106,114,128) configured to combine the converted component of each wavelength with a direct component of each wavelength received with said second polarization mode. The processing module is configured to generate a multi-wavelength optical output signal (So) solely having said second polarization mode. |
| US10367592B2 |
Wireless radio device alignment tools and methods
Described herein are methods for point-to-point alignment of wireless radio devices and alignment tools to assist in aligning wireless radio devices. These alignment tools may automatically or manually receive location information and may use a local compass function to determine a rough or initial alignment and additional tools to provide further (fine) alignment based on calculated and actual signal strength between the two devices being aligned. |
| US10367589B2 |
Receiver for coherent optical transport systems based on analog signal processing and method thereof
The present invention discloses a receiver for coherent optical transport systems based on analog signal processing and the method of recovering transmitted data by processing signals in electronic domain. In the present invention, high-speed electrical signals obtained from optical-to-electrical converters which carry transmitted data information in a coherent transport system are jointly processed in analog domain itself without converting these signals to the digital domain using high speed ADCs. Different processing steps which may include carrier phase & frequency offset recovery and compensation, polarization mode dispersion and/or chromatic dispersion, clock & data recovery and deserialization may be performed while keeping the information signals in analog domain itself. |
| US10367588B2 |
Optical communication systems, devices, and methods including high performance optical receivers
The present invention relates to communication systems, devices, and methods for providing for a wide bandwidth optical receiver including amplification through optical beating from a local oscillator laser operating without a phase-locked loop at frequency near the receiver optical signal and decreasing the system-performances dependence on optical polarization alignment between the signal and the local oscillator. Systems, devices, and methods including a local oscillator providing a local oscillator signal having a local oscillator frequency that may be controlled based on a frequency offset from the signal center frequency through the use of monitoring signals representative of the frequency offset. A combiner/splitter couples the optical data signal with light from the local oscillator to provide first and second coupled optical signals with orthogonal polarization. Two opto-electrical converters for converting first and second coupled signals into first and second electrical signals. The first and second electrical signals are individually rectified and then combined to provide the electrical data signal. The opto-electronic converters and rectifiers may have a bandwidth substantially similar the wavelength channel bandwidth to enable the optical receiver to receive optical signal with different center frequencies within the wavelength channel. |
| US10367586B2 |
Methods and apparatus for low-loss reconfigurable optical quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal generation
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) optical modulator which includes a first phase modulator (PM), a second PM, a tunable optical coupler (TOC), and an optical combiner (OC). The TOC is configured to split a light wave at an adjustable power splitting ratio to produce a first split light wave and a second split light wave. The first PM is configured to modulate the first split light wave in response to a first multi-level electrical signal to produce a first modulated light wave. The second PM is configured to modulate the second split light wave in response to a second multi-level electrical signal to produce a second modulated light wave. The OC is then configured to combine the first modulated light wave and the second modulated light wave to generate a QAM optical signal. |
| US10367585B2 |
Methods and systems for multi-level beacon tone modulation of an optical data signal
Methods for systems are described for communicating an optical data signal. An example method may comprise receiving a data signal comprising a first level indicative of an upper end of a power range of the data signal and a second level indicative of a lower end of the power range of the data signal. The example method may comprise modulating the data signal to generate a modulated data signal. The modulated data signal may comprise the first level modulated with a first beacon tone and the second level modulated with a second beacon tone. The second level may be modulated in phase with the first level. The method may comprise transmitting an optical signal comprising the modulated data signal. |
| US10367583B2 |
Driver circuit, optical transmission module and optical transmission device
There is provided a driver circuit including a variable current-source configured to include, a first current-source coupled to a first input node to which a first signal is input from an external, a second current-source coupled to a second input node to which a second signal as an inversion of the first signal is input from the external, a first bypass circuit coupled between the first current-source and the first input node, the first bypass circuit being switched according to the second signal, and a second bypass circuit coupled between the second current-source and the second input node, the second bypass circuit being switched according to the first signal, and a terminal circuit configured to be terminated for an optical device driven by a drive signal according to the first signal, the drive signal being output from an output node coupled between the terminal circuit and the variable current-source. |
| US10367582B2 |
Method of optically transmitting digital information from a smart phone to a control device
A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals directly from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network. The load control device may further comprise an optical module operable to receive an optical signal, such that the controller may obtain an IP address from the received optical signal and control the power delivered to the load in response to a wireless signal received from the wireless network that includes the IP address. |
| US10367580B2 |
Reverse-direction tap (RDT), remote diagnostic management tool (RDMT), and analyses using the RDT and the RDMT
A coaxial cable tap comprises a housing, and a faceplate coupled to the housing. The faceplate comprises a first directional tap port, and a diagnostic reverse (DR) port configured to receive a first upstream signal originating downstream from the coaxial cable tap, and inject a downstream test signal in a downstream direction. A hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network comprises a headend, a first amplifier coupled to the headend, and a tap coupled to the first amplifier, configured to couple to a plurality of cable modems (CMs), and comprising a diagnostic forward (DF) port configured to receive a downstream signal originating from the first amplifier, and inject an upstream test signal in an upstream direction for reception at the headend. |
| US10367578B2 |
Apparatus and method for a bandwidth allocation approach in a shared bandwidth communications system
An approach is provided for delivering high throughput inroute bandwidth to a terminal in a shared bandwidth satellite communications system. A backlog level of each of a number of remote terminals is monitored, wherein the backlog level of each terminal reflects an amount of data traffic awaiting transmission via an inroute channel of the communications system. When it is determined that the backlog level of one terminal meets a first threshold level, the terminal is assigned to an express priority bandwidth allocation stage. The backlog level of the terminal is monitored while assigned to the express priority stage. When it is determined that the backlog level of the terminal has fallen below a second threshold level, the terminal is removed from the express priority stage. Further, a probability is applied to a qualifying terminal, where the probability controls whether the terminal is assigned to the express priority bandwidth stage. |
| US10367575B1 |
High pointing accuracy spacecraft
A spacecraft payload subsystem includes a tracking receiver, an input multiplexer, an antenna pointing mechanism (APM) controller and a plurality of antenna reflectors. Each antenna reflector is mechanically coupled with a respective APM, and illuminated by a respective tracking feed element. Each respective tracking feed element is configured to receive an uplink beacon signal from the ground by way of one of the antenna reflectors and is coupled, by way of a respective pseudo-monopulse (PSM) coupler and the input multiplexer, to the tracking receiver. The tracking receiver is configured to receive multiplexed signals from the PSM couplers by way of the input multiplexer and output corresponding pointing error information to the APM controller. The APM controller is configured to send commands to one or more of the APMs. Each APM is configured to point a respective antenna reflector in response to the commands. |
| US10367565B2 |
Communications methods and apparatus using multiple beams
Methods and apparatus for facilitating the use of a plurality of antenna beams for communications purposes are described. In at least some embodiments beam priority information is periodically exchanged. Multiple timers are used to ensure beam information is exchanged at intervals intended to facilitate reliable beam synchronization and to control switching to one or more alternative beams in a predictable manner in the event beam change information or beam synchronization information is lost. In some but not all embodiments a wideband beam is used to communicate beam synchronization information when synchronization using narrower beams used for normal data communication is lost. |
| US10367562B2 |
Method of determining Doppler frequency transmission beam in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method of transmitting a signal, which is transmitted by a transmitting end in a wireless communication system, is disclosed in the present specification. Specifically, the method includes the steps of receiving Doppler information on a plurality of transmission beams from a receiving end; selecting a beam combination using the received Doppler information, wherein the beam combination is selected from a plurality of beam combinations depending on effective Doppler spread values of the beam combinations, wherein each of the beam combinations consists of two or more transmission beams among the plurality of transmission beams; and transmitting the signal to the receiving end using at least one transmission beam included in the selected beam combination. |
| US10367561B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating signal by device-to-device communication terminal in wireless communication system
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for generating a device-to-device (D2D) signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method for generating a D2D signal comprising: a step of mapping, onto one or more resource block (RB) groups, each of one or more modulation symbol groups generated from one or more transmission blocks; and a step for applying different beam vectors to each of the one or more RB groups, wherein the number of beam vectors is determined according to a channel state. |
| US10367560B2 |
Data processing apparatus and data processing method
A data processing apparatus and a data processing method are provided. The method includes inputting q data streams, where each data stream includes Msymb complex-valued modulation symbols of one code word, and q and Msymb are integers greater than or equal to 1. The method also includes determining an l×l matrix used by the Msymb complex-valued modulation symbols included in each data stream, where the l×l matrix is one of an l×l identity matrix and a circulant matrix of the l×l identity matrix, and l is a quantity of transport layers. Additionally, the method includes performing, by using the determined l×l matrix, layer permutation mapping on the Msymb complex-valued modulation symbols included in each data stream. |
| US10367555B2 |
Precoding method, precoding device
Disclosed is a precoding method for generating, from a plurality of baseband signals, a plurality of precoded signals that are transmitted in the same frequency bandwidth at the same time. According to the precoding method, one matrix is selected from among matrices defining a precoding process that is performed on the plurality of baseband signals by hopping between the matrices. A first baseband signal and a second baseband signal relating to a first coded block and a second coded block generated by using a predetermined error correction block coding scheme satisfy a given condition. |
| US10367554B2 |
Multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output for digital subscriber line
A method implemented in a wireless network element (NE), comprising obtaining, via a processor of the wireless NE, a plurality of encoded signals associated with a plurality of downstream (DS) channels in a wireless communication network, wherein the plurality of DS channels form a plurality of DS multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) groups, performing, via the processor, MIMO pre-coding on the plurality of encoded signals according to the plurality of DS MIMO groups to produce MIMO pre-coder output signals of the plurality of DS MIMO groups, performing, via the processor, a crosstalk pre-coding across the MIMO groups using a crosstalk pre-coding matrix on the MIMO pre-coder output signals of the plurality of DS MIMO groups to produce a plurality of output signals, with the crosstalk pre-coding matrix computed according to a first DS channel matrix and a DS MIMO channel matrix, wherein the first DS channel matrix comprises first diagonal entries representing first direct channel estimates of the plurality of DS channels at a first subcarrier and first off-diagonal entries representing co-channel interference estimates of the plurality of DS channels at the first subcarrier, a first diagonal block of the first DS channel matrix representing MIMO channels in a first DS MIMO group of the plurality of DS MIMO groups, and wherein the DS MIMO channel matrix comprises a second diagonal block and off-diagonal blocks, the second diagonal block corresponding to the first diagonal block of the first DS channel matrix, and with the off-diagonal blocks comprising values of zeros, and synchronously transmitting, via one or more transmitters of the wireless NE, the plurality of output signals to a plurality of remote wireless NEs via the plurality of DS channels. |
| US10367543B2 |
Calibration for spread spectrum clock generator and method therefor
In one form, a spread spectrum clock generator includes a clock generator and a modulator. The clock generator modulates a frequency of a reference clock signal using a modulation signal to provide a spread spectrum clock signal. The clock generator has a characteristic transfer function that varies with values of a parameter. The modulator generates the modulation signal according to a desired profile conditioned by an inverse of the characteristic transfer function of the clock generator at a current value of the parameter. |
| US10367532B2 |
Transmitting apparatus and interleaving method thereof
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding of input bits based on a parity check matrix including information word bits and parity bits, the LDPC codeword including a plurality of bit groups each including a plurality of 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 interleaver is further configured to interleave the LDPC codeword such that a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among the plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol. |
| US10367529B2 |
List decode circuits
Examples disclosed herein relate to very large-scale integration (VLSI) circuit implementations of list decode circuits. In accordance with some examples disclosed herein, a device may include a first and second polynomial evaluation circuit, a field division circuit, a discrepancy filter, and an enhanced error locator polynomial (ELP) circuit. The first and second polynomial evaluation circuits may respectively evaluate a first and second polynomial output from a Berlekamp-Massey algorithm over a plurality of values in a finite field. The field division circuit may divide the outputs from the evaluations to generate a plurality of speculative discrepancy values for an additional iteration of the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm. The discrepancy filter circuit may filter the speculative discrepancy values down to a list of potentially valid discrepancy values that may be used by the enhanced ELP circuit to generate an enhanced ELP. |
| US10367527B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing idle cycles during LDPC decoding
There is provided, in accordance with an embodiment, a method of decoding codewords in conjunction with a low-density parity-check (LDPC) code that defines variable nodes and check nodes, the method comprising receiving a codeword over a data channel; evaluating quality of the data channel; and iteratively updating values of the variable nodes to decode the codeword; wherein the values of the variable nodes are updated at different levels of numeric precision depending on the evaluated quality of the data channel. |
| US10367526B2 |
Irregular low density parity check processing system with non-uniform scaling
An apparatus for decoding data includes a data decoding circuit configured to decode data encoded with an irregular low density parity check code based on a parity check matrix with non-uniform column weights, and at least one scaling circuit configured to scale values in the data decoding circuit with a scaling value that is dependent at least in part on a column weight of the likelihood values being scaled. |
| US10367519B2 |
Time domain A/D converter group and sensor device using the same
A time domain A/D converter group includes a plurality of individual A/D converters, each of the individual A/D converters is connected to a reference signal generation circuit to generate a first reference signal for sweeping in a full scale range and a second reference signal for repeating plurality of times to sweep in a limited voltage range, and each of the individual A/D converters includes a reference voltage selection circuit for switching the first reference signal or the second reference signal, a comparator for comparing an input signal with the first reference signal or the second reference signal, for generating a comparison output signal, an internal A/D converter for performing an A/D conversion using the comparison output signal from the comparator, and an accumulation adder-subtractor for outputting an average signal of A/D conversion values obtained from the A/D conversion when the second reference signal is selected. |
| US10367517B2 |
Analog to digital conversion apparatus and analog to digital converter calibration method of the same
An analog to digital conversion apparatus that includes an analog to digital converter (ADC), a linearity calculating module and a calibration module is provided. The ADC includes a capacitor array, a comparator and a control circuit. The capacitor array receives an input signal to perform a capacitor-switching to generate a capacitor array output signal. The comparator compares the capacitor array output signal and a comparing signal to generate a digital code output result. The control circuit controls the capacitor-switching according to the digital code output result. The linearity calculating module generates a linearity related parameter according to the digital code output result. The calibration module generates a weighting parameter according to the linearity related parameter when the linearity related parameter is not within a predetermined range to adjust the digital code output result based on the weighting parameter to generate an adjusted digital code output result. |
| US10367507B2 |
Dynamic decode circuit with active glitch control
A plurality of dynamic decode circuits for decoding a plurality of input signals comprises a decoder that decodes the plurality of input signals to produce a result at a first node, the result is propagated to a second node while an evaluation clock is active by a pair of serially connected transistors consisting of a transistor receiving an evaluation clock at its gate and a transistor receiving the first node at its gate, the plurality of dynamic decode circuits sharing a conditioned node. |
| US10367500B2 |
Switching voltage regulator with variable minimum off-time
A switching voltage regulator with variable minimum off-time. The value of the minimum off-time may depend on the voltage across a bootstrap capacitor. The value of the minimum off-time defines a minimum time for a switch to be open and to allow the bootstrap capacitor to charge. |
| US10367496B2 |
Gate voltage control circuit of insulated gate bipolar transistor and control method thereof
The present disclosure discloses a gate voltage control circuit of an IGBT and a control method thereof. The gate voltage control circuit of the IGBT comprises a voltage control circuit, an active clamping circuit and a power amplifier circuit. A control voltage outputted by the voltage control circuit indirectly controls a gate voltage of the IGBT, so as to achieve a better control of the gate voltage of the IGBT with a smaller loss. It may prevent the active clamping circuit from a too-early response and may increase the active clamping circuit response speed; and may avoid the voltage oscillation of the collector-emitter voltage Vce and the gate voltage Vge, and may improve the reliability of the IGBTs connected in series. |
| US10367489B2 |
Systems and methods for transferring power across an isolation barrier
It is often desirable to transmit data between circuits or components operating at a relatively high voltage and circuits operating at a relatively low voltage. Such a task can be performed by use of an isolator. Some isolator designs use magnetic coupling to transfer the data as this is more robust against inadvertently transmitting high voltage transients than capacitor based isolators. However it is often desirable to encode the data for exchange across the transformer of the isolator and decode after transmission across the transformer. This requires power for the encoding and decoding circuits. To ensure both sides are powered, power may be transferred by another transformer. The transformer primary is driven by an oscillating signal. The system disclosed in some embodiments herein varies the frequency of the oscillating signal to mitigate the risk of it interfering with other circuits or systems associated with the isolator. |
| US10367487B1 |
Quadrature clock divider with 25%/75% duty cycle
A quadrature clock divider circuit includes a divide-by-2 circuit having at least one undivided clock input, and generates at least one quadrature clock component and at least one inverted quadrature clock component, each having a 50% duty cycle. A resync circuit has as inputs the at least one undivided clock input, and the uninverted and inverted quadrature clock components. The resync circuit uses the uninverted and inverted quadrature clock components as selectors to generate, from the undivided clock input signals, at least one second quadrature clock component on a first signal path and at least one second inverted quadrature clock component on a second signal path. The first and second signal paths have a first portion in common, and each of the at least one second quadrature clock component and the at least one second inverted quadrature clock component has a second duty cycle percentage other than 50%. |
| US10367486B2 |
High speed on-chip precision buffer with switched-load rejection
A buffer system may have an output for driving a switched load that changes during periods indicated by a switching signal. The buffer system may operate in a closed loop when the switching signal indicates that a load change is not taking place by comparing a signal indicative of the output of the buffer system with a reference voltage. The buffer system may operate in an open loop when the switching signal indicates that a load change is taking place by not comparing signal indicative of the output of the buffer system with the reference voltage. Both the buffer system and the switched load may be on the same chip. |
| US10367483B1 |
Josephson current source system
One embodiment describes a Josephson current source system comprising a flux-shuttle loop that is inductively coupled with an AC input signal. The flux-shuttle loop includes a plurality of stages each comprising at least one Josephson junction. The plurality of stages can be spaced about the flux shuttle loop. Each of a plurality of pairs of the plurality of stages are configured to concurrently trigger in a sequence via the respective at least one Josephson junction in response to the AC input signal and to provide a respective pair of single-flux quantum (SFQ) pulses that move sequentially and continuously through each stage of the plurality of stages around the flux-shuttle loop via each of the at least one Josephson junction of each of the respective stages that results in a DC output current being provided through an output inductor. |
| US10367481B2 |
Digital logic circuit for deterring race violations at an array test control boundary using an inverted array clock signal feature
Disclosed aspects relate to a digital logic circuit. A clock generation circuitry has both a clock generation circuitry output and an inverter circuit to generate a derivative clock signal feature by inverting an array clock signal feature. A scanable storage element has both a scanable storage element output and a set of flip-flops. A memory array is connected with the scanable storage element output and the array clock signal feature. The digital logic circuit is configured to avoid a race violation. |
| US10367480B1 |
Systems and methods for generating high performance pulse width modulation (PWM) signals
A method for generating a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, by a processor communicatively coupled to a system memory element, is provided. The method computes, by the processor, a coarse adjustment PWM output signal and a modified fine adjustment input signal, using a low speed clock rate; performs, by the processor, a fine adjustment to the coarse adjustment PWM output signal, using a high speed clock rate, based on the modified fine adjustment input signal; and generates an increased resolution PWM output signal, by the processor, based on the fine adjustment. |
| US10367476B2 |
Method and system for signal decomposition, analysis and reconstruction
A system and method for representing quasi-periodic waveforms, for example, representing a plurality of limited decompositions of the quasi-periodic waveform. Each decomposition includes a first and second amplitude value and at least one time value. In some embodiments, each of the decompositions is phase adjusted such that the arithmetic sum of the plurality of limited decompositions reconstructs the quasi-periodic waveform. Data-structure attributes are created and used to reconstruct the quasi-periodic waveform. Features of the quasi-periodic wave are tracked using pattern-recognition techniques. The fundamental rate of the signal (e.g., heartbeat) can vary widely, for example by a factor of 2-3 or more from the lowest to highest frequency. To get quarter-phase representations of a component (e.g., lowest frequency “rate” component) that varies over time (by a factor of two to three) many overlapping filters use bandpass and overlap parameters that allow tracking the component's frequency version on changing quarter-phase basis. |
| US10367465B2 |
Optimized volume adjustment
A method for adjusting the sound volume of media clips using volume adjuster lines is provided. The volume adjuster lines are individually set for each clip based on the intrinsic, or absolute, volume values of the clip. In some embodiments, the volume adjuster lines are set for each clip based on the peak value or a calculated loudness equivalent of the clip. A user can move the volume adjuster line to set the absolute sound level of a clip. The volume adjuster lines can be hidden in some embodiments. In these embodiments, dragging on any portion of a clip is treated as dragging on the volume adjuster line. Some embodiments provide a deformable volume adjuster line, or curve. In these embodiments, a single audio clip can have several different volume adjuster lines for different sections of the clip where the volume adjuster line for each section is individually adjustable. |
| US10367462B2 |
Crystal amplifier with additional high gain amplifier core to optimize startup operation
A crystal amplifier for driving a crystal to oscillate at a resonant frequency including a controlled current source, a primary amplifier core, a high gain amplifier core, and a controller. Both amplifier cores are coupled in parallel, and each has an input coupled to an amplifier input node and an output coupled to an amplifier output node coupled across the crystal. The current source provides a core bias current to the source node. The controller enables the high gain amplifier core and sets the core bias current to a high current level to achieve a high negative resistance at a startup time, and then disables the high gain amplifier core and sets the core bias current to a lower steady state current level after oscillation is achieved. A level detector may be used for detecting oscillation and for determining when to adjust the core bias current. |
| US10367459B2 |
Class-D amplifier circuit
A bridge output stage is coupled to an electroacoustic conversion element via an inductor L. Driving circuits drive the output stage according to pulse signals S2H and S2L that correspond to an audio signal S1. An overcurrent detection circuit asserts an overcurrent detection signal S3L (i) when a current IML that flows through a transistor ML to be monitored that forms the output stage is continuously larger than a first threshold value for a first period of time or (ii) when the current IML that flows through the transistor ML to be monitored is larger than a second threshold value that is higher than the first threshold value after a predetermined second period of time elapses after the transistor ML to be monitored turns on. |
| US10367458B2 |
Signal amplifier
A signal amplifier includes a pulse width modulator, a level shifter, and a power amplifier. The pulse width modulator is driven by a positive power supply and a negative power supply, and a reference voltage of the pulse width modulator is set to a GND. The power amplifier is driven by a positive power supply, and a reference voltage of the power amplifier is set to a middle value between the positive power supply and the GND. The level shifter shifts a voltage level of a first PWM signal whose high level corresponds to the positive power supply of the pulse width modulator and whose low level corresponds to the negative power supply of the pulse width modulator, to a voltage level of a second PWM signal whose high level corresponds to the positive power supply of the power amplifier and whose low level corresponds to the GND. |
| US10367457B2 |
Single stage ramped power amplifiers
Single stage ramped power amplifiers in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a single stage ramped power amplifier includes a RF transceiver, a ramp voltage, a power supply, and an output circuit, wherein the ramp voltage is coupled to a resistor that is coupled to a first inductor, the power supply is coupled to a second inductor, the RF transceiver is coupled to the second inductor and a first capacitor, the first capacitor is coupled to a PIN diode, the PIN diode is coupled to the first inductor and a second capacitor, the second capacitor is coupled to a first transistor, the first transistor is coupled to a third capacitor, the third capacitor is coupled to a third inductor, the third inductor is coupled to a second transistor, and the second transistor is coupled to the output circuit. |
| US10367453B2 |
Body tie optimization for stacked transistor amplifier
A transistor stack can include a combination of floating and body tied devices. Improved performance of the RF amplifier can be obtained by using a single body tied device as the input transistor of the stack, or as the output transistor of the stack, while other transistors of the stack are floating transistors. Transient response of the RF amplifier can be improved by using all body tied devices in the stack. |
| US10367452B2 |
System and method for a dual-core VCO
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) includes generating a first oscillating signal in a first VCO core and generating a second oscillating signal in a second VCO core, such that the first oscillating signal and the second oscillating signal have a same frequency and a fixed phase offset. The VCO includes the first VCO core and the second VCO core, and each VCO core includes a pair of transistors. The VCO also includes a transformer having a first winding coupled between control nodes of the pair of transistors of the first VCO core and a second winding coupled between control nodes of the pair of transistors of the second VCO core. |
| US10367449B2 |
Micro-concentrator module and deployment method
A micro-concentrator module includes a cover glass provided with solar cells on one side thereof. The cover glass is adapted to hover above a substrate containing an array of MEMS based reflectors. Springs between the cover glass and the substrate displace the cover glass from a stowed position during transport to a deployed operational position above the substrate. Tethers connecting the cover glass with the substrate limit the displacement of the cover glass to a distance corresponding to the focal length of the reflectors. |
| US10367445B2 |
Carrier structure for solar panels and method of producing such a carrier structure
The invention relates to a carrier structure (1) for solar panels. The invention also relates to a carrier (6) for use in a carrier structure (1) according to the invention. The invention then relates to an accessory (3) for use in a carrier structure (1) according to the invention. The invention furthermore relates to an assembly of at least one carrier structure (1) and at least one solar panel. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing a carrier structure (1) according to the invention. |
| US10367444B2 |
Structure for laying solar cell modules, solar cell module, and solar cell module installation method
A solar cell module laying system is configured to lay a plurality of solar cell modules on a wall surface rising in a substantially vertical direction. The plurality of solar cell modules includes a first solar cell module and a second solar cell module adjacent to each other, and the two adjacent solar cell modules have an overlapping region. The terminal box is disposed between the two adjacent solar cell modules and in the overlapping region, and a configuration satisfies the following condition (1) or (2). (1) A part of the terminal box is exposed toward an outside of a gap. (2) A part of the gap is closed by a member, the member can be attached to and removed from the gap, and a part of the terminal box is exposed toward the outside of the gap when the member is removed from the gap. |
| US10367443B2 |
Systems and methods for supporting solar panels
Systems and methods are provided for supporting (racking) solar (e.g., photovoltaic) panels. At least one concrete track can be formed, first, second, and third racking structures can be assembled, each including two legs, landings at tops the legs, and feet that respectively can be secured to the at least one concrete track. A first solar panel can be placed on the landings of the first and second racking structures. A first edge of the first solar panel can be secured to each the landings of the first racking structure. A second solar panel can be placed on the landings of the second racking structure and on the landings of the third racking structure. A second edge of the first solar panel and a first edge of the second solar panel can be secured to each the landings of the second racking structure. |
| US10367442B2 |
Transportable hybrid power system
A transportable, deployable power system comprising a hybrid power box containing solar panels, wind turbine(s), fuel cells, fuel reformers, and other energy sources. The system could also include waste water and potable water inlet and outlet ports for water treatment. It will also allow for shelf mounted solar and wind turbine installation for disaster recovery, backup power for telecommunication, military power, Homeland Security power, off grid homes and water and wastewater packaging domestically and internationally. The present invention is ideal for any situation requiring immediate power and/or water treatment, such as remote construction sites or in emergency situations. The hybrid power box can be mounted to a standard shipping truck, train, or ship, and transported over land to the desired location. |
| US10367441B2 |
Modular multi-axial rotor
A modular, electricity generating apparatus comprises an elongate, central member comprising a first end and a second end; at least one foil disposed about the central member in fluid interacting relation thereto; the solar foil comprising an outer surface having photovoltaic properties; the first end and the second end dimensioned and configured to be connected to a connecting node; and, the elongate central member at least partially formed of an electrically conductive material and configured to conduct electricity from at least one of the connecting nodes to the other of the connecting nodes. |
| US10367440B2 |
Servo actuator ID setting method
A servo actuator ID setting method is performed by a servo actuator controlling system. The servo actuator controlling system includes a master controller and a plurality of servo actuators. One servo actuator is set to disconnect to a next servo actuator. A plurality of interfaces of the master controller are selected to turn on in sequence. The following steps are repeatedly performed to set servo actuator ID: broadcasting a signal to replace an original ID of each of the plurality of servo actuators with a target ID; the plurality of servo actuators in each branch connecting to the master controller; and replacing the original ID of each of the plurality servo actuator with the target ID. |
| US10367431B2 |
Triboelectric nanogenerator for powering portable electronics
A triboelectric generator includes a first contact charging member and a second contact charging member. The first contact charging member includes a first contact layer and a conductive electrode layer. The first contact layer includes a material that has a triboelectric series rating indicating a propensity to gain electrons due to a contacting event. The conductive electrode layer is disposed along the back side of the contact layer. The second contact charging member is spaced apart from and disposed oppositely from the first contact charging member. It includes an electrically conductive material layer that has a triboelectric series rating indicating a propensity to lose electrons when contacted by the first contact layer during the contacting event. The electrically conductive material acts as an electrode. A mechanism maintains a space between the first contact charging member and the second contact charging member except when a force is applied thereto. |
| US10367430B2 |
System and method for a variable flow transducer
According to an embodiment, a microelectromechanical systems MEMS transducer includes a deflectable membrane attached to a support structure, an acoustic valve structure configured to cause the deflectable membrane to be acoustically transparent in a first mode and acoustically visible in a second mode, and an actuating mechanism coupled to the deflectable membrane. Other embodiments include corresponding systems and apparatus, each configured to perform various embodiment methods. |
| US10367429B2 |
Actuator element using carbon electrode
An object of this invention is to create an actuator in which the amount of deformation is maintained and no displacement in the reverse direction occurs, even when a constant voltage is continuously applied for a long period of time.As a means for achieving the above object, the invention provides a conductive thin film comprising a polymer gel containing at least one organic molecule selected from the group consisting of electron-donating organic molecules and electron-withdrawing organic molecules, a nano-carbon material, an ionic liquid, and a polymer. |
| US10367424B2 |
Switch mode power supplies, control arrangments therefor and methods of operating thereof
A control arrangement is disclosed for a switch mode power supply (SMPS), the SMPS comprising an opto-coupler configured to transfer, from a secondary side to a primary side of the switch mode power supply by means of an LED current, a control signal indicative of an error between an amplifier-reference-signal and an amplifier-sensed-signal indicative of an actual value of an output parameter, the control arrangement comprising: an error amplifier configured to integrate the error to determine the LED current; and a feedback loop configured to adjust the magnitude of the LED current by modifying the amplifier-reference-signal or the amplifier-sensed-signal in order to reduce the error. A SMPS comprising such a control arrangement, and a corresponding method is also disclosed. |
| US10367417B1 |
Voltage-based auto-correction of switching time
A control device for a switching voltage regulator having a high-side switch and a low-side switch to supply a switching voltage to a load includes a comparator configured to compare the switching voltage with a reference voltage to provide an enable signal to the low-side switch, and a spike detection circuit configured to receive the switching voltage and output an offset control signal to execute a time shift to the enable signal. |
| US10367416B2 |
Method and system for maintaining output voltage regulation of a non-synchronous switching regulator providing voltage supply to a main load
Method and system for maintaining output voltage regulation of a non-synchronous switching regulator providing a voltage supply to a main load. The method includes determining, using an electronic processor, that the main load is transitioning from a first load state to a second load state. The method also includes connecting, using the electronic processor, a switchable load to the non-synchronous switching regulator in response to determining that the main load is transitioning from the first load state to the second load state. |
| US10367412B2 |
Power factor correction circuit and switching power source device using the same
To provide a power factor correction circuit capable of maintaining loop gain properly while maintaining current sensing accuracy even when different AC input voltages are input and a switching power source device using the power factor correction circuit. A power factor correction circuit includes: a power factor correction control circuit including an input voltage detection terminal to which voltage corresponding to input voltage to a boost chopper is input, a current sensing terminal to which voltage corresponding to inductor current in the boost chopper is input, an output voltage detection terminal to which voltage corresponding to output voltage from the boost chopper is input, and an output terminal outputting a drive signal for a switching element; and a voltage adjustment circuit configured to detect the input voltage and adjust voltage at the current sensing terminal and voltage at the input voltage detection terminal according to the detected input voltage. |
| US10367408B2 |
Electromagnetic compatibility filter with an integrated power line communication interface
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an integrated electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filter and power line communication (PLC) interface. The EMC filter and PLC interface comprises a first filter winding and a second filter winding configured as a common mode choke; and a two-part winding on the common mode choke, wherein the two-part winding comprises (i) a first winding coupled proximate the first filter winding and (ii) a second winding coupled proximate the second filter winding, wherein the first winding and the second winding have an equal number of turns, and wherein phasing of the first winding is reversed with respect to the second winding. |
| US10367407B2 |
Method and device for controlling a voltage-controlled power semiconductor switch that can be switched off again
A method and a device for controlling a voltage-controlled power semiconductor switch that can be switched off again, which has a first and a second connection and a control connection and which is conductive in the switched on state between the first and the second connection is provided. Firstly, a first control voltage comprising a first value is applied to the control connection to switch on the power semiconductor switch. Subsequently, conditions are detected, which indicate the progress of the switch-on procedure of the power semiconductor switch. As soon as conditions are detected, which are indicative of the fact that the switch-on procedure is deemed to be complete, a second control voltage comprising a second value higher than the first value is applied to the control connection to operate the power semiconductor switch in the conductive state with a higher control voltage to reduce its conduction losses. |
| US10367400B2 |
Line start permanent magnet motor using a hybrid rotor
A rotor system for a downhole motor comprises a set of permanent magnets, a set of conductors and a pair of end conductor rings connecting the set of conductors. The set of permanent magnets and the set of conductors being substantially coaxial and having the substantially the same linear extent. The set of permanent magnets can be located radially inwards from the set of conductors, and may be provided by discrete conductive bars. |
| US10367396B2 |
Fuse component and electric motor incorporating the same
A fuse component configured to provide overcurrent protection for an electric motor comprises a spiral fuse portion and a magnetic core. The spiral fuse portion encloses at least a part of the magnetic core, so that the fuse component is also configured to function as a choke of the electric motor. |
| US10367390B2 |
Insulator for insulating coils of a stator of electric motor
A stator capable of preventing the displacement of insulators and securely positioning the insulators at given positions. A stator includes a stator core formed with slots; a coil wound around the stator core, the coil comprising a coil side and a coil end, the coil end arranged outside the slot; and insulators provided in the slots. Each insulator includes a coil side-insulation part arranged between wall surfaces of a slot and a first coil side and electrically insulating the wall surfaces from the first coil side; and a coil end-insulation part formed in one piece with the coil side-insulation part and arranged outside the first slot. The coil end-insulation part is arranged between a first coil end and a second coil end and electrically insulates the first coil end from the second coil end. |
| US10367389B2 |
Intelligently controlled variable power motor
Disclosed are a variable power motor and an intelligent controller therefor. The motor includes a rotor, a stator, a housing, stator windings and terminals. The stator windings are formed by embedding the same stator core into multiple series windings. Various series nodes of the stator windings, each serving as a power supply terminal with different power, are respectively led out individually. The various series windings of the stator respectively control, by means of the intelligent controller, the switching on and off of multiple switching switches. The soft-start and soft-stop of the motor can be realized, and a load is automatically tracked to regulate the power of the winding during operation, so as to obtain a power-saving effect. |
| US10367388B2 |
Main motor for railway vehicle
The main motor for a railway vehicle is rotationally driven upon receiving an AC power supplied from an inverter circuit that includes a switching element formed by using a wide bandgap semiconductor. The inverter circuit applies a voltage having a PWM waveform to the main motor for a railway vehicle in at least part of a speed range of an electric vehicle. The stator of the main motor for a railway vehicle is configured to include an annular stator core provided with a plurality of slots in a circumferential direction and coils that are wound on the stator core and are accommodated in the slots, and includes a stator winding that is three-phase star-connected and is composed of parallel circuits the number of which is the same as the number of poles for each phase. |
| US10367381B2 |
Wireless power transmission apparatus and method
A wireless power transmission apparatus for tracking a charging capacity of each of a plurality of wireless power reception apparatuses in an environment in which the plurality of wireless power reception apparatuses are charged includes a communication unit configured to receive information about either one or both of a charging support power and a requested power from each of the plurality of wireless power reception apparatuses, a controller configured to determine a charging capacity for a wireless power reception apparatus supporting the charging support power among the plurality of wireless power reception apparatuses based on the information about the charging support power, and a power tracker configured to re-track the determined charging capacity based on charging status information received from the plurality of wireless power reception apparatuses. |
| US10367380B2 |
Smart RF lensing: efficient, dynamic and mobile wireless power transfer
An RF lens includes a multitude of radiators adapted to transmit radio frequency electromagnetic EM waves whose phases are modulated so as to concentrate the radiated power in a small volume of space in order to power an electronic device positioned in that space. Accordingly, the waves emitted by the radiators are caused to interfere constructively at that space. The multitude of radiators are optionally formed in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array. The electromagnetic waves radiated by the radiators have the same frequency but variable amplitudes. |
| US10367379B2 |
Wireless power transmission apparatus for performing non-contact transmission by electromagnetic induction
A wireless power transmission apparatus is provided for performing non-contact transmission of power by electromagnetic induction, and includes a power transmitter performing frequency conversion; a power transmitting antenna connected to the power transmitter; and a first resonance capacitor connected between the power transmitter and the power transmitting antenna, and resonating with the power transmitting antenna to pass the power transmission frequency of the power transmitter. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes a power receiving antenna arranged to oppose the power transmitting antenna; a power receiver connected to the power receiving antenna, and performing rectification and smoothing; and a second resonance capacitor connected between the power receiving antenna and the power receiver, and resonating with the power receiving antenna to pass the power transmission frequency of the power transmitter. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes a filter connected between the second resonance capacitor and the power receiver, and reflecting higher harmonics generated by the power receiver. |
| US10367378B2 |
Power-transmitting device, power-receiving device, and wireless power supply system for underwater mobile object
A platform performs wireless power supply to an underwater mobile object having a relatively movable relationship using coil pairs disposed to be opposable. The platform includes: a recessed section configured to accommodate at least a part of the underwater mobile object with a gap; a coil configured to constitute the first opposable coil pair (5A) on a first wall portion of the recessed section facing each other; and a coil configured to constitute the second opposable coil pair on a second wall portion of the recessed section facing each other. |
| US10367377B2 |
Vehicle and contactless power transfer system
Provided is a vehicle including a floor panel, a power reception device including a secondary side core and a power reception coil wound around the secondary side core, and being attached to a lower surface of the floor panel to receive electric power from a power transmission device in a contactless manner while being opposed to the power transmission device, and a shield provided to cover at least a portion of the floor panel positioned around the secondary side core. |
| US10367366B2 |
Wireless charging device
The present disclosure describes embodiments of a wireless charging device including a first charging unit that charges a first electronic device according to a first wireless charging protocol, a second charging unit that charges a second electronic device according to a second wireless charging protocol. The wireless charging device further includes a shield arranged between the first and second charging units, wherein the shield absorbs a magnetic field generated by at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit. |
| US10367364B2 |
Method and apparatus for powering mobile device
Methods and apparatuses for powering a mobile device are provided. The method comprises detecting whether an external battery is useable for powering a mobile device through an interface. The method also comprises receiving power through the interface upon detecting the external battery being useable for powering the mobile device through the interface. With the methods and apparatuses of the present disclosure, it is easy to detect the availability of the external battery, which results in an extended battery life and enhanced battery capacity. |
| US10367360B2 |
Mobile devices charging system and method
The invention comprises systems and methods for transferring energy between mobile devices such as smartphones comprising: energy transfer means; at least one accelerometer; a micro-controller with predefined instructions, is adapted to control charging parameters; a DC-DC converter; wherein, said accelerometer readings are processed and fed into said microcontroller for controlling said charging parameters using said predefined instructions; further wherein, control over said charge parameters is achieved by changing the position of at least one of the mobile devices. A number of different embodiments are provided allowing for different transfer schemes. |
| US10367356B2 |
Energy generation load compensation
An inverter energy system supplies power to a site. The inverter energy system comprises a number of solar strings, each solar string including a solar panel(s) as a renewable energy source and an inverter. The inverter energy system is connected to a mains power supply (grid) and to a site load (sub circuits). The forward or reverse power flow into or out of the mains power supply is monitored at a monitoring point at the site. A rate limit is set for power flow into and/or or out of the mains power supply. The supply of power from the inverter energy system is controlled so that the power flow into or out of the mains power supply is within the set rate limit. |
| US10367354B2 |
Systems and methods for volt-ampere reactive control and optimization
A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for optimizing and controlling volt-amperes reactive on an electrical control system. System-level and local-level measurements are determined and analyzed to prioritize and optimize which VAR adjusters are adjusted. |
| US10367352B2 |
Use of interrupted direct current power by appliances
Direct current (“DC”) power such as from solar panels is used by home appliances directly without conversion to AC. The large direct current spark problem is alleviated by interrupting the DC current at periodicities of at least 120 hertz and typically 99 percent duty cycle. This interrupted DC power is less harmful to switches and circuit breakers than equivalent AC power. Furthermore, the interrupted DC power is used with greater efficiency by computers, and can be used to power a wide range of appliances. Exceptions are inductive appliances, which are detected and treated differently, by a smart power receptacle embodiment. These embodiments provide a very low cost and efficient path to an all DC electric power future. |
| US10367341B1 |
Configurable electrical outlet cover enclosure
An electrical outlet cover with a lid having a configurable protrusion or recess to accommodate different uses and weather resistance states. The electrical outlet cover includes a base coupled to an electrical outlet and a lid hingedly coupled to the base along a first side. The lid includes a frame with a central aperture and a telescoping enclosure with a flange at a front edge of a sleeve, the flange extending outward from the sleeve. The sleeve may include a ledge extending outward from the sleeve adjacent a back edge of the sleeve on at least two sides of the sleeve. The sleeve is slidably coupled within the central aperture and movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position. The flange may abut the frame in the collapsed position and the ledge may abut the frame in the expanded position. |
| US10367336B2 |
Frame for a switchgear cabinet comprising pivotable holders for distribution busbars, and production method for a switchgear cabinet
A frame for a switchgear cabinet has a plurality of interconnected frame profiled elements, and a method produces such a switchgear cabinet. At least two holders vertically spaced apart from one other and having cutouts for distribution busbars are arranged within the outer contour formed by the profiles. In an operating position, the holders are oriented along a vertical axis. The at least two holders are also movable, in particular rotatable, into a fitting position, however, in which the axis is at an angle to the vertical. |
| US10367335B2 |
Spark plug and production method therefor
Disclosed is a spark plug having a ground electrode in which a weld zone is formed a tip and electrode base. The weld zone has: a back region exposed at an opposite surface of the electrode base; a joint region at which the tip is joined; and a connection region connects the joint region and the back region without being exposed at side surfaces of the electrode base. In a cross section of the ground electrode taken through the side surfaces of the electrode base along a plane passing through the centers of the top and bottom surfaces of the tip, a value of a width of the top surface of the tip being divided by a width of the facing surface of the electrode base is greater than 0.3, and a maximum width of the connection region is larger than a width of the back region. |
| US10367329B2 |
Direct diode pumped Ti:sapphire lasers and amplifiers
Direct diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser amplifiers use fiber-coupled laser diodes as pump beam sources. The pump beam may be polarized or non-polarized. Light at wavelengths below 527 nm may be used in cryogenic configurations. Multiple diode outputs may be polarization or spectrally combined. |
| US10367322B2 |
Hard disk data interface pitch converter
A hard disk data interface pitch converter is disclosed, which comprises: a converting part, comprising converting terminals and contact terminals, the converting terminals comprising metallic conductors having a relatively large interval at one end and a relatively small interval at the other end; a short connection part for connecting any two or more non-adjacent metallic conductors in the contact terminals through metallic conductors; a base with a channel for accommodating the contact terminals and a slot for fixing the short connection part; a cover body cooperating with the base for protecting the converting part and short connection part. An extension part is formed by digging each metallic conductor in the contact terminals, and exactly shields a gap between the contact terminals and channel. The short connection part enables miniaturization of a device. It is possible to prevent adhesives or foreign objects from falling onto contacting ends of the contact terminals. |
| US10367321B2 |
High-density bridge adapter
Disclosed is a high density (HD) cable to accommodate HD jacks. The HD bridge adapter acts as a single cable coupler between two HD jacks. The bridge can be formed with two connectors having a predetermined space between them, or be separated by a flexible extended cable for remote positioning of the connectors. In one embodiment each connector has 192 pins comprising 16 rows of 10 pins each and 4 rows of 8 pins each. Alternatively 200 pins comprising 20 rows of 10 pins each with 4 of said rows having 2 pins in a stand-by mode. |
| US10367316B2 |
Connecting rod
The invention relates to an electric device, especially to a connecting rod, said connecting rod comprises a conductive first column portion that has an interference fit with a busbar, said first column portion axially arranges a conductive second column portion which has an interference fit with said first column portion, said second column portion is located inside of said first column portion, a thermal expansion coefficient of said second column portion is greater than that of said first column portion. Said transformer has such advantageous effects, 1. the same overlapping length increases more conductive surface for reducing a current density to achieve low temperature rising of connecting part; 2. amount of material is reduced and save the social source; 3. the electric clearance or safety distance is increased, an electric safety of device is also increased; 4. a width of a connecting part is reduced, an occupation space of transformer is also reduced. |
| US10367313B2 |
Electrical connector having a middle metal plate with two pairs of fingers contacting an upper and lower ground contacts
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to two opposite faces of the tongue, the upper row of contacts including an upper ground contact and the lower row of contacts including a lower ground contact; and a metal plate disposed between the upper row of contacts and the lower row of contacts, wherein the metal plate has a pair of upper fingers contacting the upper ground contact and a pair of lower fingers contacting the lower ground contact. |
| US10367312B2 |
Connector for a coaxial cable
A coaxial cable connector for attachment to an end of a coaxial cable is disclosed. The coaxial cable connector has a body having a forward end and a rearward end. An internal surface extends between the forward end and the rearward end defining a longitudinal opening and with a cable receiving area proximal the rearward end and a jacket stop proximal the forward end. A post is positioned in the body proximal the forward end and has a first end and a second end with a bore extending therebetween. An insulator is movably disposed in the bore of the post and has a through-passage, and a movement limiter. A gripping member is disposed within the longitudinal opening of the body proximal the rearward end and provides a gripping action as the gripping member axially moves toward the forward end of the body. |
| US10367308B2 |
Electrical receptacle for transmitting high speed signal
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a front cavity for receiving and rear cavity, a terminal assembly assembled in the rear cavity, and a ground member. The terminal assembly includes an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module sandwiching a shielding module therebetween. Said upper terminal module includes a pair of upper ground terminals. Said lower terminal module includes a plurality of lower ground terminals. Said shielding module includes metallic shielding plate. The ground member is associated with the shielding module to mechanically and electrically connect at least one of the upper ground terminals and the lower ground terminals with the shielding plate. |
| US10367307B2 |
Electrical connector grounding and power terminals having a bent widened section
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing including a tongue; and plural conductive terminals retained to the insulative housing and arranged in two rows, the conductive terminals including plural grounding terminals and plural power terminals at outer ends of the two rows, each conductive terminal having a contacting section exposed to a surface of the tongue, a tail section, and an intermediate section between the contacting section and the tail section, wherein at least one of the grounding terminals and the power terminals has a widening section continuing and bent from the contacting section thereof to be embedded in the tongue portion, and a thickness of the widening section is substantially equal to a thickness of the contacting section. |
| US10367305B2 |
Electrical connector having a high speed signal transmission with a high-density structure
A connector includes multiple contact sets that are aligned. Each of the contact sets includes a signal contact for signal transmission and multiple ground contacts. The ground contacts include respective shield portions. The ground contacts are provided around the signal contact in such a manner as to surround the signal contact by the respective shield portions. |
| US10367303B1 |
Zip-locker receiver apparatus
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus comprising a zip-locker receiver. The zip-locker receiver is configured to ratchetably receive a zip-locker and comprises an aperture and a pawl disposed within the aperture configured to complement and cooperate with the ratchet teeth of the zip-locker to prevent removal of the zip-locker from the aperture of the zip-locker receiver at times the pawl of the zip-locker receiver is engaged with the ratchet teeth of the zip-locker. |
| US10367302B2 |
Cable retention system
A cable retention subsystem includes a frame member and at least one board coupling member that is located on the frame member and couples the frame member to a board. A frame alignment member is located on the frame member and aligns a cable connector included on a cable subsystem with a board connector included on the board when the frame alignment member is engaged with a cable alignment member included on the cable connector. The cable retention subsystem also includes at least one frame retention member located on the frame member that engages with the cable connector when the cable connector is coupled with the board connector, and resists movement of the cable connector in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the board. |
| US10367301B2 |
Lever-type connector
A lever-type connector (A) includes a connector body (10). A lever (30) has a base end (32) rotatably supported on the connector body (10) and a rotating portion (34) for rotational operation is formed on a tip (33) of the lever (30). A finger contact surface (59) is disposed on an outer surface (58) of the rotating portion (34) and is configured to receive contact of a finger during a rotational operation. A resilient lock (51) is formed on the connector body (10) and is configured to lock the lever (30) in a rotation restricted state. Unlocking portions (53) are formed on the resilient lock (51) and are configured to press the resilient lock (51) in a direction separating from the lever (30). The unlocking portions (30) are exposed on the outer surface (58) of the lever (30) with the resilient lock (51) and the lever (30) locked together. |
| US10367296B2 |
Modular electrical power supply and control system
The modular power electrical system provides a plurality of base modules, connectors, and functional device modules, and mating modules which can be connected together to provide a fully reconfigurable power transfer system. A magnetic connection is used to connect the devices together and to transmit power some embodiments. Methods for controlling the modules are also described. |
| US10367295B2 |
Clamping mechanism for industrial input/output device
The present disclosure illustrates a clamping mechanism for an industrial input/output device. In the clamping mechanism, an operating link can be slid and rotated to drive links of mechanism elements. Therefore, the efficiency of clamping the industrial input/output device on a DIN rail or unloading the industrial input/output device from the DIN rail fast and conveniently may be achieved. |
| US10367289B2 |
Terminal connecting structure and connector device
A male terminal (40) has a male connecting portion (41) that is inserted into a female terminal (20) and is placed on a female connecting portion (21). A movable piece (25) is supported by a support (26) of the female connecting portion (21) and can be displaced down relative to the support (26). A female contact (30) is provided on the movable piece (25) and is displaceable between a non-pressing state where the female contact does not press the male connecting portion (41) and a pressing state where the female contact presses the male connecting portion (41). A pressed portion (29) is at a position of the movable piece (25) where a distance from the support (26) exceeds a distance between the support (26) and the female contact (30). The pressed portion displaces the female contact (30) from the non-pressing state to the pressing state. |
| US10367288B1 |
Electric contact and connector terminal pair
An electric contact that includes a first contact and a second contact that are capable of forming electrical contact with each other, wherein: the first contact has a silver-tin alloy layer exposed at an outermost surface that comes into contact with the second contact, the second contact has a silver layer exposed at an outermost surface that comes into contact with the first contact, and a surface roughness of the silver-tin alloy layer of the first contact is larger than a surface roughness of the silver layer of the second contact. |
| US10367280B2 |
Wire to board connectors suitable for use in bypass routing assemblies
A wire to board connector is provided for connecting cables of cable bypass assemblies to circuitry mounted on a circuit board. The connector has a structure that maintains the geometry of the cable through the connector. The connector includes a pair of edge coupled conductive signal terminals and a ground shield to which the signal terminals are broadside coupled. The connector includes a pair of ground terminals aligned with the signal terminals and both sets of terminals have J-shaped contact portions that flex linearly when the connector is inserted into a receptacle. In another embodiment, the signal terminal contact portions are supported by a compliant member that may deflect when the connectors engage contact pads on a substrate. |
| US10367279B2 |
Pusher pin having a non-electrically conductive portion
An electrically insulative pusher pin is disclosed. In one example, an electrically insulative pusher pin includes a first plunger member, a second plunger member, and a spring. The first plunger member has a first end and an exposed second end. The second plunger member has a first end and an exposed second end. The second plunger member is movable relative to the first plunger member, where the exposed second ends of the first and second plunger members defining a length of the pusher pin. The spring disposed between the first ends of the first and second plunger members and biases the exposed second end of the first plunger member away from the exposed second end of the second plunger member. An electrically insulative path is defined between the exposed second end of the first plunger member and the exposed second end of the second plunger member through the pusher pin. |
| US10367277B2 |
Multi-earth terminal assembly
A multi-earth terminal includes: a body having a hook piece and a hook rib, which are formed on an outer edge of the body; a barrel coupled with a wire; and a connector interconnecting the body with the barrel. Two or more bodies are stacked vertically and coupled to each other. When the two or more bodies are stacked vertically and coupled to each other, each of the two or more bodies includes the hook rib and the hook piece so that the hook rib of a first body that is located at an upper side of the vertically stacked bodies is inserted into and engaged with the hook piece of a second body that is located at a lower side of the vertically stacked bodies. |
| US10367275B2 |
Coaxial cable connector, carrier-equipped coaxial cable connector, and method for manufacturing coaxial cable connector
There is provided a coaxial cable connector, etc., configured such that the outer conductor shell and the connector carrier are linked by a carrier linkage part provided to part of the edge portion between the distal end and the portion of the outer conductor shell of a coaxial cable connector excluding the crimper, and the connector carrier is disposed on the distal end side of the outer conductor shell (the opposite side from the housing carrier), which simplifies the configuration of the apparatus used to manufacture the coaxial cable connector, and allows the coaxial cable connector to be assembled with the fixing position of the outer conductor shell stabilized while still linked to the connector carrier in the manufacturing process. |
| US10367274B2 |
Body clamp connector
A coaxial cable connector includes a shoe that is movable in a sidewall of a body of the connector and/or a continuity bus. |
| US10367272B2 |
Spring-loaded clamping connection
A spring-loaded clamping connection for clamping an electrical conductor, having an insulating-material housing, a bus bar and a clamping spring. The clamping spring has a contact limb, a spring bow, a clamping limb and an operating section. The clamping limb has a clamping edge. The clamping edge forms, with the busbar, a clamping point for clamping the electrical conductor between the clamping edge and the busbar. An operating element is movably mounted in the insulating-material housing and designed to apply force to the operating section. The operating element is mounted in the insulating-material housing in a linearly displaceable manner and extends from the operating section of the clamping spring beyond a plane which is spanned by the bearing surface of the contact limb on the bus bar or on the insulating-material housing. |
| US10367269B2 |
Combined antenna apertures allowing simultaneous multiple antenna functionality
An antenna apparatus and method for use of the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises a single physical antenna aperture having at least two spatially interleaved antenna arrays of antenna elements, the antenna arrays being operable independently and simultaneously at distinct frequency bands. |
| US10367268B2 |
Leaky-wave antenna
To provide a leaky-wave antenna that allows dual-polarization without limiting an emission range to either side. The antenna includes as an element unit (AE) a CRLH transmission line configured by multiply connecting CRLH unit cells (UC) in a periodic fashion between one ends and the other ends of two parallel lines (La, Lb). The respective unit cells (UC) have a left-handed series capacitor (C1, C2) on each of the two parallel lines (La, Lb) and have a left-handed parallel inductor (L1) between the two parallel lines (La, Lb). When power is fed between the two parallel lines (La, Lb), the two parallel lines (La, Lb) and the series capacitor (C1, C2) serve to emit a vertical polarization component, and the parallel inductor (L1) and a conductor between the two parallel lines (La, Lb) serve to emit a horizontal polarization component. |
| US10367265B2 |
Magnetic communication method
The disclosure relates to a magnetic communication method that does not use induction. For example, a transmitter device may generate a magnetic field in a controlled direction and rotate the magnetic field around one or more axes. As such, an angle according to which the magnetic field is rotated at the transmitter device may be used as a variable upon which to encode data transmitted to a receiver device that can sense a direction of the magnetic field along two or more axes. Furthermore, to achieve higher data rates, multiple rotation angles could be used to encode the data transmitted from the transmitter device to the receiver device, which may further improve security because reading and/or generating the modulated magnetic field may be increasingly difficult from any significant distance away from the transmitter device and the receiver device. |
| US10367264B2 |
Combined phase shifter and multi-band antenna network system
The application discloses a combined phase shifter and a multi-band antenna network system. The combined phase shifter includes at least two phase shifters. The phase shifters have different frequency bands. Each phase shifter includes a signal line layer and components that are configured to change a phase of an output port of the signal line layer. The components are slidable relative to the signal layer. A filter circuit is provided at an output port of the signal layer. Output ports of filter circuits corresponding to the at least two phase shifters are connected by a conductor, and perform output using a common output port. |
| US10367263B2 |
Information handling system radio antenna selection and control
A portable information handling system rotationally couples main and lid housing portions to each other with a hinge having opposing faces. One of a first or second antenna set disposed on the opposing faces is selected to support wireless communication by a radio disposed in the housing based upon the rotational orientation of the hinge. Optimal antenna selection is confirmed by comparing return signal strength indicator or bit rate error of the first and second antenna sets. |
| US10367258B2 |
Antenna device, wireless communication apparatus, and radar apparatus
An antenna device of the present disclosure includes: an antenna element that radiates a main lobe of a radio wave and one or more side lobes of the radio wave; and a radome through which the main lobe of the radio wave and the one or more side lobes of the radio wave. The radome has a focusing lens structure that focuses the main lobe of the radio wave and a diverging lens structure that diverges the one or more side lobes of the radio wave. |
| US10367257B2 |
Antenna, vehicle having the antenna, and method for controlling the antenna
An antenna includes an opening through which a radio wave is radiated in an orientation direction, and a conductor inserted into the opening and dividing an internal region of the opening. |
| US10367256B2 |
Active electronically steered array for satellite communications
An AESA for SATCOM includes a PCB; a plurality of ICs; an RF feed network for an array; a plurality of patch antennas; a SPI bus for controlling phase shifting of the ICs; phase shifters being operable for selectively introducing a phase shift internal to each of the plurality of ICs such that the radiation pattern resulting from the patch antennas connected to a single IC are steered; a RF power amplifier in each of the ICs, the RF power amplifier being in a common IC footprint with at least one of the phase shifters; the RF power amplifier being structured and disposed for providing amplification for the array, wherein the RF power amplifier compensates for the lossy nature of the internal layers of the PCB; and wherein the plurality of ICs to selectively provide either left hand circular polarization, right hand circular polarization, horizontal polarization or vertical polarization. |
| US10367252B2 |
Broadband antenna
An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal portions such as metal sidewalls. The housing may form an antenna ground for an antenna. An antenna resonating element for the antenna may be formed from a stack of capacitively coupled component layers such as a display layer, touch sensor layer, and near-field communications antenna layer at a front face of the device. An additional antenna may be formed from a peripheral resonating element that runs along a peripheral edge of the device and the antenna ground. A rear face antenna may be formed using a wireless power receiving coil as a radio-frequency antenna resonating element or may be formed from metal antenna traces on a plastic support for light-based components. |
| US10367251B2 |
Systems and methods for integrated antenna arrangements
Various systems and methods for radiating RF transmissions outside of a portable electronic device with a conductive case. In an embodiment, this solution includes a conductive enclosure, a circuit board within the conductive enclosure, at least one non-conductive gap between the circuit board and the conductive enclosure, and a radio frequency (RF) connection between the circuit board and the conductive enclosure. The combination of enclosure and gaps can excite certain radiation modes at high frequency bands, such as a cavity-backed lambda-long slot radiation mode. |
| US10367248B2 |
Antenna, array antenna, and radio communication apparatus
An antenna according to one exemplary aspect of the present invention includes an antenna element and a reflector conductor that is arranged to be spaced apart from the antenna element. The antenna element includes a first split-ring conductor having such a shape that a part of a ring is cut by a split part, a first connection conductor having one end that is electrically connected to the first split-ring conductor and another end that is electrically connected to the reflector conductor, and a feed line conductor having one end that is electrically connected to the first split-ring conductor. The feed line conductor spans an opening that is formed inside the first split-ring conductor and overlaps an area surrounded by an outer edge of the first connection conductor. |
| US10367247B2 |
Preparation method for GaAs/Ge/GaAs heterogeneous sprintronic (SPiN) diode for loop antenna
A preparation method for a GaAs/Ge/GaAs heterogeneous SPiN diode for a loop antenna includes: selecting a GeOI substrate; etching a top Ge layer of the GeOI substrate to form first and second trenches in the top Ge layer; depositing a GaAs material in, the first and second trenches; performing P-type ion implantation into the GaAs material in the first trench to form a P-type active region and performing an N-type ion implantation into the GaAs material in the second trench to form an N-type active region by ion implantation process; and forming lead holes on surfaces of the P-type active region and the N-type active region and then sputtering a metal to form the GaAs/Ge/GaAs heterogeneous SPiN diode. Therefore, a high performance GaAs/Ge/GaAs heterogeneous SPiN diode suitable for forming a solid-state plasma antenna can be prepared by deep trench isolation technology and ion implantation process. |
| US10367246B2 |
Easyly deployable phased antenna for a spacecraft and system of such antennas
An antenna is made from strips of a shape-memory alloy or other resilient material acting as a spring with attached branches that constitute individual monopole antennas. In the folded state, the antenna looks like a strip roll and can be placed on a satellite. When in orbit, the antenna unfolds after the roll retention mechanism is released and orderly unfolds unrolling from a support frame or otherwise extends. The proposed design of monopole branches utilizes conductors of minimum length and achieves maximum directivity. Each monopole branch is connected to the signal receiver/transmitter by signal conduit elements. A system may include at least two such unfolding antennas thus achieving even greater operational effectiveness in regard to signal steerability, interference suppression and reduced moment of the satellite inertia. To prevent problems, additional measures are used that prevent unwinding of inner layers of the roll before the outer layer is extended. |
| US10367245B2 |
Assembly of reflectors of electromagnetic antennae
An assembly comprising at least two reflectors in the form of a thin shell, which are individually attached to a common tubular structure by means of strut lugs. The reflectors, the tubular structure and the strut lugs are made of a fibre-resin composite material. The reflectors can operate in different frequency bands. |
| US10367241B2 |
Receiving device for receiving at least one energy storage component
The invention relates to a receiving device for receiving at least one energy storing component, includes at least one receiving part which delimits at least some sections of a receiving chamber for receiving the energy storing component. A coolant channel structure which includes at least one coolant channel is formed in at least some sections of the surface of the receiving part, wherein the coolant channel structure communicates with at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet. |
| US10367237B2 |
Battery calibration
According to an example, a charge level of a battery detected with a processing resource communicatively coupled to the battery. In response to detecting a battery at full charge, the current full charge capacity of the battery is recorded, and an error cycle count, a design cycle count, and a full charge capacity at a last calibration are fetched. A maximum allowable battery decay level is calculated based on the error cycle count, the design cycle count, and the full charge capacity at last calibration. In an example, in the event that the current full charge capacity is less than the full charge capacity at the last calibration minus the maximum allowable battery decay level, a battery calibration alert is triggered. |
| US10367234B2 |
Battery having integrated safety controller and power management controller
A battery having integrated safety and power management controller is described. In an embodiment a battery, comprises: at least one battery cell; and a printed circuit board, PCB, comprising a safety controller of the at least one battery cell and a power management controller of a device using a power of the battery; wherein the power management controller comprises power outputs directly outputting a power of the battery to at least one module of the device; and wherein the safety controller and the power management controller are integrated into the same PCB of the battery. |
| US10367233B2 |
Biomedical energization elements with polymer electrolytes and cavity structures
Designs, strategies and methods to form energization elements comprising polymer electrolytes are described. In some examples, the biocompatible energization elements may be used in a biomedical device. In some further examples, the biocompatible energization elements may be used in a contact lens. |
| US10367229B2 |
Phosphoranimine compounds, electrolyte solutions including a phosphoranimine compound, and energy storage devices including same
A phosphoranimine compound comprising a cationic portion bonded to a nitrogen atom of the phosphoranimine compound, a phosphorus atom bonded to the nitrogen atom, pendant groups bonded to the phosphorus atom, and a counterion. An electrolyte solution comprising at least one phosphoranimine compound is also disclosed, as is an energy storage device including the electrolyte solution. |
| US10367226B2 |
Na based secondary battery
Provided is a Na based secondary battery including: an anode containing sodium or a sodium alloy; a cathode containing a metal halide, which is a halide of at least one metal selected from a group consisting of alkali metals, transition metals, and Groups 12 to 14 metals, and a solvent dissolving the metal halide; and a sodium ion conductive solid electrolyte separating the cathode and the anode from each other. |
| US10367212B2 |
Fuel cell system and control method for fuel cell system
A fuel cell system supplies anode gas and cathode gas to a fuel cell and causes the fuel cell to generate power according to a load. The fuel cell system includes a supply passage configured to supply the anode gas to the fuel cell, a pressure control valve that provided in the supply passage and configured to adjust a pressure of the anode gas supplied to the fuel cell, and a discharge passage configured to discharge the anode gas from the fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes an ejector that provided in the supply passage configured to suck the anode gas discharged to the discharge passage and circulate the anode gas to the fuel cell by the anode gas supplied from the pressure control valve, and a control unit configured to pulsate the pressure of the anode gas supplied to the ejector. |
| US10367211B2 |
Method for managing ion filter of fuel cell vehicle
A method for managing an ion filter of a fuel cell vehicle includes measuring a differential pressure between ends of the ion filter, calculating a change of the differential pressure according to a coolant flow at the ion filter, and determining leakage of an ion resin or a replacement time of a cartridge using the measured differential pressure or the calculated change of the differential pressure. |
| US10367205B2 |
Secondary battery
A secondary battery includes a base material, an intermediate layer including a carbon material on the base material, and an active material layer on the intermediate layer. A secondary battery including an intermediate layer may improve adhesion between the base material and the active material layer, thereby reducing the risk of separation of the active material from the base material and improving the reliability and lifetime of the secondary battery. |
| US10367202B2 |
Electrodes, compositions, and devices having high structure carbon blacks
An electrode for an energy storage device includes carbon black particles having (a) a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area ranging from 70 to 120 m2/g; (b) an oil absorption number (OAN) ranging from 180 to 310 mL/100 g; (c) a surface energy less than or equal to 15 mJ/m2; and (d) either an La crystallite size less than or equal to 29 Å, or a primary particle size less than or equal to 24 nm. |
| US10367201B2 |
Negative electrode including a polymeric single-ion conductor coating
A negative electrode includes a metal substrate and a polymeric single-ion conductor coating formed on a surface of the metal substrate. The metal substrate is selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, and zinc. The polymeric single-ion conductor coating is formed of i) a metal salt of a sulfonated tetrafluoroethylene-based fluoropolymer copolymer or ii) a polymeric metal salt having an initial polymeric backbone and pendent metal salt groups attached to the initial polymeric backbone. |
| US10367200B2 |
Positive electrode active material slurry including two types of binders and positive electrode prepared therefrom
The present invention relates to positive electrode active material slurry including two different types of binders in a specific ratio and having a high solid concentration and low viscosity, a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer formed therefrom, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode. |
| US10367198B2 |
Negative electrode active material for electric device
A negative electrode active material for an electric device includes an alloy containing Si in a range of greater than or equal to 27% by mass and less than 100% by mass, Sn in a range of greater than 0% by mass and less than or equal to 73% by mass, V in a range of greater than 0% by mass and less than or equal to 73% by mass, and inevitable impurities as a residue. The negative electrode active material can be obtained with, for example, a multi DC magnetron sputtering apparatus by use of Si, Sn, and V as targets. An electric device using the negative electrode active material can achieve long cycle life and ensure a high capacity and cycle durability. |
| US10367196B2 |
Lithium-iron-phosphorus-sulfur-carbon composite and method for producing same
A composite containing phosphorus, lithium, iron, sulfur, and carbon as constituent elements wherein lithium sulfide (Li2S) is present in an amount of 90 mol % or more, and wherein the crystallite size calculated from the half-width of a diffraction peak based on the (111) plane of Li2S as determined by X-ray powder diffraction measurement is 80 nm or less. The composite exhibits a high capacity (in particular, a high discharge capacity) useful as an electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery (in particular, a cathode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery), without the need for stepwise pre-cycling treatment. |
| US10367194B2 |
Secondary battery and manufacturing method of the same
A negative electrode and a secondary battery including the negative electrode are provided. A plurality of projections and depressions are provided in a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode current collector. The plurality of projections and depressions in the negative electrode active material layer absorb expansion of the negative electrode active material and suppress deformation thereof. The plurality of projections and depressions in the negative electrode current collector suppress deformation of the negative electrode current collector caused by expansion and contraction of the negative electrode active material. |
| US10367193B2 |
Methods of preparing anodes using tin as active material
Improved anodes and cells are provided, which enable fast charging rates with enhanced safety due to much reduced probability of metallization of lithium on the anode, preventing dendrite growth and related risks of fire or explosion. Anodes and/or electrolytes have buffering zones for partly reducing and gradually introducing lithium ions into the anode for lithiation, to prevent lithium ion accumulation at the anode electrolyte interface and consequent metallization and dendrite growth. Various anode active materials and combinations, modifications through nanoparticles and a range of coatings which implement the improved anodes are provided. |
| US10367189B2 |
Anode-free rechargeable battery
An anode-free rechargeable battery is disclosed. The battery includes an anode current collector and a cathode containing an active cation Mn+, where n=1, 2, or 3. The anode-free rechargeable battery further includes a separator placed between the anode current collector and the cathode. The anode-free rechargeable battery also includes an electrolyte including a salt or salt mixture containing an active cation Mn+ dissolved in a solvent or solvent mixture. |
| US10367188B2 |
Storage battery electrode, manufacturing method thereof, storage battery, and electronic device
In manufacturing a storage battery electrode, a method for manufacturing a storage battery electrode with high capacity and stability is provided.As a method for preventing a mixture for forming an active material layer from becoming strongly basic, a first aqueous solution is formed by mixing an active material exhibiting basicity with an aqueous solution exhibiting acidity and including an oxidized derivative of a first conductive additive; a first mixture is formed by reducing the oxidized derivative of the first conductive additive by drying the first aqueous solution; a second mixture is formed by mixing a second conductive additive and a binder; a third mixture is formed by mixing the first mixture and the second mixture; and a current collector is coated with the third mixture. The strong basicity of the mixture for forming an active material layer is lowered; thus, the binder can be prevented from becoming gelled. |
| US10367186B2 |
Secondary battery including an insulating member
A secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a case containing the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing an opening of the case; a collector terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and protruding through the cap plate; a coupling plate on the cap plate; an insulating member on at least one area of the coupling plate; and a terminal plate on the coupling plate and coupled to the collector terminal. |
| US10367181B2 |
Lithium-ion battery
A separator includes a separation functional layer and a support layer. The separation functional layer is configured as a denser layer with a smaller pore size and a lower porosity than the support layer. Accordingly, movement of metal foreign objects from the positive electrode plate side to the negative electrode plate side, and precipitation of metal foreign objects on the negative electrode plate side can be inhibited, thereby making it possible to ensure battery performance and safety. |
| US10367180B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack includes a battery holder, a lead terminal, a bus bar, and a pack case. The battery holder includes a cell holder accommodating a plurality of battery cells and a flange extending outwardly from the cell holder. The lead terminal includes a lead plate and a lead tab, the lead plate covering electrodes of the battery cells, and the lead tab extending from the lead plate toward the flange. The bus bar is configured to form an electrical path between the lead tab and an external terminal. The pack case includes a coupler, and the external terminal is formed on the pack case. A fastener is inserted into the bus bar, the lead tab, and the flange, and the fastener is engages with the coupler. |
| US10367179B2 |
Battery pack
Disclosed is a battery pack allowing easy assembling of a cell assembly and a pack housing and also ensuring reinforced rigidity, and a vehicle comprising the same. The battery pack includes a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries and having outer protrusions formed at an outer side surface thereof to extend vertically; and a pack housing configured to have an inner space in which the cell assembly is accommodated, the pack housing having inner protrusions formed at an inner side surface thereof to extend vertically. |
| US10367168B2 |
Organic optoelectronic component
An organic optoelectronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment, an organic optoelectronic component includes an organic layer sequence having an active layer for emitting or absorbing electromagnetic radiation, a thin-film encapsulation on the organic layer sequence, an absorption layer on the organic layer sequence, the absorption layer configured to absorb and store a substance which is harmful to the organic layer sequence and a transport layer directly adjacent to the absorption layer, the transport layer configured to transport the harmful substance, wherein the transport layer has a greater diffusion coefficient and/or a higher transmission rate for the harmful substance than the absorption layer, and wherein the absorption layer has a higher storage capacity for the harmful substance than the transport layer so that the harmful substance, upon contact with the transport layer, is distributed within the transport layer and is subsequently absorbed by the absorption layer. |
| US10367163B2 |
Organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting display device including the same
An organic light emitting diode, including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a hole injection layer between the first electrode and the emission layer, the hole injection layer including a dipole material including a first component and a second component that have different polarities. |
| US10367158B2 |
Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor with sidewall-protected metal contacts
A field effect transistor includes a substrate and a gate dielectric formed on the substrate. A channel material is formed on the dielectric layer. The channel material includes carbon nanotubes. A patterned resist layer has openings formed therein. Metal contacts are formed on the channel material in the openings in the patterned resist layer and over portions of the patterned resist layer to protect sidewalls of the metal contacts to prevent degradation of the metal contacts. |
| US10367157B2 |
Energy sensitization of acceptors and donors in organic photovoltaics
Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices comprising acceptor and/or donor sensitizers to increase absorption and photoresponse of the photoactive layers of the devices. In particular, devices herein include at least one acceptor layer and at least one donor layer, wherein the acceptor layer may comprise a mixture of an acceptor material and at least one sensitizer, and the donor layer may comprise a mixture of a donor material and at least one sensitizer. Methods of fabricating the organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are also disclosed. |
| US10367156B2 |
Organic metal complex, and organic light emitting device and display apparatus using the same
Provided is an organic metal complex having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): MLmL′n (1) where: M represents a metal atom selected from Ir, Pt, Rh, Os, and Zn; L and L′, which are different from each other, each represent a bidentate ligand; m represents an integer of 1 to 3 and n represents an integer of 0 to 2, provided that m+n is 3; a partial structure MLm represents a structure represented by the following general formula (2): and a partial structure ML′n represents a structure including a monovalent bidentate ligand. |
| US10367155B2 |
Organometallic complex and organic light-emitting diode including the same
An organometallic complex and an organic light-emitting diode including the same, the organometallic complex being represented by Formula 1 below: |
| US10367142B2 |
Layered structure for an OLED and a method for producing such a structure
A layered structure suitable as a support for an organic light emitting device (OLED), includes a light-transmissive glass substrate, a diffusive internal extraction layer (IEL) with an outer layer made of a glass containing at least 30 weight % of Bi2O3, formed on one side of the light-transmissive glass substrate, and an acid-resistant barrier layer formed on the IEL. The acid-resistant barrier layer has a bilayer structure made of an ALD-deposited metal oxide layer, the metal oxide being selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide (Al2O3), titanium oxide (TiO2), zirconium oxide (ZrO2) and hafnium oxide (HfO2), in contact with the IEL, and a sputter-deposited SiOxNy layer in contact with the ALD-deposited metal oxide layer. |
| US10367138B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction device
The output voltage of an MRAM is increased by means of an Fe(001)/MgO(001)/Fe(001) MTJ device, which is formed by microfabrication of a sample prepared as follows: A single-crystalline MgO (001) substrate is prepared. An epitaxial Fe(001) lower electrode (a first electrode) is grown on a MgO(001) seed layer at room temperature, followed by annealing under ultrahigh vacuum. A MgO(001) barrier layer is epitaxially formed on the Fe(001) lower electrode (the first electrode) at room temperature, using a MgO electron-beam evaporation. A Fe(001) upper electrode (a second electrode) is then formed on the MgO(001) barrier layer at room temperature. This is successively followed by the deposition of a Co layer on the Fe(001) upper electrode (the second electrode). The Co layer is provided so as to increase the coercive force of the upper electrode in order to realize an antiparallel magnetization alignment. |
| US10367134B2 |
Shadow mask sidewall tunnel junction for quantum computing
A technique relates to forming a sidewall tunnel junction. A first conducting layer is formed using a first shadow mask evaporation. A second conducting layer is formed on a portion of the first conducting layer, where the second conducting layer is formed using a second shadow mask evaporation. An oxide layer is formed on the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer. A third conducting layer is formed on part of the oxide layer, such that the sidewall tunnel junction is positioned between the first conducting layer and the third conducting layer. |
| US10367132B2 |
Nanoscale device comprising an elongated crystalline nanostructure
The present disclosure relates to nanoscale device comprising an elongated crystalline nanostructure, such as a nanowire crystal, a nanowhisker crystal or a nanorod crystal, and a method for producing thereof. One embodiment relates to a nanoscale device comprising an elongated crystalline semiconductor nanostructure, such as a nanowire (crystal) or nanowhisker (crystal) or nanorod (crystal), having a plurality of substantially plane side facets, a crystalline structured first facet layer of a superconductor material covering at least a part of one or more of said side facets, and a second facet layer of a superconductor material covering at least a part of the first facet layer, the superconductor material of the second facet layer being different from the superconductor material of the first facet layer, wherein the crystalline structure of the semiconductor nanostructure is epitaxially matched with the crystalline structure of the first facet layer on the interface between the two crystalline structures. |
| US10367130B2 |
Method for producing nanomaterial-dopant composition composite, nanomaterial-dopant composition composite, and dopant composition
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a dopant composition-nanomaterial composite, which method makes it possible to simply and efficiently change a Seebeck coefficient value of a nanomaterial. This manufacture method of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) putting a dopant composition in contact with a nanomaterial in a solvent; (b) drying a mixture obtained in the step (a) so as to remove the solvent, the dopant composition containing a given anion and an onium ion. |
| US10367126B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes a base having an insulating part and a metal block; a light-emitting diode (LED) chip over the base; a water soluble paste between the LED chip and the base metal block for chip fixing and heat conduction; packaging glue covering the LED chip; and the LED chip bottom, water soluble paste and the base metal block form an all-metal thermal conducting path to achieve low a thermal resistance. |
| US10367125B2 |
Strengthened LED package and method therefor
Crimping of an LED leadframe to a subassembly may stress the leadframe. Flat leadframes cannot accommodate these stresses. Strain relief sections are added to the leadframe to accommodate crimping or other stresses on the leadframe. Strain relief sections are created in the leadframe in the form of openings, notches or bulges. The strain relief sections may be symmetric or asymmetric. |
| US10367124B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing the same
An object of the present invention is to provide such a sealing structure that a material to be a deterioration factor such as water or oxygen is prevented from entering from external and sufficient reliability is obtained in a display using an organic or inorganic electroluminescent element. In view of the above object, focusing on permeability of an interlayer insulating film, deterioration of an electroluminescent element is suppressed and sufficient reliability is obtained by preventing water entry from an interlayer insulating film according to the present invention. |
| US10367123B2 |
Light emitting device having a dam surrounding each light emitting region and a barrier surrounding the dam and fabricating method thereof
A light emitting device includes: a base substrate; a plurality of unit regions provided on the base substrate; a barrier disposed at a boundary of the unit regions to surround each of the unit regions; a dam disposed in each of the unit regions to be spaced apart from the barrier; a first electrode provided in each of unit light emitting regions surrounded by the dam; a second electrode disposed in each of the unit light emitting regions, the second electrode of which at least one region is provided opposite to the first electrode; and one or more LEDs provided in each of the unit light emitting regions, the one or more LEDs being electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US10367121B2 |
Package and light-emitting device
A method of manufacturing a package, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a resin compact having a recess, and including a pair of leads arranged at a bottom surface of the recess, a first resin body forming a lateral wall of the recess, and a second resin body arranged between the pair of leads; forming a reflective film entirely on at least the bottom surface of the recess and an inner surface of the lateral wall of the recess; and removing the reflective film formed on the pair of leads in the recess in the resin compact on which the reflective film has been formed. |
| US10367119B2 |
Method of manufacturing light-emitting device
A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: providing a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element comprising a layered semiconductor partially comprising an active layer in a plan view; mounting the light-emitting element on a supporting member; forming a phosphor layer so as to cover the light-emitting element; determining a surplus portion of the phosphor layer; and removing at least a portion of the phosphor layer in a region in the plan view in which the active layer is not disposed. |
| US10367113B2 |
Photoelectric conversion device, imaging element, and imaging device
A device uses a light-emitting material. The device includes an upper and a lower electrode, a first photoelectric conversion portion disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, a second photoelectric conversion portion, a first readout circuit connected to the first photoelectric conversion portion, and a second readout circuit connected to the second photoelectric conversion portion. The second photoelectric conversion portion converts light emitted from the light-emitting material into electrical charges. |
| US10367108B2 |
Photodetection device and imaging device
A photodetection device includes: a photoelectric converter generating charge; a first transfer channel having first and second ends, the first end being connected to the photoelectric converter, charge from the photoelectric converter being transferred from the first end toward the second end; a second transfer channel diverging from the first transfer channel at a first position; a third transfer channel diverging from the first transfer channel at a second position, further than the first position from the first end; a first charge accumulator accumulating charge transferred through the second transfer channel; a second charge accumulator accumulating charge transferred through the third transfer channel; a first gate electrode switching between transfer/cutoff of charge in the first transfer channel; and at least one second gate electrode switching between transfer/cutoff of charge in the second and third transfer channels, the third transfer channel being wider than the second transfer channel. |
| US10367107B2 |
Multijunction photovoltaic device having an Si barrier between cells
A photovoltaic device, particularly a solar cell, comprises an interface between a layer of Group III-V material and a layer of Group IV material with a thin silicon diffusion barrier provided at or near the interface. The silicon barrier controls the diffusion of Group V atoms into the Group IV material, which is doped n-type thereby. The n-type doped region can provide the p-n junction of a solar cell in the Group IV material with superior solar cell properties. It can also provide a tunnel diode in contact with a p-type region of the III-V material, which tunnel diode is also useful in solar cells. |
| US10367106B2 |
Integrated photodetector waveguide structure with alignment tolerance
An encapsulated integrated photodetector waveguide structures with alignment tolerance and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a waveguide structure bounded by one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structure(s). The method further includes forming a photodetector fully landed on the waveguide structure. |
| US10367105B2 |
Solar cell, solar cell module, and manufacturing method for solar cell
A solar cell includes a photoelectric converter having n-type regions and p-type regions alternately arranged in a first direction on a back surface and an electrode layer provided on the back surface. The photoelectric converter includes a plurality of sub-cells arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and an isolation region provided on a boundary between adjacent sub-cells. The electrode layer includes an n-side electrode provided on the n-type region in the sub-cell at the end of the sub-cells, a p-side electrode provided on the p-type region in the sub-cell at the other end, and a sub-electrode provided over two adjacent sub-cells. The sub-electrode connects the n-type region provided in one sub-cell of the two adjacent sub-cells to the p-type region provided in the other sub-cell. |
| US10367104B2 |
Solar cell
Disclosed is a solar cell including: a semiconductor substrate; a conductive region on or at the semiconductor substrate; an electrode electrically connected to the conductive region; and a passivation layer on a light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate. The passivation layer includes a first layer in contact with the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate and formed of silicon oxynitride for ultraviolet stability. The first layer includes a plurality of phases of the silicon oxynitride, and the plurality of phases are formed of the silicon oxynitride having different compositions. |
| US10367101B2 |
Schottky diode and method of manufacturing the same
A Schottky diode comprises: a substrate; a first semiconductor layer located on the substrate; a second semiconductor layer located on the first semiconductor layer, two-dimensional electron gas being formed at an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a cathode located on the second semiconductor layer and forming an ohmic contact with the second semiconductor layer; a first passivation dielectric layer located on the second semiconductor layer; a field plate groove formed in the first passivation dielectric layer; and an anode covering the field plate groove and a portion of the first passivation dielectric layer, wherein a distance between a bottom surface of the field plate groove and the two-dimensional electron gas in a height direction is greater than 5 nm. |
| US10367100B2 |
Semiconductor element, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor element capable of adjusting a barrier height ϕBn and performing zero-bias operation and impedance matching with an antenna for improving detection sensitivity of high-frequency RF electric signals, a method of manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor device having the same. In the semiconductor element, a concentration of InGaAs (n-type InGaAs layer) is intentionally set to be high over a range for preventing the “change of the barrier height caused by the bias” described above up to a deep degeneration range. An electron Fermi level (EF) increases from a band edge of InGaAs (n-type InGaAs layer) to a band edge of InP (InP depletion layer). |
| US10367099B2 |
Trench vertical JFET with ladder termination
A vertical JFET with a ladder termination may be made by a method using a limited number of masks. A first mask is used to form mesas and trenches in active cell and termination regions simultaneously. A mask-less self-aligned process is used to form silicide source and gate contacts. A second mask is used to open windows to the contacts. A third mask is used to pattern overlay metallization. An optional fourth mask is used to pattern passivation. Optionally the channel may be doped via angled implantation, and the width of the trenches and mesas in the active cell region may be varied from those in the termination region. |
| US10367098B2 |
Vertical JFET made using a reduced masked set
A vertical JFET made by a process using a limited number of masks. A first mask is used to form mesas and trenches in active cell and termination regions simultaneously. A mask-less self-aligned process is used to form silicide source and gate contacts. A second mask is used to open windows to the contacts. A third mask is used to pattern overlay metallization. An optional fourth mask is used to pattern passivation. Optionally the channel may be doped via angled implantation, and the width of the trenches and mesas in the active cell region may be varied from those in the termination region. |
| US10367092B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device
In a vertical MOSFET of a trench gate structure, a high-concentration implantation region is provided in a p-type base region formed from a p-type silicon carbide layer formed by epitaxial growth, so as to include a portion in which a channel is formed. The high-concentration implantation region is formed by ion implantation of a p-type impurity into the p-type silicon carbide layer. The high-concentration implantation region is formed by p-type ion implantation and has an impurity concentration profile in which concentration differences in a depth direction form a bell-shaped curve at a peak of impurity concentration that is higher than that of the p-type silicon carbide layer. In the p-type base region, disorder occurs partially in the crystal structure consequent to the ion implantation for forming the high-concentration implantation region. |
| US10367085B2 |
IGBT with waved floating P-Well electron injection
An IGBT includes a floating P well and a floating N+ well that extends down into the floating P well. A bottom surface of the floating P well has a waved contour with thinner portions and thicker portions. When the device is on, electrons flow laterally from an N+ emitter and through a channel region. Some electrons pass downward, but others pass laterally through the floating N+ well to one of the thinner portions of the floating P type well. The electrons then pass down from the thinner portions into the N− drift layer. Other electrons pass farther through the floating N+ well to subsequent, thinner electron injector portions of the floating P type well and then into the N− drift layer. The extra electron injection afforded by the waved floating well structure reduces VCE(SAT). The waved contour is made without adding any masking step to the IGBT manufacturing process. |
| US10367084B2 |
Cascode heterojunction bipolar transistors
Fabrication methods and device structures for heterojunction bipolar transistors. A first emitter of a first heterojunction bipolar transistor and a second collector of a second heterojunction bipolar transistor are formed in a device layer of a silicon-on-insulator substrate. A first base layer of a first heterojunction bipolar transistor is epitaxially grown on the device layer with an intrinsic base portion arranged on the first emitter. A first collector of the first heterojunction bipolar transistor is epitaxially grown on the intrinsic base portion of the first base layer. A second base layer of the second heterojunction bipolar transistor is epitaxially grown on the device layer with an intrinsic base portion arranged on the second collector. A second emitter of the second heterojunction bipolar transistor is epitaxially grown on the intrinsic base portion of the second base layer. A connection is formed between the first emitter and the second collector. |
| US10367081B2 |
Method of manufacturing thin film transistor
The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor (TFT) and its manufacturing method. The method includes the following steps: sequentially depositing a buffer layer and a shielding layer on a substrate; forming an IGZO layer on and covering the shielding layer; processing the IGZO layer by annealing so that a portion of the IGZO layer is diffused by the buffer layer and has a conductor property; and forming a source and a drain so that the source and drain contact the portion of the IGZO layer. The present disclosure, through annealing the IGZO layer, the buffer layer makes portions of the IGZO layer contacting the source and the drain to have conductor property, thereby avoiding the prior art's complex process, simplifying the manufacturing of the IGZO TFT, and enhancing the production efficiency. |
| US10367071B2 |
Method and structure for a large-grain high-k dielectric
A method of forming a semiconductor device (100) includes depositing a metal oxide (104) over the substrate (102). The depositing includes combining a first metal and oxygen to form the metal oxide having grains and further adding a catalyst during the combining. The catalyst causes the grains to be bigger than would occur in the absence of the catalyst. A conductive layer (202) is formed over the metal oxide. |
| US10367066B2 |
Thin film transistor and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a thin film transistor and a method for manufacturing the same, which relates to the technical field of display. Each of a source and a drain of the thin film transistor includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer. The first metal layer is in contact with an IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) layer, and a metal diffusion layer is provided at a contact face. Meanwhile, disclosed is a method for manufacturing the thin film transistor: sequentially obtaining the first metal layer, the second metal layer, and the third metal layer through deposition; then obtaining PV layers; and then performing high temperature annealing treatment on the PV layers to diffuse a metal within the first metal layer into the IGZO layer, thereby forming a metal diffusion layer. The metal diffusion layer forms Ohmic contact between the first metal layer and the IGZO layer, thus reducing contact resistance both between the source and the IGZO layer and between the drain and the IGZO layer. |
| US10367064B2 |
Semiconductor device with recessed channel array transistor (RCAT) including a superlattice
A semiconductor device may include a substrate, at least one memory array comprising a plurality of recessed channel array transistors (RCATs) on the substrate, and periphery circuitry adjacent the at least one memory array and including a plurality of complementary metal oxide (CMOS) transistors on the substrate. Each of the CMOS transistors may include spaced-apart source and drain regions in the substrate and defining a channel region therebetween, a superlattice extending between the source and drain regions in the channel region, and a gate over the superlattice and between the source and drain regions. The superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. |
| US10367059B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure having a buried raised portion
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes the following steps. A first raised portion is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The height of the first raised portion is reduced, and a dielectric material is formed over the first raised portion. The dielectric material is annealed such that the first raised portion is tilted. |
| US10367052B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. A display region is divided into a first display region and at least one second display region smaller than the first display region. The display panel includes compensation lines and to-be-compensated lines located in the display region. Each compensation line is electronically connected with one to-be-compensated line, an orthographic projection of the compensation line on the substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of one power supply line on the substrate, and a capacitance is formed between the compensation line and the power supply line, or each compensation line is electronically connected with one power supply line, an orthographic projection of the compensation line on the substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of one to-be-compensated line on the substrate, and a capacitance is formed between the compensation line and the to-be-compensated line. |
| US10367050B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel includes a display area in which an image is displayed and a first non-display area in which a pad portion is located. The display panel includes a first bending portion in the display area, the first bending portion being bent at a first curvature radius, and a second bending portion in the first non-display area, the second bending portion being bent at a second curvature radius that is smaller than the first curvature radius. |
| US10367048B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first insulating substrate, an emitting layer, a protective film, a resin base, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer. The first insulating substrate includes a display area and a drive area. The emitting layer is in the display area. The protective film covers the emitting layer. The resin base is at a position upper than the protective film. The first adhesive layer is under the resin base, in the display area and the drive area. The second adhesive layer is on the resin base. The second adhesive layer covers the drive area and an end portion of the resin base. The resin base is located between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer in the drive area. |
| US10367039B2 |
Display device having areas
A display device including emitting areas is provided. The emitting areas of the display device may realize a different color each other. The display device includes light-emitting structures on the emitting areas. The adjacent light-emitting structures have different heights with respect to the lower substrate, such that a size of a non-emitting area between the adjacent emitting areas is reduced. |
| US10367037B2 |
Pixel structure of OLED display panel and manufacturing method thereof
A pixel structure of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The pixel structure comprises a pixel region, anode conductive layers, pixel units, and a cathode conductive layer. The pixel region comprises sub-pixel regions arranged in sequence, at least two adjacent sub-pixel regions defined as a sub-pixel region group are disposed integrally. The anode conductive layers are disposed in the sub-pixel regions respectively, and separated from each other. The cathode conductive layer is electrically connected with the anode conductive layers to control the pixel units. Each of the pixel units comprises sub-pixels and is disposed in the pixel region. Each of the sub-pixels is disposed in one of the sub-pixel regions. The sub-pixels are formed integrally and have a same color in the sub-pixel region group. The pixel unit comprises a hole injection layer, a luminous layer and an electron injection layer. |
| US10367035B2 |
Electrooptical device, electronic apparatus, and head mount display
An electrooptical device includes a first sub-pixel, a first region, a second sub-pixel, a second region, a third sub-pixel, a third region, a fourth sub-pixel, and a fourth region, which are arranged in an X direction as a first direction. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel have different colors from each other, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel have different colors from each other, and the first region, the second region, the third region, and the fourth region have the same length in the X direction. |
| US10367031B2 |
Sequential integration process
A sequential integration process is described. An example process involves forming a wafer stack by bonding a first wafer to a second wafer with a front side of the first wafer facing a front side of the second wafer, the first wafer including a first device region formed on the front side of the first wafer and including a set of semiconductor devices. The example process involves, subsequent to forming the wafer stack, forming a second device region on a back side of the first wafer, the second device region including a set of semiconductor devices. The example process involves forming at least one interconnection layer on the second device region for electrically interconnecting the semiconductor devices of the second device region. The example process also involves forming at least one via extending through the wafer stack from the at least one interconnection layer and through the first wafer. |
| US10367024B2 |
Semiconductor image sensors having channel stop regions and methods of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a light-receiving element which outputs electric charges in response to incident light, and a drive transistor which is gated by an output of the light-receiving element to generate a source-drain current in proportion to the incident light, wherein the drive transistor include a first gate electrode, a first channel region which is disposed under the first gate electrode, first source-drain regions which are disposed at respective ends of the first channel region and that have a first conductivity type, and a first channel stop region which is disposed on a side of the first channel region, and that separates the light-receiving element and the first channel region, the first channel stop region having a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type. |
| US10367021B2 |
Image sensor device and fabricating method thereof
An image sensor device includes a substrate, a photo sensitive element, a first dielectric structure and a convex dielectric lens. The substrate has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The photo sensitive element is formed on the first side of the substrate for receiving incident light transmitted through the substrate. The first dielectric structure is formed on the second side of the substrate. At least one portion of the convex dielectric lens is located in the first dielectric structure. The convex dielectric lens has a convex side oriented toward the incident light and a planar side oriented toward the photo sensitive element. |
| US10367019B2 |
CMOS image sensor structure with crosstalk improvement
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a device layer, color filters and a passivation layer. The device overlies the substrate, and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The device layer includes a grid structure disposed on the second surface of the device layer, and the grid structure includes cavities. The first surface of the device layer is adjacent to the substrate. The color filters fill in the cavities. The passivation layer is disposed on the second surface of the device layer, and covers the grid structure and the color filters. |
| US10367017B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof
An array substrate and a method of manufacturing the array substrate are provided. The method includes providing a substrate, sequentially forming a light-shielding layer, a buffer layer, an active layer, a source, a drain, a gate insulating layer, and a gate on the substrate, performing a first conductorization process on a corresponding region of the active layer opposite to the source and the drain, and performing a second conductorization process on another corresponding region of the active layer between the source and the gate and between the drain and the gate. |
| US10367016B2 |
Method for manufacturing TFT substrate
A method for manufacturing a TFT (Thin-Film Transistor) substrate is proposed. The method includes utilizing a first photomask process to form a buffer layer, a data line, a source electrode, a first scan line, a second scan line, and a gate electrode on a substrate; utilizing a second photomask process to form a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, a first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the substrate; and utilizing a third photomask process to form a first conductor layer, an electrical connection portion, and a drain electrode on the substrate. |
| US10367015B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device which can reduce leakage of current between wirings. Included steps are forming a first insulator over a first conductor which is formed over substrate; forming a first hard mask thereover; forming a first resist mask comprising a first opening, over the first hard mask; etching the first hard mask to form a second hard mask comprising a second opening; etching the first insulator using the second hard mask to form a second insulator comprising a third opening; forming a second conductor embedded in the second opening and the third opening; performing polishing treatment on the second hard mask and the second conductor to form a third conductor embedded in the third opening; forming a fourth conductor thereover; forming a second resist mask in a pattern over the fourth conductor; and dry-etching the fourth conductor to form a fifth conductor. The second hard mask can be dry-etched. |
| US10367014B2 |
Display device, manufacturing method of display device, and electronic device
A display device in which a peripheral circuit portion has high operation stability is provided. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A first insulating layer is provided over a first surface of the first substrate. A second insulating layer is provided over a first surface of the second substrate. The first surface of the first substrate and the first surface of the second substrate face each other. An adhesive layer is provided between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. A protective film in contact with the first substrate, the first insulating layer, the adhesive layer, the second insulating layer, and the second substrate is formed in the vicinity of a peripheral portion of the first substrate and the second substrate. |
| US10367013B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor in which on-state current is high is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor provided in a driver circuit portion and a second transistor provided in a pixel portion; the first transistor and the second transistor have different structures. Furthermore, the first transistor and the second transistor are transistors having a top-gate structure. In an oxide semiconductor film of each of the transistors, an impurity element is contained in regions which do not overlap with a gate electrode. The regions of the oxide semiconductor film which contain the impurity element function as low-resistance regions. Furthermore, the regions of the oxide semiconductor film which contain the impurity element are in contact with a film containing hydrogen. The first transistor provided in the driver circuit portion includes two gate electrodes between which the oxide semiconductor film is provided. |
| US10367008B2 |
Array substrate, display panel and display device
An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, and, subpixels disposed on the base substrate. A first electrode and a second electrode are disposed in each of the subpixels; the first electrode includes first electrode strips; the second electrode includes second electrode strips. A distance between a projection of one second electrode strip and a projection of a first electrode strip adjacent to the second electrode strip in the first direction is S1; a distance between the projection of the second electrode strip and a projection of one first electrode strip adjacent to the second electrode strip in a direction opposite to the first direction is S2; a first domain includes a part in which S1 is greater than S2; and a second domain includes a part in which S1 is less than S2. |
| US10367007B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device capable of reducing the number of manufacturing processes and manufacturing costs and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided, the display device including: a first substrate; a gate transmission member and a pixel electrode on the first substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate transmission member and the pixel electrode; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, the semiconductor layer overlapping a gate electrode of the gate transmission member; and a source electrode and a drain electrode on the semiconductor layer, wherein the gate transmission member includes a first conductive layer pattern and a second conductive layer pattern on the first conductive layer pattern, the first conductive layer pattern including a material the same as a material forming the pixel electrode. |
| US10367003B2 |
Vertical non-volatile memory device and method for fabricating the same
A vertical non-volatile memory device includes a substrate including a cell region; a lower insulating layer on the substrate; a lower wiring pattern in the cell region having a predetermined pattern and connected to the substrate through the lower insulating layer; and a plurality of vertical channel layers extending in a vertical direction with respect to a top surface of the substrate in the cell region, spaced apart from one another in a horizontal direction with respect to the top surface of the substrate, and electrically connected to the lower wiring pattern. The memory device also includes a plurality of gate electrodes stacked alternately with interlayer insulating layers in the cell region in the vertical direction along a side wall of a vertical channel layer and formed to extend in a first direction along the horizontal direction. |
| US10367002B2 |
Vertical semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same
In a method of manufacturing a vertical semiconductor device, an insulation layer and a sacrificial layer are alternatively and repeatedly formed on a substrate to define a structure. The structure is etched to form a hole therethrough that exposes the substrate. A first semiconductor pattern is formed in a lower portion of the hole, and a blocking pattern, a charge storage pattern, a tunnel insulation pattern and a first channel pattern are formed on a sidewall of the hole. A second channel pattern is formed on the first channel pattern and the semiconductor pattern, and a second semiconductor pattern is formed on a portion of the second channel pattern on the semiconductor pattern to define an upper channel pattern including the second channel pattern and the second semiconductor pattern. The sacrificial layers are replaced with a plurality of gates, respectively, including a conductive material. |
| US10367000B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a foundation layer, a stacked body provided above the foundation layer, a semiconductor body, and a charge storage portion. The stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an air gap interposed, a plurality of select gate layers stacked in a stacking direction of the electrode layers, and an insulating body provided between the select gate layers adjacent to each other in the stacking direction. The semiconductor body extends in the stacking direction in the stacked body. The charge storage portion is provided between the semiconductor body and one of the electrode layers. |
| US10366997B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including first and second active patterns thereon, a first gate electrode intersecting the first and second active patterns, first and second source/drain regions on the first and second active patterns, respectively, at one side of the first gate electrode, and an active contact on the first source/drain region so as to be electrically connected to the first source/drain region. The active contact includes a first sub-contact and a second sub-contact. The second sub-contact includes a vertical extension vertically extending toward the substrate. A bottom surface of the vertical extension is lower than a bottom surface of the first sub-contact. |
| US10366993B2 |
Semiconductor structure having air gap between gate electrode and distal end portion of active area
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a trench isolation region formed therein. A conductive gate electrode is buried in the trench isolation region. An air gap is disposed between the conductive gate electrode and the semiconductor substrate. |
| US10366991B1 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure, a cladding layer, and a gate structure. The semiconductor substrate includes fin shaped structures. The isolation structure is disposed between the fin shaped structures. Each of the fin shaped structures includes a first portion disposed above a top surface of the isolation structure and a second portion disposed on the first portion. A width of the second portion is smaller than a width of the first portion. The cladding layer is disposed on the first portion and the second portion of each of the fin shaped structures. The cladding layer includes a curved surface. The gate structure is disposed straddling the fin shaped structures. |
| US10366990B2 |
Fin field effect transistor and semiconductor device
A FinFET including a gate stack, a semiconductor fin embedded in the gate stack, a source and a drain disposed is provided. The semiconductor fin extends along a widthwise direction of the gate stack and has a first concave and a second concave exposed at sidewalls of the gate stack respectively. The source and drain are disposed at two opposite sides of the gate stack. The source includes a first portion in contact with and embedded in the first concave. The drain includes a second portion in contact with and embedded in the second concave. The first portion and the second portion are covered by the gate stack. |
| US10366989B2 |
Semiconductor device having a contact bar over an S/D structure
A semiconductor device includes a first fin field effect transistor (FinFET) and a contact bar (source/drain (S/D) contact layer). The first FinFET includes a first fin structure extending in a first direction, a first gate structure extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a first S/D structure. The contact bar is disposed over the first S/D structure and extends in the second direction crossing the first S/D structure in plan view. The contact bar includes a first portion disposed over the first S/D structure and a second portion. The second portion overlaps no fin structure and no S/D structure. A width of the second portion in the first direction is smaller than a width of the first portion in the first direction in plan view. |
| US10366988B2 |
Selective contact etch for unmerged epitaxial source/drain regions
A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of semiconductor material fins located on a surface of a substrate. At least one gate structure straddles over a portion of each semiconductor material fin. Unmerged source-side epitaxial semiconductor material portions are located on an exposed surfaces of each semiconductor material fin and on one side of each gate structure and unmerged drain-side epitaxial semiconductor portions are located on other exposed surfaces of each semiconductor material fin and on another side of each gate structure. An etch stop structure is located between each unmerged source-side and drain-side epitaxial semiconductor material portions. Each etch stop structure includes a bottom material portion that has a higher etch resistance in a specific etchant as compared to an upper material portion of the etch stop structure. |
| US10366986B1 |
Integrated circuits and devices with interleaved transistor elements, and methods of their fabrication
A monolithic integrated circuit includes first and second pluralities of parallel-connected transistor elements (e.g., transistor fingers). To spread heat in the IC, the first and second pluralities of transistor elements are interleaved with each other and arranged in a first row. The IC also may include third and fourth pluralities of parallel-connected transistor elements arranged in a second row. The transistor elements in the first row may be series and shunt transistors of an RF switch transmit path, and the transistor elements in the second row may be series and shunt transistors of an RF switch receive path. During a transmit mode of operation, the series transistors in the transmit path and the shunt transistors in the receive path are closed. During a receive mode of operation, the shunt transistors in the transmit path and the series transistors in the receive path are closed. |
| US10366981B2 |
Power semiconductor devices
A power semiconductor device includes a diode part disposed in a first region of a substrate, a junction field effect transistor (JFET) part disposed in a second region adjacent to the first region of the substrate, an anode terminal disposed on the first region of the substrate, and a cathode terminal disposed on the second region of the substrate. The diode part includes a p-type body region disposed inside the substrate and electrically connected with the anode terminal, an n-type well disposed on one side of the p-type body region and having a first impurity concentration, and a first n-type semiconductor region disposed below the p-type body region and having a second impurity concentration which is lower than the first impurity concentration. |
| US10366980B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
A semiconductor chip including an internal circuit, a plurality of electrode pads and a plurality of I/O cells. The plurality of electrode pads are arranged on a first line, a second line and a third line. Each of the plurality of electrode pads arranged at least on the first and second lines overlaps corresponding one of the plurality of I/O cells in a plan view. The plurality of I/O cells are provided on a peripheral region of the semiconductor chip. Each of the plurality of I/O cells includes a protective circuit, and is connected to corresponding one of the plurality of electrode pads. The protective circuit includes a power source-side protective circuit provided between the corresponding one of the plurality of electrode pads and a power source wiring; and a ground-side protective circuit provided between the corresponding one of the plurality of electrode pads and a ground wiring. |
| US10366979B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection circuit and method for electrostatic discharge protection
An electrostatic discharge protection circuit is proposed comprising a series connection of a pull-up resistor and a trigger device, connecting a first and a second supply terminal. A coupling device is connected between the first and the second supply terminal, and further connected to the series connection so as to generate at an output a compensation voltage depending on a trigger voltage of the trigger device. A discharge device for discharging current from an electrostatic discharge event is connected between the first and second supply terminal and connected to the output of the coupling device, and operating in response to the compensation voltage. |
| US10366974B2 |
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and method for operating an ESD protection device
Embodiments of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and a method of operating an ESD protection device are described. In one embodiment, an ESD protection device includes a bipolar transistor device connected between a first node and a second node, a series protection device connected in series with the bipolar transistor device, and a diode device connected between the second node and a third node. A drain terminal of an NMOS device to be protected is connectable to the first node. A body of the NMOS device to be protected is connectable to the second node. A source terminal of the NMOS device to be protected is connectable to the third node. The diode device and the bipolar transistor device are configured to form a parasitic silicon controlled rectifier. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10366973B2 |
Layout modification method for exposure manufacturing process
A layout modification method for fabricating an integrated circuit is provided. The layout modification method includes calculating uniformity of critical dimension of a patterned layer with a layout for an exposure manufacturing process to produce a semiconductor device. The patterned layer is divided into a first portion and a second portion which is adjacent to the first portion, and a width of the second portion equals to a penumbra size of the exposure manufacturing process. The layout modification method further includes retrieving an adjusting parameter for modifying the layout of the semiconductor device; determining a compensation amount based on the adjusting parameter and the uniformity of critical dimension; and compensating the critical dimension of the second portion of the patterned layer by utilizing the compensation amount to generate a modified layout. |
| US10366972B2 |
Microelectronics package with self-aligned stacked-die assembly
The present disclosure relates to a microelectronics package with a self-aligned stacked-die assembly and a process for making the same. The disclosed microelectronics package includes a module substrate, a first die with a first coupling component, a second die with a second coupling component, and a first mold compound. The first die is attached to the module substrate. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the first die, and extends above an upper surface of the first die to define a first opening. Herein, the first mold compound provides vertical walls of the first opening, which are aligned with edges of the first die in X-direction and Y-direction. The second die is stacked with the first die and in the first opening, such that the second coupling component is mirrored to the first coupling component. |
| US10366970B2 |
3D semiconductor device and structure
A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising: a first single crystal layer comprising a plurality of first transistors; at least one metal layer interconnecting said first transistors, a portion of said first transistors forming a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying said first single crystal layer; a plurality of third transistors overlaying said plurality of second transistors; a top metal layer overlying said third transistors; first circuits underlying said first single crystal layer; second circuits overlying said top metal layer; a first set of connections underlying said at least one metal layer, wherein said first set of connections connects said first transistors to said first circuits; a second set of connections overlying said top metal layer, wherein said second set of connections connects said first transistors to said second circuits, and wherein said first set of connections comprises a through silicon via (TSV). |
| US10366969B2 |
Integrated electronic device with transceiving antenna and magnetic interconnection
An embodiment of an integrated electronic device having a body, made at least partially of semiconductor material and having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface, and a first antenna, which is integrated in the body and enables magnetic or electromagnetic coupling of the integrated electronic device with a further antenna. The integrated electronic device moreover has a coupling region made of magnetic material, which provides, in use, a communication channel between the first antenna and the further antenna. |
| US10366967B2 |
Apparatus and method for multi-die interconnection
A semiconductor and a method of fabricating the semiconductor having multiple, interconnected die including: providing a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of disparate die formed within the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of scribe lines formed between pairs of adjacent die of the plurality of disparate die; and fabricating, by a lithography system, a plurality of inter-die connections that extend between adjacent pair of die of the plurality of die. |
| US10366959B2 |
Integrated fan-out structure and method of forming
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming are provided. A molding compound extends along sidewalls of a first die and a second die. A redistribution layer is formed over the first die, the second die, and the molding compound. The redistribution layer includes a conductor overlying a gap between the first die and the second die. The conductor is routed at a first angle over an edge of the first die. The first angle is measured with respect to a straight line that extends along a shortest between the first die and the second die, and the first angle is greater than 0. |
| US10366958B2 |
Wire bonding between isolation capacitors for multichip modules
A packaged multichip device includes a first IC die with an isolation capacitor utilizing a top metal layer as its top plate and a lower metal layer as its bottom plate. A second IC die has a second isolation capacitor utilizing its top metal layer as its top plate and a lower metal layer as its bottom plate. A first bondwire end is coupled to one top plate and a second bondwire end is coupled to the other top plate. The second bondwire end includes a stitch bond including a wire approach angle not normal to the top plate it is bonded to and is placed so that the stitch bond's center is positioned at least 5% further from an edge of this top plate on a bondwire crossover side compared to a distance of the stitch bond's center from the side opposite the bondwire crossover side. |
| US10366952B2 |
Semiconductor device including a porous dielectric layer, and method of forming the semiconductor device
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a porous dielectric layer including a recessed portion, forming a conductive layer in the recessed portion of the porous dielectric layer, and forming a conformal cap layer on the porous dielectric layer and on the conductive layer in the recessed portion, an upper surface of the porous dielectric layer being exposed through a gap in the conformal cap layer. |
| US10366949B2 |
Wiring substrate and semiconductor device
A wiring substrate includes a first wiring structure and a second wiring structure. The first wiring structure includes a first insulating layer, which covers a first wiring layer, and a via wiring. A first through hole of the first insulating layer is filled with the via wiring. The second wiring structure includes a second wiring layer and a second insulating layer. The second wiring layer is formed on an upper surface of the first insulating layer and an upper end surface of the via wiring. The second wiring layer partially includes a roughened surface. The second insulating layer is stacked on the upper surface of the first insulating layer and covers the second wiring layer. The second wiring structure has a higher wiring density than the first wiring structure. The roughened surface of the second wiring layer has a smaller surface roughness than the first wiring layer. |
| US10366945B2 |
Lead frame, lead frame with resin attached thereto, resin package, light emitting device, and method for manufacturing resin package
A lead frame includes at least one row of a plurality of unit regions arranged in a first direction. Each of the unit regions includes: a first lead; a second lead; and an isolation region configured to isolate the first lead from the second lead, the isolation region including a bent portion that is located at an end part of the second lead. The first lead has an extending portion extending along the end part of the second lead. The plurality of unit regions includes a first unit region, and a second unit region that is adjacent to the first unit region in the first direction. The first lead of the first unit region is connected to the first lead or second lead of the second unit region via the extending portion. |
| US10366944B2 |
Methods and apparatus for semiconductor device having bi-material die attach layer
Described examples include a device including a semiconductor die having a first surface with bond pads and an opposite second surface attached to a substrate by an adhesive layer covering at least a portion of the surface area of the second surface. The adhesive layer includes first zones composed of a first polymeric compound and adding up to a first portion of the surface area, and second zones composed of a second polymeric compound and adding up to a second portion of the surface area, the first zones and the second zones being contiguous. The first polymeric compound has a first modulus and the second polymeric compound has a second modulus greater than the first modulus. |
| US10366941B2 |
Package structure
Provided is a package structure including a substrate, a metal pad, a first polymer layer, a second polymer layer, a redistribution layer (RDL), and a third polymer layer. The metal pad is located on the substrate. The first polymer layer is located on the substrate. The first polymer layer has a first opening which exposes a portion of a top surface of the metal pad. The second polymer layer is located on the first polymer layer. The second polymer layer has a second opening which exposes the portion of the top surface of the metal pad and a first top surface of the first polymer layer. The RDL covers the portion of the top surface of the metal pad and extends onto a portion of the first top surface of the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer. The third polymer layer is located on the RDL. |
| US10366940B2 |
Air gap and air spacer pinch off
Embodiments are directed to a method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures having an air spacer between a gate and a contact by forming a gate on a substrate and over a channel region of a semiconductor fin. A contact is formed on a doped region of the substrate such that a space between the contact and the gate defines a trench. A first dielectric layer is formed over the gate and the contact such that the first dielectric layer partially fills the trench. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer such that an air spacer forms in the trench between the gate and the contact. |
| US10366939B2 |
Heat sink fastening system and method
A system for mounting a heat sink to a printed circuit board includes a frame that is configured to be mounted to a printed circuit board and to receive a heat sink. The heat sink and the frame are formed as separate components. The frame is formed as a rigid component. The system further includes fastening elements that are configured to fix the heat sink to the frame in a mounting position after the heat sink has been inserted into the frame. |
| US10366937B2 |
Cooling device, method for producing a cooling device and power circuit
A cooling device includes an aluminum heat sink and at least one nickel sheet segment. The nickel sheet segment is connected to the aluminum heat sink by a solder layer. The cooling device includes a securing surface for securing and for heat absorption. The securing surface being formed by that side of the nickel sheet segment which faces away from aluminum heat sink. The aluminum heat sink is formed from a plurality of aluminum sheets which are stacked one above another and are connected to one another. At least one aluminum sheet includes cutouts which form a cooling channel covered by at least one of the aluminum sheets. Furthermore, a method for producing a cooling device and also a power circuit comprising a heat sink as described here are presented. |
| US10366933B2 |
Case having terminal insertion portion for an external connection terminal
A semiconductor device includes: a base plate; an insulating substrate provided on an upper surface of the base plate; a conductive pattern provided on an upper surface of the insulating substrate; a semiconductor chip mounted on an upper surface of the conductive pattern; a case surrounding the base plate, the insulating substrate, the conductive pattern, and the semiconductor chip; a sealing resin sealing an interior of the case; and an external connection terminal provided to the case. One end portion of the external connection terminal is connected to the conductive pattern, the case has a terminal insertion portion enabling insertion of the other end portion of the external connection terminal in a peripheral wall portion thereof, and a portion of the external connection terminal other than the other end portion is sealed by the sealing resin with the other end portion being inserted in the terminal insertion portion. |
| US10366928B2 |
Hybridization fin reveal for uniform fin reveal depth across different fin pitches
A semiconductor device having a uniform height across different fin densities includes a semiconductor substrate having fins etched therein and including dense fin regions and isolation regions without fins. One or more dielectric layers are formed at a base of the fins and the isolation regions and have a uniform height across the fins and the isolation regions. The uniform height includes a less than 2 nanometer difference across the one or more dielectric layers. |
| US10366926B1 |
Structure and formation method of semiconductor device structure
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a fin structure over a semiconductor substrate and a gate stack covering a portion of the fin structure. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer, a work function layer, and a conductive filling over the work function layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a dielectric layer covering the fin structure. The dielectric layer is in direct contact with the conductive filling. |
| US10366922B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device may comprise a plurality of conductive lines and a plurality of contact plugs. The plurality of conductive lines may include a first conductive line a second conductive line. The plurality of contact plugs may include a first contact plug and a second contact plug. The first contact plug may have a first pillar portion and a first protruding portion protruding from a sidewall of the first pillar portion at a first depth, so as to be in alignment and contact with a sidewall of the first conductive line. The second contact plug may have a second pillar portion and a second protruding portion protruding from a sidewall of the second pillar portion at a second depth, so as to be in alignment and contact with a sidewall of the second conductive line. |
| US10366921B2 |
Integrated circuit structure including fuse and method thereof
An integrated circuit structure includes a fuse. The integrated circuit structure further includes a first dielectric layer and a patterned dummy. The fuse is disposed on a substrate. The first dielectric layer covers the fuse. The patterned dummy is disposed on the first dielectric layer and the patterned dummy has a first recess exposing a part of the first dielectric layer directly above the fuse. A method of forming the integrated circuit structure including a fuse is also provided. |
| US10366920B2 |
Location-specific laser annealing to improve interconnect microstructure
A method (and structure) includes performing an initial partial anneal of a metal interconnect overburden layer for semiconductor devices being fabricated on a chip on a semiconductor wafer. Orientation of an early recrystallizing grain at a specific location on a top surface of the metal overburden layer is determined, as implemented and controlled by a processor on a computer. A determination is made whether the orientation of the early recrystallizing grain is desirable or undesirable. |
| US10366908B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
In a substrate processing apparatus, gas is supplied from above a shield plate to a lid internal space within a chamber so that pressure in the lid internal space becomes higher than pressure in a chamber-body internal space and the gas in the lid internal space is sent to the chamber-body internal space. The gas flowing from the lid internal space is discharged through a body discharge port provided below a substrate in the chamber-body internal space. This forms a generally cylindrical current of gas in the chamber. The supply of processing liquids to an upper surface of the substrate is conducted on the inner side of the generally cylindrical current. This suppresses mists and fumes of processing liquids passing through the generally cylindrical current and entering into the lid internal space from the gap between the shield plate and the lid bottom part. |
| US10366907B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor package
There is provided a manufacturing method of a semiconductor package in which plural semiconductor chips different in the thickness are mounted. In the manufacturing method, the back surface of a package board in which the plural semiconductor chips on a wiring base are collectively sealed by a sealant is held by a holding tape and a resin layer is thinned by a shaping abrasive stone. Then, a dividing unit is caused to cut to the middle of the holding tape along planned dividing lines to divide the package board into individual semiconductor packages. |
| US10366903B2 |
Textile patterning for subtractively-patterned self-aligned interconnects, plugs, and vias
Embodiments of the invention include methods of forming a textile patterned hardmask. In an embodiment, a first hardmask and a second hardmask are formed over a top surface of an interconnect layer in an alternating pattern. A sacrificial cross-grating may then be formed over the first and second hardmasks. In an embodiment, portions of the first hardmask that are not covered by the sacrificial cross-grating are removed to form first openings and a third hardmask is disposed into the first openings. Embodiments may then include etching through portions of the second hardmask that are not covered by the sacrificial cross-grating to form second openings. The second openings may be filled with a fourth hardmask. According to an embodiment, the first, second, third, and fourth hardmasks are etch selective to each other. In an embodiment the sacrificial cross-grating may then be removed. |
| US10366899B2 |
Method of detecting a condition
A method is for detecting a condition associated with a final phase of a plasma dicing process. The method includes providing a non-metallic substrate having a plurality of dicing lanes defined thereon, plasma etching through the substrate along the dicing lanes, wherein during the plasma etching infrared emission emanating from at least a portion of the dicing lanes is monitored so that an increase in infrared emission from the dicing lanes is observed as the final phase of the plasma dicing operation is entered, and detecting the condition associated with the final phase of the plasma dicing from the monitored infrared emission. |
| US10366898B2 |
Techniques and systems for continuous-flow plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD)
Techniques are disclosed for methods and apparatuses for performing continuous-flow plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD). Plasma gas, containing one or more component gases, is continuously flowed to a planar inductive coupled plasma source attached at an upper end of a cylindrical chamber. Plasma is separated from the ALD volume surrounding a wafer/substrate in the lower end of the chamber by a combination of a grounded metal plate and a ceramic plate. Each plate has a number of mutually aligned holes. The ceramic plate has holes with a diameter less than 2 Debye lengths and has a large aspect ratio. This prevents damaging plasma flux from entering the ALD volume into which a gaseous metal precursor is also pulsed. The self-limiting ALD reaction involving the heated substrate, the excited neutrals from the plasma gas, and the metal precursor produce an ultra-uniform, high quality film on the wafer. A batch configuration to simultaneously coat multiple wafers is also disclosed. |
| US10366895B2 |
Methods for forming a semiconductor device using tilted reactive ion beam
A semiconductor device and method is disclosed. In one example, the method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a trench extending from a front side surface of a semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate. The method includes forming of material to be structured inside the trench. Material to be structured is irradiated with a tilted reactive ion beam at a non-orthogonal angle with respect to the front side surface such that an undesired portion of the material to be structured is removed due to the irradiation with the tilted reactive ion beam while an irradiation of another portion of the material to be structured is masked by an edge of the trench. |
| US10366894B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing device, and recording medium
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: forming a metal carbide film including a first metal element and a second metal element on a substrate, by time-divisionally performing, supplying a first precursor gas containing the first metal element and not containing carbon to the substrate, supplying a second precursor gas containing the second metal element differing from the first metal element and not containing carbon to the substrate, and supplying a reaction gas containing carbon to the substrate. |
| US10366891B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A vertical semiconductor apparatus includes: a gallium nitride substrate; a gallium nitride semiconductor layer on the gallium nitride substrate; a p-type impurity region in the gallium nitride semiconductor layer and having an element to function as an acceptor for gallium nitride; an n-type impurity region in the p-type impurity region and having an element to function as a donor for gallium nitride; and an electrode provided contacting a rear surface of the gallium nitride substrate. The element to function as the donor in the n-type impurity region includes: a first impurity element to enter sites of gallium atoms in the gallium nitride semiconductor layer; and a second impurity element different from the first impurity element and to enter sites of nitrogen atoms in the gallium nitride semiconductor layer. In the n-type impurity region, a concentration of the first impurity element is higher than that of the second impurity element. |
| US10366886B2 |
Pattern forming method, self-organization material, and method of manufacturing semiconductor apparatus
According to one embodiment, a pattern forming method includes supplying, onto an under layer, a self-organization material including a block copolymer which includes a first polymer and a second polymer, and a third polymer having a molecular structure with oxygen attached to a cyclic structure, wherein the third polymer is bonded to the first polymer, and phase-separating the block copolymer to form a phase-separation pattern on the under layer. |
| US10366884B1 |
Methods for forming a germanium island using selective epitaxial growth and a sacrificial filling layer
A method for obtaining a semiconductor island includes epitaxially growing a semiconductor structure over a substrate with a mask layer defining a region not covered by the mask layer. The semiconductor structure includes a first portion located adjacent to the mask layer and a second portion located away from the mask layer. The first portion has a first height that is less than a second height of a portion of the mask layer located adjacent to the first portion. The second portion has a third height that is equal to, or greater than, the second height. The method also includes forming a filling layer over at least the first portion; and, subsequently removing at least a portion of the semiconductor structure that is located above the second height. Devices made by this method are also disclosed. |
| US10366882B2 |
System for producing polycrystalline silicon, apparatus for producing polycrystalline silicon, and process for producing polycrystalline silicon
The present invention provides a technique by which heat can be efficiently recovered from a coolant used to cool a reactor, and contamination with dopant impurities from an inner wall of a reactor when polycrystalline silicon is deposited within the reactor can be reduced to produce high-purity polycrystalline silicon. With the use of hot water 15 having a temperature higher than a standard boiling point as a coolant fed to the reactor 10, the temperature of the reactor inner wall is kept at a temperature of not more than 370° C. Additionally, the pressure of the hot water 15 to be recovered is reduced by a pressure control section provided in a coolant tank 20 to generate steam. Thereby, a part of the hot water is taken out as steam to the outside, and reused as a heating source for another application. |
| US10366874B2 |
Gas discharge lamp and spotlight system comprising gas discharge lamp
The preferred embodiments are directed to discloses a metal halide high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a burner which is enclosed by an outer bulb. In the outer bulb samarium is provided. |
| US10366870B2 |
Cylindrical sputtering target and process for producing the same
Provided is a cylindrical ceramic sputtering target, which significantly reduces the occurrence of a crack, a chip, extraordinary discharge and a nodule.By filling a molten bonding material in a cavity defined by a cylindrical ceramic target material and a cylindrical base material, starting cooling the molten bonding material from its one end toward its other end in a cylindrical axial direction in sequence, and further filling the molten bonding material in the cavity during cooling, a cylindrical ceramic sputtering target is manufactured so as to be characterized in that as observed by an X-ray radiograph of the bonding material, the total area of portions where no bonding material exists is 10 cm2 or less per 50 cm2 of X-ray radiograph area, and the maximum area of the portions where no bonding material exists is 9 cm2 or less. |
| US10366866B2 |
Plasma device driven by multiple-phase alternating or pulsed electrical current
A plasma source is provided. The plasma source includes at least three hollow cathodes, including a first hollow cathode, a second hollow cathode, and a third hollow cathode, each hollow cathode having a plasma exit region. The plasma source includes a source of power capable of producing multiple output waves, including a first output wave, a second output wave, and a third output wave, wherein the first output wave and the second output wave are out of phase, the second output wave and the third output wave are out of phase, and the first output wave and the third output wave are out of phase. Each hollow cathode is electrically connected to the source of power such that the first hollow cathode is electrically connected to the first output wave, the second hollow cathode is electrically connected to the second output wave, and the third hollow cathode is electrically connected to the third output wave. Electrical current flows between the at least three hollow cathodes that are out of electrical phase. The plasma source is capable of generating a plasma between the hollow cathodes. |
| US10366860B2 |
High aspect ratio X-ray targets and uses of same
An x-ray target, a method of using the x-ray target, and a computer program product with instructions for carrying out a method of using the x-ray target. The x-ray target includes a substrate made from a soft x-ray producing material and a high aspect ratio structure made from a hard x-ray producing material. The hard x-ray producing material is embedded in the substrate, formed on the substrate, cantilevered out from the edge of the substrate, or any combination thereof. The high aspect ratio structure comprises a plurality of high aspect ratio structures arranged in one or more grids or arrays, and the high aspect ratio structures in one of the one or more grids or arrays are arranged to form a Hadamard matrix structure. |
| US10366859B2 |
Electromagnetic interference containment for accelerator systems
An apparatus for attachment to a component of a microwave device, includes: a cage; a shield within the cage, wherein the shield is in a form of a container, at least a majority of the shield spaced away from an interior wall of the cage; and a connector at the cage, wherein the connector is configured to connect to a cable connection, and wherein the connector is electrically connected to two terminals within the shield. An apparatus for coupling to an input connection of an electron gun, the input connection having a heater terminal and a cathode terminal, the apparatus comprising: a connector having a first configured to attach to a cable, and a second end configured to connect to the input connection of the electron gun; and wherein the connector comprises an opening configured to receive the heater terminal of the input connection of the electron gun. |
| US10366858B2 |
Ion beam device
In order to provide an ion beam apparatus excellent in safety and stability even when a sample is irradiated with hydrogen ions, the ion beam apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a gas field ion source that is installed in the vacuum chamber and has an emitter tip, and gas supply means for supplying a gas to the emitter tip. The gas supply means includes a mixed gas chamber that is filled with a hydrogen gas and a gas for diluting the hydrogen gas below an explosive lower limit. |
| US10366855B2 |
Fuse element assemblies
Some embodiments include a fuse element assembly having a first portion configured to rupture as materials of the first portion flow to a second portion through electromigration. The assembly has a second portion configured to accumulate the materials that have flowed from the first portion. The assembly also has a control element configured to divide the flow of materials into at least two paths along the second portion. The first portion may be a fuse-link and the second portion may be a cathode coupled to the fuse-link through a narrow neck region. The control element may be, for example, a slit, a hole, a conductive contact, etc. |
| US10366848B2 |
Method for producing electric switchgear and electric switchgear with enhanced seal-tightness
A method for producing low- or medium-voltage electrical switchgear including an electrical component, at least one electrical connector connected electrically to the component and an enclosure delimiting a volume in which the component is received, in which the connector includes a body which passes through the enclosure, the method including a step of fitting a seal in a peripheral groove formed in the wall of the body and a step of injecting a plastic material around the body of the connector and around the seal, wherein the injection step consists in injecting the plastic material at a pressure causing an elastic crushing of the seal in the groove. |
| US10366847B2 |
Device for guiding a spring in a control mechanism and electrical protection apparatus comprising same
A device is for guiding a spring belonging to a control mechanism. The device includes two elements capable of sliding relative to one another and being linked in an articulated manner respectively to two axes of which at least one is linked mechanically to an operating shaft, and a compression spring mounted around these two elements and bearing by its two opposing ends respectively on the abovementioned two axes via, respectively, two bases, each of its bases being mounted in an articulated manner relative to one of the abovementioned axes. This device includes two rods, each rod being fixed by one of its ends onto one of the abovementioned bases, and being mounted to slide by its opposite end, relative to the other of the abovementioned bases. |
| US10366844B2 |
Electrochemical cell
A battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode body and a negative electrode body and an exterior body in which the electrode body is housed. The exterior body includes a first container formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape and including a first circumferential wall section, a second container formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape and including a second circumferential wall section surrounding the first circumferential wall section, the second container housing the electrode body between the second container and the first container, and a fusing member interposed between the first circumferential wall section and the second circumferential wall section and fused to the first circumferential wall section and the second circumferential wall section. |
| US10366840B1 |
Capacitor with multiple elements for multiple replacement applications
An apparatus includes a case having an elliptical cross-section capable of receiving a plurality of capacitive elements. One or more of the capacitive elements provide at least one capacitor having a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal. The apparatus also includes a cover assembly that includes a deformable cover mountable to the case, and, a common cover terminal having a contact extending from the cover. The cover assembly also includes at least three capacitor cover terminals, each of the at least three capacitor cover terminals having at least one contact extending from the deformable cover. The deformable cover is configured to displace at least one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals upon an operative failure of at least one of the plurality of the capacitive elements. The cover assembly also includes at least four insulation structures. One of the four insulation structures is associated with one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals. The apparatus also includes a first conductor capable of electrically connecting the first capacitor terminal of a capacitor provided by one of the plurality of capacitive elements to one of the at least three capacitor cover terminals and a second conductor capable of electrically connecting the second capacitor terminal of the capacitor provided by one of the plurality of capacitive elements to the common cover terminal. |
| US10366838B2 |
Laminated ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing same
A laminated ceramic electronic component that includes a laminate having a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers laminated together. External electrodes having underlying electrode layers and plating layers are formed on both end surfaces of the laminate. When a cross-section including the underlying electrode layers is observed, the underlying electrode layers contain a plurality of Cu crystals and glass, and an average value of lengths of demarcation lines of the Cu crystals having different crystal orientations is 3 μm or less. |
| US10366836B2 |
Electronic component structures with reduced microphonic noise
An electronic device is described wherein the electronic device comprises a substrate with a first conductive metal layer and a second conductive metal layer. A first microphonic noise reduction structure is in electrical contact with the first conductive metal layer wherein the first microphonic noise reduction layer comprises at least one of the group consisting of a compliant non-metallic layer and a shock absorbing conductor comprising offset mounting tabs with a space there between coupled with at least one stress relieving portion. An electronic component comprising a first external termination of a first polarity and a second external termination of a second polarity is integral to the electronic device and the first microphonic noise reduction structure and the first external termination are adhesively bonded by a transient liquid phase sintering adhesive. |
| US10366834B1 |
Ceramic electronic component
A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes, a first external electrode including a first electrode layer electrically connected to the first internal electrode, a first inorganic insulating layer disposed on the first electrode layer, and a first plating layer disposed on the first inorganic insulating layer, a second external electrode including a second electrode layer electrically connected to the second internal electrode, a second inorganic insulating layer disposed on the second electrode layer, and a second plating layer disposed on the second inorganic insulating layer, and a third inorganic insulating layer disposed on the body and connected to the first and second inorganic insulating layers. The first, second and third inorganic insulating layers comprise one or more of SiO2, Al2O3 and ZrO2, and the first, second and third inorganic insulating layers have a thickness within a range from 20 nm to 150 nm. |
| US10366833B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor and manufacturing method of multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of ceramic dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers including a ceramic co-material are alternately stacked, wherein a concentration of Mg in a ceramic grain that is included in the ceramic dielectric layer and contacts to the internal electrode layer is smaller than that in the co-material. |
| US10366832B2 |
Capacitor and electronic device having a plurality of surface electrodes electrically connected to each other by an intermediate electrode
A capacitor that includes a substrate, a first inner electrode and a second inner electrode provided above the first main surface of the substrate, the second inner electrode arranged so as to face the first inner electrode; a dielectric layer between the first inner electrode and the second inner electrode; a first intermediate electrode connected to the first inner electrode at a plurality of first locations; first surface electrodes electrically connected to the first intermediate electrode; and a second surface electrode connected to the second inner electrode at a plurality of second locations. |
| US10366830B2 |
Surface mount electronic component
A surface mount electronic component includes an element including a dielectric layer that includes a first main surface and a second main surface, a first external electrode disposed on the first main surface, a second external electrode disposed on the second main surface, a first metal terminal connected to the first external electrode, a second metal terminal connected to the second external electrode, and an exterior material covering at least a portion of the element, the first and second external electrodes, and the first and second metal terminals. Upper and lower surfaces of the exterior material are flat or substantially flat. |
| US10366824B2 |
Direct mounting bracket
An air core reactor for use in an electric power transmission and distribution system or in an electric power system of an electrical plant is provided. The air core reactor comprises an electrically insulated support structure, a coil of windings configured to operate at a potential and isolated to ground or other potentials by the electrically insulated support structure and an insulator mounting bracket that attaches directly to the coil. The insulator mounting bracket is configured as an interface between the coil and the electrically insulated support structure. |
| US10366823B2 |
Coil component
Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum-shaped core having a winding part, first and second terminal electrodes provided on the first flange part of the drum-shaped core, third and fourth terminal electrodes provided on the second flange part of the drum-shaped core, a first coil wound around the winding core part connected between the first and third terminal electrodes, and a second coil wound around the winding core part connected between the second and fourth terminal electrodes. The first and second coils cross each other at the first drawing part positioned between the winding part and the first flange part. The first coil is constituted by two or more wires. |
| US10366809B2 |
Insulated wire, coil, and electric or electronic equipment
An insulated wire having a thermosetting resin layer on the outer periphery of a conductor and a thermoplastic resin layer on the outer periphery of the thermosetting resin layer, wherein a total thickness of the thermosetting resin layer and the thermoplastic resin layer is 100 μm or more and 250 μm or less, and a degree of orientation of a thermoplastic resin in said thermoplastic resin layer, that is calculated by the following Formula 1, is 20% or more and 90% or less; a coil and an electric and electronic equipment each having the insulated wire.Formula 1 Degree of orientation H (%)=[(360−ΣWn)/360]×100Wn: A half width of orientation peak in the azimuth angle intensity distribution curve by X-ray diffractionn: the number of orientation peak at a β angle of 0° or more and 360° or less. |
| US10366808B2 |
High-voltage apparatus and method for producing same
A high-voltage apparatus contains an internal conductor, an insulating body which surrounds the internal conductor along its longitudinal direction and has insulating layers which are composed of a synthetic material which is impregnated with a resin, and also electrically conductive control inserts for field control which are arranged concentrically around the internal conductor and are spaced apart from one another by the insulating layers. At least one of the control inserts is a contact insert which is electrically connected to the internal conductor by a contact-making device. The contact-making device has a contact element which is composed of electrically conductive material and is electrically connected to the contact insert. The contact element is fixed by adhesive bonding to a conductive substrate which is in electrical contact with the internal conductor. |
| US10366807B2 |
Resin composition for automotive cable material and cable using the same
Disclosed are a resin composition for a cable material and a cable used for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the cable thereof. In particularly, by controlling the components such as a polypropylene content, a flame retardant content and the like in a base resin, and containing a high crystalline homo polypropylene (PP) resin and a high crystalline block polypropylene resin in the base resin in a specific ratio, the resin composition provides excellent physical properties such as abrasion resistance and flexibility resistance and has reduced weight effect when a cable is manufactured using the resin composition. |
| US10366806B2 |
Vehicle electric wire and wire harness using the same
A vehicle electric wire includes an electrical insulation coating layer which contains a vinyl chloride resin, a plasticizer and a compound containing a lanthanoid, wherein an electrical conductor is coated with the electrical insulation coating layer. In the electrical insulation coating layer, a content of the plasticizer with respect to 100 parts by mass of the vinyl chloride resin is 25 parts by mass or more and less than 50 parts by mass. |
| US10366804B2 |
Conductive resin composition and display device using the same
Disclosed are a conductive resin composition and a display device using the same. The display device includes a display panel, and a frame having conductivity, in which the display panel is mounted, wherein the frame is formed of a conductive resin composition and the conductive resin composition includes a resin including a polyester copolymer resin, and carbon nanotube (CNT). The conductive resin composition prevents static discharge due to electrical conductivity and improves production efficiency though simplification of the overall manufacturing process. In addition, the conductive resin composition is applicable to thin film molding due to improved moldability and self-extinguishes flames due to flame retardancy. |
| US10366803B2 |
Metal oxide thin film, method for depositing metal oxide thin film and device comprising metal oxide thin film
A metal oxide thin film formed of β-MoO3 includes at least one doping element of the group Re, Mn, and Ru. Further, there is described a method of producing such a metal oxide thin film via sputtering and a thin film device with a metal oxide thin film of β-MoO3 that includes at least one doping element selected from the group Re, Mn, and Ru. |
| US10366800B2 |
Methods of providing electrically-conductive silver
A method for providing electrically-conductive silver-containing metal in a thin film or one or more thin film patterns on a substrate. Electrically-conductive metallic silver is provided from a non-hydroxylic-solvent soluble silver complex represented by the following formula (I): (Ag+)a(L)b(P)c (I) wherein L represents an α-oxy carboxylate; P represents an oxime compound; a is 1 or 2; b is 1 or 2; and c is 1, 2, 3, or 4, provided that when a is 1, b is 1, and when a is 2, b is 2. A photosensitizer can also be present. The reducible silver ions in the photosensitive thin film or photosensitive thin film pattern can be photochemically converted to electrically-conductive metallic silver in the thin films or thin film patterns by irradiation with electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength within the range of at least 150 nm and up to and including 700 nm. |
| US10366788B2 |
Administration set detection and authentication using cam profiles
An administration set for an infusion pump includes a free-flow prevention device having a movable plunger that includes a cam surface defining an uneven profile along a direction of movement of the plunger, wherein the shape of the cam surface profile indicates the administration set is authorized for use with the infusion pump and may further indicate the specific type of administration set. A sensor in the infusion pump senses movement of the plunger as a platen of the infusion pump is latched and generates a profile signal in the time domain representative of the cam surface profile. A processor evaluates the profile signal and controls operation of the pump to protect a patient from improper loading of an administration set, use of an unauthorized administration set, and/or use of an invalid type of administration set for a chosen infusion protocol. |
| US10366787B2 |
Physiological alarm threshold determination
A method of reducing nuisance alarms for a physiological parameter at a specific care unit by determining an alarm threshold optimized for the care unit, the care unit including a plurality of patients being monitored for the physiological parameter. Measured physiological parameters for the plurality of patients is measured and provided to a threshold recommendation system. The threshold recommendation system determines a recommended parameter specific alarm threshold value calculated to reduce false alarms by determining how many alarms are generated at each of a range of threshold values and choosing a threshold value from the range of threshold values that reduces a number of false alarms without unacceptably increasing missed true alarms for said patient measurements. |
| US10366785B2 |
Control method, information terminal, recording medium, and determination method
If a lesion included in a specification target image is a texture lesion, a probability image calculation unit calculates a probability value indicating a probability that each of a plurality of pixels of the specification target image is included in a lesion area. An output unit calculates, as a candidate area, an area including pixels whose probability values are equal to or larger than a first threshold in a probability image obtained from the probability image calculation unit and, as a modification area, an area including pixels whose probability values are within a certain probability range including the first threshold. An input unit detects an input from a user on a pixel in the modification area. A lesion area specification unit specifies a lesion area on the basis of the probability image, the candidate area, the modification area, and user operation information. |
| US10366778B2 |
Method and device for processing content based on bio-signals
Provided is a method of processing content based on bio-signals, the method includes: acquiring bio-signals of a user; determining a parameter for altering the characteristics of content or determining a type of content to be output, based on the acquired bio-signals; processing the content or determining the type of content to be output, based on the determined parameter; and outputting the processed content or the determined type of content. |
| US10366776B2 |
Memory system for effectively organizing super memory block and operating method thereof
A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks configured in a plurality of super memory blocks; and a controller suitable for detecting two or more bad super memory blocks each including at least one bad block among the super memory blocks, selecting at least one victim super memory block among the bad super memory blocks, and replacing the at least one bad block in each remaining bad super memory block with at least one normal block of the victim super memory block. |
| US10366775B2 |
Memory device using levels of dynamic redundancy registers for writing a data word that failed a write operation
Dynamic redundancy buffers for use with a device are disclosed. The dynamic redundancy buffers allow a memory array of the device to be operated with high write error rate (WER). A first level redundancy buffer (e1 buffer) is couple to the memory array. The e1 buffer may store data words that have failed verification or have not been verified. The e1 buffer may transfer data words to another dynamic redundancy buffer (e2 buffer). The e1 buffer may transfer data words that have failed to write to a memory array after a predetermined number of re-write attempts. The e1 buffer may also transfer data words upon power down. |
| US10366774B2 |
Device with dynamic redundancy registers
Dynamic redundancy registers for use with a device are disclosed. The dynamic redundancy registers allow a memory bank of the device to be operated with high write error rate (WER). A first level redundancy register (e1 register) is couple to the memory bank. The e1 register may store data words that have failed verification or have not been verified. The e1 register may transfer data words to another dynamic redundancy register (e2 register). The e1 register may transfer data words that have failed to write to a memory bank after a predetermined number of re-write attempts. The e1 register may also transfer data words upon power down. |
| US10366771B2 |
Controller, memory system, and block management method for NAND flash memory using the same
Aspects of the present disclosure include a memory system monitors at least one of an erasing time length and a programming time length of each of physical blocks included in a first logical block among a plurality of logical blocks. The memory system disassembles the first logical block among the plurality of logical blocks when both of a first physical block and a second physical block exist in the first logical block, the first physical block having an erasing time length or a programming time length falling within a first range, and the second physical block having an erasing time length or a programming time length falling outside the first range. |
| US10366767B2 |
Memory devices configured to perform leak checks
Memory devices include an array of memory cells and circuitry for control and/or access of the array of memory cells, wherein the circuitry is configured to perform a method including applying a particular voltage to an unselected access line of a program operation, sensing a current of a selected access line of the program operation while applying the particular voltage to the unselected access line, indicating a fail status of the program operation if an absolute value of the sensed current of the selected access line is greater than a particular current, and proceeding with the program operation if the absolute value of the sensed current of the selected access line is less than a particular current. |
| US10366766B2 |
Power shaping and peak power reduction by data transfer throttling
An arrangement is described used to throttle data in a connected computer device having a device configured to transmit and receive data from a host, the device comprising, a device controller configured to interact with at least memory array and a data transfer throttling arrangement, the data transfer throttling arrangement configured to measure a bandwidth threshold for the device controller and pass data through the device controller when a bandwidth of the device controller is one of at and below a threshold. |
| US10366764B2 |
Sense amplifier for detecting data read from memory cell
Provided is a sense amplifier circuit for detecting data having been read from a memory cell. The sense amplifier circuit includes: a potential control unit for controlling the potential of a bit line connected to a memory cell; a current amplifier unit for amplifying a readout current flowing from the memory cell to the bit line so as to produce an amplified current; and a detection unit for detecting data having been read from the memory cell on the basis of the amplified current. The potential control unit controls the potential of the bit line in a data readout duration, and the data readout duration includes a current amplification duration, and the current amplifier unit amplifies the readout current in the current amplification duration. |
| US10366762B2 |
Semiconductor device and operating method thereof
A semiconductor memory device includes a cell string, a common source line controller, and a page buffer. The cell string includes a plurality of memory cells coupled in series between a common source line and a bit line. In a read operation, the common source line controller provides a channel current to the cell string through the common source line. The page buffer senses data stored in a selected memory cell among the plurality of memory cells by sensing a current of the bit line when the channel current is provided. The common source line controller precharges the bit line by providing the channel current to the cell string through the common source line. After the bit line is precharged, the page buffer senses the data stored in the selected memory cell by transmitting a voltage of the bit line to a sensing node. |
| US10366761B2 |
Memory system and operating method thereof
A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; and a controller suitable for managing the memory blocks as a plurality of super memory blocks by grouping them in a type corresponding to a predetermined condition, managing a bad block pool of the form of bitmaps and indexes by setting super memory blocks among the super memory blocks, in each of which one or more bad memory blocks are included, as bad super memory blocks, and managing regenerated super memory blocks by checking, through the bad block pool, normal memory blocks included in the respective bad super memory blocks and then performing grouping in the type corresponding to the predetermined condition. |
| US10366759B2 |
Memory devices having selectively electrically connected data lines
Memory devices include a first string of memory cells selectively connected to a first data line, a second string of memory cells selectively connected to a second data line, and a transistor that selectively connects the first data line to the second data line, thereby permitting connecting the first and second data lines in series before programming or sensing memory cells of the first and second strings of memory cells. |
| US10366758B2 |
Storage device and storage method
A storage device includes a data memory unit and a status memory unit. The data memory unit includes a pair of flash memory cells to be read by a complementary read mode, and 1-bit data is stored therein by the pair of flash memory cells. The status memory unit includes a flash memory cell to be read by a reference read mode, and a status flag is stored therein by the flash memory cell. |
| US10366757B2 |
Compact non-volatile memory device
A non-volatile memory cell includes a selection transistor having an insulated selection gate embedded in a semiconducting substrate region. A semiconducting source region contacts a lower part of the insulated selection gate. A state transistor includes a floating gate having an insulated part embedded in the substrate region above an upper part of the insulated selection gate, a semiconducting drain region, and a control gate insulated from the floating gate and located partially above the floating gate. The source region, the drain region, the substrate region, and the control gate are individually polarizable. |
| US10366756B1 |
Control circuit used for ternary content-addressable memory with two logic units
A control circuit for a ternary content-addressable memory includes a first logic unit and a second logic unit. The first logic unit is coupled to a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a first search line, a second search line, a reference voltage terminal, and a match line. The second logic unit is coupled to the first storage unit, the second storage unit, the first search line, the second search line, a first power supply line and a second power supply line. When voltages at the first search line and the second search line match voltages at the first storage unit and the second storage unit, the second logic unit provides a path for electrically connecting the first power supply line to the second power supply line. |
| US10366752B2 |
Programming for electronic memories
Memory circuitry comprises memory cells having two terminals and a feedback path connected between the two terminals. The feedback path is used to adaptively amplify identical programming pulses that serve to change memory states of the memory cell, and the amplification is based on a current resistive level of the memory cell, which may for example be a multi-level memory cell. |
| US10366747B2 |
Comparing input data to stored data
In an example, a method may include comparing input data to stored data stored in a memory cell and determining whether the input data matches the stored data based on whether the memory cell snaps back in response to an applied voltage differential across the memory cell. |
| US10366745B2 |
Semiconductor device and information processing device
Provided are a semiconductor device and an information processing device that can be manufactured easily at low cost and can calculate an arbitrary interaction model such as an Ising model. A semiconductor device that performs a non-linear operation includes a memory, a reading unit that reads data from the memory, a majority circuit that inputs a result of a predetermined operation on the data read by the reading unit, and a write circuit that receives an output of the majority circuit, a value of a predetermined signal is stochastically inverted at a preceding stage of the majority circuit. |
| US10366735B2 |
Boosting a digit line voltage for a write operation
Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. The magnitude of a voltage applied across a ferroelectric capacitor may be dynamically increased during a write operation. A memory cell may be selected for a write operation, and a voltage may be applied to a digit line corresponding to the memory cell during the write operation. An additional charge may be transferred to the digit line—e.g., from an energy storage component, such as a capacitor, that is in electronic communication with the digit line. In turn, the voltage across the ferroelectric capacitor of the memory cell may be increased. |
| US10366734B2 |
Programmable write word line boost for low voltage memory operation
A system and method for efficient power, performance and stability tradeoffs of memory accesses under a variety of conditions are described. A system management unit in a computing system interfaces with a memory and a processing unit, and uses boosting of word line voltage levels in the memory to assist write operations. The computing system supports selecting one of multiple word line boost values, each with an associated cross-over region. A cross-over region is a range of operating voltages for the memory used for determining whether to enable or disable boosting of word line voltage levels in the memory. The system management unit selects between enabling and disabling the boosting of word line voltage levels based on a target operational voltage for the memory and the cross-over region prior to updating the operating parameters of the memory to include the target operational voltage. |
| US10366733B1 |
Word line cache mode
Cache mode for word lines where the cache mode utilizes an internal timer for a memory cell to disable connection of a voltage to a transistor of a word line driver of the memory cell before an end of a specified end of period. By early disconnection, the local controls of the memory cell may provide additional time to settle after disconnection of the voltage without interfering with operations (e.g., read, write, activate) of the memory cell, since the internal timer may be programmed to be greater than or equal to a worst case scenario for the operations. |
| US10366732B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a buffer control circuit suitable for generating a buffer control signal in response to a power-down mode signal and a detection pulse, a first buffer circuit suitable for generating a first internal chip select signal by buffering a chip select signal depending on a select signal which is generated in response to the buffer control signal in a power-down mode, and a detection pulse generation circuit suitable for generating the detection pulse in response to the first internal chip select signal. |
| US10366730B2 |
Semiconductor devices and semiconductor systems including the same
A semiconductor system includes a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device outputs a first group of data and a second group of data to a first group of input/output (I/O) lines and a second group of I/O lines in response to a command and an address. The second semiconductor device sequentially latches the first group of data loaded on the first group of I/O lines and the second group of data loaded on the second group of I/O lines to generate an output data or simultaneously latches the first and second groups of data loaded on the first and second groups of I/O lines to generate the output data, in response to a burst length information signal. |
| US10366724B2 |
Storage control device, storage system and method of controlling a storage device
A storage control device configured to control a storage device including a plurality of groups each of which includes a plurality of storage regions, the storage control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to store, into the memory, information associated with each of the plurality of groups and indicating whether an error region in which an error is detected is included in at least one of the plurality of storage regions of each of the plurality of groups, identify a first group including the error region from the plurality of groups based on the information associated with the plurality of groups, read data from a plurality of storage regions included in the identified first group, and identify the error region included in the first group based on the read data. |
| US10366720B2 |
Oxidation resistant sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording
An apparatus comprises a slider comprising an air bearing surface (ABS) and configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording. The slider includes a writer and a reader at the ABS, a near-field transducer (NFT) proximate the writer, and an optical waveguide optically coupled to a laser source and the NFT. The slider further includes a sensor configured to contact and sense thermal asperities of a magnetic recording medium. The sensor is formed from one of Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, and Pt. |
| US10366714B1 |
Magnetic write head for providing spin-torque-assisted write field enhancement
Disclosed herein are magnetic write heads for providing spin-torque-assisted write field enhancement, and hard disk drives comprising such magnetic write heads. Within the write gap, each magnetic write head comprises a main pole, a trailing shield, a spacer disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield, a non-magnetic layer disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield, and a magnetic DC-field-generation (DFG) layer adjacent to the spacer and disposed between the spacer and the non-magnetic layer. In some embodiments, the DFG layer is the only magnetic layer within the write gap that is not adjacent to the main pole or the trailing shield. |
| US10366713B1 |
Designs for multiple perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writers and related head gimbal assembly (HGA) process
A pad/trace line layout for a PMR writer structure having two or more writers on a slider, and a process for selecting the best of the multiple writers is disclosed. Each writer is individually probed with a spin stand test device to generate performance results including bit error rate (BER), and area density capability (ADC). After the best writer is determined, the slider is integrated in a HGA. Only the best writer is connected through trace lines to a preamp to enable functionality. At least one trace line has a plurality of arms that enable flexibility in connecting the best writer to the preamp while other arms are not connected. In some embodiments, all writers share a common W− pad that is connected to the preamp through one of two trace lines while the other trace line has one of the plurality of arms connected to the best writer. |
| US10366712B1 |
Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including two side shields configured to enable a reduction in width of an end face of the main pole located in a medium facing surface and an increase in cross-sectional area of the main pole in the vicinity of the medium facing surface
A first side shield has a first sidewall and a second sidewall, and a second side shield has a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall. The first to fourth sidewalls have first to fourth edges, respectively, that are farthest from a top surface of a substrate. The distance between a rear end of the first edge and a rear end of the third edge in a track width direction is greater than the distance between a front end of the first edge and a front end of the third edge in the track width direction. The distance between the second edge and the fourth edge in the track width direction increases with increasing distance from the medium facing surface. |
| US10366710B2 |
Acoustic meaningful signal detection in wind noise
A method of distinguishing a meaningful signal from a low frequency noise, such method includes: a first step of dividing an input acoustic signal into frames, a second step of calculating a power spectral density of the input acoustic signal for each frame and finding an envelope curve of the power spectral density, a third step of finding a predefined number of dominant peaks in the envelope curve found in the previous second step of the method, a fourth step of applying a linear regression algorithm to the dominant peaks to obtain a linear regression line for each frame and extracting a slope value of each linear regression line, a fifth step of identifying intervals (t1-t2, t3-t4) of the original acoustic signals including the meaningful signal as intervals which correspond to higher values of the slope value. |
| US10366698B2 |
Variable length coding of indices and bit scheduling in a pyramid vector quantizer
Certain embodiments enable improved encoding and decoding of a vector of coefficients by associating a vector element of a signed pyramid with an encoded value that includes a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion identifies a corresponding vector element of an unsigned pyramid and a second portion characterizes sign values for nonzero components of the vector element of the signed pyramid. As a result, computational constraints such as word size apply to the unsigned pyramid instead of the signed pyramid. The smaller size of the unsigned pyramid enables extending the range of signed pyramid parameters that are operable within the computational constraints. |
| US10366690B1 |
Speech recognition entity resolution
A canonicalizer can be used with or implemented within a natural language understanding (NLU) component of a speech processing system to enable the system to properly identify an entity to which a user refers in a spoken utterance. The canonicalizer may determine a first canonical value using a gazetteer associated with a determined intent of the spoken utterance. The canonicalizer may determine a second canonical value using a look-up table of canonical values. The canonicalizer may then output either the first canonical value or the second canonical value for further NLU processing, such as entity resolution. |
| US10366686B2 |
Text-to-speech pre-processing
Examples of techniques text-to-speech pre-processing for speech recognition and speech synthesis are disclosed. In one example implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing device, an automated speech recognition output comprising an n-best list and associated confidence scores. The method further includes performing, by the processing device, a TTS pre-processing on the n-best list and associated confidence scores to generate a read back message, wherein the read back message comprises a read back instruction. The method further includes sending, by the processing device, the read back message to a TTS speech synthesizer for generating an audible signal based on the read back message to cause an audio device to present the read back message. |
| US10366685B2 |
Audio processing techniques for semantic audio recognition and report generation
Example apparatus, articles of manufacture and methods to determine semantic audio information for audio are disclosed. Example methods include extracting a plurality of audio features from the audio, at least one of the plurality of audio features including at least one of a temporal feature, a spectral feature, a harmonic feature, or a rhythmic feature. Example methods also include comparing the plurality of audio features to a plurality of stored audio feature ranges having tags associated therewith. Example methods further include determining a set of ranges of the plurality of stored audio feature ranges having closest matches to the plurality of audio features, a tag associated with the set of ranges having the closest matches to be used to determine the semantic audio information for the audio. |
| US10366683B2 |
Percussion instrument playing device
A percussion-instrument playing apparatus for playing a percussion instrument having a striking surface. The apparatus includes: a main body to be mounted on the percussion instrument 100 to face the striking surface of the percussion instrument with a predetermined space from the striking surface; an arm supporter attached to the main body; an arm that has, at a distal end, an arm head, and is rotatably supported by the arm supporter; a drive device that allows the arm to be rotationally displaced between a state where the arm head pushes the striking surface of the percussion instrument and a state where the arm head is separated from the striking surface; a control device that controls the drive device in accordance with a control program; and an operation device that outputs a drive instruction signal to the control device in response to an operation by a user. |
| US10366681B2 |
Integrated lug and drum mount
An adjustable integrated lug and drum mount composed of an integrated lug, a U-bracket and at least one mounting component, wherein the relative position of the mounting component with respect to the U-bracket is adjustable. The integrated lug and U-bracket are durably attached to the drum shell and one another with two fasteners. The U-bracket has a planar, free member, which connects with the mounting component(s). The planar, free member has one end, attached continuously to the bulk of the U-bracket, called the joined end. The planar, free member has another end, disposed distal to the joined end, called the free end, which can vibrate. The mounting components can be mounted substantially anywhere between the joined end and the free end. The adjustment changes the stiffness with which the integrated lug and drum mount connects the drum leg or support to the drum. The integrated lug has a threaded receiver that can accept a threaded shaft from a tuning screw. |
| US10366674B1 |
Display calibration in electronic displays
A system calibrates luminance of an electronic display. The system includes an electronic display, a luminance detection device, and a controller. The luminance detection device is configured to measure luminance parameters of active sections of the electronic display. The controller is configured to instruct the electronic display to activate sections in a sparse pattern and in a rolling manner and instruct the luminance detection device to measure luminance parameters for each of the active sections in the sparse pattern. The controller generates calibration data based on the measured luminance parameters of sections in the sparse pattern. |
| US10366670B2 |
Compensation circuit for common electrode voltage and display device
A compensation circuit for a common electrode voltage and a display device. The compensation circuit includes a control module, a selection module, a transmission module and an output module. The control module generates a control signal and transmits the control signal to the selection module. The selection module selects one of a signal from a first common electrode voltage terminal, a signal from a second common electrode voltage terminal, a signal from a third common electrode voltage terminal and a signal from a fourth common electrode voltage terminal as an input signal based on the control signal and a signal from a turn-on voltage terminal, and transmits the input signal to the output module. The transmission module transmits the feedback signal received from the control module to the output module. The output module generates a compensation signal based on the feedback signal and the input signal. |
| US10366669B2 |
Electronic device and method for driving display thereof
An electronic device is provided, which includes a display, a processor configured to generate a plurality of frame images including a first frame image and a second frame image to be provided to the display, and a display driving circuit including an image processor and a memory, and configured to drive the display using the first frame image and the second frame image that are provided from the processor. The display driving circuit is configured to compare the second image frame to the first image frame, to display, through the display, a third image frame obtained through the image processor, the image processor processing the first image frame or the second image frame using an image processing scheme if the second image frame satisfies a first condition, to store the third image frame in the memory and to display the stored third image frame through the display if the second image frame satisfies a second condition. |
| US10366661B2 |
Display apparatus and its control method
A display apparatus includes a plurality of light modulation elements configured to modulate light from a light source for each color, and a driver configured to drive the plurality of light modulation elements using drive signals in accordance with a digital drive method. The driver makes different from one another start timings of the drive signals corresponding to one frame period for the plurality of light modulation elements. |
| US10366660B2 |
Color filter on array (COA) substrates and liquid crystal panels
The present disclosure relates to a COA substrate including a glass substrate, a common electrode on the glass substrate, an insulation layer on the common electrode, a data line on the insulation layer, and the data line intersects with the common electrode. The COA substrate further includes a first passivation layer, a RGB color-filter layer, and a second passivation layer arranged on the data line in sequence. A disconnected gap is configured at an intersection of the common electrode and the data line such that the common electrode comprises two opposite ends. The insulation layer fills the gap, and the second passivation layer is configured with a conductive layer spanning over two ends of the common electrode. The present disclosure also relates to a liquid crystal panel including the above COA substrate. |
| US10366656B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display device and method of driving the same
Discussed herein are an OLED display device and a method of driving the same. The OLED display device includes according to an embodiment an organic light-emitting diode; a driving transistor involved in driving the organic light-emitting diode and including a bottom gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a top gate electrode; a first switching transistor electrically connected to the bottom gate electrode of the driving transistor and involved in transmitting a data voltage to control the driving transistor; a storage capacitor electrically connected to the bottom gate electrode and involved in charging the data voltage; a second switching transistor configured to store a threshold voltage in the storage capacitor; a compensating transistor directly connected to the top gate electrode of the driving transistor to compensate for a deviation in the threshold voltage of the driving transistor; and a compensating capacitor disposed between the source electrode of the driving transistor and a source electrode of the compensating transistor and storing the threshold voltage therein. |
| US10366652B2 |
Organic light-emitting display apparatus
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a first pixel including a first pixel circuit and a first light-emitting device to emit light in response to a first driving current received from the first pixel circuit; a second pixel including a second pixel circuit and a second light-emitting device to emit light in response to a second driving current received from the second pixel circuit; and a switch circuit connected between an anode electrode of the first light-emitting device and an anode electrode of the second light-emitting device. |
| US10366650B2 |
Display apparatus, chassis thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof
A display apparatus including: a display panel configured to display an image; and a rear chassis arranged at a rear side of the display panel, the rear chassis comprising a back plate forming a back surface of the rear chassis, an upper frame coupled to an upper end of the back plate, and a lower frame coupled to a lower end of the back plate, wherein the rear chassis is curved so that lateral sides thereof protrude forward. |
| US10366649B2 |
Display device and method of operating the same
A display device includes a source device to output image data in a normal mode and in a re-synchronization mode, and refrain from outputting the image data in a panel self-refresh mode, and a sink device to perform a displaying operation based on the image data in the normal mode, store the image data at a time when an operating mode is changed from the normal mode to the PSR mode, perform the displaying operation based on the still image data in the PSR mode, and perform a frame-timing synchronization operation in the re-synchronization mode in response to a PSR-exiting command, wherein the frame-timing synchronization operation includes a first period in which a length-change of a vertical blank period is measured, a second period in which a temporary panel on-off clock is determined, and a third period in which the temporary panel on-off clock is applied to the adjustment-target frame. |
| US10366648B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit, timing controller, and display device
A semiconductor integrated circuit connected to another circuit via differential transmission lines of N channels (where N is a natural number), the circuit includes: N pairs of differential output pins each of which is connected to a differential transmission line of a corresponding channel; N differential transmitters each of which is configured to drive a differential transmission line of a corresponding channel; and an abnormality detection circuit configured to detect abnormality in the differential transmission lines. The abnormality detection circuit includes: N amplifiers configured to detect a potential difference between differential transmission lines of corresponding channels; N first comparators each of which is configured to compare an output voltage of a corresponding amplifier with a first threshold voltage; and a logic circuit configured to detect abnormality of a first mode in a differential transmission line of a corresponding channel based on an output from each of the N first comparators. |
| US10366641B2 |
Product display systems and related methods
Product display systems are provided. The product display system may include a product display assembly. The product display system may also include a retail product positioned in proximity to the product display assembly. The product display system may further include a power source configured to output electrical current. At least one of the product display assembly and the retail product may include a shape-memory alloy. The shape-memory alloy may be configured to change from a first shape to a second shape in response to heat produced from electrical current provided by the power source. |
| US10366636B2 |
Manufacturing method of flexible backplate, liquid crystal display panel, and organic light-emitting diodedisplay panel
The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of flexible backplate, a liquid crystal display panel, and an OLED display panel. The method comprises: providing a substrate; forming a buffer layer, an active layer, and a gate insulating layer on the substrate; forming a gate on the gate insulating layer, and forming an etching stopper layer; forming a second insulating layer on the gate and the etching stopper layer; forming a first through hole in the isolation region, and forming a second through hole in the bonding region; coating an organic material on the second insulating layer and filling the organic material in the first and second through holes to form an organic filling layer; forming a source and a drain on the organic filling layer. By the above way, it does not damage the active layer during the etching process without adding any processes, and improve flexibility of the backplate. |
| US10366634B2 |
Backlighting effect for package displays
A method of making a chemiluminescent label by creating an outer layer of the chemiluminiscent label, creating a bottom layer of the chemiluminiscent label, and fusing the outer layer and the bottom layer to form at least one cavity between the outer layer and the bottom layer. The outer layer includes an image with a first plurality of regions. The bottom layer includes an adhesion material on a side not proximate to the outer layer, and a second plurality of regions corresponding to the first plurality of regions that are configured to break at a plurality of different pressure values. |
| US10366628B2 |
Activity recognition with activity reminders
An athletic performance monitoring system, for motivating a user to reach a goal level of athletic activity. The system may motivate the user by calculation a deficit between a current total level of activity and the goal level of athletic activity, and suggesting activity types that the user may carry out an order to reach the goal level, wherein the suggested activity types may be based on activities that are geographically close to the user, or sporting equipment worn by, or in possession of, the user. |
| US10366626B2 |
Method for facilitating handwriting practice and electronic device for implementing the method
A method for facilitating handwriting practice includes: generating handwriting strokes in response to user input of user-writing strokes; generating an input image that includes the handwriting strokes, and that has a shape similar to a shape of a standard image associated with a standard word character; scaling the input image to generate a scaled image with a size that is the same as a size the standard image; overlapping the standard image and the scaled image; comparing an nth handwriting stroke in the scaled image with an nth standard stroke in a standard order of the standard word character; and when the nth handwriting stroke does not correspond in position to the nth standard stroke, displaying a notification of a stroke order error. |
| US10366622B2 |
Systems and methods for communicating with a dynamic tactile peripheral over an enhanced network with enhanced data packets
A dynamic collaborative communication system uses a dynamic tactile peripheral to identify collaborators for enhancing a community service and contribution platform. Processing circuitry is also configured to receive an activity description file including at least one of an education and learning category, a community service category, and a social research category from a remote device, calculate a social responsibility vector for the activity description file based on social activity parameters, and calculate an assessment vector based on a grade corresponding to an external assessment. |
| US10366616B2 |
System and method of collision avoidance in unmanned aerial vehicles
A collision avoidance system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a UAV controller, and a safety data aggregator. The UAV includes a positional sensor, and is coupled to communicate positional data to the UAV controller, and receive commands from the UAV controller. The safety data aggregator is coupled to communicate with the UAV controller, wherein the safety data aggregator collects positional data from one or more UAV controllers, stores collected positional data in a safety data buffer, and extracts spatially relevant positional data in response to a request from the UAV controller. |
| US10366612B2 |
Optimal warning distance
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for determining an optimal warning distance for a vehicle. For example, the geographic location of the vehicle is received along with a reaction profile of the operator of the vehicle. Based on the geographic location, a roadway condition is determined. An optimal warning distance is then determined based on a braking distance of the vehicle and the reaction profile of the operator of the vehicle. The operator of the vehicle, or a navigation system of the vehicle itself, is alerted to the roadway condition when the vehicle is located at the optimal warning distance. |
| US10366611B2 |
Parking support information display method and parking support device
A method of displaying parking assist information is used in a parking assist apparatus comprising a display and a control device. The control device specifies a parking space on the basis of a parking condition that is preliminarily defined, and displays the specified parking space in a predetermined display region defined on a display surface of the display. When the area of a region that is occupied by the parking space and displayed in the display region is less than a predetermined value, the control device displays a specific mark on the display. The mark indicates that the parking space that is not displayed in the display region exists. |
| US10366610B2 |
Vehicle control device mounted at vehicle and method for controlling vehicle
A vehicle control device that includes: a camera that is configured to capture an outside image of a vehicle in real time; a display that is configured to present the outside image of the vehicle in real time; and a controller that is configured to (i) detect, from the outside image, a virtual parking-available space that corresponds to an actual parking-available space in an area captured in the outside image and that is tagged in the outside image, (ii) generate parking space information based on the virtual parking-available space, and (iii) provide the parking space information to the display to overlay the parking space information over the outside image on the display is disclosed. |
| US10366602B2 |
Interactive multi-touch remote control
A remote controller that interacts with a system under control (SUC) includes: at least one input adapted to receive data from a user; a command interpreter adapted to evaluate data received via the at least one input and determine whether the received data is associated with a remote command from among a set of remote commands associated with the SUC; at least one communication element adapted to send remote commands to the SUC; and at least one haptic feedback element adapted to provide feedback to the user, where the SUC is an in-vehicle system including a display. An automated method includes: generating a list of recognizers; passing user input event data to the recognizers; determining a status for each recognizer; identifying a single recognizer based on the status, and retrieving a command associated with the single recognizer, where the input event is associated with an in-vehicle system having a display. |
| US10366596B2 |
Monitoring system for electrical equipment failure and method
A computerized monitoring system and method for detecting electrical equipment failure. The system includes a sensor that detects a sound level representative of ultrasonic emissions radiating from electrical equipment to be monitored. A computer system in communication with the sensor is programmed to determine whether the electrical equipment is experiencing one or more of arcing, tracking, or corona based on the sound level detected by the sensor. In some embodiments, the computer system continuously monitors for these conditions based on the sound level detected by the sensor. |
| US10366595B2 |
Surveillance method and system based on human behavior recognition
A surveillance method may comprise obtaining one or more alert levels, and for each of the alert levels, obtaining a user configuration of an action for responding to the alert level, training a model with marked training materials for detecting the alert level of a triggering event from a camera input, obtaining a user configuration of a time for executing the action, and obtaining a user configuration of a system for executing the action. |
| US10366586B1 |
Video analysis-based threat detection methods and systems
Threat detection methods and systems serve to alert persons of potential dangers. According to one exemplary method, a video processing system (VPS) receives video data in real time or near real time from at least one camera positioned to capture images of a video capture area proximate a person. The video data includes data representing a series of time-sequenced video frames. The VPS determines whether data representing a first video frame includes data representative of one or more predefined patterns. If so, the VPS commences tracking of the predefined pattern(s) within the video data to produce one or more tracked patterns. After pattern tracking has begun, the VPS determines whether data representing one or more subsequent video frames includes data representative of the tracked pattern(s). If so, the VPS determines whether the tracked pattern(s) is/are positioned suspiciously relative to a position of the person and, if so, alerts the person. |
| US10366585B2 |
Method for operating a surface treatment device
A method for operating an automatically movable surface treatment device that can move in a room and possibly carries out surface treatment. An ultrasonic sensor detects ultrasound, in particular ultrasonic waves reflected at obstacles. The ultrasonic sensor detects glass breakage noises, wherein frequencies of sound detected by means of the ultrasonic sensor are compared with reference frequencies typically occurring in the event of a glass breakage, and wherein, in the event of a match, a glass breakage, in particular a break-in through a pane of glass of a window or of a door, is determined. A system comprising an automatically movable surface treatment device having an ultrasonic sensor and a house alarm system in which the surface treatment device is integrated in terms of communication. |
| US10366584B2 |
Rendering haptics with an illusion of flexible joint movement
Rendering haptics includes applying a haptic effect proximate to a flexible joint of an individual using a haptic output device. In response, an illusion of joint movement is conveyed at the flexible joint of the individual. |
| US10366583B2 |
Bistable haptic feedback generator
This disclosure relates to haptic feedback generators, including bistable materials for providing haptic feedback to a user. Such haptic feedback generators are useful in structural materials, such as elements of wearables or accessories. |
| US10366582B2 |
Devices and systems for detecting unauthorized communication of data from a magnetic stripe device or embedded smart chip device
Disclosed are devices, systems and the like for determining unauthorized communication of data from a card device equipped with a magnetic stripe and/or smart chip. The card device is able to count by recording the number of instances in which the card device has either been swiped at a magnetic card reader or communicated data via an embedded Integrated Circuit (IC). In specific embodiments, the device is further configured to differentiate between authorized swipes/data communications and unauthorized data communications. |
| US10366578B1 |
Games and gaming machines having wheel features
Gaming machines and games are configured with one or more wheel events or features. The wheel events or features may comprise main games or bonus games, or may comprise entertaining representations of outcomes of other games or events. The wheel events comprise the selection of one or more segments of a wheel having associated awards. Wheel events may have various entertaining configurations, such as morphing wheels, symbols that reveal awards and the like. |
| US10366577B2 |
Gaming system and method for providing team play benefits
A gaming system and method which forms, tracks and maintains one or more groups, teams or pools of players. Each group, team or pool includes one or more players (i.e., team members). A player's participation or involvement with the group or team enables the player to access one or more benefits otherwise not available to players unaffiliated with the group or team. That is, based on a player's association with a formed group or team, the gaming system provides the player with one or more benefits, such as an award, an opportunity to win an award, or a modified probability of winning an award. |
| US10366574B2 |
Game apparatus, game method and game program
A game apparatus having a symbol arrangement device; a change condition determination device; an area range changing device; and a specific reward granting device. The symbol arrangement device arranges a plurality of symbols which are different in type. The change condition determination device determines, based on the plurality of symbols arranged by the symbol arrangement device, whether or not there is satisfied at least an area change condition for changing a range of a symbol-arranging area on which the plurality of symbols can be arranged by the symbol arrangement device. The area range changing device changes the range of the symbol-arranging area in case that the change condition determination device determined that there is satisfied the area change condition. The specific reward granting device grants a specific reward where at least a specific range condition that the range of the symbol-arranging area is changed into a specific range. |
| US10366560B2 |
Touchless lid dispenser apparatus and method
A lid dispensing system includes a housing, a sensor, and a dispenser. The sensor senses objects outside the housing. Once sensed, a dispenser within the housing coveys a lid outside the housing. A method for dispensing lids is also disclosed. The method includes sensing objects outside a housing, separating a lid from a stack of lids, and conveying lids to a position outside the housing. |
| US10366558B2 |
Cash box and device for handling notes of value with mechanical coding
A cash box (18) is provided along with a device (12) for handling notes of value, in which such a cash box (18) is receivable. The cash box (18) has a receiving area (30) for receiving a value note stack and a housing (32) with at least one mechanical coding unit (50) for optional assignment of the cash box (18) to first or second receiving compartments (16) of the device (12). The coding unit (50) has a coding element (60) that is adjustable between first and second positions. The coding element (60) is designed so that the cash box (18) is feedable only to the first receiving compartment (16) when the coding element (60) is in the first position, and only to the second receiving compartment (16) when the coding element (60) is in the second position. |
| US10366557B2 |
Method for voting using concatenated signatures
In a method for voting using concatenated signatures, a plurality M of replicants for generating M redundant messages, where M≥2, and a plurality N of voter modules, where N≥2, are provided. Each voter module has a voter for voting the redundant messages and a crypto unit with a private key fragment for signing a message. The redundant messages of the replicants are transmitted to each voter module, so that the voter of each voter module generates a voted message on the basis of the redundant messages. N private key fragments are used to generate signatures for the voted messages that are checked by a public key of a reception unit. In the event of a successful check, the repeatedly voted message is accepted. |
| US10366556B1 |
Intelligent lock
A method for operating an access control comprises creating a plurality of wake-up schedules for each of one or more wireless transceivers. Each of the plurality of wake-up schedules may be configured to control how frequently a particular wireless transceiver wakes up to transmit or receive information. Each of the plurality of wake-up schedules for the particular wireless transceiver may be different from another one or the plurality of wake-up schedules for the particular wireless transceiver. The method may further comprise automatically switching between the plurality of wake-up schedules for the particular wireless transceiver such that a duration of time between wake-ups for the particular wireless transceiver radio is shorter during some predefined times and longer during other predefined times. The duration of time between wake-ups for each of the one or more of the wireless transceivers may be configurable by an administrative user via an interface. |
| US10366555B1 |
Electromechanical lock security system
An electromechanical locking system includes one or more moveable locking elements and one or more actuators configured to move each of the one or more moveable locking elements between positions. The system includes an interface configured to receive information from a keycard, a processor, and a computer-readable storage medium. The processor causes the interface to scan the keycard and detect one or more features of the keycard when the keycard is detected by the interface, identify a first code that corresponds to the detected features of the keycard, apply functions to the first code to yield a second code that represents one of the plurality of positions for each of the one or more moveable locking elements, and cause the actuator to move the one or more movable locking elements to the one or more positions that correspond to the second code. |
| US10366553B2 |
Locking and unlocking system, portable terminal capable of communicating with server, locking and unlocking method executed by portable terminal, and non-transitory storage medium storing program
A locking and unlocking system includes a portable terminal and a server. The portable terminal includes a service providing unit, a first sending unit, and a first receiving unit. The service providing unit provides a use reservation service for a vehicle or facilities by communicating with another server. The first sending unit sends a first signal to the server in response to a request from the service providing unit. The first signal requests authentication information used for locking and unlocking. The first receiving unit receives the authentication information from the server. The server includes a second receiving unit and a second sending unit. The second sending unit sends a second signal including the authentication information to the portable terminal when the second receiving unit receives the first signal. |
| US10366548B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle communications methods and systems
A wireless transmission protocol for exchanging data between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a ground terminal is provided. The unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to transit image or video media data while mid-flight. The unmanned aerial vehicle and the ground terminal share a single communications channel using a time division multiple data access protocol. The unmanned aerial vehicle and the ground terminal use different communication protocols to send different types of data signals. |
| US10366542B2 |
Audio processing for virtual objects in three-dimensional virtual visual space
A method comprising: causing display of a sound-source virtual visual object in a three-dimensional virtual visual space; causing display of a multiplicity of interconnecting virtual visual objects in the three-dimensional virtual visual space, wherein at least some of the multiplicity of interconnecting virtual visual objects interconnect visually a sound-source virtual visual object and a user-controlled virtual visual object, wherein a visual appearance of each interconnecting virtual visual object, is dependent upon one or more characteristics of a sound object associated with the sound-source virtual visual object to which the interconnecting virtual visual object is interconnected, and wherein audio processing of the sound objects to produce rendered sound objects depends on user-interaction with the user-controlled virtual visual object and user-controlled interconnection of interconnecting virtual visual objects between sound-source virtual visual objects and the user-controlled virtual visual object. |
| US10366540B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for virtual reality or augmented reality system
An electronic apparatus includes a displayer, a graphic processing circuit, sensors and a control circuit. The displayer is configured for displaying a virtual reality scene or an augmented reality scene. The graphic processing circuit is coupled to the displayer. The graphic processing circuit is configured for computing a plurality of scene segments in the virtual reality scene or the augmented reality scene. The sensors are configured for collecting attention factors. The control circuit is coupled to the sensors and the graphic processing circuit. The control circuit is adapted to generate an attention map according to the attention factors. The attention map indicates priority rankings of the scene segments. The control circuit is further adapted to allocate a distribution of computational resources of the graphic processing circuit between the scene segments according to the priority rankings. The scene segments are computed differentially according to the distribution of computational resources. |
| US10366538B2 |
Method and device for illustrating a virtual object in a real environment
The invention relates to a method for representing a virtual object in a real environment, having the following steps: generating a two-dimensional image of a real environment by means of a recording device, ascertaining a position of the recording device relative to at least one component of the real environment, segmenting at least one area of the real environment unmarked in reality in the two-dimensional image for identifying at least one segment of the real environment in distinction to a remaining part of the real environment while supplying corresponding segmentation data, and merging the virtual object with the two-dimensional image of the real environment with consideration of the segmentation data such that at least one part of the segment of the real environment is removed from the image of the real environment. The invention permits any collisions of virtual objects with real objects that occur upon merging with a real environment to be represented in a way largely close to reality. |
| US10366537B2 |
Image processing apparatus, projection control method, and program
An information processing apparatus and method acquires an image, performs an image recognition process on the acquired image to recognize a physical object in that image, and then generates a virtual image based on the results of the image recognition process. The virtual image includes a virtual object positioned relative to the physical object that was recognized in the acquired image. A display then displays the virtual image, and a projector projects at least part of the virtual image. The apparatus and method also include modes in which the display displays the virtual image, but the projector does not project the virtual image, where the projector projects the virtual image but the display does not display the virtual image, and where the display displays the virtual image and the projector projects the virtual image. |
| US10366536B2 |
Infinite far-field depth perception for near-field objects in virtual environments
In various embodiments, computerized methods and systems for rendering near-field objects as perceivable far-field objects within a virtual environment are provided. A determination is made that a near-field object to be rendered is configured for far-field perception within the virtual environment. The virtual environment is operable to include one or more virtualized near-field objects that are stereoscopically rendered utilizing one or more stereoscopic projection transforms generated based at least in part on a position and orientation of a head-mounted display. A harmonize transform is generated for the configured near-field object based at least in part on one of the stereoscopic projection transforms. Based on the determination that the near-field object is configured for far-field perception, the generated harmonize transform is employed to stereoscopically render the configured near-field object as a perceivable far-field object within the virtual environment. |
| US10366533B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire a first three-dimensional model regarding a subject, set a plurality of first control points on the first three-dimensional model, acquire mesh data of a meshed image of a region of clothing extracted from a captured image, acquire a second three-dimensional model, modify the mesh data based on an amount of movement from each of the plurality of first control points, to each respective one of a plurality of second control points, and generate an image of the clothing using the captured image and the modified mesh data. |
| US10366532B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing path rendering
A method of rendering an object including a path formed by a primitive includes: generating a tree corresponding to spaces partitioned by the primitive; selecting a pixel from the partitioned spaces; and acquiring a winding number of the selected pixel by detecting the tree. |
| US10366529B2 |
Recording medium, information processing apparatus, and control method
An information processing apparatus generates rendered images associated with 3D representations of an object indicated by image groups each including a plurality of parts of 2D images by using the image group to perform at least one of movement and deformation of each part included in the image groups. At this time, the apparatus sequentially decides rendering directions in which the object is rendered in the rendered images, and determines a moving direction determined by transition of the sequentially decided rendering directions. The apparatus differentiates the rendering direction, in which at least some parts of the image groups used to generate the rendered images are changed to different parts, in accordance with the determined moving direction. |
| US10366528B2 |
Interactive points of interest for 3D-representations
The display of 3D-representations involves navigation and interaction with users engaged with the display. Points of interest (POIs), as applied to areas of interest for a 3D-representation, are anchored to the 3D-representation on the display and are moveable in synchrony with the 3D-representation navigation. POIs are presented in which interactive actions are associated with the POIs. When a user selects one of the interactive actions associated with a POI, the selection can prompt the display of a new 3D-representation of an item related to the 3D-representation to which the POI is anchored, thereby improving access and analysis about information for related items. |
| US10366525B2 |
Generating an interactive digital media item that follows a viewer
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for generating an interactive digital media item based on a two-dimensional “selfie.” For example, one or more embodiments described herein identifies a face in the two-dimensional “selfie,” then builds and displays a three-dimensional model based on the identified face. One or more embodiments described herein also track movement of a viewer of a computing device displaying the three-dimensional model such that one or more portions of the three-dimensional model appear to follow the person viewing the “selfie.” |
| US10366524B2 |
Three-dimensional body scanning and apparel recommendation
Devices, systems, and methods include a three-dimensional (3D) scanning element, an electronic data storage configured to store a database including fields for 3D scan data and demographic information, a processor, and a user interface. In an example, the processor obtains 3D scan data of a body part of a subject from the 3D scanning element, analyzes the 3D scan data for incomplete regions, generate a composite 3D image of 3D scan data from the database based on similarities of demographic information, and overlays composite 3D image regions corresponding to incomplete regions on the 3D scan data. |
| US10366518B2 |
Extension of text on a path
Techniques and systems are described to extend text on a path. The path, for instance, may be user specified and configured to control placement of subsequent text in a user interface. During entry of the text, the computing device detects that the text inputs overflow the input path. In response, the computing device generates a path that is linked to the input path to include the text that is to overflow the input path, e.g., through the use of threading. The generated path is then plotted in the user interface for inclusion of the overflow of text in the user interface, such as to mimic a shape of the input path after translation or scaling at the translated location. |
| US10366515B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An image processing apparatus includes a region detection unit, an image processing unit, and an image composing unit. The region detection unit detects a specified region from an original image. The image processing unit deforms a shape of a sample image that is an image serving as a sample in accordance with a shape of the specified region and deforms a texture of the sample image so as to express a depth corresponding to the specified region. The image composing unit overlays the deformed sample image on the specified region of the original image. |
| US10366508B1 |
Visual-inertial positional awareness for autonomous and non-autonomous device
The described positional awareness techniques employing visual-inertial sensory data gathering and analysis hardware with reference to specific example implementations implement improvements in the use of sensors, techniques and hardware design that can enable specific embodiments to provide positional awareness to machines with improved speed and accuracy. |
| US10366505B2 |
Method and control device for processing at least one image representing a halation, and image recording system
A method for processing an image representing at least one halation. The image is read in via an interface to an image recording device. In addition, using the image an intensity distribution representing the halation is ascertained. The intensity distribution is then analyzed in order to determine a surface-shaped distribution of particles in the region of acquisition of the image recording device as the cause of the halation, and to distinguish it from a volume-shaped distribution of particles. |
| US10366503B2 |
Method and apparatus of scene reconstruction
A method of scene reconstruction includes: a depth image taken by a camera mounted on a robot is acquired, and a current tensor field key frame is generated based on the depth image; spatial-temporal interpolation is performed on the current tensor field key frame and a previous tensor field key frame to obtain an interpolated tensor field key frame; a robot planning path is acquired by particle advection algorithm according to the current tensor field key frame, the previous tensor field key frame, and the interpolated tensor field key frame; a camera planning path is acquired according to the robot planning path and an energy equation of the camera; and a scene is reconstructed according to the depth images captured by the camera. |
| US10366502B1 |
Vehicle heading prediction neural network
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating vehicle heading predictions from point cloud data using a neural network. One of the methods includes receiving a plurality of different projections of point cloud data, wherein the point cloud data represents different sensor measurements of electromagnetic radiation reflected off a vehicle. Each of the plurality of projections of point cloud data is provided as input to a neural network subsystem trained to receive projections of point cloud data for a vehicle and to generate one or more vehicle heading classifications as an output. At the output of the neural network subsystem, one or more vehicle heading predictions is received. |
| US10366500B2 |
Autonomous characterization of water flow from surface water velocity
Embodiments relate to characterizing a water flow. Initially, a camera targeted at the water flow obtains images. An image pyramid is generated for each image, and a first level of each image pyramid is tiled at an initial scale to identify initial features. The initial features are matched across the first level of the image pyramids at a pixel-level to obtain a first set of feature displacements. A second level of each image pyramid is tiled at a decreased scale to identify a scaled set of features. The scaled features are matched across the second level of the image pyramids at the pixel-level to obtain a second set of feature displacements. Optical flow algorithms are applied to modify each feature displacement to account for a corresponding subpixel registration. A stereo reconstruction is applied to the feature displacements to generate a three dimensional (3D) displacement map. |
| US10366498B2 |
Method and device for recognizing motion
A method and device for recognizing a motion of an object, the method including receiving event signals from a vision sensor configured to sense the motion, storing, in an event map, first time information indicating a time at which intensity of light corresponding to the event signals changes; generating an image based on second time information corresponding to a predetermined time range among the first time information, and recognizing the motion of the object based on the image. |
| US10366496B2 |
Visible light image with edge marking for enhancing IR imagery
The invention relates generally to edge detection and presentation in thermal images. Infrared and visible light images comprising at least partially overlapping target scenes are analyzed. An edge detection process is performed on the visible light image to determine which pixels represent edges in the target scene. A display image is generated in which some pixels include infrared image data and in which pixels corresponding to edges in the visible light image include a predetermined color and do not include corresponding infrared image data to emphasize edges. Edge pixels in the display image can include exclusively the predetermined color, or in some examples, a blend of a predetermined color and visible light image data. Methods can include replacing one or the other of visible light edge pixels or corresponding infrared pixels with the predetermined color before combining the visible light and infrared image data to create a display image. |
| US10366495B2 |
Multi-spectrum segmentation for computer vision
A device for multi-spectrum segmentation for computer vision is described. A first optical sensor operates within a first spectrum range and generates first image data corresponding to a first image captured by the first optical sensor. A second optical sensor operates within a second spectrum range different from the first spectrum range and generates second image data corresponding to a second image captured by the second optical sensor. The device identifies a first region in the first image, maps a first portion of the first image to a second portion of the second image data, provides the second portion of the second image data to a server that generates augmented reality content based on the second portion of the second image data. The device displays the augmented reality content. |
| US10366491B2 |
Deep image-to-image recurrent network with shape basis for automatic vertebra labeling in large-scale 3D CT volumes
A method and apparatus for automated vertebra localization and identification in a 3D computed tomography (CT) volumes is disclosed. Initial vertebra locations in a 3D CT volume of a patient are predicted for a plurality of vertebrae corresponding to a plurality of vertebra labels using a trained deep image-to-image network (DI2IN). The initial vertebra locations for the plurality of vertebrae predicted using the DI2IN are refined using a trained recurrent neural network, resulting in an updated set of vertebra locations for the plurality of vertebrae corresponding to the plurality of vertebrae labels. Final vertebra locations in the 3D CT volume for the plurality of vertebrae corresponding to the plurality of vertebra labels are determined by refining the updated set of vertebra locations using a trained shape-basis deep neural network. |
| US10366489B2 |
Method and system for outputting augmented reality information
A method and system are disclosed for outputting augmented reality information to a first user. In an embodiment, the method includes acquiring first information, including image information, depth information, coordinate information and combinations thereof, the first information relating to at least one of a medical device and a medical examination of a patient; creating the augmented reality information, relating to the medical device and/or the medical examination of the patient, based on the first information; and outputting the augmented reality information such that the augmented reality information is perceivable in a field of view of the first user. |
| US10366487B2 |
Electronic apparatus for providing health status information, method of controlling the same, and computer-readable storage medium
Provided is a device and method of providing health status information. The device includes: a device including: a storage configured to store a first image including a face of a user and first health status information extracted from the first image; an imager configured to capture an image; a controller configured to control the imager to capture a second image including the face of the user and to extract second health status information from the captured second image; and a display configured to output the second image and information other than the stored first health status information from among the extracted second health status information. |
| US10366477B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
A method for processing an image includes receiving an input image having distortion, receiving position information input by a user on the received input image, generating a first image by correcting the input image having distortion, and translating a position on the input image having distortion indicated by the received position information into a position on the generated first image. The method further includes setting, on the generated first image, a first mask area having a predetermined shape and including the position on the generated first image translated from the position on the input image having distortion, and performing mask processing on the set first mask area on the generated first image. |
| US10366471B2 |
Universal and adaptive de-mosaicing (CFA) system
A method of de-mosaicing pixel data from an image processor includes generating a pixel block that includes a plurality of image pixels. The method also includes determining a first image gradient between a first set of pixels of the pixel block and a second image gradient between a second set of pixels of the pixel block. The method also includes determining a first adaptive threshold value based on intensity of a third set of pixels of the pixel block. The pixels of the third set of pixels are adjacent to one another. The method also includes filtering the pixel block in a vertical, horizontal, or neutral direction based on the first and second image gradients and the first adaptive threshold value utilizing a plurality of FIR filters to generate a plurality of component images. |
| US10366469B2 |
Method and system that efficiently prepares text images for optical-character recognition
The current document is directed to methods and systems that straighten curvature in the text lines of text-containing digital images, including text-containing digital images generated from the two pages of an open book. Initial processing of a text-containing image identifies the outline of a text-containing page. Next, contours are generated to represent each text line. The midpoints and inclination angles of the links or vectors that comprise the contour lines are determined. A model is constructed for the perspective-induced curvature within the text image. In one implementation, the model, essentially an inclination-angle map, allows for assigning local displacements to pixels within the page image which are then used to straighten the text lines in the text image. In another implementation, the model is essentially a pixel-displacement map which is used to straighten the text lines in the text image. |
| US10366465B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling same, and storage medium
An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image capturing unit; an acquisition unit that acquires at least two images having different exposures; a compression unit that acquires at least two compressed images; a transmission unit that transmits the at least two compressed images; a composition unit that generates a composite image by compositing the transmitted at least two compressed images; and a luminance distribution acquisition unit that acquires luminance distribution information of the composite image, the acquisition unit controlling exposure of the at least two images based on the luminance distribution information acquired by the luminance distribution acquisition unit, and the compression unit performing the compression processing of the at least two images based on the luminance distribution information and the exposure of the at least two images. |
| US10366463B2 |
Method and system for informed consent
A method for documenting informed consent includes obtaining a video recording of a patient indicative of informed consent, communicating the video recording across a network for data storage, and storing the video recording in a computer readable data storage medium. The video may include additional portions of a patient encounter. A software application for executing on a computing device may provide a user interface for obtaining video evidencing informed consent for the procedure, administering a quiz to the individual, presenting a document for signature to the individual, receiving a signature for the document from the individual. |
| US10366462B1 |
Drug interaction review methods and systems
Methods and systems for drug interaction review are described. In an example embodiment, a prescription request is received for a prescription drug. The prescription drug is associated with a prescription. A determination that the prescription drug is a controlled substance is made. Pharmacy claims data is analyzed to determine whether past claims adjudication data is associated with a patient controlled substance identifier. The patient controlled substance identifier is associated with a patient that has been prescribed the prescription drug through the prescription without identifying the patient as being a member of a benefit manager. The prescription request is evaluated based on a determination that the past claims adjudication data is associated with the patient controlled substance identifier. A notification is generated based on evaluation of the prescription request. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. |
| US10366460B2 |
Optimized route sharing
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a first traveler profile and additional traveler profiles. Each traveler profile is associated with a mobile device. The method further includes, for the first traveler profile, determining a first travel pattern, based on geographically tracking the first traveler mobile device, and determining an additional travel patterns, based on geographically tracking the additional travelers' mobile devices. The method further includes determining a compatible route between the first traveler profile and a compatible traveler profile, based on optimizing the first travel pattern with the additional travel patterns, wherein the first traveler profile includes an optimal driver for the at least one compatible route. The computer-implemented method further includes presenting to the first traveler profile, via its mobile device, a suggestion that the first traveler profile become a driver profile for at least one travel application. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed. |
| US10366459B2 |
Method and system for aggregation and control of energy grids with distributed energy resources
Method and systems for aggregation and control of energy grids including distributed energy resources are disclosed. The method and system disclosed use the intelligence available in the information data network, and avoid dependence on the utility/system operator operational data network. |
| US10366458B2 |
Live reporting of check image keying issues
Aspects of the disclosure relate to live reporting of check image keying issues. A computing platform may receive a first dataset and may transmit a first set of instructions for triggering transaction balancing and the first dataset to a first client computer system. Subsequently, the computing platform may receive from the first client computer system, a request to report an issue. Responsive to receiving the request to report an issue, the computing platform may receive from the first client computer a second dataset relating to the issue. Subsequently, the computing platform may generate, based on the first dataset and second dataset, an issue record, and may store the issue record in a second database. Then, the computing platform may transmit, via the communication interface, a second set of instructions for triggering issue investigation and the issue record relating to the issue to a second client computer system. |
| US10366455B2 |
Systems and methods for managing portfolio-relevant news content
A computer-implemented method for managing portfolio-relevant content is implemented by a content management computer system coupled to a memory. The method includes receiving a set of assets associated with an investor account, transmitting an investment content request for an investment content associated with at least one asset of the set of assets, receiving the investment content including a plurality of investment content items, determining a plurality of content indicators associated with each investment content item, determining a set of relevant investment content including a plurality of display parameters based at least partially on at least a portion of the investment content and at least a portion of the set of assets, and providing the set of relevant investment content for display on a user device based on at least a portion of the display parameters. |
| US10366450B1 |
Credit data analysis
A computer system receives credit information relating to a consumer and a number of high scorers, and determines credit score factors associated with the consumer and the high scorers. The system may construct flippable score factor displays comprising consumer specific information specific to a credit category that may be reversed to display explanatory text regarding how that credit category affects their credit report. The score factor display may include a comparison between the consumer's scores and the high scorers' scores in a number of categories. Scores of high scorers may be periodically refreshed. Additionally, the group of high scorers may be limited according to a particular demographic, such as a geographic location, that may be selectable by a user. |
| US10366448B2 |
Immersive multimedia views for items
Disclosed are various embodiments that provide immersive multimedia views for items. An immersive view for an item is rendered upon a display. The immersive view features an image of the item surrounded by a user interface layer that provides information about the item. The user interface layer is hidden when a cursor moves onto a first portion of the immersive view corresponding to the image of the item. The image of the item is replaced with a video stream of the item when the cursor moves onto a second portion of the immersive view corresponding to the image of the item. |
| US10366442B1 |
Systems and methods to update shopping cart
Devices, methods, and systems for improving the customer experience and simplifying the purchase of items are disclosed. In general the devices, methods, and systems allow a customer to speak a name or type of item, or scan a code (such as a barcode) of an item, and the item is automatically added to a shopping cart of the customer. For example, speech recognition and machine learning techniques may be used to process audio input and identify potential products relating to the input. When there is a high confidence that an identified product is the product the customer intended to purchase, the identified product is automatically added to the customer's shopping cart. When the confidence is not high enough, a list of potential products may be generated and added to the customer's shopping cart. The customer may then select the intended product right from the list in the shopping cart. |
| US10366436B1 |
Categorization of items based on item delivery time
A particular item may be categorized based on delivery times of the particular item. In some instances, the particular item may be ranked across multiple merchants that are offering the particular item for acquisition. The ranking may be based on an estimated amount of delivery time to deliver the particular item, for the individual merchants, to a current location of a user. The estimated amount of delivery time may be based on a preparation time for the respective merchant to prepare the particular item, a courier time for a courier to transport the particular item to the current location of the user, and so on. Information regarding the ranking may be displayed or otherwise output to enable the user to identify and order the particular item from a merchant that satisfies the user's needs. |
| US10366435B2 |
Vehicle data system for rules based determination and real-time distribution of enhanced vehicle data in an online networked environment
Vehicle data systems for the rule based collection of vehicle data from across a distributed heterogeneous computer network; rule based filtering and enhancing of that data; determination of rule sets pertaining to determination of pricing likelihood; and the real time presentation of accurate pricing likelihoods for specified vehicle configurations over a computer network using those rule sets are disclosed. |